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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-12-13

Voices, The Peoples News

December 13, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump wants to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war. Invoking the Alien Enemies Act could make it far easier for the Trump administration to quickly apprehend, detain and deport immigrants living in the U.S. without legal authorization. That’s because the law lets presidents bypass immigration courts.
https://theconversation.com/trump-wants-to-use-the-alien-enemies-act-to-deport-immigrants-but-the-18th-century-law-has-been-invoked-only-during-times-of-war-243663

Irate GOP leaders say Biden’s administration is selling off unused border wall materials. Biden administration clears border wall parts for auction ahead of Trump’s second term. The Biden administration is inviting bids for nearly 20 miles of border wall sections. The auction includes more than 30,000 steel wall panels.
https://san.com/media-miss/biden-administration-clears-border-wall-parts-for-auction-ahead-of-trumps-second-term/

New Mexico Governor Refuses National Guard Deployment for Mass Deportations
https://www.newsweek.com/new-mexico-michelle-lujan-grisham-trump-mass-deportations-2000244

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Walgreens Reportedly in Buyout Talks After Announcing Closure of 1,200 Stores. Reports of a possible sale of the company come just weeks after Walgreens announced it will close approximately 1,200 stores over the next three years, with 500 stores to shut their doors in 2025
https://www.the-sun.com/money/13066794/walgreens-potential-sale-stores-closing/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE tracker: A running list of what Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy say they will change
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3713793688271-doge-tracker-a-running-list-of-what-elon-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy-say-they-will-change?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQwOTI3Nzk2MTY%3D

Billionaire Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy spent several hours Thursday swapping ideas with lawmakers about President-elect Donald Trump’s DOGE initiative to dismantle parts of the federal government.
https://wtop.com/business-finance/2024/12/elon-musk-and-vivek-ramaswamy-are-bringing-trumps-doge-to-capitol-hill/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Tariffs, crypto, and interest rates set to dominate 2025 economic agenda
https://gazette.com/news/wex/tariffs-crypto-and-interest-rates-set-to-dominate-2025-economic-agenda/article_10079273-97e2-5082-995a-e89be1c5a192.html

Goldman Sachs tells investors Trump’s tariffs pose a major ‘event risk’ and to expect growth to slow in 2025
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/goldman-sachs-tells-investors-trump-080200784.html

Trump team mulls axing Great Depression-era agency that guards against bank failures: Advisers asked potential nominees whether Trump could abolish the FDIC
https://www.wsj.com/finance/regulation/trump-advisers-bank-regulations-fdic-efa761dc

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear / Global
‘Ontario is not having it’: Trump reportedly set stage for Canada to cut off U.S. energy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4Ud2Gow0q0

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Millions of Taxpayer Dollars Have Subsidized Project 2025 and Climate Denial. “It is high time for the American public to understand just how much charitable money is funding climate change disinformation and to recognize the key individuals behind this effort.” A report published Wednesday identifies nearly 140 “climate disinformation organizations”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/taxpayer-subsidies-climate-disinformation

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
The ground in Iceland is cracking open and being liquified. The ground beneath Grindavík, a small fishing town on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, is so fissured following a volcanic eruption on Jan. 14 that it could collapse, the Icelandic Met Office (IMO) has warned. This “crack collapse” may occur in places where the ground is already unstable, according to a translated IMO statement updated on Thursday (Jan. 25).
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/iceland-villages-in-danger-of-crack-collapse-ground-swelling-following-volcanic-eruption

New aerial footage is now circulating on social media, showing a massive crack splitting Grindavik asunder and sending ominous steam into the air. Some of these fissures have moved buildings and roads, alarming officials.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/iceland-grindavik-volcanic

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Michigan voters worry about food prices, but experts say Trump’s plans may raise grocery bills Americans hope President-elect Trump will lower grocery bills, but economists warn his tariffs on imports and deportation plans could raise food prices.
https://planetdetroit.org/2024/11/food-prices-trump-impact/

# Foods / Things that impact your health
10 Grocery Store Herbs That Fight Common Viruses Naturally
https://oasismedicalinstitute.com/10-herbs-that-kill-viruses-fast/

# General News
Drone mystery deepens along with concerns the large flying objects could pose a national security threat. The first such reports of drone activity surfaced in Morris County Nov. 18. The sightings have continued consistently since, prompting social media videos that led to worry among residents as well as a demand for answers from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
https://njbiz.com/fear-and-frustration-in-nj-as-drone-mystery-deepens/

Florida’s Mystery Drones: From Utilities, Insurance Companies To Government There’s a Lot In The Sky
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3713087646871-florida-s-mystery-drones-from-utilities-insurance-companies-to-government-there-s-a-lot-in-the-sky

Drone mystery is ‘worldwide,’ not just in New Jersey: Ross Coulthart
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SApQP5ArlFI

NJ gov says feds have authority to shoot down drones, ‘wouldn’t be opposed’ to them playing ‘more robust role’
https://www.aol.com/news/nj-gov-says-feds-authority-125341970.html

Satellite images show Iran’s drone carriers are nowhere near the US as New Jersey faces a mystery drone problem
https://www.yahoo.com/news/satellite-images-show-irans-drone-225305875.html

Drones over US: Pentagon shoots down Iran ‘mothership’ claim amid NJ drone mystery
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBY9zuAYep0

New Jersey congressman calls on military to shoot down mystery drones
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/northeast/new-jersey-drones-rep-chris-smith/

Drone crashes into NJ homeowner’s backyard — as panic over mystery sightings grips state
https://nypost.com/2024/12/13/us-news/drone-crashes-into-nj-homeowners-backyard/

Drone sightings reported around the world
https://www.newsnationnow.com/video/drone-sightings-reported-around-the-world-morning-in-america/10295353/

# Gov / Politics
‘A Fool’s Errand’: Bill Clinton Warns Trump Against Targeting Hillary Clinton
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-clinton-trump-kash-patel-hillary-clinton_n_675ac5c2e4b0133709339f88

As Trump escalates war on facts, scientists warn “we are going to get screwed.” Trump has declared a war on government scientists as he denies climate change and pursues a pro-fossil fuel agenda
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/12/as-escalates-on-facts-scientists-warn-we-are-going-to-get-screwed/

Dem claims Trump wielding nuclear strike authority ‘should terrify you’ — then people point out the obvious
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-claims-trump-wielding-nuclear-strike-authority-should-terrify-you-people-point-out-obvious

Strengthening Checks on Presidential Nuclear Launch Authority. The virtues of the protocol—the procedures and timelines for ordering the use of nuclear weapons and for carrying out such an order—are twofold.
https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2018-01/features/strengthening-checks-presidential-nuclear-launch-authority

FACT FOCUS: Federal agents didn’t orchestrate Jan. 6. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection poked another hole in the pro-Trump conspiracy theory that federal agents orchestrated the attack, confirming on Tuesday that a man at the center of the claims said he’d never been an FBI informant.
https://apnews.com/article/arizona-ap-fact-check-ted-cruz-congress-767d5dad0631f88bb0b10a45115a1bc6

FBI didn’t deploy undercover agents on Jan. 6, watchdog report finds, undercutting conspiracy theories
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/12/fbi-undercover-agents-jan-6-riot-report

The Justice Department just released the report that we’ve been waiting for: The FBI had 26 confidential human sources there that day. 26 confidential human sources, a guy the FBI pays to spy for them. Of the 26 confidential human sources who were in DC on Jan. 6, four entered the Capitol during the riot. An additional 13 entered the restricted area around the Capitol. So more than a dozen FBI spies participated in this so-called insurrection.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jesse-watters-justice-department-just-023901779.html

MAGA lawyer’s new conspiracy involves Wray resignation. Justice Department inspector general report found no evidence to support right-wing claims that undercover FBI agents provoked the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/he-knew-this-was-coming-maga-lawyer-s-new-conspiracy-involves-wray-resignation-and-j6/ar-AA1vM22D

‘Sorry To Embarrass You, Donald’: Kinzinger Fires Back at Trump for Threatening To Imprison J6 Committee Members
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/sorry-to-embarrass-you-donald-kinzinger-fires-back-at-trump-for-threatening-to-imprison-j6-committee-members/

FBI director resigning is bad news for Trump: Vittert
https://www.isidewith.com/discuss/5375996850

Hardline activist who raised the idea of jailing women for abortions gets top policy job in Trump administration. As CNN first reported in July, Martin has publicly advocated for a national abortion ban without exceptions for rape or incest and has raised imposing criminal penalties on women and doctors involved in abortions.
https://www.newsbreak.com/apple-valley-news-now-1590299/3713155123097-hardline-activist-who-raised-the-idea-of-jailing-women-for-abortions-gets-top-policy-job-in-trump-administration

Mitch McConnell Bashes Trump’s Entire Philosophy in New Interview. The longtime Republican leader is getting increasingly fed up with Donald Trump. (At least in words.)
https://newrepublic.com/post/189298/mitch-mcconnell-criticize-trump-america-first

Trump’s Rage at FBI Takes Dark Turn as GOPers Signal They Won’t Resist
https://newrepublic.com/article/189359/trumps-rage-fbi-takes-dark-turn-gopers-signal-wont-resist

# Gov / Politics / Global
A key pillar of Russia’s wartime economy could soon be taking another hit
https://www.yahoo.com/news/key-pillar-russias-wartime-economy-094534745.html

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Another Houston girl killed by Venezuelan man illegally in country. Joel Enrique Gonzalez Chacin, a 41-year-old Venezuelan national in the country illegally with a criminal record, was arrested for intoxicated manslaughter, according to Constable Mark Herman’s Office.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_8c69531c-b954-11ef-a25c-af7840b57977.html?a&seyid=39461

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Even in death, the secrets of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his infamous private island remain tightly guarded. But in 2024 WIRED conducted an investigation uncovering the data of mobile devices belonging to almost 200 of his visitors.
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/we-tracked-every-visitor-to-epstein-island

The trail from Epstein’s island runs deeper than we imagined, 166 locations, 80 cities, 26 states.Who’s really pulling the strings with Epstein at the center?
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/we-tracked-every-visitor-to-epstein-island

# Medical / Health News
Feds help health insurers hide their dirty secret: denials on the rise. UnitedHealthcare nixed 1.1%, Humana 1.9%, Aetna 1.5% in 2013, per the American Medical Association. By 2022, major insurers were refusing to pay, on average, 15% of claims, according to a national survey of hospitals and health-care providers by Premier, an insurance consultant.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/12/opinion/feds-help-health-insurers-hide-dirty-secret-rising-denials/

Appeals court considers next step for emergency abortion care in Idaho
https://oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2024/12/13/appeals-court-considers-next-step-for-emergency-abortion-care-in-idaho/

Health insurance ‘delay tactic’ is too common: Former Cigna executive. A former top insurance executive has revealed systematic practices within the health care industry that prioritizes shareholder profits over patient care.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3711869820391-health-insurance-delay-tactic-is-too-common-former-cigna-executive?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQwOTUyMjcwOTc%3D

These 10 startups are using AI to disrupt healthcare payments as public outrage toward insurers mounts
https://www.statnews.com/2024/12/12/startups-using-artificial-intelligence-fight-insurance-denials-health-tech/

The CEO using AI to fight insurance-claim denials says he wants to remove the ‘fearfulness’ around getting sick
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/the-ceo-using-ai-to-fight-insurance-claim-denials-says-he-wants-to-remove-the-fearfulness-around-getting-sick/ar-AA1vK1Y2

Trump’s Pick: 16 Ways Dr. Oz Could Affect Your Medicare and Medicaid
https://www.emarketer.com/content/trump-s-nomination-of-dr–oz-lead-cms-raising-healthcare-access-concerns

UnitedHealth Group CEO acknowledges ‘flawed’ US healthcare system
https://finance.yahoo.com/video/unitedhealth-group-ceo-calls-healthcare-155652243.html

UnitedHealth, rival shares tumble as lawmakers push to break up drug middlemen
https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/business/unitedhealth-rival-shares-tumble-as-lawmakers-push-to-break-up-drug-middlemen/

UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism. Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal.
https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealthcare-insurance-autism-denials-applied-behavior-analysis-medicaid

# Military / Global
China breaks silence on apparent military drills around Taiwan. Taiwan says Beijing has removed nine coastguard ships from around the island’s waters, possibly signalling the end of its latest round of drills
https://www.the-independent.com/asia/china/taiwan-china-navy-drills-coastguard-b2663820.html

Russia targets Ukrainian infrastructure with a massive attack by cruise missiles and drones
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/12/13/russia-targets-ukrainian-infrastructure-massive-attack-of-cruise-missiles-and-drones.html

Is China setting the table for war? Washington must act with urgency
https://gazette.com/news/wex/is-china-setting-the-table-for-war-washington-must-act-with-urgency/article_86b0e0de-cac2-5d65-b1c0-38b50024a05d.html

# Other Interesting Things
Incredible Artist
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3712839778281-incredible-artist?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQwOTYzMDQ1MDg%3D

Amazing Art: “At first glance, it’s beautiful—but look closely, and it’s absolutely mind-blowing!”
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3712178252352-at-first-glance-its-beautifulbut-look-closely-and-its-absolutely-mind-blowing-amazingart-hiddendetails-lookcloser-artwithdepth-masterpiece?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzQwOTMyMjYxOTk%3D

# Pharmaceuticals
Bill would force Big Health Care to sell pharmacies within 3 years
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5035450-bipartisan-lawmakers-want-to-force-health-insurers-pbms-to-sell-off-pharmacies/

# Space / Rocketry / Global
China Announces Historic Discovery As Spacecraft Lands On the Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7tiMVB1TbM

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-12-12

Voices, The Peoples News

December 12, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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People talk about being Gen this or Gen that. Out of curiosity,
I researched to see what Gen I am from. Here are the results …

Generations	Born	Current Ages
GenX	1965–1980	44–59
Boomers II (a/k/a Generation Jones)*	1955–1964	60–69
Boomers I*	1946–1954	70–78
Post War	1928–1945	79–96
[This Post War is where I am. Where do you fit in this timeline?]

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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
New data reveals America has tens of thousands of noncitizens from US adversary with deportation orders
https://www.yahoo.com/news/data-reveals-america-tens-thousands-222519333.html

One Of Trump’s Most Provocative Talking Points Isn’t Even Legal To Do: Trump’s threat appears to take immigration enforcement into uncharted ground. There is no mechanism to deport U.S. citizens, regardless of their parent’s status.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-trump-really-means-when-he-threatens-to-deport-americans_n_675a0209e4b04fd5c3670754

Trump’s border czar reveals which city is first for mass deportations. Trump’s pledge to arrest, detain and deport people living in the country without legal permission as part of his “day one” agenda would deploy federal, state and local law enforcement into immigrant communities across the country starting in Chicago
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-border-czar-reveals-city-174959741.html

“Who’s Willing to Get Arrested?” Immigrant Activists Ready for Trump Deportation Plans. Immigrant rights organizers and activists have a playbook from the last Trump presidency, but worry of less funding and more fatigue.

https://theintercept.com/2024/12/09/trump-deportation-immigrants-activists/
Also: The Intercept has been reporting from the front lines and the borderlines, exposing the lies and the inhumanity of U.S. immigration enforcement agencies.
https://theintercept.com/collections/the-war-on-immigrants/

She Was Separated From Her 1-Year-Old at the Border. The Government Wouldn’t Tell Her Why. U.S. officials can withhold their rationale in family separation cases that relate to national security. There have been about 80 children separated for these reasons this year, with an estimated 50 of them Russian.
https://www.propublica.org/article/family-separations-biden-russian-immigrants

Some migrants choosing to self-deport ahead of Trump presidency
https://www.yahoo.com/news/migrants-choosing-self-deport-ahead-221145872.html

Trump to strip ICE restrictions to enforce mass deportation. ICE restrictions have been in place since 2011 Officials say new policy will make agency’s job easier. An estimated 11 million illegal immigrants live in U.S.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/trump-strip-ice-restrictions-mass-deportation/

# Business / Industry / Corporation
NASA Nighttime Images Reveal Arctic Industrial Activity: A map shows a pan-Arctic view of nighttime lights and places where the intensity of artificial lights has increased (yellow), decreased (purple), or stayed the same (green). The team used nighttime satellite observations from the U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153659/nighttime-lights-reveal-industrial-activity-in-the-arctic

Trump’s Corruption Business Officially Expands in Saudi Arabia. New tower shows Trump unconcerned with ‘being beholden to a foreign state’: On Wednesday, Eric Trump took to social media to announce a new Trump Organization project in Saudi Arabia: Trump Tower Jeddah.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/new-tower-shows-trump-unconcerned-with-being-beholden-to-a-foreign-state-writer/ar-AA1vHfM8

Unless We Rebuild Manufacturing, Trump’s Tariffs Are Bad News for Small Business
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tariffs-trade-china-small-business-mexico-1987609

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Human trafficking up 25% globally as demand for young girls fuels growth
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/3256018/human-trafficking-rises-globally-young-girls-un-report/
Also: UNODC global human trafficking report: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/press/releases/2024/December/unodc-global-human-trafficking-report_-detected-victims-up-25-per-cent-as-more-children-are-exploited-and-forced-labour-cases-spike.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Musk and Ramaswamy’s DOGE, a cocktail of corruption, illegality, and harm. A nascent federal advisory committee poised to violate open government rules, declared goals that are unattainable, and an underlying agenda that’s unpopular.
https://www.newsweek.com/musk-ramaswamys-doge-cocktail-corruption-illegality-harm-opinion-1998706

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Helene: Aid package of $227M goes through on veto override. State assistance of another $227 million to western North Carolina in the recovery from Hurricane Helene is going forward, the veto override of a Senate bill completed Wednesday by the state House of Representatives.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/north_carolina/article_ad0d5210-b820-11ef-97f3-bb1dbfcbd3a1.html?a&seyid=39246

29 House Republicans want Trump to scrap the IRS’s free direct tax filing tool on day one of his presidency
https://www.businessinsider.com/republicans-trump-scrap-irs-free-direct-tax-filing-tool-2024-12

Rich boomers refusing to retire are throwing a wrench into the $84 million Great Wealth Transfer, HSBC warns
https://fortune.com/2024/12/11/great-wealth-transfer-hsbc-report/

Steve Bannon warns GOP Congress will give wealthy and corporations ‘massive’ tax breaks
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3711903729298-steve-bannon-warns-gop-congress-will-give-wealthy-and-corporations-massive-tax-breaks

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
Julian Brown, 21, has gone viral on Instagram for his invention, “Plastoline,” which converts old plastics into usable fuels such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Brown’s passion for this project began in his teenage years, and he has been refining his idea ever since
https://www.tiktok.com/@atl5d/video/7446971375669120302

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear / Global
Canada Threatens to Cut Power to U.S. Over Trump Tariffs
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/11/ontario-premier-threatens-cut-off-energy-supply-us-00193895

Ontario premier says US energy exports will be cut off if Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Canada
https://apnews.com/article/canada-interest-rate-cut-trump-tariffs-c0ef920ffb02ea0531c93516abad64e0

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Elon Musk Gloats as Trump Announces Billionaires Will Be Exempt From Normal Environmental Rules
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-trump-billionaires-exempt-environmental-rules

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
The Arctic is changing. And not for the better, scientists say. The Arctic tundra , a critical “carbon sink” for thousands of years, is now releasing more of the greenhouse gas than it takes in, scientists have announced.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-independent-517119/3711753671671-the-arctic-is-changing-and-not-for-the-better-scientists-say

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Cancer warning issued over popular cooking oil that is ‘poisoning’ Americans. A new study looked at the tumors of more than 80 patients with colon cancer and found that seed oils may raise the risk of the disease
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14177541/cooking-oils-colon-cancer-young-people-study.html

# Food Recalls / Alerts
# Foods / Things that impact your health
The role of herbal medicines in treatment of urinary tract diseases
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5297587/

Common Plants Offer Relief for Urinary Diseases. Certain herbs and vitamins may help prevent UTIs and resolve uncomplicated infections. But if you have severe symptoms, you may need medical attention.
https://us.supersmart.com/en/blog/prostate-urinary-health/5-plants-recognized-benefits-for-urinary-health-s199

# Gov / Politics
Mitch McConnell Says Trump Win Puts Americans In A ‘Very Dangerous World’: The GOP’s outgoing Senate leader said he plans to spend his final two years in office pushing back against the Trump-fueled isolationism within his party.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-trump-americans-dangerous-world_n_675a09cae4b02802b83c4117

McConnell Warns Trump’s Isolationism Is Reminiscent of Pre-World War Two Dangers. “Even the slogan is the same. ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.” Rogers reported further on their exchange
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/even-the-slogan-is-the-same-mcconnell-warns-trumps-isolationism-is-reminiscent-of-pre-world-war-two-dangers/

“The core definition of authoritarianism is that the executive overwhelms the other branches of government and all checks on power and the situation of the president, or head of state, are removed,” Ben-Ghiat, the author of “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present,”said.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ruth-ben-ghiat-george-conway-trump-second-term_n_675aa697e4b0518821f250dc
Also: Authoritarianism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarianism
Also: Dictatorship: https://www.britannica.com/topic/dictatorship

Missouri introduces ‘Donald Trump’ bill that makes it legal for people with felonies to run for office
https://thehill.com/homenews/5036799-donald-trump-missouri-law-felony-candidacy/

The Republicans’ plan to redefine US citizenship is Authoritarianism 101
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5032536-trump-birthright-citizenship-authoritarian-threat/

Senior GOP Senator Secretly Refusing to Bend the Knee to Trump. Incoming Majority Leader John Thune has a plan to defy Donald Trump.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189266/donald-trump-nominations-senate-republican-john-thune

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.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189076/judicial-extremists-run-federalist-society

Eric Trump Drops Unnerving Hint About His Dad’s Coming 2025 Corruption. As Donald Trump’s son sends surprisingly clear signals about what’s coming, an expert on kleptocracy explains why conditions are ripe for the new Trump oligarchy to launch an extraordinary corruption spree.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189292/eric-trump-drops-dark-ominous-hint-dads-coming-2025-corruption

# Gov / Politics / Global
Ukrainian spies ‘gun down top Russian missile scientist in Moscow’ in latest assassination
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1987790/ukraine-assassinates-russian-missile-scientist-moscow

Putin’s Hidden Vulnerability. To Break the Kremlin’s War Machine, the West Must Exploit the Grievances and Fears of Ordinary Russians
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/putins-hidden-vulnerability#

Putin Is Already Escalating His War on the West. The reality is that the war has already sprawled and escalated, just not quite in the ways many observers might expect.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/putin-is-already-escalating-his-war-on-the-west/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Has Sick Plan for Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Donald Trump’s team is prepared to use the Justice Department for its “war on woke.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/189250/trump-plan-justice-department-civil-rights-division-war-woke

Dem undermines GOP Afghanistan hearing with photo of Trump official meeting with Taliban
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3711306721897-dem-undermines-gop-afghanistan-hearing-with-photo-of-trump-official-meeting-with-taliban

Trump May Have Just Cost Himself a Bunch of Allies. Donald Trump will avoid accountability. But will his alleged partners in crime?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-lot-pissed-off-ex-180113795.html

# LGBTQ / Gender
Republicans Sneak Anti-Trans Health Care Provision Into Defense Bill. The proposal would codify explicitly anti-LGBTQ+ policy into federal law for the first time in decades.
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/10/republicans-anti-trans-health-care-ndaa/

# Media
This Is How Trump’s Department of Justice Spied on Journalists. In a new report, the Justice Department’s inspector general found that the agency violated its own rules to snoop on reporters.
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/11/trump-justice-department-spied-journalists-congress/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

He Quit His Job to Protest the Media Bending to Trump. Here’s What He Thinks the Press Needs to Do Now. Federal anti-SLAPP legislation didn’t pass in 2022. Does it have a chance now? SLAPP suits formally, [Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation] are designed to prevent people from exercising their free speech. A common example is a person suing a media outlet after unfavorable coverage—attempting to bankrupt journalists from lawyers’ fees, even if, in the end, the outlet wins the case. Such suits are already illegal in 34 states. But, on the federal level, there’s no such legislation.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/trump-raskin-slapp-federal-law/

# Medical / Health News
Democratic Lawmakers Raise Concerns About Medicare Privatization Under Dr. Oz. Several Democratic lawmakers are raising new concerns about Dr. Mehmet Oz’s previous push to privatize Medicare as he’s on the cusp of overseeing the program.
https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/democratic-senators-wary-of-mehmet-oz-running-medicare-citing-past-push-for-privatization

“The Patient Had A Heart Attack And Died Before They Could Get The Approval”: Medical Professionals Are Sharing 19 Times They’ve Witnessed Insurance Companies Fail A Patient
https://www.yahoo.com/news/medical-professionals-sharing-infuriating-stories-173217042.html

More than 20,000 pregnancies in the United States end in stillbirth each year. These losses are not inevitable. At least 1 in 4 U.S. stillbirths is likely preventable.
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/before-a-breath-stillbirth-documentary-callout#:~:text=More%20than%2020%2C000%20pregnancies%20in,of%20stillbirths%20may%20be%20preventable

Leaked Video Shows Insurance CEO Gloating About Denying Care, Calling Critics Delusional. Following the assassination of his colleague Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth Group made some eyebrow-raising remarks. Witty addressed employees in a company-wide video in which he justified their practice of stamping out “unnecessary” health coverage.
https://futurism.com/neoscope/insurance-ceo-gloating-deny-care

# Military General News
Mystery NJ drones are coming from Iranian mothership offshore, congressman suggests: ‘Should be shot down.’ “We have information that a sea-based Iranian drone mothership is currently missing from port, and that its embarkation timeline would align with the appearance of the New Jersey Drones,” he wrote the president in a letter obtained by Agudath Israel of America news.
https://www.aol.com/news/mystery-nj-drones-coming-iranian-174145078.html

Pentagon shoots down Iran ‘mothership’ claim amid drone mystery. The drones, some reportedly the size of small cars, have been described as operating near military installations and critical infrastructure including Picatinny Arsenal and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. United States government does not have similar technology.
https://www.newsweek.com/drones-new-jersey-iran-jeff-van-drew-1999348

FBI says it has no answers for drones seen over New Jersey
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/northeast/fbi-no-answers-drones-new-jersey/

# Military / DOD / Militia
US intelligence warns Russia may use deadly new IRBM Oreshnik hypersonic missile ‘in coming days’
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/12/11/us-warns-russia-may-be-ready-use-new-lethal-missile-against-ukraine-again-coming-days.html

# Other Interesting Things
Researchers Finally Cracked the Source of Strange Ice Rings in Siberia’s Lake Baikal, Leaves Them Baffled. The rings were the result of methane gas rising from the lake floor.
https://knewz.com/world/researchers-finally-cracked-the-source-of-strange-ice-rings-in-siberias-lake-baikal-leaves-them-baffled/

# Pharmaceuticals
The FDA Hasn’t Inspected This Drug Factory After 7 Recalls for the Same Flaw, 1 Potentially Deadly. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals issued seven recalls for pills that didn’t dissolve properly, records show. All were made at the same factory in India. But the FDA still hasn’t stopped the company from shipping other pills made there to the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/glenmark-pharmaceuticals-recalls-fda-oversight?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river

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December 11, 2024, PM
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump wants to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants – but the 18th-century law has been invoked only during times of war
https://theconversation.com/trump-wants-to-use-the-alien-enemies-act-to-deport-immigrants-but-the-18th-century-law-has-been-invoked-only-during-times-of-war-243663

Trump’s incoming border czar reveals he’s already making plans for 1,400 acres of land offered by Texas
https://www.newsweek.com/tom-homan-mass-deportations-texas-ranch-1999041

Trump’s plans for tougher border enforcement won’t necessarily stop migrants from coming to US − but their journeys could become more costly and dangerous
https://theconversation.com/trumps-plans-for-tougher-border-enforcement-wont-necessarily-stop-migrants-from-coming-to-us-but-their-journeys-could-become-more-costly-and-dangerous-243664

# Business / Industry / Corporation
Trump Organization leases brand to 2 new projects in Saudi Arabia just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House.
https://apnews.com/article/saudi-arabia-trump-business-real-estate-ethics-cb3bf4f03e32690e7fb65b3da336b0e1

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Two biotech CEOs convicted in fraud scheme involving COVID-19 drug: Pourhassan was found guilty of four counts of securities fraud, two counts of wire fraud and three counts of insider trading, while Kazempour was convicted of one count of securities fraud and one count of wire fraud, according to a Dec. 10 release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
https://www.fiercebiotech.com/biotech/jury-convicts-ex-cytodyn-ceo-9-counts-tied-biotech-fraud

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump is threatening to raise tariffs again. Here’s how China plans to fight back
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0xKMFtES?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzM4NjU5Mzg4MjI=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US

Trump’s tariffs could speed up China’s shift to new markets and offshore factories
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trumps-tariffs-could-speed-up-chinas-shift-to-new-markets-and-offshore-factories

US Treasury transfers $20 billion in Ukraine loan funds to World Bank facility
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/us-treasury-transfers-20-billion-in-ukraine-loan-funds-to-world-bank-facility-11733858150445.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Josh Hawley Confronts Witness Point-Blank To Explain How Flooding Job Market With Illegal Migrants Helps Americans. Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley confronted a witness about how flooding the job market with illegal immigrants benefits Americans.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/10/josh-hawley-job-market-illegal-migrants/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
‘All Risk With No Reward’: Outgoing Biden Admin Approves Oil and Gas Lease Sale in Alaska’s Pristine Arctic Wildlife Refuge. The approval of plans for an oil and gas lease sale in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge by the outgoing Biden administration on Monday will keep the door open for drilling in the pristine wildlands.
https://www.ecowatch.com/biden-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-alaska-oil-gas-leases.html

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Arctic has changed dramatically in just a couple of decades – 2024 report card shows worrying trends in snow, ice, wildfire and more
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/arctic-has-changed-dramatically-in-just-a-couple-of-decades-2024-report-card-shows-worrying-trends-in-snow-ice-wildfire-and-more

‘Landmark Victory’: US Proposes Endangered Species Protections for Monarch Butterfly. “We’re hoping that this is a call to everybody to say this species is in decline, and now is our opportunity to help reverse that decline,” said one federal scientist.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/monarch-butterfly-endangered

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Congress Should Unleash the Economic Power of Farmers
https://dcjournal.com/congress-should-unleash-the-economic-power-of-farmers/

# Gov / Politics
Trump’s Ludicrous Billionaire Polluter Exemption Plan Deserves Ridicule, But His Probable Abuse of National Security Exemptions Deserves Attention: President-elect Donald J. Trump declared on his social media platform that, “Any person or company investing ONE BILLION DOLLARS, OR MORE, in the United States of America, will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals.”
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/trumps-ludicrous-billionaire-polluter-exemption-plan-deserves-ridicule-but-his-probable-abuse-of-national-security-exemptions-deserves-attention

Transcript: Trump’s Private Rage at “Traitors” Reveals Dark 2025 Plans: An interview with Brian Beutler, author of the “Off Message” Substack, who explains how Democrats can and must do more to alert the public to the dangers of a second Trump term.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189137/transcript-trumps-private-rage-traitors-reveals-dark-2025-plans

Trump goes quiet about how he will separate his presidency from his businesses
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3254360/trump-quiet-divest-presidency-business/

The intensifying threat of Donald Trump’s emoluments: Donald Trump will violate the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses if he serves as president and fails to divest from his businesses.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/the-intensifying-threat-of-donald-trumps-emoluments/

Trump trolls PM Justin Trudeau as the ‘governor’ of the ‘Great State of Canada’ amid tariff talks
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5031915-donald-trump-justin-trudeau-governor-canada/

Trump’s criminal state: MAGA’s jailhouse-to-White House pipeline is bigger than corruption. What Trump’s government of criminals and ne-er do wells means for America’s future
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/10/trumps-criminal-state-magas-jailhouse-to-pipeline-is-bigger-than-corruption/

Trump Picks Son’s Fiancée as U.S. Ambassador, Fueling Break-Up Rumors. Donald Trump is nominating Kimberly Guilfoyle as U.S. ambassador to Greece.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189242/trump-picks-son-fiancee-us-ambassador-greece-kimberly-guilfoyle

“Dagger Through the Heart”: Ex-Capitol Officer Slams Trump’s Election. Former Officer Harry Dunn torched Donald Trump avoiding all accountability.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dagger-heart-ex-capitol-officer-152010178.html

Trump Is About to Have a Lot of Pissed-Off Ex-Allies. Donald Trump will avoid accountability. But will his alleged partners in crime?
https://newrepublic.com/post/189253/donald-trump-ex-allies-election-lawsuits

Trump Has Sick Plan for Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. Donald Trump’s team is prepared to use the Justice Department for its “war on woke.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/189250/trump-plan-justice-department-civil-rights-division-war-woke

Social Security Advocates Wage Early Fight Against Cuts. As Republicans discuss slashing earned benefits, Social Security Works vows to publicly target any Democrat who joins the congressional DOGE caucuses.
https://prospect.org/politics/2024-12-10-social-security-advocates-wage-early-fight-against-cuts/

House passes $884 billion defense spending bill, setting up Senate fight. 124 Democrats and 16 Republicans opposed the bill.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-passes-884-billion-defense-spending-bill-setting-senate-fight

Trump Floats Plan to Let Billionaire Polluters ‘Bribe Their Way’ Past Regulations. “He’s making it official: If you write a big enough check, his administration will let you break the rules and drive up costs for working families,” said one climate advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-billion-investment

# Gov / Politics / Global
Resurgent Puerto Rico Independence Movement Challenges 126 Years of Colonialism. Openly promoting decolonization and a social democratic alternative, a historic coalition made record electoral gains.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3709496173007-resurgent-puerto-rico-independence-movement-challenges-126-years-of-colonialism

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Christopher Wray to Step Down as FBI Director. President-elect Trump, angered by the FBI search of his Florida resort, had been planning Wray’s removal
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/11/us/trump-news

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Luigi Mangione’s lawyer: No evidence he shot UnitedHealthcare CEO
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5034162-thomas-dickey-luigi-mangione-attorney-evidence-unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting/

CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione fingerprints, gun match those at scene of shooting: NYPD
https://6abc.com/post/unitedhealthcare-ceo-killing-latest-suspect-luigi-mangione-denied-bail-plans-fight-extradition-new-york/15640321/

White House Welcomes Gallant Despite ICC Warrant for Crimes Against Humanity. Yoav Gallant is no longer a member of Israel’s government and is listed as “at large” by the ICC.
https://truthout.org/articles/white-house-welcomes-gallant-despite-icc-warrant-for-crimes-against-humanity/

# Medical / Health News
Luigi Mangione’s Family Ties to Health Care Industry Revealed. Luigi Mangione was initially charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to the police. By Monday evening, prosecutors in Manhattan had added a murder charge, and he is expected to be extradited to New York.
https://www.newsweek.com/luigi-mangione-family-ties-health-care-industry-1998413

Trump, GOP expected to undo Biden’s divisive nursing home rule
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5033563-nursing-home-staffing-rule-repeal-expected/

When profits kill: The deadly cost of treating healthcare as a business
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/12/9/2290984/-When-Profits-Kill-The-Deadly-Costs-of-Treating-Healthcare-as-a-Business

Women and girls having medical conditions dismissed due to ‘medical misogyny’, MPs told: A damning new report drills into the experiences of those suffering with endometriosis, adenomyosis and heavy menstrual bleeding
https://www.womenshealthmag.com/uk/health/female-health/a63156145/medical-misogyny/

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/

Federal Judge Halts Dreamers’ Brand-New Access to ACA Enrollment in 19 States
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/federal-judge-stops-dreamers-aca-obamacare-enrollment-19-states/

# Medical / Health News / Global
Doctors in Gaza Say They Have No Doubt Israel Is Targeting Them. Doctors and emergency workers say their colleagues were deliberately attacked or “disappeared” into Israeli prisons.
https://truthout.org/articles/doctors-in-gaza-say-they-have-no-doubt-israel-is-targeting-them/

# Military / DOD / Militia
US Intercepts Ballistic Missile From Guam in First for Pacific Outpost
https://www.newsweek.com/us-news-intercepts-ballistic-missile-guam-first-pacific-outpost-1998907

Governors push back on federal proposal to move National Guard units
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0ba8a7ce-b728-11ef-94a3-ff58f73a1ff3.html

# Military / Global
Why Is Israel Bombing Syria? What does Israel gain by attacking Syria in the wake of al-Assad’s overthrow?
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/12/11/israel-attack-syria-explainer

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Google-Backed AI Startup Tested Dangerous Chatbots on Children, Lawsuit Alleges: “I don’t know how they can sleep at night, knowing what they have unleashed upon children.” Matt Bergman, founder, Social Media Victims Law Center
https://futurism.com/google-character-ai-children-lawsuit

# Transportation / Travel
Global Guardian’s Intelligence Team puts a spotlight on the most dangerous countries in the world—those where the likelihood and extent of harm to a traveler are highest. World’s most dangerous countries where tourists are at risk from terror and crime – mapped
https://www.globalguardian.com/global-digest/most-dangerous-countries

# Veterans / VA
VA Health System Remains on Federal ‘High Risk’ List Due to Oversight Shortfalls
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/12/10/va-health-system-remains-federal-high-risk-list-due-oversight-shortfalls.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-12-11, AM

Voices, The Peoples News

December 11, 2024, AM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Just so you know ….. The Trump Family’s Immigrant Story: For decades, they denied their German roots, claiming to be of Scandinavian origin. Fred Trump had obfuscated his German ancestry to avoid upsetting Jewish friends and clients. None of his grandparents, and only one of his parents, was born in the United States or spoke English as their mother tongue.
https://www.history.com/news/donald-trump-father-mother-ancestry

Where does Elon Musk come from? A member of the wealthy South African Musk family, Musk was born in Pretoria, immigrating to Canada at the age of 18, acquiring citizenship through his Canadian-born mother. Musk acquired US citizenship in 2002.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

Where does Vivek Ramaswamy come from? Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy was born on August 9, 1985, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Indian Hindu immigrant parents. His parents immigrated from Palakkad district in Kerala, where the family had an ancestral home in a traditional agraharam in the town of Vadakkencherry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivek_Ramaswamy#:~:text=Cincinnati%2C%20Ohio%2C%20U.S.&text=Ramaswamy%20was%20born%20in%20Cincinnati,degree%20from%20Yale%20Law%20School

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Incoming border czar warns sanctuary city mayors ‘Get the hell out of the way’ or be prosecuted
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/incoming-border-czar-warns-sanctuary-city-mayors-get-the-hell-out-of-the-way-or-be-prosecuted/ar-AA1vD0ZX

Major City Eyed as Ground Zero for Trump’s Mass Deportations
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/major-city-eyed-as-ground-zero-for-trump-s-mass-deportations/ar-AA1vCfQ2

Republican-Led States Are Rolling Out Plans That Could Aid Trump’s Mass Deportation Effort. Governors and lawmakers in Republican-led states are rolling out plans that could aid President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to deport millions of people living in the U.S. illegally
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/missouri/articles/2024-12-10/republican-led-states-are-rolling-out-plans-that-could-aid-trumps-mass-deportation-effort

# Business / Industry / Corporation
Federal judge blocks largest supermarket merger in history
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/business/kroger-albertsons-merger-ftc.html

Biden to kill Nippon Steel’s $15B takeover of US Steel on national security grounds:
https://san.com/cc/trump-vows-to-tank-15b-buyout-of-us-steel-by-japans-nippon/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
The Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua has now made its mark in 17 US states after at least one member was arrested in one of the smallest and most remote states in the US, West Fargo, North Dakota
https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york-post-509648/3708517553185-tren-de-aragua-spreads-to-one-of-america-s-most-remote-states-after-member-of-brutal-gang-is-busted-there

Abbott announces Texas crackdown on Venezuelan gang. The Tren de Aragua gang has been connected to several high-profile crimes. Gov. Abbott says it is gaining a foothold in Texas. Authorities recently shut down a hotel in El Paso, Texas, due to gang activity
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/abbott-texas-venezuelan-gang/

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides
Toxic Cancer-Causing Chemicals Banned in US. Final EPA rules ban all uses of TCE, all consumer uses and many commercial uses of PCE, require worker protections for all remaining uses under the Toxic Substances Control Act
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-latest-actions-under-nations-chemical-safety-law

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
With final report on pandemic, House GOP fully embraces COVID conspiracy-mongering
https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12.04.2024-SSCP-FINAL-REPORT.pdf

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes. Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care
https://www.propublica.org/article/medicare-tax-loophole-steve-cohen

Second Trump Term Could Increase Cost of Clothing, Appliances (and One Surprise Item by 55%)
https://www.emarketer.com/content/trump-tariff-plans-prices-skyrocket

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Canada’s Justin Trudeau threatens to retaliate if Trump follows through on tariffs. Canadian prime minister says government is still debating how to respond if the U.S. president-elect follows through on tariff threat
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/canadian-prime-minister-trudeau-says-ottawa-would-retaliate-in-event-of-25-u-s-tariff-1cdfa2ea

China’s Xi warns ‘no winners’ in trade war with US. President Xi Jinping’s comments suggest China is reluctant to escalate tensions but ready to fight back if US takes action against it
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3290131/xi-jinping-warns-no-winners-us-trade-war-vows-china-will-protect-its-interests

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Americans Say It Now Takes Months to Find a New Job. The U.S. job market has been slowly weakening over the last few months, as further evidenced by the latest jobs report.
https://www.bankrate.com/banking/american-job-seekers-survey/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
Jaw-dropping deep-sea oil find sparks global anxiety: Fresh reports of a new, deep-sea oil discovery have arrived, and they’re turning heads among everyday people and seasoned industry pros. Many wonder whether this well could tip the balance of the global market, especially now when energy supply concerns hover in the background.
https://www.earth.com/news/jaw-dropping-deep-sea-oil-find-talos-energy-sparks-global-anxiety/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Alarming US map shows coastal cities that might be underwater by 2025
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-cities-that-could-go-underwater-sea-level-rise-1996760

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Yu Shang Food, Inc. Recalls Ready-To-Eat Meat and Poultry Products Due to Possible Listeria Contamination
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/yu-shang-food-inc–recalls-ready-eat-meat-and-poultry-products-due-possible-0

Another infant dies in outbreak tied to ready-to-eat meat products
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-12-baby-dies-listeria-outbreak-linked.html

# Foods / Things that impact your health
Balance Your pH Naturally: The 75 Best Alkaline Foods to Add to Your Diet
https://www.autoflower.org/threads/74-alkaline-foods-to-naturally-balance-your-body.51472/

Scientists identify ultra-processed foods that fuel colon cancer and healthy alternatives that may offset the damage
https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-uncover-processed-foods-fuel-colon-cancer-how-offset-damage-2024-12

# General News
FBI investigating drone mystery. The FBI says it’s investigating clusters of drones that have flown near a U.S. military research facility and President-elect Donald Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey. “That’s madness that we don’t know what these drones are,” said Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas.).
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3707773397417-fbi-investigating-drone-mystery?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzM5MjA0NDgyMjI%3D

FBI leader says it’s ‘concerning’ how little his agency knows about mysterious drones seen over New Jersey. Dozens of drones have been spotted flying near sensitive sites like a military research facility in recent weeks in New Jersey
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fbi-agency-concerning-mysterious-drones-new-jersey

# Gov / Politics
‘Fearful of his base’ Trump is painting himself into corner: MSNBC panel
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-maga-fear/

‘No better way to construct a criminal state’: Donald Trump has appointed convicted and accused criminals to serve in his second presidency in what a pair of experts warned was an alarming signal about his intentions.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/no-better-way-to-construct-a-criminal-state-experts-flag-alarming-trump-moves/ar-AA1vCq6l

‘Our top priority’: GOP senator reveals ‘transformational’ bill Republicans want to pass in 2025
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5033844-johnson-new-gop-agenda-aggressive/

77 Nobel Prize Winners Write Message To The Senate: Don’t Confirm RFK Jr.
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/12/10/robert-f–kennedy-jr–nobel-laureates-letter

The Biden administration quietly extended a sanctions waiver that will grant Iran access to roughly $10 billion from Iraq two days after President-elect Donald Trump’s Election Day victory.
https://www.aol.com/biden-admin-quietly-renewed-controversial-051122047.html

Biden approves national security memo on China, Iran, North Korea and Russia ahead of Trump’s return. Could serve as a road map for the incoming administration as it looks to counter growing cooperation among China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, the White House said Wednesday.
https://www.voanews.com/a/biden-approves-national-security-memo-on-china-iran-north-korea-and-russia-ahead-of-trump-s-return/7897334.html

Democrats Adam Schiff and Andy Kim sworn in as senators
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/09/congress/schiff-kim-formally-sworn-into-senate-00193358

Donald Trump has bizarre take on how American citizenship actually works. A woman would give birth to an infant who, either capable of walking at birth or helped along by someone eager to win a bet, would set one foot on American soil and the other in either Mexico or Canada.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps-utterly-farcical-take-birthright-citizenship_n_67589dd3e4b0955c35541508

Elon Musk warns Republicans against standing in Trump’s way — or his
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-politics-trump-7e26c829af224a1f9d67c27cea085e68

Ex-prosecutor flags Trump’s ‘frightening’ message to loyalists to ‘use violence.’ Former Federal Prosecutor, Joyce Vance, told MSNBC’s Ari Melber on Monday evening, “he is telling his supporters that no matter how many crimes they commit, he will have their back as long as the crime was on his behalf.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-joyce-vance/

Manhattan prosecutors blast Trump attempts to ‘malign and menace’ hush money judge and families
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-hush-money-judge-case-b2662137.html

Trump Is Using Classic Mob Boss Tactics to Carry Out His Wishes
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3708888265557-opinion-trump-is-using-classic-mob-boss-tactics-to-carry-out-his-wishes

Stephen Colbert Spots The Donald Trump Admission You Definitely Don’t Want To Hear. It’s “not exactly what you want to hear from the guy who’s about to have the nuclear codes,” joked the “Late Show” host.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-words_n_6757fa08e4b063b52a999887

# Gov / Politics / Global
Netanyahu makes it clear: Biden is no longer in charge
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-independent-517119/3709678445367-netanyahu-makes-it-clear-biden-is-no-longer-in-charge

Syrian activist whose suffering became symbol of Assad brutality found dead in Sednaya prison
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/10/syrian-activist-who-symbolised-assad-brutality-found-dead-in-sednaya-prison

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Judge questions release of Jan. 6 defendant — because he plans to join Russian Army
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3708103032549-judge-questions-release-of-jan-6-defendant-because-he-plans-to-join-russian-army

Chinese citizen charged with flying drone over key US military, NASA rocket launch base, taking photos
https://nypost.com/2024/12/11/us-news/chinese-citizen-yinpiao-zhou-charged-with-flying-drone-taking-pictures-over-california-vandenberg-space-force-base/#!

After Trump’s reelection, Democrats bail on bipartisan bill that would create new federal judges
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/white-house-says-biden-would-veto-bill-expanding-federal-judiciary

Bragg says Trump’s crimes and ‘history of malicious conduct’ are too serious for his hush-money case to be dismissed. Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has now filed an 82-page motion opposing Trump’s dismissal efforts. Bragg says Trump’s crimes and ‘history of malicious conduct’ are too serious for his hush-money case to be dismissed
https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-malicious-conduct-weighs-against-hush-money-dismissal-bragg-2024-12

GOP House intel committee chair slams Trump DOJ for ‘grave constitutional violation’ spying on lawmakers
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/mike-turner-trump-doj-spying-b2662237.html

# Media
Postmaster General Covers Ears in Protest During Wild Exchange With House Republican: ‘You’re Talking To Yourself’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/postmaster-general-covers-ears-in-protest-during-wild-exchange-with-house-republican-youre-talking-to-yourself/

# Medical / Health News
What to Do When Your Health Insurance Claim Is Denied. Key takeaways: A health insurance claim may be denied for many reasons, including medical coding errors or failure to meet your plan’s criteria for medical necessity. Generally, you have up to 180 days to request an appeal if your health insurance claim is denied. Review your company’s appeal process and gather documents to support your claim. You can request an external review by an independent third party if your appeal is turned down.
https://www.goodrx.com/insurance/health-insurance/what-to-do-if-insurance-claim-is-denied

How to Appeal a Denied Claim
Step 1: Review Your Plan. Check your health plan documents or contact your health plan or employer for details on your plan’s appeal process. …
Step 2: Submit Your Appeal. …
Step 3: Keep Copies. …
Step 4: Requesting an Independent Review.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYlvsQeouKM

Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for illicit drug use. Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/12/11/pregnant-hospital-drug-test-medicine/76804299007/

# Military / DOD / Militia
Biden Administration Announces New Security Assistance Package for Ukraine
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3989537/biden-administration-announces-new-security-assistance-package-for-ukraine/

The US is striking targets across Syria, and it isn’t the only one dropping bombs in this uncertain moment. US Central Command says it struck more than 75 targets to ensure armed group does not exploit end of Syrian leader’s rule.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/9/us-announces-air-strikes-on-isil-targets-in-syria-sfter-al-assadss-fall

# Military / Global
American Ships, Navy Destroyers Attacked Off Yemen By Houthi Rebels; U.S., French Forces Down Projectiles
https://apnews.com/article/houthi-gulf-missiles-us-navy-mideast-war-9f95ed26db5d9b85de3cc697b7005d72

British Army’s ‘groundbreaking’ laser weapon destroys flying drones in successful test. The technology works by directing an intense beam of infrared light towards its target
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/laser-weapon-british-army-drones-b2662288.html

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry says a large Chinese military force has been detected nearby
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/10/g-s1-37614/taiwan-defense-china-military-operation

# NASA
NASA shares new images from the James Webb Telescope
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/albums/72177720313923911/with/53971042139

# Nuclear / Bioweapons
Declassified map uncovers first US city which would be targeted in nuclear war
https://www.newsweek.com/safest-us-states-nuclear-war-attack-us-silos-1995408

U.S. Cold War Nuclear Target Lists Declassified for First Time. According to 1956 Plan, H-Bombs were to be Used Against Priority “Air Power” Targets in the Soviet Union, China, and Eastern Europe. Major Cities in Soviet Bloc, Including East Berlin, Were High Priorities in “Systematic Destruction” for Atomic Bombings
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/nukevault/ebb538-Cold-War-Nuclear-Target-List-Declassified-First-Ever/

# Other Interesting Things
The Stargate of Sri Lanka is a mysterious rock carving of unknown origin that supposedly holds the answers to the universe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6J3O2umPsU

Archaeologists in Turkey believe they have discovered the tomb of Saint Nicholas.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14174991/tomb-st-nicholas-santa-clause-church-turkey.html

# Science
Evidence Of Bizarre Antimatter Particle Seen At CERN For The First Time
https://home.cern/news/news/physics/alice-finds-first-ever-evidence-antimatter-partner-hyperhelium-4

Scientists have just discovered a brand new continent. The discovery was made around the Davis Strait, a large stretch of water located between Canada’s Baffin Island and Greenland. This resulted in the formation of a thick continental crust in the ocean, which has now been declared a newly discovered primitive microcontinent.
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/new-continent-davis-strait-2670413624

# Social
Societal Punishment of the Poor in America: A Systemic Issue
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3709359351523-societal-punishment-of-the-poor-in-america-a-systemic-issue

How the United States Punishes People for Being Poor. Local governments criminalize homelessness by making it illegal for people to sit, sleep, or rest in public spaces.
https://www.vera.org/news/how-the-united-states-punishes-people-for-being-poor

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
12-billion-year-old body of water discovered floating in space
https://www.space.com/12400-universe-biggest-oldest-cloud-water.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
TikTok says US businesses will lose billions if its US ban is enforced. The US’s deadline on the proposed sell-off is fast approaching, and it looks like there may actually be a possibility the social media giant could disappear from US users’ devices in January 2025.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/tiktok-says-us-businesses-lose-140400187.html

# Technology / Global
New documentary details how governments use spyware to monitor citizens’ phones This past week, the White House detailed the scope of a massive Chinese hacking campaign that reaped information from American cell phone networks
https://ket.org/program/pbs-newshour/how-governments-use-spyware-to-monitor-citizens-phones/

# Tips, Tricks and How To’s
Non-Toxic Pest Control: DIY Recipe with Cloves & Bay Leaves
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3709060363094-non-toxic-pest-control-diy-recipe-with-cloves-bay-leaves
Here’s Why You Should Grow Thyme & 7 Ways To Use It
https://www.newsbreak.com/gardening-soul-1588703/3707919800699-here-s-why-you-should-grow-thyme-7-ways-to-use-it

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December 10, 2024
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# Indigenous
Biden creates Native American boarding school national monument to mark era of forced assimilation
https://apnews.com/article/biden-national-monument-carlisle-indian-boarding-school-36df4da33656d16f2a55308ac5aef07b

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Trump nominee pressured IRS to crush The Humane Society and consider stripping the country’s leading animal welfare group of tax status after it supported an initiative to protect dogs, according to documents reviewed by us.
https://jacobin.com/2024/12/trump-irs-billy-long-nonprofits

Republicans Seem To Be A Far Greater Threat To Pets Than Immigrants, Some of them have actually killed dogs!
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-killing-dogs-hurting-threatening-animals_n_66f2fe29e4b0d04575631d0b

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Can Trump End Birthright Citizenship? No, the president cannot end birthright citizenship by executive order. “We’re going to end that because it’s ridiculous,” Trump said when asked about birthright citizenship, adding, in response to whether he would try to use his own authority: “Well, if we can, through executive action.”
https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/12/09/donald-trump-birthright-citizenship/

Some law enforcement officers, US military prosecuted for border crimes in Texas
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_29acb1b6-b683-11ef-97a0-9b7aaa1132cc.html?a&seyid=38806

Mayorkas starkly warned in 2021 memo about migrant kids, long before crisis that alarmed Congress. Internal warnings about gaps in resources to address unaccompanied migrant children emerged very early in the Biden administration, new documents show.
https://tennesseestar.com/policy/bombshell-memo-from-2021-warned-unprepared-dhs-about-surge-of-unaccompanied-migrant-children/jtnews/2024/12/10/

Federal judge temporarily blocks Dreamers from accessing Obamacare
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-daca-dreamers-qualifying-obamacare

# Business / Industry / Corporation
Donald Trump Controls a Publicly Traded Company. Now He Will Pick Its Regulator. There have been internal concerns that Trump Media could be misleading investors, a source said. But with its largest shareholder about to be president, experts doubt the SEC is up to the job of investigating Truth Social’s parent company.
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-media-truth-social-sec-securities-exchange-commission

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Opioid distributors targeting Houston charged in sweeping ‘pill mill’ bust. The largest-ever prescription drug bust in U.S. history has been taken against opioid distributors targeting Houston.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e7a3d9f6-b665-11ef-a394-f786c8386695.html?a&seyid=38806

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides
Biden admin. proposes raising acceptable level for endocrine disrupting herbicide atrazine
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5027367-biden-administration-proposal-atrazine-levels/

Study: glyphosate can cause lasting damage to the brain. Glyphosate exposure exacerbates Alzheimer’s disease-like pathology in mice even after a significant pause from exposure
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1066698?mc_cid=22259b9f64&mc_eid=485b9951ab

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump Goes on Late-Night Rant After Trudeau Makes Veiled Threat. Canada’s Justin Trudeau is warning Donald Trump on his tariff plan.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-goes-night-rant-trudeau-141656874.html

DOGE Heads Musk and Ramaswamy Signal Social Security Cuts Are Coming. There is much speculation around what programs could be targeted for cuts as part of the effort being led by Musk and Ramaswamy.
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5030214-republican-alford-medicare-social-security-doge/

# Education / Schools
Congress Considers Neocon Lesson Plans to Keep Kids Off Communism. Lawmakers will soon vote on a bill directing a nonprofit to draft curriculum on atrocities carried out by communist regimes.
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/05/congress-anti-communism-school-curriculum/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Unions Brace Themselves as Trump Prepares to Defang Labor Board. Trump’s NLRB will likely be filled with lawyers from the union-busting world hell-bent on rolling back workers’ gains.
https://truthout.org/articles/unions-brace-themselves-as-trump-prepares-to-defang-labor-board/

After 86 Years, Disabled Workers Could Finally Receive Minimum Wage Protections. Biden’s Labor Department is moving to abolish “subminimum wage” rules, but the Trump administration may undo the win.
https://truthout.org/articles/after-86-years-disabled-workers-could-finally-receive-minimum-wage-protections/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
The Oil Industry Is Helping to Spread Misinfo About Whale Deaths. A Brown University study found that organized opposition to wind energy was fueled by extensive “information” from the fossil fuel industry.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189134/oil-industry-misinfo-whale-deaths-new-jersey

Bipartisan Plan to “Reform” Energy Permits Is a Brazen Giveaway to Fossil Fuels. Leading supporters of permitting reform either have a business interest in it — or have effectively been bribed.
https://truthout.org/articles/bipartisan-plan-to-reform-energy-permits-is-a-brazen-giveaway-to-fossil-fuels/

The Offshore Wind Industry Thrived Under Biden. Trump Plans to Pull the Plug
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/the-offshore-wind-industry-thrived-under-biden-trump-plans-to-pull-the-plug/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Even Under Biden, the U.S. Was Still Obstructing Global Climate Goals. Outrage over Trump’s plans to re-withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement is understandable. But the United States has never been a good actor in the international climate space.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189165/trump-paris-agreement-biden-plastics-climate

How EPA Rollbacks Will Cost Us—in Dollars and Lives. A deregulatory agenda will be just as damaging to our economy as it will be to our climate and health.
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/how-epa-rollbacks-will-cost-us-dollars-and-lives

Activists and Vulnerable Nations Condemn U.S. Arguments Against Climate Obligations at ICJ Hearing
https://www.ecowatch.com/icj-climate-change-hearing-vulnerable-nations.html#:~:text=Testimony%20from%20the%20United%20States,to%20fight%20the%20climate%20crisis

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
Global plastic pollution talks have stalled—but a treaty is possible if countries can agree on finances, the proper regulation of dangerous ingredients, and set limits on production.
https://theconversation.com/global-plastic-pollution-talks-have-stalled-but-a-treaty-is-possible-if-countries-can-agree-on-these-three-things-244849

Monarchs in Decline. An epic migration, on the verge of collapse.
https://xerces.org/monarchs/conservation-efforts

Climate Change Impacts on Monarch Butterfly Migration and Survival
https://indigenousclimatehub.ca/2022/06/climate-change-impacts-on-monarch-butterfly-migration-and-survival/

Climate Change Is Destroying Monarch Butterflies’ Winter Habitat. During their passage through Mexico, monarch butterflies depend on the shelter of endangered trees, so this scientist is leading a huge experiment to build them a new winter habitat.
https://www.wired.com/story/global-warming-threatens-the-monarch-butterfly-sanctuary-but-this-scientist-prepares-a-new-home-for-them/

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
How the FDA allows companies to add secret ingredients to our food
https://www.cspinet.org/cspi-news/how-food-companies-sneak-new-ingredients-past-fda

EPA seeks to limit use of pesticide chlorpyrifos in food. The proposal would still allow the insecticide, which has been linked to neurodevelopmental harm in children, to be used on 11 crops.
https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/epa-chlorpyrifos-partial-ban-pesticide-insecticide/734737/

USDA must do more to regulate genetically modified crops, judge rules. A federal court overturned a 2020 rule that looked to accelerate innovation by allowing manufacturers to sidestep regulatory reviews.
https://www.agriculturedive.com/news/usda-crop-gene-editing-rule-trump-overturned/734970/

Forever chemicals tainting food supply, destroying American farmers. A growing number of farmers are finding forever chemical contamination. 48 of 50 states spread potentially contaminated fertilizer sludge. Dairy farmer euthanized 80% of cows, $1.5 million in debt
https://www.newsnationnow.com/prime/pfas-forever-chemicals-sludge-farmers/

US farms are being battered by climate change. Trump wants to put a climate denier in charge of the USDA
https://thebulletin.org/2024/12/us-farms-are-being-battered-by-climate-change-trump-wants-to-put-a-climate-denier-in-charge-of-the-usda/

# Foods / Things that impact your health
Dietary fructose enhances tumour growth indirectly via interorgan lipid transfer. Supplementation with high-fructose corn syrup increased several LPC species by more than sevenfold in the serum.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08258-3?mc_cid=22259b9f64&mc_eid=485b9951ab

# General News
Attacks on Free Speech and Nonprofits Are Already Ramping Up. The Trump administration may soon have a new weapon to target perceived enemies.
https://player.fm/series/the-intercept-briefing-1339029/silencing-dissent-attacks-on-free-speech-and-nonprofits-are-already-ramping-up

The future of extraction, energy dominance, and federal lands under Trump. Presidential elections have consequences, and sometimes they can be monumental for US federal lands and waters. Trump’s second term promises to pit industry interests against conservation, environmental laws, and species protections
https://thebulletin.org/2024/12/the-future-of-extraction-energy-dominance-and-federal-lands-under-trump/

# Gov / Politics
‘America will not be made great again’: McConnell received ovation after ‘swipe’ at Trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/07/mcconnell-trump-america-world-00193160

California ready to go toe to toe against Trump’s immigration policies. “We’ve thought about all the possibilities, and have prepared for every one of them,” said AG Rob Bonta, “and are ready to take action when there’s any unlawful activity.”
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/california-ag-rob-bonta-trump-2/

Gangster with ties to Chinese Communist Party linked to GOP’s flip of NY seat: State Senator-elect Steve Chan was able to flip a blue seat in New York held by Sen. Iwen Chu in November — but now reports are examining his ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
https://www.rawstory.com/china-2670395585/

Trump assembling US cabinet of billionaires worth combined $340bn. President-elect tapping mega-rich backers for positions that will give them power to cut spending on public services
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/06/trump-us-cabinet-billionaires?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Trump Hires January 6 Rioter for Bonkers Role on Transition Team. Donald Trump has hired a man named Pete Marocco. Marocco does come with extensive Trumpworld experience: He wore several hats during Trump’s last administration and had stints at the Defense, State, and Commerce departments, as well as USAID. His new role on Trump’s transition team focuses on national security personnel matters
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3708352742073-trump-hires-january-6-rioter-for-bonkers-role-on-transition-team

Trump Names Top Targets in Chilling Revenge Threat. Donald Trump is laying out a dark vision for return to office.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189143/trump-names-top-targets-chilling-revenge-threat

Trump’s Budget Director Could Usher In an Age of Unfettered Presidential Power. Slated to head the Office of Management and Budget, Russell Vought was a lead figure in creating Project 2025.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-budget-director-could-usher-in-an-age-of-unfettered-presidential-power/

Trump Lobbied DeSantis to Name Daughter-in-Law Lara to Senate: Lara Trump said she would “seriously consider” accepting the nomination to finish Sen. Marco Rubio’s term.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-spoke-to-desantis-about-nominating-lara-for-rubios-senate-seat-report/

Gabbard heads to Capitol Hill for meetings about her nomination as director of national intelligence
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/tulsi-gabbard-dni-syria-trump/

Top Democrat Issues Warning Over Trump Plot to ‘Steal’ From Federal Programs. “The Constitution provides no impoundment power to the president to unilaterally withhold funds appropriated by Congress,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro. The Supreme Court, the Department of Justice, and the Government Accountability Office are all in agreement—the Constitution provides no impoundment power to the president to unilaterally withhold funds appropriated by Congress.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-impoundment

# Gov / Politics / Global
Three moves show Putin is on the brink of launching nuclear weapons. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an updated nuclear doctrine into law last week, lowering the threshold for using the world’s largest atomic weapons arsenal.
https://www.newsweek.com/could-putin-use-nuclear-weapon-ukraine-experts-weigh-1992451

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Oregon Prison Limits Solitary to 90 Days. This BLM Protester Has Been in the Hole for 250. A disabled Army veteran with PTSD, received the harshest federal sentence for the George Floyd protests.
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/05/blm-george-floyd-prison-solitary-malik-muhammad/

IG finds Justice Department spied on Patel and other congressional staffer without telling courts. As a result of the probe, the department obtained phone records from two members of Congress and 43 staff members, including President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, Kash Patel.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5032424-trump-justice-department-congressional-staff/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump’s Dumbest Lawyer Will Play Starring Role in Second Term. Alina Habba is making a comeback in a second Trump term.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189140/trump-stupidest-lawyer-alina-habba-power

# Medical / Health News
Senate Subcommittee Wants To Hold UnitedHealthcare Accountable For Denied Coverage. According to the report, between 2019 and 2022, the three companies denied prior authorization requests at an accelerated rate.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/senate-subcommittee-unitedhealthcare-group-denied-coverage/

More than 400 chemicals in plastic products linked to breast cancer: These hazardous chemicals, including PFAS, phthalates, and aromatic amines, are found in food packaging, personal care items, and single-use plastics.
https://www.fingerlakes1.com/2024/12/09/over-400-plastic-chemicals-linked-to-breast-cancer-study-finds/

Nursing Home Industry Is Pushing Trump to Rescind Biden’s Safe Staffing Mandate. Rejecting the mandate would leave thousands of residents in homes too short-staffed to provide proper care. Republicans are also pushing to repeal the rule as part of negotiations on spending
https://rollcall.com/2024/12/04/nursing-home-staffing-rule-in-limbo-as-trump-2-0-approaches/

The Hated US Healthcare System Is Why Government Shouldn’t Be Run Like a Business. Because the desire of right-wing billionaires not to pay taxes have prevailed ever since Truman first proposed single-payer healthcare, Americans spend significantly more on healthcare than other developed countries.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/us-healthcare-government-business

# Medical Technology
Muscle Implants Could Allow Mind-Controlled Prosthetics—No Brain Surgery Required
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:2A313101

An Augmented Reality Program Can Help Patients Overcome Parkinson’s Symptoms: Software may also help patients with other movement disorders: Researchers
https://parkinsonsnewstoday.com/news/augmented-reality-help-guide-physical-therapy/

Inside a Fusion Startup’s Insane, Top-Secret Opening Ceremony. Robots! Huge capacitors! A pianist-programmer of impossible skill! One of Silicon Valley’s formative figures takes the stage at a wild event.
https://www.wired.com/story/inside-a-fusion-startups-insane-top-secret-opening-ceremony/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=wired&utm_mailing=WIR_Daily_121024&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&utm_content=WIR_Daily_121024&bxid=5be9e5132ddf9c72dc6182ea&cndid=48075140&esrc=bouncex-test&utm_term=WIR_Daily_Active

# Military / DOD / Militia
As Civil War Heats Back Up, U.S. Troops Are Still Deployed in Syria And Under Fire. American troops are in Syria on questionable legal grounds. They continue to get attacked, according to new Pentagon data.
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/05/us-military-attacked-syria/

Roughly 900 US Troops Still in Syria as Rebels Close in on Damascus. “Whether the Pentagon wants to admit it or not,” U.S. troops “are likely involved in the broader conflict unfolding there right now,” warned one analyst.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-troops-in-syria

MDA conducts first-ever ballistic missile intercept test from Guam. In a first from Guam, the Missile Defense Agency intercepted a medium-range ballistic missile target off the coast using a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA.
https://www.defensenews.com/breaking-news/2024/12/10/mda-conducts-first-ever-ballistic-missile-intercept-test-from-guam/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-breaking

# Military / Global
The White House gave Israel coordinates to save an American’s family. Then Israel bombed them again. Alsayed brothers lost their mother in the first bombing. They thought the White House could help save the survivors.
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/06/israel-palestine-family-white-house/

Taiwan on alert as China deploys 90 ships in military exercise
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/9/taiwan-raises-alert-to-high-amid-presence-of-chinese-warships

Amid the Middle East’s crisis, Syria’s dormant civil war has been largely overlooked. Then, in the middle of last week, a mélange of rebel groups led by al-Qaida offshoot Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) went on an offensive
https://www.usip.org/publications/2024/12/syrias-frozen-conflict-heats

French, Turkish naval companies tinker with torpedo interceptors. Some experts believe that only hard-kill countermeasures will be able to keep warships safe from torpedoes in the future
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/12/10/french-turkish-naval-companies-tinker-with-torpedo-interceptors/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-breaking

South Korea commissions its first next-generation Aegis destroyer. The ROKS Jeongjo the Greatis is the first warship to adopt the Korean Vertical Launching System II.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2024/12/09/south-korea-commissions-its-first-next-generation-aegis-destroyer/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-dnr

# NATO
The shallow Baltic Sea holds deep secrets about a hybrid war on NATO. Neighboring countries are slowly getting better at tracking down what officials believe is intentional damage to undersea cables and infrastructure.
https://www.defensenews.com/special-reports/2024/12/09/the-shallow-baltic-sea-holds-deep-secrets-about-a-hybrid-war-on-nato/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Amazing New Technology Video 2025
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3705847606244-amazing-new-technology-video-2025?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzM3OTQxNDU5MDc%3D

15 Inventions That Will Change Your Life in 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ePRaWjnS-4

Top 10 Future Technologies In 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLeGap21hao

US government set to approve spending $3 billion to remove Chinese telecoms equipment
https://www.techradar.com/pro/us-government-set-to-approve-spending-usd3-billion-to-remove-chinese-telecoms-equipment

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-12-09

Voices, The Peoples News

December 9, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Can Donald Trump End Birthright Citizenship?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/9/can-donald-trump-end-birthright-citizenship-in-the-us

‘Even Kids Who Are Here Legally?’ Trump Tells Welker ‘You Have To Get Them All Out’ — Will Deport Entire Families.
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0xIBWM0l?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzM3NDgyNjE0MTU=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US

How many millions of American kids might see their parents deported by Trump? President-elect Donald Trump endorsed the idea that his administration would be unburdened by family ties when sending immigrants out of the country.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/09/trump-deportation-american-children/

A tale of two cities: Sanctuary city Dems must choose between Americans or illegal immigrants
https://manhattan.institute/article/a-tale-of-two-cities-sanctuary-city-dems-must-choose-between-americans-or-illegal-immigrants

Mary Trump Exposes Family Irony In Uncle’s ‘Despicable’ Vow: The returning president “doesn’t know what he’s talking about” and is “a deeply ignorant, cruel man who seems to forget that his father was a first-generation American,” she continued. “So, if it hadn’t been for birthright citizenship, my grandfather probably wouldn’t have been allowed to stay here.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mary-trump-donald-trump-promise_n_6756aeb6e4b06b50ac933fb7

Trump border czar Tom Homan sends ‘clear message’ to sanctuary cities: ‘You don’t want’ this
https://www.aol.com/news/trump-border-czar-tom-homan-174442705.html

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Global
Mexico Doesn’t Want Illegals From Other Countries To ‘Remain In Mexico’
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0xImbWqn?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzM3NTI0NDE5NzA=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Scores killed as Haiti gang leader reportedly orders massacre of elderly
https://san.com/cc/gang-leader-in-haiti-orders-killings-of-at-least-110-over-alleged-witchcraft/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
GOP Rep. Eyes Medicare, Social Security For DOGE Cuts: ‘We Can Move The Retirement Age Back’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/gop-rep-eyes-medicare-social-security-for-doge-cuts-we-can-move-the-retirement-age-back/

SNAP Benefits Could Come Under Scrutiny as Vivek Ramaswamy Sounds Alarm
https://www.newsweek.com/snap-benefits-scrutiny-vivek-ramaswamy-doge-waste-money-cuts-savings-reform-1997541

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Social Security beneficiaries at risk of delays amid GOP funding fight
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5027226-social-security-funding-cuts/

A trade war under Trump would bring major losses for California agriculture, experts warn
https://www.aol.com/news/trade-war-under-trump-bring-110037639.html

Trump says he can’t guarantee tariffs won’t raise US prices and won’t rule out revenge prosecutions
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-tariffs-pardons-abortion-prosecutions-riot-72c08269f0a870d20e29033319201e22

Who would pay for Trump’s promised tariffs? You will!
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-would-pay-for-trumps-promised-tariffs-you-will/

# Education / Schools
A Florida teacher was caught naked inside of an elementary school classroom with sex toys, marijuana and women’s underwear, and punched a cop while trying to flee the scene, according to police.
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/naked-teacher-caught-inside-school-with-sex-toys-drugs-and-womens-underwear/

It Wasn’t Just The Pandemic. Long-Time Teachers Are Getting Honest About The Real Reasons Why Kids Are Unable To Learn, And It’s Truly Terrifying
https://www.buzzfeed.com/carleysuthers/kids-cant-read-crisis-told-by-teachers

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Latest Actions under Nation’s Chemical Safety Law to Protect People from Cancer-Causing Chemicals Trichloroethylene and Perchloroethylene
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-latest-actions-under-nations-chemical-safety-law

‘An existential threat affecting billions’: Three-quarters of Earth’s land became permanently drier in last 3 decades
https://www.unccd.int/news-stories/press-releases/three-quarters-earths-land-became-permanently-drier-last-three-decades

‘Swarm’ of earthquakes hit Alaska’s western Aleutian Islands after 7.0 tremor rocks California
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/swarm-earthquakes-hit-alaskas-western-848636

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
Saudi Arabia is turning arid desert sand into lush blooming soil
https://www.earth.com/news/saudi-arabia-is-turning-degraded-desert-sand-into-blooming-soil/

# Gov / Politics
‘Bring it on’: Ex-GOP lawmaker who Trump threatened with jail issues challenge of his own
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bring-it-on-ex-gop-lawmaker-who-trump-threatened-with-jail-issues-challenge-of-his-own/ar-AA1vuC2L?ocid=winpstoreapp&cvid=b2f195365cbc437e8b945bc4ca3f6cdc&ei=10

Adam Schiff to be sworn into the Senate, where he wants to be more than a Trump antagonist
https://apnews.com/article/adam-schiff-senate-trump-california-1f611ee885e9c6b73a22ea1cab0d08bc

Biden spent millions on ‘misinformation’ research. The details are even more disturbing than you think
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-white-house-spent-267-million-misinformation-research-details-even-more-disturbing

Donald Trump calls for ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Russia-Ukraine war after meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-trump-ceasefire-e00a18db202ef74b38e009bb2a5381cf

Donald Trump would make Canada, Mexico US states given a choice. Donald Trump said his administration would impose hefty tariffs on both Canada and Mexico if they don’t stop the flow of illegal immigrants through their territories.
https://www.businesstoday.in/world/us/story/donald-trump-would-make-canada-mexico-us-states-given-a-choice-456640-2024-12-09

GOP wants ‘mandatory training’ of government workers to follow Trump’s agenda
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-2670381701/

Obama claims ‘politicizing’ military or weaponizing judiciary is a red line in first public remarks since election
https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york-post-509648/3705220142688-obama-claims-politicizing-military-or-weaponizing-judiciary-is-a-red-line-in-first-public-remarks-since-election

Trump issues 3-word warning to Putin hours after meeting with Zelensky
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1986252/vladimir-putin-donald-trump-warning-ukraine-war-deal

# Gov / Politics / Global
Moscow reaches out to new Syrian leadership in move to secure bases
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/09/moscow-reaches-out-to-new-syrian-leadership-in-move-to-secure-bases

Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand for the first time in his corruption trial in Israel
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/international/2024/12/09/benjamin-netanyahu-testimony-corruption-trial-israel

Syrian rebel leader’s victory speech holds a message for Iran – and for Trump and Israel too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmLquXZW89g

# Medical / Health News
Rep. Ro Khanna: US should be moving toward Medicare for all to cure inequities
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-ro-khanna-us-moving-163600625.html

Healthcare CEO’s ‘Unnecessary Care’ Rant Prompts Another Tidal Wave of Fury
https://www.yahoo.com/news/healthcare-ceo-unnecessary-care-rant-042625264.html

9 States Poised To End Coverage for Millions if Trump Cuts Medicaid Funding
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-where-millions-could-lose-coverage-if-trump-cuts-medicaid-1996428

For patients and doctors, insurance prior authorization can be a dangerous game
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-latest-actions-under-nations-chemical-safety-law

# Military / DOD / Militia
Biden: US troops staying in Syria to prevent Islamic State resurgence
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/12/08/syria-united-states-biden-stabilize/

# Military / Global
Former national security adviser: ‘Until Hamas is destroyed,’ there can’t be ‘better life for the Palestinians’
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5029220-former-national-security-advisor-hr-mcmaster-hamas-palestinians/

Israel bombs Damascus as 50-year peace deal ends with Assad overthrow: ‘Direct result of our forceful actions’
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3707035058401-israel-bombs-damascus-as-50-year-peace-deal-ends-with-assad-overthrow-direct-result-of-our-forceful-actions

Israel deploys paratroopers to Syria in ‘defense activities’ after fall of Assad
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-deploys-paratroopers-to-syria-in-defense-activities-after-fall-of-assad/ar-AA1vxA7a

Israel seizes buffer zone in Golan Heights after Syrian government collapses
https://apnews.com/article/israel-syria-attack-buffer-zone-golan-assad-6ee75aca7f5d820dd623b2aba4a62407

Israel says it will destroy Syria’s heavy strategic weaponry
https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-says-destroy-syrias-heavy-102852730.html

Israel strikes suspected weapons sites in Syria as Russia grants Assad political asylum
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/dec/9/israel-hits-suspected-weapons-sites-syria-russia-g/

Syrian rebels seize control of a prison known as Assad’s ‘human slaughterhouse,’ freeing women and children. The site reportedly saw up to 13,000 executions, shedding light on the atrocities committed under the regime.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/syrian-rebels-free-prisoners-from-assads-notorious-dungeons-celebrate-in-damascus-streets

# NASA / Rocketry
The Mars Rover spots a strange regolith structure on Mars
https://www.newsbreak.com/sne-s-daily-news-291139416/3705533040291-the-mars-rover-spots-a-strange-regolith-structure-on-mars-oliviatwistmysteries-mystery-mars-rover-regolith-strange-structure-object-alien-sc

Mysterious green spots hidden in Martian rock indicate past interaction with liquid water.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/mars-rovers/new-perseverance-images-reveal-green-hued-spots-within-the-red-martian-rock

There is something unexpected happening in the universe, Nasa’s most powerful ever telescope shows
https://www.the-independent.com/space/nasa-webb-hubble-measurement-universe-expansion-b2661299.html

# NATO
Donald Trump Gives One Condition for US Remaining in NATO
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-condition-us-remaining-nato-1997311

# Other Interesting Things
12,600-Year-Old 8-Mile Canvas Filled With ‘Spectacular’ Ice Age Drawings Discovered in Amazon Rainforest
https://www.livescience.com/ice-age-rock-art-amazon.html

Ancient Egyptian Discovery Stuns Archaeologists: 9 Photos
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/01/12/archaeologists-unearth-4500-year-old-ancient-egyptian-tomb-with-astonishing-treasures

Cave Explorers Stumble on a Pristinely Preserved Ancient Forest Hidden 630 Feet Deep Down a Sinkhole
https://www.newsbreak.com/knewz-1594593/3706698259039-cave-explorers-stumble-on-a-pristinely-preserved-ancient-forest-hidden-630-feet-deep-down-a-sinkhole

An ancient text that has baffled researchers for more than 200 years – The indecipherable Rohonc Codex
https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/ancient-text-baffled-researchers-indecipherable-rohonc-020160

# Social
Chicago removes largest homeless encampment, relocates tent residents into apartments and shelters
https://nypost.com/2024/12/08/us-news/chicago-removes-largest-homeless-encampment-relocates-residents-into-apartments-and-shelters-report/

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
A ‘giant’ rising in the desert: World’s largest telescope comes together (photo)
https://www.space.com/the-universe/a-giant-rising-in-the-desert-worlds-largest-telescope-comes-together-photo

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
How to prepare for the Windows 10 shutdown. Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025
https://www.techradar.com/pro/how-to-prepare-for-the-windows-10-shutdown

First WATER POWERED Bio-mimetic AI Humanoid Robot Shocks the World (It’s Too Human)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOsFJUROW-U

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-12-08

Voices, The Peoples News

December 8, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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Quote by Willie Nelson:
Death is not the ending of anything…
I believe all of us are only energy that becomes matter…
When the matter goes away…
The Energy Still Exists…
You Can’t Destroy it…
It Never Dies…
It manifests itself somewhere else.
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Oh wow!!! Thank you thank you thank you you are a great
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump’s ‘migrant crime’ idea is vicious and legal immigrants could suffer. The president-elect had said on the campaign trail that he wants to deport as many as 20 million people
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/07/trump-deportation-immigrants

# Business / Industry / Corporation
Trump names nominees for Social Security and the Small Business Administration. The appointment would mark Frank Bisignano’s first foray into government following a career at banks and financial technology companies.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/12/trump-names-financial-tech-ceo-lead-social-security/401465/

# Communications / Censorship
Brendan Carr, Soon To Be FCC Chair, Says Commission Will Back Local TV Stations “Even If That’s In Conflict” With Broadcast Networks
https://deadline.com/2024/12/fcc-donald-trump-broadcast-tv-local-stations-brendan-carr-1236196688/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramawamy outline plans to ‘dismantle’ federal government
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-XyvQTwUHM

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Elon Musk Spent A Quarter of A Billion To Help Donald Trump, including funding a mysterious super PAC.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/musk-spent-over-quarter-billion-dollars-help-elect-trump-2024-12-06/

The Tesla CEO’s net worth soared to a total of $349 billion this year, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/musk-net-worth-spacex-trump-b2660290.html

# Education / Schools
‘Social Studies’ Team Says Banning Teens’ Phones in School Would Let Them ‘Find Other Ways to Socialize’
https://www.thewrap.com/social-media-bans-school-fx-docuseries-power-women-summit/

House passes legislation to help teach dangers of communism in US schools. The bill gives high school educators access to materials from the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation that help educate students about the dangers of communism and totalitarianism.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-passes-legislation-pushes-back-communism-being-taught-us-schools

# Employment / Labor / Unions
After 86 Years, Disabled Workers Could Finally Receive Minimum Wage Protections. Biden’s Labor Department is moving to abolish “subminimum wage” rules, but the Trump administration may undo the win.
https://truthout.org/articles/after-86-years-disabled-workers-could-finally-receive-minimum-wage-protections/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
The hornet has landed: Scientists combat new honeybee killer in US. An invasive yellow-legged wasp has been decimating beehives in Europe — and bedeviling Georgia since last summer. Researchers are working nest by nest to limit the threat while developing better eradication methods.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hornet-landed-scientists-combat-honeybee-000000080.html

While people in North Carolina are sleeping in tents in the snow: Biden regime announces $988M in aid to Ukraine on same day Trump meets with Zelensky in Paris. The Biden regime has committed to giving Ukraine as much aid as possible before Trump takes office in January
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-administration-announces-988-million-aid-ukraine-same-day-trump-meets-zelenskyy

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Forever chemicals tainting food supply, destroying American farmers. A growing number of farmers are finding forever chemical contamination. 48 of 50 states spread potentially contaminated fertilizer sludge. Dairy farmer euthanized 80% of cows, $1.5 million in debt
https://www.newsnationnow.com/prime/pfas-forever-chemicals-sludge-farmers/

# Food Recalls
Spaghetti Sauce recall as FDA declares risk of consuming certain spaghetti sauces sold in South
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/sauce-recall-fda-declares-risk-846833

# General News
Fact Check: maga – noun (common) (futsuumeishi) Meme Accurately Describes Various Translations of ‘MAGA’? In some languages, “maga” is said to mean wickedness, evil, magician and lies.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/translations-maga-trump/

MAGA: The MAGA movement is known for its particularly combative character, which exemplifies the extreme partisanship of contemporary American politics. In keeping with that stance, controversial rhetoric has flourished within the movement, including messages that critics see as homophobic, sexist, or racist or as inciting violence.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/MAGA-movement

Protecting Yourself from the Trump Administration’s Potential Termination of TPS for Nepal: Steps to Take Now. The Trump administration previously sought to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Nepal in 2018. If a new Trump administration were to pursue ending Nepal’s TPS designation, it would need to follow a formal process
https://www.newsbreak.com/nepyork-288847545/3704790954851-protecting-yourself-from-the-trump-administration-s-potential-termination-of-tps-for-nepal-steps-to-take-now

# Gov / Politics
Ex-RNC Chair Says Republicans ‘Don’t Give a Damn’ About Military Members
https://www.newsweek.com/michael-steele-pete-hegseth-republicans-dont-give-damn-military-1997173

McConnell Lumps in Trump’s GOP With Left While Bashing Isolationism, ‘Dangerous’ Belief Global Leadership ‘No Longer America’s Place’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/mcconnell-lumps-in-trumps-gop-with-left-while-bashing-isolationism-dangerous-belief-global-leadership-no-longer-americas-place/

Schiff resigns from House with swearing in for Senate next week
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/house-resignations-senate/2024/12/06/id/1190662/

US announces nearly $1 billion more in longer-term weapons support for Ukraine
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-announces-nearly-1-billion-213548291.html

We’re Entering a World Where the Rule of Law Is Turned Inside Out. Trump’s vengeance-minded administration will have no blunter instrument than a corrupted Department of Justice.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188900/kash-patel-corrupt-rule-law

Trump Shocks NBC Journalist By Calling for J6 Committee to Be Thrown in Jail
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-shocks-nbc-journalist-calling-165317184.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin humiliated as his cousin tries to cover her tracks after revealing classified Russian intel, Putin’s cousin has faced backlash and a wave of complaints from the public after she mentioned the tally of appeals from families looking for their missing soldiers
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/putin-cousin-russia-intel-ukraine-34262788

Netanyahu claims Melbourne synagogue attack linked to Albanese government’s ‘anti-Israel position’: Security measures increased at Jewish sites across Victoria, while New South Wales Police commits to increased patrols of significant sites in that state
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/07/security-at-australian-synagogues-stepped-up-as-netanyahu-links-melbourne-attack-to-labor-stance

Taliban critics and ‘rebel collaborators’ face systemic torture in Afghan prisons, survivors say
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/taliban-torture-prisons-afghanistan-rebels-b2660032.html

# Medical / Health News
Winter spike in viruses and bacterial respiratory infections looms – what you need to know. A infectious disease expert explains the surge in flu, COVID-19, and RSV and whether it’s a cause for concern.
https://healthmatters.nyp.org/what-to-know-about-the-rise-in-respiratory-illnesses/

Many rural U.S. hospitals shutting down maternity wards. The United States already has maternal mortality rates that are higher than other affluent countries, and without more investment in obstetric care, “this public health crisis will only get worse,” she said in a university news release.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-12-05/americas-rural-hospitals-are-shutting-down-maternity-wards

Should Business Leaders Fear For Their Lives? What You’re Not Hearing About the UnitedHealthcare CEO Tragedy. What we learned from Brian Thompson’s tragedy
https://www.entrepreneur.com/green-entrepreneur/should-business-leaders-fear-for-their-lives-what-youre/483959

UnitedHealthcare CEO death sparks wider outrage over health care system, insurance
https://www.yahoo.com/news/unitedhealthcare-ceos-shooting-opens-door-050959481.html

We have been misled on Havana Syndrome. For years now, the U.S. intelligence community has told Americans that “mass hysteria” is the likely cause for this mysterious illness resulting in vertigo, blurred vision, and more.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/3252704/we-have-been-misled-on-havana-syndrome/

# Military / DOD / Militia
Defense secretary announces nearly $1 billion in Ukraine aid as he forcefully argues for global US leadership
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2024/12/07/pentagon-chief-austin-announces-1-billion-in-long-term-ukraine-aid/

Judge rules Naval Academy can consider race as a factor in admissions
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/12/06/judge-upholds-use-of-race-in-naval-academy-admissions/

# Other Interesting Things
11 foot oysters 600 pounds petrified found on the mountain
https://creation.com/giant-oysters-on-the-mountain

Archaeologists unearth buried human skeletons from two different periods along with prehistoric artifacts
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-are-bewildered-by-a-skeleton-made-from-the-bones-of-at-least-eight-people-who-died-thousands-of-years-apart-180985419/

A Little Boy Found a Strange Stone on the Beach. Archaeologists Told Him It Was a Neanderthal’s Hand Ax. The artifact is now on display at a museum in southern England. Experts say the find is “so rare that most qualified archaeologists would never find one themselves”
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-little-boy-found-a-strange-stone-on-the-beach-archaeologists-told-him-it-was-a-neanderthals-hand-ax-180985578/

The World’s Oldest Wooden Structure Has Just Been Discovered—And It’s 467,000 Years Old In Zambia, archaeologists discovered evidence suggesting that early humans may have been less nomadic—and more intelligent—than once thought
https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/worlds-oldest-wooden-structure-just-been-discovered-467000-years-old

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December 7, 2024
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump deportation plans concern Latin American, Caribbean countries
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/transition/latin-american-caribbean-countries-trump-deportation-plans/

Officials concerned over alleged Hezbollah, Venezuela ties: ‘Special interest’ migrants from Iran have been apprehended at the border. Sources say terrorist group Hezbollah is renting routes from cartels. There are also concerns over potential ties between Iran and Tren de Aragua
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/officials-hezbollah-venezuela-ties/

Texas officers apprehend Afghan, Iranian men, rescue smuggled children. Texas Department of Public Safety troopers continue to arrest single military age men in Texas border counties, including Special Interest Aliens from Afghanistan and Iran. They are also continuing to rescue children being smuggled across the border from Mexico.
https://www.cbs19news.com/texas-officers-apprehend-afghan-iranian-men-rescue-smuggled-children/article_b3c74b97-5fbd-58c1-8cc5-d009599b7ccd.html

China using Mariana Islands to get US birthright citizenship for children, lawmaker warns. Wisconsin GOP Rep. Tom Tiffany said during an interview with the “Just the News, No Noise” TV show that many Chinese nationals come to the Mariana Islands, and have children there in order to get them U.S. birthright citizenship and thus abuse the system.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/wisconsin-rep-slams-china-using-mariana-islands-get-us-birthright-citizenship

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
CDC warns of new drug more deadly than fentanyl
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5026588-fentanyl-carfentanil-overdose-deaths/

CDC reports sharp increase in overdose deaths from elephant opioid. The federal government reported a sharp increase in overdose deaths due to carfentanil, a powerful opioid 100 times stronger than fentanyl that veterinarians use on bears and elephants.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_baf1921c-b3ff-11ef-9bf1-5f9e715ad170.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk says DOGE can ‘gut the federal government’ with a recent Supreme Court ruling. Lawyers disagree.
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ramaswamy-doge-spending-cuts-chevron-doctrine-scotus-trump-2024-12

Scaramucci on Musk, Ramaswamy DOGE cuts: ‘Government is not a business’
https://www.newsnationnow.com/video/scaramucci-on-musk-ramaswamy-doge-cuts-%e2%80%98government-is-not-a-business%e2%80%99-vargas-reports/10274518/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
‘It’s a joke’: Trump appointee Ramaswamy’s economic plan blasted by MSNBC expert
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ramaswamy-joke-economics/

Trump Shows He’s Fully in Crypto Industry’s Pocket With New Nominee. Donald Trump just tapped David Sacks for a White House job.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189105/donald-trump-elon-musk-cryptocurrency-david-sacks

‘This Is an Enormous Heist’: Chris Hayes broke down a plan by Republican legislators to transfer billions of dollars of taxpayer money to owners of Bitcoin in exchange for their holdings.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/this-is-an-enormous-heist-chris-hayes-sounds-the-alarm-on-republican-bill-that-would-transfer-100-billion-to-bitcoin-owners/

Financial Experts’ 2025 Predictions for Inflation Under Trump
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/financial-experts-2025-predictions-inflation-120345805.html

# Education / Schools
This is a photograph of Amish school children running away from the police… Their parents would be arrested because they refused to send their children to American public schools, and the aftermath would result in one of the most important supreme court wins for religious liberty in American history… It’s why we can all homeschool now. Be sure to thank the Amish.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/lost-schools/2015/05/08/amish-photo-launched-revolution/27018725/

House Overwhelmingly Passes ‘Crucial Communism Teaching Act’: The legislation seeks to educate American youth on the dangers of communist and totalitarian ideologies by allowing survivors to tell their stories firsthand.
https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/politics/house-overwhelmingly-passes-crucial-communism-teaching-act/116559346/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Unexpected source to blame for rapid surge in global warming. The answer lies in declining low-altitude clouds, particularly in the northern mid-latitudes and tropics. This trend was most pronounced over the Atlantic, which coincidentally saw unusual heat records in 2023.
https://www.earth.com/news/rapid-surge-in-global-warming-may-have-an-unexpected-source/

‘Chilling’ map shows which US states will be underwater in just 25 years
https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/4107854-interactive-map-shows-which-us-cities-will-be-underwater-in-2050/

Earthquakes under a volcano near Alaska’s largest city raise concerns
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/national/earthquakes-under-a-volcano-near-alaskas-largest-city-raise-concerns/article_f834a691-ec2a-5cbf-841b-563ffa43c08b.html

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
‘This is my Chernobyl:’ Texas ranchers watch cows die because of PFAS: Tony and Karen Coleman have watched 39 of their animals die. Now joining other Texas farmers suing the EPA. They believe forever chemicals in fertilizer sludge contaminated their land
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southwest/texas-ranchers-forever-chemicals-pfas/

# Foods / Things that impact your health
Doctors Share 8 Supplements That Could Fight And Prevent Cancer Risk Over 40: Garlic, Flax Seed, More
https://www.newsbreak.com/shefinds-518722/3704197878100-doctors-share-8-supplements-that-could-fight-and-prevent-cancer-risk-over-40-garlic-flax-seed-more

Ranking 15 Salad Greens From Worst To Best
https://www.mashed.com/902190/ranking-salad-greens-from-worst-to-best/

The Golden Milk: Fights Inflammation, Boosts Immunity, and Helps You Sleep Better
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3697255253864-the-golden-milk-fights-inflammation-boosts-immunity-and-helps-you-sleep-better

# General News
History Offers a Warning About Donald Trump’s Populism
https://time.com/7198869/george-wallace-donald-trump-populism/

At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over customers’ names, addresses and other data to lobbyists for years
https://www.propublica.org/article/gunmakers-owners-sensitive-personal-information-glock-remington-nssf

Trump promises a crackdown on diversity initiatives. Fearful institutions are dialing them back already As the president-elect and his allies plan a multi-pronged attack on DEI policies, companies and campuses are complying with threats even though they don’t have to
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/05/trump-dei-initiatives-colleges

# Gov / Politics
MAGA Republican calls for monthlong government shutdown until Trump takes office
https://www.rawstory.com/andy-biggs-2670350008/

‘Nothing to spare’: Speaker Johnson warns every House GOP vote will be make-or-break in 2025
https://www.alternet.org/johnson-small-house-majority/

The Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025, is reemerging with a campaign to back President-elect Donald Trump’s imperiled Cabinet selections
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2024-12-05/an-architect-of-project-2025-is-pressuring-republican-senators-to-confirm-pete-hegseth

Musk spent more than a quarter-billion dollars to elect Trump, including funding a mysterious super PAC, new filings show
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-spent-quarter-billion-040132594.html

Pre-election research shows disturbing trend among Republicans
https://www.alternet.org/trump-poisoning-the-blood/

Some Trump Cabinet picks may have trouble getting clearances. Trump can grant them anyway.
https://www.tullylegal.com/our-firm/news/some-trump-cabinet-picks-may-have-trouble-getting-clearances-trump-can-grant-them-anyway/

Trump adds more billionaires to his administration after promising to help ‘everyday Americans’: The incoming administration will be the wealthiest in history, with more than a dozen ultra-rich nominees for critical agencies and major diplomatic roles
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-billionaires-white-house-b2660235.html

Trump Sends Another $4.3 Million Of Donors’ Money To His Lawyers
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-donors-lawyers_n_67539582e4b0b9c809f83d0b

Trump Spokesperson Alina Habba Claims ‘We Have Billionaires’ Like Elon Musk Who Will ‘Run the Country Like They Run Their Businesses’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-spokesperson-alina-habba-claims-we-have-billionaires-like-elon-musk-who-will-run-the-country-like-they-run-their-businesses/

Trump ushers in a Christian “deep state”: MAGA moves to gut the Constitution. Trump gave control of the budget to a Project 2025 henchman who calls this a “post-constitutional moment”
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/06/ushers-in-a-christian-deep-state-maga-moves-to-gut-the-constitution/

Trump’s ‘Government of Billionaires’ Boasts Combined Wealth Greater Than New Zealand’s GDP. President-elect Donald Trump has assembled a Cabinet and advisory team valued at a staggering $10 billion — excluding the ballooning fortune of his outside adviser, Elon Musk.
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trumps-government-of-billionaires-boasts-combined-wealth-greater-than-new-zealands-gdp/

Trump’s Team of Billionaires Will Be the Wealthiest Administration in U.S. History
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/06/trump-billionaires-cabinet-elon-musk

Trump Defense Pick’s Lawyer Makes Chilling Threat to Accuser. Pete Hegseth is apparently ready to seek revenge.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-defense-pick-lawyer-makes-152140336.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin’s Pals Say Tucker Carlson Is Acting as a Secret Back-Channel to Trump
https://newrepublic.com/post/189114/vladimir-putin-tucker-carlson-donald-trump-messenger

At dueling Mideast forums, officials ask what will happen when Donald Trump takes office
https://apnews.com/article/analysis-trump-mideast-wars-israel-hamas-iran-49198c6feeea6e543edb0c034b589929

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Congress, Trump plan law enforcement reform in DC to end politicization and to fight crime
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/congress-trump-plan-law-enforcement-reform-dc-end-politicization-and-fight

Cop charged for slamming elderly man to ground, following an argument over a traffic ticket. Vu suffered a brain bleed, and a broken neck and eye socket and remains hospitalized, prosecutors said.
https://apnews.com/article/oklahoma-city-police-officer-charged-elderly-man-a4e856881ac863974ac92ed70b5e3a91

# Medical / Health News
Florida Officials Want to Delay Expanding Health Care to 42,000 Kids
https://www.newsweek.com/florida-officials-want-delay-expanding-health-care-42000-kids-1997016

Medicare Advantage Denials Face Rising Pushback From Seniors
https://cepr.net/34-million-seniors-in-medicare-advantage-plans-face-rude-awakening/

Millions of Americans at Risk of Losing Health Coverage as ACA Subsidy Extension Faces Expiration
https://cepr.net/34-million-seniors-in-medicare-advantage-plans-face-rude-awakening/

Millions will lose health coverage if ACA subsidies expire: CBO
https://www.aol.com/millions-lose-health-coverage-aca-192748052.html

Republicans Could End Up Owning A Jump In Health Care Premiums. Donald Trump and GOP lawmakers are about to see that governing is harder than campaigning
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-republicans-obamacare-subsidies-premiums_n_675340d3e4b0b9c809f81c40

Your heart has a hidden brain, game-changing study discovers. Inside your chest lies not just a muscular pump, but a sophisticated neural network that scientists are just beginning to fully understand.
https://studyfinds.org/your-heart-has-a-hidden-brain/

The Rich Can Afford Personal Care. The Rest Will Have to Make Do With AI. From personal trainers to in-person therapy, only the wealthy have access to human connection. But what are the options for the less advantaged?
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:4EE5D8C4

# Military / DOD / Militia
Trump pick a threat to US military’s counter-extremism effort, experts warn. Critics fear ‘absolute disaster’ and say Pete Hegseth’s far-right views will hinder attempts to tackle serious problem
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/06/trump-pete-hegseth-extremism

The Marine Corps activated its first F-35C Lightning II stealth fighter squadron on the East Coast on Thursday, with the reactivation of the legendary Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point near Camp Lejeune, N.C.
https://www.2ndmaw.marines.mil/News/Article-View/Article/3986792/vmfa-251-reactivates-as-marine-corps-first-east-coast-based-f-35c-lightning-ii/

US, Japanese and Australian troops team up for warfighting drills across the Pacific. Simulated missile strikes and dispersed military operations are the focus of the Yama Sakura exercise.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-12-06/yama-sakura-japan-warfighting-16078164.html

# Military / Global
Russian Military Calls U.S. Generals in Rare Communication
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-military-calls-us-war-1996545

# Social
Every homeowner is at risk of home title fraud. All it takes is your name and address. Title fraud is a scam that involves criminals stealing the title or deed of your home, borrowing against it, or selling it behind your back.
https://www.rocketmortgage.com/learn/home-title-theft

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
US Officials Recommend Encryption Apps Amid Chinese Telecom Hacking. Amid what they call a ‘massive’ campaign of ‘cyber espionage’ conducted by Chinese hackers, officials tout encryption to smartphone users who send text messages between Apple and Android devices.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2024/12/05/apple-android-texts-hackers-encryption/76807100007/

FBI Warns Americans to Stop Sending Text Messages as CCP Breaches Networks
https://www.allsides.com/story/defense-and-security-fbi-warns-android-and-iphone-users-stop-sending-texts-amid-chinese-hack

# Technology / Global
Chinese hack of 8 US telecom companies prompts FBI warning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYvZV2nInvg

# Veterans / VA
Hegseth and Collins’ push for cutting veterans health benefits alarms servicemembers and veterans groups
https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/07/politics/pete-hegseth-doug-collins-veterans-health-care/index.html

Hegseth signed NDA, received six-figure severance payment after leaving veterans’ group, sources say
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pete-hegseth-signed-nda-received-six-figure-payment-after-leaving-concerned-veterans-for-america/

VA wants to expand healthcare coverage for more vets, particularly those exposed to blasts
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/12/04/va-blast-exposure-healthcare-campaign/4341733337115/

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December 6, 2024, PM
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
President-elect Donald Trump announced his nominations to lead ICE and CBP, two agencies that will be at forefront of his ambitious immigration agenda.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/06/trump-picks-nominees-for-ice-and-cbp/

Trump Names 2 Officials To Lead Immigration Enforcement Drive
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/06/trump-immigration-ice-caleb-vitello

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Mexico Makes Record Fentanyl Bust Days After Trump Tariff Threat
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-fentanyl-drug-seizure-76b274660df084dd36e57dc6c000d922

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Feds using banks to surveil Americans’ financial data without warrants, House Judiciary says
https://judiciary.house.gov/media/in-the-news/feds-using-banks-surveil-americans-financial-data-without-warrants-house

# Education / Schools
Academic Labor Unions Are Key to Fighting Trump’s Repressive Higher Ed Agenda. AAUP President Todd Wolfson says unions like his are key to fighting Trump’s attacks on the bedrock of democracy.
https://www.aaup.org/content/academic-labor-unions-are-key-fighting-trump%E2%80%99s-repressive-higher-ed-agenda

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Utah’s Quixotic Bid To Wrest Millions Of Acres From The Federal Government
State politicians have been striving for decades to take control of BLM lands in Utah. They maintain that the state could better manage the landscape.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06122024/utah-bid-for-federal-lands-to-state-ownership/

# Foods / Things that impact your health
7 ‘Harmful’ Foods That Are Linked To Anxiety, Alzheimer’s, And Cognitive Decline: Instant Noodles, More
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/worst-foods-for-your-brain

The Most Alkaline Foods on the Planet (Eat More of These for Vibrant Health)
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3670601520331-the-most-alkaline-foods-on-the-planet-eat-more-of-these-for-vibrant-health

# Gov / Politics
MAGA Loyalist Turned to Influencers in Desperate Secretary of State Push. Despite being one of Trump’s most dedicated allies, the president-elect ultimately chose Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to lead the State Department.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ric-grenell-secretary-of-state-campaign-b2659724.html

Having Pardoned His Son, Biden Faces Pressure to Enact Mass Clemency. Advocates say Biden must repair harm caused by harsh anti-drug and crime laws he championed in the 1980s and ‘90s.
https://truthout.org/articles/having-pardoned-his-son-biden-faces-pressure-to-enact-mass-clemency/

Tlaib: Congress “Can No Longer Deny” Israeli Genocide After Amnesty Report. Advocates are reigniting calls for an arms embargo on Israel after landmark findings that Israel is committing genocide.
https://truthout.org/articles/tlaib-congress-can-no-longer-deny-israeli-genocide-after-amnesty-report/

Donald Trump is not even bothering to hide the corruption this time. Trump’s sons are scurrying across the globe to secure new deals with foreign governments for the Trump Organization
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/06/donald-is-not-even-bothering-to-hide-the-corruption-this-time/

With the Voting Rights Act facing more threats, advocates renew a push for state laws
https://www.opb.org/article/2024/12/06/state-voting-rights-acts-are-advocates-renewed-focus/

Billionaire Jeff Bezos Wants to ‘Help’ Trump Gut Regulations. “Shockingly another one of the richest guys on Earth wants to defund our government and scrap regulations.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/jeff-bezos-donald-trump

# Media
Concerned Senators questioned Postmaster General Louis DeJoy this morning over his 10-year plan that has caused ongoing mail delays, failing service, and the USPS’s staggering $9.5 billion net loss – $3 billion worse than last year.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/04/senators-call-postal-board-abandon-dejoys-usps-reforms/396048/

# Medical / Health News
Murdered Insurance CEO Deployed AI to Automatically Deny Benefits for Sick People. The algorithm, known as nH Predict, has a reported 90 percent error rate. Anger at the insurance industry has reached a boiling point
https://futurism.com/neoscope/united-healthcare-claims-algorithm-murder

Jayapal, Sanders Offer Answer to Elon Musk’s Healthcare Cost Question. “The most efficiently run healthcare systems in the world,” said National Nurses United, “have been proven time and time again to be single-payer systems.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-healthcare

Vaccine researcher Peter Hotez announces litany of viruses to be unleashed on America – but not until the clock strikes midnight on January 21, 2025
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/multiple-viruses-to-be-unleashed-after-trump-takes-office-vaccine-researcher-peter-hotez-makes-explosive-claim-article-115987774

# Military / DOD / Militia
Donald Trump taps JD Vance advisor as next Army secretary. Driscoll, who served in the Army and deployed to Iraq with the 10th Mountain Division, brings a background in venture capital and private equity firms.
https://www.defensenews.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/12/04/donald-trump-taps-jd-vance-advisor-as-next-army-secretary/

Air Force defers NGAD decision to Trump administration. The Air Force will keep maturing the technology for a potential sixth-generation NGAD fighter, but will let the Trump administration decide how to proceed.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-defers-ngad-decision-trump-administration/

Anduril, OpenAI join to boost counter-drone tech for US bases, troops. The agreement continues a recent trend of large AI firms partnering with the defense industry.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/pentagon/2024/12/05/anduril-openai-join-to-boost-counter-drone-tech-for-us-bases-troops/

# Military / Global
Updates: Israel hits Gaza hospital, kills 48 Palestinians in a day
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/12/6/live-israel-kills-dozens-in-gaza-continues-to-target-southern-lebanon

# Nuclear / Bioweapons
Vladimir Putin’s chilling new space weapon that could start WW3 with nuke deployed from satellite
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/russia-weapon-nucler-war-putin-34262799?int_source=mantis_rec&int_medium=web&int_campaign=more_like_this

# Other Interesting Things
Why Does Earth Have A North Pole Star But No South Pole Star?
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3701057798635-why-does-earth-have-a-north-pole-star-but-no-south-pole-star?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzM0NDY3OTc3ODM%3D

# Science
Middle schoolers discover new compound in weird place
https://www.yahoo.com/news/middle-school-student-scientists-discover-135537110.html

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December 6, 2024, AM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Key Detail in Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Is Already Falling Apart. Donald Trump is getting serious push back on part of his plan.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/key-detail-trump-mass-deportation-174244511.html

2006 study found undocumented immigrants contribute more than they cost Texas. State hasn’t updated since.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/06/texas-undocumented-immigrants-economic-contributions-outweigh-costs/

Mexico president will ask Trump to deport non-Mexican migrants directly to their home countries
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3703323402663-mexico-president-will-ask-trump-to-deport-non-mexican-migrants-directly-to-their-home-countries

Missouri Floats Program to Deputize Citizens as Migrant Bounty Hunters
https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-immigrant-bounty-hunters-proposal-missouri-1996413

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump picks Kelly Loeffler to run Small Business Administration, after she spent millions to help him get elected
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/12/05/kelly-loeffler-expected-as-trumps-agricultural-secretary-pick-after-spending-millions-to-help-him-get-elected/

If the sale of U.S. Steel is blocked, what does that mean for Western Pennsylvania?
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3700443324068-if-the-sale-of-u-s-steel-is-blocked-what-does-that-mean-for-western-pennsylvania

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Rewards issued for cartel leaders as violence escalates: As Mexican cartel violence has escalated during the Biden administration, the U.S. State Department announced it is increasing a reward for a Mexican national Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho.”
https://www.state.gov/reward-increased-up-to-15-million-for-information-leading-to-arrest-and-or-conviction-of-cartel-leader/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Democratic Rep Says Musk and Ramaswamy’s ‘DOGE’ Agency is ‘Unconstitutional and Illegal’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5024369-house-democrat-doge-criticism/

Musk and Ramaswamy Arrive on Capitol Hill for DOGE ‘Brainstorming’
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-doge-ce55aa7ca8c921511d18e837c2a2db64

What we know about Musk’s cost-cutting mission
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c23vkd57471o

‘We’re going to gut the fish’: Republicans details from closed-door meetings with DOGE’s Musk, Ramaswamy
https://www.aol.com/were-going-gut-fish-republicans-220711613.html

Blackburn unveils ‘DOGE Acts’ to cut spending, freeze federal hiring and salaries
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5025294-blackburn-doge-acts-spending-cuts/

Mike Johnson says he’s aiming to ax 75 percent of all federal agencies with Elon Musk’s help
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mike-johnson-elon-musk-federal-agencies-b2659519.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump’s Plan to Turn the IRS Into a Grifter’s Paradise. Billy Long, an anti-tax huckster who doesn’t think the IRS should exist, makes his living promising to cut your tax bill 40 percent.
https://newrepublic.com/article/189098/trumps-plan-turn-irs-grifters-paradise

What Trump’s plan to end IRS ‘overstepping’ could mean for audits of rich people — and call hold times for everyone else. The incoming Trump team wants to change the IRS mentality from ‘we’re the tax police,’ one expert says
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/what-trumps-plan-to-end-irs-overstepping-could-mean-for-audits-of-rich-people-and-call-hold-times-for-everyone-else-67e4231e

Democrats ignored pleas to address price of ‘eggs and gas’, campaigners say. US workers say Democrats neglected ‘desperately needed’ action toward vulnerable groups amid recession fears
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/01/cost-living-prices-election-trump

‘Gut punch’: Steelworkers union stunned after Trump vows to scuttle international deal
https://www.newsweek.com/pennsylvania-steelworkers-donald-trump-plans-block-us-steel-nippon-merger-1995300

‘Wide open for business’: Trump Organization will put fewer restrictions on foreign deals
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/us/politics/trump-organization-ethics-policy-foreign-deals.html

8 Tax Changes Coming In 2025 That Will Impact Everyone
https://financebuzz.com/2025-tax-changes-impact-everyone

Lobbying firm with close ties to Trump is poised to profit from new administration, experts say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lobbying-firm-close-ties-trump-224100606.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Chinese investor under investigation by SEC gave $30 million to Trump crypto project
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/03/trump-crypto-chinese-entrepreneur/

# Education / Schools
Academic Labor Unions Are Key to Fighting Trump’s Repressive Higher Ed Agenda. AAUP President Todd Wolfson says unions like his are key to fighting Trump’s attacks on the bedrock of democracy.
https://truthout.org/articles/academic-labor-unions-are-key-to-fighting-trumps-repressive-higher-ed-agenda/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘Disappointed’: Business groups turn on Trump after he ignored ‘better’ labor choices
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cabinet-2670338842/

224,000 file for unemployment benefits for first time
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/12/05/unemployment-benefits-Labor-Department/2421733413932/

Boeing announces layoffs across Florida as mounting concerns about the company continue to grow
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5025294-blackburn-doge-acts-spending-cuts/

Cargill to lay off thousands of workers amid falling commodity prices
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/largest-food-production-company-layoffs-cargill-b2658355.html

Ohio State cancels raises for over 300 employees after overturning of US Department of Labor rule
https://www.thelantern.com/2024/12/ohio-state-cancels-raises-for-over-300-employees-after-overturning-of-us-department-of-labor-rule/

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Eleven children worked on Iowa pork plant’s ‘kill floor’, US labor officials say Federal investigators find children working at Sioux City meat processing plant for second time
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/03/child-labor-iowa-pork-plant

Meat, Coffee & More Essentials That Could Skyrocket in Price in 2025. Experts say President-elect Donald Trump’s planned tariffs will result in higher grocery bills.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3701658833370-meat-coffee-more-essentials-that-could-skyrocket-in-price-in-2025?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzM0ODk0MzI3NjM%3D

# General News
Fact Check: Photos of Trump Alongside Diddy, Epstein Are Real
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/photos-trump-combs-epstein/

‘You’re not in charge’: Tensions flare as convicted Proud Boys leader testifies
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/05/proud-boys-leader-trump-00192958

“A chilling effect”: Research finds governments across the globe are cracking down on free speech
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/05/a-chilling-effect-research-finds-governments-across-the-globe-are-cracking-down-on-free-speech/

Bernie Sanders embraces Canada joining the US as the 51st state … with a simple caveat after Trump reportedly suggested the idea
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14155021/bernie-sanders-canada-state-trump.html

Donald Trump Asked to Help Redraw Border Between US States
https://www.newsweek.com/greater-idaho-oregon-border-trump-1996117

It Turns Out Elon Musk Bankrolled That Pro-Trump Ruth Bader Ginsburg Super PAC Her Granddaughter Called ‘Appalling’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/elon-musk-bankrolled-pro-trump-ruth-bader-ginsburg-super-pac-her-granddaughter-called-appalling/

# Gov / Politics
Donald Trump Announces Plan to Change Elections. “We’re gonna do things that have been really needed for a long time,” he said. “We want to have paper ballots, one day voting, voter ID, and proof of citizenship.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-plans-change-election-process-rules-checks-1996517

Tom Cotton Introduces Bill to Censor Speech and Rewrite History. The MAGA senator wants to erase all record of Palestine. Republicans in Congress are taking further steps to ignore Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and start referring to the territory by Israel’s name “Judea and Samaria.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/189070/tom-cotton-bill-censor-west-bank-israel

Dumbest Senator Has Bonkers Plan for Vetting Trump Nominees.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-senator-tommy-tuberville-says-065951035.html

Tulsi Gabbard’s Own Ex-Staffers Expose Her as a Russian Stooge. Donald Trump’s pick to serve as director of national intelligence regularly consumed Russian propaganda.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3703097234240-tulsi-gabbard-s-own-ex-staffers-expose-her-as-a-russian-stooge

Republicans Are Already Fighting in Sign of Chaos to Come. Donald Trump’s biggest obstacle may be his own party.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/18/speaker-johnson-trump-2024/

Texas Rep. Casar to Head Congressional Progressive Caucus, Replacing Rep. Jayapal
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-rep-greg-casar-lead-235520676.html

New Progressive Caucus Chair Ready to ‘Fight Billionaires, Grifters, and Republican Frauds’: “Our caucus will make sure the Democratic Party stands up to corporate interests for working people,” said Rep. Greg Casar.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/congressional-progressive-caucus-members

Trump attacks diversity, but a fellow New Yorker, US Rep. Vito Marcantonio, worked to represent all Americans in a multiracial democracy
https://theconversation.com/trump-attacks-diversity-but-a-fellow-new-yorker-us-rep-vito-marcantonio-worked-to-represent-all-americans-in-a-multiracial-democracy-239076

An agency-by-agency look at Trump’s plan to overhaul government. The president-elect’s vision will lead to sweeping changes at federal agencies and the employees who work in them.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/11/agency-agency-look-trumps-plan-overhaul-government/400885/

‘Self-serving wannabe oligarchs’: Congressman shreds GOP plan to dismantle government
https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-conservatives-trump-heritage-857eb794e505f1c6710eb03fd5b58981

Democrats flip key California House races against national tide
https://www.newsweek.com/democrat-adam-gray-flips-california-seat-house-race-1995251

Rahm Emanuel Makes Dark Prediction About What Trump Will Do To The Oval Office
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rahm-emanuel-makes-dark-prediction-about-what-trump-will-do-to-the-oval-office_n_675036e3e4b0617b1e77604b

The agency Trump wants to eliminate also has the power to enact his biggest campaign promises
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/05/trump-education-transgender-athletes-schools-00192423

Trump ally behind ‘mysterious group’ that dumped millions in last days of campaign:
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-mysterious-group/

Trump Has Now Tapped Multiple Convicted Criminals to Join Administration
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-now-tapped-multiple-convicted-182433214.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
South Koreans Prove Democracy Can Survive in the Face of Authoritarianism. Offering a model for resisting authoritarianism, South Korean activists say they will “fight for democracy at any cost.”
https://truthout.org/articles/south-koreans-prove-democracy-can-survive-in-the-face-of-authoritarianism/

# Media
United States Postal Service changes could slow mail deliveries
https://www.uppermichiganssource.com/video/2024/12/06/united-states-postal-service-changes-could-slow-mail-deliveries/

Will Trump Weaponize the FCC to Crack Down on Media Outlets He Doesn’t Like? Trump could use the Federal Communications Commission to carry out his fantasies of revenge against the media.
https://truthout.org/articles/will-trump-weaponize-the-fcc-to-crack-down-on-media-outlets-he-doesnt-like/

# Medical / Health News
Doctors who accept Medicare could face another pay cut in 2025, AMA says
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/doctors-facing-29-pay-cut-2025-call-permanent-medicare-payment-reform

Medicare premiums rise for 2025, nicking retirees’ Social Security checks
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/medicare-premiums-rise-for-2025-nicking-retirees-social-security-checks-110009345.html

# Military / DOD / Militia
Billionaire pick for key Pentagon job tied to Khashoggi’s murderers and defense industry conflicts. Critics warn Stephen Feinberg’s nomination for a top Pentagon role underscores troubling ties to Khashoggi’s murder and the defense industry.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/stephen-feinberg/

In a service first, Navy taps Black civil engineer for admiral
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/12/05/in-a-service-first-navy-taps-black-civil-engineer-for-admiral/

This Marine Corps unit now has a ship-killing missile in its toolkit
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-marine-corps/2024/12/05/this-marine-corps-unit-now-has-a-ship-killing-missile-in-its-toolkit/

# Military / Global
Israel Once Again Bombs Gaza “Humanitarian Zone,” Killing at Least 23. Palestinians were retrieving children’s charred and dismembered remains” from the wreckage, one group said.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-once-again-bombs-gaza-humanitarian-zone-killing-at-least-23/

Putin’s ‘meatgrinder’ strategy breaks horrifying death record in Ukraine war
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-war-34081077

Russian arms exports plummet by 92% as ‘military-industrial complex has failed’
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1983671/russian-economy-arms-exports-collapse

# Nuclear / Bioweapons
Putin’s nuclear-capable ballistic missile launch was long-planned, not response to US allowing Ukraine deeper strikes into Russia: Kremlin officer
https://nypost.com/2024/12/05/us-news/putins-nuclear-capable-ballistic-missile-launch-was-long-planned-not-response-to-us-allowing-ukraine-deeper-strikes-into-russia-kremlin-officer/

# Other Interesting Things
Scientists studying crop circles discovered they contain a form of microwave radiation that accelerates growth
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/crop-circle-microwave-ano_b_929152

National Park Visitor Threw Away a Bag of Cheetos in a Cave and It Completely Wrecked the Ecosystem. Carlsbad Caverns National Park officials say a recent park visitor who dropped a bag of Cheetos had a “huge impact” on the cave’s ecosystem.
https://www.greenmatters.com/pn/national-park-visitor-threw-away-a-bag-of-cheetos-in-a-cave-and-it-completely-wrecked-the-ecosystem

4 Foreign Countries That Almost Became States
https://dailypassport.com/places-that-were-almost-states/

A strange creature is filmed by the sea, it appears to have a tail and gills and drops into the ocean, is this a Merman or an elaborate hoax
https://www.tiktok.com/@oliviatwistmysteries/video/7280038182232526112

Discovered in 1988, this ancient piece of granite appears to have formed itself around an electrical componant – is this just an elaborate hoax？
https://www.tiktok.com/@oliviatwistmysteries/video/7110439472176647429

Electro-magnet discovered embedded within 20,000 year old rock
https://sciinsider.com/2024/05/28/a-100000-year-old-electrical-connector-found-embedded-in-stone/

Archaeologists have discovered an ancient submerged stone wall dubbed the Blinkerwall in a bay off the coast of Germany, and it might rewrite the history of early European societies
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/experts-baffled-after-discovery-3000ft-844327

# Pharmaceuticals
4 Medications That Were Originally Pesticides
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3692823622509-4-medications-that-were-originally-pesticides

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Should we worry? Ancient solar storm dated as sun turns volatile
https://www.yahoo.com/news/worry-ancient-solar-storm-dated-115730514.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Chinese hackers gain access to Americans’ cellphone records
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/04/chinese-hackers-american-cell-phones

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