Voices, The Peoples News
January 22, 2025, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Archaeology
Unexpected shift of ancient ‘Wheel of Ghosts’ structure has archaeologists baffled. The Wheel of Ghosts is a circular stone formation that dates back thousands of years. The name derives from its eerie appearance of worn-down stones and surrounding folklore, which suggests a connection to ancient spirits.
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/wheel-of-ghosts-astronomical-purpose
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
San Francisco Chinatown resident’s 1898 case established birthright citizenship as settled law: Ratified in 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment opens with the Citizenship Clause. It reads, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” This case highlighted a disagreement between the Justices over the precise meaning of one key phrase in the Citizenship Clause: “subject to the jurisdiction thereof.”
https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/supreme-court-case-library/united-states-v-wong-kim-ark-1898
Usha Vance sparks same ‘deportation fears’ after internet raised Barron Trump concerns. The nation is speculating whether or not Usha Vance can stay in the US after newly-inaugurated Donald Trump vowed to fix the immigration crisis by taking away birthright citizenship
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/internet-claims-usha-vance-lose-34526961
The state of deportations in Colorado
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCPdGfvD9MY
Denver braces for mass deportations under new Trump presidency
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I93dUvFRBuM
Trump authorizes ICE arrests in schools, churches
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5099794-ice-arrests-schools-churches/
Trump border czar Tom Homan reveals ICE teams are already arresting ‘public safety threats’
https://www.aol.com/trump-border-czar-tom-homan-214225267.html
Trump declares invasion at southwest border, suspends entry
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_86c8ac3c-d835-11ef-bdae-372bed52042d.html
Trump’s border czar says immigration raids will begin next week, including in Chicago
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/18/nx-s1-5266892/immigration-raid-chicago-trump
US Trump Birthright Citizenship Injunction (CR)
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3771385030472-us-trump-birthright-citizenship-injunction-cr?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3Mzc1MDE3NTUwNDE%3D
WI joins states challenging order attempting to end citizenship for certain kids born in America
https://www.wispolitics.com/2025/wisconsin-joins-suit-against-trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-order/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Samsung, LG may move some home-appliance manufacturing from Mexico to US, paper says
https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/SAMSUNG-ELECTRONICS-CO-LT-6494906/news/Samsung-LG-may-move-some-home-appliance-manufacturing-from-Mexico-to-US-paper-says-48821315/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Social Security COLA to Shrink Again in 2026, Adding to Retiree Financial Strain
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/social-securitys-cola-could-drop-to-2-1-in-2026-from-2-5-in-2025-af3d8b82
Social Security demands autistic man pay back $18k as ‘no longer eligible’ – then it ‘went to hell in a handbasket.’ Overpayments have become a huge issue for Americans in recent years, with some similarly receiving abrupt requests to pay back thousands of dollars.
https://www.the-sun.com/money/13347462/social-security-autistic-man-pay-back-thousands/
Trump mistakes Spain for a member of the BRICS bloc and repeats the threat of massive tariffs
https://apnews.com/article/trump-spain-brics-nato-tariffs-defense-spending-9871cf04825c92e073865ca8bede4077
Trump signs executive order pausing foreign assistance for 3 months
https://apnews.com/article/trump-foreign-aid-9f5336e84c45a6e782fa95f60a919f47
Trump signs orders to try to tackle inflation and lower energy prices
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/20/trump-inflation-energy-prices
U.S. Treasury set to use ‘extraordinary measures’ starting Tuesday
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_c180bfe0-d77c-11ef-8481-7396ac5c4efa.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump executive orders halt wind development, declare energy emergency
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/trump-offshore-wind-leasing-permitting-executive-orders-energy/737835/
Trump vows to ‘unleash’ oil and gas drilling as he rolls back climate rules
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-will-declare-national-energy-emergency-incoming-administration-official-2025-01-20/
# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
The Food and Nutrition Service issues final rule for SNAP work requirements. Effective Jan. 16, 2025, the final rule introduces changes to the program’s purpose and modifies work requirement provisions for certain participants.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/issues/agriculture/article_cb7ba702-bd51-11ef-bf1b-8bd1eae7780e.html
# General News
Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders are free. Who are they and what are their groups?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2025/01/22/trump-pardons-proud-boys-oath-keepers-leaders/77861478007/
Clemency for Oath Keepers, Proud Boys fuels extremism threat, experts say. Eviscerating one of the Justice Department’s largest prosecutions adds to a slow-burning assault on public servants, breathes new life into extremist movements
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/21/pardons-proud-boys-oath-keepers/
Trump Cancels John Bolton’s Secret Service Protection Despite Threats From Iranian Regime
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/21/trump-bolton-security-detail-00199751
Trump reinstates Cuba as state sponsor of terrorism
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/01/22/trump-reinstates-cuba-as-a-state-sponsor-of-terrorism/
# Gov / Politics
Nine warnings from history about the rise of the Nazis that already strike a chord: Acclaimed historian of the Nazis, Laurence Rees takes a forensic look at how the authoritarian regime rose to power and the ordinary citizens who let it happen. Nine of the 12 warnings have a contemporary relevance, says Robert McCrum, and in the age of Trump 2.0, it is compulsive reading
https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/books/features/elon-musk-nazi-salute-trump-b2683493.html
Rubio Oversees Halt to Foreign Aid and Meets With Asian Diplomats on Day 1
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3771547374728-rubio-oversees-halt-to-foreign-aid-and-meets-with-asian-diplomats-on-day-1
Trump ‘wants a paramilitary arm’ for his ‘war with half of America’: President Trump deciding that with the Republican party fully subservient to him, he can subjugate the other remaining power centers in American life. He can finally be a wartime president. It’s just that he’s going to war against America.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fascism-2670903518/
Trump Administration Sued For Second Time In Just 2 Days: A coalition of 18 Democratic-led states, along with the District of Columbia and the city of San Francisco, sued Tuesday to block President Donald Trump’s attack on the long-established principle of birthright citizenship.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trumps-birthright-citizenship-attacks-faces-immediate-challenge_n_678ff31de4b02903dff7e2a6
Trump says Denmark will ‘come along’ on Greenland sale
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5097789-trump-greenland-international-security/
Trump says US needs Greenland for international security
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-01-20/trump-says-us-needs-greenland-for-international-security
Danish politician tells Trump Greenland not for sale: ‘F‑‑‑ off’
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5100318-trump-greenland-denmark-european-parliament/
Trump Order on ‘Ending the Weaponization of the Federal Government’
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trump-order-on–ending-the-weaponization-of-the-federal-government
Trump adminstration shuts White House Spanish-language page and social media, adds ‘Go Home’ button
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-adminstration-shuts-down-white-house-spanish-language-page-and-social-media-briefly-adds-go-home-button
Trump Supporters Knew Exactly Who They Were Voting For
https://time.com/7175545/trump-election-authoritarian-democrats-loss/
Trump’s Executive Orders Are Cruel, Dangerous and Illegal
https://now.org/media-center/press-release/trumps-executive-orders-are-cruel-dangerous-and-illegal/
Trump’s Dangerous Culture-War Purges Have Begun. Donald Trump is rushing to remove all traces of federal diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-dangerous-culture-war-purges-144802567.html
Trump orders all federal DEI employees to be placed on paid leave starting Wednesday evening. “President Trump campaigned on ending the scourge of DEI from our federal government and returning America to a merit based society…”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5099586-federal-deia-employees-paid-leave/
Trump Admin Accused of Using AI to Draft Executive Orders. Legal experts have called attention to some curious common threads: bizarre typos, formatting errors and oddities. Like, you know, the kind AI makes.
https://futurism.com/trump-admin-accused-ai-executive-orders
# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia warns Trump against seizing Panama Canal
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5098063-donald-trump-russia-panama-canal/
Spain’s PM now says he wants to BAN British non-residents from buying property
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/spain-property-purchase-ban-pedro-sanchez-tax-b1206076.html
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Trump signs death penalty order directing attorney general to help states get lethal injection drugs. President Donald Trump’s directive prioritizes the death penalty “regardless of other factors” when the case involves the killing of a law enforcement officer
https://www.corrections1.com/capital-punishment/trump-signs-death-penalty-order-directing-attorney-general-to-help-states-get-lethal-injection-drugs
# LGBTQ / Gender
Trump Lays Groundwork for Transgender Military Ban During First Day in Office
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/21/trump-lays-groundwork-transgender-military-ban-during-first-day-office.html
Trump’s Assault on Trans Rights Has Begun. Here’s What to Watch For. An early executive order shows the White House wants to get into the business of defining sex and gender. That could play out in a few ways.
https://newrepublic.com/article/190526/trump-executive-order-trans-rights
# Medicare / Medicaid
Study shows rural, conservative areas have the most to lose if GOP slashes Medicaid. It remains one of the most striking aspects of today’s health care policy debate that it’s rural and mostly conservative communities that tend to benefit the most from social safety net programs championed by Democrats.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3770429362387-study-shows-rural-conservative-areas-have-the-most-to-lose-if-gop-slashes-medicaid?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3Mzc1MDMwOTg1Mjc%3D
# Medical / General News
WHO defends global health, security role after Trump withdrawal
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5097932-world-health-organization-trump-withdrawal-response/
Trump Sneaks Dangerous Rights for Fetuses Into Executive Order. Donald Trump slipped the anti-abortion language into an otherwise unrelated order.
https://newrepublic.com/post/190506/donald-trump-fetal-personhood-executive-order
# Military / General News / Militia / Bio-weapons
Nulka Combat Use Shows Warships Need Longer-Lasting Electronic Warfare-Enabled Decoys. The Navy wants ships to be able to launch decoys that are capable of luring away missiles for tens of minutes to help defend against incoming barrages.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/nulka-combat-use-shows-warships-need-longer-lasting-electronic-warfare-enabled-decoys
# Military General News / Global
Houthi Pledge To Curtail Ship Attacks Sparks New Security Assessment. In the wake of the Gaza War ceasefire, the Houthis vowed to limit shipping attacks only to vessels directly affiliated with Israel.
https://www.twz.com/news-features/houthi-pledge-to-curtail-ship-attacks-sparks-new-security-assessment
# Pharmaceuticals
Trump reverses Biden policies on drug pricing and Obamacare. The moves are likely to be inconsequential to many people in terms of what they pay in out-of-pocket health care costs.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/trump-reverses-biden-policies-drug-pricing-obamacare-rcna188555
Trump’s tariffs’ possible side effects include making pain relievers and antibiotics more expensive
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-tariffs-possible-side-effects-090501579.html
# Security / Surveillance
Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee
https://apnews.com/article/coast-guard-homeland-security-priorities-committees-trump-tsa-d3e4398c8871ada8d0590859442e092c
US Department of Homeland Security firing all advisory committee members, letter says
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/US-Department-of-Homeland-Security-firing-all-advisory-committee-members-letter-says-48828013/
# Social
Republican state Senator proposes tattoo artists get training to notice signs of human trafficking. “The Ink of Hope Act” and would require anyone with a license to tattoo people to undergo an hour of online or in-person training at no cost to applicants. It was introduced by Senator Becky Massey (R – Knoxville).
https://www.wbir.com/article/news/local/ink-of-hope-act-is-introduced-in-state-legislator/51-fc522be2-47c0-46f7-a521-833f172edbdf
Washington lawmakers revive plan for state cap on rent increases. The “rent stabilization” bill fell apart last year. In the upcoming legislative session, supporters say it has better odds of approval.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/01/10/washington-lawmakers-prepare-to-revive-plan-for-state-cap-on-rent-increases/
Renter forced to leave home of 9 years after abrupt change – she never missed payment but was given days to get out. Residents of OU motel in Norman are being forced to find new homes after the affordable housing option was sold to a builder. And they were only given a 30-day notice to vacate the property.
https://www.the-sun.com/money/13345906/renter-forced-leave-abrupt-change/
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
World’s fastest supercomputer ‘El Capitan’ goes online — it will be used to secure the US nuclear stockpile and in other classified research
https://www.livescience.com/technology/computing/worlds-fastest-supercomputer-el-capitan-goes-online-used-to-secure-the-u-s-nuclear-stockpile-and-other-classified-research
Windows 10 ‘doomsday clock’ pushes closer to midnight as Microsoft’s unexpected rivals dominate an expanding PC category. Windows 10’s impending death, paired with lackluster UX efforts, means Microsoft could be threatened by a rising ‘flavor’ of Linux.
https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/windows-10-doomsday-clock-pushes-closer-to-midnight
Trump announces $500B Stargate AI project: ‘Country will be prospering like never before’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2025/01/21/trump-stargate-ai-openai-oracle-softbank/77861568007/
Trump announces AI infrastructure investment up to $500 billion. “It will ensure the future of technology,” President Donald Trump said.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-openai-oracle-softbank-son-altman-ellison-be261f8a8ee07a0623d4170397348c41
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