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Voices, The Peoples News

December 27, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
More Than 3,100 Indigenous Students Died at US “Boarding Schools”: A new report reveals three times the number of deaths reported earlier this year by the Department of Interior.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2024/12/22/at-least-3-100-native-americans-students-died-in-us-boarding-schools_6736369_4.html#

Tribes sue after massive wind farm in Washington gets green light. Tribal communities claim that a major wind energy project threatens sensitive cultural and environmental resources.
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2024/12/133446-washington-tribes-oppose-wind-project

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Border czar Tom Homan says children of illegal immigrants could be put in halfway homes
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5056599-trump-border-czar-tom-homan-family-detention-centers-immigration/

Exclusive-Guatemala open to accepting Trump’s Central American deportees, sources say
https://www.aol.com/news/guatemala-open-accepting-trumps-central-181257128.html

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Washington, D.C., removed Yusuf Abdi Ali, 71, a citizen of Somalia, from the United States to Somalia Dec. 20.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-washington-dc-removes-high-ranking-somali-national-convicted-human-rights

Legal immigration must be cut too
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/trump-campaign-legal-immigration-policies-dfc09979

Mexico to open shelters to house 12,000+ citizens deported in Trump’s illegal immigrant crackdown
https://www.aol.com/mexico-open-shelters-house-12-221108678.html

Musk influence sparks fresh talk in Congress on high-skilled immigrants
https://politicalwire.com/2024/12/27/musk-and-ramaswamy-defend-foreign-worker-visas/

Blaine Sector Border Patrol agents seize more than $1.1 million worth of cocaine
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/blaine-sector-border-patrol-agents-seize-more-11-million-worth-cocaine

Trump’s Border Czar Vows to Resurrect One of His Worst Policies. In a new interview, Tom Homan explains how he’ll implement Donald Trump’s draconian crackdown on immigration.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-border-czar-says-the-admin-will-bring-back-migrant-family-detention/

Utah taking targeted approach on illegal immigration, Venezuelan prison gang violence
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_9134dcce-c460-11ef-946f-6bdff154af80.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
With Trump’s Return, Combating Corporate News Disinformation Is More Urgent Than Ever. Instead of top-down regulation, we need bottom-up scrutiny of mis- and disinformation based on critical media literacy.
https://truthout.org/articles/with-trumps-return-combating-corporate-news-disinfo-is-more-urgent-than-ever/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Venezuelan prison gang crime increasing in Florida. A violent Venezuelan prison gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), has expanded its criminal operations into Florida, according to multiple reports.
https://www.newsbug.info/news/nation/venezuelan-prison-gang-crime-increasing-in-florida/article_d8e9374d-b6b8-5c2f-aad5-d647954c5356.html

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides
New study finds Smartwatch wristbands contain high levels of PFAS. Researchers found elevated level of PFAS in mostly fluorinated synthetic rubber wristbands.
https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2024/december/elevated-levels-of-forever-chemicals-found-in-several-smartwatch-wrist-bands.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE doubles down on eliminating the government agency that’s cracking down on overdraft fees
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-crowd-maga-loyalists-messy-121521222.html

DOGE prepares to cut government spending
https://www.aol.com/doge-prepares-cut-government-spending-212105122.html

Trump’s DOGE Guy Sparks MAGA Civil War With Slam on American Culture
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/maga-civil-war-ramaswamy-musk-loomer-cernovich

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
21 Ways US-Mexico Tariff Wars Could Make Prices Even More Expensive
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/23/nx-s1-5214649/avocados-tariffs-mexico-trump-organic

Trump’s Tariffs Would Raise Prices, Harm U.S. Workers, and Make It Harder To Solve Global Problems
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trumps-tariffs-would-raise-prices-harm-u-s-workers-and-make-it-harder-to-solve-global-problems/

9 States That Will Tax Social Security Benefits in 2025
https://knewz.com/world/28-enslaved-bodies-found-at-former-american-presidents-property-archeologists-find-piece-of-history-that-was-missing/

Republicans Quietly Axed IRS Funding Amid Government Shutdown Chaos. As Congress fought over the spending bill, Republicans snuck in a passage to gut funding for the IRS. And Democrats didn’t catch it
https://news.yahoo.com/news/republicans-quietly-axed-irs-funding-174424140.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
“Dire shortage”: Elon Musk sparks MAGA backlash after calling for more immigrant workers. The Tesla CEO argues the U.S. needs to court top talent after financing the loudest anti-immigration run in decades
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/26/dire-shortage-elon-musk-sparks-maga-backlash-after-calling-for-more-workers/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Federal government approves 20-year mining ban in part of SD’s Black Hills
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-government-approves-20-mining-193138220.html

New Mexico Lawmakers to Decide Whether Oil and Gas Wastewater Could Be Reused on Wide Scale. If new rules are approved, treated “produced water” could be used for agriculture, growing trees and manufacturing.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27122024/new-mexico-oil-gas-produced-water-reuse/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA
Brunhes–Matuyama Reversal: When Earth’s Magnetic Field Flips
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3731567110217-brunhesmatuyama-reversal-when-earths-magnetic-field-flips?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzUyNjEzMTQ5MjA%3D

Characteristics of the Matuyama-Brunhes Magnetic Field Reversal Based on a Global Data Compilation
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022JB025286

Our imperiled public lands: President-elect Trump, a Republican-dominated Congress and Utah launch an all-out assault on environmental protection.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/our-imperiled-public-lands/?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2024-12-27-Newsletter

A new administration will set environmental and energy policies that will affect millions of acres in Utah.
https://www.moabtimes.com/articles/with-trump-back-in-the-white-house-what-will-happen-with-utah-public-lands/

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Agribusiness triumphs over public health in GMO corn trade dispute. Mexico is not allowed to ban U.S.-grown genetically modified corn sprayed with glyphosate from use in its tortillas under the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA), a panel of arbitrators ruled Dec. 20.
https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2024/12/us-wins-gmo-corn-dispute-with-mexico/

# General News
Elon Musk Endorses Post Suggesting Americans Are Too ‘Retarded’ To Do Skilled Jobs
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/elon-musk-endorses-post-suggesting-americans-are-too-retarded-to-do-skilled-jobs/

‘None of this makes any sense’: CNN guest stumped by new wave of Trump attacks
https://www.alternet.org/trump-chaos-2670688914/

Airport with runway straddling the border of the U.S. and Canada will close
https://www.northernnewsnow.com/video/2024/12/27/airport-with-runway-straddling-border-us-canada-will-close/

How China Made Elon Musk’s Celebrity Mom Its ‘Secret Weapon’: The 76-year-old is part of a trend of ‘silver influencers’ whose success in the face of adversity resonates strongly. Could she be Elon’s secret weapon in China?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/25/the-rise-and-rise-of-maye-musk-chinas-love-affair-with-elon-musks-mother

From Big Pharma to Wall Street, Corporate Giants Bankroll Trump’s Inauguration. Uber, Amazon and Ford are reportedly among the companies that have pledged to give $1 million to the 2025 inauguration.
https://truthout.org/articles/from-big-pharma-to-wall-street-corporate-giants-bankroll-trumps-inauguration/

# Gov / Politics
‘I’m done’: Dem strategist and DNC fundraiser abandons party
https://www.rawstory.com/democratic-party-2670686614/

“Please take care of us”: Low-income Trump voters worry he’ll cut benefits they rely on
https://www.yahoo.com/news/please-care-us-low-income-171716619.html

Elon Musk’s Biggest Fans Turn Against Him Over Immigration
https://newrepublic.com/post/189664/elon-musk-maga-immigration

Former FBI, CIA Head Flags ‘Serious Concerns’ With Trump Cabinet Picks. William Webster, the only person to direct both agencies, urged lawmakers to weigh the “critical importance of nonpartisan leadership and experience.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/william-webster-cia-fbi-trump-kash-patel-tulsi-gabbard_n_676e8148e4b04b4c2e25aba6

GOP lawmakers ready to buck Trump after telling him to ‘take a flying leap’
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/william-webster-cia-fbi-trump-kash-patel-tulsi-gabbard_n_676e8148e4b04b4c2e25aba6

Congress has the power to block Trump from taking office, but lawmakers must act now
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5055171-constitution-insurrection-trump-disqualification/

Republicans Quietly Axed IRS Funding Amid Government Shutdown Chaos. As Congress fought over the spending bill, Republicans snuck in a passage to gut funding for the IRS. And Democrats didn’t catch it.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189672/republicans-cut-irs-funding-government-shutdown

Senators’ credibility to be judged alongside Trump’s cabinet picks
https://thefulcrum.us/ethics-leadership/trump-s-cabinet

Trump suggests Panama Canal be returned to US control, says US owning Greenland ‘absolute necessity’
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/23/trump-buying-greenland-us-ownership-plan

Trump Wants to Bring Back the American Imperium. Don’t worry, the president-elect’s plans to seize Greenland and the Panama Canal aren’t serious. But they sure are weird.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2024/12/24/trump_wants_to_bring_back_the_american_imperium_637965.html

MAGA in Total Mayhem as Laura Loomer Goes to War With Elon Musk. Elon Musk has managed to piss off one of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-total-mayhem-laura-loomer-214928827.html

MAGA civil war breaks out over American “mediocrity” culture
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/26/maga-civil-war-ramaswamy-musk-loomer-cernovich

# Gov / Politics / Global
Panama’s President Trashes Trump’s “Nonsense” Lies About Canal. Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino forcefully rejected Trump’s latest claims about the Panama Canal.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189685/panama-president-react-trump-nonsense-lies-canal

Canadian Businessman Kevin O’Leary Proposes ‘Erasing The Border’ Between US, Canada To Combat China. Kevin O’Leary proposed on Thursday that the United States and Canada eliminate the border between them to form a united front against China and Russia.
https://www.aol.com/shark-tank-star-kevin-o-044003844.html

# Medical / Health News.
Is Your Doctor Dismissing Your Symptoms? Here’s How to Deal with Medical Gaslighting. If you feel like your doctor is dismissing your health concerns, you may be experiencing medical gaslighting.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/what-to-do-about-medical-gaslighting

# Medical / Health News / Global
Former Chinese Official Sounds Alarm Over CCP’s Forced Organ Harvesting. A former Chinese official is sounding the alarm over communist regime’s forced organ harvesting based on his experience. “They have an organizational system, with doctors and everything This is large-scale organ harvesting from living people.”
https://amac.us/newsline/society/former-chinese-official-sounds-alarm-over-ccps-forced-organ-harvesting/

# Military / DOD / Militia
Plan to build houses on contaminated airfield stalls as Texas city’s fight with the Navy continues
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2024/12/24/plan-to-put-houses-on-former-airfield-stalls-as-citys-fight-with-navy-continues/#:~:text=A%20plan%20to%20turn%20a,southern%20half%20of%20the%20city

This Army unit is the first to field new company and battalion drones: The 317th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, out of Fort Drum, New York, employed the Skydio and GhostX systems during training operations at Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, Romania, according to an Army release.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2024/12/26/this-army-unit-is-the-first-to-field-new-company-and-battalion-drones/

# Military / Global / General News
Azerbaijan Airlines plane was downed by Russian air defenses
https://nypost.com/2024/12/26/world-news/azerbaijan-airlines-flight-was-downed-by-russian-air-defence-system-four-sources-say/

China Revealed Two New Stealth Fighter Designs In One Momentous Day
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2024/12/chinas-unveils-two-new-stealth-fighters-in-one-day-or-maybe-a-stealth-bomber/

Finland detained an oil tanker it says was part of Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ helping fund its war in Ukraine
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/27/did-a-russian-shadow-ship-cut-the-finland-estonia-undersea-baltic-cable

Israel shifts military focus to Houthis. After Hundreds of Missiles Fired at Israel, PM Says Yemeni Rebels Will Meet Same Fate as Hamas and Hezbollah
https://www.meforum.org/mef-online/israel-shifts-focus-to-houthis-but-it-needs-partners-to-defeat-distant-foe

# Other Interesting Things
‘World’s oldest pyramid’ built 25,000 years ago was not made by humans, archaeologists claim
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3370680984789-world-s-oldest-pyramid-built-25-000-years-ago-was-not-made-by-humans-archaeologists-claim

28 Enslaved Bodies Found at Former American President’s Property, Archeologists Find “Piece of History That Was Missing”
https://knewz.com/world/28-enslaved-bodies-found-at-former-american-presidents-property-archeologists-find-piece-of-history-that-was-missing/

Archeologists Discover 31,000-Year-Old Burial From Old Stone Age, Holds World’s Oldest Known Identical Twins
https://www.livescience.com/oldest-twin-burial-on-record.html

2,000-Year-Old Roman Era Clifftop Beach House With 360-Degree Island View Discovered, Used for Strategic Military Purposes
https://knewz.com/world/2-000-year-old-roman-era-clifftop-beach-house-with-360-degree-island-view-discovered-used-for-strategic-military-purposes/

# Pharmaceuticals
How Big Pharma Is Wrecking the Inflation Reduction Act
https://phrma.org/en/Inflation-Reduction-Act

Ibuprofen Linked to Gut Damage: What to Take Instead. Studies have linked non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, naproxen and aspirin, to serious health effects.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/12/09/ibuprofen-risks-side-effects-nsaids/

# Science
Scientists Sound Alarm: “Mirror Life” Microbes Pose Catastrophic Risk to Humanity
https://www.newsbreak.com/money-talks-news-2283881/3729394316967-scientists-sound-alarm-mirror-life-microbes-pose-catastrophic-risk-to-humanity

Sunlight Can Split Water Directly Into Hydrogen For The Fuel Of The Future
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a63137651/green-hydrogen-sunlight/

# Social
Cities Across the U.S. Banned Homelessness After Supreme Court Ruling. With homelessness on the rise, dozens of cities have banned people from sleeping outside, thanks to a ruling by conservatives on the Supreme Court
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/supreme-court-homeless-camping-ban-1235218385/

Surviving on $1,800 a month in Social Security, she died looking for a place to live
https://capitalandmain.com/surviving-on-1800-a-month-in-social-security-she-died-looking-for-a-place-to-live

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
History-making NASA probe flies closer to the sun than ever before — and breaks speed record
https://www.space.com/the-universe/sun/nasas-parker-solar-probe-phones-home-after-surviving-historic-close-sun-flyby

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft is making you pay to use Windows 10 securely after 2025. Here’s how much it’ll cost you. Windows 10 end of support is coming in October 2025, and consumers will only be able to buy an extra year of security updates.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/31/24284398/microsoft-windows-10-extended-security-updates-consumer-pricing

Scientists Want to Teleport a Whole Human. A Quantum Breakthrough Could Make It Reality.
There’s just one catch: every atom in your body would be fully disassembled to the quantum level, effectively leaving your original body totally destroyed.
https://www.newsbreak.com/earth-com-2402525/3731246687007-impossible-success-quantum-teleportation-on-the-internet-is-set-to-change-the-world

What Is Quantum Teleportation? The Science Behind It. Quantum teleportation, a phenomenon that enables the transfer of quantum information from one particle to another without physical transport
https://quantumzeitgeist.com/what-is-quantum-teleportation-the-science-behind-it/

An AI system has reached human level on a test for ‘general intelligence’. Here’s what that means
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/an-ai-system-has-reached-human-level-on-a-test-for-general-intelligence-heres-what-that-means/articleshow/116667162.cms?from=mdr

Chinese humanoid robot is the ‘fastest in the world’ thanks to its trusty pair of sneakers
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3638255589295-chinese-humanoid-robot-is-the-fastest-in-the-world-thanks-to-its-trusty-pair-of-sneakers

How the Silicon Valley Robber Barons’ New Tech Bubble Won 2024. The two major techbro obsessions, crypto and AI, have delivered mostly scams and hype. But this year, they managed to buy themselves a federal government.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189541/tech-bubble-trump-crypto-ai

US launches probe into Chinese semiconductor industry. Investigation comes just weeks before Biden administration hands over to president-elect Donald Trump
https://www.ft.com/content/072d391c-93af-40c6-b020-a4a36d31d4c8

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Voices, The Peoples News

December 26, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Undocumented immigrants pay more than their fair share of taxes. We should’n’t lose sight of one of the many ways these community members contribute to federal, state and local economies: through their tax dollars. Much like their neighbors, undocumented immigrants pay sales and excise taxes on goods and services such as groceries, gas and utilities.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5055305-undocumented-immigrants-pay-more-than-their-fair-share-of-taxes/

Trump faces roadblocks to ambitious border crackdown
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5051636-trump-immigration-crackdown-southern-border-mass-deportation/

Texas man charged with smuggling 100 migrants in locked trailer
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/texas-man-charged-with-smuggling-100-migrants-in-locked-trailer/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
CTA may require business owners to register with FinCEN before Jan. 13
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-know-corporate-transparency-act-232422686.html

Court Revives Corporate Transparency Act and Employers Have New January 13 Reporting Deadline: 3 Things Employers Need to Do
https://www.fisherphillips.com/en/news-insights/court-revives-corporate-transparency-act-january-13-reporting-deadline.html

Trump wants U.S. to retake Panama Canal
https://apnews.com/article/trump-panama-canal-turning-point-unity-97cba0d41f043dd9f156dc8355ee3f44

What a merger between Nissan and Honda means for the automakers and the industry
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/what-merger-between-nissan-honda-means-for-automakers-and-industry/articleshow/116604019.cms?from=mdr

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Mayorkas says child trafficking is outside DHS responsibility
https://san.com/cc/mayorkas-says-child-trafficking-is-outside-dhs-responsibility/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking / Global
A Haiti gang attack on the reopening of a main hospital kills 2 reporters and a police officer
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/25/nx-s1-5239216/haiti-hospital-gang-attack

Chinese spies arrested in California; PRC operatives arrested in Guam during historic missile test
https://www.newsbug.info/news/nation/chinese-spies-arrested-in-california/article_490c810c-e68e-502d-8147-5da2b4553e61.html

# Children / Youth
Why More Parents Are Surrendering Custody of Their Children
https://www.g2.law/blog/2022/05/why-some-parents-voluntarily-relinquish-custody-rights/#:~:text=There%20are%20many%20reasons%20why,wishes%20to%20adopt%20the%20child.

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
‘Sup, DOGE! You should meet RIC, the Regulatory Improvement Commission. There is an ingenious and constitutionally bulletproof alternative to the highly subjective and legally dubious approach they propose, one that includes outside experts, the American public, and both Congress and the president. That would be a Regulatory Improvement Commission, or RIC. Regulations establish the rules of competition, ensure a level playing field, govern participants’ behavior, and protect consumers, public health and safety, private property and environmental resources.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5053021-doge-government-efficiency-regulation/

# Education / Schools
“Financial literacy is a mess.” Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary criticizes the lack of financial education in schools
https://www.soapcentral.com/shows/news-financial-literacy-mess-shark-tank-investor-kevin-o-leary-criticizes-lack-financial-education-schools

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
President Biden to decide on sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese company. A government review board was unable to reach a consensus in Nippon Steel’s planned $15 billion purchase of U.S. Steel and has referred the matter to President Biden, the two companies said on Monday night.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/24/nippon-steel-us-biden-cfius

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
China banned sale of these minerals to the U.S. It matters to all of us
https://theconversation.com/china-has-banned-us-exports-of-key-minerals-for-computer-chips-leaving-washington-with-limited-options-246328

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA
Utah: We’re no longer asking Supreme Court to ‘dispose’ of public BLM land
https://capcity.news/community/outdoors-community/2024/12/24/utah-were-no-longer-asking-supreme-court-to-dispose-of-public-blm-land/

The Denali Fault is a strike-slip fault, a place where two chunks of continental crust slide past each other. There’s a massive fault hidden under America’s highest mountain. Today, the Denali Fault rips apart some of the North American plate.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/geology/theres-a-massive-fault-hidden-under-americas-highest-mountain-and-we-finally-know-how-it-formed

Shocking changes were uncovered when scientists mapped Earth’s rivers over 35 years: New research shows that over the past 35 years, 44 percent of the largest downstream rivers have seen massive changes in the amount of water flowing through them annually. The cause of these rapid river changes? Fossil-fuel-driven climate change and human activity.
https://bgr.com/science/shocking-changes-were-uncovered-when-scientists-mapped-earths-rivers-over-35-years/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
World’s largest iceberg breaks free from ocean cyclone. The icy slab covers about 1,418 square miles, which makes it bigger than Rhode Island.
https://scitechdaily.com/how-the-worlds-largest-iceberg-escaped-an-ocean-whirlpool/

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
These California farmers went for Trump. Now he could deport half their workers.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024/12/california-farmers-trump-water-workers-00195839

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering / Global
Mexico cattle imports halted after screwworm discovery. The parasitic fly lays about 500 eggs in any exposed flesh of warm-blooded animals, and is capable of killing an animal
https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/screwworm-discovery-in-mexico/503-e56d3291-fdc7-46c3-82bb-df16e3df25a6

# General News
Newly released photos show Hunter and Joe Biden with Chinese officials in 2013. Images take on added significance in light of the full pardon President Biden granted his son on Dec. 1.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/photos-show-joe-biden-meeting-son-hunters-business-partners-during-china-trip/

A year of Elon Musk’s private jet travels reveals his deepening political ties. The data helps reveal how extensively Musk has burrowed into Trumpworld and, alongside his coming advisory role to the new White House and millions of dollars in donations, provides another window into his growing political involvement.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musks-private-jet-travels-100002235.html

Greenland is a no, but what territories has the U.S. purchased? [Great history of the U.S.]
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/25/trump-buy-greenland-denmark-us-territories/77198293007/

The rise and rise of Maye Musk: China’s love affair with Elon Musk’s mother. The 76-year-old is part of a trend of ‘silver influencers’ whose success in the face of adversity resonates strongly. Could she be Elon’s secret weapon in China?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/25/the-rise-and-rise-of-maye-musk-chinas-love-affair-with-elon-musks-mother

Trump campaign won’t pay $49,000 in bills for Grand Rapids rallies
https://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/trump-campaign-wont-pay-49000-in-bills-for-grand-rapids-rallies/

What if Trump Does Everything He’s Promised—and the People Don’t Care? The authors of the bestselling “How Democracies Die” talk with editor Michael Tomasky about what kind of mark four more years of Donald Trump might leave on this democracy.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189233/trump-2025-second-term-agenda-democracy

# Gov / Politics
President Biden signs 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-president-biden-signs-50-bills-into-law-on-christmas-eve/3433546

‘Played for fools’: Expert sees ominous signs in Trump’s latest foreign policy rants
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-foreign-policy-2670664890/

Corporate interests commit millions to celebrate Trump’s inauguration
https://www.aol.com/corporate-interests-commit-millions-celebrate-110042203.html

Donald Trump makes blunt three-word claim about Elon Musk amid ‘presidency’ rumors
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-elon-musk-not-president-b2669185.html
Also: Trump Is Right, Elon Musk Can’t Be President. Here’s Why! The U.S. Constitution states that the president must be a natural-born citizen of the United States. Elon Musk was born in South Africa.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-musk-president/

Incoming Trump admin, Congress showdown looms with South Africa over support for Russia, US foes
https://www.foxnews.com/world/incoming-trump-admin-congress-showdown-looms-south-africa-over-support-russia-us-foes

The TV Stars, Billionaires, and Family Trump Has Picked to Run the Government. They include a wrestling magnate, a private space pioneer, a New York real estate developer, the heir to a small appliance empire, and the wealthiest man on the planet — with several being donors and close personal friends of the incoming president.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-tapped-unprecedented-13-billionaires-021222664.html

Liberal Lawyers Urge Longshot Nuclear Option To Stop Trump From Taking Office. Two liberal attorneys claimed Thursday that Congress can prevent President-elect Donald Trump from taking office.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/26/liberal-lawyers-longshot-nuclear-option-congress-stop-trump-taking-office/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia: It’s up to Trump team to make first move to improve ties
https://democraticunderground.com/100219851044

Denmark boosts Greenland defense spending after Trump’s call for US ownership of the key Arctic territory. Russia has already sought to claim territory up to Greenland’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/24/denmark-greenland-defense-spending-trump-us-control-comments

Hong Kong offers bounties for six more democrats in security squeeze
https://www.voanews.com/a/hong-kong-offers-bounties-for-six-more-democrats-in-security-squeeze/7912151.html

Japan FM raises ‘serious concerns’ over China military buildup
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1265517-japan-fm-raises-serious-concerns-over-china-military-buildup

UK prepares to stave off Musk’s power that he has flexed in US and Germany
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/elon-musk-europe-surging-far-right-rcna185145

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Maniac slashes 2 people at Grand Central subway station in separate attacks: sources
https://www.newsbreak.com/1010wins-560919/3730234352868-2-injured-in-christmas-eve-slashing-at-grand-central-subway-station-suspect-in-custody

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘No precedent’: Texas Attorney General shuts down MAGA host on revoking Biden’s pardons
https://www.rawstory.com/ken-paxton-biden-pardons/

# Medical / Health News
Biden administration withdraws birth control rules
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/24/birth-control-access-biden-plan

Abortion opponents shift focus to pills with lawsuits, proposed laws and possible federal action
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2024-12-23/abortion-opponents-shift-focus-to-pills-with-lawsuits-proposed-laws-and-possible-federal-action

Many women ‘unprepared’ for intensity of pain from chemical abortion, study finds. Abortion pills account for over 60% of all U.S. abortions
https://www.foxnews.com/media/many-women-unprepared-intensity-pain-from-chemical-abortion-study-finds

SC lawmakers to discuss what could be ‘toughest pro-life bill’ in US: One of the most controversial upcoming bills at the statehouse is the South Carolina Prenatal Equal Protection Act, which would define abortion as homicide. If passed, the bill would allow the death penalty for abortions.
https://www.counton2.com/news/south-carolina-news/sc-lawmakers-to-discuss-what-could-be-toughest-pro-life-bill-in-us/

# Military / DOD / Militia
Trump wanted to turn the US military on American citizens while he was president. He has increaslngly said he would do so if he wins the White House in 2024.
https://theconversation.com/threatening-the-enemy-within-with-force-military-ethicists-explain-the-danger-to-important-american-traditions-241964

# Military / Global / General News
North Korea to send more troops to fight for Russia against Ukraine: South Korean intel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IApQnD78UIo

Kiev: Russian troops executing Ukrainian prisoners of war again, Ukrainian human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets posted on Telegram.
https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-pows-lubinets-executions/33249116.html

Solidarity Activists Are Raising Alarm Over Impending Turkish Attacks on Rojava. The Kurdish movement in North and East Syria is facing existential threats from Turkey following the fall of Assad.
https://truthout.org/articles/solidarity-activists-are-raising-alarm-over-impending-turkish-attacks-on-rojava/

Kurdish-led forces push back Turkish-backed Syrian rebels in a tense offensive
https://apnews.com/article/syria-kurds-turkey-sdf-manbij-kobani-84928d1755cc09c239fe00074291ff0f

Airstrikes target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/12/25/afghanistan-pakistan-air-raids/1751735163108/

# Other Interesting Things
Revealing the secrets of Britain’s lost Atlantis: Archaeologists discover Stone Age artifacts under North Sea. Using special dredges, scientists have just brought to the surface 100 flint artifacts made by Stone Age humans between 15,000 and 8,000 years ago.8 hours ago
https://www.the-independent.com/news/science/archaeology/stone-age-uk-north-sea-artefacts-b2670049.html

# Social
Camping bans, penalties rise after Supreme Court ruling worsening homelessness, experts say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/camping-bans-penalties-rise-supreme-100043751.html

# Sports
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Donald Trump Is Poised to Pocket Billions in a Meme Stock Media Merger. The former president has kept his finances in the dark. But now he’s pressed for cash and Truth Social could be the answer.
https://deadline.com/2024/03/donald-trump-billion-shareholders-truth-social-media-merger-1235865854/

Stalled Kids Online Safety Act pits Speaker Mike Johnson against powerful Republicans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/analyis-stalled-kids-online-safety-110051956.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Global
Iran takes first steps toward easing its broad social media bans
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-24/iran-takes-first-steps-toward-easing-its-broad-social-media-bans

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December 24, 2024
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# Indigenous
A Native American Community Regains Its Rights to Land in a New Mexico National Preserve
https://www.abqjournal.com/news/local/article_f49e16bc-d1d8-5e1e-a637-b8c7639eaaa8.html

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Rand Paul uncovers $15 million taxpayer-funded cat experiments
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3268783/rand-paul-festivus-15-million-taxpayer-funded-cat-experiments/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Millions Could be Deported Immediately, New “Border Czar” Says
https://www.newsbreak.com/jack-beavers-1602412/3728147625206-millions-could-be-deported-immediately-new-border-czar-says

Guatemalan charged with murder for setting woman on fire on NYC subway, was in U.S. illegally. It is also not clear when Zapeta arrived in New York City, which has been a safe haven for illegal immigrants, but he was already staying at a Days Inn hotel in the city, which had been converted into a migrant shelter in April 2023.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/woman-burnt-to-death-subway-nyc

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Walmart illegally opened bank accounts for over 1 million drivers, CFPB alleges: Walmart and Branch harvested more than $10 million in junk fees through Walmart’s Spark Driver program
https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-sues-walmart-and-branch-messenger-for-illegally-opening-deposit-accounts-for-more-than-one-million-delivery-drivers/

Walmart Sued for Forcing Drivers to Pay Junk Fees to Get Paid: Consumer protection board sues Walmart and fintech firm over gig-worker driver pay access
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/cfpb-sues-walmart-fintech-firm-gig-worker-driver-payments-rcna185221

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
From Venezuela to Dallas to the Dakotas, gang members involved in ATM theft ring: Illegal border crossers from Venezuela with confirmed ties to the violent prison gang Tren de Aragua have been connected to an ATM theft ring in multiple states. The latest arrests occurred in North and South Dakota.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_922e34e4-c12d-11ef-a4a5-e341547bfd82.html

# Covid / Biologicals / Pandemics
Why Are We Giving Babies COVID-19 Vaccines That Don’t Work?
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2024/12/why-are-we-giving-babies-covid-19-vaccines-that-dont-work/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Embezzling Social Security to fund trickle-down economics & billionaire hobbies like SpaceX. Before approving another tax break for the ultra-rich or funding billionaire escapades like SpaceX, lawmakers need to repay the trillions borrowed from Social Security—a debt they’ve ignored for decades.
https://www.newsbreak.com/daymark-news-2229681/3728127790819-opinion-embezzling-social-security-to-fund-trickle-down-economics-billionaire-hobbies-like-spacex

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Mexico Raises Textile-Related Tariffs By Up to 35%. The official publication states that the primary objective is to tackle the unfair competition affecting Mexico’s textile and apparel industry.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mexico-raises-textile-related-tariffs-213304658.html

# Education / Schools
U.S. House fails to reauthorize 20-year-old bipartisan bill to fund rural schools, communities
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-house-fails-reauthorize-20-010739567.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
No Thanks! 19 Reasons Young People Are Choosing Not to Work. Young adults are disconnected from work and school due to long-term labor force trends
https://www.dallasfed.org/cd/communities/2023/2303

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Brian Kilmeade and RNC Chair Casually Talk of Spending $1.5 Trillion for Greenland To Get Its Minerals: ‘It Probably Will Pay Off’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/brian-kilmeade-and-rnc-chair-casually-talk-of-spending-1-5-trillion-for-greenland-to-get-its-minerals-it-probably-will-pay-off/

# EPA /Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
E.P.A. head Michael Regan stepping down before Biden’s term ends: “Together, we confronted climate change with the urgency science demands. We set the strongest standards in history and put billions of dollars to work to spur clean energy development, create good-paying American jobs and lower costs for families.” — Michael Regan, outgoing E.P.A. administrator
https://www.ehn.org/e-p-a-head-michael-regan-stepping-down-before-bidens-term-ends-2670664881.html

Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano is erupting, sending hazardous gases billowing, “This one came on really fast,” Ken Hon of the USGS said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawaii-k-lauea-volcano-erupting-122049741.html

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
Strange behavior from Earth’s magnetic north pole days before Christmas baffles scientists. For the first time in recorded history, the pole has dramatically changed its speed – a shift that could affect everything from smartphone GPS to Santa’s delivery route.
https://studyfinds.org/magnetic-north-pole-moving/#:~:text=For%20the%20first%20time%20in,GPS%20to%20Santa’s%20delivery%20route

# Foods / Things that impact your health
The Lemon and Salt Trick: A Simple Way to Enhance Your Living Space
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3727837868065-the-lemon-and-salt-trick-a-simple-way-to-enhance-your-living-space

# General Recalls / Alerts
Tesla, Kia, Jeep among more than 700,000 vehicles recalled
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hyundai-kia-honda-fisker-jeep-103144310.html

# General News
Trump is vowing to change the name of Denali back to Mount McKinley. It’s been an issue in Alaska for generations. In a speech Sunday night, President-Elect Donald Trump says he plans to weigh in on the name of America’s tallest mountain.
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2024/12/23/trump-vows-restore-mt-mckinley-name-alaskas-tallest-peak/

Alaskan’s react to President-Elect Trump’s proposal to change the name of Denali
https://www.youralaskalink.com/homepage/alaskans-react-to-trumps-pledge-to-rename-denali-back-to-mount-mckinley/article_14b3fbb8-c194-11ef-ab76-e7e739e696e6.html

A Quick Reminder on the Trump Organization’s Tax Evasion in Panama. Donald Trump’s new threat against Panama should come with a reminder about how his family organization operated in the country.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189654/trump-organization-tax-evasion-panama

Elon Musk Is a Paid Subscriber to Shockingly Racist Pro-Apartheid South African X Account
https://www.mediaite.com/news/elon-musk-is-a-paid-subscriber-to-shockingly-racist-pro-apartheid-south-african-x-account/

Fact Check: Elon Musk Said the AfD Can ‘Save Germany.’ Here’s What We Know About the Political Party
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-said-afd-save-184900407.html

# Gov / Politics
US Government officials urged to lock down devices amid telecoms breach: CISA has urged ‘highly targeted’ individuals in the US Government or in senior political positions to immediately review and implement strict security measures with their mobile devices.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/us-government-officials-urged-to-lock-down-devices-amid-telecoms-breach#:~:text=CISA%20has%20urged%20’highly%20targeted,measures%20with%20their%20mobile%20devices

Anthony Scaramucci Says Musk Is in ‘A Perilous Situation’ With Trump, Who ‘Doesn’t Like’ All the Attention Tesla CEO Gets
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/anthony-scaramucci-says-musk-is-in-a-perilous-situation-with-trump-who-doesnt-like-all-the-attention-tesla-ceo-gets/

House Republican Tells CBS: ‘It Feels Like Elon Musk is Our Prime Minister’
https://www.newsweek.com/tony-gonzales-elon-musk-feels-our-prime-minister-2004828

Republican Senator Backs Trump’s Rhetoric About Seizing Panama Canal: The U.S. built the canal in the early 20th century and gave Panama some control over the passage in 1977 before ceding it fully in 1999.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/republican-senator-backs-trumps-rhetoric-about-seizing-panama-canal-the-american-people-gave-president-trump-a-mandate/
See also: Panama Canal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal

‘Never mentioned it once!’ Dem says Trump demand came after ‘someone wrote him a check’. Trump suggested the United States should reclaim the Panama Canal, citing exorbitant fees for access and an increasing Chinese presence in the waterway.
https://www.rawstory.com/panama-canal-trump/

Who owns the Panama Canal and what does Trump want with it? US president-elect has threatened to retake canal over ‘exorbitant’ rates but Panama’s president rejects his claims
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/23/panama-canal-donald-trump-us-explainer

Scaramucci advises Musk to ‘stick to business’ because ‘these people can hurt you.’ “He’s just got to be very, very careful because he’s making enemies that he doesn‘t realize,” Scaramucci said
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5054743-scaramucci-advises-musk-stick-to-business-because-these-people-can-hurt-you/

Sen. Collins reacts to Social Security Fairness Act bill passage
https://www.iaff.org/news/what-theyre-saying-lawmakers-react-to-passage-of-social-security-fairness-act/

Trump Pick for State Dept Post ‘Espoused White Nationalist and Islamophobic Views’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-white-nationalism

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russian TV’s Hypersonic Missile Threat to US: ‘Nothing Will Protect Them’: Solovyov’s statement regarding the Oreshnik’s power is significant as it is increasing already-high tensions with the U.S. and Europe.
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-tv-hypersonic-missile-threat-us-nothing-will-protect-them-2005600

China says US ‘playing with fire’ after latest military aid for Taiwan. The Chinese government continues to claim Taiwan as its territory and says it must come under its control.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/22/china-says-us-playing-with-fire-by-giving-taiwan-more-military-aid

# Medical / Health News
Francis Ford Coppola, who survived polio, has harsh words for vaccine detractors
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/12/23/francis-ford-coppola-polio-vaccine/77170876007/

Medicare Plans and Cancer Treatment: Understanding the Financial and Care Implications
https://www.ncoa.org/article/what-does-medicare-cover-for-cancer/

# Military / Global / General News
Philippines says it will buy U.S. Typhon missile system, angering China. China slams move, warning that Philippines risks ‘arms race’ amid increased militarisation of South China Sea.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/23/philippines-angers-china-with-plans-to-buy-us-typhon-missile-system

The UK successfully tested its new radio-wave weapon that kills drones from 1,000 yards at $0.13 a pop
https://defensescoop.com/2024/12/23/british-troops-test-drone-zapper-radio-frequency-directed-energy-weapon-rfdew/

Vladimir Putin military crisis as Ukrainian drones strike ‘strategic’ base
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-largest-military-range-ukraine-drone-strike-2005269

Dual-Capable Missiles Could Give China an Edge in Nuclear War Against US
https://www.newsweek.com/dual-capable-missiles-could-give-china-news-edge-nuclear-war-against-us-2005518

# NATO
Nato cannot defend Europe from Russia without the US, warns alliance’s frontline leaders
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/nato-russia-trump-ukraine-peace-defence-spending-b2667012.html

# Science
‘Radical departure from known life’: Scientists warn of ‘mirror life’: Mirror life is the synthetic creation of life using molecules.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/science/scientists-warn-of-mirror-life-creation/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Global
Shanghai’s First Humanoid Robot Factory Begins Mass Production
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCAr-_g88nI

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December 23, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
No more welfare for illegal immigrants. Until the parole loophole exploited by President Biden can be closed, Congress should make clear that those in the country illegally may not live on welfare.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3266555/no-more-welfare-for-illegal-immigrants/

Oklahoma to deport detained immigrants illegally in US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ojt4VBjFFo

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Netflix Boss Ted Sarandos Bends the Knee to Trump With Mar-a-Lago Visit. The high-profile Democratic donor is just one of many business leaders to meet with the president-elect recently.
https://deadline.com/2024/12/ted-sarandos-donald-trump-meeting-1236205157/

‘What choice do they have?’: CEOs rush to bend the knee to Donald Trump From Silicon Valley to Wall Street, even corporate opponents have been bending over backwards to meet the U.S. president-elect
https://financialpost.com/financial-times/americas-ceos-bend-donald-trump

# Cartels /  Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Historic Border Seizure: Unprecedented Blow to The Mexican Cartels. As the dust settles on this massive operation, questions arise about its timing, impact, and the future of the ongoing war against drug trafficking.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3723260315768-us-border-historic-seizure-creates-unprecedented-blow-to-mexican-cartels

Violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua terrorizing Americans in at least 19 states. The gang has reportedly established a presence in Virginia, Montana, Wyoming, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/venezuelan-gang-tren-de-aragua-16-states-report/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Musk and Ramaswamy to confront Congress in struggle for control of the public purse
https://www.alternet.org/musk-and-ramaswamy-to-confront-congress-in-struggle-for-control-of-the-public-purse/

We’re Already Seeing Signs That Trump Is Tanking the Economy
https://newrepublic.com/article/189632/trump-stock-market-economy-tanking

Trump’s Appointee for Social Security Raises Fears of Austerity and Cuts. The Social Security Administration’s incoming head is a Wall Street insider who may help the right slash benefits.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-appointee-for-social-security-raises-fears-of-austerity-and-cuts/

Social Security on the Brink: The Looming Crisis That Could Slash Your Retirement
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-politicians-1776832/3726724725555-social-security-on-the-brink-the-looming-crisis-that-could-slash-your-retirement

The Future Financial Status of the Social Security Program. The concepts of solvency, sustainability, and budget impact are common in discussions of Social Security, but are not well understood.
https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v70n3/v70n3p111.html

Congress approves changes to Social Security that expand benefits for some public sector workerincluding police officers, firefighters, postal workers and public-school teachers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/12/21/congress-change-social-security-teachers-firefighters/77116060007/

Dave Ramsey warns Americans on a Social Security growing problem. The personal finance bestselling author explains why the retirement program’s math makes people nervous.
https://www.thestreet.com/retirement/dave-ramsey-warns-americans-on-a-social-security-growing-problem

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Oil and gas firms operating in Colorado falsified environmental impact reports. State’s energy and carbon management commission said fraudulent pollution data was reported for at least 344 wells
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/20/colorado-oil-gas-false-environmental-impact-reports

Uranium mining revival portends nuclear renaissance in Texas and beyond. State leaders want nuclear reactors to provide consistent, low-carbon power to large industrial facilities. But in South Texas, locals worry what a uranium boom means for their groundwater.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01122024/texas-uranium-mining-nuclear-renaissance/

Trump’s cabinet picks with ties to the fossil fuel industry and what their selection could mean for climate policy.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19112024/todays-climate-trump-staff-choices-fossil-fuels/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Biden’s Lasting Legacy Is Making the World a More Dangerous Place. The president’s last-minute climate announcement doesn’t overshadow the troubling practical tools he’s putting in the hands of his successor.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189619/biden-ai-climate-data-center

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Brooke Rollins will spearhead the effort to protect American Farmers, who are truly the backbone of our Country,” the US president-elect said in a statement.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/23/trump-picks-brooke-rollins-agriculture

# Gov / Politics
‘The United States Canal!’ Trump Trolls With AI Image After Panama President Says Control ‘Not Negotiable’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/the-united-states-canal-trump-trolls-with-ai-image-after-panama-president-says-control-not-negotiable/

‘Not Negotiable!’ Panama President Responds to Trump Threat to Seize Panama Canal: ‘Every Square Meter’ Is Ours
https://www.mediaite.com/news/not-negotiable-panama-president-responds-to-trump-threat-to-seize-panama-canal-every-square-meter-is-ours/

‘We’ll see about that!’ Trump issues vague threat to President of Panama after statement
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-vague-panama-threat/

Trump Says U.S. Should Take Ownership Of Greenland And Threatens To Takeover Panama Canal
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-says-us-should-take-over-greenland-after-panama-canal-2024-12

US to announce final package of new arms for Ukraine in coming days
https://san.com/cc/biden-admin-to-announce-final-ukraine-military-aid-package-worth-1-2b-report/

“For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189641/greenland-reaction-trump-threat

# Gov / Politics / Global
Greenland Hits Back After Trump’s Dangerous, Asinine Threat. Greenland’s prime minister has some choice words for Donald Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/greenland-hits-back-trump-dangerous-153931915.html

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
New York Gov. Hochul orders prison staffers involved in inmate’s deadly beating to be fired.  “But we have no tolerance for individuals who cross the line, break the law and engage in unnecessary violence or targeted abuse.”
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-independent-517119/3726098714227-new-york-s-governor-orders-firing-of-prison-staffers-involved-in-inmate-s-fatal-beating

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences, DOJ lawsuit claims.
https://www.chronicleonline.com/news/national/louisiana-often-holds-inmates-past-their-release-date-doj-lawsuit-claims/article_d6f57e1b-cc33-551f-ae34-8a219b36df3d.html

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
New Report From Senate Democrats Accuses Supreme Court Justices Of ‘Ethical Crisis’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5052145-senate-democrats-condemn-supreme-court-ethics-in-new-report/

# Medical / Health News
RFK Jr. should not be confirmed as HHS secretary. “Efforts to undermine confidence in proven cures are not just uninformed, they’re dangerous,” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), a polio survivor, declared earlier this month.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5051344-rfk-jr-is-not-telling-the-truth-about-vaccines/

RFK Jr. may soon become health secretary, but Louisiana and other states are already passing anti-vaccine laws
https://thebulletin.org/2024/12/rfk-jr-may-become-health-secretary-next-year-but-louisiana-and-other-states-are-already-making-an-anti-vaccine-agenda-law/

Nursing has become a new frontier for gig work — and it’s coming with some of the same challenges that delivery and rideshare contractors have already pointed to, according to a new report.
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/money/career/nursing-has-become-a-new-frontier-for-gig-work-and-it-s-creating-the-same-issues-that-uber-drivers-face/ar-AA1wgQYU

# Medical Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science
Stem cell hope on the horizon for preterm babies. cientists at Monash Children’s Hospital have successfully collected and reinfused umbilical cord blood cells in extremely premature babies, offering a glimmer of hope for preventing brain injuries.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/stem-cell-hope-for-preterm-babies/?utm_source=Cosmos+Master&utm_campaign=d7b41840e6-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6828fba71f-d7b41840e6-181426858&mc_cid=d7b41840e6&mc_eid=e5e84adac5

# Military / Global / General News
Dramatic moment fireballs are seen flying across the sky as ‘Chinese satellites enter atmosphere over Arkansas’
https://www.newsweek.com/videos-show-dramatic-fireball-over-us-satellite-reenters-atmosphere-2004820

Earlier this year, North Korea and Russia signed a mutual defense pact saying that if one country is attacked, the other will come to its aid. As early as October, North Korean soldiers began traveling to Russia to be trained.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/asia/north-korea-russia-military-deal.html

Russian commanders resist Putin’s orders — refuse to send troops across Dnipro River. The Russian military is building up its forces on the left bank of the Dnipro river, as it prepares to force a crossing, but commanders are reportedly refusing to send their troops to join a planned offensive
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/russian-commanders-resist-putins-orders-34361017

Putin’s chilling seven-word warning to Ukraine after city targeted in drone strike Vladimir Putin has issued a chilling warning to Ukraine after a drone strike on the Russian city of Kazan, as the Kremlin confirmed it had launched its third day of strikes on Ukraine
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/putin-warning-ukraine-response-zelensky-34363040

# Social
Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor. As HUD secretary, Scott Turner would oversee billions in housing aid, but as a Texas state legislator he voted against protections for poor tenants and has called government assistance “one of the most destructive things for the family.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-turner-hud-nominee-trump-public-housing-texas

Woman Arrested While Trying To Reclaim Her Home From Squatter: A Georgia homeowner found herself handcuffed and placed behind bars for attempting to move back into her own home.
https://www.boredpanda.com/georgia-homeowner-arrested-trying-to-move-back-into-house-inhabited-by-squatter/

# SpaceX
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Faces Federal Scrutiny Over Security Breaches
https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/musk-spacex-federal-scrutiny-national-security-124121800301_1.html

# Transportation / Travel / Global
Despite warning, cruise lines visit ‘violent’ Caribbean port
https://www.thestreet.com/travel/why-cruise-lines-visit-roatan-despite-serious-travel-warning

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Border crime in Texas linked to child trafficking in Houston area. As the largest city closest to the border and a gateway hub for human and drug trafficking and crime linked to cartel and gang violence, Houston has been ground zero for some time for law enforcement dedicated to stopping it and saving victims.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_b8511140-bef9-11ef-8cb2-271b773600a1.html?a&seyid=40920

Labor force participation among US-born American men has plunged amid soaring immigration: analysis
https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/us-news/us-immigration-surge-under-biden-administration-is-biggest-in-us-history/

State immigration advocates plot strategy for Trump’s deportation plans
https://www.news-journal.com/state-immigration-advocates-plot-strategy-for-trump-s-deportation-plans/article_d8f140e4-0972-543c-af55-77e4f1d60f3e.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
U.S. Party Store going out of business after 40 years. Party City will close 850 stores in North America.
https://www.fastcompany.com/91251460/party-city-going-out-of-business-all-locations-stores-closing

Amazon says it doesn’t recognize union and refuses to negotiate with them
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/amazon-says-it-doesn-t-recognize-union-and-refuses-to-negotiate-with-them/vi-AA1wfviM

Low-income Americans are struggling. It could get worse
https://keyt.com/news/money-and-business/cnn-business-consumer/2024/12/21/low-income-americans-are-struggling-it-could-get-worse/

# Cartels /  Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Colorado Tren de Aragua apartment complex is turned into torture hub by migrants. Tren de Aragua goons brutalized a couple at the Edge of Lowry complex in Aurora early Tuesday, police said, despite claims the besieged building had been cleaned-up.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/us-border-crisis/article-14202543/aurora-colorado-tren-aragua-complex-migrant-gangsters-victims.html

# Covid / Biologicals / Pandemics
Confirmations of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Commercial and Backyard Flocks. APHIS confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in a commercial flock in the United States on February 8, 2022.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/commercial-backyard-flocks

Detections of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Mammals. There are many species that are potentially susceptible to highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). In addition to birds and poultry, H5N1 viruses have been detected in some mammals (see list below). Infection may cause illness, including severe disease and death in some cases.
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/livestock-poultry-disease/avian/avian-influenza/hpai-detections/mammals?utm_campaign=govdelivery-email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

H5 Bird Flu: Current Situation. What to know: H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers. While the current public health risk is low, CDC is watching the situation carefully and working with states to monitor people with animal exposures. CDC is using its flu surveillance systems to monitor for H5 bird flu activity in people.
https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/index.html?utm_campaign=govdelivery-email&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

Maps Show Where Mask Mandates Are Returning Across US
https://www.newsweek.com/maps-mask-mandates-returning-new-york-jersey-california-2004297

What an infectious disease doctor has to say about the bird flu. He said he agrees with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance that the public health risk for bird flu is low.
https://www.ksby.com/health/bird-flu/what-an-infectious-disease-doctor-has-to-say-about-the-bird-flu#:~:text=virus%20are%20growing.-,Dr.,health%20safety%20before%20the%20holidays.&text=He%20said%20he%20agrees%20with,for%20bird%20flu%20is%20low

U.S. Partnered With China on Project Involving 500,000 Viruses That Could Pose Biosecurity Risks
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/us-partnered-china-project-500000-viruses-biosecurity-risks-rtk/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20241220

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Republican Spending Bill Proposal Is Amazing for China, and for Musk
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-china-continuing-resolution-budget-deal-proposal-2004103

The True Dangers of Trump’s Economic Plans. His Radical Agenda Would Wreak Havoc on American Businesses, Workers, and Consumers
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/true-dangers-trump-presidency-economic-plans#

# Foods / Things that impact your health
Chemical Overload: 20 Grocery Items That Are More Harmful Than Healthy
https://www.newsbreak.com/greg-wilson-cfa-1601099/3722438692308-chemical-overload-20-grocery-items-that-are-more-harmful-than-healthy

The plant you see in the picture is called dandelion and is one of the most wondrous plants
https://holistichealthphysicaltherapy.com/dandelion-a-plant-profile/
Also: Health Benefits and Side Effects of Dandelion Root. What research says and what to consider before trying it. It’s a source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and beneficial biochemicals. It’s used in supplements to manage diabetes, reduce cholesterol and high blood pressure, decrease inflammation associated with arthritis, and help nursing women by boosting breast milk production
https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-benefits-of-dandelion-root-89103

# General News
Can the Constitution Curb Trump’s “Frightening” Payback Plans? It’s a near certainty that Donald Trump will attempt to weaponize the government against his enemies. The real question is whether—or how far—the institutions will really bend to his will.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-frightening-payback-plans-fbi-middle-east?srsltid=AfmBOoog8xCM_yDZZNUsKMGJsKiDDo3gC7XXtHjkBBzbcEQPimKAk1P5

Elon Musk Endorses Germany’s Far-Right AfD Party. The MAGA billionaire has already thrown his support behind the U.K.’s Nigel Farage and Italy’s Giorgia Meloni.
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/20/musk-germany-afd-party

Drones over New Jersey: Mystery continues month after first sightings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0twUUIEfYEE

Trump moved 114.75 million shares, which makes up 53 percent of TMTG, to a revocable trust where he is the sole beneficiary, a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing on Thursday revealed. The incoming president’s stake in the company is valued at more than $4 billion, with Trump previously making his commitment to the company and its shares clear.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-transferring-4-billion-truth-social-stock-impacts-investors-2004403

# Gov / Politics
Mike Johnson Snubs Trump With Plan C on Government Shutdown. Republicans’ new spending bill completely ignores Trump’s biggest demand.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189604/house-republicans-pass-spending-bill-shutdown-snub-trump

‘Incredibly Risky’: Reporter Suggests Elon Musk Is Entering Dangerous Waters With Trump. There’s been speculation that the Trump-Musk bromance can’t last, and the SpaceX CEO’s latest scheming might not help his cause.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/reporter-elon-musk-donald-trump_n_6763f5c0e4b00aa16adedd4d

‘This is not normal!’ Democratic Senator stunned by Elon Musk ‘endorsing a Neo-Nazi party inside Germany.’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/this-is-not-normal-democratic-senator-stunned-by-elon-musk-endorsing-a-neo-nazi-party-inside-germany/

170 House Republicans Defied Donald Trump Despite Primaries Threat.  170 House Republicans joined Democrats to approve an emergency funding bill just hours before a partial government shutdown was due to go into effect, despite President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to oust any rebels.
https://www.newsweek.com/170-house-republicans-defied-donald-trump-despite-primaries-threat-2004574

Biden missing in action as Turkey inches closer to full-blown war against US-allied Kurds in Syria. Amid the end of the nearly 14 years of civil war in Syria, Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is set to rekindle a new war in northern Syria against America’s main ally, the Syrian Kurds.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/biden-missing-action-turkey-inches-closer-full-blown-war-against-u-s-allied-kurds-syria

Congressman floats theory that Musk has promised Trump a ‘windfall’ if he does billionaire’s bidding
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-elon-musk-truth-social-b2668066.html

Democratic senator says Trump’s plans to undermine democracy have already begun. Trump is putting into action a plan to cripple our democracy in a way we may never recover from?”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democratic-senator-says-trump-plans-162208544.html

House Dem Accuses Musk of Killing Initial Spending Deal to Protect His Investments In China, Musk Hits Back With AI Image
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/house-dem-accuses-musk-of-killing-initial-spending-deal-to-protect-his-investments-in-china-musk-hits-back-with-ai-image/

Transcript: Trump-Musk Fiasco Shows How Badly MAGA Voters Got Scammed
https://newrepublic.com/article/189598/trump-musk-fiasco-worsens-exposing-badly-maga-voters-got-scammed

Trump’s new enemy could ‘bring the Republican agenda to a halt’: ex-GOP lawmaker
https://www.rawstory.com/debt-limit-trump/

Trump’s wake-up call: Republicans are willing to defy him. Why These 38 Republicans Stuck a Finger in Trump’s Eye–and Aren’t Afraid to Do it Again
https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-38-republicans-stuck-finger-223242587.html

Washington has provided around 100 billion in financial aid and military assistance to Kiev since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.
https://www.rt.com/news/609630-us-ukraine-aid-blinken/

Call for $2.5 Trillion in Cuts Proves GOP Wants to ‘Steal Our Benefits’: “Nearly 60% of mandatory spending is for Medicare and Social Security,” noted one expert. “If they don’t touch those, they’d have to cut Medicaid to the bone.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-benefit-cuts

# Gov / Politics / Global
Syria’s new fundamentalist government: Women ‘biologically’ unsuited to politics, universities to be segregated. The comments provoked a firestorm of protest among Syrian women and, well, non-fundamentalists.
https://www.juancole.com/2024/12/fundamentalist-biologically-universities.html

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Weaponization Committee exposes censorship, FBI abuses, and lawfare in nearly 2-year probe. The broad investigation, the subcommittee says, uncovered a “two-tiered system of government.”
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/weaponization-committee-shed-light-censorship-fbi-abuses-and-lawfare-nearly-2

A mentally challenged man was struggling to use the self checkout at Target. Instead of helping him, employees called the police
https://www.krqe.com/news/crime/video-albuquerque-police-officer-charged-for-disabled-mans-arrest/

Interview: Former FBI Agent Who Once Infiltrated Neo-Nazi Groups and Militias Explains Why Law Enforcement Fails to Take Far-Right Extremism Seriously
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3725483126560-interview-former-fbi-agent-who-once-infiltrated-neo-nazi-groups-and-militias-explains-why-law-enforcement-fails-to-take-far-right-extremism-seriously?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ3ODkwMTgwMDY%3D

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
U.S. Senate confirms final two Biden judges, adding to diversity records
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/bidens-diverse-judicial-confirmations-by-the-numbers

# Medical / Health News
Fact Check: Critics Say Musk’s Influence on Trump Led GOP To Cut Children’s Cancer Research. Were Pediatric Cancer Research Funds Cut from the Bill? In short, yes. Here’s What We Know
https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/12/20/trump-elon-musk-childrens-cancer/

Former Cigna insurance executive says he quit after witnessing an industry that ‘puts profits over patients’
https://fortune.com/well/article/cigna-opinion-health-insurance-profits-over-patients/

# Military / DOD / Militia / Space Force
New US Space Force jammers aim to disrupt China’s SATCOM signals, The Remote Modular Terminals, which disrupt adversary satellites by “yelling in their ear,” as one official put it, are cleared for initial fielding,
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2024/12/19/new-us-space-force-jammers-aim-to-disrupt-chinas-satcom-signals/

# Military / Global
Israeli soldiers enforce kill zone in Gaza, targeting civilians. Israeli forces implement open-fire policies in Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, targeting civilians and leaving corpses uncollected as a warning to others.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2024/12/20/israeli-soldiers-enforce-kill-zone-in-gaza-targeting-civilians-and-leaving-bodies-to-rot/

Ukraine unveils new ‘Trident’ laser weapon that can take out aircraft over a mile away
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/ukraine-unveils-new-laser-weapon-tryzub-that-can-shoot-down-aircraft-from-a-mile-away/articleshow/116499682.cms?from=mdr

# NASA
NASA’s New Deep Space Network Antenna Has Its Crowning Moment. NASA’s Deep Space Network, an array of giant radio antennas, allows agency missions to track, send commands to, and receive scientific data from spacecraft venturing to the Moon and beyond.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-new-deep-space-network-antenna-has-its-crowning-moment/

# Other Interesting Things
Scientists peered into an Antarctic lake hidden beneath the ice, and uncovered a never-before-seen ecosystem
https://www.livescience.com/hidden-ecosystem-under-antarctic-ice

Stonehenge’s mysterious origins may finally be solved — as new study poses unifying theory
https://nypost.com/2020/07/29/scientists-solve-mysterious-origin-of-stonehenge-megaliths/

Scientists thought that Lake Enigma in Antarctica was frozen from top to bottom. But, in 2019, they discovered that water existed 11 meters below the surface. After extracting a sample, a research team led by the National Research Council of Italy discovered a collection of various microbiota that’ve likely been separated from the rest of the world for thousands of years.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-lifeform-emerged-bottom-lake-150000911.html

A Mysterious Lifeform Has Emerged From the Bottom of a Lake That Should Be Entirely Frozen
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mysterious-lifeform-emerged-bottom-lake-150000911.html

Watch Greenland lose 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds in disturbing new time-lapse video. Satellite imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency reveal 13 years of melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/climate-change/watch-greenland-lose-563-cubic-miles-of-ice-in-less-than-30-seconds-in-disturbing-new-satellite-video

# Security / Surveillance
Former House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy warns of potential terrorist ‘sleeper cells’ in the US: These 13 states have the highest volume of known terrorists setting up “terrorist sleeper cells” in each of these states’ most populated cities. “We just caught 18 people just last month on the FBI Terror Watch List coming across our border, more than 160 have done it this year,” the former speaker said,
https://nypost.com/2023/10/23/kevin-mccarthy-warns-of-potential-sleeper-cells-in-the-us/

# Social
Supreme Court’s Controversial Ruling: Criminalizing Homelessness Puts Vulnerable Lives at Risk
https://www.newsbreak.com/modular-grounds-1653902/3722420443222-supreme-court-s-controversial-ruling-criminalizing-homelessness-puts-vulnerable-lives-at-risk

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# Indigenous
Can Farmington hide from its legacy of anti-Indigenous violence? It’s a reservation border town problem, not just a local one. Oil. Then settlers. Then violence. Then protests, tensions and more violence, in a cycle of conquest and dispossession.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/56-12/can-farmington-hide-from-its-legacy-of-anti-indigenous-violence/

Tribes sue after massive wind farm in Washington gets green light. The Yakama Nation contends that the project, which threatens ceremonial sites and wildlife habitat, is unlawful.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_71c3959a-a130-11ef-b336-ffaf3c0a1953.html

Southern Oregon tribes sue feds over offshore wind energy plans. Leaders of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians said they will drop their lawsuit if the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management delays its October auction for developers
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/09/16/southern-oregon-tribes-sue-feds-over-offshore-wind-energy-plans/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean
https://tucson.com/news/nation-world/government-politics/government-shutdown-impact-furloughs-social-security-closures/article_90895f76-ec48-5dd0-a87f-2c7081c05c8a.html

House Republicans agree on Plan B government funding bill with Trump’s debt limit increase
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5049205-house-gop-spending-stopgap-debt-limit/

Democrats pile on ‘President Musk’ for interfering in spending bill fight
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3265286/democrats-pile-president-musk-spending-bill-fight/

Democrats watch as ‘Co-president’ Musk leads Trump in destroying Johnson on spending bill
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-trump-spending-bill-democrats-b2667190.html

What services are impacted when the government shuts down? Without a funding plan, the shut down would begin Saturday, Dec. 21. Federal employees, including military members, would not be paid. Passport services, national parks, museums, travel and more would be affected
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/government-shutdown-impacted-agencies-and-services/

Jerome Powell just showed Donald Trump who’s boss. The Fed said inflation will remain higher than expected next year, and that it is now pricing in just two rate cuts in 2025, rather than the four it had expected during its previous projection in September.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/jerome-powell-just-showed-donald-135054117.html

Trump Has Shocking New Demand as Government Hurtles Toward Shutdown. Trump told NBC News over the phone that it would be the “smartest thing” Congress could do.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-shocking-demand-government-hurtles-160833037.html

Trump Is Desperately Trying to Shift Blame for Impending Shutdown. Donald Trump is realizing he messed up with the spending bill.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189600/donald-trump-joe-biden-blame-shutdown

The Debt Limit Should Absolutely Be Eliminated. Trump is offering the deal of a lifetime.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2024-12-19-debt-limit-should-absolutely-be-eliminated/

‘Let it begin now’: Trump wants shutdown under Biden. His remarks come after Republicans failed to pass an abridged continuing resolution to avert a shutdown.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-government-shutdown-deadline-speaker-johnson-budget-da117337aa0c0adab34a5626bb5816af

# Education / Schools
Biden cancels another $4.28 billion in U.S. student loans
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/20/biden-student-loan-relief-forgiveness-pslf

# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘No Contract, No Coffee’: Starbucks Workers Launch Five Days of Strikes
https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/starbucks-baristas-launch-strikes-just-ahead-christmas

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Montana Supreme Court delivers landmark ruling in youth climate case against fossil fuels. Montana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/montana-supreme-court-upholds-state-judges-landmark-ruling-in-youth-climate-case

The Supreme Court decisions that gutted environmental protections in 2024. Several major cases destroyed federal agencies’ ability to address climate change and pollution.
https://slate.com/business/2024/07/chevron-deference-federal-agencies-expert-regulators-epa-osha-ftc-atf-fda.html?pay=1734711697072&support_journalism=please

# General News
Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3722854546517-closures-social-security-checks-furloughs-what-a-government-shutdown-might-mean?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ2NDYwMTkzMTU%3D

Congressman Says Americans Won’t Be Able To Visit Their Families For Christmas If The Government Shuts Down
https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2024/12/19/congressman-says-americans-wont-be-able-to-visit-their-families-for-christmas-if-the-government-shuts-down/

Can Elon Musk Become Speaker of the House if He’s Not Natural Born Citizen? No, the speaker of the House doesn’t have to be a member of Congress. Sen. Rand Paul floated the idea that Elon Musk could be House speaker. If nominated and voted in, any American citizen, including Musk, could be speaker.
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/verify/government-verify/speaker-of-the-house-rand-musk-fact-check/536-79d02f90-8691-43d9-9789-75bbbffacb51

# Gov / Politics
‘Bowed to their master’: Conservative slams GOP for treating Elon Musk as shadow president
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3723515781479-bowed-to-their-master-conservative-slams-gop-for-treating-elon-musk-as-shadow-president

‘Intraparty warfare’: MAGA allies reportedly bicker over hiring. The “intraparty warfare” over “hiring at the National Republican Senatorial Committee and its allied GOP super PAC Senate Leadership Fund” has recently turned into “bickering over whether prospective new leaders are sufficiently loyal to Trump and the movement he created.”
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2670500703/

‘Complete empty promise’: Trump’s threats against prosecutors face serious legal challenge. It’s no secret that Donald Trump would like to punish the prosecutors who went after him, but legal experts say there are some limits to what he can do to them.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3722646137496-complete-empty-promise-trump-s-threats-against-prosecutors-face-serious-legal-challenge

Barbara Lee: Allowing Musk to ‘run our government really has grave consequences’ for Americans
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5049773-barbara-lee-allowing-musk-to-run-our-government-really-has-grave-consequences-for-americans/

‘Big deal’: Elon Musk raises alarms by endorsing what’s known as ‘German neo-Nazi party’
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-germany/

Elon Musk Is Already Scamming Washington. He’s the richest person in human history, yet he’s trying to deny meager raises for lawmakers and doesn’t care if federal workers go unpaid over the holidays.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189593/elon-musk-congress-spending-bill-scamming-washington

House Republican Swipes at Musk: ‘Last Time I Checked, Elon Musk Doesn’t Have a Vote in Congress’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/house-republican-swipes-at-musk-last-time-i-checked-elon-musk-doesnt-have-a-vote-in-congress/

JD Vance: Democrats just voted to shut down the government
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3723381014782-jd-vance-democrats-just-voted-to-shut-down-the-government?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ3MDAxOTQ5Mzc%3D

Trump was gliding into his inauguration. Now he’s facing a big mess.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-poised-inherit-strong-economy-120023870.html

U.S. Govt Shutdown: ‘President Musk Has No Idea’: Rosa DeLauro’s Stunning Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R894nKjCg_M

Republicans’ deranged calls for Elon Musk as House speaker are growing.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189568/mtg-marjorie-taylor-greene-elon-musk-house-speaker

Pete Hegseth Just Got a Troubling Sign From Republican Senators. Donald Trump’s defense secretary pick seems to be in some trouble over his FBI background check.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3722805305594-pete-hegseth-just-got-a-troubling-sign-from-republican-senators

Climate of fear is driving local officials to qui, new study finds threats, abuse rampant. Researchers surveyed hundreds of elected officials in three Southern California counties. They found 2 in 3 respondents had been threatened or abused – and that many worried for their safety.
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/climate-of-fear-is-driving-local-officials-to-quit-new-study-from-california-finds-threats/article_2e2c85eb-f09b-525d-b96b-7b07a352569e.html

House Republicans have been ordered to shut down the government. House Democrats worked with Republicans to reach a bipartisan agreement to keep our government open, provide necessary relief to areas devastated by natural disasters and put People Over Politics to make life better for working families.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSLI7TC3Zac

‘President Musk’ Trends After Trump’s Top Oligarch Torpedoes Federal Spending Deal. “Welcome to the Elon Musk presidency,” wrote Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-musk-spending-deal

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Possible Oath Keeper Pardon Haunts Judge At Sentencing Hearing. A federal judge who oversaw the seditious conspiracy trial of Oath Keepers led by Stewart Rhodes issued a bleak warning.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/possible-oath-keeper-pardon-haunts-judge-at-sentencing-hearing_n_676443a1e4b00aa16adf143c

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack
https://apnews.com/article/stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers-seditious-conspiracy-sentencing-b3ed4556a3dec577539c4181639f666c

A whole floor of a NYC building was a secret, ‘illegal police station’ for China: New York Resident Pleads Guilty to Operating Secret Police Station of the Chinese Government in Lower Manhattan
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/new-york-resident-pleads-guilty-operating-secret-police-station-chinese-government-lower

# Medical / Health News
‘Shame’: Homeless Woman Was in Labor and Needed Care, But Was Given Ticket Instead
https://www.lpm.org/news/2024-12-19/pregnant-kentucky-woman-cited-for-street-camping-while-in-labor

Chris Hayes: Elon Musk ‘Took $190 Million Away From Kids With Cancer.’ The MSNBC host says the GOP cut funding for pediatric cancer research because “the richest man in the world, worth $250 billion” told them to
https://www.thewrap.com/chris-hayes-elon-musk-took-190-million-away-from-kids-with-cancer-video/

Fox Host Demolishes Musk Over New Spending Bill’s Child Cancer Research Cuts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fox-host-demolishes-musk-over-043004702.html

People Are Sharing Their ER Horror Stories, And It’s Proof Of How Broken Our Healthcare System Is
https://www.vice.com/en/article/surprise-medical-bill-stories-and-private-health-care-insurance/

# Medical / Health News / Global
U.S. government agencies have awarded sensitive scientific, military and energy grants to dozens of researchers participating in Chinese government programs linked to economic espionage
https://foreigndesknews.com/asia/u-s-govt-awarded-sensitive-research-grants-to-scientists-in-chinese-communist-party-talent-programs/

# Military General News
Pentagon’s new report on Chinese military power reveals capabilities, context, and consequences
https://warontherocks.com/2024/12/what-the-pentagons-new-report-on-chinese-military-power-reveals-about-capabilities-context-and-consequences/

US Air Force Responds After Videos Show Multiple Take Offs at NATO Base
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R894nKjCg_M

# Military / DOD / Militia / Space Force
New US Space Force jammers aim to disrupt China’s SATCOM signals. The Remote Modular Terminals, which disrupt adversary satellites by “yelling in their ear,” as one official put it, are cleared for initial fielding
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2024/12/19/new-us-space-force-jammers-aim-to-disrupt-chinas-satcom-signals/

US troops doubled in Syria before Assad’s overthrow, Pentagon says. The surge of 1,100 troops to the country has been going on for months without being disclosed publicly.
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2024/12/19/us-troops-doubled-in-syria-before-assads-overthrow-pentagon-says/

# Military / Global
Vladimir Putin blasts Ukraine with devastating ‘Dagger’ hypersonic missiles in savage ‘revenge attack’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vladimir-putin-blasts-ukraine-with-devastating-dagger-hypersonic-missiles-in-savage-revenge-attack/ar-AA1wd5FP?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

# Social
The ‘choking game’ and other challenges amplified by social media come with deadly consequences. There’s more, unfortunately: The Skullbreaker Challenge, the Tide Pod Challenge and Car Surfing are but a few of the deadly games popularized through social media, particularly on Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and X – formerly Twitter. Many of these games go back more than a generation, and some are resurging.
https://theconversation.com/the-choking-game-and-other-challenges-amplified-by-social-media-can-come-with-deadly-consequences-242174

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
The One Big Roadblock to Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans. State supreme courts have the final say on the meaning of their states’ constitutions and laws.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/how-to-stop-trump-mass-deportation-plan.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
How To Prepare For Supply Chain Uncertainty And Upcoming Challenges. Before we tackle solutions, let’s take a quick look at what we’re dealing with:
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3719576569153-2025-survival-preparing-for-economic-challenges-and-supply-chain-uncertainty

Lawmakers: DOJ is stalling in oversight of millions in improperly approved funds
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3719872795472-elon-musk-under-federal-review-for-brazen-flouting-of-clearance-rules

Congress strikes last-minute funding deal to avert government shutdown
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/congress-strikes-disaster-aid-deal-washington-b2666343.html

Elon Musk Asks For Examples Of Government Waste: Twitter Exposes 28 Egregious Cases
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-asks-for-examples-of-government-waste-twitter-exposes-28-egregious-cases/ss-AA1w0Ux9?ocid=iSEM_L_Money

Here’s what made the cut in Congress’ 1,500-page government funding deal
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5040567-government-funding-deal-shutdown-deadline/

How Trump’s Tax Plan Disadvantaged Middle-Income And Low-Income Black Americans
https://theconversation.com/trumps-2017-tax-cuts-expire-soon-study-shows-they-made-income-inequality-worse-and-especially-hurt-black-americans-233758

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Canada announces new border rules following Trump tariff threat. After a threat from Donald Trump to impose a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian goods if the country does not secure its shared border with America, the Justin Trudeau-led government has pledged to implement a host of new security measures along its US border which include strengthening surveillance as well as a joint ‘strike force’ to target transnational organised crime
https://www.firstpost.com/world/to-avoid-25-per-cent-trump-tariff-canada-announces-new-border-security-rules-13845562.html

# Education / Schools
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Boston Dynamics Lays Off Human Employees, Says It’s “Burning Through Cash”
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3719673484389-boston-dynamics-lays-off-human-employees-says-it-s-burning-through-cash

# General News
Elon Musk Under Federal Review for Brazen Flouting of Clearance Rules. The world’s richest man and close Trump ally is under investigation for hiding info on meetings with foreign leaders.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3719872795472-elon-musk-under-federal-review-for-brazen-flouting-of-clearance-rules

This Drone CEO’s Explanation About What’s Really Behind ‘Mystery’ Sightings is One of the Best Ones Out There. As a professional in aerospace, I feel it’s important to consider these possibilities. While I’m not trying to scare people or spread fear, the potential implications of these activities are serious.”
https://beckerbrief.substack.com/p/this-drone-ceos-explanation-about?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Feds know what mystery drones are but are too scared to tell us, claims New Jersey senator
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14196791/feds-mystery-new-jersey-drones-sightings.html

What is Project Blue Beam? Inside the ‘government plot’ that conspiracy theorists claim is behind the spate of drone sightings across the US
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14194955/What-Project-Blue-Beam-Inside-government-plot-Donald-Trump-insiders-claim-spate-drone-sightings-US.html

Elon Musk’s Drug Use Becoming a Problem for Government Security Clearance. Ketamine and weed: A great time, to be sure! But not so great when it comes to getting top secret clearances despite a direct line to the American president. Whoops!
https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-spacex-buildings-classified

Dunce-Like Senator Posts Photo of “Drone” That’s Actually a TIE Fighter From “Star Wars.” “Many Bothans died to bring us this information, Senator.”
https://futurism.com/the-byte/senator-photo-drone-tie-fighter-star-wars

Biden Slaps Down Trump and Explains the Mystery Drones
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-slaps-down-trump-explains-101901280.html

# Gov / Politics
Congress Sneaks Massive Pay Raise For Itself Into Spending Bill As Americans Struggle To Make Ends Meet. Members of Congress are slated to receive a pay raise if the spending bill released by House leaders Tuesday passes both chambers and is signed into law.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/18/congress-sneaks-massive-pay-raise-spending-bill/

Trump Loses It After Hush-Money Judge Says He’s Not Immune. Donald Trump is beyond pissed his attempt to toss out his only conviction didn’t work. The Supreme Court’s immunity decision made it so that former presidents are protected from prosecution for official acts. But Trump’s actions took place well before he was even elected.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-loses-hush-money-judge-180033215.html

‘Fake electors’ from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/17/nx-s1-5225588/trump-electoral-college-vote-nevada-fake-electors-michigan

‘Complicated’ appointment threatens to create new enemies in GOP for Mike Johnson:
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-rules-committee/

‘This dude is dirty’: Lindsey Graham hit with MAGA fury for ‘contradicting’ Trump
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3716777375544-this-dude-is-dirty-lindsey-graham-hit-with-maga-fury-for-contradicting-trump

GOP battle erupts over Social Security bill. The legislation, which has passed the House, is expected to reach the Senate floor Wednesday, but some Republicans who are worried about its price tag are hoping to stop it dead.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5045437-senate-battle-social-security-benefits/

GOP senator blocks proposal to protect federal workers from Trump
https://thehill.com/homenews/5045553-sen-eric-schmitt-blocks-proposal-protecting-federal-workers-trump/

House Republicans make ‘midnight’ push to roll back Biden regulatory agenda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE9T2mjc5nU

Musk asks ex-Trump aides to snitch on federal staff who should be ‘blacklisted.’ “Of course, civil servants (the career officials) are typically protected from political raids at agencies, but Trump has vowed to use Schedule F, an executive order that would make them fireable — and these plans for mass layoffs will almost certainly wind up before the courts,” the report said.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3719504994915-doge-asks-ex-trump-aides-to-snitch-on-federal-staff-who-should-be-blacklisted-report

Turkey prepares to ‘attack’ U.S. backed troops in Syria; wants to seize the region before Trump takes power
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/turkey-prepares-to-attack-u-s-backed-troops/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel Vows to Complete Syria Bombing in ‘Very Short Time’
https://www.newsweek.com/israel-syria-airstrikes-bombing-tartus-gideon-saar-2001897

Israel plans to double its population in the occupied Golan Heights amid intensive airstrikes in Syria. Syria’s rebel leader says his Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group has no interest in engaging in new conflicts.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-syria-tartus-golan-heights-bombing-rcna184324

Israel strikes missile depots, air defences in Syria’s Tartous region. While Israel continues blitz on sites in Syria, new administration in Damascus forges ahead with international outreach.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/16/israel-strikes-missile-depots-air-defences-in-syrias-tartus-region

Kremlin Insiders Spill Putin’s Secret Plan to Manipulate Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-insiders-spill-putin-secret-193522918.html

Syrian mass grave is largest uncovered since Stalin era as 100,000 bodies were discarded outside Damascus: advocacy group
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj90wz8weymo

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Derek Chauvin allowed to test George Floyd’s heart tissue to see if it was health condition, not officer’s knee, that killed him
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/derek-chauvin-allowed-to-test-george-floyds-heart-tissue-to-see-if-it-was-health-condition-not-officers-knee-that-killed-him/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Another judge cancels retirement to prevent a Trump replacement. [#5] In a Dec. 13 letter, U.S. Judge James Andrew Wynn said he had reconsidered his plans to step down
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/i-apologize-for-any-inconvenience-another-cancels-retirement-to-prevent-a-replacement/

MAGA rioter gets into ‘shouting match’ with judge — and gets hit with big sentence
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3719574387097-maga-rioter-gets-into-shouting-match-with-judge-and-gets-hit-with-big-sentence-report

# Media
Donald Trump ran for president pledging retribution against his political enemies. Now Congress is on the verge of handing Trump a powerful new weapon to attack nonprofit news outlets it claims support terrorism.
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/10/trump-nonprofit-tax-exempt-political-enemies/

# Medical / Health News
Texas Abortion Lawsuit Against New York Doctor Kicks Off a New Legal Civil War. Ken Paxton may have just opened a legal Pandora’s box, but it’s part of much broader plans we should expect to see unfold in the new year.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-abortion-lawsuit-against-york-230111563.html

Are Abortion Bans Across America Causing Deaths? The States That Passed Them Are Doing Little to Find Out. Pregnant women have bled to death, succumbed to fatal infections and wound up in morgues with what medical examiners recorded were ‘products of conception’ still in their bodies.
https://www.propublica.org/article/abortion-bans-deaths-state-maternal-mortality-committees

Lawmakers seek to rein in PBMs as part of spending bill’s sweeping health deal
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5045169-health-care-package-pbms-funding-bill/

Trump could target Affordable Care Act, Medicaid for cuts, experts say
https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2024/12/millions-could-lose-health-insurance-to-pay-for-trump-tax-cuts/

# Medical Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science
A Third Person Has Received a Transplant of a Genetically Engineered Pig Kidney. Researchers are hoping to monitor the long-term effects.
https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/17/gene-edited-pig-kidney-transplanted-into-third-person-nyu-langone/

# Medical / Health News / Global
Congo says mysterious disease killing dozens of kids finally identified
https://www.voanews.com/a/unknown-disease-in-congo-revealed-to-be-severe-malaria-health-authorities-say/7904952.html

# Military General News
Drones are buzzing around US military bases, even forcing one to close its airspace. They reflect a growing problem.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/drones-buzzing-around-us-military-090002401.html

High-tech radar used in war to be deployed to crack Northeast drone mystery
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3719893418995-high-tech-radar-used-in-war-to-be-deployed-to-crack-northeast-drone-mystery?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ0ODUxODUxNzM%3D

Map Shows US Military Bases Swarmed by Mystery Drones. Unexplained drone sightings trouble U.S. and allied military bases on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-us-military-bases-mystery-drones-2002561

Pentagon Officials Attempt to Discredit Public UAP and Drone Sightings: Trump Weighs In
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3720800800494-pentagon-officials-attempt-to-discredit-public-uap-and-drone-sightings-trump-weighs-in?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ1Mjc3NzA5MDg%3D

The U.S. State Department on Monday approved the pending sale of approximately $300 million worth of upgrades and technical support for guided-missile destroyers in the South Korean navy.
https://www.defensemirror.com/news/38403/U_S__Approves__300M_Sale_for_KDX_II_Class_Destroyer_Upgrades_to_South_Korea

# NATO
Can Trump withdraw from NATO? No, Trump can’t legally withdraw the US from NATO by executive order. Federal law requires congressional approval to leave the North Atlantic Treaty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8D1FHr2q6c

# Other Interesting Things
Earth from space, Antarctica: A 2018 satellite photo shows the aptly named Deception Island, which was formed by a massive eruption 4,000 years ago and remains volcanically active today.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/antarctica/earth-from-space-antarcticas-deception-island-is-one-of-the-only-places-on-earth-where-you-can-sail-into-an-active-volcano

Interstellar ‘tunnel’ found that connects our solar system to other stars. Space can surprise even those who spend their lives studying it. People often think of our solar system as just a few planets and a bunch of empty space.
https://www.earth.com/news/interstellar-tunnel-found-that-connects-our-solar-system-to-other-stars/

Tunnel found in the middle of Solar System: We’ve just discovered where it leads. The tunnel is situated in the Local Hot Bubble, a low-density, X-ray-emitting gaseous region in the neighborhood of the solar system.
https://www.riazor.org/news/interstellar-tunnel-solar-system/2598/

Scientists followed a mysterious signal and found 2 black holes gorging on something like never before. “Our new discovery lies far off the Galactic Plane, so there are only a handful of stars nearby, and we’re now certain one star system, in particular, is generating the radio waves.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mystery-signals-may-coming-one-113014931.html

# Science
Scientists find new forms of life inside human bodies. Recently, a team of researchers stumbled upon strange entities, or obelisks, living inside of human bodies that had escaped notice until now.
https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-find-new-forms-of-life-inside-humans-rna-carriers-obelisks/
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# Space X
Space X launches 6th batch of next-gen US spy satellites
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launching-6th-batch-of-next-gen-us-spy-satellites-from-california-today

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Google: Record-shattering quantum AI chip accesses ‘parallel universes’: The quantum realm is full of theories and concepts that are impossible for most people to understand, and numbers that are both so large and so small they are equally difficult for our minds to grasp.
https://www.earth.com/news/google-record-shattering-quantum-ai-chip-accesses-parallel-universes/

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
‘You’re not going to stop us’: Trump border czar repeats threats to arrest Democrats
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3718470310989-you-re-not-going-to-stop-us-trump-border-czar-repeats-threats-to-arrest-democrats

Newborn twins among four kids deported with Houston mother. His attorneys said some circumstances were out of their control that led to them being deported. One of those factors was that the family didn’t have legal representation at the time of the impromptu meeting at which they were arrested.
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-ice-deportation/285-31e39196-c105-486b-bf84-a9475d04f714

# Cartels /  Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Cartel-run clandestine fentanyl labs increasingly difficult to track
https://thehill.com/homenews/5041506-cartels-fentanyl-labs-tracking/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Petition to Reform Social Security: Implications for Public Service Workers. The Senate is approaching a vote on the Social Security Fairness Act, which would repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).
https://www.newsweek.com/thousands-sign-petition-change-social-security-rules-2001769
See also: What is the Social Security Fairness Act?
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/597

Senate races to approve Social Security expansion before end of Congress
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3262087/senate-races-approve-social-security-fairness-act/

US House passes bill to expand Social Security benefits
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3718331707860-us-house-passes-bill-to-expand-social-security-benefits?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQ0NDA0NTUzNzE%3D

# Education / Schools
California bill would make schools off limits to all federal immigration agents
https://www.kqed.org/news/12016440/california-bill-would-protect-schools-child-care-centers-from-immigration-raids

Elon Musk to Open Preschool in Latest Surprise Venture. The Montessori school outside Bastrop, Texas, is ready to receive 21 students, but can accommodate up to 48.
https://afn.net/education/2024/12/12/musk-s-new-montessori-school-the-wave-of-the-future/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump threatens to fire federal employees working from home
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_f4a6827e-bbf2-11ef-8dc5-53561ffb9add.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
From eyesore to asset: How a smelly seaweed could fuel cars
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czr71vpz4ypo

World’s 1st nuclear-diamond battery of its kind could power devices for 1000s of years
https://www.livescience.com/technology/engineering/worlds-1st-nuclear-diamond-battery-of-its-kind-could-power-devices-for-1000s-of-years

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding that the Federal Emergency Management Agency make exceptions to a regulatory program or eliminate it in regions devastated by hurricanes Helene and Milton. Floridians who are trying to rebuild are being prevented from doing so because of regulatory requirements that could force them to leave altogether
https://www.myfloridalegal.com/newsrelease/attorney-general-moody-urges-fema-ease-burden-families-recovering-hurricanes-helene-and

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Your grocery bill is going up again, prices grocery staples have hit their highest price points in almost a year.
https://www.thestreet.com/video/your-grocery-bill-is-going-up-again–

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Chocolate Recall: Potential Contaminants in 9 States. Sold in stores in California, Arizona, Virginia, New Mexico, Texas, Tennessee, Oregon, Ohio and Pennsylvania, as well as online, due to the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction.
https://www.newsweek.com/chocolate-recall-allergies-cal-yess-farm-fda-2001013

# Foods / Things that impact your health
Foods to Lower Your Cancer Risk
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/cancer-fighting-foods#summary

# General News
Massive Drone Found by Police in New York Raises Questions. A photo shows an NYPD officer holding up the large aircraft, which appears to be more than five feet in diameter. Energy startup Amogy, Inc. said it manufactured the drone and had placed it on the sidewalk outside its headquarters a month before.
https://www.newsweek.com/massive-drone-found-new-york-police-raises-questions-2001904

New Jersey residents ‘suffering alarming symptoms’ after drone surge
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14198585/new-jersey-drones-resident-mystery-health-symptoms.html

White House Adviser Says Government Has Solved Drone Mystery. John Kirby, the spokesperson for the National Security Council, told CNN the drones reported recently over New Jersey and other East Coast states do not pose a threat to the public, and “represent lawful, legal, commercial [and] hobbyist drones—even law enforcement drones.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-adviser-says-government-033724708.html

# Gov / Politics
Electoral College electors meet to certify the presidential election results. It’s unlikely history will repeat itself as electoral college meets in state capitols to formally vote for next president
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/17/electoral-college-certifies-votes-trump
See also: What Is Election Certification? What exactly does certifying an election look like?
https://campaignlegal.org/update/what-election-certification

Potential government shutdown draws near.  Agencies began preparing for a partial government shutdown on Friday as required under Circular A-11, which initiates the process when the expiration of current funding is a week away.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2024/12/federal-agencies-facing-partial-government-shutdown-by-weeks-end/

‘Let’s do it’: MAGA Republican’s bold proposal gets thumbs up from Dem
https://www.rawstory.com/republican-budget-proposal/

‘Not a safe man’: Trump nominee toured Capitol with ex-soldier charged in vicious beating. Mr. Hegseth’s choice of Mr. Hasenbein as a security escort is the latest instance in which he has stood by soldiers accused of crimes. He has repeatedly criticized military leaders as being too “woke” and waging a “war on warriors.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/politics/hegseth-bodyguard-army.html

‘That’s never happened’: Expert alarmed by Trump’s ‘unspeakably scandalous’ day one plan
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-jan-6-2670460856/

“Shredding the Constitution”: California Democrat fears MAGA effort to rewrite founding document. Republicans control all three branches of the federal government and a majority of state legislatures, would use a convention to roll back the rights of women and racial minorities.
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/shredding-the-constitution-california-democrat-fears-maga-effort-to-rewrite-founding-document/

The biggest threat to our democracy that you haven’t heard of. There is the real possibility of a rogue Constitutional convention and that empowers extremists to change our laws
https://www.salon.com/2018/08/10/the-biggest-threat-to-our-democracy-that-you-have-not-heard-of_partner/

Explainer-How Republicans plan to pass Trump’s agenda through ‘reconciliation’
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/explainer-how-republicans-plan-to-pass-trumps-agenda-through-reconciliation

George Conway warns Trump he’ll ‘end up losing’ by claiming power ‘he does not have’
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3717582968729-george-conway-warns-trump-he-ll-end-up-losing-by-claiming-power-he-does-not-have

Potential government shutdown draws near. Congressional leaders are running out of time to forge a bipartisan deal before the federal government shuts down Friday, with farm and disaster assistance posing the biggest holdups to an agreement.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e1ac99aa-bbd0-11ef-b755-ff6820c24788.html

Senate Democrats push plan to abolish Electoral College. The Electoral College has faced debate over its fairness and relevance. Advocates for the bill argue that the Electoral College is an outdated system. Democrats believe that a popular vote would enhance democracy.
https://san.com/media-miss/senate-democrats-push-plan-to-abolish-electoral-college/

Trump Is Going Back to War With Congress
https://newrepublic.com/article/189443/trump-impoundments-supreme-court-congress

A ‘revenge’ administration? What four more years of Trump could mean. Experts warn of ‘slide to authoritarianism’ as Trump promises to crack down on critics, enact hardline policies.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/6/a-revenge-administration-what-four-more-years-of-trump-could-mean#ixzz8ugh6O3KK

Trump will destroy the government agencies that most help working people
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/16/trump-administration-consumer-financial-protection-bureau

Mary Trump Warns Why Uncle’s Second Term ‘Already Is More Dangerous’ Than First. “So the depressing part is everybody in corporate media, everybody in the Republican Party and a significant percentage of Donald’s voters knew it was going to more dangerous and yet, here we are,” she added.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mary-trump-warns-why-uncles-114801630.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Germany’s government collapsed yesterday after Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a vote of confidence. A caretaker government is now steering Europe’s largest economy, with snap elections planned for Feb. 23.
https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/2024/12/17/germanys-gov-collapses-economic-turmoil

Russia is stepping up a clandestine campaign of sabotage and hybrid attacks against the United States and its allies in Europe, according to a new report.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-12-16/russia-nato-shadow-war-16181028.html

Netanyahu Moves to Expand Illegal Israeli Settlements in Syrian Golan Heights. Turkey’s foreign ministry condemned the plan as “a new stage in Israel’s goal of expanding its borders through occupation.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-settlements-golan-heights

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Judge Merchan Denying Trump Immunity Sparks MAGA Fury: ‘Clear Corruption’
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-reaction-trump-hush-money-conviction-2001946

‘Rights for me, not for thee’: Justices Alito and Thomas slammed for hypocrisy in rulings
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/12/alito-thomas-supreme-court-term-hypocrisy.html?pay=1734448148337&support_journalism=please

Third Federal Judge reverses decision to retire, ruins Trump’s plans to fill his seat. U.S. appeals court judge James Wynn, is the third judge to change his mind about retiring since Trump won reelection.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/federal-judges-reverse-decision-retire-trump_n_67604bbbe4b000ebe4d6501a

Fourth Circuit judge reverses retirement plans, preventing Trump from naming replacement
https://ncnewsline.com/2024/12/16/fourth-circuit-judge-reverses-retirement/

# Media
Donald Trump Steps Up Threats Against the Press
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-straighten-press-more-190249902.html

‘Crack down’: Trump nominees said to be deploying a new ‘weapon at their disposal’
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/crack-down-trump-nominees-said-to-be-deploying-a-new-weapon-at-their-disposal/ar-AA1vUFSM

CNN Fact-Checker Flags ‘Most Dangerous Part’ Of Trump’s News Conference. There was “a lot of lying from the president-elect” but one comment stood out, said Daniel Dale.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/daniel-dale-donald-trump-press-conference_n_67613838e4b06ea8a2b8d705

# Medical / Health News
Bill that would charge women with homicide if they get abortions. Originally proposed in January of 2023, the bill would see women who have abortions in South Carolina charged with homicide. An extension of that change would also mean that those women could also face the death penalty.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/sc/south-carolina/news/2024/12/13/south-carolina-news-abortion-homicide-refiled

Surprise: Trump’s Pick for CDC Chief Has Spread the Debunked Claim That Vaccines Can Cause Autism. It’s not just Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-pick-for-cdc-chief-has-spread-the-debunked-claim-that-vaccines-can-cause-autism?srsltid=AfmBOooDK0pBOaOVCztW1_kvj-u25cxWQcCNLRMzewwHdYSQ-NbXaUwj

Polio Survivor Mitch McConnell Slams RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Plans. Senate minority leader contracted the disease as a child, before the wildly successful vaccine was licensed
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/14/mitch-mcconnell-rfk-jr-polio-vaccine-approval-revocation

RFK Jr.’s key advisor petitioned to revoke approval of the polio vaccine. Photos show the US’s last outbreak. Before vaccines were available in 1955, polio caused 15,000 cases of paralysis in the US each year.
https://www.businessinsider.com/polio-virus-outbreak-photos-1950s

RFK reverses course on polio vaccine amid pressure from GOP
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/rfk-reverses-course-on-polio-vaccine-amid-pressure-from-gop/ar-AA1vZ87s

Health advocates mount opposition to RFK Jr health job pick. An expanding coalition of health and consumer advocates are campaigning against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to the top U.S. health job over concerns about his activism against vaccines and other health issues, according to the groups’ representatives.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/health-advocates-mount-opposition-rfk-181725457.html

Medicare Coverage to Change Under New Bipartisan Bill
https://www.newsweek.com/medicare-coverage-birth-control-change-new-bipartisan-bill-2001694

Here’s What’s in Trump’s Healthcare Plan. The American people are about to find out what Donald Trump meant when he said he had “concepts of a plan” for healthcare reform.
https://dcjournal.com/heres-whats-in-trumps-healthcare-plan/

UnitedHealth Accidentally Makes Claims-Judging AI Public for Anyone to Use. Logs show employees asking questions like “What should be the determination of the claim?”
https://futurism.com/the-byte/unitedhealth-claims-ai-chatbot

# Military General News
Former Pentagon official imprisoned for role in multistate dogfighting ring
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-12-16/pentagon-official-sentenced-dog-fighting-16182414.html

70% of Young Americans Are Unfit to Serve, a New Study Finds. Here’s Why.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/28/new-pentagon-study-shows-77-of-young-americans-are-ineligible-military-service.html

Hypersonic Missiles at Center of New US Arms Race Against Russia and China.  The United States, Russia, and China are racing to acquire them at great expense—$3.2 billion dollars in the most recent US annual defense budget. But claims regarding the performance of these weapons are rarely backed up with data.
https://www.newsweek.com/hypersonic-missiles-center-new-us-news-arms-race-against-russia-china-2001986

Slowing the Hypersonic Arms Race, A Rational Approach to an Emerging Missile Technology
https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/2021-04/slowing-the-hypersonic-arms-race.pdf

# NASA
Hubble took the closest-ever image of a quasar, and captured some ‘weird things’
https://earthsky.org/space/quasar-3c-273-black-holes-hubble-space-telescope/
See also: Quasars are a subclass of active galactic nuclei (AGNs), extremely luminous galactic cores where gas and dust falling into a supermassive black hole emit electromagnetic radiation across the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar

# Other Interesting Things
“Hopelessly Obliterated”: Ancient Inscription In Lost Language Finally Deciphered. Anew paper has confirmed and refined an inscription long thought impossible to pin down – and it seems to be a dedication to an ancient Mother goddess.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/savingandinvesting/hopelessly-obliterated-ancient-inscription-in-lost-language-finally-deciphered/ar-AA1v1U75

# Pharmaceuticals
Nationwide Supplement Recall Due to Dangerous Undeclared Drugs: GNMART INC Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Force Forever Due to Undeclared Drug Ingredients Diclofenac and Dexamethasone
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/gnmart-inc-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-force-forever-due-undeclared-drug-ingredients

Moderna pauses its RSV vaccine trial for children after 5 infants hospitalized in challenge of preventing disease
https://fortune.com/well/2024/12/16/moderna-pauses-its-rsv-vaccine-trial-for-children-after-5-infants-are-hospitalized-in-latest-challenge-of-treating-disease/

# Security
‘Battling Depression’: Biden Deep State Officials Struggling To Find Jobs Ahead Of Trump Takeover. Members of President Biden’s “national security team” are reportedly scrambling to find jobs before their impending exit.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/16/donald-trump-transition-joe-biden-white-house-government-jobs-depression-taxpayer-waste/

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Astronomer Captures Moment Unknown Object Lights Up The Moon. An astronomer in Japan has captured a breathtaking moment when an unknown object struck the Moon, creating a brilliant flash of light. The event, filmed with remarkable precision, has sparked curiosity about its mysterious origin.
https://dailygalaxy.com/2024/12/astronomer-captures-incredible-moment-unknown-object-lights-the-moon/

# Sports
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Is this Real footage it’s definitely a clear view. Journalist Kashmir Hill comes on Decoder to discuss her new book, Your Face Belongs to Us, and what the spread of facial recognition technology means for the future of privacy.
https://www.theverge.com/23919134/kashmir-hill-your-face-belongs-to-us-clearview-ai-facial-recognition-privacy-decoder

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Global
Why is tech giant SoftBank investing over $100 billion in the US? Son, a founder and CEO of SoftBank Group, is known for making bold choices that sometimes pay big and sometimes don’t. SoftBank has investments in dozens of Silicon Valley startups, along with big companies like semiconductor design company Arm and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
https://apnews.com/article/japan-softbank-masayoshi-trump-ai-d45efad6e48f80579456fe48dba95562

China can now mass-produce cyborg cockroaches in a robotic factory. A new study shows that scientists have found a way to create electronically improved insects every 68 seconds without any human intervention.
https://bgr.com/science/china-can-now-mass-produce-cyborg-cockroaches-in-a-robotic-factory/

# Tips, Tricks and How To’s
Life Hacks
https://www.tiktok.com/@tipshacks.us/video/7448638134524349726

# Transportation / Travel
GOP lawmakers set sights on abolishing TSA. Lee made the comments on Monday in a string of social media remarks where he also called for an end to the Affordable Care Act when lawmakers return next month with a Republican trifecta
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3718482167637-gop-lawmakers-set-sights-on-abolishing-tsa
See also: TSA Security Screening: TSA incorporates unpredictable security measures, both seen and unseen, to accomplish our transportation security mission.
https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening

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# Indigenous
Indigenous Patients Threatened by Collections Over Medical Debt Government Owes
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/native-american-patients-debt-collection-indian-health-service-ihs/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump administration accepts Texas’ offer to lease land on the Texas-Mexico border for deportation efforts
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2024/12/10/trump–border-czar–tom-homan-accepts-texas–land-offer-for-potential-mass-deportations–

Over One Million Migrants Given Temporary Protection Status From Biden
https://woai.iheart.com/featured/san-antonios-first-news/content/2024-12-13-over-one-million-migrants-given-temporary-protection-status-from-biden/

Trump calls on Biden to stop selling unused portions of the border wall
https://apnews.com/article/trump-maralago-press-conference-44beea6cf8c93f070638842712bf3aca

Trump’s mass deportation plan could hurt the country more than the Great Recession. Mass deportations could lead to a 7.4 percent drop in the GDP, meaning ‘the U.S. economy would not grow at all’ during President Trump’s second term, the report says
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mass-deportation-economy-great-recession-b2665123.html

Trump Girds For Battle With Democrats, Supreme Court Over Birthright Citizenship. The 14th Amendment, which states adopted in 1868 in the aftermath of the Civil War, states that “all persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5040111-trump-proposal-birthright-citizenship/
See Also: 14th Amendment: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-14/#:~:text=No%20State%20shall%20make%20or,equal%20protection%20of%20the%20laws.

# Cartels /  Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Cops in one of America’s most remote states beg for feds’ help over Tren de Aragua infiltration
https://www.aol.com/cops-one-america-most-remote-170841261.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Trump’s DOGE Team Is Asking Potential Appointees If They Can Abolish the FDIC. “Trump is going to create the conditions for another depression,” one critic of the move said.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189377/trump-economy-bank-regulator-plan

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Global South Is on the Brink of a Disastrous Debt Crisis. Reform Is Urgent. The coming debt crisis will surpass that of the 1980s and disproportionately impact women
https://truthout.org/articles/the-global-south-is-on-the-brink-of-a-disastrous-debt-crisis-reform-is-urgent/

Trump’s Twisted Economic Vision Is Based on Capitalist Myths. On money matters, I once supported the president-elect with full throat. I now see how his ideas could take down our nation.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188939/trump-capitalism-myths-maga-rage

US hits North Korea and Russia with new sanctions, Treasury says
https://www.aol.com/news/us-hits-north-korea-russia-151616723.html

# Education / Schools
Teen Girl Kills 2 in Christian School Shooting: Cops
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/teacher-and-teen-student-killed-in-wisconsin-school-shooting/2024/12

Christian Nationalists Are Reshaping Texas’s Public School Curricula. The Texas State Board of Education will pay districts $60 a student to use a curriculum infused with Christian content.
https://truthout.org/articles/christian-nationalists-are-reshaping-texass-public-school-curricula/

Federal Judge Delivers Blow to Ten Commandments Law in Classrooms. ACLU of Louisiana, said in a news release that “today’s ruling ensures that the schools our plaintiff’s children attend will stay focused on learning, without promoting a state-preferred version of Christianity.”
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/11/13/judge-blocks-la-law-putting-ten-commandments-classrooms

Massive Brawl Involving 100+ Chicago Students, Three School Floors Leaves Four Police Officers Injured
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/16/chicago-high-school-brawl-100-students-police-officers-injured-four/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Simultaneous Earthquakes Shake Nine States
https://www.newsbreak.com/selkirk-sentinel-1591979/3717872493361-simultaneous-earthquakes-shake-nine-states

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
Massive glacial outburst observed in Greenland for the first time. This staggering release of 3.4 cubic kilometers (about 0.8 cubic miles) of water places the event among the top three largest ever recorded
https://www.earth.com/news/massive-glacial-outburst-observed-in-greenland-for-the-first-time/

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Arizona AG sues Saudi firm over depleted rural groundwater. The lawsuit is the latest action by Arizona against foreign companies that use huge amounts of groundwater to grow thirsty forage crops for export because of climate challenges in other countries.
https://www.voanews.com/a/arizona-sues-saudi-firm-over-excessive-groundwater-pumping-saying-it-s-a-public-nuisance-/7898047.html

25 MORE Foods That May Disappear Thanks to RFK Jr.’s Health Regulations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/25-more-foods-that-may-disappear-thanks-to-rfk-jr-s-health-regulations/ss-AA1vWvZK

Examining the major changes RFK Jr. could make to federal food regulations
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/examining-the-major-changes-rfk-jr-could-make-to-federal-food-regulations

# General News
Sightings span the globe: The crux of the federal probe into mysterious drone sightings in recent weeks has centered around the skies over New Jersey and New York, but the flying objects controlled by unknown operators have become a global phenomenon
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5040153-where-mystery-drones-were-spotted/

Biden’s shadow communications strategy is creating a drone conspiracy crisis. The White House should speak plainly about what is in plain sight to avoid panic
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/16/bidens-shadow-communications-strategy-is-creating-a-drone-conspiracy/

The Most Disturbing Thing About Those Mystery Drones
https://radio.foxnews.com/2024/12/14/extra-the-most-disturbing-thing-about-those-mystery-drones/

Reports of drone sightings across New Jersey and neighboring states, he said Sunday, may be the result of a rule change by the Federal Aviation Administration. “In September of 2023, the Federal Aviation Administration, the FAA, changed the rules so that drones could fly at night.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-official-offers-reason-mystery-222311985.html

What Is Project Blue Beam? Conspiracy Theory Erupts Over Drones. Mysterious drone sightings across the United States has sparked a resurgence of the Project Blue Beam conspiracy theory, which claims the global elites plan to fake an alien invasion.
https://www.newsweek.com/what-project-blue-beam-conspiracy-theory-erupts-over-drones-2001051

‘Will bring havoc’: Religion expert lifts lid on ‘crazy’ plan evangelicals have for Trump
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3717472010701-will-bring-havoc-religion-expert-lifts-lid-on-crazy-plan-evangelicals-have-for-trump

# Gov / Politics
‘Grotesquely hypocritical’: McConnell buried by columnist for finally fretting over Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-trump-2670456025/

More than 120 House Democrats send letter to Biden urging him to ratify Equal Rights Amendment
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5041368-more-than-120-house-democrats-send-letter-to-biden-urging-him-to-ratify-equal-rights-amendment/

How GOP Senators Are Secretly Getting Ready to Surrender to Trump. Trump wants to turn the FBI into something so draconian that the political press many not grasp it until it’s too late. And Republican senators are already giving themselves cover to go along with all of it.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3715409710136-how-gop-senators-are-secretly-getting-ready-to-surrender-to-trump

Michael Steele Slams What GOP Senators Are Doing Right Now: ‘Such A Farce’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/michael-steele-slams-gop-senators-080442757.html

How is it possible that Americans are ok with this corrupt cavalcade of unqualified extremists Trump is nominating? These are people who’ve never run large, complex organizations and who, if they shouldn’t be ruled out on those grounds, should certainly be ruled out on the basis of their way-outside-the-mainstream views and announced goals to all but destroy the agencies they’re going to run.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/real-reason-why-americans-approve-110000389.html

Biden commutes sentence of official who stole $53M from taxpayers in small Illinois town
https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york-post-509648/3714979182706-biden-commutes-sentence-of-official-who-stole-53m-from-taxpayers-in-small-illinois-town

CNN busts Trump for hiring ‘record’ number of immigrants while campaigning on deportation
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-immigration-2670459138/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Syrian Activists Feared Assad’s Retaliation. His Fall Frees Them to Speak Openly. The Syrian regime’s ouster unleashed a collective unmasking across the country and its vast diaspora.
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/12/assad-syria-exile-activists-censorship/

Chilling warning issued as ‘threat’ from Putin’s Russia will ‘endure beyond the end of Ukraine war’
https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/chilling-warning-threat-vladimir-putins-860866

Putin threatens Kyiv decision-makers after striking energy grid
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy15lp21l3o

Japan’s SoftBank Pledges $100 Billion—And 100,000 Jobs— To US For Trump’s Second Term
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2024/12/16/japans-softbank-pledges-100-billion-and-100000-jobs–to-us-for-trumps-second-term/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
President Biden is threatening to veto a bipartisan bill that would expand the number of federal judgeships, giving President Donald Trump more vacancies to fill. The JUDGES Act would create 63 new district-level positions
https://apnews.com/article/congress-new-judges-veto-biden-97fa508ba8b5358d2e33c055d53a2b41

House passes bill to add new judges amid Biden veto threat. Legislation for 63 new permanent judgeships passed Senate in August
https://rollcall.com/2024/12/12/house-passes-bill-to-add-new-judges-amid-biden-veto-threat/

‘Slap in the face’: Another Obama-appointed judge rescinds ‘senior status’ and becomes third on federal bench to pull reverse retirement on Trump since he won the election
https://www.newsbreak.com/law-crime-520571/3716636459802-slap-in-the-face-another-obama-appointed-judge-rescinds-senior-status-and-becomes-third-on-federal-bench-to-pull-reverse-retirement-on-trump-since-he-won-the-election

US deploys resources on drone sightings; NY to receive ‘state-of-the-art’ detection system
https://nypost.com/2024/12/15/us-news/feds-to-deploy-high-tech-system-to-ny-as-drone-swarms-have-experts-baffled/

# Media
ABC News’s Sudden Surrender to Trump Fury Stuns Experts; “Disturbing”: As ABC News agrees to a $15 million settlement with Trump, journalist Anne Applebaum explains why this carries unnerving echoes of what’s unfolding in places like Hungary—and what could happen next.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189407/abc-news-sudden-surrender-trumps-fury-stuns-experts-disturbing

Will Trump Weaponize the FCC to Crack Down on Media Outlets He Doesn’t Like? “There’s a real risk that Trump might invoke emergency powers, on the flimsiest of pretexts, to shut down broadcasters whose tone has rubbed him the wrong way.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/01/trump-fcc-media-crackdown/

Trump Confirms Extreme Plan to Demolish Postal Service. The USPS will likely be on the chopping block during Donald Trump’s second administration.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-confirms-extreme-plan-demolish-210319294.html

# Medical / Health News
Health Insurers Gave $120 Billion To Shareholders While Denying Your Claim
https://www.levernews.com/health-insurers-gave-120-billion-to-shareholders-while-denying-your-claim/

It’s Not Just Denied Claims. Insurance Firms Are Hiring Middlemen to Deny Meds. Lawmakers are looking to break up massive health care conglomerates that manage nearly 80 percent of prescriptions.
https://truthout.org/articles/its-not-just-denied-claims-insurance-firms-are-hiring-middlemen-to-deny-meds/

ProPublica Drops Damning Expose on Leaked UnitedHealthcare Report About Limiting Child Healthcare Services To Cut Costs
https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealthcare-insurance-autism-denials-applied-behavior-analysis-medicaid

# Military / DOD / Militia / Space Force
US forces made a massive unexpected discovery in the desert during the early day of the Iraq war.  The discovery occurred in the early days of the Iraq War . In April 2003, the aircraft was found buried deep in the sand at Al Taqaddum Air Base, situated in Iraq’s western desert. Its presence at the base came as a surprise to many, although intelligence had hinted that various items were hidden in the area.
https://www.newsbreak.com/war-history-online-1745274/3716700323103-us-forces-made-a-massive-unexpected-discovery-in-the-desert-during-the-early-day-of-the-iraq-war

Space Force boot camp? Newest service wants its own military training. The Space Force wants to set up its own tailor-made boot camp for aspiring guardians
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2024/12/13/space-force-boot-camp-newest-service-wants-its-own-military-training/

Political Instability in South Korea Should Lead to Questions About U.S. Troop Deployment. South Korea can remain a nation friendly to the United States without 30,000 U.S. troops being stationed there.
https://dcjournal.com/political-instability-in-south-korea-should-lead-to-questions-about-u-s-troop-deployment/

XM7: The US Army’s Powerful New Standard-Issue Rifle Can Break Through Body Armor. The XM7 chambers the new 6.8 x 51 mm round, which offers increased accuracy, range and penetrating power, making it effective against newer types of personnel and light armor.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/guns/xm7-rifle-ngsw.html#:~:text=Finally%2C%20as%20aforementioned%2C%20the%20XM7,of%20personnel%20and%20light%20armor.

# Military / Global
Russia air strikes target Ukraine energy sites as winter deepens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxDANxRGifA

Moment gigantic explosion rocks Syria as Israel drops enormous bomb ‘measuring 3.0 on Richter scale’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14195915/Massive-explosions-skies-Syria-Israeli-air-strikes-hammer-munitions-depots-major-port-city-heaviest-onslaught-decade.html

Cockpit video of Ukrainian Su-27 lobbing GBU-39 small diameter bombs. The Flanker popped up from low altitude to launch a salvo of the U.S.-supplied precision-guided glide munitions against a Russian target.
https://www.twz.com/air/cockpit-video-of-ukrainian-su-27-lobbing-gbu-39-small-diameter-bombs

# NASA
# NATO
NATO Calls on Nations To Divert Social Security Money to Defense
https://www.newsweek.com/nato-chief-defense-spending-2001355

# Nuclear / Bio-weapons / Global
Putin threatens WW3 as he says Russia will lift missile restrictions if US crosses ‘red lines’
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/putin-usa-threat-world-war-34322835

Putin Orders Nuclear Forces To Be Kept On Constant Alert
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-europe-moscow-2e4e1cf784f22b6afbe5a2f936725550

# Other Interesting Things
Archaeologists puzzled after discovering mysterious basalt stone tablet that contains unknown language. The artifact features 60 etched symbols, 39 of which differ from one another. And while some of the characters resemble those present in other ancient scripts, the team is still unsure what the author’s writing actually says.
https://www.popsci.com/science/mystery-language-stone-tablet/

Experts Publish Stunning Pictures From 52-Foot-Long 2,000-Year-Old Ancient Scroll, Call It “Papyrus for the Dead.” Researchers believed that the ancient document was dubbed ‘Waziri Papyrus,’ as the Book of the Dead was a modern term and did not come from ancient Egyptians
https://knewz.com/world/experts-publish-stunning-pictures-from-52-foot-long-2-000-year-old-ancient-scroll-call-it-papyrus-for-the-dead/

# Pharmaceuticals
FDA: Thousands of Bottles of Popular Antidepressant Recalled Over Potentially Cancer-Causing Chemical
https://www.health.com/duloxetine-antidepressant-cymbalta-recall-cancerous-chemical-8732900

Study Links Ozempic to Blindness, Adding to Growing List of Side Effects
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/ozempic-semaglutide-vision-loss-study-side-effects/

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Black hole jet crashes into an unidentified object: NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory has detected a plasma jet from a supermassive black hole interacting with an unidentified object in the Centaurus A galaxy.
https://www.earth.com/news/black-hole-jet-crashes-into-an-unidentified-object/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
The Top Cybersecurity Agency in the US Is Bracing for Donald Trump. So why is the Trump re-election so significant for cybersecurity? Here are just some of the many reasons:
https://www.govtech.com/blogs/lohrmann-on-cybersecurity/2024-cyber-review-trump-re-election-eclipses-ai-and-ransomware-stories

Trump 2.0: What cybersecurity shifts lie ahead? The incoming Trump administration is unlikely to continue some key elements of Biden’s 2023 National Cybersecurity Strategy, including industry regulation and liability.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/trump-2-0-what-cybersecurity-shifts-lie-ahead/

Human Misuse Will Make Artificial Intelligence More Dangerous. “The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.” This quote by psychologist B.F. Skinner captures two human tendencies that are becoming particularly dangerous in the age of generative AI.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/luisromero/2024/10/08/ai-will-not-destroy-the-world-ai-illiteracy-and-misuse-could/

Big Tech Will Scour the Globe in Its Search for Cheap Energy. Warehouses full of servers are hungry for power, no matter who supplies it.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:CEB25B6F

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Trump Nominee Pressured IRS To Crush The Humane Society. Billy Long pushed the agency to target the group after it supported an initiative to protect dogs.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/06/trump-irs-nominee-wanted-to-shut-down-the-humane-society/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Macy’s will close more stores than earlier expected during this fiscal year under the company’s revitalization program as the retail chain struggles with falling revenues.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/retail/2024/12/13/macys-store-closures-2024/76961710007/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Mexico Already Feeling The Pinch Of Trump’s Tariff Threats. The Mexican government is feeling the squeeze from President-elect Donald Trump’s threats to impose sweeping tariffs, with Mazda considering its investments.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/12/tariff-threat-hurting-mexico-with-mazda/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Millions of Taxpayer Dollars Have Subsidized Project 2025 and Climate Denial. Donors linked to fossil fuels have poured billions of tax-deductible donations into groups that deny climate science. After the hottest summer in recorded human history, along with Hurricanes Helene and Milton, flooding and wildfires, why isn’t there a greater push for action on climate change?
https://ips-dc.org/millions-of-taxpayer-dollars-have-subsidized-project-2025-and-climate-denial/

NGOs are run by ‘lawyers and fundraisers’ who ignore science in their obsession to kill agricultural genetic engineering
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2024/12/10/viewpoint-ngos-are-run-by-lawyers-and-fundraisers-who-ignore-science-in-their-obsession-to-kill-agricultural-genetic-engineering/

# General News
Federal government set to deploy high-tech drone detection system to NY as experts remain baffled. The Biden admin is being accused of either deceit for knowing what they are but refusing to say, or of incompetence for not being able to figure it out.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/15/us-news/feds-to-deploy-high-tech-system-to-ny-as-drone-swarms-have-experts-baffled/

Officials still claim that drones over US are no threat, yet they have no answers for their source. A New Jersey sheriff has sent his own private drone to follow the drones to see if he can get any more information.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/mayorkas-hinted-mysterious-drones-spotted-over-new-jersey-arent-threat

‘They’re on it’: ‘Combat-ready’ drone army could reportedly be sent to stop mystery drones
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3715881388203-they-re-on-it-combat-ready-drone-army-could-reportedly-be-sent-to-stop-mystery-drones

Ex-CIA staffer offers ‘unsettling’ theory behind drones as feds dismiss concerns as ‘overreaction’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/15/us-news/ex-cia-staffer-laura-ballman-offers-unsettling-theory-behind-drones-as-feds-dismiss-concerns-as-overreaction/

Feds ‘Fearful’ Public Will Find Out What NJ Drones Are REALLY Doing, State Sen. Bramnick Tells Newsnation: ‘They Can’t Tell Us’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/feds-fearful-public-will-find-out-what-nj-drones-are-really-doing-state-sen-bramnick-tells-newsnation-they-cant-tell-us/

# Gov / Politics
Trump taps Devin Nunes to be Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board. Devin Nunes is a former California congressman, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and currently is the CEO of Trump’s media group TRUTH Social.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/14/us-news/trump-taps-devin-nunes-to-lead-presidents-intelligence-advisory-board/

Putin Ally Cheers Donald Trump Statement as ‘Fully in Harmony’ with Kremlin
https://www.newsweek.com/putin-ally-cheers-donald-trump-statement-fully-harmony-kremlin-2000889

# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel Is Invading Syria and Destroying Its Defenses Amid National Upheaval. The invasion and attacks, backed by the US, are continuing Israel’s fantasy of remaking the region through war.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-is-invading-syria-and-destroying-its-defenses-amid-national-upheaval/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=9af122bf27-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2024_12_14_07_54&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-9af122bf27-650262369

Syria updates: Arab diplomats condemn Israel’s incursion into buffer zone
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/12/14/syria-live-news-israel-bombs-near-damascus-as-syrians-celebrate-freedom

Israel seizing on Syria chaos to strike military assets
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx921zreweo

Inside Israel’s opportunistic invasion of Syria. Since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, Israel has carried out an unprovoked invasion of Syria with the support of the U.S. The goals are clear: take strategic land, render Syria defenseless for the future, and redraw the political map of the Middle East.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/inside-israels-opportunistic-invasion-of-syria/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Federalist Society Will Soon Be Under New Management. Here’s what we know about the major players jockeying to lead the linchpin organization of the conservative legal movement. The organization’s influence, particularly as a Republican administration makes its way into office, means that its leadership could have a significant impact on the law.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189076/judicial-extremists-run-federalist-society

# Media
‘Sesame Street’ Left With No Home After HBO Cancels Deal: Elmo needs a new streaming home after Max drops Sesame Street / Warner Bros. Discovery won’t extend its deal to stream new episodes on Max, so where is Sesame Street headed next?
https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/13/24320522/sesame-street-warner-bros-discovery-part-ways-max-hbo

Trump eyes privatizing United States Postal Service during second term. The USPS was a target during his first administration, and it might now be on the chopping block due to financial losses
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/14/trump-united-states-postal-service-privatization

Without Transformative Local Media, Our Communities Are Vulnerable. We need to break the billionaires’ grip on our democracy — and that starts with loosening their hold over local media.
https://truthout.org/articles/without-transformative-local-media-our-communities-are-vulnerable/

# Medical / Health News
Texas AG Sues New York Doctor, Putting Abortion Provider Shield Laws to the Test. This lawsuit is the first attempt to test what happens when state abortion laws are at odds with each other.
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-pills-lawsuit-shield-laws-texas-telemedicine-74c9b7d5c3c152e4c8f199b29132daec

SC GOP Reintroduces Bill to Punish People Getting Abortions With Death Penalty. The bill pushes the doctrine of “fetal personhood,” and makes religious references to “God’s image” within its text.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/sc/south-carolina/news/2024/12/13/south-carolina-news-abortion-homicide-refiled

Don’t Panic: Organizers Weigh In on Defending Reproductive Justice From the GOP. Organizers are building mutual aid networks to defend against attacks on reproductive rights.
https://truthout.org/articles/dont-panic-organizers-weigh-in-on-defending-reproductive-justice-from-the-gop/

Health Insurers’ $371 Billion Windfall. Since the Affordable Care Act’s passage, the top five health insurers’ annual profits have jumped 230 percent, with much of that going to UnitedHealthcare.
https://www.levernews.com/health-insurers-371-billion-windfall/

It’s Not Just Denied Claims. Insurance Firms Are Hiring Middlemen to Deny Meds. Lawmakers are looking to break up massive health care conglomerates that manage nearly 80 percent of prescriptions.
https://truthout.org/articles/its-not-just-denied-claims-insurance-firms-are-hiring-middlemen-to-deny-meds/

Seven reasons why Americans pay more for health care than any other nation. Why? The blame goes well beyond insurance companies.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/080615/6-reasons-healthcare-so-expensive-us.asp

# NASA
NASA AWE Instrument on the International Space Station spots something in the atmosphere 55 miles above Earth. The flurry of gravity waves in the mesosphere as they tore their way up from the Earth’s surface due to the extreme forces generated by Helene.
https://thedebrief.org/nasa-awe-instrument-on-the-international-space-station-spots-something-in-the-atmosphere-55-miles-above-earth/

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Space Force exec on extraterrestrial life: “I’m not going to answer that”
https://fortune.com/2024/12/13/space-force-exec-dodges-question-alien-life-new-jersey-drones-extraterrestrial/

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