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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-12-05

Voices, The Peoples News

December 5, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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“Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak–and speak in
such a way that people will remember it.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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# Indigenous
Oldest Firearm Ever Found in the U.S. Offers New Insights in Native American’s Resistance Against Spanish Conquistadors. Archaeologists have uncovered the oldest firearm ever found in the U.S. at the site of a major Native American battle.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3695222032727-oldest-firearm-ever-found-in-the-u-s-offers-new-insights-in-native-american-s-resistance-against-spanish-conquistadors

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Three U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Cavazos, Texas, have been arrested on human smuggling charges, U.S. Attorney Jaime Esparza for the Western District of Texas said Thursday
https://www.tricityrecordnm.com/articles/3-us-army-soldiers-arrested-on-human-smuggling-charges-along-the-border-with-mexico/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Cartels using ‘blind mules’ to smuggle drugs into US. Some of those bringing drugs into the US are doing so unsuspectingly. Border officials say cartels are becoming increasingly desperate
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/cartels-blind-mules-drugs/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump picks avid poker player and auctioneer to head IRS
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cabinet-2670314887/

President-Elect Donald Trump Wants to Lower the Corporate Tax Rate by 29% — and There Couldn’t Be a Clearer Winner, if Enacted
https://www.newsbreak.com/trending/top/Trump-Plans-Major-Corporate-Tax-Cut

Republicans Say Letting These Tax Cuts Expire Would Crash The Economy. Congress’ Own Experts Say Otherwise.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cbo-tax-cuts-economic-impact_n_6750c91ae4b09625c756963e

Speaker Johnson sets eyes on cutting government spending, vows to take a ‘blowtorch’ to the ‘regulatory state’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/speaker-johnson-sets-eyes-cutting-002119830.html

Tariffs guarantee higher prices for Americans who believe they are too high already
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/26/trump-tariffs-prices-harris-poll

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
China bans exports of gallium and other key high-tech materials, hitting back at US chip sanctions
https://apnews.com/article/china-us-tech-semiconductor-chip-gallium-6b4216551e200fb719caa6a6cc67e2a4

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
North Carolina Town Sues Utility Giant Over ‘Decades of Deception’ on Climate. “We have to speak truth to power as we continue to fight the existential threat that is climate change,” said the mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/carrboro-north-carolina-duke-energy

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
Google Earth’s timelapse video shows alarming rate of sea level rise in the Polar regions from 1984 to 2020
https://www.greenmatters.com/pn/google-earths-timelapse-video-shows-alarming-rate-of-sea-level-rise-in-the-polar-regions-from-1984-to-2020

A rising danger in the Arctic: As climate change melts permafrost, microbes will emerge. The world isn’t paying enough attention to the potential threat they pose.
https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/a-rising-danger-in-the-arctic-microbes-unleashed-by-climate-change/

7# Foods / Things that impact your health
How a “Health” Fad Could Spell Disaster for Us All. This is just one scenario. But it’s dangerous.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/health-fad-could-spell-disaster-185021137.html

Bird flu detections suspend raw milk production at farm
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/03/raw-milk-bird-flu-raw-farm-distribution-suspended

How pasteurization protects you from raw milk microbes
https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/raw-milk-misconceptions-and-danger-raw-milk-consumption

Heavy metals found in chocolate: Study sheds light on lead, cadmium in some products: Tested products came from name brands, Hershey’s, Ghirardelli, and Nestlé. Products were purchased from national retailers, Costco, Target, Trader Joe’s, Walmart, and Whole Foods, and specialty makers such as Droste and Navitas
https://www.health.com/chocolate-products-heavy-metals-8399979

# General News
I’m Speechless At These 12 People Who Had Literally No Idea What Their Trump Vote Meant
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanavalko/trump-voters-regret-vote

# Gov / Politics
Democrats Want Republicans to Confirm Donald Trump Can’t Serve Third Term
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2024/11/14/dan-goldman-resolution-trump-3rd-term-22nd-amendment

Trump Melts Down as Another Nomination Blows Up in His Face. Donald Trump was not happy with some of the latest news coverage of his transition.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189035/donald-trump-melts-down-dea-nominee

House Republicans Are in Danger of Chaos as Last Race Called. Democrats managed to flip a key House seat.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189021/house-majority-republicans-democrats

Trump Escalates His Bizarre Canada Joke in Weirdest Way Possible. Donald Trump reportedly quipped that Canada should become the 51st U.S. state.
https://dnyuz.com/2024/12/04/trump-escalates-his-bizarre-canada-joke-in-weirdest-way-possible/

Trump Rewards Convicted Loyalist Peter Navarro With Administration Role. The former White House aide spent four months in prison for refusing to comply with a Congressional subpoena about Jan. 6.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/04/peter-navarro-trump-senior-counselor-trade-tariffs

The Massive Clue That Donald Trump’s Threats Are All BS. “Sheer fantasy” is how Harvard economist Jeffrey Frankel described Elon Musk’s plan to ax $2 trillion in federal spending.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/massive-clue-donald-trump-threats-131520672.html

Nation’s last uncalled congressional race ends in California 29 days after election. The nation’s last uncalled congressional race finally ended in California 29 days after Election Day, leaving Republicans with a five-member majority in the House of Representatives.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_1e7bb2d4-b26d-11ef-b1bf-175ec0e7625b.html?a&seyid=37672

Trump Is Using “Unitary Executive” Theory in His Bid to Amass Supreme Power. Trump is claiming total executive power that would eclipse the legislative “co-equal” branch of government.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-using-unitary-executive-theory-in-his-bid-to-amass-supreme-power/

Biden says ‘Africa is the future’ as he pledges millions more on the last day of Angola visit
https://www.washingtontimes.com/multimedia/collection/biden-says-africa-future-pledges-millio-2024-12-04/

Trumpworld Is Coming to Cancel Us All. The returning administration is full of free speech warriors—the kind that crush dissent and dissenters.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188938/trump-patel-free-speech-restrictions

‘Razor-thin’ Republican House majority could cripple Trump’s agenda after Democrats nab last seat
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/razor-thin-republican-house-majority-could-cripple-trumps-agenda-after-democrats-nab-last-seat/

Biden Has Drawn Up Pardon List Over Fears of Trump’s Revenge
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-may-toss-liz-cheney-014234173.html

House Democrat Nukes Trump Cabinet Picks in Scorching Floor Rant: Will They Replace Background Checks With a ‘Fox News Screen Test?’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/house-democrat-nukes-trump-cabinet-picks-in-scorching-floor-rant-will-they-replace-background-checks-with-a-fox-news-screen-test/

Groups Sound Alarm Over Trump Plot to Install Nominees Without Senate Approval. “If you’re trying to ram through nominees without Senate and public scrutiny, it’s a pretty good guess that you have something to hide.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-recess-appointments

# 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/

Former Israeli Defense Minister Recognizes Ethnic Cleansing Is Underway in Gaza. Center right politician Moshe Ya’alon ignited a firestorm by acknowledging that Israel is engaged in ethnic cleansing.
https://truthout.org/articles/former-israeli-defense-minister-recognizes-ethnic-cleansing-is-underway-in-gaza/

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Everyday Purchases – Their 7-Eleven store was a Maine town’s lifeline, and their own. Then came the shooting.
https://slate.com/business/2024/12/maine-state-mass-shooting-guns-lawsuit.html?pay=1733407679681&support_journalism=please

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Judge Issues Scathing Response to Hunter Biden Pardon: Read in Full
https://www.newsweek.com/judge-joe-biden-pardon-hunter-mark-scarsi-1995443

Jordan demands documents related to DOJ investigation of Jack Smith amid misconduct allegations
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/jordan-demands-doj-produce-documents-related-jack-smith-investigation?utm_source=breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

Trump seeks dismissal of Fani Willis case in Georgia. Willis charged Trump and a litany of co-defendants last year under the state’s RICO Act in connection with his 2020 election challenge in the Peach State.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triad/politics/2024/12/04/trump-request-georgia-election-case-dismissal

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Recuses Himself From Case After Pressure
https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-justice-neil-gorsuch-recuses-himself-case-after-pressure-1995752

Judge Agrees to End Hunter Biden Case
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/03/hunter-biden-pardon-tax-case-00192515

# LGBTQ / Gender
The Hidden Danger of the Supreme Court’s New Trans Rights Case.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-transgender-health-tennessee-3fd2de125caeac6e323bd81ef7271837

Amy Coney Barrett’s Mind-Boggling Question in Supreme Court Trans Case. Surprise! The conservative Supreme Court justices don’t seem to have any basic understanding of trans rights in this country.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/amy-coney-barrett-mind-boggling-194718116.html

Why Justice Jackson invoked interracial marriage in Supreme Court’s historic transgender care arguments
https://www.wfft.com/news/politics/takeaways-from-the-historic-transgender-care-arguments-at-the-supreme-court/article_d2e49621-55eb-54b0-8547-674097fc273e.html

Supreme Court weighs ban on gender dysphoria treatment for minors. The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday began weighing its role in determining whether a Tennessee law banning medication to treat gender dysphoria for minors violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/tennessee/article_72fac9f2-b269-11ef-8924-7f1c810645c6.html?a&seyid=37672

Supreme Court Signals It Will Uphold ‘State-Sanctioned Discrimination’ in Transgender Care Case. “We the people means all the people,” said the ACLU. “There is no ‘transgender’ exception to the U.S. Constitution.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/supreme-court-transgender

# Media
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
Health Insurance CEO Shot Dead on NYC Street in Targeted Attack
https://apnews.com/article/manhattan-shooting-death-daa1e8c8c05606197a5bd2e0242f1683

UnitedHealthcare CEO killing: What we know about the gunman
https://apnews.com/article/unitedhealthcare-ceo-manhattan-shooting-death-7f6581ba6b0b520938d82c361e77a83c

Trump’s Health Secretary Pick Is Crowd-Sourcing Health Treatments. RFK Jr. is taking an interesting approach to public health.
https://newrepublic.com/post/189026/robert-f-kennedy-jr-website-conspiracy-cures

Medicare, Social Security Update as Vivek Ramaswamy Weighs in on Cuts
https://www.newsweek.com/medicare-social-security-update-vivek-ramaswamy-weighs-cuts-1995792

# Medical Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science
Stem Cell Treatments Are Worth Millions. Donors Get Paid $200. Those who supply stem cells for Cellcolabs’ treatments are compensated $200 per donation—for enough cells to provide 200 doses of therapy.
https://bioethics.com/archives/94845

# Military / DOD / Militia
Trump considering most embarrassing choice possible for Defense. At least Plan B isn’t an alleged sex pest?
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-is-considering-replacing-defense-secretary-nominee-pete-hegseth-with-ron-desantis-report

Lasers Are Making It Easier to Find Buried Land Mines. The technology searches for buried objects by sending vibrations into the ground and measuring what comes back.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/308587/20241204/scientists-develop-new-laser-tech-that-could-wipe-out-land-mines-save-lives.htm

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Wednesday that the war in Ukraine has revealed the U.S. needs to stockpile more munitions and invest more in producing low-cost weapons.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2024-12-04/munitions-weapons-stockpiles-ukraine-china-russia-16061738.html

Space superiority is the goal as US Space Forces Japan activates at Tokyo air base. The U.S. Space Force established a new command Wednesday in western Tokyo as the United States and Japan seek space superiority in the region.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/space-force-activates-japan-component/

# Military / Global
A-10s are being spotted in Syria. Here’s how they’re being used.
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2024/12/04/a-10s-are-being-spotted-in-syria-heres-how-theyre-being-used/

Germany’s Baerbock won’t rule out sending troops into Ukraine. The German Greens minister said Berlin “will support everything that serves peace in the future.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-annalena-baerbock-wont-rule-sending-bundeswehr-troops-into-ukraine-russa-war-military-nato/

Russia’s hybrid warfare may trigger NATO defence clause, Germany says
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/28/russias-hybrid-warfare-may-trigger-nato-defence-clause-germany-says

# NASA / Rocketry
Trump Gives Elon Musk’s Buddy Total Control Over NASA. Donald Trump’s pick for NASA head, billionaire Jared Isaacman, should worry anyone who cares about space.
https://san.com/cc/trump-picks-musk-tied-billionaire-jared-isaacman-to-lead-nasa/

# NATO
NATO readies countermeasures to combat Russian, Chinese hybrid warfare, bloc chief says
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2024-12-04/nato-russia-china-sabotage-16055937.html

# Other Interesting Things
Astrophotographer Captures Mysterious Blue Flash During Avalanche
https://petapixel.com/2024/12/02/photographer-captures-mysterious-blue-light-during-avalanche/

Something is Growing in the Ocean’s Deep Submarine Canyons. Now Scientists Have Revealed the Cause.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-10/underwater-canyons-super-highways-seafloor-research-science/104072182

# Pharmaceuticals
Congressional bicameral team pushes for insurance, pharmaceutical reform
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b34046d8-b271-11ef-b7af-0fd4059d93d1.html

Popular asthma drug Singulair could be linked to mental health side effects, suicides: The medication is “definitely doing something that’s concerning,” said Julia Marschallinger, a scientist at Austria’s Institute of Molecular Regenerative Medicine. However more research is needed.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/11/24/singulair-asthma-study-mental-health-fda/76549193007/

Drugmaker Eli Lilly reports its weightloss drug Zepbound showed more than 20% reduction in body weight, roughly 50% more effective than rival Wegovy in randomized control trials
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/04/eli-lilly-zepbound-causes-more-weight-loss-than-novo-nordisk-wegovy-trial.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
Comparison: https://www.baptisthealth.com/blog/weight-management/zepbound-vs-wegovy

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Mars’ gravity pulls Earth closer to the Sun, warming our climate, scientists say. Due to this resonance, Mars’s gravitational pull draws Earth slightly closer to the Sun, which leads to increased solar radiation and a warmer climate. Over time, Earth drifts back again, completing this cycle roughly every 2.4 million years.
https://www.earth.com/news/mars-gravity-pulls-earth-closer-to-the-sun-warming-our-climate-scientists-say/

Space weather experts warn that solar activity will persist or even increase after solar maximum has ended and we enter a phase of the solar cycle dubbed the “battle zone.”
https://www.livescience.com/space/the-sun/we-are-fast-approaching-the-suns-battle-zone-and-it-could-be-even-worse-than-solar-maximum-experts-warn

Spaceship that will block out Sun being launched
https://www.citizentribune.com/news/national/spaceship-that-will-block-out-sun-being-launched/article_37c1b615-3930-57e3-9c39-da1b06cd273f.html

# Sports
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Senators Warn the Pentagon: Get a Handle on China’s Telecom Hacking. In a letter to the Department of Defense, senators Ron Wyden and Eric Schmitt are calling for an investigation into fallout from the Salt Typhoon espionage campaign.
https://www.newsbreak.com/wired/3701456775236-senators-warn-the-pentagon-get-a-handle-on-china-s-telecom-hacking

Senators fume over response to ‘disturbing and widespread’ Chinese hack of US telecoms “I think the American people need to know the extent of the breach here, I think they will be shocked at the extent of it,” said Sen. Josh Hawley of the breach.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/04/senators-response-chinese-hack-us-telecoms-00192728

The White House struggles to contain massive Chinese telco hacks
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-struggles-contain-massive-003634982.html

Phone Firms Denying US Military Requests for Security Data, Letter Says
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-12-04/phone-firms-denying-us-military-requests-for-security-data-letter-says#google_vignette

White House says at least 8 US telecom firms, dozens of nations affected by China hacking campaign
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/at-least-8-u-s-telecom-firms-were-hit-by-chinese-hacking-campaign-white-house-says

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-12-04

Voices, The Peoples News

December 4, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Illegal Cattle Trafficking Is Fueling Dangerous Resurgence of New World Screwworm, A Parasite That Eats Cattle Alive. For decades, the screwworm was eliminated in North America, but containment efforts in Panama have failed. Now cattle smugglers are helping the parasite advance north.
https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/23972/Illegal-Cattle-Trafficking-Is-Fueling-Dangerous-Resurgence-of-New-World-Screwworm.aspx

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
‘Harm to children was part of the point’: A harrowing film on US family separations. Errol Morris’s bleak documentary Separated has gained in relevance since it premiered with more ‘state-created orphans’ to come under a second Trump administration
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/dec/03/film-us-family-separations

Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Has One Major Vulnerability. The legal ploy Trump is banking on to speed up mass deportations and why it might not work. Trump’s mass deportation plan likely requires detention space U.S. doesn’t have
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2024/12/04/donald-trump-mass-deportation-detention-space

Homan: Deportation Plan to Prioritize National Security Threats, Violent Criminals
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8aa7f940-ab56-11ef-be93-7f4765c1a0d0.html

Terrified residents of Colorado Tren de Aragua apartment complex hit landlord where it hurts. A fed-up landlord in the Denver suburb has shared a bloody photo of one of its workers after the man was allegedly beaten to a pulp by members of the brutal Venezuelan prison gang for refusing to let them stay in a vacant apartment they had taken over.
https://nypost.com/2024/10/14/us-news/aurora-landlord-says-tren-de-aragua-took-over-apartment-tried-to-extort-them/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Global
Canada will deploy helicopters, drones to border after Trump tariff threat
https://san.com/cc/canada-will-deploy-helicopters-drones-to-border-after-trump-tariff-threat/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump Vows to Block Sale of US Steel to Japanese Company
https://thehill.com/business/5019060-trump-opposes-nippon-steel-acquisition/

# DOGE
Wall Street doesn’t buy Trump vows on immigration, cost cuts. Investors also have doubts that Elon Musk will severely cut government spending
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/wall-street-donald-trump-immigration-doge-b2658201.html

Wall Street Has Doubts About DOGE but Believes Trump Will Cut Taxes. Wall Street investors don’t believe that President-elect Donald Trump will fully follow through on some key campaign promises, but they are confident that he will deliver tax cuts.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/wall-street-donald-trump-immigration-doge-b2658201.html

How Elon Musk, Donald Trump And DOGE Will Take On The Federal Government, And What It Means For The S&P 500
https://www.investors.com/politics/elon-musk-donald-trump-doge-federal-government-spending-sp-500/

Wall Street bitterly divided over whether Elon Musk can make DOGE succeed
https://nypost.com/2024/11/25/business/wall-street-divided-over-elon-musks-can-make-doge/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Says Data Brokers Unlawfully Tracked Protesters and US Military Personnel.
https://www.wired.com/story/ftc-mobilewalla-gravy-analytics-orders/

Will Huge Deficits Weigh on GOP Plan to Slash Taxes?
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2024/11/11/Will-Huge-Deficits-Weigh-GOP-Plan-Slash-Taxes

Trump’s tax cuts and Musk’s Doge show they have no idea about US debt. It is often said the tycoons know how to put America’s fiscal house in order – but the smart money says that’s not the case
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/21/donald-trump-tax-cuts-elon-musk-doge-us-debt

House Republican: ‘Hard decisions’ needed on Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare
https://newrepublic.com/post/188968/republicans-richard-mccormick-medicare-medicaid-social-security-cuts

Social Security announces major change for three groups. Full retirement age set to be updated from 66 to 67 years to 68 to 70 years in 2025
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/social-security-changes-groups-list-b2658137.html

Trump Threatens Putin’s Russia And Xi’s China With ‘100% Tariffs’
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/trump-threatens-100-tariffs-on-china-and-russia-if-brics-issues-new-currency/

Chicago residents rip mayor over spending on migrants: ‘Worst mayor in America’ –Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to close 1 billion budget shortfall, with 60M property tax hike floated
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-residents-rip-mayor-over-spending-migrants-worst-mayor-america

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Kremlin says Trump threat to BRICS nations over US dollar will backfire
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/kremlin-says-trump-threat-to-brics-nations-over-u-s-dollar-will-backfire-1.7130103

# Education / Schools
Ohio kids can sit for lessons from the Satanic Temple during school hours under religious release program
https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/ohio-kids-can-sit-for-lessons-from-the-satanic-temple-during-school-hours/

The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that schools can force-vaccinate children for Covid against the wishes of their parents. The high court ruled on a case involving a 6-year-old boy who was forced to take a Covid mRNA injection by his school.
https://slaynews.com/news/court-rules-schools-force-vaccinate-children-against-parents-wishes/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
After tipping point is crossed, cost of reversing climate change rises out of reach. Much like toppling dominoes, these events can lead to accelerated warming, rising sea levels, and more extreme weather patterns.
https://www.earth.com/news/costs-of-reversing-climate-change-multiply-after-a-tipping-point/

How Democrats Are Trying to Trump-Proof Their Big Climate Law. Rob and Jesse talk with the deputy White House official in charge of implementing the Inflation Reduction Act.
https://heatmap.news/podcast/shift-key-s2-e17-kristina-costa

Nearly all Arctic sea ice could melt by the summer of 2027, scientists warn
https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/all-arctic-sea-ice-could-melt-in-the-summer-of-2027-researchers-predict-393946

Lake Enigma – a permanently frozen lake, deep in the northern foothills of Antarctica’s Victoria Land – was thought to be solid ice from top to bottom. But, according to a new study, the lake’s icy surface rests on liquid water – and that water is filled with bizarre microbial life.
https://astrobiology.com/2024/12/ice-covered-lake-enigma-in-antarctica-supports-unique-microbial-communities.html

Massive ocean discovered beneath the Earth’s crust containing more water than on the surface. At an astonishing depth of approximately 400 miles beneath our planet’s surface, there is an abundant reservoir of water stored within a rock type identified as ‘ringwoodite’.
https://www.thebrighterside.news/green-impact/massive-underground-ocean-discovered-containing-3x-more-water-than-the-oceans-combined/

# Food / Alerts / Recalls
Walmart confirms store will close just days before Christmas sparking food desert fears
https://en.pressbee.net/show3545763.html?title=walmart-confirms-store-will-close-just-days-before-christmas-spar

Walmart customer goes viral on TikTok after noticing their packaged meat labels were off: ‘Be warned people’
https://www.shefinds.com/collections/walmart-customer-goes-viral-calling-out-meat-weights/

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Droughts in Brazil and Vietnam Are Driving up Global Coffee Prices
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03122024/todays-climate-droughts-coffee-prices/

# General News
McConnell cries foul after 2 Democratic judges cancel retirement after Trump victory
https://www.aol.com/mcconnell-cries-foul-2-democratic-185426290.html

# Gov / Politics
Donald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/03/donald-trump-historic-landslide-win-lie

The Social Security Act–Passage and Development: Who created social security? On June 8, 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a message to the Congress, announced his intention to provide a program for Social Security. Subsequently, the President created by Executive Order the Committee on Economic Security, which was composed of five top cabinet-level officials.
https://www.ssa.gov/history/briefhistory3.html#:~:text=On%20June%208%2C%201934%2C%20President,five%20top%20cabinet%2Dlevel%20officials

Republicans Are Already Coming for Medicare and Social Security. With Trump coming to power, the GOP is coming for social welfare programs.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-already-coming-medicare-social-172819868.html

Elon Musk’s Real Plan is Starting to Appear. Senator Mike Lee wrote out a blueprint for dismantling Social Security on X Monday night that Elon Musk amplified, hinting at disturbing GOP plans for the program.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-real-plan-starting-223206070.html

The First Corruption Scandal of Trump’s Second Term Is Already Here. Donald Trump’s ties to shady crypto bros are only getting more troubling.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188957/trump-18-million-justin-sun-banana-charged-fraud-sec

Shocking Exit Poll Reveals Why Trump Beat Harris. Voters were most concerned with these three issues.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3700214660576-shocking-exit-poll-reveals-why-trump-beat-harris

Democrat Adam Gray flips California swing seat blue. Republican Rep. John Duarte was narrowly ousted from his seat in a rematch against a Democratic rival.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/03/adam-gray-wins-central-valley-swing-seat-00187093

Trump’s plan for Ukraine comes into focus: Ukrainian delegation visits US as Trump’s peace plans take shape
https://san.com/cc/ukrainian-delegation-visits-us-as-trumps-peace-plans-take-shape/

‘A Press Release Is Not A Pardon’: Judge Shreds Biden’s Hunter Move, Says He Can’t ‘Rewrite History’:
Federal Judge Mark C. Scarsi ripped into Biden’s decision to pardon his son, saying that while the president has broad authority, he cannot “rewrite history.”
https://dailycaller.com/2024/12/03/federal-judge-rips-joe-biden-pardon-hunter/

# Gov / Politics / Global
South Korea’s Warning for Washington. Even botched plots to seize power damage democratic institutions and norms.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/12/south-korea-martial-law/680864/

Putin’s presidential plane ‘involved in illegally deporting Ukrainian children’ to ‘Russify’ them
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/putins-presidential-plane-involved-illegally-34241178

Yale researchers hacked a Russian adoption database and found 148 stolen Ukrainian orphans
https://www.aol.com/yale-researchers-hacked-russian-adoption-120000083.html

Putin ‘directly authorized’ Russian effort to kidnap Ukrainian children
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3700191124676-putin-directly-authorized-russian-effort-to-kidnap-ukrainian-children?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzMzMzYyNjQ0NjQ%3D

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry Pushes to Join NATO While Ukrainian Politician Calls for Nuclear Weapons
https://legitgov.org/index.php/2024/12/03/ukraines-foreign-ministry-pushes-to-join-nato-while-ukrainian-politician-calls-for-nuclear-weapons/

Iran says it’s ready to send troops to Syria. Tehran’s offer to Damascus comes amid a jihadist offensive against government forces
https://www.rt.com/news/608658-iran-syria-troops-offer/

South Korean Opposition Plans to Impeach President Yoon After Failed Martial Law Declaration
https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-yoon-martial-law-25a2a7c957e77a19f771b6b7c56a2173

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Trump team signs agreement to allow Justice to conduct background checks on nominees, staff
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-transition-team-signs-agreement-to-allow-official-background-checks-on-nominees-staff

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Stunning Memo Exposes Which SCOTUS Justices Want to Keep Being Crooks. Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas weren’t alone in opposing an ethics code.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stunning-memo-exposes-scotus-justices-200407659.html

Willis’ seat in Fulton County court heats up
https://www.thecentersquare.com/georgia/article_42958ff6-b1b3-11ef-8064-0fb1e6fd9039.html

# Media
‘World’s largest investigative journalism organization’ secretly controlled by U.S. government: The U.S. government secretly controls around half of the funding for the world’s largest investigative journalism network, the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP),
https://www.rt.com/news/608629-occrp-secretly-funded-us-government/

# Medical / Health News
9 States Poised To End Coverage for Millions if Trump Cuts Medicaid Funding
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicaid-expansion-funding-trigger-laws-9-states-trump-administration/

‘Bodies are piling up’: Reporter finds GOP-led states are hiding abortion ban death toll. This comes as reports begin to trickle in of cases of women who have died after being denied abortion care in dangerous pregnancies, despite every state with an abortion ban ostensibly having exceptions for the life of the mother, women of color being the bulk of these cases.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3700242432224-bodies-are-piling-up-reporter-finds-gop-led-states-are-hiding-abortion-ban-death-toll

Court Rules Idaho Can Enforce Ban On Interstate Abortion Travel. Sweeping language “could send someone to prison as a ‘trafficker’ for lending a teen gas money,” notes one writer.
https://truthout.org/articles/federal-court-rules-idaho-can-enforce-law-banning-interstate-travel-for-abortion/

Judge to consider first lawsuit to overturn Missouri’s near-total abortion ban
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/national/judge-to-consider-first-lawsuit-to-overturn-missouris-near-total-abortion-ban/article_f8c820fe-f1a6-5327-b4e2-c8cf1fc89130.html

If Trump Makes Cuts to Medicaid, Texas Officials Could Seize the Opportunity to Further Slash the Program
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-medicaid-cuts-texas-residents

# Medical Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science
Tens of thousands of hidden ‘dark genes’ discovered in humans
https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-genes-hiding-unseen-in-human-dna-have-just-been-revealed

Some Cases of Dementia Can Be Cured, Researchers Say, Because They’re Caused by Fungus and Bacteria in Brain
https://futurism.com/neoscope/dementia-alzheimers-bacteria-fungus

# Medical / Health News / Global
Taliban bans women from training as midwives and nurses
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/04/taliban-bans-women-from-training-as-nurses-and-midwives/

# Military / DOD / Militia
Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth faces deepening scrutiny in Senate
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/ap-politics/ap-trumps-defense-pick-pete-hegseth-faces-deepening-scrutiny-in-senate/

Trump may replace Pete Hegseth with Ron DeSantis: Sources
https://www.axios.com/2024/12/04/trump-replace-hegseth-desantis-defense-secretary

# Military / Global
Estonian-made combat robots in Ukraine now come with Starlink. The new satellite connectivity feature allows the vehicles to be operated from thousands of miles away, according to the manufacturer.
https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2024/8/12/starlink-lets-operators-control-ground-robots-at-long-distances

# NATO
NATO chief urges European allies to ramp up defense spending as Trump returns to White House
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nato-chief-urges-european-allies-140539666.html

Zelensky: No NATO membership without Russian-occupied territories
https://www.yahoo.com/news/zelensky-no-nato-membership-without-172812360.html

# Other Interesting Things
A trail Cam captures a large beast, pulling a tree in the forest
https://www.tiktok.com/@oliviatwistmysteries/video/7330157757737291040

Scientists discover lost ‘big head’ human species in Asia: The fossils, found at the Xujiayao site in northern China, represent a previously unknown group of humans that scientists have dubbed “Juluren” – meaning “large head people” – who lived between 200,000 and 160,000 years ago.
https://studyfinds.org/big-head-people-human-species/

‘Hidden structures’ discovered deep beneath the dark side of the moon.
https://www.thebrighterside.news/space/scientists-discover-hidden-structures-deep-beneath-the-dark-side-of-the-moon/

Fireball: Asteroid explodes in the night sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH9JmnEVW6g

# Science
Scientists reveal image of a single photon for 1st time ever. Using a groundbreaking new technique, researchers have unveiled the first detailed image of a photon — a single particle of light — ever taken.
https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/quantum-physics/the-shape-of-light-scientists-reveal-image-of-an-individual-photon-for-1st-time-ever

# Social
America last: Biden announces ‘over $1 billion’ to support Africans displaced by natural disasters, food insecurity [while North Carolina residents are living in tents in the snow, having exhausted their measly 750. FEMA stipend]
https://legitgov.org/index.php/2024/12/03/biden-announces-over-1-billion-to-support-africans-displaced-by-natural-disasters-food-insecurity/

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Lunar research station advances global collaboration and talent development, in collaboration with multiple nations, is positioning itself as a hub for technological innovation, scientific exploration, and the development of skilled professionals in space-related disciplines, a United Nations-affiliated official stated.
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Lunar_research_station_advances_global_collaboration_and_talent_development_999.html

# Space / Rocketry / Global
China plans to make bricks on the moon for lunar habitats. China plans to use lunar material to build its moon base.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/building-blocks-how-china-plans-to-make-bricks-on-the-moon-for-lunar-habitats

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
At its Re:Invent conference, Amazon also announced new tools to help customers build generative AI programs, including one that checks whether a chatbot’s outputs are accurate or not.
https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1062098/amazon-to-build-mega-ai-supercomputer-with-partner-anthropic-1062098.html

OpenAI Poaches 3 Top Engineers From DeepMind. The new hires, all experts in computer vision, are the latest AI researchers to jump to a direct competitor in an intensively competitive talent market.
https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/business/openai-hires-ai-engineers-from-google-deepmind-appoints-first-cmo/story

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) and AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (Nasdaq: ASTS) have partnered to advance AST SpaceMobile’s mission to deliver space-based high-speed internet connectivity worldwide, closing coverage gaps and enabling broadband access to underserved areas.
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/AST_SpaceMobile_teams_with_Cadence_to_drive_space_based_cellular_broadband_999.html

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December 3, 2024
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
“Fossil fascism”: How some on the right use climate change as an excuse to demonize migrants
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/02/fossil-fascism-how-some-on-the-right-use-climate-change-as-an-excuse-to-demonize-migrants/

How Gregg Abbott Won the Border War Against Joe Biden
https://www.newsweek.com/how-gregg-abbott-won-border-war-against-joe-biden-1993551

Ninth Circuit rules in favor of federal deportation. The 29-page ruling was written by Judge Daniel Bress, with judges Michael Hawkins and Richard Clinton concurring.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-center-square-509740/3699118607252-ninth-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-federal-deportation

Fifth Circuit rules in favor of Texas in razor wire case
https://www.aol.com/news/fifth-circuit-rules-favor-texas-230500185.html
Also: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-50869-CV1.pdf

VIDEO: Chicago residents blast mayor’s stance on migrants, more city spending. Chicago city residents are giving elected officials an earful as the city looks to craft a budget facing a billion dollar deficit.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_684ae4fe-b0f4-11ef-8548-ffc85aebddf1.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump privatization plan will add thousands a year to typical mortgage: expert
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3698719899021-trump-privatization-plan-will-add-thousands-a-year-to-typical-mortgage-expert

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides
Formaldehyde Causes More Cancer Than Any Other Toxic Air Pollutant. Little Is Being Done to Curb the Risk.
https://www.propublica.org/article/formaldehyde-epa-trump-public-health-danger

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Government Programs On The Chopping Block | Musk & Ramaswamy DOGE Plans
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5000448-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-government-efficiency/

Here’s Who’ll Pay the Highest Cost of Trump’s Tariff War
https://newrepublic.com/post/188935/donald-trump-tariffs-mexico-texas
Also: What are tariffs? Trump’s latest plan and what it means for the US
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/what-are-tariffs-trumps-latest-plan-and-what-it-means-for-the-us/3610348/

Major Auto Parts Retailer to Close Hundreds of Stores and Distribution Centers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/advance-auto-parts-close-hundreds-220852376.html

GOP Members of Congress Threaten Debt Limit Default To Cut Social Security and Medicare.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/gop-members-of-congress-threaten-debt-limit-default-to-cut-social-security-and-medicare/

Verify: Can the president change Social Security? No, the president cannot change Social Security: VERIFY readers asked if the president can change Social Security. Its tax rate and benefits are set by law, so it would take an act of Congress to change them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P94GVtNkUHE
Social Security History FAQ’s
https://www.ssa.gov/history/hfaq.html

Here’s what a Trump presidency could mean for Social Security. Ending taxes on retirement benefits would require bipartisan support. The plan would also worsen Social Security’s looming financial shortfall. Expert: Don’t expect the retirement system to change much under Trump
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-presidency-social-security/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Unions score a major win in Wisconsin with a court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-union-lawsuit-collective-bargainin-75faef922860f9a7d1dc06ae1dc783d1

America’s biggest private company is laying off thousands of workers: Cargill to Cut Thousands of Jobs After Profits Shrink. Agricultural Commodities Trader Will Slash About 5% of Global Workforce; Majority of Reductions to Take Place This Year
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/cargill-cut-thousands-jobs

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Trump allies begin attack on EPA and rules protecting US drinking water
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/02/trump-allies-attack-epa-drinking-water-rules

The Vanishing Coast of Louisiana. This documentary explores the global significance of these issues, highlighting the need for science-based strategies to preserve the unique ecosystems, cultural heritage, and livelihoods at stake in this vulnerable region.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf-6sncAHbc

Inside the $50B plan to save Louisiana’s Marshland. Louisiana lost about 2,000 square miles of coast since the 1930s. FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray reports on the largest coastal restoration project in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZMCafNQKW8

# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Food industry continues to rely on child labor
https://thefern.org/2023/04/the-child-workers-who-feed-you/

GOP governors warn of ag challenges if new farm bill not passed. A group of Republican governors has joined together in a letter to key congressional leaders and agricultural policymakers that warns that delayed reforms and inflationary pressures are pushing farmers to a breaking point.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_eeeb0652-b0cb-11ef-b6e0-8ba5ebb7c488.html?a&seyid=37105

# Gov / Politics
‘Red line’: Trump legal ally threatens to make Senate Republicans’ ‘political lives hell’: Conservative lawyer Mike Davis is warning Senate Republicans that they will feel his “political wrath” if they dare to block the confirmation of Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ally-issues-new-warning-senators-kash-patel-nomination-1994416

“Fight of Our Lives”: Jamie Raskin Moves to Shake Up Democratic Party
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3698710857706-fight-of-our-lives-jamie-raskin-moves-to-shake-up-democratic-party

Four big deadlines in 2025 that will put Congress and Trump on a collision course
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3244610/four-big-deadlines-2025-trump-congress/?utm_source=DTR

Johnson rips Hunter Biden pardon, saying trust in justice system damaged
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/02/congress/johnson-on-biden-pardon-00192122

Trump’s Defense Secretary pick keeps getting worse. Pete Hegseth has been accused of sexual assault, forced out of leadership positions at veterans’ advocacy groups amid allegations of financial and sexual misconduct.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188912/trump-defense-secretary-pick-serious-skeletons

Trump’s Genius Plan to Release Gaza Hostages: More War. As usual, the president thinks bellicose threats of force—very much including setting off a regional war with Iran—are the solution to all of the world’s problems.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188940/trump-threatens-war-release-gaza-hostages-hamas-israel

This Is No Time for Cynicism. Writing off institutions like the Senate, which has a duty to scrutinize Donald Trump’s nominees, only plays into a would-be authoritarian’s hand.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/kash-patel-donald-trump-senate?srsltid=AfmBOopCH-gjv0ULt19Oa2AoKl35BwP6QHYcm4Hj76d5THjRdY3FpYzc

Joe Biden’s Pardon Is a Stunning Act of Hypocrisy. By granting immunity to his son Hunter, the president has contradicted his values and reinforced the right’s cynical theory of power.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/02/hunter-biden-pardon-joe-biden-comment

Congress will open next session with more veterans than two years ago
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/12/02/congress-will-open-next-session-with-more-veterans-than-two-years-ago/

Democratic senators call for directive prohibiting troop deployment against Americans before Trump returns to power. The senators stressed the importance of clear guidelines to prevent the military from being deployed against American citizens without explicit constitutional or congressional authorization.
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/senators-warn-trump-use-military/

US will send Ukraine $725 million more in counter-drone systems, anti-personnel land mines
https://www.newspressnow.com/ap/u-s-will-send-ukraine-725m-more-in-counter-drone-systems-anti-personnel-land-mines/article_809f2186-b127-11ef-ba3f-efc622ccb61f.html

Recess appointments could put Trump at odds with conservatives on the Supreme Court
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-recess-appointments-senate-constitution-55004d00cfa7d4b4832e9701cad48a06

Watch: Dem smacks down Mitch McConnell in argument over ‘fair’ judicial nominations
https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-dick-durbin-judges/

McConnell Criticized for Complaining About ‘Political Games’ with Judges
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-complains-political-games-judicial-nominees-1994501

# Gov / Politics / Global
South Korea president declares martial law. President Yoon Suk Yeol made the announcement in a late-night TV address. Parliament voted later requiring President Yoon to lift the martial law he declared earlier.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/3/south-koreas-president-declares-emergency-martial-law

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
As FBI Director, Kash Patel Could Offer January 6 Rioters Retribution Against Their Enemies
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5019000-new-york-daniel-goldman-donald-trump-kash-patel-cabinet-picks-weaponize-government/

The Who’s Who on Kash Patel’s Crazy Enemies List. Trump’s pick to run the FBI has already made it known who he plans to persecute if he gets confirmed.
https://www.newsweek.com/kash-patel-list-officials-targeted-fbi-doj-trump-1994417

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Misrepresents the law’: DOJ refuses to dismiss Hunter Biden charges despite pardon — and prosecutors brought Bannon receipts
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/misrepresents-the-law-doj-refuses-to-dismiss-hunter-biden-charges-despite-pardon-and-prosecutors-brought-bannon-receipts/

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Are Already Weaponizing Supreme Court. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are taking the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling as a green light.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188915/supreme-court-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-gut-government

# LGBTQ / Gender
Dobbs Was Just the Beginning. Now Trans Rights Are Being Tested at the Supreme Court. As it involves prepubescent children, it has ignited enormous controversy and is likely to be one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of 2025
https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-scotus-trangender-youth-hormone-puberty-blockers-tennessee-1994283

# Medical / Health News
Dr. Oz Has Some Pretty Shady Conflicts of Interest. Trump’s pick to run Medicare and Medicaid is involved with a number of businesses that do business with both.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3698549316136-dr-oz-has-some-pretty-shady-conflicts-of-interest

Andrew Cuomo committed ‘medical malpractice’ during deadly COVID crisis, House report finds
https://www.aol.com/andrew-cuomo-committed-medical-malpractice-003101600.html

Acetaminophen Is The Number One Leading Cause Of Liver Failure: How Much Is Too Much?
https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/depression/2233

Alzheimer’s may not actually be a “brain disease”
https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-may-not-actually-be-a-brain-disease-an-expert-reveals

The 5 common drugs that could ‘raise your risk of dementia,’ including hay fever, indigestion and anxiety meds
https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/dementia/these-drugs-could-increase-your-risk-of-dementia

Blood Pressure Drugs May Be Unnecessary. Blood pressure (BP) medications are some of the most overly prescribed medications.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/many-older-adults-take-unneeded-blood-pressure-drugs

# Military / DOD / Militia
US Navy revives 30-year-old crane to boost missile reloading at sea against China. It will also enable the vessels to spend much longer durations at sea rather than having to visit a port for getting more missiles onboard.
https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-navy-reloading-missile-warships-at-sea

# NASA / Rocketry
The End Is Near for NASA’s Voyager Probes. The two probes have left the solar system and are still collecting data from the interstellar environment—but their atomic hearts are growing weaker and weaker.
https://www.space.com/nasa-voyager1-spacecraft-interstellar-engineers-mission-glitch

NASA Voyager 1 Probe Encounters New Region in Deep Space. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region at the far reaches of our solar system that scientists feel is the final area the spacecraft has to cross before reaching interstellar space.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-voyager-1-probe-encounters-new-region-in-deep-space/

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth. After some inventive sleuthing, the mission team can check the health and status of the most distant human-made object in existence.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/

You can knock a good telescope out, but you can’t keep it down. Using data from the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope, scientists from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute have unlocked the secrets of signals from “cosmic lighthouses” powered by dead stars.
https://www.space.com/arecibo-seti-pulsars-cosmic-lighthouses

# NATO
Blinken heads to final NATO foreign ministers meeting of Biden administration with Ukraine in focus
https://apnews.com/article/us-nato-ukraine-russia-blinken-d1cc5a864961fd48fe39519a0744327f

NATO draws up plans for its own fleet of naval surveillance drones. Officials envision fielding a network of drone-based sensors to keeping tabs on vital undersea cables and pipelines in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
https://www.navytimes.com/breaking-news/2024/12/03/nato-draws-up-plans-for-its-own-fleet-of-naval-surveillance-drones/

# Other Interesting Things
Earth’s crust found to be ‘dripping’ deep into the planet – and the implications could be huge: Crinkles and divots in the surface of Earth on Türkiye’s Central Anatolian Plateau are the smoking gun for a newly discovered class of plate tectonics.
https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-discovery-finds-earths-crust-dripping-into-the-planets-belly

Giant face found in Antarctica at 72° 00′ 36
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/google-earth-uncovers-gigantic-statue-19007865

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space
https://theconversation.com/astronomers-have-pinpointed-the-origin-of-mysterious-repeating-radio-bursts-from-space-244920

# Sports
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Elon Musk in ‘Unprecedented’ Position Over Rural Internet: Former FCC head
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-unprecedented-position-over-rural-internet-1993773

A much-loved streaming service is closing down, but not before everyone gets one month for free
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/a-much-loved-streaming-service-is-closing-down-but-not-before-everyone-gets-one-month-for-free/ar-AA1v88cV

Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers
https://thehill.com/business/5018752-consumer-watchdog-crackdown-personal-data-sales/

U.S. imposes new controls on chip exports to China. The Biden administration on Monday instituted a new round of restrictions targeting the export of advanced semiconductor chips and manufacturing equipment to China.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_18a53736-b0ec-11ef-96e5-bb8532ee6ef3.html?a&seyid=37105

# Veterans / VA
Veterans Orgs Accuse Biden-Harris VA Of Stonewalling Access To Medical Care. 24 veterans organizations signed a letter Monday slamming Veterans Affairs for stonewalling access to outside medical care.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/03/veterans-groups-accuse-biden-harris-va-stonewalling-access-medical-care/

# Water
Can Recycled Oilfield Water Quench the Thirst of Drought-Stricken West Texas?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03122024/west-texas-recycled-oilfield-water-drought-solution/

# Weather
MTG was mocked for weather-control claims. Now Florida has a new bill to ban ‘weather modification’
https://www.aol.com/mtg-mocked-weather-control-claims-185518952.html

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December 2, 2024, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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necessary but unpopular, challenging the status quo
in order to reach a brighter future.” – Benazir Bhutto
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# Indigenous
Indigenous leader advocates for climate policy rooted in land stewardship
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/climate/climate-policy-indigenous-peoples.html

The US designates a new marine sanctuary led by Indigenous people
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/13/nx-s1-5147914/the-u-s-gets-a-new-national-marine-sanctuary-the-first-led-by-a-tribe

Indigenous fire practices show potential for building wildfire resilience in California
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01092024/california-park-fire-indigenous-cultural-burning/

Indigenous communities restore bison herds to heal lands and culture
https://kleanindustries.com/resources/market-analysis-research/indigenous-communities-restore-bison-herds-to-heal-lands-and-culture/

Restoring Navajo land through traditional farming techniques
https://e360.yale.edu/features/navajo-natural-infrastructure-dryland-streams#:~:text=Farming%20once%20thrived%20in%20the,brush%2C%20sticks%2C%20and%20rocks.

# Indigenous / Global
The Ashaninka’s cultural revival is reshaping the Amazon region
https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/the-amazons-ashaninka-tribe-restored-their-territory-now-they-aim-to-change-the-region/

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
U.S. Proposes Listing Giraffes Under the Endangered Species Act for the First Time. Giraffe populations have been decreasing due to habitat loss, poaching and climate change.
https://www.ecowatch.com/giraffes-endangered-species-act-fws.html

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Inside The Plan To Let Trump Track Millions of Immigrants. The private prison lobby has been quietly pushing a drastic expansion of ICE’s surveillance apparatus. Trump’s reelection may be the final step.
https://www.levernews.com/inside-the-plan-to-let-trump-track-millions-of-immigrants/

As Trump touts plans for immigrant roundup, militias are standing back, but standing by
https://theconversation.com/as-trump-touts-plans-for-immigrant-roundup-militias-are-standing-back-but-standing-by-244131
Also: Presidents often claim mandates − especially when they want to expand their power or are on the defensive
https://theconversation.com/presidents-often-claim-mandates-especially-when-they-want-to-expand-their-power-or-are-on-the-defensive-243904

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
2 Tren de Aragua members tied to viral Aurora video arrested in NYC
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/tren-de-aragua-members-arrested/

Drug cartels lure chemists in Mexico. Criminal groups in Mexico are recruiting chemistry students to upgrade their production of the drug fentanyl. Crackdowns on the trade in precursors from China have put the gangs under pressure, and they hope to develop the ability to produce these raw materials in-house.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/world/americas/mexico-fentanyl-chemistry-students.html

World’s largest piracy network taken down after 100 homes raided across 10 countries
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/piracy-online-streaming-iptv-europol-b2655330.html

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides
What does the National Toxicology Program say about fluoride?
https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/publications/monographs/mgraph08

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump announced in a Truth Social post that on his first day as president, he’ll sign an executive order charging Mexico and Canada a 25% tariff on all products coming into the United States.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/11/26/what-are-trumps-plans-for-tariffs-on-china-canada-and-mexico

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought is his choice to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). “Russ knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State
https://www.newsweek.com/russ-vought-trump-cabinet-project-2025-1990588

Trump threatens ‘100% Tariffs’ on countries that buck US dollar
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-threatens-100-tariffs-on-countries-that-buck-us-dollar/

Trump tariffs would increase the price of cars made by US automakers by over $2K: Wells Fargo
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tariffs-raise-us-car-prices-thousands-mexico-wells-fargo-2024-11?utm_source=reddit.com

Congress grapples with political hurdles in disaster aid negotiations
https://thehill.com/newsletters/energy-environment/5009182-congress-pushing-for-disaster-aid-deal/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Trump’s tariff plan may be halted by clause in the Constitution
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-2670170566/

Trump’s tariff plan will send prices ‘through the roof’, warn US firms
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/27/trump-tariffs-policies-prices

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
Trump taps North Dakota’s Burgum for dual energy and Interior roles
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-burgum-interior-energy-council-blm-boem-offshore-wind/733163/

What a Trump administration means for the federal hydrogen energy push. Legal and industry experts say there are uncertainties about the future of hydrogen hubs, a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s clean energy push.
https://www.ehn.org/trump-administration-hydrogen-hubs-2670007513.html

After Permits Are Granted, Activists Worry About Impacts of Enbridge’s Line 5 Reroute in Northern Wisconsin
https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-water-protectors-warn-of-line-5-pipelines-looming-dangers/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
California ‘ghost lake’ reemerges after 130 years, drowning 94,000 acres of farmland. The lake has quickly swallowed up nearly 100,000 acres of land
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/ghost-lake-tulare-lake-california-san-joaquin-valley-840320-20241202

Scientists sound alarm about terrifying ocean event that could bring global devastation. The collapse of critical ocean circulation could bring major droughts and freezing temperatures across Europe
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/ocean-tipping-point-climate-change-b2657442.html

Air pollution’s quiet toll on children’s minds. Exposure to particulate air pollution, even at levels deemed “safe,” is linked to lower cognitive abilities in children, particularly in critical thinking and nonverbal skills, according to new research. Airborne toxins can increase our risk for cognitive disability and disease. The science of exposomics is helping to identify effective responses.
https://www.openmindmag.org/articles/polluted-minds

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
The Mediterranean Sea lost almost all of its water, triggering a global crisis
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3694218899271-the-mediterranean-sea-lost-almost-all-of-its-water-triggering-a-global-crisis

# Food / Farming / Global
Mexico bolsters GM corn ban with scientific evidence on health risks. New scientific analyses underpin Mexico’s restrictions on GM corn and glyphosate due to health risks
https://usrtk.org/gmo/new-scientific-analyses-mexicos-restrictions-on-gm-corn-glyphosate-health-risks/

# General Recalls / Alerts
# General News
Trump Impeachment Witness Hits Back at Elon Musk Over ‘Treason’ Charge: ‘Let Me Help You Out With the Facts. You, Elon, appear to believe you can act with impunity and are attempting to silence your critics. I’m not intimidated.’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-impeachment-witness-hits-back-at-elon-musk-over-treason-charge-let-me-help-you-out-with-the-facts/

Toxic secrets: A San Francisco Navy lab knowingly exposed more than a thousand people to radiation during Cold War-era experiments. A remarkable multi-part investigation by San Francisco Public Press.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/san-francisco-navy-lab-human-radiation

“I was at the bottom of my class, I started doing heroin, and I went to the top of my class.” The man chosen to lead the US health system, RFK Jr., Who Hates Adderall, Says Heroin Was Great for Treating His ADHD
https://futurism.com/neoscope/rfk-jr-adderall-heroin

# Gov / Politics
Trump Is Falling Into the Classic Trap That Kills Presidencies
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-falling-classic-trap-that-kills-presidencies-opinion-1992016

Trump Finally Signs Transition Documents—With One Giant Catch
https://newrepublic.com/post/188861/trump-finally-signs-transition-documents-catch

Trump Promises His Pick for Special Envoy to Ukraine and Russia Will ‘Make America, and the World, Safe Again’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/27/trump-cabinet-keith-kellogg-ukraine

Trump signed the law to require presidential ethics pledges. Now he is exempting himself from it. Trump appears to have excluded himself from following the same guidelines he signed into law four years ago
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-ethics-transition-agreement-b2656246.html

Trump’s Fans Suddenly Realize How He Picks Nominees—and They’re Pissed
https://newrepublic.com/post/188870/donald-trump-nominee-navy-fans-furious

“I have never seen language like this in a pardon document that purports to pardon offenses that have not apparently even been charged, with the exception of the Nixon pardon.” Margaret Love, U.S. pardon attorney under President Bill Clinton, on the Hunter Biden pardon
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/02/hunter-biden-pardon-nixon-00192101

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Why did Nevada vote to ban slavery, when California didn’t? Both states require incarcerated people to work — often for critical and dangerous jobs.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/why-did-nevada-vote-to-ban-slavery-when-california-didnt/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Wants New York AG Letitia James To Drop Civil Fraud Case So He Can ‘Cure’ Divisiveness
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5011884-donald-trump-letitia-james-civil-fraud-case-post-election-victory/

The Supreme Court Is Chipping Away at Anti-Corruption Law
https://jacobin.com/2024/03/supreme-court-anti-corruption-snyder

# Medical / Health News
Trump will decide the future of government money for healthcare plans. Letting it expire could save money, but the middle class might pay more.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-decide-future-government-money-095101641.html

# Military / Global
Why the DF-26 is one of the most dangerous missiles in China’s arsenal for the US military
https://www.aol.com/why-df-26-one-most-120502341.html

WW3 fears as Vladimir Putin vows to turn Ukraine to ‘dust’ with super missile ‘as hot as the sun’
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/ww3-fears-vladimir-putin-vows-34213179

Poland readies $740 million fund to jump-start ammunition production
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2024/11/29/poland-readies-740-million-fund-to-jump-start-ammunition-production/

Europe preps for WWIII as secret German documents reveal plans for 800K troops in case Russia invades NATO
https://nypost.com/2024/11/20/us-news/secret-german-docs-reveal-wwiii-plans/

# Nuclear / Bioweapons
Uranium Mining Revival Portends Nuclear Renaissance in Texas and Beyond. State leaders want nuclear reactors to provide consistent, low-carbon power to large industrial facilities. But in South Texas, locals worry what a uranium boom means for their groundwater.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01122024/texas-uranium-mining-nuclear-renaissance/

# Other Interesting Things
Body snatchers: eaten alive by parasitic wasps
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/body-snatchers-eaten-alive.html

Two Giant Geological Blobs Lurk Under Africa And The Pacific, Still Defying Explanation. It isn’t easy to send a scientist, or even a probe, into Earth’s mantle. However, the mysterious phenomenon clearly needs prying into.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3695104276729-two-giant-geological-blobs-lurk-under-africa-and-the-pacific-still-defying-explanation

Check Out the Highest-Resolution Images Ever Captured of the Sun’s Entire Surface. Four new images show our nearest star in dazzling detail, with each one made up of 25 shots observed by the Solar Orbiter in 2023
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/check-out-the-highest-resolution-images-ever-captured-of-the-suns-entire-surface-180985518/
Also: The Sun is the star at the heart of our solar system. Its gravity holds the solar system together, keeping everything — from the biggest planets to the smallest bits of debris in its orbit. https://science.nasa.gov/sun/

# Social
U.S. fertility rate drops to another historic low. Trends spark questions about declining birthrates in the US
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2024/20240525.htm

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
US scientists may have developed the first robot syllabus that allows machines to transfer skills without human intervention
https://www.techradar.com/pro/us-scientists-may-have-developed-the-first-robot-syllabus-that-allows-machines-to-transfer-skills#:~:text=A%20new%20development%20in%20robotics,data%20and%20facilitate%20skill%20transfer

How Trump’s Huge New Tariffs Spell Trouble for the AI Industry
https://futurism.com/the-byte/trump-tariffs-ai-industry

# Technology / Global
A Chinese ship is suspected of sabotaging undersea cables / Western investigators reportedly think Russia might be behind the destruction of two different internet links.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/27/24307498/chinese-ship-undersea-cables-severed-russia-baltic-seabed?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

# UFO Disclosure / Space Exploration
The Last Arecibo Message Celebrates the Observatory and One of its Greatest Accomplishments: If the original message says “we are a form of life reaching out to connect”, our message says “we are ready to explore the universe together.” The prospect of transmitting this or a similar message remains an open question.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-arecibo-message-earths-first-interstellar-transmission-turns-50/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-12-02 AM

Voices, The Peoples News

December 2, 2024 AM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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“He who is not satisfied with a little, is satisfied with nothing.”
– EPICURUS
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# Indigenous
Trump is likely to dial back tribal management of federal land
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5012475-trump-is-likely-to-dial-back-tribal-management-of-federal-land/

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Inside The Plan To Let Trump Track Millions of Immigrants. The private prison lobby has been quietly pushing a drastic expansion of ICE’s surveillance apparatus. Trump’s reelection may be the final step.
https://www.levernews.com/inside-the-plan-to-let-trump-track-millions-of-immigrants/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
2 Tren de Aragua members tied to viral Aurora video arrested in NYC
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/tren-de-aragua-members-arrested/

# DOGE
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought is his choice to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). “Russ knows exactly how to dismantle the Deep State
https://www.newsweek.com/russ-vought-trump-cabinet-project-2025-1990588

Trump threatens ‘100% Tariffs’ on countries that buck US dollar
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-threatens-100-tariffs-on-countries-that-buck-us-dollar/

# Food / Farming / Bio engineering
Texas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “forever chemicals” poisoned their land and killed their livestock
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/02/texas-farmers-pfas-forever-chemicals-biosolids-fertilizer/

# General Recalls / Alerts
Children’s Coat from Temu Contained 622 Times The Legal Limit for Toxins
https://sourcingjournal.com/topics/compliance/temu-aliexpress-toxins-childrens-clothing-south-korea-seoul-metropolitan-government-1234725631/

# General News
Emboldened ‘manosphere’ accelerates threats and demeaning language toward women after US election
https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-election-womens-rights-social-media-d5cea53480437ac8bf837aaa821e5681

# Gov / Politics
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

A New MAGA Plot To Kill Anti-Corruption Laws
https://www.levernews.com/a-new-maga-plot-to-kill-anti-corruption-laws/

The incoming U.S. administration plans to destabilize Iran’s economy to force it to abandon its nuclear weapons programme.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62155165

Canada Prime Minister Trudeau meets with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. The former president on Tuesday pledged to impose a 25% tariff on imported goods from Mexico and Canada, and a 10% tariff on imported goods from China over illegal immigration and fentanyl.
https://www.nysun.com/article/canada-says-new-border-restrictions-imminent-after-trudeaus-meeting-with-trump-at-mar-a-lago

Trump appoints Jared Kushners father to serve as U.S. Ambassador to France. “He is a tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker, who will be a strong advocate representing our Country & its interests,” Trump said in reference to Kushner
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/charles-kushner-nominated-france-ambassador

Trump picks billionaire Massad Boulos, Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, as advisor on Middle East and Arab affairs
https://nypost.com/2024/12/01/us-news/trump-picks-billionaire-massad-boulos-tiffany-trumps-father-in-law-as-advisor-on-middle-east-and-arab-affairs/
Also: Nepotism at it’s best: The practice among those with power or influence of favoring relatives, friends, or associates, especially by giving them jobs.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nepotism

Joe Biden Is Trashing International Law. The two highest courts in the world now have open cases against the state of Israel and its current leadership. The United States couldn’t care less.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188883/joe-biden-trashing-international-law

Trump’s Latest Appointments Are Some of His Most Insidious Yet. Donald Trump isn’t even trying to pretend anymore.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-latest-appointments-most-insidious-150151241.html

Trump-MAGA Rage at Mexico Suddenly Takes Dark Turn: “Pain Will Ensue” As Trump’s threat of tariffs on Mexico drives his MAGA allies into a frenzy, a sharp observer of immigration explains how Trump is unleashing all manner of new hatreds that could veer out of our control.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188892/trump-maga-rage-mexico-suddenly-takes-dark-turn-pain-will-ensue?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily

Trump’s planned recess appointments are likely to be ruled unconstitutional
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/5012475-trump-is-likely-to-dial-back-tribal-management-of-federal-land/

Why is the US turning a blind eye to Israel’s war crimes?
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5011980-israel-gaza-war-crimes-us/

Trump ‘heading for a real horror show’ and GOP ‘will be held accountable’: Dem senator
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-richard-blumenthal/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Why Russia Is Changing Its Nuclear Doctrine Now
https://www.csis.org/analysis/why-russia-changing-its-nuclear-doctrine-now

Ukraine has suggested that it will cede land to Russia
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/zelensky-putin-russia-ukraine-war-ceasefire-trump-b2656221.html

Putin Offers Bizarre Warning to Trump: You’re ‘Not Safe’
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14137667/Putin-issues-chilling-warning-Trump-safety-says-hes-ready-talks-prevent-WWIII.html

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
The Real Danger of Trump’s FBI Chief Nominee. Donald Trump’s choosing Kash Patel makes his ultimate goal clear.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188905/donald-trump-fbi-kash-patel-authoritarian

Trump’s Awful New FBI Pick Is Already Revealing Exactly What’s Coming
https://www.yahoo.com/news/real-danger-trump-fbi-chief-140326505.html

Ex-FBI Official Flags Major ‘Problem’ With Trump’s Pick To Lead Agency. Frank Figliuzzi, a former assistant director at the FBI, said Kash Patel’s takeover could mean a “total hijacking of the federal law enforcement system.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/frank-figliuzzi-trump-fbi-director-pick-kash-patel_n_674d57a3e4b0e9a096d0983c

Louisiana teens could be tried as adults for more crimes under new law
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southeast/louisiana-teens-could-be-tried-as-adults-for-more-crimes-under-new-law/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Shakes me to my core’: Legal expert says Trump’s harm to justice system ‘can be undone’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kirschner-indictments-dismissed-undone/

The Law Went Light on Trump—and Now America Will Pay the Price
https://newrepublic.com/article/188866/trump-court-cases-escapes-law-consequences

# Media
Trump Picks Kash Patel to Lead FBI — a Loyalist Who Vowed to Target His Enemies. Patel, who has promised to prosecute journalists, is considered extreme in his devotion to Trump even by GOP colleagues.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-picks-kash-patel-to-lead-fbi-a-loyalist-who-vowed-to-target-his-enemies/

Joe Rogan says the media engaged in ‘the greatest media psy-op in history’ against Trump
https://nypost.com/2024/11/30/us-news/joe-rogan-says-greatest-media-psy-op-in-history-waged-against-trump/

# Medical / Health News
These Stem Cell Treatments Cost the Rich Thousands. Donors Get Paid $200. A Swedish startup wants to democratize stem cell treatments, but the finances of the unproven therapies raise ethical questions.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2647750/

Parents Are Being Asked to Pay to Deliver Their Babies in Advance. Childbirth is already unaffordable for many. Now some are being asked to pay the bill before they even go into labor.
https://www.mother.ly/news/women-asked-to-prepay-for-baby/

Big Pharma Is the Only Reason Anyone Still Dies From HIV
https://newrepublic.com/article/188772/big-pharma-greed-hiv-drugs

Texas governor threatens to pull children’s hospital funding over doctor’s viral post
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-governor-greg-abbott-threatens-hospital-funding-doctor-tiktok_n_674ca087e4b06dcd5c32af00

Texas won’t review maternal deaths post-Dobbs:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-wont-review-maternal-deaths-182817994.html

# Military / DOD / Militia
What’s Really Going On With All the “Mystery Drone” Incidents Over U.S. Bases?
https://thedebrief.org/whats-really-going-on-with-all-the-mystery-drone-incidents-over-u-s-bases/

This week on The Micah Hanks Program, we analyze what the new director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) recently told Senators
https://thedebrief.org/aaro-goes-on-the-record/

A secretive underground U.S. military base resurfaced in new radar images
https://thedebrief.org/we-didnt-know-what-it-was-at-first-buried-beneath-arctic-ice-a-secretive-underground-military-base-emerges-in-new-radar-images/

U.S. military contractors are to deploy to Ukraine.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/08/biden-allows-u-s-military-contractors-into-ukraine-00188537

Full Marine helicopter detachment trains from expeditionary sea base for first time
https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/3940719/15th-meu-h-1-det-conducts-live-fire-training-from-uss-miguel-keith-in-the-indo/

Tension rising in the artic as U.S. Military prepare conflict in the region
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TJYAYhlIwE

# Military / Global
Russia has signed a mutual defence agreement with North Korea.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-signs-mutual-defence-treaty-with-north-korea-2024-11-09/

India has conducted its first test of a hypersonic missile.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/amid-global-race-india-tests-its-first-hypersonic-missile/articleshow/115394765.cms

Israel Bombs Another World Central Kitchen Vehicle in Gaza, Killing 5. The strike continues Israel’s pattern of blocking and targeting humanitarian aid.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-bombs-another-world-central-kitchen-vehicle-in-gaza-killing-5/

11 Russian and Chinese warplanes enter South Korean airspace buffer
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2024-11-29/russia-china-south-korea-airspace-16000754.html

17 Missiles Sink 4 Ships: Houthis Strike U.S. Warship, Oil Tanker, Container Ships In Arabian Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z79343hIgfA

Satellite Photos Capture Chinese Ship Swarm Near US Ally’s Territory
https://www.newsweek.com/satellite-photos-china-news-swarm-near-philippines-1992876

# NATO
German minister warns of Russia-NATO confrontations
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-hybrid-attacks-may-lead-nato-invoking-article-5-says-german-intel-chief-2024-11-27/

Russian acts of sabotage may lead to NATO invoking Article 5, says German intel chief
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-hybrid-attacks-may-lead-nato-invoking-article-5-says-german-intel-chief-2024-11-27/

# Other Interesting Things
Source of Mysterious Glow First Spotted in the Pacific Ocean’s ‘Midnight Zone’ Finally Revealed
A mysterious glow coming from the Pacific Ocean’s pitch-black “midnight zone” leads to the discovery of an enigmatic new life form.
https://thedebrief.org/source-of-mysterious-glow-first-spotted-in-the-pacific-oceans-midnight-zone-finally-revealed/

Siberia’s ‘Gateway to Hell’ crater fuels new fears
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6365305355112

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
SpaceX’s Starlink satellites have a lot of scientists worried about Earth’s atmosphere
https://www.space.com/spacex-starlink-satellites.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
This Website Shows How Much Google’s AI Can Glean From Your Photos. A photo sharing startup founded by an ex-Google engineer found a clever way to turn Google’s tech against itself.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:433A40F8

Malicious Ads in Search Results Are Driving New Generations of Scams
https://www.digitalposition.com/resources/blog/ppc/google-facing-a-surge-of-malvertizing-ahead-of-q4/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-11-27

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump Team Eyes Using State And Local Police For Immigration Enforcement
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-team-eyes-using-state-local-police-immigration-enforcement-1991921

‘He’s Not Kidding’: Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Prepares For Deportation War—with Blue City Mayors. Eyes felony charges against anyone who obstructs ICE operations
https://freebeacon.com/politics/hes-not-kidding-trump-border-czar-tom-homan-prepares-for-deportation-war-with-blue-city-mayors/

Texas Offers Trump Even More Land For Mass Deportation: A top Texas official is pledging more land than originally offered for President-elect Donald Trump to use for his massive, nationwide deportation operation.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/26/texas-donald-trump-deportation-land-offer/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
California man allegedly checked suitcases containing meth-caked clothes and a cow pajama onesie: “Drug dealers are continually inventing creative ways of smuggling dangerous narcotics in pursuit of illicit profit – as alleged in the facts of this case,” said United States Attorney Martin Estrada. “In the process, they are poisoning communities throughout the world.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/northridge-man-indicted-allegedly-checking-suitcases-lax-containing-meth-caked-clothes

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump’s Tariffs Will Likely Hit Prices in These Seven Industries
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-prices-inflation-mexico-canada-d44aa0715a649998195fc3211e9ab7a3

Donald Trump could axe Joe Biden policy which would impact ‘millions’: Trump Win Shows Political Limits of Biden’s Industrial Policy Vision. Long-term economic investments in domestic manufacturing were overshadowed by real-time anxiety over rent and grocery prices.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/us/politics/trump-biden-economy-manufacturing.html

Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric has resonated with voters concerned about immigration and crime. Yet there’s more to the story than Trump’s short statement suggested.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-immigration-crime-drugs-border-mexico-1528ef9c04f786478184a279ad26abb9

Trump’s Truth Social rant suggests he’ll “intentionally raise prices for the American people”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-truth-social-rant-suggests-154810911.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Mexico may retaliate with its own tariffs after Trump threat, new president says
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-tariffs-trump-retaliate-sheinbaum-fac0b0c6ee8c425a928418de7332b74a

Volkswagen Sells Plant In China’s Xinjiang Region After Years Of Forced Labor Allegations
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/foreign/2024/11/27/vw-partner-saic-to-sell-joint-venture-plant-in-west-chinas-xinjiang/76615818007/

# Education / Schools
A Bill to Kill the Education Department Is Already Filed. Here’s What It Says:
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/a-bill-to-kill-the-education-department-is-already-filed-heres-what-it-says/2024/11

U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., recently filed a bill titled the “Returning Education to Our States Act.” His bill would eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and redistribute any “critical federal programs” to other departments, according to a press release from his office.
https://www.aol.com/south-dakota-senator-files-bill-212900417.html

Trump opens up a new war on public schools. MAGA leaders promise an “educational insurgency” to create “boot camps for winning back America”
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/26/opens-up-a-new-on-public-schools/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
Biden administration funds clean hydrogen hubs amid uncertain future under Trump
https://www.ehn.org/biden-administration-funds-clean-hydrogen-hubs-2669998925.html

US Hydrogen Strategy Unclear as Trump Seeks Spending Cuts. The future of U.S. clean hydrogen under Donald Trump is uncertain but unravelling support from the Inflation Reduction Act could be politically tricky.
https://fuelcellsworks.com/2024/11/20/clean-energy/us-hydrogen-strategy-unclear-as-trump-seeks-spending-cuts

# General News
[Good grief, we are in trouble!] Elon Musk Suggests That He Is an Ancient Being Who Assumes Human Identities. Sure, grandpa. He kept indulging the fantasy until a nocturnal 3:00 AM, posting that being a time-traveling vampire alien — vampalien? — “would explain a lot of things” about him.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-vampire

Steve Bannon Reveals New List of Trump’s Targets in Grim Rant. Donald Trump’s list of political enemies continues to grow.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188843/steve-bannon-donald-trump-political-targets-january-6

Trump announces campaign speechwriter will head his Domestic Policy Council
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-11-26/trump-picks-vince-haley-to-head-domestic-policy-council

# Gov / Politics
The legal case against Elon Musk’s $1 million election lottery was just dropped.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/musk-due-court-1-million-voter-giveaway-faces-courtroom-test-2024-10-31/

‘Dangerous territory’: Trump’s unsecured calls with world leaders concern foreign policy experts
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/27/trump-foreign-leader-phone-calls/76572774007/

‘Not gonna play dead’: Republican warns Trump just opened door for retaliation against US
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/not-gonna-play-dead-republican-warns-trump-just-opened-door-for-retaliation-against-us/ar-AA1uN6wm

Adam Schiff, California’s Jewish senator-elect and Trump’s nemesis, says the US is ‘very much weakened as a democracy.’ The Democrat feels anti-Jewish animosity has proliferated on the left and the right since Hamas invaded Israel.
https://www.jta.org/2024/11/26/politics/adam-schiff-californias-jewish-senator-elect-and-trumps-nemesis-says-the-us-is-very-much-weakened-as-a-democracy

Congress may have to ‘put the brakes on’ some uses of presidential power, Thune says
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/will-john-thune-defy-donald-trump

Republican Congressional Candidate Tells Muslim Congresswomen They Should ‘Consider Leaving Before I Get There,’ Adds ‘#BombsAway’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/republican-congressional-candidate-tells-muslim-congresswomen-they-should-consider-leaving-before-i-get-there-adds-bombsaway/

Trump’s Gorka pick met with outrage: he’s ‘as dangerous as he is unqualified.’ Current Trump advisers were reportedly horrified. An unnamed “person close to [Trump’s] national security team” told the Washington Post: “Almost universally, the entire team considers Gorka a clown. They are dreading working with him.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/27/trump-national-security-gorka

Trump Cabinet appointees targeted in violent threats: transition team. The threats were reportedly directed at several appointees and their relatives. The threats varied from bomb threats to “swatting”
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-cabinet-appointees-targeted-in-violent-threats-transition-team/

Trump Finally Signs Transition Docs But Shuns Major Details
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/26/trump-transition-white-house

# Gov / Politics / Global
Lebanese celebrate Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/27/a-new-page-world-reacts-to-israel-hezbollah-ceasefire

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
A Kentucky judge was FURIOUS when she discovered a female inmate had been denied pants for three days. Judge Amber Wolf BLASTED a correction services director over the phone, before apologizing to the defendant for the way she was treated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/08/01/am-i-in-the-twilight-zone-a-judges-reaction-to-a-bare-legged-defendant-in-court/

Ex-FBI informant charged with lies at ‘heart’ of Biden impeachment effort indicted on new tax charges
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5011228-former-fbi-informant-that-fabricated-biden-claims-indicted-on-tax-charges/

Entire Town’s Police Force In South Carolina Resigns. A South Carolina town’s entire police force resigned, with the police chief claiming a toxic work environment as the motivation for the resignations
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/south-carolina-police-mccoll-resign-b2653632.html

Mayor of South Carolina city dies days after entire police force resigns
https://www.wyff4.com/article/south-carolina-mayor-dies-head-on-crash/63033238

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump demands New York AG Letitia James drop civil fraud case ‘for the greater good of the country’
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3692089718090-trump-demands-new-york-ag-letitia-james-drop-civil-fraud-case-for-the-greater-good-of-the-country

Alan Dershowitz Announces Assembly Of ‘Legal Dream Team’ To Defend Israel At ICC After Netanyahu Indictment
https://dailycaller.com/2024/11/25/alan-dershowitz-announces-assembly-of-legal-dream-team-to-defend-israel-at-icc-after-netanyahu-indictment/

# LGBTQ / Gender
Transgender activists question the confrontational approach. Facing diminishing support, some activists say all-or-nothing tactics are not working. “We have to make it OK for someone to change their minds.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/us/politics/transgender-activists-rights.html

# Medical / Health News
Jay Bhattacharya, prominent physician and economist, nominated by Trump for NIH director
https://www.massdevice.com/trump-selects-stanford-professor-to-be-next-nih-director/

Dr. Oz and the Stealth Destruction of Medicare. The TV doctor’s scams and fake cures are the least of what makes him so dangerous as Trump’s appointee to head Medicare and Medicaid.
https://prospect.org/health/2024-11-26-dr-oz-stealth-destruction-of-medicare/

# Military / DOD / Militia
McConnell to push for more military spending as incoming Senate chairman of defense panel. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate’s longest-serving leader, will become chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense subpanel
https://apnews.com/article/senate-mitch-mcconnell-93853ba600bd9de03e39ea613cba452b

A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane flew over the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday, the first such transit over the 110-mile-wide channel that separates mainland China from Taiwan since mid-September.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-us-taiwan-strait-military-plane-shadowed-chinese-navy/

# NATO
Top NATO official calls on business leaders to prepare for ‘wartime scenario,’ bring their production lines back home, rather than relying on China or Russia, to avoid blackmail or sabotage — as former and future US President Donald Trump has vowed to restore his “America First” agenda.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/25/world-news/top-nato-military-chair-warns-business-leaders-to-prepare-for-wartime-scenario/

WW3 fears as Russian spy ship spotted in NATO waters prompting US intervention
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/russia-spy-ship-us-nato-34192610

# Rocketry / Space / Global
China launches new mapping satellites to enhance radar imaging network
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_launches_new_mapping_satellites_to_enhance_radar_imaging_network_999.html

# Pharmacy / Pharmaceuticals
Common Thyroid Medicine Linked to Bone Loss. Levothyroxine, marketed under brand names such as Synthroid, is the second-most commonly prescribed medication among older adults in the US. It’s consumed by about 7% of the US population.
https://press.rsna.org/timssnet/media/pressreleases/14_pr_target.cfm?ID=2538

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-11-26

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Indigenous
Election Shows Native American Vote Is ‘Force to Be Recognized.’ With a population of more than 165,000 people, the Navajo Nation is the largest indigenous reservation in the United States
https://www.newsweek.com/native-american-vote-powerful-force-that-can-no-longer-ignored-opinion-1925487

The buried secrets of America’s Indian boarding schools. After decades of stripping away Native American identity from students, one school seeks to help the community heal. The hunt for unmarked graves of Native children isn’t happening just at Red Cloud, now called Maȟpíya Lúta. It’s one of more than 400 Indian boarding schools across the country that were part of a program designed by the federal government to “kill the Indian and save the man”—those were the actual words of one of the architects of the plan to destroy Native culture.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/the-buried-secrets-of-americas-indian-boarding-schools/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
2-year-old migrant crosses border alone looking for parents in US
https://nypost.com/2024/11/25/us-news/2-year-old-migrant-girl-tells-cops-shes-come-to-us-alone-to-find-her-parents/

Inside The Plan To Let Trump Track Millions of Immigrants. The private prison lobby has been quietly pushing a drastic expansion of ICE’s surveillance apparatus. Trump’s reelection may be the final step.
https://www.levernews.com/inside-the-plan-to-let-trump-track-millions-of-immigrants/

UN evacuation in Haiti, police assault stronghold of gang leader ‘Barbecue’: Insecurity in Haiti is rising again, forcing embassies and United Nations agencies to evacuate the capital amid gang fuelled violence.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/25/un-evacuation-in-haiti-police-assault-stronghold-of-gang-leader-barbecue

Illegal border crossings on track to reach new Biden-era low
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illegal-border-crossings-on-track-to-reach-biden-era-low/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
These Four Democratic Firms Raked in $600 Million Running Ads for Kamala’s Failed Campaign
https://freebeacon.com/elections/these-four-democratic-firms-raked-in-600-million-running-ads-for-kamalas-failed-campaign/

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Trump pledges Mexico, Canada, China tariffs over border, fentanyl
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/trump-mexico-canada-china-tariffs-border-fentanyl/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump’s Pick to Lead His Budget Office Wants to Use It to Deliver on MAGA’s Big Dreams. “We want to put them in trauma,” Russ Vought has said of federal workers.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/trumps-pick-to-lead-his-budget-office-wants-to-use-it-to-deliver-on-magas-big-dreams/

What Will Trump and GOP Congress Do to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? “Of course Trumpers want to dismantle the only agency formed in decades dedicated to giving consumers a fair shake in a predatory economy,” one journalist said in response to reporting on Republican plans.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/consumer-financial-protection-bureau-trump

# Education / Schools
Fact Check: Yes, Project 2025 Wants To Eliminate Head Start
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/project-2025-head-start/

U.S. Must Reauthorize the READ Act. Initially passed in 2017, the bipartisan Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development (READ) Act established a comprehensive, integrated U.S. strategy that improved educational opportunities
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4313417-reauthorize-the-read-act-its-critical-to-the-wellbeing-of-the-next-generation-of-world-citizens/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, rolls back DEI under pressure
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/11/25/walmart-dei-starbuck/76576606007/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
Trump Energy Pick Signals New Direction in US Policy. Energy groups and advocates described President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright as energy secretary as a return to normalcy for an agency that, under the Biden administration, has been more of an obstacle than an ally.
https://delawarevalleyjournal.com/trump-energy-pick-signals-new-direction-in-us-policy-benefiting-pa/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
A rising danger in the Arctic. As climate change melts permafrost, microbes will emerge. The world isn’t paying enough attention to the potential threat they pose.
https://thebulletin.org/2024/11/a-rising-danger-in-the-arctic-microbes-unleashed-by-climate-change/#:~:text=As%20climate%20change%20melts%20permafrost,the%20potential%20threat%20they%20pose.&text=The%20popular%20image%20of%20the,a%20couple%20of%20centuries%20ago.

Trump administration plans to overhaul Interior Department with budget cuts and policy reversals
https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-team-could-bring-both-ax-and-scalpel-to-interior/

People are creating the Green New Deal at the grassroots level. People are taking action at every level of society from students and workers to tribes to cities and states to create the transformation we need.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2024/11/26/people-are-creating-the-green-new-deal-at-the-grassroots-level/

# Food / Farming / Bioengineering
Millions who prepare America’s food go hungry: Why food service workers face crisis-level food insecurity. Food service workers prepare meals for millions but often can’t afford to eat themselves, facing low wages, food insecurity, and corporate resistance to change.
https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/farmworker-hunger-crisis-climate-inflation-grocery-costs/

# Gov / Politics
The bureaucrat who could make Trump’s authoritarian dreams real. Russ Vought has a plan to take presidential power to new heights.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/russ-vought-profile-project-2025-trump-architect/

Trump’s Nomination of Project 2025 Architect Means Social Security, Medicare ‘Are At Risk’: “Vought’s nomination makes it crystal clear that Trump lied to the American people,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro. “Trump’s agenda is the Project 2025 manifesto.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/russell-vought-trump

Trump Has The Tools To Purge DEI From Every Facet Of Government — Here’s How He Might Use Them.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/11/24/trump-admin-root-out-dei-from-government/

Trump’s Border Czar Issues Terrifying Threat to Democratic States. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene and Senator Lindsey Graham had similar warnings.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3689859503368-trump-s-border-czar-issues-terrifying-threat-to-democratic-states

Trump transition team suggests sidelining top adviser over pay-to-play allegations
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2024/11/26/trump-adviser-boris-epshteyn-pay-to-play-allegations

The Shady Reason Why Trump Might Not Have Signed These Key Documents. A seemingly massive blunder could be a way for Donald Trump to cash in.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188807/donald-trump-transition-documents-money

Jack Smith Makes It Official: Donald Trump Got Away With Everything. The special counsel moved to dismiss his case against the president-elect but makes clear the Justice Department still stands by its merits.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/jack-smith-moves-to-dimiss-donald-trump-case-insurrection-classified-documents-osbstruction/

‘Be careful what you ask for’: Trump at risk of new investigations opened on his nominees
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/be-careful-what-you-ask-for-trump-at-risk-of-new-investigations-opened-on-his-nominees/ar-AA1uFB9s

‘What goes around comes around’: Expert says Trump’s own judges have hindered his agenda
https://www.theusconstitution.org/news/trump-has-shaped-the-supreme-court-but-it-could-still-hinder-his-agenda/

Trump begins endorsing replacements to replenish GOP majority in House as Cabinet picks shrink lead
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-begins-endorsing-replacements-replenish-gop-majority-house-cabinet-picks-shrink-lead

Trump Endorses Guy Who Wanted to Use Taxpayer Money to Pay His Legal Bills to Replace Matt Gaetz in Congress
https://nypost.com/2024/11/25/us-news/donald-trump-endorses-jimmy-patronis-to-replace-matt-gaetz/

Trump officials to receive immediate clearances and easier FBI vetting
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/26/trump-transition-team-fbi-security-clearances-background-checks

We Know Who’s to Blame for Trump’s Evasion of Justice. It Isn’t Jack Smith. None of this was inevitable.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/11/jack-smith-trump-trial-january-6-department-of-justice.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
‘We lost sight’: Russian dissidents have warning for anti-Trump Americans
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fascism-2669996752/

Russian State TV Host Threatens Strikes on NATO Countries
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-state-tv-host-threatens-strikes-nato-countries-1991581

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Florida deputy who used Taser on suspect pumping gas. burning 75% of his body, cleared of criminal charges
https://nypost.com/2024/11/25/us-news/florida-deputy-whose-taser-set-biker-on-fire-acquitted/

SCOTUS refuses to hear the case of woman whose home was destroyed by Texas SWAT team — but Sotomayor and Gorsuch have thoughts
https://ij.org/press-release/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-case-of-innocent-texas-woman-seeking-compensation-after-swat-team-destroyed-her-home/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Special counsel Jack Smith files to drop Jan. 6 charges against Donald Trump.
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/25/nx-s1-5205376/jan-6-trump-case

# Medical / Health News
Vulnerable Win When EHRs Work With Social Security. The SSA’s chief actuary estimates that more than 30,000 people may have died in 2023 while their disability applications were waiting.
https://dcjournal.com/vulnerable-win-when-ehrs-work-with-social-security/

Georgia Maternal Mortality Board Dissolved Over Report on Abortion Ban Deaths. One critic described the move as an “attempt to conceal the deadly consequences” of Georgia’s abortion ban.
https://truthout.org/articles/georgia-maternal-mortality-board-dissolved-over-report-on-abortion-ban-deaths/

The Bulk of Credible Science Finds Vaccines ‘Can and Do’ Cause Autism
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2024/11/the-bulk-of-credible-science-finds-vaccines-can-and-do-cause-autism/

Congress has one month to save a key Medicare benefit. Millions of Medicare patients use telehealth—but their coverage is ending abruptly.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/congress-medicare-telehealth-covid-benefit-extension/

# Medical Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science
Combining AI and Crispr Will Be Transformational. The genome-editing technology can be supercharged by artificial intelligence—and the results are already being felt.
https://www.wired.com/story/combining-ai-and-crispr-will-be-transformational/

# Medical Technology
Neuralink Plans to Test Whether Its Brain Implant Can Control a Robotic Arm. Elon Musk’s brain implant company is launching a new study to test whether its wireless device can control a robotic arm.
https://www.wired.com/story/neuralink-robotic-arm-controlled-by-mind/

# Medical / Health News / Global
Israel Has Killed Over 1,000 Doctors and Nurses in Gaza: “These people, they target everyone, but I swear, this will not stop us from continuing our humanitarian work,” said a Gaza hospital director injured in an Israeli strike.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-has-killed-over-1000-doctors-and-nurses-in-gaza

# Military / DOD / Militia
Here’s How Much Trump’s Extreme Transgender Ban Would Damage Military. The next commander in chief is set to bring back one of his most radical policies.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188789/trump-transgender-ban-military-damage-impact

US Air Force Chief’s Stark Warning About War With Russia and China
https://www.newsweek.com/us-news-air-force-chief-stark-warning-about-war-russia-china-1991619

US Makes Missile Plan With Eye on Chinese Invasion
https://www.newsweek.com/us-news-makes-missile-plan-eye-chinese-invasion-taiwan-1990953

# Military / Global
Russian submarine tech could help China outpace US: INDOPACOM: Moscow could also give sub and missile know-how to North Korea, Adm. Paparo said.
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2024/11/russian-submarine-tech-could-help-china-out-pace-us-says-indopacom-chief/401270/?oref=d1-author-river

China Scrambles Jets Against US Military Plane
https://www.newsweek.com/china-scrambles-jets-against-us-military-plane-taiwan-strait-1991628

Putin warns Ukraine use of long-range arms will put NATO at war with Russia. Ukraine’s Zelenskyy has urged allies to lift restrictions on Western-supplied arms to strike deep inside Russia.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/13/putin-warns-ukraine-use-of-long-range-arms-will-put-nato-at-war-with-russia

# NASA / Rocketry
NASA uncovers Cold War ‘city under the ice’: This eerie discovery is part of an effort to map Greenland’s ice using advanced radar technology, though uncovering an abandoned base wasn’t on the agenda.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/nasa-discovers-secret-us-military-101942076.html

The NASA Gulfstream III aircraft used radar instruments to map the depth of Greenland’s ice sheet, stumbling on the Camp Century (indicated in the bottom left-hand box) in the process. The depth of the ice bed is indicated by the green line above the base in the main image.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153616/new-view-of-the-city-under-the-ice

# Pharmacy / Pharmaceuticals
Big Pharma Exploited Patent Laws to Keep Medicare Drug Prices High, Report Finds. The companies bent patent law to maintain a monopoly on certain drugs and prevent competition from entering the market.
https://truthout.org/articles/big-pharma-exploited-patent-laws-to-keep-medicare-drug-prices-high-report-finds/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
The Beginning of the End of Big Tech. From politicians to VC firms, everyone is falling out of love with the massive, money-oriented, global technology titans. In their place, we have the chance to build something open and trustworthy.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/big-tech-facing-problem-ai-plans-returns

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-11-25

Voices, The Peoples News

November 25, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Gaines Pet Treats LLC Voluntarily Recalls “Gaines Family Farmstead Chicken Chips for Dogs” Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/gaines-pet-treats-llc-voluntarily-recalls-gaines-family-farmstead-chicken-chips-dogs-due-possible

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump border czar pointedly warns sanctuary cities could be prosecuted if they harbor aliens. Tom Homan also says he hopes Mexico will cooperate with tougher border policies because if not, “you know President Trump’s one bad-ass president.”
https://justthenews.com/government/security/trump-border-czar-pointedly-warns-sanctuary-cities-could-be-prosecuted-if-they?utm_source=news.google.com&utm_medium=news-app&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators

‘Immediate litigation’: Trump’s fight to end birthright citizenship faces 126-year-old legal hurdle
https://www.rawstory.com/critics-react-trump-trans-military/

Human smugglers convicted after Indian family freezes to death trying to illegally cross northern border during a 2022 blizzard.
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-canada-india-smuggling-deaths-trial-verdict-de2f999332e6cc8be1ea78c7fdfb6590

# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Kidnapped: How women, children are sex trafficked by cartel. Man frees 200 sex trafficked victims. “If the young lady is pretty, woman or child is attractive, and they feel that they could sell that child or traffic that person … they’ll just outright kidnap that person.”
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/informant-cartel-sex-trafficking-victims-sinaloa-jalisco-new-generation/

# DOGE
MTG Names First Targets for DOGE Subcommittee in Deranged Interview: Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, tasked with helping the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency,” has announced what’s first on the chopping block.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mtg-names-first-targets-doge-144536911.html

# Education / Schools
Black students and teacher speaks out after Trump supporters storm the hallways of Beverly Hills High School
https://www.iheart.com/content/2024-11-24-high-school-trump-supporters-mob-black-teachers-classroom-harass-students/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
The GOP Already Has a Roadmap to Shut Down Environmental Groups. A House Energy and Commerce Committee report previews how the “nonprofit killer” bill could be wielded for this end.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-gop-already-has-a-roadmap-to-shut-down-environmental-groups/

Collapse of Earth’s main ocean water circulation system is already happening: Researchers point out the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is weaker than at any other time in the past 1,000 years.
https://www.earth.com/news/collapse-of-main-atlantic-ocean-circulaton-current-amoc-is-already-happening/

# General Recalls / Alerts
Hyundai, Kia, Honda, Fisker, Jeep among 305,000 vehicles recalled: Check car recalls here
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/recalls/2024/11/25/car-recall-check-hyundai-kia-honda-fisker-jeep/76527830007/

# General News
The threat of World War 3 has loomed over the global community for some time, with AI weighing in on the three most likely triggers for a full-scale war
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/ww3-nuclear-war-russia-usa-34043439

# Gov / Politics
Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Relationship Could Break Over China
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-donald-trump-china-relations-1985900

The House Just Blessed Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook by Passing Nonprofit-Killer Bill. Democratic support for the bill dwindled as critics warned it would let Donald Trump crack down on political foes.
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/21/gop-house-trump-nonprofit-authoritarian/

War Crimes Have Never Stopped the U.S. Before. The U.S. has a long tradition of shielding Israel (and itself) from war crime allegations and threatening The Hague.
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/21/icc-netanyahu-arrest-us-war-crimes/

Bernie Sanders Lost Vote to Block Arms for Israel, Says U.S. Is “Funding the Starvation of Children in Gaza.” Sanders’s resolutions to block arms sales to Israel gained momentum, but ran headlong into White House opposition.
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/20/bernie-sanders-block-weapons-arms-israel-gaza/

Trump at the Lobbyist Trough. The unifying thread of the team around the president is that they sell their services to corporations for money.
https://prospect.org/politics/2024-11-25-trump-at-the-lobbyist-trough/

Joe Rogan blasts Biden, Zelensky for trying to ‘start World War III’ as Biden exits presidency. Russia has warned that its new missile could be used against the US, and has warned of the possibility of a nuclear strike in Ukraine. Joe Rogan has an audience of more than 14 million.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/24/world-news/joe-rogan-rants-against-biden-zelensky-for-trying-to-start-world-war-iii/

‘Most corrupt president’: Outrage mounts over Trump’s latest move in government takeover
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-corrupt-ethics-secret-money/

‘Scream out the truth’: Lawmaker calls out Trump team’s ‘violation of federal law’
https://www.rawstory.com/mfume-trump-violation-of-law/

Inequality Will Explode in Trump’s Second Term
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-inequality-billionaires-second-term-1235178236/

Trump team barred from agencies amid legal standoff
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-team-barred-agencies-amid-210000591.html

The Smarter Anti-Trump Resistance: More Facts, Less Outrage. What the latest polls on the Trump transition tell us about how to fight back during his second term
https://newrepublic.com/article/188780/anti-trump-resistance-facts-vs-outrage

Trump Allies Rage at Each Other as Latest Pick Too Nutty Even for MAGA. As the infighting in Trumpworld turns vicious and his latest appointment is too extreme for MAGA, a political scientist explains how Trump’s already overreading his mandate—and why that’s so dangerous.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188782/trump-allies-rage-latest-nutball-pick-roils-maga

‘I Am Staying In The Fight’: Harris Reportedly Open To 2028 Run For President. Harris is telling her aides to keep her political options open as she weighs whether to make another run for the White House, sources told Politico.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/11/25/kamala-harris-president-2028-california-governor-run-future-report/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Oakland Homicides Dropped 30 Percent. The County Still Recalled Its Prosecutor. After losses like Pamela Price’s, criminal justice reformers are grappling with how to address voters’ perceptions about public safety.
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/22/pamela-price-recall-criminal-justice-reform/#:~:text=The%20County%20Still%20Recalled%20Its,voters’%20perceptions%20about%20public%20safety

Israel-Hezbollah Ceasefire Deal Could Come ‘Within Days.’ The Israeli ambassador to the U.S. says negotiators are working on the final details of the agreement.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-hezbollah-latest-25-november-2024-625d22d49f84f2442d8d9de285a183d1

Poland prime minister warns of ‘serious and real’ threat of world war
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/russia-putin-poland-europe-missile-threats-world-war-3-b2652500.html

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Pam Bondi, Trump’s New AG Pick, Lobbied for Private Prisons and Amazon. Pam Bondi has replaced Matt Gaetz in Trump’s attorney general slot. Her lobbying clients include the GEO Group, among many others.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-new-ag-pick-lobbied-for-corporate-giants-and-financial-firms/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The ICC threat to national security: Created by a United Nations General Assembly conference in 1998, the Rome Statute has since been signed by 139 countries, but not the United States or Israel. From the beginning, multiple U.S. administrations have viewed the ICC as a threat to the ability of the armed services to fully defend the nation.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/3239652/the-icc-threat-to-national-security/
See also: The Role of the ICC: The International Criminal Court was created to bring justice to the world’s worst war criminals, but debate over the court still rages.
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/role-icc

Musk, Ramaswamy ‘DOGE’ confidence in Supreme Court may be tested
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5005220-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-government-efficiency/

# Media
Raskin, Kiley Introduce PRESS Act to Protect Reporters’ First Amendment Rights Against Government
https://raskin.house.gov/2023/6/raskin-kiley-introduce-press-act-to-protect-reporters-first-amendment-rights-against-government-surveillance

Surveillance. Bill Defends Reporters’ Communication Records Against Government Seizure to Protect Confidential Sources and Promote Accountability; Wyden, Lee and Durbin to Introduce Senate Companion Bill
https://raskin.house.gov/2023/6/raskin-kiley-introduce-press-act-to-protect-reporters-first-amendment-rights-against-government-surveillance

Congress Could Protect Journalists From Surveillance. Trump Is Lobbying to Stop Them. The PRESS Act, a federal reporter shield bill, already passed the House unanimously. Trump wants it dead.
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/21/press-act-trump-press-freedom/

# Medical / Health News
A proposed Texas bill reclassifys abortion drugs as controlled substances. Doctors say it’s more difficult to treat a wide range of gynecological conditions and is “just a backdoor way of restricting abortion more.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/11/25/abortion-texas-pills-controlled-substance/

A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments. Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
https://www.propublica.org/article/porsha-ngumezi-miscarriage-death-texas-abortion-ban

# Military / DOD / Militia
Trump Pentagon pick attacks UN and Nato and urges US to ignore Geneva conventions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/25/pete-hegseth-book-attacks-nato-alliances

Pete Hegseth Is the Perfect Trumpworld Monster. The president-elect’s pick to run the Pentagon wouldn’t stand a chance of confirmation in the pre-Trump era. Then again, there weren’t any presidents corrupt enough to pick him until now.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188499/pete-hegseth-trump-defense-pick

‘Dehumanization’: Critics blast reported Trump plan to boot minority group from military
https://www.rawstory.com/critics-react-trump-trans-military/

Senate stalls general’s promotion as Trump mulls Afghan exit probe. A notable Army lieutenant general’s promotion stalled Thursday when his name was left off a list of nearly 1,000 military promotions
https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/11/22/senate-stalls-generals-promotion-as-trump-mulls-afghan-exit-probe/

Here’s How Badly Trump’s Extreme Transgender Ban Would Damage Military: The next commander in chief is set to bring back one of his most radical policies.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188789/trump-transgender-ban-military-damage-impact

# Military / Global
Hezbollah ‘unleashes hell on Israel’ as 250 rockets rain down in one of largest strikes yet
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/hezbollah-unleashes-hell-on-israel-as-250-rockets-rain-down-in-one-of-largest-strikes-yet/ar-AA1uFLjZ

Unidentified drones were spotted last week over three British airbases that house United States Air Force operations, both nations confirmed, but didn’t say more about who might have sent the airborne devices.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/24/us-news/unidentified-drones-spotted-over-three-british-military-bases-used-by-the-usaf/#:~:text=Some%20officials%20suspect%20Russian%20or,the%20safety%20risks%20for%20civilians

North Korea getting new air defenses in return for supporting Russia in Ukraine: Official
https://www.twz.com/land/north-korea-getting-new-air-defenses-in-return-for-supporting-russia-in-ukraine-official

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
The Future of Online Privacy Hinges on Thousands of New Jersey Cops. Removing your phone number and address from the internet can be exceedingly difficult. A multibillion-dollar lawsuit led by an unlikely privacy crusader could soon catalyze change for everyone.
https://www.wired.com/story/daniels-law-new-jersey-online-privacy-matt-adkisson-atlas-lawsuits/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2024-11-24

Voices, The Peoples News

November 24, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
4 of the Worst Peace Treaties the U.S. Forced on Native Americans. From 1778 to 1871, the United States signed some 368 treaties with various Indigenous people across the North American continent. As white settlers began moving onto Native American lands, this idea came into conflict with the relentless pace of westward expansion, resulting in many broken promises on the part of the U.S. government.
https://www.history.com/news/native-american-broken-treaties

National monument proposed for North Dakota Badlands, with tribes’ support
https://northdakotamonitor.com/2024/11/22/national-monument-proposed-for-north-dakota-badlands/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump Is Gunning for Birthright Citizenship—and Testing the High Court. The president-elect has targeted the Fourteenth Amendment’s citizenship protections for deletion. The Supreme Court might grant his wish.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188608/trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship

Feds look to add immigration jails in New Jersey
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2024/11/22/feds-look-to-add-immigration-jails-in-new-jersey/

Racial abuse, physical assaults and no beds: asylum seekers tell of brutal conditions at Manston migrant centre
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/256405/putin-signs-law-letting-ukraine-fighters-write-off-bad-debts

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Elon Musk’s Stealth War Against the Poor. The world’s richest man is poised to go after the country’s most impoverished citizens under the false pretense of cracking down on fraud.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188552/musk-improper-payments-poor-war

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy vow to create ‘crusaders team of sharpest minds in US’ to curb spending
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-vow-822360

Texas governor orders state agencies to sell China assets. The move follows a week of other executive orders aimed at the ruling Chinese Communist Party, including a crackdown on alleged espionage aimed at Texas’ infrastructure and institutions of higher education.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/business/2024/11/22/506928/gov-abbott-orders-texas-state-agencies-to-divest-from-china/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
China is armed and ready for trade war 2.0 with Donald Trump: The first time China faced Donald Trump in the White House, there was a trade war, a breach of protocol involving Taiwan’s former leader, and a president-to-president bromance that turned sour.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-china-tariffs-taiwan-foreign-policy-7351ce1069654f1c1aefb560b36dcc17

# Education / Schools
‘Smoke screen’: Expert flags a ‘broken Trump campaign promise’ he says will ‘never happen.’ This is about politicizing, weaponizing education, which has no benefits for any of our children.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-broken-promise-education-department/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
In Unexpected Move, Trump Taps Pro-Union Republican to Lead Labor Department. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been one of the lone Republican supporters of the PRO Act and other pro-worker legislation.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/22/us-news/trump-taps-rep-lori-chavez-deremer-to-lead-department-of-labor/

Trump Has The Tools To Purge DEI From Every Facet Of Government — Here’s How He Might Use Them.
https://dailycaller.com/2024/11/24/trump-admin-root-out-dei-from-government/
See also: What is DEI? Diversity, equity and inclusion explained. Diversity, equity and inclusion are three different but interconnected concepts. They work together to create an environment of respect and fairness. It involves initiatives promoting the equal access, opportunity, employment and sense of belonging of underrepresented people in the workplace.
https://www.techtarget.com/searchhrsoftware/definition/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-DEI#:~:text=Diversity%2C%20equity%20and%20inclusion%20is,religions%2C%20cultures%20and%20sexual%20orientations

# Food / Farming / Global
Turning Kazakhstan Into a Beef-Producing Machine, the American Way
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24112024/kazakhstan-beef-production-carbon-credits/#:~:text=Twenty%2Dfive%20years%20ago%20the,quick%2Dfattening%20American%20production%20system

# General News
Jeffrey Epstein timeline: Sex trafficking, scandals, Ghislaine Maxwell, Secret Recordings Emerge: July 2024: A Florida judge released transcripts detailing 2006 grand jury testimony that accused Epstein of sexually assaulting numerous underage teenage girls at his Palm Beach mansion. The records, which were under seal for 16 years, revealed that the Palm Beach County prosecutor, who had reinstated efforts to charge Epstein for months, painted the alleged underage victims as prostitutes, drug addicts, thieves and liars.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/jeffrey-epstein-scandal-crime-timeline/

Jon Stewart Knows Why Trump Is Picking All the Worst People for His Cabinet. ‘They’re Running on Dismantling.’ “When we say, ‘I don’t think that Linda McMahon will be an efficient steward of the Department of Education,’ it’s like, right, she’s not there to do that.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jon-stewart-knows-why-trump-is-picking-all-the-worst-people-for-his-cabinet/

# Gov / Politics
‘Booo!’ Trump fans say they are ‘disheartened’ after he gives ‘slap in the face to MAGA’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fans-upset-slap-surgeon/

‘It will be panic time’: Trump’s plans are painting House Republicans into a corner
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3686961851175-it-will-be-panic-time-trumps-plans-are-painting-house-republicans-into-a-corner?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzIzOTU1MTY2MzA%3D

20 Services at risk under Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency Program). What could be on the chopping block?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2024/11/20/trumps-department-of-government-efficiency-is-poised-to-cut-waste/

Ditching the Paris Agreement Will Throw the U.S. Into COP Purgatory. This would be the second time the U.S. has exited the climate treaty — and it’ll happen faster than the first time.
https://heatmap.news/sparks/trump-paris-agreement
See also: The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty on climate change.
https://unfccc.int/process-and-meetings/the-paris-agreement

Donald Trump ally warns Keir Starmer the US will ‘crush’ the UK economy if it helps arrest Benjamin Netanyahu
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/donald-trump-starmer-arrest-netanyahu-economy-b2652482.html

Foreign Secretary vows to ‘do everything that is necessary’ to help Ukraine combat Russia after Vladimir Putin threatened strikes on the UK.
https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/national/24742700.foreign-secretary-vows-do-everything-necessary-help-ukraine/

Donald Trump and the tyranny of the uninformed
https://www.aol.com/opinion-donald-trump-tyranny-uninformed-140000955.html

Trump gave Interior nominee one directive for a half-billion acres of US land: ‘Drill.’
https://apnews.com/article/interior-burgum-public-lands-oil-gas-trump-97f7bc583f0a0de0fb16ea6f89bfbaf1

Trump Won Less Than 50 Percent. Why Is Everyone Calling It a Landslide?
https://apnews.com/article/interior-burgum-public-lands-oil-gas-trump-97f7bc583f0a0de0fb16ea6f89bfbaf1

Trump’s pick for budget head worked on Project 2025 – and wants to bypass the US Senate
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/23/trump-project-2025-russell-vought-budget-director

Trump’s plan to dismantle DEI on day one is a “colorblind” path to Jim Crow 2.0. Stephen Miller makes clear the subtext behind Trump’s call to ban DEI
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/24/plan-to-dismantle-dei-on-day-one-is-a-colorblind-path-to-jim-crow-20/

U.S. joins G7 sanctions against Russian banks accused of aiding war in Ukraine
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2024/11/21/Russia-banks-sanctioned-Treasury-Yellen/6641732207217/

Trump Ends The Week By Announcing Even More Major Cabinet Picks. President-elect Donald Trump announced several key appointments for his upcoming administration Friday, including treasury and labor secretaries.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-announces-new-appointments-1990575

# Gov / Politics / Global
North Korea warns US of stoking tensions and bringing countries to brink of ‘nuclear war.’ Kim says North has gone as far as it can on U.S. negotiations. Pyongyang may still be leaving door open for diplomacy -analyst. Kim calls for ultra-modern weapon development at exhibition
https://www.reuters.com/world/north-koreas-kim-accuses-us-stoking-tension-warns-nuclear-war-kcna-says-2024-11-21/

Putin orders serial production of Oreshnik hypersonic missile, warns it can be used again
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/11/23/Putin-Oreshnik-hypersonic-missile-serial-production-used-again/1871732386021/

Putin signs law letting Ukraine fighters write off bad debts
https://globalnation.inquirer.net/256405/putin-signs-law-letting-ukraine-fighters-write-off-bad-debts

Saudi Arabia Has Its Own ‘Deal of the Century’ for Trump
https://www.newsweek.com/saudi-arabia-has-its-own-deal-century-trump-1989311

Russia Executes Five Ukrainian Prisoners Of War: Kyiv
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-executes-five-ukrainian-prisoners-war-1990601

Russia prepared to launch cyber attacks on UK, minister to warn
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/russia-pat-mcfadden-nato-moscow-chancellor-b2652634.html

Threat of world war is ‘serious and real’ Poland says as Putin steps up threats against West
https://warontherocks.com/2024/11/more-nato-in-the-arctic-could-free-the-united-states-up-to-focus-on-china/

UK will stand by Ukraine despite Putin’s ‘irresponsible rhetoric’, vows minister
https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/national/24744723.uk-will-stand-ukraine-despite-putins-irresponsible-rhetoric-vows-minister/

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
A man called 911 for help during a home invasion. Las Vegas police fatally shot him. Police said Brandon Durham, 43, told 911 he was going to lock himself in the bathroom, but he was struggling with the suspect when officers arrived.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/las-vegas-man-called-911-fatally-shot-police-rcna180528

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘More than meets the eye’ in new ruling from Trump’s hush money judge: MSNBC legal expert. Judge Merchan to let Trump file motion to dismiss, further pushing off sentencing. The president-elect wants to dismiss outright the hush money case in which he was found guilty. Manhattan DA Bragg signaled his opposition to that effort.
https://www.msnbc.com/deadline-white-house/deadline-legal-blog/trump-new-york-fraud-trial-merchan-rcna180979

# Medical / Health News
How Lincare Cashed In on the Disastrous Recall of Philips Breathing Machines — at the Expense of Patients
https://www.propublica.org/article/lincare-philips-cpap-breathing-machines-recall-healthcare#:~:text=But%20instead%20of%20sending%20those,as%20long%20as%20two%20years.

# Military / Global
Russia’s Ballistic Missile Attack on Ukraine Is an Alarming First. This is the first time Russia has used its so-called Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile in combat. The launch also serves as a warning to the West.
https://www.wired.com/story/russia-ballistic-missile-attack-ukraine-alarming-first/

With Use of New Missile, Russia Sends a Threatening Message to the West. The intermediate-range missile did not carry nuclear weapons, but it is part of a strategic arsenal that is capable of delivering them.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/world/europe/russia-ballistic-missile-ukraine-war.html

The Kremlin fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile at Ukraine in response to Kyiv’s use this week of American and British missiles capable of striking deeper into Russia, President Vladimir Putin said.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/russia-at-war/ap-ukraine-says-russia-has-launched-an-icbm-in-an-attack-for-the-first-time-in-the-war/

# Nuclear / Bio-weapons / Artificial Intelligence
Secret Out of this World Technology Fuels International Arms Race Claims Official to Congress
https://www.newsbreak.com/alamogordo-conservative-daily-1600566/3686966186667-secret-out-of-this-world-uap-technology-fuels-international-arms-race-claims-official-to-congress

New Report Warns Against Pentagon Project Potentially Developing “Killer Robots”: Officials have refused to clarify whether the Replicator initiative is developing AI weapons that can kill autonomously.
https://truthout.org/articles/new-report-warns-against-pentagon-project-potentially-developing-killer-robots/

Pros and Cons of Autonomous Weapons Systems. These machines can perform increasingly advanced functions, including targeting and application of force, with little or no human oversight.
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Journals/Military-Review/English-Edition-Archives/May-June-2017/Pros-and-Cons-of-Autonomous-Weapons-Systems/

Autonomous weapons systems have drawn widespread media attention, particularly since last year’s open letter signed by more than 3,000 artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics researchers warning against an impending “military AI arms race
https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2016-09/features/stopping-killer-robots-why-now-time-ban-autonomous-weapons-systems

In U.S.-China AI contest, the race is on to deploy killer robots. Alongside Sydney Harbour, Australia, engineers are working on a submarine that will be powered by artificial intelligence and will have no human crew.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/us-china-tech-drones/

# NATO
Britain to hold urgent Nato talks as Putin vows more hypersonic missile strikes on Ukraine
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/23/g-s1-35601/nato-ukraine-emergency-talks-russia-attack-hypersonic-missile

The North Pole cold war: US and NATO bolstering national security in Arctic region
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3231932/the-north-pole-cold-war-us-nato-national-security-arctic-region/

The Arctic becoming a strategic battleground was explicitly acknowledged in June 2024 through the U.S. Department of Defense’s Arctic Strategy, noting growing Russian-Chinese collaboration.
https://warontherocks.com/2024/11/more-nato-in-the-arctic-could-free-the-united-states-up-to-focus-on-china/

# Other Interesting Things
Cat Stevens Turned a Christian Hymn Into a Hit Song. That’s very interesting, considering that Stevens is now one of the only Muslim celebrities in the Western world. Stevens once became so old-fashioned that he covered “Morning Has Broken,” a hymn from the 1930s.
https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/cat-stevens-turned-christian-hymn-hit-song.html/

The Man Who Saw The Future: In May of 1921, after a sudden illness, a man named Paul Amadeus Dienach slipped into a mysterious coma that lasted an entire year. But as bizarre as this sounds, it wasn’t the strangest thing that happened to Dienach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo7op1aTO50

# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Will Earth’s Gravity Attract Apophis Asteroid and change its Orbit? w/ Neil deGrasse Tyson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_8n1_qmZfc

The Earth has tilted 31.5 inches because of human activity. The way the planet rotates has been fundamentally changed by the process of pumping groundwater, and it is having a far bigger impact than previously imagined. As a result, sea levels have risen .24 inches in less than two decades and the Earth has tilted 31.5 inches.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a62995913/why-has-earth-tilted/

# UFO Disclosure / Space Exploration
Man Who’s Been Abducted Reveals The Truth About Aliens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52LyMRO_fQI
Alien abduction (also called abduction phenomenon, alien abduction syndrome, or UFO abduction) refers to the phenomenon of people reporting what they believe to be the real experience of being kidnapped by extraterrestrial beings and subjected to physical and psychological experimentation.[1] People claiming to have been abducted are usually called “abductees”[2] or “experiencers”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_abduction

Apollo Astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, Breaks Into Tears: “The Moon Is NOT What You Think!” Welcome to the remarkable world of space exploration! In this captivating video titled “Buzz Aldrin: Journey to the Moon,” we delve into the breathtaking adventure that took legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin to the lunar surface. Explore the remarkable events, challenges, and triumphs that defined the iconic moon landing mission.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eHK3q9s11E

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

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# Indigenous
Activism on foot: When Indigenous activists walk the land to honor their past and reshape their future. It has been, and continues to be, an important way Indigenous nations pursue healing, environmental stewardship and diplomacy across Turtle Island, the name many Indigenous groups use to refer to North America.
https://theconversation.com/activism-on-foot-when-indigenous-activists-walk-the-land-to-honor-their-past-and-reshape-their-future-239049

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Can’t Happen If US Military Members Resist It. Trump plans to use the military to enact the mass deportation of immigrants. As a veteran, I know orders can be refused.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-mass-deportation-plan-cant-happen-if-us-military-members-resist-it/

Los Angeles becomes sanctuary city but relies on federal funds for migrants
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_ead412fa-a902-11ef-ade6-7b213d1b2345.html

Trump immigration crackdown: Denaturalization just a drop in the bucket
https://thehill.com/video/trump-immigration-crackdown-denaturalization-just-a-drop-in-the-bucket/10242004/

Head of ICE in NYC says it would ‘take a lifetime’ to clear the city of illegal criminal migrants. More than 223,000 migrants have come to NYC since the crisis began in 2022, and at least 58,000 are living in taxpayers-funded shelters.
https://nypost.com/2024/11/23/us-news/nyc-ice-director-itd-take-a-lifetime-to-deport-citys-migrant-criminals/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Louisiana lawmakers pass income and corporate tax cuts, raising statewide sales tax to pay for it
https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-tax-reform-special-session-landry-95db6e608809dcdcfae5f5de8b0355d4

Trump’s deportation vow alarms Texas construction industry
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/23/g-s1-35465/trump-deportation-migrants-immigrants-texas-construction-industry-border-security

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
US national debt hits a new record: $36 trillion
https://www.crfb.org/press-releases/gross-national-debt-reaches-36-trillion

Trump’s Proposed Tariffs May Already Be Affecting the Economy. Americans say they continue to feel the aftereffects of the highest inflation in four decades, especially at the grocery store, where prices remain 26% higher than before the pandemic.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tariffs-inflation-grocery-store-food-prices/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
Trump tariffs are coming, but some Chinese companies may already know how to avoid them. Some experts liken tariffs to a game of whack-a-mole, with trade flows simply rerouted if the potential rewards are big enough
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/donald-trump-tariffs-plan-china-imports-companies-impact-ntwnfb

# Education / Schools
States say court must block Department of Education’s Title IX rule. States and private organizations argued this month that the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals should overturn a district court decision allowing the Biden administration to implement its expanded Title IX rules ahead of oral arguments next month.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_450f0a53-70cf-59a0-8451-d989f7aa2804.html
Title IX provides: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
https://www.epa.gov/external-civil-rights/title-ix-education-amendments-act-1972#:~:text=Title%20IX%20provides%3A,activity%20receiving%20Federal%20financial%20assistance

Texas Approves Bible-Based Lessons in Elementary Schools. Schools adopting the optional program will receive additional state funding, and the materials could appear in classrooms as early as the next school year.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/texas-approves-bible-based-curriculum-elementary-schools

# Employment / Labor / Unions
A Trump Judge Just Nixed Overtime Pay for Millions—and Media Yawned
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/11/21/2287845/-Greg-Sargent-Trump-Judge-Just-Nixed-Overtime-Pay-for-Millions-and-Media-Yawned

DOGE aims to cut the number of federal workers. Here are the 20 highest-paying federal jobs.
https://www.businessinsider.com/highest-paying-federal-government-jobs-salaries-employment-elon-musk-doge-2024-11

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Nuclear
New non-flammable battery offers 10X higher energy density, can replace lithium cells
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/non-flammable-battery-alsym-energy

Supermagnet 100,000x stronger than Earth’s magnetic field to bring nuclear power closer
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/worlds-largest-nuclear-fusion-company-key-milestone

U.S. coal ash holds tons of rare-earth elements worth $8.4 billion
https://www.earth.com/news/u-s-coal-ash-holds-tons-of-rare-earth-elements-worth-8-4-billion/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
“Absolutely devastating”: Climate change is pushing coral reefs to extinction, experts warn. As CEO of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, Dempsey often thinks about how to protect coral reefs from human activity, yet is now presented with evidence that even the most remote locations cannot be entirely protected.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/absolutely-devastating-climate-change-pushing-101504145.html

“Emergency” Warning For Antarctica Issued By Nearly 500 Polar Scientists. It’s a dire situation to be in, claims scientists who say the Earth faces losing a continent if we don’t act immediately, as Antarctica loses millions of tonnes of ice each year
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/experts-issue-urgent-antarctica-warning-34173826

# Gov / Politics
It’s Official: Trump Gets Off Scot-Free Despite 34 Felony Convictions
https://newrepublic.com/post/188741/trump-last-criminal-indictment-falls-apart-sentencing-hush-money

Trump advisor says president-elect truly believes he’s now ‘invincible’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-emboldened/

You Will Not Believe What Tom Cotton Just Suggested. Senator Tom Cotton threatened to invade a U.S. ally on behalf of Israel’s genocidal regime. Tom Cotton really wants to go to war.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188733/tom-cotton-plan-icc-benjamin-netanyahu-warrant

Elon Musk Is Now Cyberbullying Government Employees. Elon Musk is directing harassment toward individual federal workers / The ‘efficiency’ agency co-lead is pointing out people by name for his 205 million followers.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/22/24303594/elon-musk-harassing-federal-workers-x

‘Probably Illegal’: Law Professor Spots 1 Trump Move That Could Be ‘Very Destructive’: Goodman, in an interview with CNN’s Erin Burnett, called the reported plan “extraordinary on so many levels,” and said that the firings would affect “civil servants who have legal protections” ― including people who were simply working with Smith’s team because they were assigned to do so.
https://www.aol.com/probably-illegal-law-professor-spots-092106597.html

‘This is modern McCarthyism’: Furious Dem nails Republicans on hidden purge hypocrisy. “If this is really about making sure that we have qualified individuals inside the federal government,” she asked, “Why is the president-elect choosing absolutely unqualified Cabinet secretaries to be at the head of every single agency?”
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3682998266325-this-is-modern-mccarthyism-furious-dem-nails-republicans-on-hidden-purge-hypocrisy

Arkansas lawmaker again proposes legislation to end state minority initiatives
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3685404320030-arkansas-advocate-arkansas-lawmaker-again-proposes-legislation-to-end-state-minority-initiatives

Biden to cancel $4.7B in Ukrainian debt as time in office nears end
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC9zHHW0bvk

Donald Trump just blew up any concept of a MAGA mandate
https://www.salon.com/2024/11/22/donald-just-blew-up-any-concept-of-a-maga-mandate/

A politicized military would be the Founders’ nightmare come true
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5002354-trump-military-purge-deep-state/

Trump Cabinet Nominee Proposed Terrifying Role for Military. Donald Trump’s Christian nationalist, crusades-obsessed defense secretary nominee expects the military to mobilize against U.S. citizens in a civil war.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3686149418016-trump-cabinet-nominee-proposed-terrifying-role-for-military?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzIzNjk0MDQ0Nzg%3D

Trump set to roll out wave of controversial executive actions on day one in office: ‘Like nothing in history’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-executive-orders-immirgation-day-one-b2651370.html

Trump still facing flood of lawsuits with no help from the Supreme Court: report
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/trump-still-faces-civil-lawsuits-even-if-criminal-cases-go-away

US Plutocrats $276 Billion Richer Since Trump Win—And GOP Wants to Give Them Even More. “The tax fight is starting now,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “Will we sign our names to more giveaways to President-elect Trump’s billionaire buddies, or will we fight for tax fairness for the American people?”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/billionaire-wealth-trump

GOP Targets Medicaid, SNAP Benefits to ‘Pay for Tax Cuts for Their Billionaire Donors’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tax-cuts-medicaid-snap

# Gov / Politics / Global
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Tells Trump to Screw Off
https://newrepublic.com/post/188747/north-korea-kim-jong-un-message-trump-diplomacy

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
‘Needs to be abolished’: Republican sets sights on axing ATF and calls agency a ‘disaster’
https://www.rawstory.com/republicans-2669986063/
See also: About the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
https://www.atf.gov/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘This is a red line’: Ex-prosecutor stunned by Trump’s plans to strong-arm DOJ. Donald Trump’s new plan to strong-arm the Justice Department goes well beyond what any president in modern history has ever done, former federal prosecutor Elie Honig warned CNN’s Pamela Brown on Friday.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219754286

Democrats strike deal to get more Biden judges confirmed before Congress adjourns
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/washington/democrats-strike-deal-to-get-more-biden-judges-confirmed-before-congress-adjourns/article_5cc033db-12a9-5b01-b0ab-b450d45f1970.html

Supreme Court allows multibillion-dollar class action to proceed against Meta
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/business/supreme-court-allows-multibillion-dollar-class-action-to-proceed-against-meta/article_0fa4eeda-aab9-50fc-8391-40706cd022ee.html

As Biden and Trump Teams Attack ICC, Tlaib Says Netanyahu ‘Must Be Arrested’: “Today’s historic arrest warrants cannot bring back the dead and displaced,” said U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, “but they are a major step towards holding war criminals accountable.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rashida-tlaib-icc

# Media
‘Can’t Be Much’: Donald Trump Jr. Floats Buying MSNBC to Elon Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/much-does-cost-elon-musk-225628740.html

# Medical / Health News
Georgia dismissed all members of maternal mortality committee after ProPublica obtained internal details of two deaths
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-dismisses-maternal-mortality-committee-amber-thurman-candi-miller

2 House Republicans seek to stop IVF expansion in defense bill: “As you finalize the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2025, we respectfully urge you not to include any House or Senate provisions that expand In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5003418-republicans-rosendale-brecheen-ivf-defense-bill/

Bird flu virus isolated from hospitalized Canadian teen shows signs of human adaptation
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-11-22/bird-flu-virus-in-canadian-teen-shows-mutations-that-could-help-it-spread-among-humans

California prepares to fortify state’s abortion access: ‘Fight for what’s right’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/22/trump-california-abortion

Miscarrying patient ‘passed around like a hot potato’ amid Idaho abortion ban
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/miscarrying-patient-passed-around-like-818040

Wyoming judge strikes state abortion bans that would ‘hamstring’ doctors and impede rights of pregnant women
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/wyoming-judge-strikes-down-state-abortion-bans-that-would-hamstring-doctors-and-impede-the-rights-of-pregnant-women/

# Military / DOD / Militia
US Navy submarines to re-arm with nuclear cruise missiles after 3 decades
https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-navy-submarines-nuclear-cruise-missiles

# Military / Global
Vladimir Putin sends UK blood-curdling warning after Ukraine uses British made missiles
https://www.indy100.com/politics/putin-uk-warning-russia-ukraine-war

China Builds World’s First Boron Ramjet Engine To Launch Underwater Weapons At Supersonic Speeds. World’s first underwater boron ramjet for hypersonic weapons achieves 90% efficiency
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/china-builds-worlds-first-boron-ramjet-engine-to-launch-underwater-weapons-at-supersonic-speeds/

# NATO
NATO to Hold Emergency Talks After Russia’s Hypersonic Missile Attack
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/23/g-s1-35601/nato-ukraine-emergency-talks-russia-attack-hypersonic-missile

NATO head and Trump meet in Florida for talks on global security
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/23/g-s1-35613/nato-head-and-trump-meet-in-florida

# Other Interesting Things
Indian Ocean gravity hole: The dent in Earth’s gravitational field created by the death of an ancient ocean. The Indian Ocean “gravity hole” is a region where Earth’s mass is reduced, leading to weak gravitational pull, lower-than-average sea levels and a puzzle scientists have only just begun to solve.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/rivers-oceans/indian-ocean-gravity-hole-the-dent-in-earths-gravitational-field-created-by-the-death-of-an-ancient-ocean

Mysterious exploding craters started turning up in Siberia 10 years ago. Scientists say more are likely. Siberia will likely have more explosive craters in the coming years as global temperatures continue to warm
https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-solve-mysterious-exploding-craters-in-siberia-2024-11

Scientists Have Figured Out Why Mysterious Craters Are Popping Up Around Siberia
https://www.yahoo.com/tech/scientists-figured-why-mysterious-craters-130100559.html

# Science
Scientists take huge step forward in mapping all 37 trillion cells in the human body
https://www.livescience.com/health/scientists-take-huge-step-forward-in-mapping-all-37-trillion-cells-in-the-human-body

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
US senator Elizabeth Warren and congressman Jerry Nadler have demanded the government investigate whether VeriSign, steward of the .com domain, is ripping off customers and violating antitrust laws.
https://www.newsbreak.com/wired/3685797701689-elizabeth-warren-calls-for-crackdown-on-internet-monopoly-you-ve-never-heard-of

The Red Elephant in the Room at AfroTech. At the annual tech conference for Black professionals, all eyes were on AI, but many also braced for the impact of a Trump administration that has promised to kill DEI.
https://www.wired.com/story/afrotech-2024-red-elephant-in-the-room/

# Water
Solving a 40-year mystery, scientists ID chemical found in millions of Americans’ tap water
https://san.com/cc/mystery-chemical-in-drinking-water-finally-identified-but-is-it-safe/

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