Voices, The Peoples News
December 30, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Bring back the bison: US indigenous ranchers push for conservation
https://www.americanheritage.com/bringing-back-buffalo
# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Elon Musk threatens ‘war’ with Maga Republicans. The president-elect waded into a row that has split the Republican party by defending H1B visas, which permit highly-educated foreigners to work in the US for up to six years.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-threatens-war-maga-133524596.html
The US Has Deported Immigrants En Masse Before. Here’s What Happened: Donald Trump has promised to deport millions on “Day One.” He wouldn’t be the first president to round up undocumented immigrants en masse.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3734682585159-the-us-has-deported-immigrants-en-masse-before-heres-what-happened?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzU1MjEzNDU0NTA%3D
# Cartels / Gangs / Drugs / Trafficking
Violent Venezuelan gang expands operations in northeast, mid-Atlantic. Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang members are known for violence, murder, kidnapping, extortion, bribery and human and drug trafficking and are linked to more than 100 law enforcement investigations nationwide.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_dc245212-c494-11ef-b38f-67736bcaa379.html?a&seyid=42526
DEA Laboratory Testing Reveals that 6 out of 10 Fentanyl-Laced Fake Prescription Pills Now Contain a Potentially Lethal Dose of Fentanyl. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is alerting the public of a sharp nationwide increase in the lethality of fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills.
https://www.dea.gov/alert/dea-laboratory-testing-reveals-6-out-10-fentanyl-laced-fake-prescription-pills-now-contain
US ravaged by untraceable elephant tranquilizer that’s 7 times more deadly than fentanyl & kills with less than a pinch
https://www.the-sun.com/news/13171035/us-ravaged-untraceable-elephant-tranquilizer-fentanyl/
# Communications / Censorship
Finnish investigators find anchor drag mark on the Baltic seabed following cable damage
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-30/finnish-investigators-find-an-anchor-drag-mark-on-the-baltic-seabed-after-suspicious-cable-damage
Germany calls for sanctions on Russia’s dark fleet that is ‘damaging major undersea cables’
https://www.businessinsider.com/germany-europe-sanctions-russia-dark-shadow-fleet-finland-estonia-cable-2024-12
# Covid / Biologicals / Pandemics
How America lost control of the bird flu, setting the stage for another pandemic: The U.S. government failed to eliminate the virus on dairy farms when it was confined to a handful of states, by quickly identifying infected cows and taking measures to keep their infections from spreading. Now at least 875 herds across 16 states have tested positive.
https://michiganadvance.com/2024/12/30/how-america-lost-control-of-the-bird-flu-setting-the-stage-for-another-pandemic/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Democrats Begin Throwing Their Support Behind DOGE
https://ktrh.iheart.com/featured/houston-texas-news/content/2024-12-27-democrats-begin-throwing-their-support-behind-doge/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The 1% Profit While the 99% Suffer – The Crisis Divide: A tax of up to 5 percent on the world’s multi-millionaires and billionaires could raise $1.7 trillion a year, enough to lift 2 billion people out of poverty.
https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/richest-1-bag-nearly-twice-much-wealth-rest-world-put-together-over-past-two-years
President-elect Trump threatens new tariffs on Mexico, Canada: President-Elect Donald Trump on Nov. 25, 2024, announced his intention to impose additional 10 percent tariffs on China, along with additional 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada.
https://www.hklaw.com/en/insights/publications/2024/12/president-elect-trump-announces-tariff-plans
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump says ‘Drill, baby drill’: 2025 oil and gas price projections. Eastern Kentucky University global supply chain management program director James Kirby Easterlin believes we could see some gas relief going into 2025, but not by much.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/economy/trump-says-drill-baby-drill-2025-oil-and-gas-price-projections
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Bees are essential to life—over 75% of food crops depend on them. Yet, pesticides like neonicotinoids, linked to massive bee die-offs, remain widely used in the U.S., even as some are banned in Europe.[Multiple articles]
https://usrtk.org/bees-neonics/
# General News
Older Americans are falling through the cracks of the programs designed to save them. America is getting older — and that shift is straining the federal programs meant to keep older people out of poverty.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/older-americans-are-falling-through-the-cracks-of-the-programs-designed-to-save-them/ar-AA1wGR9Z?item=flightsprg-tipsubsc-v1a?season//
Progressives Say GOP’s H-1B Visa Feud Distracts From Real Problem: ‘Billionaire Robber Barons’: “Billionaires want you to wage a culture war while they win the class war,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/h-1b-visa-news
# Gov / Politics
‘Are you selling us out?’: Trump’s new comments met with immediate backlash from MAGA base
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-selling-out-immigration-backlash/
‘Could get bad’: Columnist warns frustrated MAGA is going rogue as it sees Trump backtrack
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-vigilante/
‘Mutual destruction’: Analyst claims Trump now realizes dumping Musk would doom himself. Poll finds Musk and Trump are viewed roughly the same by Americans
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/poll-finds-musk-and-trump-are-viewed-roughly-the-same-by-americans
“This is Trump’s America now!”: MAGA diehards jumpstart a new year of political violence. There are already calls for vigilantes to round up “brown folks” to imprison in camps
https://www.salon.com/2024/12/30/this-is-trumps-america-now-maga-diehards-jumpstart-a-new-year-of-political-violence/
Biden announces $2.5 billion in Ukraine defense assistance
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2024/12/30/biden_announces_25_billion_in_fresh_military_aid_to_ukraine_1081473.html
Elon Musk reveals why he is endorsing Germany’s populist far-right despite ties to neo-Nazi scene — ‘Does that sound like Hitler to you?’
https://fortune.com/2024/12/29/elon-musk-germany-endorsement-afd-far-right-populists-alice-weidel/
Former Trump Adviser Tells Fox News: If Denmark Won’t ‘Defend’ Greenland from Russia, U.S. Could Merge it With Alaska
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/former-trump-adviser-tells-fox-news-if-denmark-wont-defend-greenland-from-russia-u-s-could-merge-it-with-alaska/
Kremlin Insiders Reveal How Trump Is Already Secretly Helping Putin. Putin’s top propagandists highlight yet more similarities between Putin and Trump and explain how the President-elect is already helping the Kremlin.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-insiders-reveal-how-trump-is-already-secretly-helping-putin/
Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor. As HUD secretary, Scott Turner would oversee billions in housing aid, but as a Texas state legislator he voted against protections for poor tenants and has called government assistance “one of the most destructive things for the family.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-turner-hud-nominee-trump-public-housing-texas
# Gov / Politics / Global
EU Officials Will Claim Ignorance of Israel’s War Crimes. This Leaked Document Shows What They Knew. The internal EU document may strip European foreign ministers of “plausible deniability” in Israeli war crimes in Gaza, experts said.
https://theintercept.com/2024/12/23/eu-report-israel-war-crimes-complicity/
Israeli spies reveal Hezbollah commander’s secret life: 4 mistresses and phone marriage plans exposed
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/israeli-spies-reveal-hezbollah-commanders-secret-life-4-mistresses-and-phone-marriage-plans-exposed/articleshow/116785459.cms?from=mdr
Israel should strike Iran now, paving way for Trump 2.0: By providing Mr. Trump with an alternative to the first anti-Iranian coalition through a muscular demonstration of Israeli power, Jerusalem can provide Washington enormous leverage over the New Eurasian Axis.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5058156-israel-strike-iran-trump/
Russia said it’s been listening to Trump’s plans for peace in Ukraine and is ‘not happy, of course’
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraine-wary-of-western-disunity-ahead-of-possible-russia-peace-talks/
Security in Syria: Some people wary of new administration: The newly appointed governor of Damascus has called on the United States to use its influence to push for cordial relations with Israel.
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/27/g-s1-40144/syria-israel-relations-hts-damascus-governor
Taliban leader bans windows overlooking women’s areas. Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or while collecting water can “lead to obscene acts”, government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on social media platform X.
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/taliban-bans-windows-overlooking-areas-used-by-afghan-women-to-prevent-obscene-acts-11735526769673.html
The Taliban order all NGOs in Afghanistan to stop employing women or face closure
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-ngo-women-closure-1fde989369785f8df0e83c81d48626f1
# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
11 Illinois teens charged after using dating apps to allegedly lure and beat men as part of a social media trend. Illinois police did not say what the trend is called or if any other cases were reported to the authorities. Authorities point to TikTok as a source of the trend.
https://san.com/cc/11-illinois-teens-face-charges-for-luring-beating-victims-using-dating-apps/
# Media
‘Nuclear demolition’: Columnist flags ‘MAGA’s real World War III’ the media is missing: “The tactical goals for Musk (lower taxes, the end of government regulations, preferential deals with the U.S. government, and yes, Bond fans, global domination) and for Trump (disappearing his criminal cases while monetizing the American presidency) are very much in sight. Their strategy for getting there, the real WWIII that doesn’t involve storming Panama, is the nuclear demolition of objective reality.”
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/nuclear-demolition-columnist-flags-maga-s-real-world-war-iii-the-media-is-missing/ar-AA1wGQGy
# Medical / Health News
America Still Needs Jimmy Carter’s Health Care Agenda. Carter’s willingness to tackle the politically perilous task of trying to rein in health care costs offers a template for the kind of leadership and focus needed to address the health care system’s enduring flaws in 2024.
https://time.com/6338230/jimmy-carter-dies-health-care/
Bird flu virus in patient likely mutated while in hospital
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/bird-flu-virus-likely-mutated-within-louisiana-patient-who-became-severely-ill-cdc-says
Bird flu virus in Louisiana patient likely mutated to be more transmissible, CDC says
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5057673-cdc-bird-flu-mutations/
# Military / Global / General News
China directs largest military build-up since 1930s Nazi Germany, expert warns, citing Pentagon report
https://www.aol.com/news/china-directs-largest-military-build-144406111.html
# NASA / Space Force
NASA Captures Gargantuan Slab of Ice Escape the Grips of Antarctica, Finds Its Doom in Warmer Waters. The iceberg was estimated to move towards the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia as it would be guided by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
https://knewz.com/world/nasa-captures-gargantuan-slab-of-ice-escape-the-grips-of-antarctica-finds-its-doom-in-warmer-waters/
# NATO
NATO will step up Baltic Sea patrols as Finland probes the possible sabotage of undersea cables
https://apnews.com/article/finland-estonia-cable-undersea-russia-sabotage-nato-6460b68ab5236d9892551867b024b0a0
# Nuclear / Bioweapons / Global
Russia warns the United States against possible nuclear testing under Trump. Ministers warned the US that its nuclear arsenal is intended to ‘sober up’ countries on the ‘brink of direct armed conflict’ with Russia
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/donald-trump-russia-us-nuclear-testing-b2670471.html
# Space / Solar / Lunar / Atmosphere / Astronomy
Sun unleashes massive X1.1 solar flare to close out 2024 (photo) The huge solar flare may be the last big explosion from the sun this year.
https://www.space.com/the-universe/sun/sun-unleashes-massive-x1-1-solar-flare-to-close-out-2024-photo
# Space / Rocketry / Global
Italy sells Piaggio Aerospace to Turkish drone maker Baykar. The choice of a Turkish buyer for an Italian aviation firm is a remarkable turnaround given Italy’s traditional heft in the aviation industry.
https://aviationweek.com/aerospace/advanced-air-mobility/baykar-snaps-italys-piaggio-aerospace
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Regulations needed to stop AI being used for ‘bad things’ – Geoffrey Hinton: Prof Hinton said he fears AI will be bad for society if lots of people lost their jobs and all the benefit goes to rich people.
https://bioethics.com/archives/95315
AT&T, Verizon Issue Update Following Security Concern: AT&T and Verizon confirmed they were breached in a massive Chinese espionage campaign targeting telecom carriers worldwide but said the hackers have now been evicted from their networks.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/atandt-and-verizon-say-networks-secure-after-salt-typhoon-breach/
# Veterans / VA
Fellow veterans, our healthcare is under attack: Republicans launched an unprecedented assault on the Department of Veterans Affairs’s healthcare system earlier this month with devastating bills that would gut it from the inside out. This isn’t reform: it’s demolition and privatization. And it is fiscally reckless.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5057752-veterans-healthcare-under-attack/
# Weather
Extreme Weather Alert! Polar Vortex Is Coming Soon!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OnXUFAMYPc
Also: The polar vortex is a low-pressure area—a wide expanse of swirling cold air—that is parked in polar regions. During winter, the polar vortex at the North Pole expands, sending cold air southward. This happens fairly regularly and is often associated with outbreaks of cold temperatures in the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftfrmIaLqPk
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