Voices, The Peoples News
January 13, 2025, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Archaeology
Scientists Baffled After Finding Lost Landforms Hidden Beneath the Sea, Revealed a Million-Year-Old Secrets of the Earth. An international team of scientists uncovered extremely well-preserved glacial landforms neatly buried almost one kilometer beneath the North Sea. They were examined and dated back to around one million years.
https://knewz.com/world/scientists-baffled-after-finding-lost-landforms-hidden-beneath-the-sea-revealed-a-million-year-old-secrets-of-the-earth/
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
State Rep. Janis Holt says Trump administration will ‘attack’ immigration in Colony Ridge
https://houstonlanding.org/state-rep-janis-holt-says-trump-administration-will-attack-immigration-in-colony-ridge/
Dem Rep Distraught That Immigrants Who Already Broke Law By Crossing Border Could Be Detained Under Laken Riley Act. Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Washington claimed Sunday that the Laken Riley Act would deprive illegal immigrants of “due process.”
https://www.conservativereview.com/dem-rep-distraught-that-immigrants-who-already-broke-law-by-crossing-border-could-be-detained-under-laken-riley-act-2670806019.html
House of Representatives Passes Laken Riley Act to Protect America’s Communities
https://fischbach.house.gov/2025/1/house-of-representatives-passes-laken-riley-act-to-protect-america-s-communities
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Cleveland-Cliffs, Nucor float new joint bid for U.S. Steel. An Ohio-based company won’t give up on its quest to merge with U.S. Steel. According to multiple media outlets, Cleveland-Cliffs wants to buy the iconic company with the help of North Carolina’s Nucor Steel.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_717f55b2-d1e4-11ef-ab94-5b40a375628c.html
Amazon Quietly Rescinds Pledges to Protect Black and LGBTQ Rights. “Seeing DEI being rolled back so aggressively by so many companies is jarring,” said researcher Allison Chapman.
https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-quietly-rescinds-pledges-to-protect-black-and-lgbtq-rights/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Social Security’s Income Inequality Problem Is Worsening — but Taxing the Rich Isn’t the Cut-and-Dried Solution It’s Made Out to Be
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2025/01/12/social-security-income-inequality-problem-tax-rich/
Will the Inflation Reduction Act survive Trump’s second term? There are still many unknowns. A lot’s at stake.
https://www.energysage.com/blog/inflation-reduction-act-survive-trump-second-term/
The green subsidies on the chopping block under Trump, and the ones that could be saved
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/3282230/green-subsidies-chopping-block-trump-saved/
# Education / Schools / Global
Rural Alaska schools face funding shortfall after U.S. House fails to pass bipartisan bill
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3755861557391-rural-alaska-schools-face-funding-shortfall-after-u-s-house-fails-to-pass-bipartisan-bill
State-Level GOP Attacks on Public Schools Decried as ‘Part of a National Playbook.’ The latest Republican efforts include an Indiana bill to dissolve entire school districts where over half the students are enrolled in private or charter schools.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republican-attacks-on-public-schools
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Supreme Court Allows Climate Lawsuits to Proceed Against Oil Companies
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-01-13-0900/climate-change-supreme-court-allows-climate-change-proceed-against-oil
# General News
Rise in vigilante attacks in US highlight growing online DIY terrorism resources
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/12/vigilante-attacks-terrorism-new-orleans
The US is right to be concerned about China’s influence over the Panama Canal
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/right-to-be-concerned-about-chinas-influence-over-the-panama-canal/
# Gov / Politics
SD congressman drafts bill to authorize Trump’s potential purchase of Panama Canal: A group of House Republicans introduced a bill to authorize the purchase of the Panama Canal. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., and more than a dozen of his colleagues brought it forward after President-elect Donald Trump expressed interest in bringing the canal back under American ownership for national security and economic reasons.
https://san.com/cc/republicans-introduce-bill-authorizing-trump-to-buy-panama-canal/
The Observer view: Donald Trump’s imperial bullying must be nipped in the bud
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/11/the-observer-view-donald-trumps-imperial-bullying-must-be-nipped-in-the-bud
The political firestorm that’s about to singe Capitol Hill
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-01-13-1242/banking-and-finance-political-firestorm-thats-about-singe-capitol-hill
The troubling secrecy around who funded Trump’s transition
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/10/trump-presidential-transition-private-donors-influence-dc-00197356
Drop the Outrage Over Trump’s Foreign-Policy Bluster. The way to deal with the bombast is by turning it against a leader who leads a movement that is actually deeply divided.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/trump-bluster-foreign-policy-greenland-canada/681268/
Trump’s pick to lead EPA was paid tens of thousands to write op-eds criticizing climate policies and ESG
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/lee-zeldin-trump-epa-op-eds-1235233073/
Trump caused uproar among top MAGA personalities with just two words. “SAVE RUDY!”
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/3757498162920-trump-caused-uproar-among-top-maga-personalities-with-just-two-words
Trump tasks blue state Republicans with ‘homework’ as GOP plots massive conservative policy overhaul
https://www.aol.com/trump-tasks-blue-state-republicans-232813825.html
Trump tells NY Republicans he wants to raise SALT cap, ‘kill’ congestion pricing: ‘It’s got to go’
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-s-plan-to-end-nyc-s-congestion-toll-and-raise-salt-cap-report-11736696495479.html
‘Abominable’: Trump and GOP Float Tying Los Angeles Wildfire Aid to Debt Ceiling. “It’s outrageous that Trump and House Republicans are threatening to withhold recovery aid if their conditions aren’t met,” said a leader in the Working Families Party.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/california-wildfire-disaster-debt-ceiling
# Gov / Politics / Global
Senior Labour politician questions Elon Musk’s ‘reluctance’ to appear before MPs in parliament
https://www.yahoo.com/news/proposal-outlaw-abortion-pills-tighten-180056300.html
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Revealed: Redacted SCOTUS document helped hide ‘public scrutiny of the court’s doings’
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/revealed-redacted-scotus-document-helped-hide-public-scrutiny-of-the-court-s-doings/ar-BB1rjLUu
# Medical / General News
Revealed: the popular medications harmful to your health if you take them after their expiration date
https://www.uhhospitals.org/blog/articles/2023/08/expired-medications-dangerous-or-just-less-effective
Roy proposes sweeping healthcare changes as one of first priorities in GOP trifecta
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3280637/roy-obamacare-alternative-priorities-gop-trifecta/
Senate bill proposes ban on all abortion drugs, new requirements to rape exception in Indiana
https://www.yahoo.com/news/proposal-outlaw-abortion-pills-tighten-180056300.html
Supreme Court to weigh reinstating Obamacare care requirements struck down by lower court. The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider some reinstating preventative care coverage requirements under the Affordable Care Act that were struck down by a lower court
https://www.messenger-inquirer.com/ap/health/supreme-court-to-weigh-reinstating-obamacare-care-requirements-struck-down-by-lower-court/article_2229cb2e-2cd8-59c8-a477-51e37ab51fad.html
# Military / Militia / Bio-weapons / General News
US cedes leadership of allied air defense mission in Poland to NATO: NATO has taken command and control from the United States of air defense in Poland, where an Army Patriot missile team also is expected to soon be replaced, according to U.S. military officials.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-01-13/nato-air-defense-poland-patriots-16467545.html
Under Trump, America’s military will face a crisis: History has lessons. Come January 20, civil-military relations in this country will be thrust into turbulent and uncharted waters, driven by a mercurial, domineering commander in chief unlike any other in American history.
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/12/under-trump-americas-military-will-face-a-crisis-history-has-lessons/
# NASA / Space Force
What is the US Space Force doing in Greenland? “Maintaining a strong presence and projecting power from the Arctic is paramount.”
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/missions/what-is-the-us-space-force-doing-in-greenland
# Planetary
Saturn’s majestic rings will vanish in less than three months from now. This alignment happens when Saturn’s tilt and location match up so that we no longer see the bright swath of particles head-on.
https://www.earth.com/news/saturns-majestic-rings-will-vanish-in-just-six-months-from-now-2025/
Six-planet system discovered: A six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been found in the Milky Way
https://phys.org/news/2023-11-six-planet-solar-synchrony-milky.html
Spacecraft beams back riveting photos after buzzing Mercury’s north pole. Some of the best close-up photos yet of Mercury were captured
https://www.the-independent.com/news/mercury-spacecraft-north-pole-photos-b2676972.html
The ‘Moon illusion’ has been baffling scientists: Questions over the optical trickery of the moon’s larger appearance near the horizon can date back to the 4th century BCE. It’s an illusion that has left everyone from the worlds of philosophy and science perplexed for thousands of years – but why does the Moon seemingly appear larger when it’s rising or setting?
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/moon-illusion-science
# Social
California Governor Calls for Independent Investigation of Dry Fire Hydrants: Reports of water systems that could not provide water to emergency crews during the initial response to the Palisades Fire in Southern California have prompted Gov. Gavin Newsom to demand an official inquiry into why some fire hydrants failed to operate.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/california-fire-hydrants-water-supply-how-why-b2678349.html
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Stephen Colbert Has A Brutal Community Note For Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Changes
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-mark-zuckerberg-fact-checking-meta-trump_n_6780af70e4b014ea3242eebf
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