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Voices, The Peoples News

January 18, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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

# Indigenous
EPA takes unprecedented step to remove uranium waste from the Navajo Nation. The decision opens the door for new ways to manage uranium pollution on tribal land.
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-and-navajo-nation-select-cleanup-plan-remove-waste-quivira-mines-site

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Texas is policing the Mexican border, and will play a role in any Trump plan to crack down on immigration. State lawmakers passed Senate Bill 4, allowing Texas police to arrest those illegally crossing the border from Mexico.
https://theconversation.com/texas-is-already-policing-the-mexican-border-and-will-play-an-outsize-role-in-any-trump-plan-to-crack-down-on-immigration-247529

US ‘knowingly killing’ migrants, Texas commissioner claims:  People crisscrossing the U.S.-Mexico border is a way of life in El Paso, Texas, but data compiled by an immigrant advocacy group shows that the region is the deadliest for migrants attempting to illegally enter the United States.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/us-killing-migrants-commissioner/

5th Circuit rules DACA is unlawful, but limits its ruling to Texas
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5092787-federal-appeals-court-daca-texas/

Feds To Descend on Chicago In Mass Deportation Raid Hours After Trump’s Inauguration: Report
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/feds-to-descend-on-chicago-in-mass-deportation-raid-hours-after-trumps-inauguration-report/

Florida abduction report leads to discovery of U-Haul van with more than 30 migrants,  “Officers opened the back of the truck, filled with mostly Chinese migrants
https://www.aol.com/florida-abduction-report-leads-discovery-235832028.html

Local immigration attorney: Mass deportations will bog down entire system
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DbqHOx2jV8

NJ leads effort before Trump inauguration to protect health care access for DACA recipients
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/15/new-jersey-trump-health-care-daca-recipients-00198387

Noem pledges to secure border as DHS chief, will shut down mobile app for migrants
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/01/17/kristi-noem-dhs-border-control-biden/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Voters who backed Trump identify new swamp to drain: corporate power. Saginaw county Republicans want new president to target big pharma, healthcare and food – can they rely on him?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/17/michigan-voters-trump-saginaw

Biden Administration Reaches Deal Limiting Controversial Protections for Multinational Corporations. The U.S.-Colombia agreement aims to rein in a common part of investment treaties that, Inside Climate News investigations show, let polluting companies force big payouts from governments.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17012025/biden-administration-limits-controversial-multinational-corporation-protections/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE weighs recommendations to cut federal programs. In private talks, the nongovernmental fiscal-efficiency group is deliberating policies that counteract initiatives assailed by opponents as “DEI” programs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/01/16/musk-ramaswamy-diversity-doge-dei/

Republicans Reveal Dark Plan to Let Kids Go Hungry to Fund Tax Cuts
https://newrepublic.com/post/190399/republicans-plan-cut-school-food-tax-cuts

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
House Budget Republicans eye more than 200 spending cuts, tax changes for major bill
https://thehill.com/business/5092129-house-budget-republicans-eye-more-than-200-spending-cuts-tax-changes-for-major-bill/

2 Painful Social Security Changes to Brace for in 2025
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2025/01/17/2-painful-social-security-changes-to-brace-for-in/

Feds disbar EcoHealth Alliance and its former president after COVID controversy: “Today’s decision is not only a victory for the U.S. taxpayer, but also for American national security and the safety of citizens worldwide,” House Oversight Chairman James Comer said in a statement.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/breaking-hhs-formally-debars-ecohealth-alliance-dr-peter-daszak-after-covid-select-reveals-pandemic-era-wrongdoing/

EcoHealth Alliance’s Response to Recent Allegations
https://www.ecohealthalliance.org/2024/06/ecohealth-alliances-response-to-recent-allegations

‘Warning for Trump’ as bond markets call bluff on GOP tax cut plan: reports
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tax-cuts-2670880620/

House Dems threaten to block Trump’s big tariff plans: ‘Unacceptable’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUxcqe7zvG8

Trump’s ‘External Revenue Service’ plan will strike fear into countries doing business with US, economist says
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/14/trump-external-revenue-service-ers-tariffs

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Starting Today, Biden Administration Lifts Country Restrictions and Expands Flexibility for Temporary Workers
https://www.newsbreak.com/nepyork-288847545/3765924324985-starting-today-biden-administration-lifts-country-restrictions-and-expands-flexibility-for-temporary-workers

Trump Treasury secretary nominee won’t support raising minimum wage
https://thehill.com/business/5090420-trump-treasury-secretary-nominee-wont-support-raising-minimum-wage/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Cruz files bills to repeal natural gas tax, offshore drilling ban
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b2cfe504-d509-11ef-8351-af998c75c820.html

Ground source heat pumps could bring geothermal heating and cooling to millions of homes in the coming decade, a report from the U.S. Department of Energy concludes.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18012025/geothermal-heat-pumps-doe-report/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Biden administration moves to protect more of Alaska refuge from drilling
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-administration-moves-protect-more-alaska-refuge-drilling-2025-01-16/

The US state of Alaska has sued the Biden administration for what it calls violations of a congressional directive to allow oil and gas development in a portion of the federal Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/08/alaska-biden-oil-drilling-lawsuit

# General News
Caught secretly selling car owners’ driving data, what many of these GM customers did not know, is the carmaker had been cashing in on the sale of their personal data to third parties, irrespective of whether it would be to the detriment of the carmaker’s unwitting customers, who believed it was for internal purposes only. General Motors slapped with a hefty ban by Lina Khan’s FTC
https://fortune.com/2025/01/17/general-motors-ftc-settlement-gm-caught-sellling-driver-data-insurers/

# Gov / Politics
Trump Plans to Unleash Flood of Dark Executive Orders on Day One
https://newrepublic.com/post/190390/trump-executive-orders-day-one

Biden Just Gave Away Netanyahu’s Whole Game. And It’s Bad. Joe Biden tried to joke about Benjamin Netanyahu “carpet bombing” Gaza. ‘But Bibi, you can’t be carpet bombing these communities.’ And he said to me, ‘Well you did it. You carpet bombed Berlin. You dropped a nuclear weapon. You killed thousands of innocent people because you had to in order to win a war.’”
https://newrepublic.com/post/190365/joe-biden-benjamin-netanyahu-gaza-bombs

Ohio Governor Snubs Trump With Vance Replacement in Senate. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine picked JD Vance’s replacement—and it’s not who Donald Trump wanted.
https://san.com/cc/ohio-governor-picks-lt-gov-jon-husted-to-replace-jd-vance-in-senate/

‘Something is going to happen’: Report said to reveal source of Trump’s Panama ‘fixation’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-panama-canal-2670878956/

A US exit from NATO under Trump would likely trigger a legal showdown
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-exit-nato-under-trump-100402548.html

Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions
https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-says-equal-rights-amendment-150107087.html

Since Donald Trump last entered the White House, the Supreme Court created a more powerful president. No mystery exists as to what Trump is all about – or whether the Supreme Court majority is mostly with him.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/18/politics/trump-relationship-with-supreme-court-second-term

Mike Pence to Trump: cutting Taiwan support would ‘likely spark a new nuclear arms race’
https://www.newsweek.com/new-nuclear-arms-race-taiwan-mike-pence-warns-trump-2016563

Washington DC residents flee ahead of Trump inauguration: ‘I can’t be here.’ Republicans and conservatives meanwhile are pouring in for celebrations with hotels being nearly 70% booked
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/17/trump-inauguration-washington-dc-residents-leave

For the first time in U.S. history, foreign leaders are invited to an inauguration. Most are right-wing politicians, though a few notables didn’t make the cut.
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-01-17/the-far-right-foreign-leaders-getting-a-historic-invite-to-trumps-inauguration

# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel’s Cabinet approved a deal for ceasefire in Gaza and release of dozens of hostages that will pause the 15-month war with Hamas for six weeks. The deal brings Israel and Hamas a step closer to ending their deadliest and most destructive fighting ever.
https://apnews.com/live/israel-hamas-ceasefire-updates

# Medical / General News
Lawmakers consider higher bar for constitutional amendments and a trigger to end Medicaid expansion
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/lawmakers-consider-higher-bar-constitutional-amendments-and-trigger-end-medicaid-expansion

RFK Jr. Secretly Got Rich Off of “Public Health” Efforts
https://newrepublic.com/post/190399/republicans-plan-cut-school-food-tax-cuts

# Military / General News / Militia / Bio-weapons
It’s not clear who will lead the Pentagon when Trump takes office. What happens then?
https://apnews.com/article/trump-defense-department-transition-secretaries-inauguration-bf535549800d166060f1c4399360d06f

Littoral Combat Ship Can Now Rapidly Shoot Down Aerial Drones With Hellfire Missiles. Houthi attacks in the Red Sea prompted the Navy to rush the counter-drone Hellfire capability to the Freedom class LCS.
https://www.twz.com/sea/littoral-combat-ship-can-now-rapidly-shoot-down-aerial-drones-with-hellfire-missiles

Face the facts: America has outsourced its military supply chain to China
https://www.aol.com/opinion-face-facts-america-outsourced-203000283.html

‘Hyperscale’ Weapons Coming to Ohio. Arsenal-1 will redefine the scale and speed that autonomous systems and weapons can be produced for the United States and its allies and partners.
https://www.anduril.com/article/anduril-building-arsenal-1-hyperscale-manufacturing-facility-in-ohio/

# NATO
NATO on red alert as Russian drones hit member nation amid ‘strong condemnation’
https://www.newsweek.com/four-nato-fighter-jets-scrambled-over-russian-drone-attack-1962542

# NASA / Space
NASA wants a ‘Super-Hubble’ space telescope to search for life on alien worlds
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/search-for-life/nasa-wants-a-super-hubble-space-telescope-to-search-for-life-on-alien-worlds

# Other Interesting Things
World’s Most Isolated Tree Survived Centuries in Sahara Dessert- But Couldn’t Withstand Human Recklessness. The tree itself was only a couple of meters tall with few living branches, but it still clung on to life to serve as a testament to the resilience required for hardy desert people to survive. But a double whammy of back luck would cut the tree’s life short – literally.
https://thetreeographer.com/2018/03/08/the-worlds-loneliest-tree-the-tree-of-tenere/

New research reveals a “major mystery” deep beneath the planet’s bodies of water and crust, and now experts are rethinking what they know about Earth’s terrain. They suggest it could even mean “a lost world” under the sea.
https://nypost.com/2025/01/10/science/newly-discovered-undersea-structures-stun-scientists-is-there-a-lost-world-beneath-the-pacific-ocean/

# Pharmaceuticals
EpiPen price lawsuit: Indiana attorney general says drug companies have illegally hiked prices: EpiPens are a life-saving treatment for severe allergic reactions. Indiana’s AG says Pfizer and Mylan have broken the law to increase the price by more than 600%.
https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/drug-price-gauging-pfizer-mylan-epipen-allergic-reaction-hike-anaphylaxis-lawsuit-state-indiana-attorney-general-todd-rokita-manufacturer-company/531-0026c7d5-9e42-4d36-9905-ae76ce3ab1bf

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Biden Slams Tech Platforms Such As Facebook And X For Kowtowing To Trump
https://www.aol.com/biden-slams-tech-platforms-facebook-032918629.html

Biden signs ambitious order to bolster energy resources for AI data centers. The executive order directs federal agencies to accelerate large-scale AI infrastructure development at government sites, while imposing requirements and safeguards on the developers building on those locations. The Energy Department issued a report warning that data centers’ energy consumption, water use, and emissions are already skyrocketing amid increasing electricity costs, droughts, and climate disasters.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-white-house-ai-artificial-intelligence-7458d9d1bb537929c5dcfb5192695223

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Voices, The Peoples News

January 17, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Republicans push to reinstate ‘Remain in Mexico’ under new Trump administration
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3288481/republicans-push-reinstate-remain-in-mexico-trump/

State and Federal lawmakers to crackdown on undocumented immigrants
https://www.newsbreak.com/action-news-5-1982306/3764713494467-state-and-federal-lawmakers-to-crackdown-on-undocumented-immigrants

Key Donald Trump aide Stephen Miller urged House Republicans during a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill Wednesday to find new ways to cut funding for sanctuary cities and states like New York while beefing up border enforcement.
https://nypost.com/2025/01/16/us-news/trump-immigration-adviser-stephen-miller-urges-house-republicans-to-cut-funding-for-sanctuary-cities/

With large Democratic support, Senate expands bill that could deport immigrants without due process
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/16/with-large-democratic-support-senate-expands-bill-that-could-deport-without-due-process/

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said it has arrested or removed nine criminal illegal immigrants. Their crimes include homicide, rape, drug trafficking, sexual assault, battery, and indecent exposure.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-houston-arrests-9-criminal-aliens-wanted-illegally-reentering-us

Chairman Green on New “Shocking” Numbers of Criminal Illegal Aliens Roaming Free in U.S. – “Defies All Common Sense”
https://homeland.house.gov/2024/09/27/chairman-green-on-new-shocking-numbers-of-criminal-illegal-aliens-roaming-free-in-u-s-defies-all-common-sense/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
US imposes more sanctions on Russia. The Biden administration, responding to the death of Aleksei A. Navalny, unveiled its largest sanctions package to date as the war in Ukraine enters its third year.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/23/business/us-sanctions-russia.html

Trump nominee for Treasury opposes higher taxes on billionaires, decries federal spending
https://alabamareflector.com/2025/01/16/dc/trump-nominee-for-treasury-opposes-higher-taxes-on-billionaires-decries-federal-spending/

# Education / Schools / Global
Senator Fine looks to ban illegal migrants enrolling in Florida colleges. The proposal comes the day after Gov. Ron DeSantis called for a special legislative session focused on implementing tougher immigration policies.
https://www.highereddive.com/news/florida-bill-undocumented-students-selective-public-colleges-randy-fine-desantis-trump/737516/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump Treasury secretary nominee won’t support raising minimum wage: “Trump and his billionaire Cabinet have their priorities backwards. Instead of focusing on lower costs and higher wages, they’re only trying to line their own pockets while breaking promises to working families,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/scott-bessent-minimum-wage

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
Russian Tanker Discharges Oil at Chinese Port After U.S. Sanctions
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/u-s-sanctioned-tanker-discharges-russian-oil-at-chinas-shandong-port/

# Foods / Things that impact your health
The Cancer-Fighting Food That ‘Slows Tumor Growth’ And Blocks Its Ability To Spread: Broccoli Sprouts
https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-broccoli-sprouts

# Gov / Politics
Trump assembles an administration of uber-wealthy Cabinet members and advisers, sparking ethics questions
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/06/trump-billionaires-cabinet-ethics/

Republicans in disarray as GOP leadership engages in power struggle: Conservatives hoping to hit the ground running once Donald Trump is sworn in as president are facing a roadblock because House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and newly elected Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) can’t get on the same page and are engaging in a battle of wills.
https://www.rawstory.com/johnson-thune/

The 19th Explains: What to know about executive orders as Trump prepares to take office
https://19thnews.org/2025/01/what-are-executive-orders-trump-second-term/

The Women Refusing to Participate in Trump’s Economy. Thompson, who makes TikTok videos focused on personal finance, began thinking about the economic impact President-elect Donald Trump could have—and how she might be able to help people prepare.
https://time.com/7207529/women-refusing-to-participate-in-trump-economy/

This Storm-Battered Town Voted for Trump. He Has Vowed to Overturn the Law That Could Fix Its Homes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-biden-ira-climate-red-states

Trump’s Panama Canal threats leave country’s officials scrambling for answers
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/17/politics/trump-panama-canal-threats-history-mulino/index.html

U.S. Congress: Legislation to Make Washington D.C. a State Filed With 162 Sponsors, More Than Any Other Bill
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-marijuana-herald-2222119/3760981646421-u-s-congress-legislation-to-make-washington-d-c-a-state-filed-with-162-sponsors-more-than-any-other-bill

West Virginia governor’s first executive orders include removing DEI initiatives and vaccine requirements
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/patrick-morrisey-executive-order-dei-b2680925.html

Trump Loses It for Some Reason After FBI Shutters DEI Office. Donald Trump has issued a new demand after reports that the FBI is closing its diversity, equity, and inclusion office.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/17/trump-accuses-fbi-of-corruption-for-shuttering-dei-office-before-his-inauguration/

As Trump puts Republicans on notice against daring to criticize him, a reporter who covers D.C. influence peddling explains how he is already building a new Trump kleptocracy right before our eyes.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trump-humiliates-nikki-haley-in-epic-new-rant-but-also/id1728152109?i=1000684367218

Ron DeSantis has defied Donald Trump on whether to appoint Lara Trump as the state’s new senator.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190313/ron-desantis-donald-trump-florida-senator-lara-trump

Mike Johnson’s Caving to Trump May Have Just Cost Him in the House. Johnson removed Mike Turner as head of the House Intelligence Committee.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/johnson-removes-republican-chair-house-013503429.html

Trump’s Treasury Pick Vows to Give Back to the Rich in Bleak Hearing. Scott Bessent used his confirmation hearing to make clear that he cares about the rich and the rich only.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190334/trump-treasury-pick-bessent-rich-taxes-wages-confirmation-hearing

# Gov / Politics / Global
China Sends a VIP to Trump’s Inauguration. Chinese Vice President Han Zheng will attend the president-elect’s inauguration on Monday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/17/china-donald-trump-inauguration/

Benjamin Netanyahu is humiliating Donald Trump into giving him everything he wants.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-already-humiliated-giving-netanyahu-152422176.html

Russia’s top diplomat said Tuesday that Moscow is open for talks with President-elect Donald Trump and praised him for pointing to NATO’s plan to embrace Ukraine as a root cause of the nearly 3-year-old conflict.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/international-headlines/ap-russias-top-diplomat-praises-trumps-views-on-ukraine-conflict/

This Gaza ceasefire deal is tainted by Trump, Netanyahu and their disregard for peace | Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/16/ceasefire-deal-gaza-netanyahu-trump-peace

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Republican Georgia State Senator Thrown to The Ground And Arrested During Governor’s Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRSLRHg2Glc

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Son of a man who was beaten and died in a New York prison sues guards, officials: Body camera video from Dec. 9, 2024 shows officers punching Robert L. Brooks Sr., 43, while he was handcuffed on a medical examination table at Marcy Correctional Facility. Brooks died the next day.
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/robert-brooks-lawsuit-new-york-prison-guard-beating/

# Medical / General News
Senate Republicans introduce Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, legislation that protects infants who survive an attempted abortion to ensure they receive the same care as any other newborn.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3858dc90-d4d2-11ef-921e-bbd633d01fcf.html

Stein issues executive order on abortion, reproductive health care
https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-abortion-josh-stein-reproductive-rights-34b9bc61db8cea13ddc866221a32e5d5

# Medical Technology / Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science
Robots the size of grain of rice that can travel through brain to carry out surgery: Sending miniature robots deep inside the human skull to treat brain disorders has long been the stuff of science fiction—but it could soon become reality
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-04-california-start-up-tiny-robots-fantastic.html

Scientists Crack the Code on BRCA2: New Hope for Cancer Patients
https://www.voanews.com/a/scientists-crack-genetic-code-of-two-common-cancers-79705107/416543.html

Rare genetic mutation has given rise to a new human blood group, identified after 50 years. This discovery adds MAL to a growing list of recognized blood group systems. Experts have classified it as the 47th system, which shows just how many different markers exist beyond ABO and Rh. Each new system reveals a hidden detail about human genetics.
https://www.earth.com/news/rare-genetic-mutation-has-given-rise-to-a-new-blood-group-mal-system/

The second Trump White House could drastically reshape infectious disease research: Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines.
https://www.propublica.org/article/nih-niaid-trump-kennedy-bhattacharya-vaccines-research

# Military / Militia / Bio-weapons / General News
Trump’s Defense Pick Torched Over Obvious Lie on Women in Military
https://newrepublic.com/post/190195/hegseth-confirmation-hearing-misogynist-views-women-military

UnitedHealth CEO admits 3 major issues with the health system in first public comments since executive’s murder
https://fortune.com/2025/01/16/unitedhealth-group-ceo-health-system-issues/

# Military General News / Bioweapons  / Global
Russia says any British military role in Ukraine under new 100-year deal would be worrying: Dmitry Peskov says Moscow will analyze implementation of UK-Ukraine defense cooperation agreement, its impact on region
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/russia-concerned-over-uk-military-infrastructure-expansion-closer-to-its-borders-under-deal-with-ukraine/3453489

# Nuclear Global
Radiation may not be why Chernobyl dogs show ‘dramatic’ genetic differences. Researchers from North Carolina State University and Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health concluded that radiation-induced mutation likely did not cause genetic differences in dog populations living in Chornobyl City and the nearby Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant
https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/chornobyl-dogs-have-genetic-differences-but-not-from-disaster-mutations

# Planetary
See 6 Planets Align on January 21. Alignments of five or more planets are rare—there will be two more featuring five or more planets this year, but after that the next won’t happen until 2040.
https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/news-analysis/planet-parade-2025/

# Science
The Universe is expanding faster than science can explain, as new data sends physics into ‘crisis’ mode the nearby Universe seems to expand more quickly than the standard model would anticipate.
https://www.earth.com/news/universe-is-expanding-faster-than-science-can-explain-hubble-tension-physics-crisis/

# Security / Surveillance
# Social
Senator Ted Budd says western North Carolina residents are being kicked out of temporary housing
https://www.wral.com/story/dozens-in-western-nc-kicked-out-of-hotels-tuesday-despite-fema-extending-deadline-officials-say/21808853/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
How Mark Zuckerberg Undid Years of Work in a Single Week. His emulation of Elon Musk and Twitter is alienating the very users Threads was built to attract.
https://slate.com/technology/2025/01/mark-zuckerberg-meta-threads-destroyed-case-elon-musk-twitter.html

# UFO Disclosure
UAP whistleblower says UFO retrieval program exists: When asked to describe the object, Barber said: “I saw an egg, a white egg.” He added: “It’s inconsistent with anything I’d ever seen before. I can also tell you that the reaction by my team, we all knew we were dealing with something extraordinary.”
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/uap-whistleblower-ufo-retrieval-program/

# Veterans / VA
The battle over veterans’ health care: How the Republican majority hopes to reshape the VA. GOP Wants to Let More Veterans Choose Their Doctors. Democrats Argue It’s Too Costly and Will Disrupt Quality of Care.
https://thewarhorse.org/republicans-propose-bills-to-privatize-more-veterans-healthcare/

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# Indigenous
Bill introduced to fund Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force
https://www.kpvi.com/news/regional_news/bill-introduced-to-fund-montana-missing-indigenous-persons-task-force/article_16e900a8-d3f7-531d-a7fe-794cdd683a4c.html

Choctaw Nation reflects on 50 years of self-governance under Indian Self-Determination Education and
https://www.choctawnation.com/news/news-releases/anniversary-of-the-indian-self-determination-act-of-1975/

# Archaeology
20,000-year-old ‘human’ fossils from Japan aren’t what we thought, they are the bones of an ancient bear.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/20-000-year-old-human-fossils-from-japan-arent-what-we-thought

Researchers Stunned After Finding 10th Century Grave Containing the Remains of a Female Warrior With Archery Equipment
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/archaeologists-unearth-10th-century-female-warrior-grave

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Trump’s A.G. Pick Adds Huge Asterisk to Birthright Citizenship
https://newrepublic.com/post/190281/trump-attorney-general-bondi-birthright-citizenship

Chicago blocks effort to relax ‘sanctuary’ status ahead of Trump inauguration
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_933cbbe8-d394-11ef-bbd7-ff0c74015bd9.html

GOP state senators propose tightening Massachusetts’s shelter laws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elqEWmu_BK8

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
“We Must Make the Trump Tax Cuts Permanent as Soon as Possible,” GOP Rep. Says
https://truthout.org/articles/we-must-make-the-trump-tax-cuts-permanent-as-soon-as-possible-gop-rep-says/

3 Ways the Trump Economy Could Affect Social Security in 2025
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2025/01/13/ways-donald-trump-may-change-social-security/

Massive $128 Million Bank Fraud and Money Laundering Operation Uncovered in Florida
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/four-indicted-conspiracy-commit-bank-fraud-and-money-laundering-schemes-involving-more

US recovers $31 million in Social Security payments to dead people
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/social-security-payments-to-dead-recovered_n_67881fefe4b0ebaad44e9fa3

# Education / Schools / Global
Lawmakers consider adding cameras to public school classrooms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpC3oKPudWQ

# Employment / Labor / Unions
The Labor Movement Won Big Victories in 2024. Now It Must Fend Off Trump. Unions are preparing to beat back Trump’s pro-business agenda through worker solidarity across all backgrounds.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/labor-movement-just-notched-two-110000192.html

Sen. Mike Lee: Lawmakers are ready to undo the ‘devastating harm’ to energy sector by Biden administration
https://www.eenews.net/articles/angry-republicans-look-to-undo-biden-offshore-drilling-bans/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
Canada could cut US energy supply in reply to Trump’s tariffs
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/15/canada-response-trump-tariffs-00198536

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
8 Ways Special Interests Are Asking President-Elect Trump To Sell Out U.S. Public Lands: Corporate insiders have shamelessly lined up a suite of proposals to enrich themselves at the expense of American families and future generations. President-elect Trump will soon make his choice: reject these bad ideas or sell out America’s parks and public lands on the cheap.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/8-ways-special-interests-are-asking-president-elect-trump-to-sell-out-u-s-public-lands/

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
FEMA administrator attacked as a DEI hire because she’s a woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPoEdA0lroY

# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
House Republicans are looking to cut SNAP benefits in an attempt to reduce federal spending
https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/republican-snap-proposals-could-take-food-away-from-millions-of-low-income

Report finds TANF funds used beyond cash assistance. States increasingly shifted funds from the TANF program toward ‘non-assistance’ services such as work training and education, while spending on direct cash assistance declined significantly
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_7f5a06dc-d34c-11ef-bb50-07be67c6ba75.html

# Gov / Politics
The First Bitcoin President? Tracing Trump’s Crypto Connections. Crypto execs funneled millions in donations to swing this election, and now their man is in charge. Here’s how Donald Trump’s “crypto cabinet” could shape the next four years.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5080329-trumps-love-for-bitcoin/

Trump’s Attorney General Pick Admits There Is an Enemy List After All. Pam Bondi had a very revealing exchange in her confirmation hearing about Trump’s plans to go after the “enemy within.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/190268/bondi-trump-ag-hearing-enemy-list

WV Governor Scraps DEI, Signs Vaccine Exemptions on Second Day in Office. WV Democratic Chair Mike Pushkin called the executive orders “troubling overreach” that may “harm us for generations.”
https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2025/01/morrisey-signs-executive-orders-targeting-dei-and-allowing-vaccine-exemptions-among-others/

Democrats concerned after Mike Johnson fires top Republican from House committee reportedly at Trump’s request. House speaker removed intelligence committee chair Mike Turner, whose stances have run afoul with Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/16/trump-nominees-epa-treasury-interior-hearing-congress-latest-lee-zeldin-doug-burgum

Biden’s Last Message to America Is a Dire Warning. Joe Biden told Americans to beware of the growing oligarchy in their country. “Today an oligarchy is taking shape in America that literally threatens our democracy, our basic rights, our freedoms,” the president said.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-farewell-speech_n_67885cfbe4b0ebaad44eb6c9

Trump A.G. Pick Accidentally Reveals an Ugly Truth About 2025 Plans. As Pam Bondi evades questions at her confirmation hearing about Trump’s threats to target enemies, a former prosecutor explains what Bondi inadvertently demonstrated about what’s really coming in 2025.
https://newrepublic.com/article/190296/trump-ag-pick-accidentally-reveals-dark-ugly-truth-2025-plans

Newsom to Fly California’s Flags at Full Staff for Trump Inauguration. The decision could be seen as an attempt to placate Trump as the wildfire-hit state seeks federal aid.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5089014-gavin-newsom-donald-trump-inauguration-flags/

Trump Rolls Out the Inaugural Red Carpet for TikTok CEO. Shou Zi Chew is reportedly planning to attend Trump’s inauguration one day after the TikTok ban is scheduled to take effect.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/01/16/tiktok-ceo-will-reportedly-attend-trumps-inauguration-as-ban-threat-looms/

DeSantis appoints Florida AG Ashley Moody to replace Rubio in the Senate. DeSantis said he wanted an individual with a proven record to fight for President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/16/ashley-moody-desantis-pick-florida-senate-seat

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen, who is a few weeks away from giving birth to her second child, is leading an effort to allow new parents to vote remotely in Congress.
https://coloradonewsline.com/2025/01/16/colorado-mother-congress-proxy-voting/

Elon Musk involved with Iran hostage deal despite no formal government role: report
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2670859761/

Why is Elon Musk Negotiating With Iran? The tech billionaire and Trump ally is everywhere suddenly—even places he has no business being. Elon Musk is apparently trying to broker some kind of agreement between the United States and Iran.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188464/elon-musk-negotiating-iran-ambassador-united-nations-trump

Exclusive-Trump team asks three US senior career diplomats to resign, sources say
https://today.westlaw.com/Document/Ib8291e90d37d11ef89d1b169ce2312c0/View/FullText.html?transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true

Federal bill mirrors North Carolina law in protection, fairness for women
https://www.thecentersquare.com/north_carolina/article_6b91c59a-d37e-11ef-983b-d35c684a19c7.html

Former prosecutor issues ‘stark warning about what is coming’ in the next administration
https://www.rawstory.com/stark-warning-for-future-vance/

Nobel economist Paul Krugman says Trump’s policies will leave his blue-collar base feeling ‘brutally scammed’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-voters-paul-krugman-scam-economy-b2680441.html

Biden is using his remaining time in office to give the country what it rejected
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-biden-using-remaining-time-143000075.html

Trump nominee for budget chief says president can withhold funding approved by Congress. Vought testified he and Trump believe the president holds the sole authority to withhold funding approved by Congress through something called impoundment, which is currently illegal under a 1970s-era law.
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-nominee-budget-chief-says-president-can-withhold-funding-approved-congress

Trump Posts ‘Blacklist’ Online And Critics Fear The Same Thing
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-blacklist-white-house_n_6788d859e4b0583ca53bab43

Trump’s Entire Family ‘In Crosshairs of Assassins’ as Secret Service Protection is ‘Running on Fumes’
https://radaronline.com/p/trump-family-crosshairs-assassins-secret-service-protection-running-fumes/

# Gov / Politics / Global
There Are Still Ways the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Could Fall Apart. This is not a totally done deal yet.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/ceasefire-israel-hamas-gaza-war-trump-biden.html?pay=1737034650047&support_journalism=please

A Deal Too Late: Israel Agrees to the Ceasefire It Rejected Months Ago, Thousands More Died. Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal on almost entirely the same terms as a proposal that fell apart in the summer.
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/15/israel-hamas-ceasefire-biden-netanyahu-deaths/

In Gaza, Ceasefire Will Be a Chance to Finally Breathe. No longer fearing constant bombing, I can begin to mourn all I have lost in Gaza.
https://truthout.org/articles/in-gaza-ceasefire-will-be-a-chance-to-finally-breathe/

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Heartbreaking moment girl, 11, is reduced to tears as she’s handcuffed after being wrongly accused of car theft
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/heartbreaking-moment-girl-11-is-reduced-to-tears-as-she-s-handcuffed-after-being-wrongly-accused-of-car-theft/ar-AA1xfWFl

Few US adults confident Justice Department and FBI will act fairly under Trump, AP-NORC poll finds. Few US adults confident Justice Department and FBI will act fairly under Trump, AP-NORC poll finds
https://san.com/media-miss/few-us-adults-confident-justice-department-and-fbi-will-act-fairly-under-trump-ap-norc-poll-finds/

Judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending federal oversight
https://apnews.com/article/orleans-police-federal-oversight-ruling-d29af84bdad9ce9abb39bc6b0681159e

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump’s Felony Conviction Appeal Will Show How Fully He’s Above the Law. Trump’s appeal will decide how the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling applies to his hush money case.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-felony-conviction-appeal-will-show-how-fully-hes-above-the-law/

Both sides raise concern of weaponized Justice Department at Bondi hearing
https://www.newspressnow.com/tn_exchange/watch-both-sides-raise-concern-of-weaponized-justice-department-at-bondi-hearing/article_b46edd99-4bad-5a44-a4e4-f56253c8eaea.html

U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Utah’s lawsuit to control 18.5 million acres of public land: Conservationists in the hunting and fishing community are celebrating after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a Utah lawsuit that would have jeopardized vast tracts of federally-protected public land across the county
https://www.fieldandstream.com/hunting/supreme-court-rejects-utah-public-lands-lawsuit

# Medical / General News
Report warns potential Medicaid cuts would harm rural patients, communities
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/rural-areas-fear-gops-medicaid-cuts-could-be-devastating-to-local-health-care-options/

MrBeast slams ‘absurd’ US healthcare system after helping 2,000 people walk again
https://www.indy100.com/celebrities/mrbeast-youtube-us-healthcare-system

# Military / Militia / Bio-weapons / General News
Pentagon Faces the Unknown as America Stands at the Brink of a New Era
https://thedebrief.org/pentagon-faces-the-unknown-as-america-stands-at-the-brink-of-a-new-era/

# Military General News / Global
India’s navy launches submarine, warships to guard against China’s presence in Indian Ocean
https://apnews.com/article/india-navy-submarine-warships-launch-69c138048bb4202a1a409b0b2353a2f4

Germany to deploy naval forces to NATO Baltic Sea mission. Chancellor Scholz says Germany prepared to take responsibility and deploy naval forces to counter suspected Russian sabotage of underwater
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/germany-to-deploy-naval-forces-to-nato-baltic-sea-mission/3450044

# NASA / Space
Cosmic Mystery Ensues as Supermassive Black Hole Emits Odd X-ray Pulses Unlike Anything Previously Seen. A supermassive black hole, the mysterious 1ES 1927+654, emits X-ray pulses unlike anything previously recorded, which MIT astronomers hypothesize results from a cosmic balancing act.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-found-strange-accelerating-x-ray-pulses-coming-from-a-black-hole-they-might-be-a-sign-of-an-orbiting-white-dwarf-180985832/

# Planetary
The sun’s magnetic field will flip soon. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years, which marks an important stage in the solar cycle. The shift in polarity marks the point at which the sun is halfway through solar maximum, the height of its activity, and the beginning of the shift toward solar minimum. The sun’s magnetic field last flipped toward the end of 2013.
https://www.space.com/the-universe/sun/sun-magnetic-field-flip

# Pharmaceuticals
Report: ‘Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ profited billions by raising prices of ‘specialty drugs’: The report is the second from the agency’s investigation of PBMs and comes amid a flurry of lawsuits.
https://www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025/01/15/ftc-pbms-gained-billions-drug-prices-spread-pricing

# Science
New Superconductive Materials Have Just Been Discovered. Three exotic new species of superconductivity were spotted last year, illustrating the myriad ways electrons can join together to form a frictionless quantum soup.
https://www.cryogenicsociety.org/index.php?option=com_dailyplanetblog&view=entry&year=2025&month=01&day=13&id=412:new-superconductive-materials-have-just-been-discovered

# Social Media / Internet
German defence and foreign ministries depart from Elon Musk’s X
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-15/german-defence-and-foreign-ministries-depart-from-elon-musks-x

# Space / Global
India becomes 4th nation to complete unmanned docking in space, a technological milestone that underscores its ambitions to expand its share in the rapidly growing $400 billion global space market.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202501/1327047.shtml

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Privacy of millions worldwide compromised as huge data location broker got hacked. The Gravy Analytics hack is a stark reminder of the danger of data collection
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/privacy-of-millions-worldwide-compromised-as-huge-data-location-broker-got-hacked

# UFO Disclosure
Air Force veteran whistleblower claims to have worked on UFO retrieval program | Vargas Reports
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/uap-whistleblower-ufo-retrieval-program/

# Veterans / VA
Acute and chronic leukemias and other life-threatening cancers will now be recognized as presumptive conditions for toxic-exposed veterans who served during the past 25 years in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East
https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-makes-several-cancers-presumptive-for-service-connection-lowering-the-burden-of-proof-for-veterans-to-receive-no-cost-health-care-and-earned-benefits/

# Water
Scientists discover enormous reservoir hidden in Cascades — more than twice the amount of water in Lake Mead
https://www.ecowatch.com/oregon-cascades-mountains-aquifer.html

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Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Tribal Lenders Say They Can Charge Over 600% Interest. These States Stopped Them. Online lenders tied to Native American tribes argue that they aren’t subject to state lending laws, but they backed away from operating in six states where attorneys have acted forcefully to protect consumers.
https://www.propublica.org/article/states-tribal-lenders-high-interest-rates

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Venezuela Immigration Now a Weapon Against the US
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/4443814-how-venezuelas-dictatorship-is-weaponizing-the-us-border-crisis/

United States to Resume Removals of Venezuelans Who Do Not Have a Legal Basis to Remain in the States
https://www.state.gov/united-states-to-resume-removals-of-venezuelans-who-do-not-have-a-legal-basis-to-remain-in-the-united-states-to-venezuela/

This New Immigration Bill That’s About to Pass Is a Horrifying Trojan Horse
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/laken-riley-act-immigration-bill-trojan-horse.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump is on a collision course with the bond vigilantes
https://politicalhotwire.com/t/donald-trump-is-on-a-collision-course-with-the-bond-market-vigilantes.291294/

What Will Trump Do to the US Economy? Donald Trump has made a wide range of economic promises, many of which threaten to blow up the deficit and fuel inflation. But powerful institutional, political, and economic constraints, together with Trump’s capriciousness, have spurred disagreement about how worried we should be.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/what-will-trump-do-to-the-us-economy

Could Bond Vigilantes Hostage US Policy Makers? Rising Bond Yields Threaten To Spoil The Party. The skidding US Treasury market is moving oppositely to China’s plunging bond yields (rising bond prices) and also against latest economic trends.
https://capitalwars.substack.com/p/could-bond-vigilantes-hostage-us

Bond vigilantes could make a comeback if Donald Trump follows through on some of his promised policies
https://moneyweek.com/investments/bonds/will-bond-vigilantes-come-for-donald-trump

U.S. Reps. Jason Smith (R-MO) and Ron Estes (R-KS) are seeking information from the Social Security Administration commissioner on how beneficiaries will receive their benefits from two repealed programs.
https://financialregnews.com/u-s-reps-smith-estes-seek-information-from-social-security-administration-on-repealed-programs/

# Education / Schools / Global
Gov. Brian Kemp is proposing an additional $50 million for school safety grants, but his plan falls short of the increased counseling resources school officials want after four people were shot and killed at Apalachee High School in Winder in September
https://pro.stateaffairs.com/ga/legislature/kemp-school-safety-package

Hochul pitches plans for universal ‘free’ school meals. The governor also wants to make some community college programs free. But she didn’t touch the thorniest issue: the school funding formula.
https://nysfocus.com/2025/01/15/hochul-state-of-state-2025-education

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-climate-change-oil-gas-companies-7548dbfe5cb38a9174330602cbef42c2

# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
USDA documented insects, slime and ‘general filth’ at Boar’s Head plants, records show
https://apnews.com/article/listeria-boars-head-deli-meat-65c4016aea0fc9e8505350ebc7b41e39

Coca-Cola Bends the Knee to Donald Trump. Four years after criticizing January 6, Coca-Cola has reversed course and decided to honor Trump instead.
https://www.newsweek.com/coca-cola-donald-trump-inauguration-bottle-jan-6-criticism-2015086

FDA bans red dye No. 3 in foods, decades after additive found to cause cancer in rats
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/15/red-dye-3-fda-ban-food-additive-linked-cancer/

# Gov / Politics
Texas Governor Greg Abbott Breaks Federal Protocol
https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-raise-flags-texas-trump-inauguration-2014066

Texas has a powerful new House speaker in a blow to the GOP’s hard right
https://apnews.com/article/texas-house-powerful-new-speaker-4d9daceb85d38b13bbde8d924ab120cd

Trump Just Laid a Brutal Trap for Dems, and They’re Walking Into It. As some Senate Democrats try to amend the awful Laken Riley immigration bill, will the party unite to force Republicans to accept changes? The prognosis is not great.
https://newrepublic.com/article/190213/democrats-laken-riley-act-surrender-trump-worse

Paul Manafort Is Back to Wreck the World. Trump’s one-time aide-de-camp and bagman for corrupt foreign regimes is returning to his old stomping grounds, rolling back precious progress against a world of kleptocrats.
https://newrepublic.com/article/190164/paul-manafort-trump-foreign-agents

Inaugural Committees Are an Extortion Racket. Abolish them, and corporations might even say thank you.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/inaugural-committees-extortion-racket-110000136.html

The Sheer Weirdness of an Illegal Inaugural. Trump’s team may have violated some of the few campaign finance regulations that still apply to inaugural committees.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/sheer-weirdness-illegal-inaugural

Trump’s Rage at Jack Smith Weirdly Escalates as MAGA Threats Darken. As Trump’s anger at Jack Smith only grows and his pick for defense secretary signals ugly times ahead, a historian explains why Trump-MAGA may not be as invincible as they now appear.
https://newrepublic.com/article/190235/trumps-rage-jack-smith-weirdly-escalates-maga-threats-darken

A Year of Empty Threats and a ‘Smokescreen’ Policy: How the State Department Let Israel Get Away With Horrors in Gaza. Israel repeatedly crossed Biden administration’s human rights red lines. U.S. continued to send weapons. Exclusive records and interviews reveal what happened inside the State Department.
https://www.propublica.org/article/biden-blinken-state-department-israel-gaza-human-rights-horrors

# Gov / Politics / Global
Why does Trump want Greenland? Former Denmark ambassador explains
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/why-trump-wants-greenland-canada-panama-canal-explained.html

Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the war in the Gaza Strip, the United States and Qatar, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies.
https://apnews.com/live/israel-hamas-ceasefire-updates

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
White Customers Put Black Man Accused Of Stealing In Chokehold: Witnessing another situation where a white man hems up a Black man in what could’ve been a fatal restraint
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-mob-ganging-black-man-184813926.html

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Right-Wing Judge on a Mission to Destroy ESG Retirement Planning. The notorious Reed O’Connor is back with another one of his patented-troll decisions, this time threatening to upend the world of socially conscious investing.
https://newrepublic.com/article/190212/reed-oconnor-esg-investment-blackrock

# Medical / General News
Widow of a Black man found hanging in Alabama, challenges official suicide ruling. They said he committed suicide with his hands tied behind his back.We heard that one before.
https://www.newsbreak.com/normbond-1843108/3761269216179-widow-of-a-black-man-found-hanging-in-alabama-challenges-official-suicide-ruling

# Military General News / Global
Ukraine launches one of the largest missile and drone attacks of war into Russia
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/14/ukraine-launches-largest-air-attacks-on-russia-since-start-of-war

WW3 fears stoked by Russian general who threatens ‘inevitable’ strike on NATO country. Andrey Gurulev, a reservist general and hardline MP, said on Russian state TV that it is “inevitable” that Russia will eventually strike the UK with missiles that will “wipe it off the earth”
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/russia-uk-bomb-ww3-nato-34485731

Russian president Vladimir Putin wants you to believe that NATO is responsible for his February 24 invasion of Ukraine, that rounds of NATO enlargement made Russia insecure, forcing Putin to lash out. This argument has two key flaws.
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/what-putin-fears-most/

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised anew difficult questions of escalation management between nuclear powers. The United States made clear its support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and independence even though Ukraine is not a member of the NATO and not a formal ally of the United States.
https://sais.jhu.edu/kissinger/programs-and-projects/kissinger-center-papers/escalation-management-ukraine-response-russias-manipulation-risk

# NASA / Space Force / Space X
A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever. During his third stay in orbit, Pettit is absolutely killing it.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/a-nasa-astronaut-may-have-just-taken-the-best-photo-from-space-ever/

SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-launches-2-private-lunar-landers-to-the-moon-photos

LA fires leave Deep Space Network mission control empty. Los Angeles fires leave NASA’s Deep Space Network mission control empty for 1st time in 60 years. Despite the evacuation of its Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, no space mission data has been lost, NASA says.
https://www.space.com/the-universe/los-angeles-fires-leave-nasa-deep-space-network-mission-control-empty-for-1st-time-in-60-years

# Other Interesting Things
The devilish mystery of Robert Johnson, the man who sold his soul to become a blues legend, it was a wild story but not a particularly uncommon one.
https://americansongwriter.com/robert-johnson-legacy-duress/

World’s rarest insect returns after a century of absence. There are plenty of other animals that have miraculously come back from the brink of extinction, and one such animal is the Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis), one of the world’s rarest insects.
https://www.thetravel.com/worlds-rarest-insect-found/

# Pharmaceuticals
FTC report exposes big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices by up to 7,736%. Report reveals big pharma middlemen inflating drug prices, reaping billions in excess revenue.
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2025/01/ftc-releases-second-interim-staff-report-prescription-drug-middlemen

How Big Pharma Reaps Profits While Hurting Everyday Americans. The pharmaceutical industry leverages Washington’s culture of corruption to increase profits while everyday Americans suffer from high drug prices.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/big-pharma-reaps-profits-hurting-everyday-americans/

What the “Big Pharma” Accusation Gets Right (and Wrong) About the Drug Industry. Valid criticism of the pharmaceutical industry often snowballs into demonization, leading conspiracy theorists to promote an alternative that is simply hypocritical.
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-critical-thinking-health-and-nutrition/what-big-pharma-accusation-gets-right-and-wrong-about-drug-industry

# Social Media / Internet
Elon Musk Faces Fresh Heap of Legal Trouble Over Twitter. Musk is facing a new lawsuit from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190243/elon-musk-sec-lawsuit

# Space / Global
“Three Gorges Dam In Space”: China Reveals Plans To Build Giant Power Station In Earth’s Orbit. “The energy collected in one year would be equivalent to the total amount of oil that can be extracted from the Earth.”
https://www.iflscience.com/three-gorges-dam-in-space-china-reveals-plans-to-build-giant-power-station-in-earths-orbit-77633

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
TikTok reportedly plans ‘immediate’ Sunday shutdown in the US if it’s banned / The US federal ban will go into effect Sunday without a Supreme Court intervention.
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/15/24344299/tiktok-shutdown-us-ban-supreme-court

Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it. Microsoft has a serious problem on its hands, thanks to competition from … itself?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-has-a-big-windows-10-problem-and-only-one-year-to-solve-it/

# Veterans / VA
Veteran endures Social Security ‘nightmare’ waiting years for payments after being told staff ‘lied’ about crucial date. AN American veteran was forced to wait years to receive his Social Security disability benefits, enduring a back-and-forth nightmare.
https://www.the-sun.com/money/13295559/veteran-social-security-nightmare-disability-payments-staff-lied/

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Merle Haggard wrote “Mama Tried” while doing time in San Quentin
on a robbery charge. While he was only doing a three-year sentence,
much of the rest of the song comes directly from his life.
https://americansongwriter.com/watch-merle-haggard-sing-mama-tried-his-mother-touching-throwback-video/
Traffic – Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys – Live 72 (Full Song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8M8R835Ck4
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# Indigenous
‘Stand With Us Again’: 120 Tribal Leaders Urge Biden To Release Leonard Peltier, an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians who has spent 49 years in federal prison. He is the longest-incarcerated Native American political prisoner in U.S. history and among the oldest people in federal custody.
https://www.nativenewsonline.net/currents/over-120-tribal-leaders-call-on-biden-to-grant-clemency-to-leonard-peltier

# Archaeology
Archaeologists have unearthed a stone coffin hidden underground for 1,500 years. According to the BBC, “The stone sarcophagus was the centerpiece of an entire Roman cemetery, surrounded by a remarkable collection of other burials.”
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/construction-workers-discover-ancient-stone-coffin-filled-with-plaster-while-expanding-highway-in-england-180985779/

Discovery: First tools ever used on Earth were not made by early humans. These ancient artifacts, found in Kenya’s Homa Peninsula, which is dubbed “the cradle of humankind,” date back three million years.
https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-stone-tools-ever-found-were-not-made-by-human-hands-study-suggests

Huge Ancient Inca Underground Labyrinth Discovered Beneath Cusco, Starting At Sun Temple
https://www.dailygrail.com/2025/01/discovery-the-secret-tunnels-of-the-incas/

Archaeology breakthrough as mysterious medieval stone discs found in Ukraine were used by Vikings as solar compasses to navigate the seas
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/01/medieval-stone-disks-could-be-viking-compasses/

Scientists reveal face of ‘completely unknown’ human ancestor that rewrites history of our evolution
https://dunyanews.tv/en/Technology/862498-scientists-reveal-face-of-completely-unknown-human-ancestor

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Intercepted Mexican fishing boat smuggling migrants rams Coast Guard boat, prompting gun fire, arrests
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-01-13-2000/banking-and-finance-intercepted-mexican-fishing-boat-smuggling-migrants-rams

The Darien Gap is a stretch of dense, uninhabited wilderness between Panama and Colombia that migrants use to traverse Central and South America. Now, the man tapped to lead Donald Trump’s immigration efforts says the incoming administration will work to shut it down.
https://san.com/cc/were-going-to-shut-the-darien-gap-down-homan/

Judge approves emergency order to close migrant gang-infested Aurora, Colorado, apartment complex. The Edge at Lowry apartments have been a hotbed of Tren de Aragua gang activity
https://www.foxnews.com/us/judge-approves-emergency-order-close-migrant-gang-infested-aurora-colorado-apartment-complex

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says U.S. should “allow legitimate refugees to come here”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mD8oiN4EL0

Sanctioning of global white supremacist terrorism group rattles U.S. extremist members. The network, which largely operates on Telegram, has been linked to a series of violent attacks, officials say.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/13/us-lists-white-supremacist-terrorgram-network-as-terrorist-group

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Amazon quietly rescinds pledges to protect Black and LGBTQ rights amid growing corporate rollbacks. Major corporations quietly abandon equity commitments as political pressures rise, sparking concerns for marginalized communities
https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-quietly-rescinds-pledges-to-protect-black-and-lgbtq-rights/

‘Untethered from reality’: Expert says Trump policy may ‘tip auto industry into recession’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-trade-war-2670807806/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump announces ‘external revenue service’ to collect foreign tariffs. Trump said on social media that the new department would be created on his first day when he takes office on January 20.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/14/trump-announces-external-revenue-service-to-collect-foreign-revenue

Keeping the Fed Independent—to Serve Wall Street: Chair Jerome Powell is battling to keep control of the Federal Reserve. He and Trump agree on weak regulation. On cheap money policy, Trump is winning
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-01-14-keeping-fed-independent-serve-wall-street/

‘Enough is enough’: New report warns top US companies at risk of hefty fines from possible China sanctions. The 1792 Exchange is led by former GOP Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-report-warns-top-us-companies-at-risk-hefty-fines-possible-china-sanctions

Canada prepared to buy more from US amid Trump tariff threats: Ambassador
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5084521-canada-boost-american-imports/

House GOP Bill Aims to Abolish the IRS and Rewrite the Tax Code
https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/bill-aims-to-abolish-the-irs-for-consumption-tax

Secrets of Capital One’s Alleged Scam Revealed: The largest category of information accessed was information on consumers and small businesses as of the time they applied for one of our credit card products from 2005 through early 2019. This information included personal information Capital One routinely collects at the time it receives credit card applications, including names, addresses, zip codes/postal codes, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, and self-reported income.
https://investor.capitalone.com/news-releases/news-release-details/capital-one-announces-data-security-incident

# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘I Want the Best People on Our Teams’: Meta Is Laying Off More Than 3,000, CEO Mark Zuckerberg Calls for ‘Extensive Performance-Based Cuts,’ Read the Memo
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/meta-is-laying-off-5-of-its-workforce-read-the-memo/485540

Jack Daniels’ parent Brown-Forman is cutting its workforce and closing its barrel-making plant
https://apnews.com/article/brownforman-american-whiskey-sales-tariff-8948b2725b2aa565d537db7769969c0b

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Researchers Baffled as One Agricultural Practice Has Tilted Earth’s North Pole by 30 Inches. Agriculture, as much is crucial for human survival, has caused a major change in the extreme North Polar region in the past few decades.
https://www.greenmatters.com/pn/researchers-baffled-as-one-agricultural-practice-has-tilted-earths-north-pole-by-30-inches

# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
Could a different food-labeling system change how, or what, we eat? FDA released a long-awaited proposal for a new food-labeling system with information on sodium, added sugar, and saturated fat content levels on the front of any food packaging.
https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-food-labeling-and-critical-foods/changes-nutrition-facts-label

# General News
Fact Check: This Robert F. Kennedy Quote About the Danger of Extremists Is Real: “What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.”
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/robert-kennedy-extremism-quote/

New Orleans terrorist’s radical shift a wake-up call for all Americans: ‘ISIS and others are back.’ Although the shockingly violent group’s “territorial caliphate” was destroyed during the first Trump administration, its propagandists continue to encourage and radicalize potential terrorists.
https://www.aol.com/orleans-terrorists-radical-shift-wake-090017571.html

# Gov / Politics
“Bro gave $700 billion to Ukraine.” Internet reacts to Biden giving one-time payments of $770 to people impacted by California fires
https://www.soapcentral.com/human-interest/news-bro-gave-700-billion-ukraine-internet-reacts-biden-giving-one-time-payments-770-people-impacted-california-fires

‘They don’t deserve anything’: GOP senator says CA wildfire victims shouldn’t get aid
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-senator-says-california-doesn-152935224.html

WATCH: Hegseth Confirmation Interrupted by Parade of Screaming Demonstrators. One protestor called Hegseth a “misogynist” and a “Christian Zionist.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/3-screaming-protestors-removed-pete-160042976.html

Hegseth Faces Tough Questions on Past Behavior During Confirmation Hearing
https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing-senate-trump-live-updates-2014662

Trump’s Defense Pick Proudly Admits the Rules Won’t Apply to Him. Pete Hegseth used his confirmation hearing to confess he’ll be as corrupt as it gets.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-defense-pick-admits-ll-183417077.html

‘This is the way’: Internet cheers as Michelle Obama snubs Trump’s ‘dictator coronation’
https://time.com/7206745/michelle-obama-skip-donald-trump-inauguration/

Democratic Senators Say a Campaign Treasurer Stole Their Money. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner suspect their former treasurer misappropriated funds from their political committees
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/tim-kaine-mark-warner-democrats-campaign-treasurer-1235235232/

Donald Trump makes bold Putin promise with inauguration just days away
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-putin-meeting-russia-34483107

Imam who refused to call Hezbollah a terrorist organization scheduled to deliver a benediction at Trump’s inauguration
https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/us-news/imam-who-refused-to-call-hezbollah-a-terrorist-organization-scheduled-to-deliver-a-benediction-at-trumps-inauguration/

Jeffries: With narrow margin, House GOP can’t ‘pass anything close’ to bill Johnson floating
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5086174-jeffries-house-republicans-debt-limit/

MAGA Rep. Introduces Bill to Carry Out Trump’s Project 2025 Promise
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-rep-introduces-bill-carry-162331370.html
See also: Project 2025, Building now for a conservative victory through policy, personnel, and training.
https://www.project2025.org/about/about-project-2025/

Nevada court stops federal loophole used for civil forfeitures
https://www.thecentersquare.com/nevada/article_0134040c-d297-11ef-8c8e-5b72a6d3ed55.html

Ohio Democrats urge Biden to finalize Equal Rights Amendment implementation
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/01/14/ohio-democrats-urge-biden-to-finalize-equal-rights-amendment-implementation/

Paul Krugman Issues Dire Warning On How ‘A Lot’ Of Trump Voters Will Be ‘Brutally Scammed’
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/paul-krugman-issues-dire-warning-112145851.html

Recall effort against Newsom underway in California following alleged mishandling of LA fires
https://gazette.com/news/wex/newsom-and-bass-recall-efforts-gain-momentum-after-fallout-from-wildfires/article_86b8ceed-4598-5879-b3f8-7b5b4732e2bd.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Puerto Rico asks Trump for help after Venezuela’s Maduro threatens invasion. Maduro’s comments were an “open threat to the United States and our national security,” Jenniffer González-Colón wrote in a post on X
https://www.newsweek.com/puerto-rico-asks-trump-help-after-venezuela-maduro-invasion-threat-2014493

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
14-Year-Old Told Dad He Was ‘Scared’ & ‘Couldn’t Breathe’ Before He Died in ‘Unprovoked’ Stabbing
https://www.newsbreak.com/cafemom-291109745/3758999122139-14-year-old-told-dad-he-was-scared-couldn-t-breathe-before-he-died-in-unprovoked-stabbing

Boy, 8, is mauled to death by dogs that were constantly allowed to roam the streets, cops say
https://au.news.yahoo.com/boy-8-mauled-death-dogs-212924368.html

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Aileen Cannon’s Final Gift to Trump. Jack Smith was no match for Aileen Cannon’s lawlessness.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/aileen-cannon-final-gift-trump-jack-smith-report-fail.html

The Most Damning Lines in Jack Smith’s Brutal Trump January 6 Report. Special counsel Jack Smith was explicitly candid about the threat of Donald Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/most-damning-lines-jack-smith-142435602.html
See also: Jack Smith’s final report about January 6 is out.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/14/pdf-trump-jan-6-report-jack-smith/

Chicago Judge Reassigned Following Inappropriate “My First Ankle Monitor” Text
https://www.newsbreak.com/hollywood-unlocked-1715859/3761371833025-chicago-judge-reassigned-following-inappropriate-my-first-ankle-monitor-text

Horrifying moment cops walk away from gunshot victim because their shifts were ending
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/cops-ignore-victim-stl-footage-b2679587.html

High Powered Lawyer: I Won’t Represent Meta Any More Thanks to Zuckerberg’s MAGA Turn
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawyer-says-dropped-meta-client-141836095.html

# Media
‘Well Gee, That Didn’t Happen’: Maddow Lays Out Trump’s Already-Broken Promises
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-trump-promises_n_6786749ee4b0daa73db5f661

# Medical / General News
A Private Equity Hospital Bankruptcy Gets a True-Crime Twist. Prospect Medical Holdings is the latest sordid tale of legalized hospital embezzlement killing patients and communities. But the judge assigned to its bankruptcy raises eyebrows in a good way.
https://prospect.org/health/2025-01-14-private-equity-hospital-bankruptcy-true-crime-twist/

Investigation: How Private Equity and an Ambitious Landlord Put Steward Health Care on Life Support. Nearly 300,000 internal documents leaked from Steward Health Care to OCCRP show how a private equity firm, real estate investors and top executives drained billions from the hospital operator as it lurched towards bankruptcy and failed hospital patients.
https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/how-private-equity-and-an-ambitious-landlord-put-steward-healthcare-on-life-support

GOP’s Medicaid cuts plan draws widespread backlash as experts warn of devastating consequences. Leaked GOP plan shows intent to strip millions of Americans of healthcare access.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/01/14/gops-medicaid-cuts-plan-draws-widespread-backlash-as-experts-warn-of-devastating-consequences/

Global health agency on chopping block as Republicans threaten to cut off funds: House Republicans are circulating a menu of options amounting to more than $5 trillion in cuts they could use to bankroll President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities this year.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2025/01/13/health-programs-on-the-gop-chopping-block-00197733

# Military / Militia / Bio-weapons / General News
‘Burn That Place Down’: House Republican Says Pete Hegseth Will Lay Waste to Pentagon Leadership
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/burn-that-place-down-house-republican-says-pete-hegseth-will-lay-waste-to-pentagon-leadership/

# Military General News / Global
China is pushing the Philippines `to the wall’ with aggression in the South China Sea, Manila says
https://apnews.com/article/south-china-sea-philippines-scarborough-shoal-0a5d18be6859c42895919f05d075c29d

China reportedly building ‘D-Day’-style barges as fears of Taiwan invasion rise
https://nypost.com/2025/01/14/world-news/new-china-satellite-photos-of-d-day-style-landing-barges-making-experts-sweat/

# NATO
NATO warplanes scrambled as Putin launches enormous Ukraine strike that put Poland ‘on full alert’
https://www.newsweek.com/poland-nato-fighter-jets-scrambled-russia-ukraine-attacks-2015102

# NASA / Space Force
Nasa satellite pics capture ‘Ghost Island’ mysteriously appear & then vanish just as suddenly in middle of Caspian Sea
https://www.the-sun.com/news/13285800/ghost-island-appears-then-vanishes-satellite-pictures/

Scientists discover continent that had been missing for 375 years: Geoscientists discovered a continent that had been hiding in plain sight for almost 375 years. Historically, there’s been speculation about whether a continent known as Zealandia or Te Riu-a-Māui in the Māori language exists.
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/scientists-discover-missing-continent-2670825895

Scientists Identify the Oldest Material on Earth in a Meteorite, Stunned to Find It Predates the Sun
https://www.newsbreak.com/knewz-1594593/3760393799436-scientists-identify-the-oldest-material-on-earth-in-a-meteorite-stunned-to-find-it-predates-the-sun

Something invisible and ‘fuzzy’ may lurk at the Milky Way’s center, new research suggests
https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/dark-matter/something-invisible-and-fuzzy-may-lurk-at-the-milky-ways-center-new-research-suggests

James Webb Space Telescope discovers one of the earliest ‘truly gargantuan’ supernovas ever seen
https://www.yahoo.com/news/james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-170000063.html

# Science
New super-sized Spider: Scientists discover new ‘unusually large’ species of one of world’s deadliest spiders, dubbed ‘Big Boy’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8eU5DDk1v0
Also: https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/funnel-web-spider

# Social
US right wing fans misinformation fires as firefighters battle Los Angeles blazes. A similar campaign of rumors and lies was seen after the North Carolina hurricane, with DEI a primary target
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/10/rightwing-misinformation-los-angeles-fire

Greystar, Largest Apartment Landlord In US—May Face FTC Lawsuit Over Hidden Fees
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/ftc-prepares-to-sue-largest-u-s-apartment-landlord-over-hidden-fees-528c776e

More than 15,000 renters could lose homes before ban on no-fault evictions comes into force
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/no-fault-eviction-ban-renters-rights-b2679205.html

City officials are prepping an old South Bronx storage facility for up to 2,200 migrant men from the troubled Randall’s Island tent city, all while crowing that the asylum-seeker crisis is waning. And it’s just around the corner from “The Hub,” one of the Big Apple’s most drug-addled strips.
https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/us-news/nyc-to-open-new-2200-bed-shelter-despite-touting-dip-in-migrant-crisis/

Renter who was forced to live with no hot water for 6 years slapped with eviction notice after ‘complaining to landlord.’ Resident Jimmy Thompson said he’s never had consistent hot water in the six years he’s lived in his apartment building in Houston, Texas.
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/texas-man-forced-live-6-910660?int_source=mantis_rec&int_medium=web&int_campaign=more_like_this

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft renders Mail & Calendar apps inoperable as it forces users over to the new Outlook on Windows. Users are being forced to move to the new Outlook app on Windows PCs, with no option to keep using the older Mail app. The company has also announced that it will be automatically installing the new Outlook app on Windows 10 PCs with the upcoming February security updates, if the user doesn’t already have it installed.
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsoft-renders-mail-and-calendar-apps-inoperable-as-it-forces-users-over-to-the-new-outlook-on-windows

New Details of Meta’s Rule Change Give Away Zuckerberg’s Whole Game
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5251151/meta-fact-checking-mark-zuckerberg-trump

More Speech and Fewer Mistakes. On platforms where billions of people can have a voice, all the good, bad and ugly is on display. That’s free expression.
https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes/

FBI erases China-sponsored malware from thousands of U.S. computers
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-and-fbi-conduct-international-operation-delete-malware-used-china-backed

TikTok Denies Report Claiming China Is Looking to Sell to Elon Musk. Bloomberg reported that the Chinese government were considering a merge between TikTok and social media app X Monday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/1/14/tiktok-says-report-of-potential-sale-to-elon-musk-pure-fiction

The Galaxy S25 will be an ‘AI companion’: We’re all set for the big reveal of the Galaxy S25 on January 22, and Samsung has been teasing some details: in a new video it describes the upcoming flagship phone as “a true AI companion”, so expect a major Bixby upgrade alongside the new handsets.
https://www.techradar.com/phones/samsung-galaxy-phones/samsung-teases-that-the-galaxy-s25-could-be-a-true-ai-companion

The new DJI Flip is a first-of-its-kind drone: The DJI Flip is now official, and the brand’s new beginner drone features a unique folding propeller design that we haven’t seen before. It also comes with a number of auto-tracking flight modes, 4K video recording
https://www.dji.com/media-center/announcements/dji-release-flip-us
Also: DJI Flip Review – Why Does This Drone Exist?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s_TBuZhIBU&vl=de

“He literally stole features from Snapchat and Tiktok” — Netizens react as Mark Zuckerberg claims Apple has been lacking innovation after Steve Jobs
https://www.newsbreak.com/soap-central-302262230/3758104317826-he-literally-stole-features-from-snapchat-and-tiktok-netizens-react-as-mark-zuckerberg-claims-apple-has-been-lacking-innovation-after-steve-jobs

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Repost: How to prepare for the Windows 10 shutdown. Microsoft
will end support for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025. On one hand,
pulling the shutters down represents a fresh start for Microsoft, as
Windows 11 brings new securityupdates, improved performance,
and a more streamlined experience. Beyond the October deadline,
Windows 10 will no longer receive free security updates, exposing
those who remain to an increase in potential vulnerabilities and
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# Indigenous
Supreme Court upholds a North Dakota state House district on an American Indian reservation: The lawsuit had previously been rejected by a three-judge court that found North Dakota lawmakers reason to create the district to give Native Americans a better chance to elect their candidate of choice, under the federal Voting Rights Act.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-01-13/supreme-court-upholds-a-north-dakota-state-house-district-on-an-american-indian-reservation

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Smuggling tunnel found in the border wall in El Paso, Texas. The underground passage featured lighting, ventilation. Mexican and US officials are working together to investigate, emphasising binational cooperation against smuggling.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/man-made-smuggling-tunnel-discovered-border

US ‘knowingly killing migrants,’ county official says: El Paso County Commissioner Says U.S. Government is Knowingly ‘Killing Immigrants’ As Deaths During Border Crossings Climb.
https://www.latintimes.com/el-paso-county-commissioner-says-us-government-knowingly-killing-immigrants-deaths-during-572126

600 wooden crosses honor migrants who died crossing the border in 2024, many of the crosses had blue or pink marks indicating the young boys and girls who died
https://fox40.com/news/600-wooden-crosses-honor-migrants-who-died-crossing-the-border-in-2024/

US Border Patrol reportedly captures Russian mercenary carrying drone, 2 passports and $4K. Timur Praliev of Kazakhstan reportedly told investigators he was a member of the Wagner Group
https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-border-patrol-reportedly-captures-russian-mercenary-carrying-drone-2-passports-4k

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Ex-Kentucky AG warns ‘scary’ amount of money is on the line if US sanctions China. The 1792 Exchange’s China risk database provides a snapshot of funds companies have invested in communist China
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/ex-kentucky-ag-warns-scary-amount-money-line-us-sanctions-china

Members of Congress are making the big bucks, not just from their salaries, not just from their benefits, but from trading on the stock market in a way where if you, the average American, did that, you’d be put in prison
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/congress-stock-trading-nancy-pelosi-b2678752.html

The New Social Security ‘Fairness’ Act Is Neither Fair Nor Just. Aldeman: The new bill itself is short and simple, less than 300 words. In a clever bit of marketing, the sponsors dubbed it the Social Security Fairness Act. But the bill isn’t about “fairness”; it’s about giving a windfall to a relatively small group of people at the expense of taxpayers.
https://www.the74million.org/article/the-new-social-security-fairness-act-is-neither-fair-nor-just/

Trump Allies Launch Massive Campaign Lying About Tax Cuts for Rich: Trump Allies Launch $20 Million Effort to Convince Working Class to Back Tax Scam 2.0. “Don’t be fooled: What this Koch-backed group is really only after is protecting tax cuts for wealthy people like me,” said the chair of the Patriotic Millionaires.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/koch-group-tax-cuts

US economy to lose nearly 6 million American jobs, $1.1T in GDP if Congress lets Trump tax cuts expire: National Association of Manufacturers calls on congressional Republicans to preserve Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/us-economy-loses-nearly-6-million-american-jobs-1-1t-gdp-if-congress-lets-trump-tax-cuts-expire-report

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global
The ‘Largest Illicit Online Marketplace’ Ever Is Growing at an Alarming Rate, Report Says
https://www.wired.com/story/the-largest-illicit-online-marketplace-ever-is-growing-at-an-alarming-rate/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
Taking control of Greenland mineral riches comes with staggering costs for mining. In an announcement on his nomination of Ken Howery for U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, President-elect Donald Trump last month stated that he intends for the U.S. to acquire or somehow control Greenland.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/trump-proposes-taking-control-greenland-its-rare-earths-resources-face

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
The Los Angeles Wildfires Have Created Another Problem—Unsafe Drinking Water: Melted plastic pipes and drastic water-pressure drops are potentially leaching toxic chemicals and contaminants into local supplies. Multiple water authorities in north Los Angeles have issued Do Not Drink notices.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/la-wildfires-danger-deepens-as-do-not-drink-tap-water-alerts-ring-heres-why/articleshow/117152160.cms?from=mdr

# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
Republicans Considering Cutting SNAP Benefits As Part Of Deficit Reduction Plan. The proposed cut would reverse a permanent boost put in place by President Joe Biden.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-considering-cutting-snap-benefits-181652336.html

# General News / NATO
‘I Think Things Are Going to Be Bad, Really Bad’: The US Military Debates Possible Deployment on US Soil Under Trump
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/01/12/trump-military-immigration-domestic-deployment-00195609

‘Why pick a battle over this?’: Trump’s threats over Panama Canal reopen wounds over 1989 US invasion
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/12/panama-canal-trump

Argument: An expert’s point of view on a current event. Latin America’s Trump Backlash Is Already Underway. Imperialist posturing by the United States has always spurred resistance from its southern neighbors.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/01/14/latin-americas-trump-backlash-is-already-underway/

Inside details from the autopsy of Robert F. Kennedy could unveil the truth behind the U.S. senator’s death. The gun had been fired inches from the senator’s head. Ballistics tests using pig ears and muslin skulls found that a shot fired from three inches away matched the entrance wound and explained the soot in Kennedy’s hair.
https://radaronline.com/p/robert-f-kennedy-autopsy-details-death-second-gunman-biography/

Former ambassador to Denmark: NATO would be compelled to respond to Greenland invasion
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5082641-us-ambassador-greenland-security/

Why did insurance companies drop California victims’ policies?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-did-insurance-companies-drop-024805353.html

California Fire Victims Whose Insurance Was Cut Have Few Legal Options
https://www.newsweek.com/california-fire-victims-whose-insurance-was-cut-have-few-legal-options-2012938

# Gov / Politics
Texas governor orders flags to be raised to full staff for Trump’s inauguration
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-orders-flags-to-full-staff-in-honor-of-inauguration-day

Legislation introduced to grant Washington, D.C. statehood. Historically, Republicans have rejected the move, citing the founders’ intent not to give one state more power over the others.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/virginia/article_1972fb76-d1e9-11ef-8851-172ea6b15ccb.html

Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about commitment to his agenda
https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-nsc-loyalty-waltz-21913da0464f472cb9fef314fed488e5

Trump Awards Elon Musk With Stunning Close-Up Seat in White House. The world’s richest man will get an office right next to the White House.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190189/trump-elon-musk-office-white-house

North Carolina Judge Denies Republicans’ Request To Toss 60,000 Ballots
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/north-carolina-judge-denies-republicans-request-to-toss-60000-ballots/

It’s MAGA’s problem now: Living with the consequences imposed by a woefully uninformed electorate
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/14/its-magas-problem-now/

By misinterpreting history, Trump threatens to condemn the world to repeat its mistakes
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5082972-trump-greenland-panama-russia-china/

Conservatives in a dozen of states are urging lawmakers to act to increase security against noncitizen voting in federal elections. State conservatives demand action on noncitizen voting, ‘Time for Congress to listen’:
https://us.headtopics.com/news/state-conservatives-demand-action-on-noncitizen-voting-64718741

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia Warns US Off Greenland: ‘Violating International Laws’
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-warns-us-over-greenland-international-law-2014183

Russia’s Greenland warning to Trump: Kremlin tells US ‘we are present in the Arctic zone’ and says it is ‘watching’ after Donald’s refusal to rule out using military force to seize vast territory
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14266963/Russia-Greenland-warning-Trump-Arctic-watching.html

Trump’s canal canard obscures a truth: Panama just wants to run its shipping passage without interference from China or the US
https://theconversation.com/trumps-canal-canard-obscures-a-truth-panama-just-wants-to-run-its-shipping-passage-without-interference-from-china-or-the-us-246828

Russian President Vladimir Putin will sign a treaty with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian that may have a nuclear component. The two leaders will meet to discuss the “prospects for further expansion of bilateral cooperation, including trade, investment, transport, logistics and culture, as well as current regional and international issues” and sign the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership pact
https://www.newsweek.com/russias-strategic-treaty-iran-may-have-nuclear-angle-2014104

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
From sweetheart deal to repudiation, special prosecutor cements Biden family corruption for history. Special Counsel David Weiss’ report was not a manifesto of new disclosures but affirmed the Biden family made millions trading on its name and that Hunter Biden broke the law.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/sweetheart-deal-repudiation-prosecutor-report-cements-biden-family

‘Obviously you shouldn’t be pardoned’: JD Vance breaks from Trump’s ‘had no choice’ claims about Jan. 6 rioters and says violent offenders should stay locked up and charged
https://apnews.com/article/vance-trump-pardons-capitol-riot-31308a54ebac4ef6783662f595262dec

U.S. blacklists online White supremacist group as terrorist organization
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/01/13/Terrorgram-Collective-terrorist-designation/9661736821662/

# Law Enforcement / Global
Islamic Police In Nigeria Are Evacuating ‘Street’ Children And Sending Them To Rehabilitation Camps
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nigeria-islamic-sharia-police-round-up-street-children-for-rehabilitation/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
ICYMI: Former AG Barr Refutes Democrats’ Lies That Biden Bribery Investigation Was Closed. An unclassified FD-1023 form generated by the FBI containing allegations that then-Vice President Joe Biden was involved in a $5 million bribery scheme with a foreign national in exchange for certain actions is being used in an ongoing investigation, FBI officials and former Attorney General William Barr have confirmed.
https://oversight.house.gov/release/icymi-former-ag-barr-refutes-democrats-lies-that-biden-bribery-investigation-was-closed%EF%BF%BC/

The 5 key conclusions from the Special Counsel’s report on Hunter Biden
https://www.justice.gov/storage/Report-of-Special-Counsel-Weiss-January-2025.pdf

Jack Smith’s Jan 6 Report Released: The Department of Justice’s long-awaited election interference report against Donald Trump, released early Tuesday, said the evidence against the president-elect would have led to his conviction at trial, if not for his election victory that led to charges being dropped.
https://people.com/donald-trump-final-doj-report-jan-6-investigation-8772645

US white supremacist group ordered to pay $2.8 million to Black man it attacked: In July 2022, members of the Patriot Front group pinned musician Charles Murrell against a post and then kicked and punched him, in action the US District Court in Boston ruled was meant “to promote a white supremacist agenda.”
https://www.barrons.com/news/us-white-supremacist-group-ordered-to-pay-2-8-million-to-black-man-it-attacked-a3538888

# Medical / General News
Trump’s pick for top Pentagon health care job was fired by CIA
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/13/trumps-pick-top-pentagon-healthcare-job-was-fired-cia.html

Americans’ rage at insurers goes beyond health coverage
https://kentuckylantern.com/2025/01/14/americans-rage-at-insurers-goes-beyond-health-coverage/

# Military / Militia / Bio-weapons / General News
‘Condoned murder’: Military officers reportedly fear Hegseth will ignore war crimes
https://www.aol.com/military-officers-worry-pete-hegseth-182913414.html

Major Navy shipbuilder plans to buy up manufacturers to boost submarine production
https://www.defenseone.com/business/2025/01/major-navy-shipbuilder-plans-buy-manufacturers-boost-submarine-production/402161/

# Military General News / Global
North Korean Troops Rolled A Rare Air-Defense Vehicle Into Kursk. Confused Russians Blew It Up.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4289946/posts

# Social Media / Internet
With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note.’ Some say they joined Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book,” to spite the US government after a ban on TikTok became more likely.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/tiktok-users-flock-chinese-app-065950755.html

Mark Zuckerberg Doubles Down on the MAGA-fication of Meta. “I think a lot of the corporate world is pretty culturally neutered,” the Meta CEO told Joe Rogan, a day after axing the company’s DEI programs.
https://www.advocate.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-joe-rogan-metamorphosis

# Space
Mysterious Flashes Traced to Cosmic Cloud’s Encounter With Merging Black Holes
https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-flashes-traced-to-cosmic-clouds-encounter-with-merging-black-holes

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
GPS Is Vulnerable to Attack. Magnetic Navigation Can Help. Signals from the global navigation satellite system can be jammed and spoofed, so a Google spinout is working on an alternative positioning and navigation system that uses the Earth’s magnetic field.
https://www.sandboxaq.com/post/magnetic-navigation-revolutionizing-defense-commercial-and-civilian-navigation

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Global
A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI
https://whatsnew2day.com/a-spymaster-sheik-controls-a-1-5-trillion-fortune-you-want-to-use-it-to-master-ai/#google_vignette

# Veterans / VA
Behind Trump’s Big-Money Battle to Shake Up the VA: “I Think It’s an Existential Threat.” Democrats worry that GOP insiders are aiming to privatize the agency’s health care services. “They’re just trying to make money off the backs of veterans,” Senator Tammy Duckworth says.
https://dnyuz.com/2025/01/10/behind-trumps-big-money-battle-to-shake-up-the-va-i-think-its-an-existential-threat/

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# Archaeology
Scientists Baffled After Finding Lost Landforms Hidden Beneath the Sea, Revealed a Million-Year-Old Secrets of the Earth. An international team of scientists uncovered extremely well-preserved glacial landforms neatly buried almost one kilometer beneath the North Sea. They were examined and dated back to around one million years.
https://knewz.com/world/scientists-baffled-after-finding-lost-landforms-hidden-beneath-the-sea-revealed-a-million-year-old-secrets-of-the-earth/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
State Rep. Janis Holt says Trump administration will ‘attack’ immigration in Colony Ridge
https://houstonlanding.org/state-rep-janis-holt-says-trump-administration-will-attack-immigration-in-colony-ridge/

Dem Rep Distraught That Immigrants Who Already Broke Law By Crossing Border Could Be Detained Under Laken Riley Act. Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington claimed Sunday that the Laken Riley Act would deprive illegal immigrants of “due process.”
https://www.conservativereview.com/dem-rep-distraught-that-immigrants-who-already-broke-law-by-crossing-border-could-be-detained-under-laken-riley-act-2670806019.html

House of Representatives Passes Laken Riley Act to Protect America’s Communities
https://fischbach.house.gov/2025/1/house-of-representatives-passes-laken-riley-act-to-protect-america-s-communities

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Cleveland-Cliffs, Nucor float new joint bid for U.S. Steel. An Ohio-based company won’t give up on its quest to merge with U.S. Steel. According to multiple media outlets, Cleveland-Cliffs wants to buy the iconic company with the help of North Carolina’s Nucor Steel.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_717f55b2-d1e4-11ef-ab94-5b40a375628c.html

Amazon Quietly Rescinds Pledges to Protect Black and LGBTQ Rights. “Seeing DEI being rolled back so aggressively by so many companies is jarring,” said researcher Allison Chapman.
https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-quietly-rescinds-pledges-to-protect-black-and-lgbtq-rights/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Social Security’s Income Inequality Problem Is Worsening — but Taxing the Rich Isn’t the Cut-and-Dried Solution It’s Made Out to Be
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2025/01/12/social-security-income-inequality-problem-tax-rich/

Will the Inflation Reduction Act survive Trump’s second term? There are still many unknowns. A lot’s at stake.
https://www.energysage.com/blog/inflation-reduction-act-survive-trump-second-term/

The green subsidies on the chopping block under Trump, and the ones that could be saved
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3282230/green-subsidies-chopping-block-trump-saved/

# Education / Schools / Global
Rural Alaska schools face funding shortfall after U.S. House fails to pass bipartisan bill
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3755861557391-rural-alaska-schools-face-funding-shortfall-after-u-s-house-fails-to-pass-bipartisan-bill

State-Level GOP Attacks on Public Schools Decried as ‘Part of a National Playbook.’ The latest Republican efforts include an Indiana bill to dissolve entire school districts where over half the students are enrolled in private or charter schools.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republican-attacks-on-public-schools

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Supreme Court Allows Climate Lawsuits to Proceed Against Oil Companies
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-01-13-0900/climate-change-supreme-court-allows-climate-change-proceed-against-oil

# General News
Rise in vigilante attacks in US highlight growing online DIY terrorism resources
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/12/vigilante-attacks-terrorism-new-orleans

The US is right to be concerned about China’s influence over the Panama Canal
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/right-to-be-concerned-about-chinas-influence-over-the-panama-canal/

# Gov / Politics
SD congressman drafts bill to authorize Trump’s potential purchase of Panama Canal: A group of House Republicans introduced a bill to authorize the purchase of the Panama Canal. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., and more than a dozen of his colleagues brought it forward after President-elect Donald Trump expressed interest in bringing the canal back under American ownership for national security and economic reasons.
https://san.com/cc/republicans-introduce-bill-authorizing-trump-to-buy-panama-canal/

The Observer view: Donald Trump’s imperial bullying must be nipped in the bud
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/11/the-observer-view-donald-trumps-imperial-bullying-must-be-nipped-in-the-bud

The political firestorm that’s about to singe Capitol Hill
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-01-13-1242/banking-and-finance-political-firestorm-thats-about-singe-capitol-hill

The troubling secrecy around who funded Trump’s transition
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/10/trump-presidential-transition-private-donors-influence-dc-00197356

Drop the Outrage Over Trump’s Foreign-Policy Bluster. The way to deal with the bombast is by turning it against a leader who leads a movement that is actually deeply divided.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/trump-bluster-foreign-policy-greenland-canada/681268/

Trump’s pick to lead EPA was paid tens of thousands to write op-eds criticizing climate policies and ESG
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/lee-zeldin-trump-epa-op-eds-1235233073/

Trump caused uproar among top MAGA personalities with just two words. “SAVE RUDY!”
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3757498162920-trump-caused-uproar-among-top-maga-personalities-with-just-two-words

Trump tasks blue state Republicans with ‘homework’ as GOP plots massive conservative policy overhaul
https://www.aol.com/trump-tasks-blue-state-republicans-232813825.html

Trump tells NY Republicans he wants to raise SALT cap, ‘kill’ congestion pricing: ‘It’s got to go’
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-s-plan-to-end-nyc-s-congestion-toll-and-raise-salt-cap-report-11736696495479.html

‘Abominable’: Trump and GOP Float Tying Los Angeles Wildfire Aid to Debt Ceiling. “It’s outrageous that Trump and House Republicans are threatening to withhold recovery aid if their conditions aren’t met,” said a leader in the Working Families Party.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/california-wildfire-disaster-debt-ceiling

# Gov / Politics / Global
Senior Labour politician questions Elon Musk’s ‘reluctance’ to appear before MPs in parliament
https://www.yahoo.com/news/proposal-outlaw-abortion-pills-tighten-180056300.html

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Revealed: Redacted SCOTUS document helped hide ‘public scrutiny of the court’s doings’
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/revealed-redacted-scotus-document-helped-hide-public-scrutiny-of-the-court-s-doings/ar-BB1rjLUu

# Medical / General News
Revealed: the popular medications harmful to your health if you take them after their expiration date
https://www.uhhospitals.org/blog/articles/2023/08/expired-medications-dangerous-or-just-less-effective

Roy proposes sweeping healthcare changes as one of first priorities in GOP trifecta
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3280637/roy-obamacare-alternative-priorities-gop-trifecta/

Senate bill proposes ban on all abortion drugs, new requirements to rape exception in Indiana
https://www.yahoo.com/news/proposal-outlaw-abortion-pills-tighten-180056300.html

Supreme Court to weigh reinstating Obamacare care requirements struck down by lower court. The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider some reinstating preventative care coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act that were struck down by a lower court
https://www.messenger-inquirer.com/ap/health/supreme-court-to-weigh-reinstating-obamacare-care-requirements-struck-down-by-lower-court/article_2229cb2e-2cd8-59c8-a477-51e37ab51fad.html

# Military / Militia / Bio-weapons / General News
US cedes leadership of allied air defense mission in Poland to NATO:  NATO has taken command and control from the United States of air defense in Poland, where an Army Patriot missile team also is expected to soon be replaced, according to U.S. military officials.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-01-13/nato-air-defense-poland-patriots-16467545.html

Under Trump, America’s military will face a crisis: History has lessons. Come January 20, civil-military relations in this country will be thrust into turbulent and uncharted waters, driven by a mercurial, domineering commander in chief unlike any other in American history.
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/12/under-trump-americas-military-will-face-a-crisis-history-has-lessons/

# NASA / Space Force
What is the US Space Force doing in Greenland? “Maintaining a strong presence and projecting power from the Arctic is paramount.”
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/what-is-the-us-space-force-doing-in-greenland

# Planetary
Saturn’s majestic rings will vanish in less than three months from now. This alignment happens when Saturn’s tilt and location match up so that we no longer see the bright swath of particles head-on.
https://www.earth.com/news/saturns-majestic-rings-will-vanish-in-just-six-months-from-now-2025/

Six-planet system discovered: A six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been found in the Milky Way
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-six-planet-solar-synchrony-milky.html

Spacecraft beams back riveting photos after buzzing Mercury’s north pole. Some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury were captured
https://www.the-independent.com/news/mercury-spacecraft-north-pole-photos-b2676972.html

The ‘Moon illusion’ has been baffling scientists: Questions over the optical trickery of the moon’s larger appearance near the horizon can date back to the 4th century BCE. It’s an illusion that has left everyone from the worlds of philosophy and science perplexed for thousands of years – but why does the Moon seemingly appear larger when it’s rising or setting?
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/moon-illusion-science

# Social
California Governor Calls for Independent Investigation of Dry Fire Hydrants: Reports of water systems that could not provide water to emergency crews during the initial response to the Palisades Fire in Southern California have prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to demand an official inquiry into why some fire hydrants failed to operate.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-fire-hydrants-water-supply-how-why-b2678349.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Stephen Colbert Has A Brutal Community Note For Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Changes
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-mark-zuckerberg-fact-checking-meta-trump_n_6780af70e4b014ea3242eebf

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# Archaeology
Have We Uncovered A New Species Of Ancient Humans? Homo juluensis would have roamed the woodlands of northeastern China, hunting horses and crafting tools from stone. According to the researchers, the species may also have processed animal hides in order to survive.
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# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk could become a ‘special government employee’ as a co-lead of DOGE. Here’s what that means. Musk, who Trump tapped to co-lead DOGE, may become a “special government employee.” SGEs have less stringent ethics rules, to a degree, compared to regular federal employees.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsbreak.com%2Fnews%2F3757502196148-elon-musk-could-become-a-special-government-employee-as-a-co-lead-of-doge-heres-what-that-means%3FnoAds%3D1%26_f%3Dapp_share%26s%3Da3%26share_destination_id%3DMjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzY3MzM3MDk1NTU%253D&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365043857%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4IFamAU4dnDXfXuJmdvF2gOJ1lLAQrPtsta0LEXc5uQ%3D&reserved=0

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
A Big Social Security Change Just Signed by President Biden Comes With Bad News for Retirees
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No indication Trump will back down on tariffs, but retaliating not the answer: Smith
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Trump’s plans for the economy may ruin you. Stand back while regular-guy-billionaire Donald Trump installs a phalanx of other billionaires who will, in a totally non-elite way, lower their own taxes while taking away government services that many forgotten men and women rely on for little things like continuing to live.
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Global Trump’s ‘51st state’ comments a distraction from tariffs, Canada’s retaliation plans, Trudeau says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s ready to respond with tariffs on US products.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.politico.com%2Fnews%2F2025%2F01%2F12%2Ftrump-tariffs-canada-retaliation-trudeau-00197706&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365104807%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=v1pikAdE8BiM1kHrTQDUKQAvnBtuwUwXdG45fg11tH4%3D&reserved=0

# Education / Schools / Global
From Arrests to Invasions, Israel Targets West Bank Universities. Palestinian universities, powerful resistance sites, are forced to contend with settler violence and segregation walls.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftruthout.org%2Farticles%2Ffrom-arrests-to-invasions-israel-targets-west-bank-universities%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365119942%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ewTn2miTK1%2FrKQwya%2Bn6mwf54EBDvktLP9gcSMXQ6ik%3D&reserved=0

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM Spreading like wildfire: How Trump’s misinformation about water and fire in Los Angeles inflames the situation. For more than a century, Californians have argued over how to allocate the state’s water among farmers, industry, cities, and homeowners, and how to reverse longstanding policies that simply take more and more water away from the environment.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthebulletin.org%2F2025%2F01%2Fspreading-like-wildfire-how-trumps-misinformation-about-water-and-fire-in-los-angeles-inflames-the-situation%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365142955%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=l55KEIAxQ6xycecSqappScFX0qc%2BQBwPD8v2r5H5A6k%3D&reserved=0

Los Angeles Will Remain at High Risk of Fire. The arrival of La Niña is starving California of rain, and more high Santa Ana winds could be on the way.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npr.org%2F2025%2F01%2F12%2Fnx-s1-5257440%2Fla-wildfires-santa-ana-winds-palisades-eaton&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365161738%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AWJF7yF6P2aLGgIN97Iosyuo2O9z5MdcZ1L%2BWojhMAw%3D&reserved=0

Death toll rises to 24 in LA wildfires, more wind expected
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsnationnow.com%2Fus-news%2Fwest%2Fla-area-wildfires-strong-winds-expected%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365176156%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BSFHRFkuEX0N3xC%2FxYG7OUYvDAVFY0DsvcBQfPdMwKE%3D&reserved=0

# Foods / Things that impact your health World’s ‘second healthiest vegetable’ is one most people throw out. A list of the world’s healthiest foods has named the top 10 fruits, vegetables and meats you should be eating more of, and the second healthiest vegetable is a real surprise
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-express.com%2Flifestyle%2Ffood-drink%2F157736%2Fworld-s-second-healthiest-vegetable-one-most-people-throw-away-scores-70-out-100&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365190133%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=okModZSLZ7j3VG3brXe3EiswNoYdBF5Mq0G%2BJZs1g5Q%3D&reserved=0

# General News
Elon Musk teams up with Brexit mastermind Dominic Cummings to target Sir Keir Starmer online. Musk has blasted the UK Government for weeks on his platform X
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# Gov / Politics
Unelected ‘swamp’ takes control, imposes 19 rules for every law passed: The unelected “swamp” that President-elect Donald Trump promised to drain last year issued an average of 19 new rules and regulations for every single law passed, an “unconstitutional” effort that has been allowed to go on for years.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Funelected-swamp-takes-control-imposes-19-rules-for-every-law-passed-washington-examiner%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwY2xjawHyJupleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHTV_EhO3O6RMOhPS_eiRnNEkYB92IB6G4OGOzcyaMbHXWTKguy9VwrulHA_aem_je1d7mlHp964duKDSOH3xg&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365218088%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2YOsEVfhqHlvnPxGJ8lu1oS6EtGZfYHRUJMfF1qBg%2BY%3D&reserved=0

Republicans: We Want ‘Strings Attached’ to California Fire Aid: GOP Senator Trashes California’s ‘Liberal Administration’ On CBS, Says Wildfire Relief Cash Will Likely Come With ‘Strings Attached’
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fnews%2Fgop-senator-trashes-californias-liberal-administration-on-cbs-says-wildfire-relief-cash-will-likely-come-with-strings-attached%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365232200%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lUhtxzox5hlamRyA1%2FLaXoCgXu9UccidixyOQhy94qo%3D&reserved=0

Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle the US government and replace it with Trump’s vision
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Felection-2024-conservatives-trump-heritage-857eb794e505f1c6710eb03fd5b58981&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365246166%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uJSgPROUzMAx9km09nEP4Ke82O36N0BttmuxLI3Hs0c%3D&reserved=0

Extreme House Republican Plan Would Cut Medicare and Social Security While Slashing Taxes for Big Corporations and the Wealthy
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The GOP Is Rewriting What It Means to Be a Person. The far right is weaponizing a doctrine that granted rights and liberties in order to snuff out the citizenship of anyone who isn’t a white man.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewrepublic.com%2Farticle%2F189651%2Fgop-supreme-court-citizenship-attack&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365276896%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ZEIICy6HZvrT0G51Uwoto6Ndt6rUQBH22Ue8uV%2FLXQA%3D&reserved=0

What Trump Really Wants From Greenland and Panama. Yes, the president-elect really is serious about expanding the U.S. But what he mostly wants is to bully small countries that won’t fight back.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnewrepublic.com%2Farticle%2F190096%2Ftrump-greenland-panama-canada-imperialism&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365296464%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VRf26bCwoKi0MMChwiQjkzAhz4VFjcJaPO8Kw9ZpNrM%3D&reserved=0

Trump’s Sinister Loyalty Tests Have Already Begun: Trump officials are reportedly asking civil servants a series of alarming questions. “The folks that we’re bringing in are 100 percent aligned with the president’s agenda.”
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‘There is going to be shock and awe with executive orders’
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California governor accuses Musk of ‘encouraging looting’ with misleading claims. Factually incorrect posts shared by Elon Musk on his social media site claim California governor Gavin Newsom decriminalised looting
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Majority Whip Emmer says ‘We’re going to put the Trump agenda in place’
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For fear of finding something worse: Trump and the end of the global rules-based order
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# Gov / Politics / Global
‘This place instilled constant fear in us.’ The man who lived next door to the brutal Homs security unit for 50 years: Taha Tadmori had a window to the surveillance complex of the Assad regime. As Syria starts a new chapter, he recalls the horrors he witnessed and the family he lost
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China Imposes Its Most Stringent Critical Minerals Export Restrictions Yet Amidst Escalating U.S.-China Tech War. Critical mineral security is now intrinsically linked to the escalating tech trade war.
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Denmark frantically messages Trump about security concessions on Greenland after he threatened to take it over: The Danish government, which is responsible for Greenland’s defense, wants to avoid clashing with the US and hopes to assure Trump that Greenland will be safe from Russia and China without the need for American annexation, the sources added.
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# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Trump panics over imminent release of Jack Smith’s report: President-elect Donald Trump sounded the alarm to his followers Sunday after a federal appeals court cleared the way for Attorney General Merrick Garland to release special counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion report as early as Monday.
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# LGBTQ / Gender
I’m a Trans Teen in Texasm, Politicians and Anti-Trans Bigots Cannot Erase Me. Anti-trans conspiracies driven by right-wing activists and lawmakers broke up my family, but they can’t destroy me.
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# Media
House Speaker Mike Johnson in Favor of Defunding PBS. It certainly looks like dark times up ahead: During Trump’s first administration, he repeatedly proposed federal budgets calling for the elimination of government-funded arts programs, including the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The latter provides funding for PBS, NPR, and other public TV and radio outlets.
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# Medical / General News
Catholic doctors sue Biden administration over emergency abortions. ADF attorneys file suit on behalf of medical association, doctor after HHS attempts to override state pro-life laws
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Havana Syndrome bombshell as US intelligence report hints at culprit after ‘intercepted communications’: Although the majority of the US intelligence community has said it is ‘very unlikely’ an adversary is linked to the mystery ailment, a new report published on Friday revealed that two out of seven agencies diverged from this consensus for the first time.
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# Medical Technology / Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science Glowing RNA lanterns could help see viruses and the brain Researchers have made bioluminescent “RNA lanterns” which make RNA glow.
Their lanterns, described in Nature Communications, could help to better understand how cells work – in everything from virus research to the human brain.
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Scientists have found a way to make antibacterial silver nanoparticles, with goji berries. They say their method, published in AIP Advances, is a simple and more sustainable way to make the useful materials. Silver-based particles on the scale of nanometres – or silver nanoparticles – are used in medicines, cosmetics and the food industry
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# Medical / Health News / Global
‘Unprecedented’ rise in abortion prosecutions prompts call for law change from medical leaders. Statement from groups including BMA and royal colleges says current law is causing ‘trauma and cruelty’
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# Military / Militia / Bio-weapons / General News US Army wants spy drones to launch from high-altitude motherships
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# Military General News / Global
North Korean troops in Ukraine gain battlefield experience, cementing alliance with Russia. While initially inexperienced on the battlefield, North Korean troops have adapted quickly, a development that could have far-reaching consequences as they gain combat knowledge in the war against Ukraine.
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# NASA / Space Force
Is Trump considering an overhaul of NASA?
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# NATO
NATO allies worry the US can’t defend Europe and counter China, but there’s a way
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# Science
The Simple Math Problem That Revolutionized Physics.  Quantum mechanics research 100 years ago showed that all particles can be categorised into 1 of 2 groups: bosons and fermions. Which group they fall into depends on how the particles behave when near other particles
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The Mystery at the Heart of Physics That Only Math Can Solve. The accelerating effort to understand the mathematics of quantum field theory will have profound consequences for both math and physics.
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Unusual superconductor’s quantum phase transition defies norms. Physicists investigating films of indium oxide found an odd quantum effect which they say is rare and could open up new avenues of research into quantum materials and superconductors.
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New approach to monitor trace gases in real-time. The approach, called coherently controlled quartz-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy, can capture a complete methane spectrum in just 3 seconds where existing methods typically take about 30 minutes.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcosmosmagazine.com%2Fscience%2Fphysics%2Fnew-approach-to-monitor-trace-gases-in-real-time%2F%23%3A~%3Atext%3DThe%2520approach%252C%2520called%2520coherently%2520controlled%2Ctypically%2520take%2520about%252030%2520minutes&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365677888%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VbCmj1sX8BwEw5uoVVr3yFQrYeVCqgHEuQ1ya47j4Vs%3D&reserved=0

# Social
Advocates Demand Tenant Protections as LA Landlords Use Fires to Price Gouge. Tenant groups are calling for an eviction moratorium and rent freeze as landlords seek to profit from the crisis.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftruthout.org%2Farticles%2Fadvocates-demand-tenant-protections-as-la-landlords-use-fires-to-price-gouge%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365692617%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=SZ3JIkQxRKJ7weQh5e3IUU%2FlQ0e31OoxmCTxDbYuBew%3D&reserved=0

We Have the Tools to Solve Homelessness, Lawmakers Refuse to Use Them. The research shows clear housing solutions but Project 2025’s prescriptions will only exacerbate the crisis.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftruthout.org%2Farticles%2Fwe-have-the-tools-to-solve-homelessness-lawmakers-refuse-to-use-them%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365707398%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5T7GRKF0bVa8r7ZqzdsBdk6AkA582VRp0682kR7G%2BTs%3D&reserved=0

# Space
Interdisciplinary approach to develop collision-avoidance algorithms for satellites.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciencedirect.com%2Fscience%2Farticle%2Fpii%2FS0376042123000763&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365721739%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=iiuhM8PRoDIb6RJvcMNDmZQXDxVESizpTeeNz436nhc%3D&reserved=0

European Space Agency [ESA] is preparing to use machine learning to protect satellites from the very real and growing danger of space debris. The Agency is developing a collision avoidance system that will automatically assess the risk and likelihood of in-space collisions.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.esa.int%2FSpace_Safety%2FSpace_Debris%2FAutomating_collision_avoidance&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365735832%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1AxY0HdepIzwmHIQ%2FkvyHCAdpA71SI7u%2FgzpIQgD3ow%3D&reserved=0

Live coverage as SpaceX launches Falcon 9 rocket with 21 satellites for Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dks_Y_3yVI8w&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365751137%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ypJLgEdcL869RiQAwTxYVCE1U9DqoMwZq5LHzlR%2FpHc%3D&reserved=0

SpaceX launches, lands first stage booster for record-setting 25th time during Starlink flight
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceflightnow.com%2F2025%2F01%2F10%2Flive-coverage-spacex-to-launch-21-starlink-satellites-on-falcon-9-rocket-from-cape-canaveral-5%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365767058%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ifjauv%2BltwhSs625S6yGs%2F8nstNVgrF1Oz4gTbaGC0w%3D&reserved=0

Jeff Bezos’ space company calls off debut launch of massive new rocket in final minutes of countdown
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fjeff-bezos-space-company-calls-082804349.html&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365783014%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=eXtRuscy7wyIi5VDa8TIeh8XDpBFdnBUsWg8lmwjw2E%3D&reserved=0

ScienceAlert.com reports that while the “dent” in the planet’s magnetic field doesn’t imperil life on the surface, it could result in damage to the space agency’s satellites and spacecraft, which may be exposed to a high level of charged particles from the sun while passing through the area.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.earth.com%2Fnews%2Fearths-magnetic-field-has-a-dent-and-nasa-is-watching-closely%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365797454%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tY3mrdzRDMzkEZNG4dbJ%2BrWRfccXzCoG6ra2JAZ1Kb0%3D&reserved=0

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
New US Rule Aims to Block China’s Access to AI Chips and Models by Restricting the World. The US government has announced a radical plan to control exports of cutting-edge AI technology to most nations.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffortune.com%2Fasia%2F2025%2F01%2F13%2Fbiden-more-ai-chip-export-restrictions-china-access-third-countries%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365811792%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4cqV5Ds2wGtoMDlyzuRDd7G8AdkMwuAy4zRWajG5E7o%3D&reserved=0

Continuing Rightward Shift, Zuckerberg Cancels All Diversity Programs at Meta. Meta will no longer have a team focused on diversity and inclusion and the company said it will instead “focus on how to apply fair and consistent practices that mitigate bias for all, no matter your background.”
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fmeta-facebook-zuckerberg-dei-diversity-74ee8f886bee2e279f6266c0ff8d1610&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365826269%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Ub4rZSQHpANLc6Iqi4kzQt3H7ccSSuRvGZioF16SZ0Q%3D&reserved=0

Robots set to move beyond factory as AI advances. Today’s robots perform safety checks at industrial plants, conduct quality control in manufacturing, and are even starting to keep hospital patients company.
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.spacedaily.com%2Freports%2FRobots_set_to_move_beyond_factory_as_AI_advances_999.html&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365842791%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=H%2FTf5RLNTlJqvScLB1jbvqUC%2FfO533mXqsRED6Btq34%3D&reserved=0

What Is Robotics Simulation? Robotics simulation enables developers to virtually train, test and validate robots in physics-based digital representations of the real world. Robots are moving goods in warehouses, packaging foods and helping assemble vehicles, bringing enhanced automation to use cases across industries.
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Facebook axes fact-checking: does it matter? Meta to end fact-checking, replacing it with community-driven system akin to Elon Musk’s X. Zuckerberg cited the outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election as underlying the decision, calling it a “cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritizing speech.”
https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fmeta-facebook-instagram-fact-checking-mark-zuckerberg%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C900189be51774ded8c3108dd340933df%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638723936365872668%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=oJFNNLWW8SpRvzSjq3jLmQ4j5WyTfa%2B8PrC92YrTtdo%3D&reserved=0

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January 12, 2025
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# Indigenous
Dusty Johnson reintroduces Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act
https://dustyjohnson.house.gov/media/press-releases/johnson-re-introduces-bill-protect-land-wounded-knee-massacre

# Education / Schools
Jimmy Carter created the modern Education Department. Trump hopes it dies with him. One of the late president’s biggest accomplishments is under threat by the incoming administration.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/01/09/jimmy-carter-education-department-legacy-donald-trump/77484865007/

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
FEMA kicks hurricane survivors out of temporary housing into snowstorm and freezing temperatures
https://www.aol.com/fema-kicks-hurricane-survivors-temporary-090054577.html

# Gov / Politics
We’ve Never Been Here Before: The Zero-Accountability Presidency. The only institutions that will try to hold Trump accountable are powerless, while the only ones with the power to punish him will never do it.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190086/trump-zero-accountability-presidency

“We have troops in Greenland”: Vance nods at using military to get Trump’s expansionist deal done. “We don’t have to use military force, Shannon. The thing that people always ignore is we already have troops in Greenland,” Vance said. “Greenland is really important for America strategically.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/troops-greenland-vance-nods-using-183823550.html

Front-Runner For White House Job Could Be A Deep State Crony. President-elect Donald Trump moves back into the White House in ten days, but the battle against the Deep State is already brewing.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/10/front-runner-for-white-house-job-could-be-a-deep-state-crony/

Analysis shows US lawmakers traded up to $113 million in arms stocks this year. The Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft found that 37 members of Congress and their relatives traded between $24-113 million worth of stock in companies listed on Defense and Security Monitor’s Top 100 Defense Contractors index.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/congress-defense-stock-trading

‘Out-And-Out Lie!’ CNN’s Daniel Dale Torpedoes Trump Over Capitol Rioters And Guns
https://www.mediaite.com/news/out-and-out-lie-cnns-daniel-dale-torpedoes-trump-over-capitol-rioters-and-guns/

‘Satanic freemason’: Trump fans lash out as he hires another Project 2025 contributor. “I am pleased to announce that Steven Gill Bradbury will be the next United States Deputy Secretary of Transportation,” Trump wrote.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-project-2025-satanic-freemason/

Conservative mocks GOP Congress: You’ve already handed all your power to Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/george-will-congress/

Ex-GOP insider questions Trump’s ‘motivations’ with ‘shipping magnate’ conspiracy theory: Brendan Buck, a former key adviser to ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), appeared on MSNBC over the weekend and was asked about Trump’s recent “bizarre” proposals, such as renaming the Gulf of Mexico “Gulf of America.” Buck replied with some conspiratorial thinking about how these things are coming up in the first place.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3756285777051-ex-gop-insider-questions-trump-s-motivations-with-shipping-magnate-conspiracy-theory

Emirati billionaire and Trump ally sees more Gulf investments into US under new president. Emirati billionaire Hussain Sajwani said on Friday he expects more investments from the oil-rich Gulf into the U.S. as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s second term in office heralds a “pro-business” climate.
https://www.forth.news/threads/6781118b3e097e2b53142c5d

Germany and US have long been allies – that could change with Trump
https://theconversation.com/germany-and-us-have-long-been-allies-that-could-change-with-trump-243888

House Republican Threatens To Withhold Disaster Aid From California Amid Deadly Wildfires
https://theconversation.com/germany-and-us-have-long-been-allies-that-could-change-with-trump-243888

Melania Trump joins Donald on Hill as he tells GOP lawmakers plans to make Canada ‘51st state’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/melania-donald-trump-canada-state-b2676630.html

Mexico And Canada Send Firefighters to Help Quell Palisades Fire As Trump Threatens ‘Massive’ Tariffs
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/mexico-and-canada-send-firefighters-to-help-quell-palisades-fire-as-trump-threatens-massive-tariffs/

Opinion: Trump’s Corporate Crime Mulligan-CEOs Celebrate Their ‘Get Out of Jail Free’ Card
https://www.newsbreak.com/daymark-news-2229681/3755115329755-opinion-trump-s-corporate-crime-mulligan-ceos-celebrate-their-get-out-of-jail-free-card

# Gov / Politics / Global
From President to Divine Protector? Putin Elevates Himself to New Heights With Godly Rebrand
https://www.thedailybeast.com/from-president-to-divine-protector-putin-elevates-himself-to-new-heights-with-godly-rebrand/

Musk weighs in on who should be Canada’s PM after Trudeau says he will resign
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/musk-reacts-trudeau-resignation

Canada’s election is about to have an Elon Musk problem with Trudeau’s exit. The world’s richest man looks to move Canada to the right as the beleaguered prime minister prepares to depart
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/12/canada-election-elon-musk-justin-trudeau

Elon Musk accused Sir Keir Starmer of letting “rape gangs exploit young girls” during his time as Director of Public Prosecutions, something that labour has called misinformation.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-independent-517119/3752612491877-elon-musk-accused-sir-keir-starmer-of-letting-rape-gangs-exploit-young-girls-during-his-time-as-director-of-public-prosecutions-something-that-labour-has-called-misinformation-he-also-called-labour-mp-jess-phillips-a-rape

Elon Musk and AfD chancellor Alice Weidel’s X chat investigated by German parliament over ‘donation’ fears. UK politics is already dealing with Twitter/X owner Elon Musk wading into it with his abusive tweets aimed at Jess Phillips and his criticism of the Labour government’s refusal to hold a national inquiry into grooming gangs and child sexual exploitation – and now Germany’s parliament is investigating his X livestream with parliamentary candidate Alice Weidel.
https://www.indy100.com/politics/musk-afd-alice-weidel-x-germany

Elon Musk and Far-Right German Leader Push Wild Hitler Theory
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/10/nx-s1-5252473/elon-musk-germany-election-afd-candidate-alice-weidel

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
China’s ‘Salt Typhoon’ telecom hack has sent shockwaves through the US intelligence community. The United States and other Western nations released guidance Tuesday designed to evict the China-linked group in the wake of the high-profile hack.
https://cyberscoop.com/u-s-government-says-salt-typhoon-is-still-in-telecom-networks/

Former CIA officer claims agency tried to downplay ‘anomalous health incidents’: Alice claimed the CIA has continually “gaslight[ed]” her and other former officers, seeking to make them “question” their AHIs. She told Herridge she watches the agency continue to “deny people’s humanity and their injuries.”
https://katu.com/news/nation-world/former-cia-officer-claims-agency-tried-to-downplay-anomalous-health-incidents-central-intelligence-agency-havana-syndrome-catherine-herridge

The Dark Truths Behind the US War on Drugs That Mainstream Media Ignores. While the war on drugs targets everyday people, it ignores the activities of the rich and powerful. Both political parties and our media system do very little to hold these shadowy forces accountable.
https://peerservice.substack.com/p/the-dark-truths-behind-the-us-war

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Special counsel Jack Smith resigns from the Department of Justice. Smith resigned on Friday, according to a court filing that was submitted Saturday.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/12/g-s1-42365/jack-smith-has-resigned-from-the-justice-department-after-submitting-his-trump-report

# LGBTQ / Gender
Employees react as Meta’s new policy allows LGBTQ+ to be called mentally ill
https://san.com/cc/employees-react-as-metas-new-policy-allows-lgbtq-to-be-called-mentally-ill/

# Media
NPR and PBS Stations Brace for Funding Battle Under Trump. Republicans in Congress have tried to defund public media for decades. With the help of Elon Musk, could they finally make good on their threat?
https://perry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=403112

# Medical / General News
DOJ seeks interviews with former UnitedHealth Group doctors. Clinicians told STAT that UnitedHealth pressured them to apply lucrative diagnosis codes to patients
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/12/doj-interview-unitedhealth-group-optum-doctors-health-cares-colossus/

Inside UnitedHealth’s strategy to pressure physicians: $10,000 bonuses and a doctor leaderboard
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/12/doj-interview-unitedhealth-group-optum-doctors-health-cares-colossus/

A look at Dr. Oz’s health care record as he’s nominated to key post by Trump. A physician who peddles pseudoscience and profits off health disinformation. Perfect Trump pick to oversee Medicare and Medicaid
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-look-at-dr-ozs-health-care-record-as-hes-nominated-to-key-post-by-trump

Big Medicaid Cuts Are Reportedly On The Republican Menu. A list of options a conservative leader has circulated includes key elements of the failed attempt to repeal Obamacare, according to Politico.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republican-medicaid-food-energy-cuts_n_6782acf1e4b0064bbc0b4399

# Medical Technology / Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science
Just before the new year, the 2025 federal budget passed, surprising the pediatric cancer community by cutting provisions designed to support pediatric cancer research and accessibility.
https://curesearch.org/federal-budget-cuts-threaten-pediatric-cancer-research/

# Military / Militia / Bio-weapons / General News
A Nebraska woman uncovered a pedophile ring run by a U.S. Military contractor. She was blocked when she tried to bring her concerns to someone above her in DynCorp.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/kathryn-bolkovac

US Soldiers and Contractors Accused of Sexually Abusing Children in Colombia Between 2003 and 2007
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/us-soldiers-contractors-colombia/

America Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine: Drone Terror
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/18/drones-new-jersey-sighting/

# Military General News / Global
Genocide is declared once more in Sudan. How did the country get here?
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/africa/sudan-genocide-explained/index.html

Sudanese army enters strategic city held by RSF rebel group for over a year
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/12/africa/sudanese-army-retakes-wad-madani-rsf-intl/index.html

# Science
“Quantum cat” survives in superposition for a record-shattering 23 minutes. The researchers fine-tuned their lasers just right, allowing the cat states to last an unprecedented 23 minutes. “It’s a big deal because they’re making this beautiful cat state in an atomic system and it’s stable.”
https://www.earth.com/news/schrodingers-cat-survives-in-quantum-superposition-for-a-record-shattering-23-minutes/

# Social
Amid Reactionary Backlash, We Must Reinvigorate Our Movement for Racial Justice. Coalition building with an anti-racist and class-conscious framework can rejuvenate our movements.
https://truthout.org/articles/amid-reactionary-backlash-we-must-reinvigorate-our-movement-for-racial-justice/

# Social Media / Internet
“RIP to TikTok lmao”: Fans react hilariously as TikTok confirms shut down in the United States on January 19th
https://www.newsbreak.com/soap-central-302262230/3754310501484-rip-to-tiktok-lmao-fans-react-hilariously-as-tiktok-confirms-it-will-shut-down-in-the-united-states-on-january-19th

# Space Exploration  / Solar / Lunar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
An amateur astronomer used an old technique to study Jupiter and found something strange. The technique is called band-depth analysis and is used to estimate the concentration of a specific gas based on how much light is absorbed at wavelengths specific to that gas,  in this case methane and ammonia.
https://www.space.com/the-universe/jupiter/an-amateur-astronomer-used-an-old-technique-to-study-jupiter-and-found-something-strange

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Fed up with Copilot in Windows 11? Microsoft pushing a new keyboard shortcut for the AI isn’t likely to help, and it could mess with your desktop mojo
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/fed-up-with-copilot-in-windows-11-microsoft-pushing-a-new-keyboard-shortcut-for-the-ai-isnt-likely-to-help-and-it-could-mess-with-your-desktop-mojo

# Water
Global Warming Is Wreaking Havoc on the Planet’s Water Cycle. In 2024, natural disasters related to variations in the water cycle caused more than 8,700 deaths and at least $550 billion of economic loss.
https://www.earth.com/news/rising-temperatures-are-wreaking-havoc-on-the-global-water-cycle/

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Days before Trump takes office, Mayorkas issues immigration orders that appear designed to prevent illegal border crossers from being deported and open up more ways for foreign nationals to stay in the country.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_d3bef6d2-cfb5-11ef-9017-4f21bc5a1112.amp.html

Biden lets 800,000 Venezuelans and Salvadorans stay 18 months as Trump readies immigration crackdown
https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-tps-biden-immigration-temporary-protected-status-f423f4f3cdbac535af35337ebda314f0

Russian mercenary arrested at US-Mexico border with drone
https://www.rferl.org/a/wagner-veteran-timur-praliev-detained-us-mexico-border-russia/33271493.html

This New Immigration Bill That’s About to Pass Is a Horrifying Trojan Horse
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/laken-riley-act-immigration-bill-trojan-horse.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Federal interference threatened operations for two Pennsylvania steel companies this year.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_259dc7ca-cf99-11ef-aac1-fb3616f0a261.html

Industrial espionage: A principal designers of the B-2 Spirit is currently in prison for selling classified secrets
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a62953684/b-2-bomber-engineer-noshir-gowadia-china/

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Three toxic chemicals commonly found in plastics have caused people worldwide to face premature deaths, chronic diseases and lower IQs
https://www.masslive.com/news/2024/12/these-3-plastic-additives-are-lowering-our-iq-and-killing-us-sooner-new-study-finds.html

Woods Hole Course on Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
https://heeds.org/woods-hole-course-on-endocrine-disrupting-chemicals/

Ending exposure to two plastic chemicals could have saved over 500,000 lives in one year, study estimates
https://www.ehn.org/plastic-chemicals-disease-burden-2670794894.html

# Children / Youth
Most grooming gang offences carried out by white men, police chiefs say. Recent debates over grooming gangs have been marked by accusations of lies and disinformation – this is what the data actually tells us about the victims and perpetrators of child sexual abuse.
https://news.sky.com/story/child-sex-abuse-and-grooming-gangs-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont-from-the-data-13285420

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE agents dispatched across the country, report says: Surrogates for Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s non-governmental agency have reportedly already begun visiting federal agencies, even before Donald Trump is inaugurated
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-agents-trump-musk-ramaswamy-b2677351.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
U.S. borrowing hits $710 billion in first 3 months of fiscal year
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e40d08fa-cf95-11ef-8ec6-e75b2c3990ea.html

Trump ally makes the case for tariffs over concerns from some
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_7a16afa0-cf72-11ef-b1a5-4b451cbedd7a.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump Appointee Has Unhinged Plan for Purging Government Workers
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-appointee-unhinged-plan-purging-211836712.html

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Elon Musk’s wildfire lies putting lives at risk: Elon Musk uses wildfires to attack California’s DEI practices as MAGA faithful spread wild conspiracies. Musk joined President-elect Donald Trump in lashing out at state officials and pointing fingers over the devastating fires
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/elon-musk-s-wildfire-lies-putting-lives-at-risk-california-officials/ar-BB1rf7MK

Earth’s next big volcano eruption will cause climate chaos, and humanity does not have any plan
https://www.earth.com/news/earths-next-big-volcano-eruption-will-cause-global-chaos-climate-impact/

# Environment / Climate / Global
A Nickel Rush Threatens Indonesia’s Last Nomadic Tribes and Its Forests, Fishermen and Farmers
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08012025/nickel-mines-threaten-indonesia-nomadic-tribes-and-forests/

# General News
Washington state courts issue mandatory screening of ‘Racism in America’ documentary: Film documents ‘legalized discrimination and state-sanctioned brutality, murder, dispossession, and disenfranchisement’ of Black people
https://www.foxnews.com/media/washington-state-courts-issue-mandatory-screening-racism-america-documentary-report

‘We will glorify war – and scorn for women’: Marinetti, the futurist Mussolini sidekick who outdid Elon Musk
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jan/09/marinetti-the-futurist-mussolini-sidekick-who-outdid-elon-musk

Elon Musk Tweets Being Investigated By UK Counter-Extremism Unit
https://www.mediaite.com/news/elon-musk-tweets-being-investigated-by-uk-counter-extremism-unit/

With Trump’s Second Term Looming, the Climate Movement Is Putting Class Issues Center Stage
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10012025/climate-movement-puts-class-issues-center-with-trump-second-term-looming/

# Gov / Politics
House GOP puts Medicaid, ACA, climate measures on chopping block
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/10/spending-cuts-house-gop-reconciliation-medicaid-00197541

Donald Trump’s ability to escape from being brought to justice shows that once again, the president-elect is not serving the American people, but rather shielding himself from justice.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-mirror-us-1900780/3754442967729-instead-of-facing-consequences-donald-trump-s-return-to-power-has-placed-him-above-the-law

Blinken and top Democrats push back against Trump bid for US to take over Greenland – as it happened
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/08/trump-congress-biden-pardons-politics-latest-updates

Trump’s New Oligarchy Is About to Unleash Unimaginable Corruption. The elevation of Elon Musk to a key role suggests that right-wing elites are set to embark on a spree of sordid self-dealing.
https://newrepublic.com/article/188467/trumps-musk-oligarchy-corruption

House Republican Says Californians Shouldn’t Get Disaster Relief Unless State Changes Policies: ‘There Should Be Consequences’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/house-republican-says-californians-shouldnt-get-disaster-relief-unless-state-changes-policies-there-should-be-consequences/

The MAGA Right’s Plan to Destroy the Fourteenth Amendment
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-plan-destroy-fourteenth-amendment-110000254.html
Fourteenth Amendment: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Trump and his henchman Musk treat America’s oldest allies as enemies. Britain can’t face that threat alone
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/10/trump-america-musk-starmer-europe

# Gov / Politics / Global
Panama’s president privately threatens to take Trump to UN Security council. President José Mulino said he is waiting until Donald Trump takes office before taking any action, according to one of his predecessors.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/10/trump-panama-canal-00197591

# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
Missouri senator renews push to ban shackling of pregnant women in city, county jails
https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-bill-ban-shackling-pregnant-women-jails/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump gets an ‘unconditional discharge’ in hush money conviction. On Jan. 3, 2025, Justice Merchan rejected Trump’s argument regarding presidential immunity because the Supreme Court’s immunity decision is not applicable in Trump’s New York case. Trump was given no legal penalties but remains a convicted felon.
https://theconversation.com/trump-gets-an-unconditional-discharge-in-hush-money-conviction-a-constitutional-law-expert-explains-what-that-means-246966
Also: Unconditional Discharge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discharge_(sentence)

DoJ releases its Tulsa race massacre report over 100 years after initial review. DoJ report acknowledges attack ‘was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/10/tulsa-race-massacre-report-doj

# Medical / Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science / General News
Democrats kick off fight to protect ObamaCare subsidies in new Congress
https://www.yahoo.com/news/democratic-lawmakers-launch-bid-save-010006267.html

Leaked GOP list outlines plan to cut $479B from Medicare
https://www.rawstory.com/medicare-cuts-2670794479/

# NASA / Space Force
Reaching The Great Attractor, Hiding UFO Accidents, NASA Avoiding Searching for Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FwSsf-6BeU

Pushing A Probe To Alpha Centauri Using A Relativistic Electron Beam. Although filled with yet-to-be-discovered materials and concepts, this idea could theoretically propel a probe to Alpha Centauri in just 40 years.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a63374262/electron-beam-rocket/

# Social Media / Internet
Facebook Caught Hosting AI-Powered Hitler. The bare minimum: don’t create RoboHitler!
https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-hosting-ai-hitler

# Space Exploration  / Solar / Lunar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Astronomers are Losing the Night Sky (and Radio Sky) to Satellite Megaconstellations. As satellite constellations become more common, this stray radio light will gradually wash out the radio sky, in much the same way that LED lights from neighboring towns diminish your view of the Milky Way.
https://www.universetoday.com/170339/astronomers-are-losing-the-night-sky-and-radio-sky-to-satellite-megaconstellations/#:~:text=As%20satellite%20constellations%20become%20more,view%20of%20the%20Milky%20Way

After Over 10 Years, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Is Finally About to Launch Its First Falcon 9-Style Rocket
https://futurism.com/blue-origin-new-glenn-first-launch

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
The new Outlook will be forced onto Windows 10 PCs next month, and there is no way to block it. Microsoft continues the rollout of the new Outlook to PCs, with Windows 10 being next in line.
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/the-new-outlook-will-be-forced-onto-windows-10-pcs-next-month-and-there-is-no-way-to-block-it

20 Essential commands every user should know on Command Prompt for Windows 11.
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/20-essential-commands-every-user-should-know-for-command-prompt-on-windows-11

Entering the next era of AI: AGI is closer than you think. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a hot topic these days. Some people are fascinated by the idea of machines that can think like humans, while others find it a bit scary.
https://www.techradar.com/pro/entering-the-next-era-of-ai-agi-is-closer-than-you-think

Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg have declared war on facts and truth. The pushback must start now
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/11/trump-musk-zuckerberg-war-on-facts-truth-pushback-now

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