Voices, The Peoples News
January 16, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Bill introduced to fund Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force
https://www.kpvi.com/news/regional_news/bill-introduced-to-fund-montana-missing-indigenous-persons-task-force/article_16e900a8-d3f7-531d-a7fe-794cdd683a4c.html
Choctaw Nation reflects on 50 years of self-governance under Indian Self-Determination Education and
https://www.choctawnation.com/news/news-releases/anniversary-of-the-indian-self-determination-act-of-1975/
# Archaeology
20,000-year-old ‘human’ fossils from Japan aren’t what we thought, they are the bones of an ancient bear.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/20-000-year-old-human-fossils-from-japan-arent-what-we-thought
Researchers Stunned After Finding 10th Century Grave Containing the Remains of a Female Warrior With Archery Equipment
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/archaeologists-unearth-10th-century-female-warrior-grave
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Trump’s A.G. Pick Adds Huge Asterisk to Birthright Citizenship
https://newrepublic.com/post/190281/trump-attorney-general-bondi-birthright-citizenship
Chicago blocks effort to relax ‘sanctuary’ status ahead of Trump inauguration
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_933cbbe8-d394-11ef-bbd7-ff0c74015bd9.html
GOP state senators propose tightening Massachusetts’s shelter laws
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elqEWmu_BK8
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
“We Must Make the Trump Tax Cuts Permanent as Soon as Possible,” GOP Rep. Says
https://truthout.org/articles/we-must-make-the-trump-tax-cuts-permanent-as-soon-as-possible-gop-rep-says/
3 Ways the Trump Economy Could Affect Social Security in 2025
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2025/01/13/ways-donald-trump-may-change-social-security/
Massive $128 Million Bank Fraud and Money Laundering Operation Uncovered in Florida
https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdfl/pr/four-indicted-conspiracy-commit-bank-fraud-and-money-laundering-schemes-involving-more
US recovers $31 million in Social Security payments to dead people
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/social-security-payments-to-dead-recovered_n_67881fefe4b0ebaad44e9fa3
# Education / Schools / Global
Lawmakers consider adding cameras to public school classrooms
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpC3oKPudWQ
# Employment / Labor / Unions
The Labor Movement Won Big Victories in 2024. Now It Must Fend Off Trump. Unions are preparing to beat back Trump’s pro-business agenda through worker solidarity across all backgrounds.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/labor-movement-just-notched-two-110000192.html
Sen. Mike Lee: Lawmakers are ready to undo the ‘devastating harm’ to energy sector by Biden administration
https://www.eenews.net/articles/angry-republicans-look-to-undo-biden-offshore-drilling-bans/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
Canada could cut US energy supply in reply to Trump’s tariffs
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/15/canada-response-trump-tariffs-00198536
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
8 Ways Special Interests Are Asking President-Elect Trump To Sell Out U.S. Public Lands: Corporate insiders have shamelessly lined up a suite of proposals to enrich themselves at the expense of American families and future generations. President-elect Trump will soon make his choice: reject these bad ideas or sell out America’s parks and public lands on the cheap.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/8-ways-special-interests-are-asking-president-elect-trump-to-sell-out-u-s-public-lands/
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
FEMA administrator attacked as a DEI hire because she’s a woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPoEdA0lroY
# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
House Republicans are looking to cut SNAP benefits in an attempt to reduce federal spending
https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/republican-snap-proposals-could-take-food-away-from-millions-of-low-income
Report finds TANF funds used beyond cash assistance. States increasingly shifted funds from the TANF program toward ‘non-assistance’ services such as work training and education, while spending on direct cash assistance declined significantly
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_7f5a06dc-d34c-11ef-bb50-07be67c6ba75.html
# Gov / Politics
The First Bitcoin President? Tracing Trump’s Crypto Connections. Crypto execs funneled millions in donations to swing this election, and now their man is in charge. Here’s how Donald Trump’s “crypto cabinet” could shape the next four years.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5080329-trumps-love-for-bitcoin/
Trump’s Attorney General Pick Admits There Is an Enemy List After All. Pam Bondi had a very revealing exchange in her confirmation hearing about Trump’s plans to go after the “enemy within.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/190268/bondi-trump-ag-hearing-enemy-list
WV Governor Scraps DEI, Signs Vaccine Exemptions on Second Day in Office. WV Democratic Chair Mike Pushkin called the executive orders “troubling overreach” that may “harm us for generations.”
https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/top-headlines/2025/01/morrisey-signs-executive-orders-targeting-dei-and-allowing-vaccine-exemptions-among-others/
Democrats concerned after Mike Johnson fires top Republican from House committee reportedly at Trump’s request. House speaker removed intelligence committee chair Mike Turner, whose stances have run afoul with Trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/jan/16/trump-nominees-epa-treasury-interior-hearing-congress-latest-lee-zeldin-doug-burgum
Biden’s Last Message to America Is a Dire Warning. Joe Biden told Americans to beware of the growing oligarchy in their country. “Today an oligarchy is taking shape in America that literally threatens our democracy, our basic rights, our freedoms,” the president said.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-farewell-speech_n_67885cfbe4b0ebaad44eb6c9
Trump A.G. Pick Accidentally Reveals an Ugly Truth About 2025 Plans. As Pam Bondi evades questions at her confirmation hearing about Trump’s threats to target enemies, a former prosecutor explains what Bondi inadvertently demonstrated about what’s really coming in 2025.
https://newrepublic.com/article/190296/trump-ag-pick-accidentally-reveals-dark-ugly-truth-2025-plans
Newsom to Fly California’s Flags at Full Staff for Trump Inauguration. The decision could be seen as an attempt to placate Trump as the wildfire-hit state seeks federal aid.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5089014-gavin-newsom-donald-trump-inauguration-flags/
Trump Rolls Out the Inaugural Red Carpet for TikTok CEO. Shou Zi Chew is reportedly planning to attend Trump’s inauguration one day after the TikTok ban is scheduled to take effect.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2025/01/16/tiktok-ceo-will-reportedly-attend-trumps-inauguration-as-ban-threat-looms/
DeSantis appoints Florida AG Ashley Moody to replace Rubio in the Senate. DeSantis said he wanted an individual with a proven record to fight for President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda
https://www.axios.com/2025/01/16/ashley-moody-desantis-pick-florida-senate-seat
U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen, who is a few weeks away from giving birth to her second child, is leading an effort to allow new parents to vote remotely in Congress.
https://coloradonewsline.com/2025/01/16/colorado-mother-congress-proxy-voting/
Elon Musk involved with Iran hostage deal despite no formal government role: report
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2670859761/
Why is Elon Musk Negotiating With Iran? The tech billionaire and Trump ally is everywhere suddenly—even places he has no business being. Elon Musk is apparently trying to broker some kind of agreement between the United States and Iran.
https://newrepublic.com/post/188464/elon-musk-negotiating-iran-ambassador-united-nations-trump
Exclusive-Trump team asks three US senior career diplomats to resign, sources say
https://today.westlaw.com/Document/Ib8291e90d37d11ef89d1b169ce2312c0/View/FullText.html?transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true
Federal bill mirrors North Carolina law in protection, fairness for women
https://www.thecentersquare.com/north_carolina/article_6b91c59a-d37e-11ef-983b-d35c684a19c7.html
Former prosecutor issues ‘stark warning about what is coming’ in the next administration
https://www.rawstory.com/stark-warning-for-future-vance/
Nobel economist Paul Krugman says Trump’s policies will leave his blue-collar base feeling ‘brutally scammed’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-voters-paul-krugman-scam-economy-b2680441.html
Biden is using his remaining time in office to give the country what it rejected
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-biden-using-remaining-time-143000075.html
Trump nominee for budget chief says president can withhold funding approved by Congress. Vought testified he and Trump believe the president holds the sole authority to withhold funding approved by Congress through something called impoundment, which is currently illegal under a 1970s-era law.
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/trump-nominee-budget-chief-says-president-can-withhold-funding-approved-congress
Trump Posts ‘Blacklist’ Online And Critics Fear The Same Thing
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-blacklist-white-house_n_6788d859e4b0583ca53bab43
Trump’s Entire Family ‘In Crosshairs of Assassins’ as Secret Service Protection is ‘Running on Fumes’
https://radaronline.com/p/trump-family-crosshairs-assassins-secret-service-protection-running-fumes/
# Gov / Politics / Global
There Are Still Ways the Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Could Fall Apart. This is not a totally done deal yet.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/01/ceasefire-israel-hamas-gaza-war-trump-biden.html?pay=1737034650047&support_journalism=please
A Deal Too Late: Israel Agrees to the Ceasefire It Rejected Months Ago, Thousands More Died. Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire deal on almost entirely the same terms as a proposal that fell apart in the summer.
https://theintercept.com/2025/01/15/israel-hamas-ceasefire-biden-netanyahu-deaths/
In Gaza, Ceasefire Will Be a Chance to Finally Breathe. No longer fearing constant bombing, I can begin to mourn all I have lost in Gaza.
https://truthout.org/articles/in-gaza-ceasefire-will-be-a-chance-to-finally-breathe/
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Heartbreaking moment girl, 11, is reduced to tears as she’s handcuffed after being wrongly accused of car theft
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/heartbreaking-moment-girl-11-is-reduced-to-tears-as-she-s-handcuffed-after-being-wrongly-accused-of-car-theft/ar-AA1xfWFl
Few US adults confident Justice Department and FBI will act fairly under Trump, AP-NORC poll finds. Few US adults confident Justice Department and FBI will act fairly under Trump, AP-NORC poll finds
https://san.com/media-miss/few-us-adults-confident-justice-department-and-fbi-will-act-fairly-under-trump-ap-norc-poll-finds/
Judge says the New Orleans Police Department can begin the process of ending federal oversight
https://apnews.com/article/orleans-police-federal-oversight-ruling-d29af84bdad9ce9abb39bc6b0681159e
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump’s Felony Conviction Appeal Will Show How Fully He’s Above the Law. Trump’s appeal will decide how the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling applies to his hush money case.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-felony-conviction-appeal-will-show-how-fully-hes-above-the-law/
Both sides raise concern of weaponized Justice Department at Bondi hearing
https://www.newspressnow.com/tn_exchange/watch-both-sides-raise-concern-of-weaponized-justice-department-at-bondi-hearing/article_b46edd99-4bad-5a44-a4e4-f56253c8eaea.html
U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Utah’s lawsuit to control 18.5 million acres of public land: Conservationists in the hunting and fishing community are celebrating after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a Utah lawsuit that would have jeopardized vast tracts of federally-protected public land across the county
https://www.fieldandstream.com/hunting/supreme-court-rejects-utah-public-lands-lawsuit
# Medical / General News
Report warns potential Medicaid cuts would harm rural patients, communities
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/rural-areas-fear-gops-medicaid-cuts-could-be-devastating-to-local-health-care-options/
MrBeast slams ‘absurd’ US healthcare system after helping 2,000 people walk again
https://www.indy100.com/celebrities/mrbeast-youtube-us-healthcare-system
# Military / Militia / Bio-weapons / General News
Pentagon Faces the Unknown as America Stands at the Brink of a New Era
https://thedebrief.org/pentagon-faces-the-unknown-as-america-stands-at-the-brink-of-a-new-era/
# Military General News / Global
India’s navy launches submarine, warships to guard against China’s presence in Indian Ocean
https://apnews.com/article/india-navy-submarine-warships-launch-69c138048bb4202a1a409b0b2353a2f4
Germany to deploy naval forces to NATO Baltic Sea mission. Chancellor Scholz says Germany prepared to take responsibility and deploy naval forces to counter suspected Russian sabotage of underwater
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/germany-to-deploy-naval-forces-to-nato-baltic-sea-mission/3450044
# NASA / Space
Cosmic Mystery Ensues as Supermassive Black Hole Emits Odd X-ray Pulses Unlike Anything Previously Seen. A supermassive black hole, the mysterious 1ES 1927+654, emits X-ray pulses unlike anything previously recorded, which MIT astronomers hypothesize results from a cosmic balancing act.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-found-strange-accelerating-x-ray-pulses-coming-from-a-black-hole-they-might-be-a-sign-of-an-orbiting-white-dwarf-180985832/
# Planetary
The sun’s magnetic field will flip soon. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years, which marks an important stage in the solar cycle. The shift in polarity marks the point at which the sun is halfway through solar maximum, the height of its activity, and the beginning of the shift toward solar minimum. The sun’s magnetic field last flipped toward the end of 2013.
https://www.space.com/the-universe/sun/sun-magnetic-field-flip
# Pharmaceuticals
Report: ‘Pharmacy Benefit Managers’ profited billions by raising prices of ‘specialty drugs’: The report is the second from the agency’s investigation of PBMs and comes amid a flurry of lawsuits.
https://www.healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025/01/15/ftc-pbms-gained-billions-drug-prices-spread-pricing
# Science
New Superconductive Materials Have Just Been Discovered. Three exotic new species of superconductivity were spotted last year, illustrating the myriad ways electrons can join together to form a frictionless quantum soup.
https://www.cryogenicsociety.org/index.php?option=com_dailyplanetblog&view=entry&year=2025&month=01&day=13&id=412:new-superconductive-materials-have-just-been-discovered
# Social Media / Internet
German defence and foreign ministries depart from Elon Musk’s X
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-15/german-defence-and-foreign-ministries-depart-from-elon-musks-x
# Space / Global
India becomes 4th nation to complete unmanned docking in space, a technological milestone that underscores its ambitions to expand its share in the rapidly growing $400 billion global space market.
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202501/1327047.shtml
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Privacy of millions worldwide compromised as huge data location broker got hacked. The Gravy Analytics hack is a stark reminder of the danger of data collection
https://www.techradar.com/vpn/privacy-of-millions-worldwide-compromised-as-huge-data-location-broker-got-hacked
# UFO Disclosure
Air Force veteran whistleblower claims to have worked on UFO retrieval program | Vargas Reports
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/uap-whistleblower-ufo-retrieval-program/
# Veterans / VA
Acute and chronic leukemias and other life-threatening cancers will now be recognized as presumptive conditions for toxic-exposed veterans who served during the past 25 years in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East
https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-makes-several-cancers-presumptive-for-service-connection-lowering-the-burden-of-proof-for-veterans-to-receive-no-cost-health-care-and-earned-benefits/
# Water
Scientists discover enormous reservoir hidden in Cascades — more than twice the amount of water in Lake Mead
https://www.ecowatch.com/oregon-cascades-mountains-aquifer.html
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