Voices, The Peoples News
December 3, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
“Fossil fascism”: How some on the right use climate change as an excuse to demonize migrants
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/02/fossil-fascism-how-some-on-the-right-use-climate-change-as-an-excuse-to-demonize-migrants/
How Gregg Abbott Won the Border War Against Joe Biden
https://www.newsweek.com/how-gregg-abbott-won-border-war-against-joe-biden-1993551
Ninth Circuit rules in favor of federal deportation. The 29-page ruling was written by Judge Daniel Bress, with judges Michael Hawkins and Richard Clinton concurring.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-center-square-509740/3699118607252-ninth-circuit-rules-in-favor-of-federal-deportation
Fifth Circuit rules in favor of Texas in razor wire case
https://www.aol.com/news/fifth-circuit-rules-favor-texas-230500185.html
Also: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/23/23-50869-CV1.pdf
VIDEO: Chicago residents blast mayor’s stance on migrants, more city spending. Chicago city residents are giving elected officials an earful as the city looks to craft a budget facing a billion dollar deficit.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_684ae4fe-b0f4-11ef-8548-ffc85aebddf1.html
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump privatization plan will add thousands a year to typical mortgage: expert
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3698719899021-trump-privatization-plan-will-add-thousands-a-year-to-typical-mortgage-expert
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides
Formaldehyde Causes More Cancer Than Any Other Toxic Air Pollutant. Little Is Being Done to Curb the Risk.
https://www.propublica.org/article/formaldehyde-epa-trump-public-health-danger
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Government Programs On The Chopping Block | Musk & Ramaswamy DOGE Plans
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5000448-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-government-efficiency/
Here’s Who’ll Pay the Highest Cost of Trump’s Tariff War
https://newrepublic.com/post/188935/donald-trump-tariffs-mexico-texas
Also: What are tariffs? Trump’s latest plan and what it means for the US
https://www.nbcchicago.com/illinois-election-2024/what-are-tariffs-trumps-latest-plan-and-what-it-means-for-the-us/3610348/
Major Auto Parts Retailer to Close Hundreds of Stores and Distribution Centers
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/advance-auto-parts-close-hundreds-220852376.html
GOP Members of Congress Threaten Debt Limit Default To Cut Social Security and Medicare.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/gop-members-of-congress-threaten-debt-limit-default-to-cut-social-security-and-medicare/
Verify: Can the president change Social Security? No, the president cannot change Social Security: VERIFY readers asked if the president can change Social Security. Its tax rate and benefits are set by law, so it would take an act of Congress to change them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P94GVtNkUHE
Social Security History FAQ’s
https://www.ssa.gov/history/hfaq.html
Here’s what a Trump presidency could mean for Social Security. Ending taxes on retirement benefits would require bipartisan support. The plan would also worsen Social Security’s looming financial shortfall. Expert: Don’t expect the retirement system to change much under Trump
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-presidency-social-security/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Unions score a major win in Wisconsin with a court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-union-lawsuit-collective-bargainin-75faef922860f9a7d1dc06ae1dc783d1
America’s biggest private company is laying off thousands of workers: Cargill to Cut Thousands of Jobs After Profits Shrink. Agricultural Commodities Trader Will Slash About 5% of Global Workforce; Majority of Reductions to Take Place This Year
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/cargill-cut-thousands-jobs
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Trump allies begin attack on EPA and rules protecting US drinking water
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/02/trump-allies-attack-epa-drinking-water-rules
The Vanishing Coast of Louisiana. This documentary explores the global significance of these issues, highlighting the need for science-based strategies to preserve the unique ecosystems, cultural heritage, and livelihoods at stake in this vulnerable region.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf-6sncAHbc
Inside the $50B plan to save Louisiana’s Marshland. Louisiana lost about 2,000 square miles of coast since the 1930s. FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray reports on the largest coastal restoration project in the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZMCafNQKW8
# Food / Farming / Bio-engineering
Food industry continues to rely on child labor
https://thefern.org/2023/04/the-child-workers-who-feed-you/
GOP governors warn of ag challenges if new farm bill not passed. A group of Republican governors has joined together in a letter to key congressional leaders and agricultural policymakers that warns that delayed reforms and inflationary pressures are pushing farmers to a breaking point.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_eeeb0652-b0cb-11ef-b6e0-8ba5ebb7c488.html?a&seyid=37105
# Gov / Politics
‘Red line’: Trump legal ally threatens to make Senate Republicans’ ‘political lives hell’: Conservative lawyer Mike Davis is warning Senate Republicans that they will feel his “political wrath” if they dare to block the confirmation of Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI director.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-ally-issues-new-warning-senators-kash-patel-nomination-1994416
“Fight of Our Lives”: Jamie Raskin Moves to Shake Up Democratic Party
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3698710857706-fight-of-our-lives-jamie-raskin-moves-to-shake-up-democratic-party
Four big deadlines in 2025 that will put Congress and Trump on a collision course
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3244610/four-big-deadlines-2025-trump-congress/?utm_source=DTR
Johnson rips Hunter Biden pardon, saying trust in justice system damaged
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/02/congress/johnson-on-biden-pardon-00192122
Trump’s Defense Secretary pick keeps getting worse. Pete Hegseth has been accused of sexual assault, forced out of leadership positions at veterans’ advocacy groups amid allegations of financial and sexual misconduct.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188912/trump-defense-secretary-pick-serious-skeletons
Trump’s Genius Plan to Release Gaza Hostages: More War. As usual, the president thinks bellicose threats of force—very much including setting off a regional war with Iran—are the solution to all of the world’s problems.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188940/trump-threatens-war-release-gaza-hostages-hamas-israel
This Is No Time for Cynicism. Writing off institutions like the Senate, which has a duty to scrutinize Donald Trump’s nominees, only plays into a would-be authoritarian’s hand.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/kash-patel-donald-trump-senate?srsltid=AfmBOopCH-gjv0ULt19Oa2AoKl35BwP6QHYcm4Hj76d5THjRdY3FpYzc
Joe Biden’s Pardon Is a Stunning Act of Hypocrisy. By granting immunity to his son Hunter, the president has contradicted his values and reinforced the right’s cynical theory of power.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/02/hunter-biden-pardon-joe-biden-comment
Congress will open next session with more veterans than two years ago
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/12/02/congress-will-open-next-session-with-more-veterans-than-two-years-ago/
Democratic senators call for directive prohibiting troop deployment against Americans before Trump returns to power. The senators stressed the importance of clear guidelines to prevent the military from being deployed against American citizens without explicit constitutional or congressional authorization.
https://www.washingtoninformer.com/senators-warn-trump-use-military/
US will send Ukraine $725 million more in counter-drone systems, anti-personnel land mines
https://www.newspressnow.com/ap/u-s-will-send-ukraine-725m-more-in-counter-drone-systems-anti-personnel-land-mines/article_809f2186-b127-11ef-ba3f-efc622ccb61f.html
Recess appointments could put Trump at odds with conservatives on the Supreme Court
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-recess-appointments-senate-constitution-55004d00cfa7d4b4832e9701cad48a06
Watch: Dem smacks down Mitch McConnell in argument over ‘fair’ judicial nominations
https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-dick-durbin-judges/
McConnell Criticized for Complaining About ‘Political Games’ with Judges
https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-complains-political-games-judicial-nominees-1994501
# Gov / Politics / Global
South Korea president declares martial law. President Yoon Suk Yeol made the announcement in a late-night TV address. Parliament voted later requiring President Yoon to lift the martial law he declared earlier.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/3/south-koreas-president-declares-emergency-martial-law
# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
As FBI Director, Kash Patel Could Offer January 6 Rioters Retribution Against Their Enemies
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5019000-new-york-daniel-goldman-donald-trump-kash-patel-cabinet-picks-weaponize-government/
The Who’s Who on Kash Patel’s Crazy Enemies List. Trump’s pick to run the FBI has already made it known who he plans to persecute if he gets confirmed.
https://www.newsweek.com/kash-patel-list-officials-targeted-fbi-doj-trump-1994417
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Misrepresents the law’: DOJ refuses to dismiss Hunter Biden charges despite pardon — and prosecutors brought Bannon receipts
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/misrepresents-the-law-doj-refuses-to-dismiss-hunter-biden-charges-despite-pardon-and-prosecutors-brought-bannon-receipts/
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Are Already Weaponizing Supreme Court. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are taking the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling as a green light.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188915/supreme-court-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy-gut-government
# LGBTQ / Gender
Dobbs Was Just the Beginning. Now Trans Rights Are Being Tested at the Supreme Court. As it involves prepubescent children, it has ignited enormous controversy and is likely to be one of the most important Supreme Court decisions of 2025
https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-scotus-trangender-youth-hormone-puberty-blockers-tennessee-1994283
# Medical / Health News
Dr. Oz Has Some Pretty Shady Conflicts of Interest. Trump’s pick to run Medicare and Medicaid is involved with a number of businesses that do business with both.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3698549316136-dr-oz-has-some-pretty-shady-conflicts-of-interest
Andrew Cuomo committed ‘medical malpractice’ during deadly COVID crisis, House report finds
https://www.aol.com/andrew-cuomo-committed-medical-malpractice-003101600.html
Acetaminophen Is The Number One Leading Cause Of Liver Failure: How Much Is Too Much?
https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/depression/2233
Alzheimer’s may not actually be a “brain disease”
https://www.sciencealert.com/alzheimers-may-not-actually-be-a-brain-disease-an-expert-reveals
The 5 common drugs that could ‘raise your risk of dementia,’ including hay fever, indigestion and anxiety meds
https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/dementia/these-drugs-could-increase-your-risk-of-dementia
Blood Pressure Drugs May Be Unnecessary. Blood pressure (BP) medications are some of the most overly prescribed medications.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/many-older-adults-take-unneeded-blood-pressure-drugs
# Military / DOD / Militia
US Navy revives 30-year-old crane to boost missile reloading at sea against China. It will also enable the vessels to spend much longer durations at sea rather than having to visit a port for getting more missiles onboard.
https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-navy-reloading-missile-warships-at-sea
# NASA / Rocketry
The End Is Near for NASA’s Voyager Probes. The two probes have left the solar system and are still collecting data from the interstellar environment—but their atomic hearts are growing weaker and weaker.
https://www.space.com/nasa-voyager1-spacecraft-interstellar-engineers-mission-glitch
NASA Voyager 1 Probe Encounters New Region in Deep Space. NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region at the far reaches of our solar system that scientists feel is the final area the spacecraft has to cross before reaching interstellar space.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-voyager-1-probe-encounters-new-region-in-deep-space/
NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth. After some inventive sleuthing, the mission team can check the health and status of the most distant human-made object in existence.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth/
You can knock a good telescope out, but you can’t keep it down. Using data from the now-destroyed Arecibo radio telescope, scientists from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute have unlocked the secrets of signals from “cosmic lighthouses” powered by dead stars.
https://www.space.com/arecibo-seti-pulsars-cosmic-lighthouses
# NATO
Blinken heads to final NATO foreign ministers meeting of Biden administration with Ukraine in focus
https://apnews.com/article/us-nato-ukraine-russia-blinken-d1cc5a864961fd48fe39519a0744327f
NATO draws up plans for its own fleet of naval surveillance drones. Officials envision fielding a network of drone-based sensors to keeping tabs on vital undersea cables and pipelines in the Baltic and Mediterranean seas.
https://www.navytimes.com/breaking-news/2024/12/03/nato-draws-up-plans-for-its-own-fleet-of-naval-surveillance-drones/
# Other Interesting Things
Earth’s crust found to be ‘dripping’ deep into the planet – and the implications could be huge: Crinkles and divots in the surface of Earth on Türkiye’s Central Anatolian Plateau are the smoking gun for a newly discovered class of plate tectonics.
https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-discovery-finds-earths-crust-dripping-into-the-planets-belly
Giant face found in Antarctica at 72° 00′ 36
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-news/google-earth-uncovers-gigantic-statue-19007865
# Space / Solar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Astronomers have pinpointed the origin of mysterious repeating radio bursts from space
https://theconversation.com/astronomers-have-pinpointed-the-origin-of-mysterious-repeating-radio-bursts-from-space-244920
# Sports
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Elon Musk in ‘Unprecedented’ Position Over Rural Internet: Former FCC head
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-unprecedented-position-over-rural-internet-1993773
A much-loved streaming service is closing down, but not before everyone gets one month for free
https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/news/a-much-loved-streaming-service-is-closing-down-but-not-before-everyone-gets-one-month-for-free/ar-AA1v88cV
Top US Consumer Watchdog Has a Plan to Fight Predatory Data Brokers
https://thehill.com/business/5018752-consumer-watchdog-crackdown-personal-data-sales/
U.S. imposes new controls on chip exports to China. The Biden administration on Monday instituted a new round of restrictions targeting the export of advanced semiconductor chips and manufacturing equipment to China.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_18a53736-b0ec-11ef-96e5-bb8532ee6ef3.html?a&seyid=37105
# Veterans / VA
Veterans Orgs Accuse Biden-Harris VA Of Stonewalling Access To Medical Care. 24 veterans organizations signed a letter Monday slamming Veterans Affairs for stonewalling access to outside medical care.
https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/12/03/veterans-groups-accuse-biden-harris-va-stonewalling-access-medical-care/
# Water
Can Recycled Oilfield Water Quench the Thirst of Drought-Stricken West Texas?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03122024/west-texas-recycled-oilfield-water-drought-solution/
# Weather
MTG was mocked for weather-control claims. Now Florida has a new bill to ban ‘weather modification’
https://www.aol.com/mtg-mocked-weather-control-claims-185518952.html
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