Voices, The Peoples News
December 4, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Illegal Cattle Trafficking Is Fueling Dangerous Resurgence of New World Screwworm, A Parasite That Eats Cattle Alive. For decades, the screwworm was eliminated in North America, but containment efforts in Panama have failed. Now cattle smugglers are helping the parasite advance north.
https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/23972/Illegal-Cattle-Trafficking-Is-Fueling-Dangerous-Resurgence-of-New-World-Screwworm.aspx
# Border / Immigration / Migrants
‘Harm to children was part of the point’: A harrowing film on US family separations. Errol Morris’s bleak documentary Separated has gained in relevance since it premiered with more ‘state-created orphans’ to come under a second Trump administration
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/03/film-us-family-separations
Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Has One Major Vulnerability. The legal ploy Trump is banking on to speed up mass deportations and why it might not work. Trump’s mass deportation plan likely requires detention space U.S. doesn’t have
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2024/12/04/donald-trump-mass-deportation-detention-space
Homan: Deportation Plan to Prioritize National Security Threats, Violent Criminals
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8aa7f940-ab56-11ef-be93-7f4765c1a0d0.html
Terrified residents of Colorado Tren de Aragua apartment complex hit landlord where it hurts. A fed-up landlord in the Denver suburb has shared a bloody photo of one of its workers after the man was allegedly beaten to a pulp by members of the brutal Venezuelan prison gang for refusing to let them stay in a vacant apartment they had taken over.
https://nypost.com/2024/10/14/us-news/aurora-landlord-says-tren-de-aragua-took-over-apartment-tried-to-extort-them/
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Global
Canada will deploy helicopters, drones to border after Trump tariff threat
https://san.com/cc/canada-will-deploy-helicopters-drones-to-border-after-trump-tariff-threat/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump Vows to Block Sale of US Steel to Japanese Company
https://thehill.com/business/5019060-trump-opposes-nippon-steel-acquisition/
# DOGE
Wall Street doesn’t buy Trump vows on immigration, cost cuts. Investors also have doubts that Elon Musk will severely cut government spending
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/wall-street-donald-trump-immigration-doge-b2658201.html
Wall Street Has Doubts About DOGE but Believes Trump Will Cut Taxes. Wall Street investors don’t believe that President-elect Donald Trump will fully follow through on some key campaign promises, but they are confident that he will deliver tax cuts.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/wall-street-donald-trump-immigration-doge-b2658201.html
How Elon Musk, Donald Trump And DOGE Will Take On The Federal Government, And What It Means For The S&P 500
https://www.investors.com/politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-federal-government-spending-sp-500/
Wall Street bitterly divided over whether Elon Musk can make DOGE succeed
https://nypost.com/2024/11/25/business/wall-street-divided-over-elon-musks-can-make-doge/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel.
https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-mobilewalla-gravy-analytics-orders/
Will Huge Deficits Weigh on GOP Plan to Slash Taxes?
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2024/11/11/Will-Huge-Deficits-Weigh-GOP-Plan-Slash-Taxes
Trump’s tax cuts and Musk’s Doge show they have no idea about US debt. It is often said the tycoons know how to put America’s fiscal house in order – but the smart money says that’s not the case
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/21/donald-trump-tax-cuts-elon-musk-doge-us-debt
House Republican: ‘Hard decisions’ needed on Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare
https://newrepublic.com/post/188968/republicans-richard-mccormick-medicare-medicaid-social-security-cuts
Social Security announces major change for three groups. Full retirement age set to be updated from 66 to 67 years to 68 to 70 years in 2025
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/social-security-changes-groups-list-b2658137.html
Trump Threatens Putin’s Russia And Xi’s China With ‘100% Tariffs’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/trump-threatens-100-tariffs-on-china-and-russia-if-brics-issues-new-currency/
Chicago residents rip mayor over spending on migrants: ‘Worst mayor in America’ –Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to close 1 billion budget shortfall, with 60M property tax hike floated
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-rip-mayor-over-spending-migrants-worst-mayor-america
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Kremlin says Trump threat to BRICS nations over US dollar will backfire
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/kremlin-says-trump-threat-to-brics-nations-over-u-s-dollar-will-backfire-1.7130103
# Education / Schools
Ohio kids can sit for lessons from the Satanic Temple during school hours under religious release program
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/ohio-kids-can-sit-for-lessons-from-the-satanic-temple-during-school-hours/
The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that schools can force-vaccinate children for Covid against the wishes of their parents. The high court ruled on a case involving a 6-year-old boy who was forced to take a Covid mRNA injection by his school.
https://slaynews.com/news/court-rules-schools-force-vaccinate-children-against-parents-wishes/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
After tipping point is crossed, cost of reversing climate change rises out of reach. Much like toppling dominoes, these events can lead to accelerated warming, rising sea levels, and more extreme weather patterns.
https://www.earth.com/news/costs-of-reversing-climate-change-multiply-after-a-tipping-point/
How Democrats Are Trying to Trump-Proof Their Big Climate Law. Rob and Jesse talk with the deputy White House official in charge of implementing the Inflation Reduction Act.
https://heatmap.news/podcast/shift-key-s2-e17-kristina-costa
Nearly all Arctic sea ice could melt by the summer of 2027, scientists warn
https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/all-arctic-sea-ice-could-melt-in-the-summer-of-2027-researchers-predict-393946
Lake Enigma – a permanently frozen lake, deep in the northern foothills of Antarctica’s Victoria Land – was thought to be solid ice from top to bottom. But, according to a new study, the lake’s icy surface rests on liquid water – and that water is filled with bizarre microbial life.
https://astrobiology.com/2024/12/ice-covered-lake-enigma-in-antarctica-supports-unique-microbial-communities.html
Massive ocean discovered beneath the Earth’s crust containing more water than on the surface. At an astonishing depth of approximately 400 miles beneath our planet’s surface, there is an abundant reservoir of water stored within a rock type identified as ‘ringwoodite’.
https://www.thebrighterside.news/green-impact/massive-underground-ocean-discovered-containing-3x-more-water-than-the-oceans-combined/
# Food / Alerts / Recalls
Walmart confirms store will close just days before Christmas sparking food desert fears
https://en.pressbee.net/show3545763.html?title=walmart-confirms-store-will-close-just-days-before-christmas-spar
Walmart customer goes viral on TikTok after noticing their packaged meat labels were off: ‘Be warned people’
https://www.shefinds.com/collections/walmart-customer-goes-viral-calling-out-meat-weights/
# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Droughts in Brazil and Vietnam Are Driving up Global Coffee Prices
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03122024/todays-climate-droughts-coffee-prices/
# General News
McConnell cries foul after 2 Democratic judges cancel retirement after Trump victory
https://www.aol.com/mcconnell-cries-foul-2-democratic-185426290.html
# Gov / Politics
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/03/donald-trump-historic-landslide-win-lie
The Social Security Act–Passage and Development: Who created social security? On June 8, 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a message to the Congress, announced his intention to provide a program for Social Security. Subsequently, the President created by Executive Order the Committee on Economic Security, which was composed of five top cabinet-level officials.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html#:~:text=On%20June%208%2C%201934%2C%20President,five%20top%20cabinet%2Dlevel%20officials
Republicans Are Already Coming for Medicare and Social Security. With Trump coming to power, the GOP is coming for social welfare programs.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-already-coming-medicare-social-172819868.html
Elon Musk’s Real Plan is Starting to Appear. Senator Mike Lee wrote out a blueprint for dismantling Social Security on X Monday night that Elon Musk amplified, hinting at disturbing GOP plans for the program.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-real-plan-starting-223206070.html
The First Corruption Scandal of Trump’s Second Term Is Already Here. Donald Trump’s ties to shady crypto bros are only getting more troubling.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188957/trump-18-million-justin-sun-banana-charged-fraud-sec
Shocking Exit Poll Reveals Why Trump Beat Harris. Voters were most concerned with these three issues.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3700214660576-shocking-exit-poll-reveals-why-trump-beat-harris
Trump Is Using “Unitary Executive” Theory in His Bid to Amass Supreme Power. Trump is claiming total executive power that would eclipse the legislative “co-equal” branch of government.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-using-unitary-executive-theory-in-his-bid-to-amass-supreme-power/
Democrat Adam Gray flips California swing seat blue. Republican Rep. John Duarte was narrowly ousted from his seat in a rematch against a Democratic rival.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/03/adam-gray-wins-central-valley-swing-seat-00187093
Trump’s plan for Ukraine comes into focus: Ukrainian delegation visits US as Trump’s peace plans take shape
https://san.com/cc/ukrainian-delegation-visits-us-as-trumps-peace-plans-take-shape/
‘A Press Release Is Not A Pardon’: Judge Shreds Biden’s Hunter Move, Says He Can’t ‘Rewrite History’:
Federal Judge Mark C. Scarsi ripped into Biden’s decision to pardon his son, saying that while the president has broad authority, he cannot “rewrite history.”
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/03/federal-judge-rips-joe-biden-pardon-hunter/
# Gov / Politics / Global
South Korea’s Warning for Washington. Even botched plots to seize power damage democratic institutions and norms.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/12/south-korea-martial-law/680864/
Putin’s presidential plane ‘involved in illegally deporting Ukrainian children’ to ‘Russify’ them
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/putins-presidential-plane-involved-illegally-34241178
Yale researchers hacked a Russian adoption database and found 148 stolen Ukrainian orphans
https://www.aol.com/yale-researchers-hacked-russian-adoption-120000083.html
Putin ‘directly authorized’ Russian effort to kidnap Ukrainian children
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3700191124676-putin-directly-authorized-russian-effort-to-kidnap-ukrainian-children?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzMzMzYyNjQ0NjQ%3D
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry Pushes to Join NATO While Ukrainian Politician Calls for Nuclear Weapons
https://legitgov.org/index.php/2024/12/03/ukraines-foreign-ministry-pushes-to-join-nato-while-ukrainian-politician-calls-for-nuclear-weapons/
Iran says it’s ready to send troops to Syria. Tehran’s offer to Damascus comes amid a jihadist offensive against government forces
https://www.rt.com/news/608658-iran-syria-troops-offer/
South Korean Opposition Plans to Impeach President Yoon After Failed Martial Law Declaration
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-25a2a7c957e77a19f771b6b7c56a2173
# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Trump team signs agreement to allow Justice to conduct background checks on nominees, staff
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-transition-team-signs-agreement-to-allow-official-background-checks-on-nominees-staff
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Stunning Memo Exposes Which SCOTUS Justices Want to Keep Being Crooks. Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas weren’t alone in opposing an ethics code.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stunning-memo-exposes-scotus-justices-200407659.html
Willis’ seat in Fulton County court heats up
https://www.thecentersquare.com/georgia/article_42958ff6-b1b3-11ef-8064-0fb1e6fd9039.html
# Media
‘World’s largest investigative journalism organization’ secretly controlled by U.S. government: The U.S. government secretly controls around half of the funding for the world’s largest investigative journalism network, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP),
https://www.rt.com/news/608629-occrp-secretly-funded-us-government/
# Medical / Health News
9 States Poised To End Coverage for Millions if Trump Cuts Medicaid Funding
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicaid-expansion-funding-trigger-laws-9-states-trump-administration/
‘Bodies are piling up’: Reporter finds GOP-led states are hiding abortion ban death toll. This comes as reports begin to trickle in of cases of women who have died after being denied abortion care in dangerous pregnancies, despite every state with an abortion ban ostensibly having exceptions for the life of the mother, women of color being the bulk of these cases.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3700242432224-bodies-are-piling-up-reporter-finds-gop-led-states-are-hiding-abortion-ban-death-toll
Court Rules Idaho Can Enforce Ban On Interstate Abortion Travel. Sweeping language “could send someone to prison as a ‘trafficker’ for lending a teen gas money,” notes one writer.
https://truthout.org/articles/federal-court-rules-idaho-can-enforce-law-banning-interstate-travel-for-abortion/
Judge to consider first lawsuit to overturn Missouri’s near-total abortion ban
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/national/judge-to-consider-first-lawsuit-to-overturn-missouris-near-total-abortion-ban/article_f8c820fe-f1a6-5327-b4e2-c8cf1fc89130.html
If Trump Makes Cuts to Medicaid, Texas Officials Could Seize the Opportunity to Further Slash the Program
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-medicaid-cuts-texas-residents
# Medical Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science
Tens of thousands of hidden ‘dark genes’ discovered in humans
https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-genes-hiding-unseen-in-human-dna-have-just-been-revealed
Some Cases of Dementia Can Be Cured, Researchers Say, Because They’re Caused by Fungus and Bacteria in Brain
https://futurism.com/neoscope/dementia-alzheimers-bacteria-fungus
# Medical / Health News / Global
Taliban bans women from training as midwives and nurses
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/04/taliban-bans-women-from-training-as-nurses-and-midwives/
# Military / DOD / Militia
Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny in Senate
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/ap-politics/ap-trumps-defense-pick-pete-hegseth-faces-deepening-scrutiny-in-senate/
Trump may replace Pete Hegseth with Ron DeSantis: Sources
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/04/trump-replace-hegseth-desantis-defense-secretary
# Military / Global
Estonian-made combat robots in Ukraine now come with Starlink. The new satellite connectivity feature allows the vehicles to be operated from thousands of miles away, according to the manufacturer.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2024/8/12/starlink-lets-operators-control-ground-robots-at-long-distances
# NATO
NATO chief urges European allies to ramp up defense spending as Trump returns to White House
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nato-chief-urges-european-allies-140539666.html
Zelensky: No NATO membership without Russian-occupied territories
https://www.yahoo.com/news/zelensky-no-nato-membership-without-172812360.html
# Other Interesting Things
A trail Cam captures a large beast, pulling a tree in the forest
https://www.tiktok.com/@oliviatwistmysteries/video/7330157757737291040
Scientists discover lost ‘big head’ human species in Asia: The fossils, found at the Xujiayao site in northern China, represent a previously unknown group of humans that scientists have dubbed “Juluren” – meaning “large head people” – who lived between 200,000 and 160,000 years ago.
https://studyfinds.org/big-head-people-human-species/
‘Hidden structures’ discovered deep beneath the dark side of the moon.
https://www.thebrighterside.news/space/scientists-discover-hidden-structures-deep-beneath-the-dark-side-of-the-moon/
Fireball: Asteroid explodes in the night sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH9JmnEVW6g
# Science
Scientists reveal image of a single photon for 1st time ever. Using a groundbreaking new technique, researchers have unveiled the first detailed image of a photon — a single particle of light — ever taken.
https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/quantum-physics/the-shape-of-light-scientists-reveal-image-of-an-individual-photon-for-1st-time-ever
# Social
America last: Biden announces ‘over $1 billion’ to support Africans displaced by natural disasters, food insecurity [while North Carolina residents are living in tents in the snow, having exhausted their measly 750. FEMA stipend]
https://legitgov.org/index.php/2024/12/03/biden-announces-over-1-billion-to-support-africans-displaced-by-natural-disasters-food-insecurity/
# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Lunar research station advances global collaboration and talent development, in collaboration with multiple nations, is positioning itself as a hub for technological innovation, scientific exploration, and the development of skilled professionals in space-related disciplines, a United Nations-affiliated official stated.
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Lunar_research_station_advances_global_collaboration_and_talent_development_999.html
# Space / Rocketry / Global
China plans to make bricks on the moon for lunar habitats. China plans to use lunar material to build its moon base.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/building-blocks-how-china-plans-to-make-bricks-on-the-moon-for-lunar-habitats
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
At its Re:Invent conference, Amazon also announced new tools to help customers build generative AI programs, including one that checks whether a chatbot’s outputs are accurate or not.
https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1062098/amazon-to-build-mega-ai-supercomputer-with-partner-anthropic-1062098.html
OpenAI Poaches 3 Top Engineers From DeepMind. The new hires, all experts in computer vision, are the latest AI researchers to jump to a direct competitor in an intensively competitive talent market.
https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/business/openai-hires-ai-engineers-from-google-deepmind-appoints-first-cmo/story
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) and AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTS) have partnered to advance AST SpaceMobile’s mission to deliver space-based high-speed internet connectivity worldwide, closing coverage gaps and enabling broadband access to underserved areas.
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/AST_SpaceMobile_teams_with_Cadence_to_drive_space_based_cellular_broadband_999.html
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