Voices, The Peoples News
January 10, 2025, AM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Trump Team Searching for Disease to Justify Border Shutdown. The president-elect’s advisors are reportedly seeking to reimplement Title 42—which was used to shut down the border during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-border-2670788095/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Macy’s, Kohl’s announce nationwide store closures. The new strategy, initially announced in February 2024, is designed to return the company to sustainable, profitable sales growth. In a Thursday press release, Macy’s said it plans to close about 150 underproductive stores in total over a three-year period.
https://thehill.com/business/5077881-macys-kohls-nationwide-store-closures/
# Communications / Censorship
Chinese Patents Reveal Aim to Cut Undersea Cables. Chinese-language patent applications shows that engineers in China invented devices to sever such cables quickly and cheaply. Cables have been damaged in the Baltic Sea, off Norway and around Taiwan.
https://www.newsweek.com/china-conflict-undersea-cables-cutting-internet-data-subsea-marine-baltic-taiwan-2012396
# Children / Youth
There are more orphans in the U.S: The Census Bureau estimates that 4.3 percent of children (ages 0-17) in the United States have lost one or both parents due to death. Given that there are 74 million children in the United States, this means there are about 3.2 million paternal, maternal, or double orphans in the country
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/3945944-number-of-orphaned-children-in-the-black-community-is-growing-rapidly-congress-must-help/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Demystifying the Department of Government Efficiency. This week we break down the new government committee being led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy.
https://www.wired.com/story/demystifying-doge-elon-musk-vivek-ramaswamy/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
‘Hell no!’: Republican senators unwilling to follow Trump’s order to end debt ceiling
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hell-no-republican-senators-unwilling-to-follow-trump-s-order-to-end-debt-ceiling/ar-BB1raAhM
# Education / Schools
Critics of Biden admin’s Title IX rule change celebrate its defeat in court. A federal court struck down the Department of Education’s guidance on Title IX on Thursday, and critics of the changes to the federal antidiscrimination statute celebrated the action as a legal win with wide-ranging ramifications.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/student-aid-policy/2025/01/09/federal-judge-throws-out-bidens-title-ix-overhaul
# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
Microplastics found in popular seafood. Tiny particles from our laundry, food packaging, tires, personal care products, and other items end up in West Coast seafood we commonly eat, a new study reveals.
https://www.sciencealert.com/study-finds-microplastics-are-widespread-in-seafood
Food additive banned in EU, but widely used here, is linked to Alzheimer’s Disease. A new paper provides evidence that nanoparticles of titanium dioxide can induce molecular signs of Alzheimer’s Disease.
https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.087445?mc_cid=6b27980291&mc_eid=485b9951ab
# General News
Elon Musk’s Quest for Domination Has Gone Global. Unlike Trump, Musk’s influence within the U.S. government is designed to outlast any election.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/elon-musk-doge-starmer-afd-trump-rcna185979
Can Trump buy Greenland? Technically, yes. Donald Trump’s gambit to buy Greenland may sound ridiculous, but it’s not impossible.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/09/can-america-buy-another-country-00197197?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb
Trump’s Greenland bid is really about control of the Arctic and the coming battle with China. It’s long been seen as key for US security, especially to repel a potential attack from Russia, said Ulrik Pram Gad, a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies. The Northwest Passage shipping lane runs along its coast and the island is part of the Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom gap, a strategic maritime region.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/07/climate/trump-greenland-climate/index.html
# Gov / Politics
Donald Trump Jr.’s Ridiculous Greenland Trip Just Took a Dark Turn. It appears the whole thing was staged
https://newrepublic.com/post/190070/donald-trump-jr-greenland-staged-homeless
Top New York Court Deals Trump Yet Another Blow on Sentencing. Donald Trump just got more terrible news in his hush-money case, as he desperately waits for the Supreme Court to save him.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-sentenced-hush-money-case-050050406.html
Trump, the ‘America First’ candidate, has a new preoccupation: Imperialism
https://apnews.com/article/trump-imperialism-canada-panama-greenland-b4b53445dee97398b498b79eab54d49b
As Worst Fire in LA History Raged, Trump Saw Tragedy as a Political Opportunity. Trump has treated the crisis like a political football. Will he also use FEMA funds as leverage over the blue state?
https://truthout.org/articles/as-worst-fire-in-la-history-raged-trump-saw-tragedy-as-a-political-opportunity/
A Democrat Won a NC Supreme Court Race. GOP Justices Blocked Her Certification. North Carolina Supreme Court Blocked Certification of a Justice’s Win. Activists Fear It’s “Dangerous for Democracy.” Democratic Justice Allison Riggs won her race against GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin by 734 votes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-supreme-court-election-certification-blocked
Trump Adds Yet Another Fox Personality to His Administration. Leo Terrell had been a frequent contributor on Sean Hannity’s show.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-names-another-fox-news-pundit-to-his-administration-at-doj/
‘It’s a trap for Trump’: Former conservative offers Democrats a battle plan. The party’s early preparations to oppose the next Trump administration are heavily focused on legal fights and consolidating state power, rather than marching in the streets.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/us/politics/democrats-anti-trump-battle-plan.html
‘They think they can blow us off’: Trump team accused of hiding embattled Cabinet nominee
https://newrepublic.com/post/190041/top-new-york-court-trump-blow-sentencing-hush-money
# Gov / Politics / Global
Europe Rethinks Russia Strategy Over Fears Trump Will Cut Sanctions. The European Union is reviewing U.S. sanctions placed on Russia by President Biden, prompted by fears that these could be repealed by Donald Trump upon his return to the White House
https://www.newsweek.com/europe-fears-trump-rolling-back-russia-sanctions-2012923
‘I don’t understand’: Danes left utterly baffled as Trump threatens their country
https://www.yahoo.com/news/danes-struggle-response-trump-greenland-215331638.html
‘If you are black, you are finished’: the ethnically targeted violence raging in Sudan
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jan/10/ethnically-targeted-violence-raging-sudan-darfur
‘We have our limits’: Danish lawmaker says Trump’s Greenland threats wearing on goodwill
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/we-have-our-limits-danish-lawmaker-says-trumps-greenland-threats-wearing-on-goodwill/ar-AA1xbJE9
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
45 Democrats Vote With GOP to Pass Bill Sanctioning ICC Over Netanyahu Warrant
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/09/icc-sanctions-israel-house-democrats
DOJ Sues 6 of the US’s Largest Landlords Over Alleged Price-Fixing Scheme
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-sues-six-large-landlords-algorithmic-pricing-scheme-harms-millions
Trump sentenced to unconditional discharge in New York hush money case. Out of options, the Republican president-elect faced the one thing he desperately tries to avoid: accountability for wrongdoing.
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-sentence-new-york-hush-money-case-rcna187107
What Trump’s ‘unconditional discharge’ sentence in the hush money case means. The president-elect’s sentence allows the guilty verdict to stand — but it is highly unusual for this type of crime.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/10/trump-unconditional-discharge-sentencing-what-that-means-00197500
‘Astonishing’ Trump meddling with Supreme Court ‘should be a final wakeup call’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tiktok-2670785162/
‘No jurisdiction’: Watergate prosecutor says Judge Cannon cannot block Jack Smith’s report
https://www.newsweek.com/aileen-cannon-no-basis-jack-smith-report-trump-2011379
# Medical / Health News
‘Actively dangerous’ RFK Jr. suffers blow as army of doctors line up against nomination
https://www.rawstory.com/actively-dangerous-rfk-jr-suffers-blow-as-army-of-doctors-line-up-against-nomination/
A med school readout on enrollment, post-SCOTUS race in admissions ruling. Data on the first medical school class selected since the Supreme Court banned the consideration of race in admissions in June 2023 show a marked decline in enrollment for students of color
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/medical-school-black-hispanic-enrollment-drops-after-supreme-court-affirmative-action-ruling/
The Trump Administration must continue emerging disease threat surveillance. The advance of H5N1 bird flu in the United States is an acute reminder of the risks we face from emerging biological threats, according to former Food and Drug Administration commissioners Scott Gottlieb and Mark B. McClellan.
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/09/medical-school-black-hispanic-enrollment-drops-after-supreme-court-affirmative-action-ruling/
Biden’s top antitrust official calls for breaking up powerful health care companies
https://www.statnews.com/2025/01/10/antitrust-jonathan-kanter-interview-biden-doj-calls-for-break-up-health-care-companies/
# Military / Militia / Bio-weapons
Austin announces final round of $500 million Ukraine military aid before Trump takes office
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-01-09/austin-ukraine-arms-trump-16427138.html
Navy’s next generation jammer reaches critical milestone. The Navy’s next-generation aerial jamming system reached initial operational capability in December, according to the sea service. The Mid-Band pod will be mounted on the sea service’s EA-18G Growler aircraft.
https://defensescoop.com/2025/01/09/navy-next-generation-jammer-mid-band-pod-reaches-critical-milestone-ioc/
The U.S. Navy has long eyed a return to a cavernous former Royal Norwegian Navy base that could serve as a convenient support point for submarine operations in the Arctic. But if and when American boats will ever be able to return to the Cold War-era Olavsvern complex remains to be seen
https://www.twz.com/news-features/u-s-navy-still-wants-to-operate-out-of-this-norwegian-submarine-cave-but-a-deal-remains-elusive
Turf war breaks out over DC fighter jet squadron-RFK stadium deal. An old-fashioned turf battle is erupting over the transfer of a fighter squadron from the District of Columbia to Maryland with critics worried this leaves the nation’s capital dangerously exposed to attack.
https://www.ournationalconversation.org/httpswww-politico-comnews20250109d-c-fighter-jet-squadron-rfk-stadium-fight-00197301/
# Military General News / Global
What Will China Do with Its Newfound Military Power? U.S. officials say the rapid modernization China’s military is fueling the largest peacetime buildup in history. Beijing says its investments are “defensive in nature.”
https://www.realclearworld.com/2025/01/09/what_will_china_do_with_its_newfound_military_power_1083515.html
# NASA / Space Force
DeSantis pitches moving NASA headquarters to Florida. While lauding a new partnership among Florida universities and Kennedy Space Center, Gov. Ron DeSantis shoehorned in a pitch to have NASA headquarters leave the nation’s capital in favor of the Sunshine State.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/01/09/desantis-pitches-moving-nasa-headquarters-to-florida/
# Nuclear
Drones buzz nuclear power plant. When officers arrived, they spotted two drones flying around the nuclear plant and Lock and Dam #3. The officers continued to monitor the drones until they left the area, the release said.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/drones-nuclear-plant-minnesota/
# Nuclear / Bioweapons / Global
EDF France: Inquiry after drones buzz nuclear sites. The first unmanned aircraft was spotted on 5 October and there had been further sightings up to 20 October, EDF said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29831897#:~:text=The%20first%20unmanned%20aircraft%20was,to%20%22neutralise%22%20the%20drones
# Social
Arsonists caught on video as LA burns; half of fires historically set by homeless. Arsonists have been caught on camera lighting fires across Los Angeles as the city burns, highlighting the role of crime and homelessness in the area’s deadly wildfires.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_2c7fe43c-cedc-11ef-933c-3bcc014bd6ef.html
# Social Media / Internet
How the US TikTok ban would actually work. The fate of TikTok rests in the hands of the US Supreme Court.
https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-us-tiktok-ban-would-actually-work/
Meta Secretly Trained Its AI on a Notorious Piracy Database, Newly Unredacted Court Docs Reveal. One of the most important AI copyright legal battles just took a major turn.
https://cybernews.com/news/meta-libgen-dataset-allegation/
Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location. A hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has revealed which apps are—knowingly or not—being used to collect your information behind the scenes.
https://www.wired.com/story/gravy-location-data-app-leak-rtb/
# SpaceX
SDA demos laser link between 2 vendors for future SATCOM, missile tracking network. The demonstration by York Space Systems and SpaceX marks a critical milestone ahead of the agency’s upcoming Tranche 1 launch.
https://defensescoop.com/2025/01/09/spacex-york-space-systems-sda-pwsa-tranche-0-laser-link-demonstration/
Space Development Agency validates high-speed satellite comm links. York Space Systems and SpaceX, two companies building satellites for the Space Development Agency’s megaconstellation, recently demonstrated the ability to connect two of their on-orbit spacecraft through a laser link
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2025/01/09/space-development-agency-validates-high-speed-satellite-comm-links/
SpaceX launches batch of next-gen spy satellites for US gov.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/spacex-to-launch-7th-batch-of-next-gen-spy-satellites-for-us-government-tonight
# Transportation / Travel / Global
‘No exceptions’ for commercial US ships passing through the Panama Canal, chief says in response to Trump
https://www.rt.com/news/610685-panama-canal-chief-trump-chaos/
# Water
The risk of developing certain cancers may be higher for people exposed to PFAS “forever chemicals” in U.S. drinking water, according to a first-of-its-kind ecological study.
https://usrtk.org/healthwire/drinking-water-forever-chemicals-cancer/
# Weather
A major climate pattern shift has finally happened. Will it change our weather?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2463518-la-nina-is-finally-here-but-it-wont-stay-for-long/
The Santa Ana winds. What are the Santa Ana winds and how are they impacting the LA wildfires?
https://www.capradio.org/articles/2025/01/09/what-are-the-santa-ana-winds-and-how-are-they-impacting-the-la-wildfires/
The dangerous combination fueling the L.A. fires: Exceptional dryness and strong winds with climate change altering rainfall patterns and making droughts more likely and intense, such destructive wildfires will continue to pose threats.
https://www.nbcnews.com/weather/wildfires/what-fueled-la-fires-dry-conditions-wind-rcna186801
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