Voices, The Peoples News
January 9, 2025, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Senate advances ‘Laken Riley Act’ with bipartisan support, setting up final vote. If passed, the act would mandate the detention of illegal immigrants charged with an array of crimes. Only nine Democrats voted against moving forward on the Laken Riley Act, a signal the legislation could pass next week.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/01/09/congress/laken-riley-act-advances-in-senate-00197364
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk Finally Admits DOGE Is Going to Be a Total Bust. Musk is backtracking on his biggest promise about the “Department of Government Efficiency.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-finally-admits-doge-150804597.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump Considers Declaring National Emergency to Speed Tariff Rollout: Donald Trump’s unwavering faith in the power of tariffs was on display again this week as he threatened to use import taxes “at a very high level” against Denmark in his quest to acquire Greenland, and the president-elect is reportedly now considering declaring a national emergency once he takes office to speed the rollout of a new set of tariffs potentially aimed at friends and foes alike.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-considers-declaring-national-emergency-002222982.html
National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins told lawmakers today that the Internal Revenue Service has made significant progress in improving taxpayer service but warned that “continued funding is critical to enable the IRS to successfully deliver on its mission and transform how it works with taxpayers going forward.”
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/national-taxpayer-advocate-delivers-annual-report-to-congress-flags-erc-identity-theft-victim-assistance-processing-delays-and-calls-for-adequate-funding-to-improve-taxpayer-services
# Education / Schools
The School Shootings Were Fake. The Terror Was Real. The inside story of the teenager whose “swatting” calls sent armed police racing into hundreds of schools nationwide—and the private detective who tracked him down.
https://www.wired.com/story/school-swatting-torswats-brad-dennis/
# Gov / Politics
“Outrageous”: Rep. Jim McGovern Slams Trump’s Rhetoric on Taking Panama, Greenland & Canada. At a news conference Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump renewed his threats against Gaza, Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/8/trump_panama_greenland_canada
Trump faces growing threat of ‘gray zone’ warfare. He’s contending with a growing threat of ‘gray zone’ attacks from foreign adversaries, from drone surveillance to acts of sabotage in the air, sea and on land.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5072969-hybrid-attacks-threat-trump/
Can nonviolent struggle defeat a dictator? This database emphatically says yes
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/01/09/can-nonviolent-struggle-defeat-a-dictator-this-database-emphatically-says-yes/
Donald Trump’s Imperial State of Mind. The president-elect’s musings about annexing Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal may just be bluster—or misdirection. But they could have chilling implications on the global stage.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/donald-trumps-imperial-state-of-mind
The Supreme Court Faces a Major Question About Trump’s Second Term. The Roberts court used a novel doctrine to blunt or undo many of Biden’s policy initiatives. But the president-elect was left curiously untroubled by this de facto judicial veto during his last term.
https://newrepublic.com/article/190016/supreme-court-major-questions-trump
The Democrats’ Shameful, Immediate Surrender to Trump. The president-elect hasn’t even taken office yet, and already Democrats of all stripes are pledging to work with him.
https://newrepublic.com/article/190043/laken-riley-immigration-bill-trump-democrats-surrender
A Better Plan Than Trump’s: Let’s Surrender to Canada! It’s a much sweeter deal. More social mobility, more representative government, plus everybody gets health care.
https://newrepublic.com/article/190031/trump-america-surrender-canada-freedom
Trump’s Ugly, Hateful Eruptions Over CA Wildfires Hint at Darker Story. As Trump unleashes vile attacks on Democrats over the Los Angeles horrors, a leading historian of conservatism explains how this fits into the right’s broader project of degrading public life.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3752282360043-trump-s-ugly-hateful-eruptions-over-ca-wildfires-hint-at-darker-story
# Gov / Politics / Global
Spanish premier accuses Musk of leading ‘far-right international,’ backing ‘heirs of Nazism’: ‘The fascism that we thought we had left behind is now the 3rd political force in Europe,’ says Spanish premier, warning that autocratic regimes are advancing
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/spanish-premier-accuses-musk-of-leading-far-right-international-backing-heirs-of-nazism/3445641
Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez denounces Elon Musk at Franco anniversary event. Sánchez accuses X owner of inciting hatred as country marks 50 years since start of its return to democracy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/08/spain-pm-pedro-sanchez-denounces-elon-musk-at-franco-anniversary-event
Starmer urged to scrap funding for Musk’s firms after billionaire receives £190m from UK taxpayers. Firms owned by Elon Musk have raked in more than £190m of taxpayer cash since 2016, sparking calls for Keir Starmer to prevent any further public funds going to the billionaire’s sprawling business empire
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/starmer-musk-tesla-grooming-x-b2675852.html
UK Prime Minister Slams Elon Musk For ‘Amplifying The Far Right’ With ‘Lies’ About Rape Gangs. Keir Starmer defended his record investigating “grooming gangs,” after Elon Musk inserted himself into British politics and called on the prime minister to resign.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/06/keir-starmer-elon-musk-grooming-scandal/
Winston Churchill’s grandson warns Elon Musk to ‘come through me first’ in staunch defence of Jess Phillips
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/soames-winston-churchill-elon-musk-jess-phillips-b2676443.html
# Law Enforcment / ATF / FBI / CIA
United States Capitol Police (USCP) officers arrested a man who attempted to set his car on fire along First Street, NW, near the Grant Memorial. 35-year-old Adrian J. Hinton, of Virginia, was arrested for Unlawful Activities.
https://www.uscp.gov/media-center/press-releases/uscp-arrests-man-who-attempted-light-car-fire
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Supreme Court Faces a Major Question About Trump’s Second Term: The Roberts court used a novel doctrine to blunt or undo many of Biden’s policy initiatives. But the president-elect was left curiously untroubled by this de facto judicial veto during his last term.
https://newrepublic.com/article/190016/supreme-court-major-questions-trump
Speaker Johnson says House will vote to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court to protect Israel and U.S. interests. Johnson vows to put ICC prosecutor Karim Khan ‘back in his place’
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2025/01/08/speaker-mike-johnson-international-criminal-court/
# Medical / Health News
UnitedHealth units ordered to pay $165M for misleading consumers
https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/unitedhealthcare-units-ordered-to-pay-165m
# Medical Bio-Engineering / Bio-Science
How CAR-T could help vanquish some autoimmune diseases. CAR-T therapy, in which a patient’s own T cells are engineered to recognize and wipe out disease-causing cells, has completely changed how some cancers are treated in recent years. Like other autoimmune diseases, those in which the immune system attacks one’s own body, lupus is a chronic condition, it doesn’t simply go away.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/lupus-treatment-car-t-therapy-breakthrough-german-scientist-georg-schett/#:~:text=The%20therapy%2C%20known%20as%20CAR,the%20body’s%20attack%20on%20itself
# Military / General News
Why Greenland and the broader Arctic have had the Pentagon’s growing attention for years. President-elect Donald Trump’s assertion that the United States must take possession of Greenland cast a spotlight upon U.S. military operations on the landmass, as the Arctic ice thins and competition with Russia and China grows.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-01-08/trump-greenland-air-base-16416575.html
# Other Interesting Things
Unexpected And Unexplained Structures Found Deep Below The Pacific Ocean. Supercomputer unveils unexpected anomalies lurking in Earth’s lower mantle
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-sunken-worlds-pacific-high-res.html#google_vignette
# Security / Surveillance
What’s this mass surveillance program? Mass surveillance programs allow the U.S. government to warrantlessly and “incidentally” vacuum up Americans’ communications, metadata and content, and store their information in data centers and repositories such as the database authorized by Section 702 – a provision up for reauthorization in 2023.
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3750161714323-whats-this-mass-surveillance-program?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MzY0MjY5MTc1NzE%3D
Mass Surveillance Is Dangerous for American Communities: Reforming the Section 702 Spying Regime. Warrantless surveillance of Americans is once again in the public eye, at a moment when its impact on communities of color, immigrants, and protesters has become increasingly clear
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/technology-and-the-law/mass-surveillance-is-dangerous-for-american-communities/
NSA Spying: The US government, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T, has engaged in massive, illegal dragnet surveillance of the domestic communications and communications records of millions of ordinary Americans since at least 2001.
https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying
# Social Media
U.S. White Supremacist Propaganda Remained at Historic Levels in 2021, With 27 Percent Rise in Antisemitic Messaging. ADL’s annual assessment found white supremacist events more than doubled year-over-year
https://www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/phrc/documents/U.S.%20White%20Supremacist%20Propaganda%202021.pdf
White supremacist groups using social media to promote hateful propaganda. White supremacists are riling up thousands on social media. The social media posts are of a distinct type. They hint darkly that the CIA or the FBI are behind mass shootings. They traffic in racist, sexist and homophobic tropes. They revel in the prospect of a “white boy summer.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/white-supremacists-are-riling-up-thousands-on-social-media
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Samsung teases two tri-fold phones for 2025. One of the biggest teases at CES 2025 this year were two tri-fold phone display concepts shown off by Samsung – and we’re hoping that these prototypes are developed into fully featured smartphones
https://www.techradar.com/phones/samsung-galaxy-phones/samsung-shows-off-two-tri-fold-concept-phones-at-ces-2025-and-i-hope-the-right-one-gets-made
# Veterans / VA
Acute leukemia and cancers to be covered under PACT Act for veterans who served in Mideast, central Asia
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/10/2024-31776/presumptive-service-connection-for-leukemias-multiple-myelomas-myelodysplastic-syndromes-and
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