Voices, The Peoples News
January 9, 2025, AM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Republicans Look To Revive Trump’s ‘Remain In Mexico’ With New GOP Trifecta
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3281057/republicans-look-revive-trump-remain-in-mexico-gop-trifecta/
The walls have eyes: How Trump plans to supercharge border security with tech
https://thebulletin.org/2025/01/the-walls-have-eyes-how-trump-plans-to-supercharge-border-security-with-tech/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Expert warns U.S. headed towards ‘small revolutions’: I’m an ex-CEO. My peers are facing the reality that many Gen Zers see corporate America as the enemy
https://fortune.com/2024/12/20/unitedhealthcare-murder-ceos-gen-z-corporate-america-enemy/
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Scientists push for a global overhaul of chemical safety to protect kids’ health
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/01/scientists-issue-call-to-arms-to-protect-childrens-health-from-chemicals-causing-disease/
Mitsubishi Chemical cancels Louisiana MMA plant project
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/mitsubishi-drops-plans-for-1-billion-geismar-chemical-plant/article_762a5dea-cdcb-11ef-bc56-af46ba5137cc.html
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk says DOGE’s $2 trillion target for federal spending cuts was just a best case scenario, now it seems the goal may be too lofty.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-doge-2-120244265.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Amazon threw ‘feel-good blitz’ for staff worked so hard they were ordered to bathe: “As many white-collar workers log back on to work after the holiday break, Amazon staffers are reeling from the annual crush known internally as ‘peak,’ which runs from November’s Black Friday through the flood of returned gifts in January.”
https://www.rawstory.com/amazon-warehouses/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump’s energy plans face hurdles beyond Biden’s offshore drilling ban
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/06/biden-offshore-oil-gas-drilling-ban
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
Unveiling Iran’s Secret Oil Operations. A visual deep dive showing how Iranian company Sahara Thunder moves unsanctioned oil around the globe, reconstructed using more than 10,000 leaked emails.
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/IRAN-OIL/zjpqngedmvx/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
“Not enough firefighters”: Historic wildfires rage unabated in Southern California
https://thebulletin.org/2025/01/not-enough-firefighters-historic-wildfires-rage-unabated-in-southern-california/
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials are raking in enormous taxpayer-funded paychecks as its fire hydrants run dry amid massive fires in the area. The department saw “scores” of fire hydrants run dry overnight as firefighters tried to contain raging fires that destroyed hundreds of buildings and continue to burn out of control
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/08/los-angeles-water-and-power-officials-fat-salaries-fire-hydrants-run-dry/
What to Expect from State Governments on Renewable Energy Policy in 2025. As states focus on carrying out existing laws, don’t hold your breath waiting for big moves.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09012025/inside-clean-energy-state-government-policy-2025/
# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
Lawsuit targets FDA for failure to ban harmful food packaging chemicals
https://earthjustice.org/press/2024/health-advocates-sue-fda-to-remove-phthalates-from-food
States step up bans on plastic foam foodware as pollution concerns rise
https://earth911.com/business-policy/eps-foam-packaging-products-bans-expand-to-oregon-california-and-three-other-states/
# General News
How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days. After Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933, he promptly packed the government full of loyalists and used Weimar Germany’s constitution to turn himself into an absolute dictator.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/historian-reveals-how-hitler-dismantled-democracy-in-less-than-two-months/ar-AA1xbNBe
Trump Cares More About Starting Fights Than L.A. Fire Victims. Any suggestion that the disaster — which has already killed two people, destroyed about 1,000 structures and caused 70,000 people to be placed under an evacuation order, would lead to a moment of national unity was in vain.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5075334-trump-sparks-wildfires-battle/
Top Dem Backs Renaming Gulf of Mexico on One Condition: “Well, let me say this: I’d agree to working with Donald Trump on renaming the Gulf of Mexico only if he first agrees to work with us on an actual plan on lowering costs for Americans,” he added. “That’s what the American people want us to focus on first, not on renaming bodies of water.”
https://www.newsweek.com/schumer-will-work-trump-rename-gulf-mexico-one-condition-2012103
Bernie Sanders Shreds Elon Musk Over Foreign Worker Visas In Brutal Fox News Op-Ed: “In recent weeks, the H-1B program has sparked intense debate. Billionaires like Elon Musk claim it is crucial to our economy, arguing that the United States faces a shortage of highly skilled engineers and technology professionals. They are dead wrong.”
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/bernie-sanders-shreds-elon-musk-over-foreign-worker-visas-in-brutal-fox-news-op-ed/
# Gov / Politics
Senate GOP gears up to dismantle Biden’s regulations. The Congressional Review Act allows a new Congress to nullify late-term regulations, making this period pivotal for reversing policies on climate, consumer protections and financial transparency. The process could shape federal regulations for years and reflect sharp partisan divides on regulatory control.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/senate-gop-gears-up-to-dismantle-bidens-regulations-2670778651.html
Trump has a fighting chance to prevent Arctic meltdown. He should take it.
https://thebulletin.org/2025/01/trump-has-a-fighting-chance-to-prevent-arctic-meltdown-he-should-take-it/
President-elect Trump and top advisers previewed ambitious plans for 100 executive orders during a meeting with Senate Republicans
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/trump-immigration-executive-orders-stephen-miller
Donald Trump huddles with Senate Republicans as GOP leaders disagree on how to pass his agenda
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5070332-trump-gop-agenda-strategy-reconciliation/
Elizabeth Warren Claims Trump’s Threats to Take Foreign Territory Are a Distraction From His Embattled Nominees
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/elizabeth-warren-claims-trumps-threats-to-take-foreign-territory-are-a-distraction-from-his-embattled-nominees/
House Republican bill would pave way for Trump to acquire Panama Canal for US: Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will introduce a bill that would authorize the president to purchase the Panama Canal and put it under U.S. control, an acquisition that President-elect Trump has been pushing over the last several weeks. Johnson plans to introduce the Panama Canal Repurchase Act on Thursday, The Hill has learned.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5074775-republican-bill-panama-canal-trump-purchase/
Other nations are ‘actively pissed off’ by Trump’s territorial ambitions: Other countries, are going from irritated to actively pissed off about this type of type of talk.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-territorial-expansion/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Greenland may become independent if its residents want, but is unlikely to become a U.S. state
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/greenland-independence-is-possible-but-joining-the-us-unlikely-denmark-says/ar-AA1xbI5z
Greenland’s strategic significance is partly due to its mineral, oil, and gas resources. The island’s location between Russia, Europe, and the US is also advantageous for defense and trade purposes, including being home to the northernmost US military base
https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/what-would-greenlands-independence-mean-arctic
Canadian politician urges THREE U.S. states to join their country in response to Trump… with an enticing offer. A top Canadian politician has suggested some U.S. states should leave and join their neighbors to the north after Donald Trump’s threats to take over the country. She said they would benefit from universal healthcare and stricter gun laws if they chose to secede.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14264227/canada-politician-states-join-trump-elizabeth-may.html
Denmark Says It’s Open To Conversations With Trump—But Greenland Won’t Become A US State
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/01/08/denmark-says-its-open-to-conversations-with-trump-but-greenland-wont-become-a-us-state/
Elon Musk seeks to install himself as global dictator – and ‘so far it’s working’: expert
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/elon-musk-helped-trump-win-and-is-now-looking-at-europe-many-politicians-there-are-alarmed
Elon Musk’s interference in national debates angers Europe’s leaders
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/01/08/elon-musks-interference-in-national-debates-angers-europes-leaders
European leaders turn on Elon Musk over attempts to sway voters amid Keir Starmer row. Elon Musk rejects criticism from European leaders of attempting to sway elections outside the US
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/elon-musk-keir-starmer-row-emmanuel-macron-grooming-gangs-b1203290.html
Germany, who once invaded most of Europe, warns Trump about his Greenland plans. Trump reiterated his desire to acquire Greenland, saying that the Arctic island was “critical” for national and economic security.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg9gvg3452o
Iran pledges to support Canada, Panama and Greenland against US ‘aggression and terrorism’
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/iran-pledges-support-canada-panama-899555
Russia says closely watching Trump’s Greenland claims. Europena Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says that Greenland’s sovereignty must be respected.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/9/russia-says-closely-watching-trumps-greenland-claims
# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
“What message does that send?”: Capitol police chief suggests J6 pardons hurt law enforcement. U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said there should be accountability for those who attack law enforcement
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/06/what-message-does-that-send-capitol-police-chief-suggests-j6-pardons-would-hurt-law-enforcement/
Family Of 5-Year-Old Black Child Allegedly Frisked By Ohio Police During Routine Traffic Stop Speaks Out. Wilson said he complied with all the police orders during the traffic stop to help keep his son calm and knew he had done nothing wrong.
https://www.aol.com/ohio-cops-caught-video-searching-095220598.html
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
AG Merrick Garland intends to release Special Counsel Jack Smith report on Trump election case
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/08/doj-jack-smith-trump-2020-election-classified-docs
Justice Department to release report related to President-elect Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case, will withhold information on classified documents case
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5073879-garland-jack-smith-jan-6-report-trump-mar-a-lago/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter
# Media
Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors. The Heritage Foundation plans to “identify and target” volunteer editors on Wikipedia who it says are “abusing their position” by publishing content the group believes to be antisemitic, according to documents obtained by the Forward.
https://forward.com/news/686797/heritage-foundation-wikipedia-antisemitism/
# Medical / Health News
UnitedHealthcare Interrupted Cancer Patient’s Surgery to Demand Justification for Overnight Hospital Stay: ‘Insurance Is Out of Control’: A surgeon shared her frustration with medical insurers after her patient’s operation was interrupted by a phone call from a UnitedHealthcare representative demanding justification for the patient’s overnight hospital stay. Dr. Elisabeth Potter, a board-certified plastic surgeon specializing in DIEP flap bre
https://www.newsbreak.com/latin-times-560143/3750263996010-unitedhealthcare-interrupted-cancer-patient-s-surgery-to-demand-justification-for-overnight-hospital-stay-insurance-is-out-of-control
Hawaii Gov: RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vax Misinformation Left Dozens Of Kids Dead In Samoa
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hawaii-gov-rfk-jr-anti-223319777.html
Never-before-seen parasite is resistant to ivermectin. Trichuris incognita is a newfound intestinal roundworm closely related to the whipworm parasite. However, it is significantly more resistant to treatment
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/never-before-seen-parasite-is-resistant-to-ivermectin
# Military / General News
Pentagon says it has no plans to take Greenland by force: Reporters asked Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh if such plans existed. “I’m certainly not going to get into hypothetical situations. I think that’s for the incoming administration to speak to,” Singh said. “We’re concerned with the real national security concerns that confront this building every day.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_28e95ab6-cdff-11ef-ac7a-77fe587fbe6f.html
# Military General News / Global
An Iranian general said Russia was bombing the empty desert while saying it was attacking Syrian rebels
https://www.aol.com/top-iranian-general-said-russia-050128256.html
# NASA / Space Force
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Evacuated as Los Angeles Burns, it’s a rapidly changing situation.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/nasas-jet-propulsion-lab-closed-due-to-raging-la-fires
# Social
Rent Too High? Blame AI, New Report Finds. It turns out that many of the country’s most powerful landlords are using the same AI to jack up your rent — and here’s how.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-rent-too-high
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
US adds web and gaming giant Tencent to list of Chinese military companies. This could be the start of a saga to rival TikTok’s troubles, and embroil Tesla and Microsoft
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/tencent_catl_chinese_military_company_list/
OpenAI Cuts Ties With Engineer Who Created ChatGPT-Powered Robotic Sentry Rifle. “We proactively identified this violation of our policies and notified the developer to cease this activity.”
https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-cuts-off-chatgpt-robot-rifle
Algorithm of Meta developer finds company mission correlates with yerrorist organization, gets fired instantly
https://www.newsbreak.com/winbuzzer-com-302470011/3749052097722-algorithm-of-meta-developer-finds-company-mission-correlates-with-terrorist-organization-gets-fired-instantly
If you’re waiting for Windows 12 I have bad news: Microsoft is seemingly focused on cramming more AI into Windows 11 instead. Microsoft bets on Copilot+ PCs and Windows 11, with no Windows 12 on the horizon
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/if-youre-waiting-for-windows-12-i-have-bad-news-microsoft-is-seemingly-focused-on-cramming-even-more-ai-into-windows-11-instead
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