Voices, The Peoples News
January 15, 2025, AM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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Merle Haggard wrote “Mama Tried” while doing time in San Quentin
on a robbery charge. While he was only doing a three-year sentence,
much of the rest of the song comes directly from his life.
https://americansongwriter.com/watch-merle-haggard-sing-mama-tried-his-mother-touching-throwback-video/
Traffic – Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys – Live 72 (Full Song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8M8R835Ck4
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# Indigenous
‘Stand With Us Again’: 120 Tribal Leaders Urge Biden To Release Leonard Peltier, an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians who has spent 49 years in federal prison. He is the longest-incarcerated Native American political prisoner in U.S. history and among the oldest people in federal custody.
https://www.nativenewsonline.net/currents/over-120-tribal-leaders-call-on-biden-to-grant-clemency-to-leonard-peltier
# Archaeology
Archaeologists have unearthed a stone coffin hidden underground for 1,500 years. According to the BBC, “The stone sarcophagus was the centerpiece of an entire Roman cemetery, surrounded by a remarkable collection of other burials.”
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/construction-workers-discover-ancient-stone-coffin-filled-with-plaster-while-expanding-highway-in-england-180985779/
Discovery: First tools ever used on Earth were not made by early humans. These ancient artifacts, found in Kenya’s Homa Peninsula, which is dubbed “the cradle of humankind,” date back three million years.
https://www.sciencealert.com/oldest-stone-tools-ever-found-were-not-made-by-human-hands-study-suggests
Huge Ancient Inca Underground Labyrinth Discovered Beneath Cusco, Starting At Sun Temple
https://www.dailygrail.com/2025/01/discovery-the-secret-tunnels-of-the-incas/
Archaeology breakthrough as mysterious medieval stone discs found in Ukraine were used by Vikings as solar compasses to navigate the seas
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/01/medieval-stone-disks-could-be-viking-compasses/
Scientists reveal face of ‘completely unknown’ human ancestor that rewrites history of our evolution
https://dunyanews.tv/en/Technology/862498-scientists-reveal-face-of-completely-unknown-human-ancestor
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Intercepted Mexican fishing boat smuggling migrants rams Coast Guard boat, prompting gun fire, arrests
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-01-13-2000/banking-and-finance-intercepted-mexican-fishing-boat-smuggling-migrants-rams
The Darien Gap is a stretch of dense, uninhabited wilderness between Panama and Colombia that migrants use to traverse Central and South America. Now, the man tapped to lead Donald Trump’s immigration efforts says the incoming administration will work to shut it down.
https://san.com/cc/were-going-to-shut-the-darien-gap-down-homan/
Judge approves emergency order to close migrant gang-infested Aurora, Colorado, apartment complex. The Edge at Lowry apartments have been a hotbed of Tren de Aragua gang activity
https://www.foxnews.com/us/judge-approves-emergency-order-close-migrant-gang-infested-aurora-colorado-apartment-complex
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says U.S. should “allow legitimate refugees to come here”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mD8oiN4EL0
Sanctioning of global white supremacist terrorism group rattles U.S. extremist members. The network, which largely operates on Telegram, has been linked to a series of violent attacks, officials say.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/13/us-lists-white-supremacist-terrorgram-network-as-terrorist-group
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Amazon quietly rescinds pledges to protect Black and LGBTQ rights amid growing corporate rollbacks. Major corporations quietly abandon equity commitments as political pressures rise, sparking concerns for marginalized communities
https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-quietly-rescinds-pledges-to-protect-black-and-lgbtq-rights/
‘Untethered from reality’: Expert says Trump policy may ‘tip auto industry into recession’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-trade-war-2670807806/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump announces ‘external revenue service’ to collect foreign tariffs. Trump said on social media that the new department would be created on his first day when he takes office on January 20.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/14/trump-announces-external-revenue-service-to-collect-foreign-revenue
Keeping the Fed Independent—to Serve Wall Street: Chair Jerome Powell is battling to keep control of the Federal Reserve. He and Trump agree on weak regulation. On cheap money policy, Trump is winning
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-01-14-keeping-fed-independent-serve-wall-street/
‘Enough is enough’: New report warns top US companies at risk of hefty fines from possible China sanctions. The 1792 Exchange is led by former GOP Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/new-report-warns-top-us-companies-at-risk-hefty-fines-possible-china-sanctions
Canada prepared to buy more from US amid Trump tariff threats: Ambassador
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5084521-canada-boost-american-imports/
House GOP Bill Aims to Abolish the IRS and Rewrite the Tax Code
https://www.kiplinger.com/taxes/bill-aims-to-abolish-the-irs-for-consumption-tax
Secrets of Capital One’s Alleged Scam Revealed: The largest category of information accessed was information on consumers and small businesses as of the time they applied for one of our credit card products from 2005 through early 2019. This information included personal information Capital One routinely collects at the time it receives credit card applications, including names, addresses, zip codes/postal codes, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, and self-reported income.
https://investor.capitalone.com/news-releases/news-release-details/capital-one-announces-data-security-incident
# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘I Want the Best People on Our Teams’: Meta Is Laying Off More Than 3,000, CEO Mark Zuckerberg Calls for ‘Extensive Performance-Based Cuts,’ Read the Memo
https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/meta-is-laying-off-5-of-its-workforce-read-the-memo/485540
Jack Daniels’ parent Brown-Forman is cutting its workforce and closing its barrel-making plant
https://apnews.com/article/brownforman-american-whiskey-sales-tariff-8948b2725b2aa565d537db7769969c0b
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Researchers Baffled as One Agricultural Practice Has Tilted Earth’s North Pole by 30 Inches. Agriculture, as much is crucial for human survival, has caused a major change in the extreme North Polar region in the past few decades.
https://www.greenmatters.com/pn/researchers-baffled-as-one-agricultural-practice-has-tilted-earths-north-pole-by-30-inches
# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
Could a different food-labeling system change how, or what, we eat? FDA released a long-awaited proposal for a new food-labeling system with information on sodium, added sugar, and saturated fat content levels on the front of any food packaging.
https://www.fda.gov/food/nutrition-food-labeling-and-critical-foods/changes-nutrition-facts-label
# General News
Fact Check: This Robert F. Kennedy Quote About the Danger of Extremists Is Real: “What is objectionable, what is dangerous about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents.”
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/robert-kennedy-extremism-quote/
New Orleans terrorist’s radical shift a wake-up call for all Americans: ‘ISIS and others are back.’ Although the shockingly violent group’s “territorial caliphate” was destroyed during the first Trump administration, its propagandists continue to encourage and radicalize potential terrorists.
https://www.aol.com/orleans-terrorists-radical-shift-wake-090017571.html
# Gov / Politics
“Bro gave $700 billion to Ukraine.” Internet reacts to Biden giving one-time payments of $770 to people impacted by California fires
https://www.soapcentral.com/human-interest/news-bro-gave-700-billion-ukraine-internet-reacts-biden-giving-one-time-payments-770-people-impacted-california-fires
‘They don’t deserve anything’: GOP senator says CA wildfire victims shouldn’t get aid
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-senator-says-california-doesn-152935224.html
WATCH: Hegseth Confirmation Interrupted by Parade of Screaming Demonstrators. One protestor called Hegseth a “misogynist” and a “Christian Zionist.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/3-screaming-protestors-removed-pete-160042976.html
Hegseth Faces Tough Questions on Past Behavior During Confirmation Hearing
https://www.newsweek.com/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing-senate-trump-live-updates-2014662
Trump’s Defense Pick Proudly Admits the Rules Won’t Apply to Him. Pete Hegseth used his confirmation hearing to confess he’ll be as corrupt as it gets.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-defense-pick-admits-ll-183417077.html
‘This is the way’: Internet cheers as Michelle Obama snubs Trump’s ‘dictator coronation’
https://time.com/7206745/michelle-obama-skip-donald-trump-inauguration/
Democratic Senators Say a Campaign Treasurer Stole Their Money. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner suspect their former treasurer misappropriated funds from their political committees
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/tim-kaine-mark-warner-democrats-campaign-treasurer-1235235232/
Donald Trump makes bold Putin promise with inauguration just days away
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-putin-meeting-russia-34483107
Imam who refused to call Hezbollah a terrorist organization scheduled to deliver a benediction at Trump’s inauguration
https://nypost.com/2025/01/13/us-news/imam-who-refused-to-call-hezbollah-a-terrorist-organization-scheduled-to-deliver-a-benediction-at-trumps-inauguration/
Jeffries: With narrow margin, House GOP can’t ‘pass anything close’ to bill Johnson floating
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5086174-jeffries-house-republicans-debt-limit/
MAGA Rep. Introduces Bill to Carry Out Trump’s Project 2025 Promise
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-rep-introduces-bill-carry-162331370.html
See also: Project 2025, Building now for a conservative victory through policy, personnel, and training.
https://www.project2025.org/about/about-project-2025/
Nevada court stops federal loophole used for civil forfeitures
https://www.thecentersquare.com/nevada/article_0134040c-d297-11ef-8c8e-5b72a6d3ed55.html
Ohio Democrats urge Biden to finalize Equal Rights Amendment implementation
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/01/14/ohio-democrats-urge-biden-to-finalize-equal-rights-amendment-implementation/
Paul Krugman Issues Dire Warning On How ‘A Lot’ Of Trump Voters Will Be ‘Brutally Scammed’
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/paul-krugman-issues-dire-warning-112145851.html
Recall effort against Newsom underway in California following alleged mishandling of LA fires
https://gazette.com/news/wex/newsom-and-bass-recall-efforts-gain-momentum-after-fallout-from-wildfires/article_86b8ceed-4598-5879-b3f8-7b5b4732e2bd.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
Puerto Rico asks Trump for help after Venezuela’s Maduro threatens invasion. Maduro’s comments were an “open threat to the United States and our national security,” Jenniffer González-Colón wrote in a post on X
https://www.newsweek.com/puerto-rico-asks-trump-help-after-venezuela-maduro-invasion-threat-2014493
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
14-Year-Old Told Dad He Was ‘Scared’ & ‘Couldn’t Breathe’ Before He Died in ‘Unprovoked’ Stabbing
https://www.newsbreak.com/cafemom-291109745/3758999122139-14-year-old-told-dad-he-was-scared-couldn-t-breathe-before-he-died-in-unprovoked-stabbing
Boy, 8, is mauled to death by dogs that were constantly allowed to roam the streets, cops say
https://au.news.yahoo.com/boy-8-mauled-death-dogs-212924368.html
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Aileen Cannon’s Final Gift to Trump. Jack Smith was no match for Aileen Cannon’s lawlessness.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/aileen-cannon-final-gift-trump-jack-smith-report-fail.html
The Most Damning Lines in Jack Smith’s Brutal Trump January 6 Report. Special counsel Jack Smith was explicitly candid about the threat of Donald Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/most-damning-lines-jack-smith-142435602.html
See also: Jack Smith’s final report about January 6 is out.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/14/pdf-trump-jan-6-report-jack-smith/
Chicago Judge Reassigned Following Inappropriate “My First Ankle Monitor” Text
https://www.newsbreak.com/hollywood-unlocked-1715859/3761371833025-chicago-judge-reassigned-following-inappropriate-my-first-ankle-monitor-text
Horrifying moment cops walk away from gunshot victim because their shifts were ending
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/cops-ignore-victim-stl-footage-b2679587.html
High Powered Lawyer: I Won’t Represent Meta Any More Thanks to Zuckerberg’s MAGA Turn
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawyer-says-dropped-meta-client-141836095.html
# Media
‘Well Gee, That Didn’t Happen’: Maddow Lays Out Trump’s Already-Broken Promises
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-trump-promises_n_6786749ee4b0daa73db5f661
# Medical / General News
A Private Equity Hospital Bankruptcy Gets a True-Crime Twist. Prospect Medical Holdings is the latest sordid tale of legalized hospital embezzlement killing patients and communities. But the judge assigned to its bankruptcy raises eyebrows in a good way.
https://prospect.org/health/2025-01-14-private-equity-hospital-bankruptcy-true-crime-twist/
Investigation: How Private Equity and an Ambitious Landlord Put Steward Health Care on Life Support. Nearly 300,000 internal documents leaked from Steward Health Care to OCCRP show how a private equity firm, real estate investors and top executives drained billions from the hospital operator as it lurched towards bankruptcy and failed hospital patients.
https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/how-private-equity-and-an-ambitious-landlord-put-steward-healthcare-on-life-support
GOP’s Medicaid cuts plan draws widespread backlash as experts warn of devastating consequences. Leaked GOP plan shows intent to strip millions of Americans of healthcare access.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/01/14/gops-medicaid-cuts-plan-draws-widespread-backlash-as-experts-warn-of-devastating-consequences/
Global health agency on chopping block as Republicans threaten to cut off funds: House Republicans are circulating a menu of options amounting to more than $5 trillion in cuts they could use to bankroll President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities this year.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-pulse/2025/01/13/health-programs-on-the-gop-chopping-block-00197733
# Military / Militia / Bio-weapons / General News
‘Burn That Place Down’: House Republican Says Pete Hegseth Will Lay Waste to Pentagon Leadership
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/burn-that-place-down-house-republican-says-pete-hegseth-will-lay-waste-to-pentagon-leadership/
# Military General News / Global
China is pushing the Philippines `to the wall’ with aggression in the South China Sea, Manila says
https://apnews.com/article/south-china-sea-philippines-scarborough-shoal-0a5d18be6859c42895919f05d075c29d
China reportedly building ‘D-Day’-style barges as fears of Taiwan invasion rise
https://nypost.com/2025/01/14/world-news/new-china-satellite-photos-of-d-day-style-landing-barges-making-experts-sweat/
# NATO
NATO warplanes scrambled as Putin launches enormous Ukraine strike that put Poland ‘on full alert’
https://www.newsweek.com/poland-nato-fighter-jets-scrambled-russia-ukraine-attacks-2015102
# NASA / Space Force
Nasa satellite pics capture ‘Ghost Island’ mysteriously appear & then vanish just as suddenly in middle of Caspian Sea
https://www.the-sun.com/news/13285800/ghost-island-appears-then-vanishes-satellite-pictures/
Scientists discover continent that had been missing for 375 years: Geoscientists discovered a continent that had been hiding in plain sight for almost 375 years. Historically, there’s been speculation about whether a continent known as Zealandia or Te Riu-a-Māui in the Māori language exists.
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/scientists-discover-missing-continent-2670825895
Scientists Identify the Oldest Material on Earth in a Meteorite, Stunned to Find It Predates the Sun
https://www.newsbreak.com/knewz-1594593/3760393799436-scientists-identify-the-oldest-material-on-earth-in-a-meteorite-stunned-to-find-it-predates-the-sun
Something invisible and ‘fuzzy’ may lurk at the Milky Way’s center, new research suggests
https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/dark-matter/something-invisible-and-fuzzy-may-lurk-at-the-milky-ways-center-new-research-suggests
James Webb Space Telescope discovers one of the earliest ‘truly gargantuan’ supernovas ever seen
https://www.yahoo.com/news/james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-170000063.html
# Science
New super-sized Spider: Scientists discover new ‘unusually large’ species of one of world’s deadliest spiders, dubbed ‘Big Boy’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8eU5DDk1v0
Also: https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/funnel-web-spider
# Social
US right wing fans misinformation fires as firefighters battle Los Angeles blazes. A similar campaign of rumors and lies was seen after the North Carolina hurricane, with DEI a primary target
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/10/rightwing-misinformation-los-angeles-fire
Greystar, Largest Apartment Landlord In US—May Face FTC Lawsuit Over Hidden Fees
https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/ftc-prepares-to-sue-largest-u-s-apartment-landlord-over-hidden-fees-528c776e
More than 15,000 renters could lose homes before ban on no-fault evictions comes into force
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/no-fault-eviction-ban-renters-rights-b2679205.html
City officials are prepping an old South Bronx storage facility for up to 2,200 migrant men from the troubled Randall’s Island tent city, all while crowing that the asylum-seeker crisis is waning. And it’s just around the corner from “The Hub,” one of the Big Apple’s most drug-addled strips.
https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/us-news/nyc-to-open-new-2200-bed-shelter-despite-touting-dip-in-migrant-crisis/
Renter who was forced to live with no hot water for 6 years slapped with eviction notice after ‘complaining to landlord.’ Resident Jimmy Thompson said he’s never had consistent hot water in the six years he’s lived in his apartment building in Houston, Texas.
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/texas-man-forced-live-6-910660?int_source=mantis_rec&int_medium=web&int_campaign=more_like_this
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft renders Mail & Calendar apps inoperable as it forces users over to the new Outlook on Windows. Users are being forced to move to the new Outlook app on Windows PCs, with no option to keep using the older Mail app. The company has also announced that it will be automatically installing the new Outlook app on Windows 10 PCs with the upcoming February security updates, if the user doesn’t already have it installed.
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsoft-renders-mail-and-calendar-apps-inoperable-as-it-forces-users-over-to-the-new-outlook-on-windows
New Details of Meta’s Rule Change Give Away Zuckerberg’s Whole Game
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/07/nx-s1-5251151/meta-fact-checking-mark-zuckerberg-trump
More Speech and Fewer Mistakes. On platforms where billions of people can have a voice, all the good, bad and ugly is on display. That’s free expression.
https://about.fb.com/news/2025/01/meta-more-speech-fewer-mistakes/
FBI erases China-sponsored malware from thousands of U.S. computers
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-and-fbi-conduct-international-operation-delete-malware-used-china-backed
TikTok Denies Report Claiming China Is Looking to Sell to Elon Musk. Bloomberg reported that the Chinese government were considering a merge between TikTok and social media app X Monday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/1/14/tiktok-says-report-of-potential-sale-to-elon-musk-pure-fiction
The Galaxy S25 will be an ‘AI companion’: We’re all set for the big reveal of the Galaxy S25 on January 22, and Samsung has been teasing some details: in a new video it describes the upcoming flagship phone as “a true AI companion”, so expect a major Bixby upgrade alongside the new handsets.
https://www.techradar.com/phones/samsung-galaxy-phones/samsung-teases-that-the-galaxy-s25-could-be-a-true-ai-companion
The new DJI Flip is a first-of-its-kind drone: The DJI Flip is now official, and the brand’s new beginner drone features a unique folding propeller design that we haven’t seen before. It also comes with a number of auto-tracking flight modes, 4K video recording
https://www.dji.com/media-center/announcements/dji-release-flip-us
Also: DJI Flip Review – Why Does This Drone Exist?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s_TBuZhIBU&vl=de
“He literally stole features from Snapchat and Tiktok” — Netizens react as Mark Zuckerberg claims Apple has been lacking innovation after Steve Jobs
https://www.newsbreak.com/soap-central-302262230/3758104317826-he-literally-stole-features-from-snapchat-and-tiktok-netizens-react-as-mark-zuckerberg-claims-apple-has-been-lacking-innovation-after-steve-jobs
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