Voices, The Peoples News
January 23, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
“Excluding Indians”: Trump admin questions Native Americans’ birthright citizenship in court. The Trump admin is leaning on a pre-14th Amendment law in its fight to redefine birthright citizenship
https://www.salon.com/2025/01/23/excluding-indians-admin-questions-native-americans-birthright-citizenship-in/
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs
Congress Passes Bill Mandating ICE Detention for Immigrants Arrested
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/22/nx-s1-5253926/congress-laken-riley-act
Massachusetts law prevents local police from enforcing ICE detainers: Immigrants fear police involvement in Trump deportation arrests, but state law bans it. If Trump carries out mass deportations, local chiefs of police and county sheriffs say they won’t round people up or hold them for immigration enforcement.
https://newbedfordlight.org/immigrants-fear-police-involvement-in-trump-deportation-arrests-but-state-law-bans-it/
Pentagon to send 1,500 troops to border to start Trump-ordered surge
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/22/1500-active-duty-troops-being-deployed-border-under-orders-trump.html
Trump Admin To Deport 5,000 Illegal Migrants Using Military Aircraft. President Donald Trump will be utilizing military aircraft to assist in the removal of five thousand illegal migrants out of California and Texas.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/23/trump-using-military-aircraft-to-deport/
ACLU Sues Trump Administration for Fast-Tracking Deportations of Illegal Immigrants
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/immigrants-rights-advocates-sue-trump-administration-over-fast-track-deportation-policy
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
The real reason Elon Musk forced Vivek Ramaswamy out of DOGE.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/real-reason-elon-musk-forced-184012725.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
[Opinion: In my 80 or so years, I have not seen one white skinned person picking fruit, gathering lettuce or cotton or anything else. The brown shinned folks are the ones picking our food at rock bottom wages. If the folks that are so worried about the economy got out there and helped pick that food, things would change in a hurry.] They don’t care about you: Dems want 470,100 illegal migrant workers because they keep wages low!
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3773369798145-they-dont-care-about-you-dems-want-470100-illegal-migrant-workers-because-they-keep-wages-low?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3Mzc2MzU5MDAwMDE%3D
President Trump’s ’emergency price relief’ executive order, what does it mean? Trump is ordering departments and agencies that fall under the executive branch, the departments of Commerce, Health and Human Services, Labor, and Energy, to take actions that lower prices for everything from housing and health costs to food and fuel.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-inflation-executive-orders-cost-of-living/
‘America First’: Trump Aims To Dismantle Globalist Trade Policies. Just hours after taking the oath of office on Monday, Trump introduced a myriad of sweeping executive actions which included a presidential memorandum outlining his vision for an “America First” trade policy.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/22/trump-america-first-trade-policy/
# Education / Schools / Global
Antioch high school shooting comes one day after Donald Trump shut down Office of Gun Violence Prevention
https://apnews.com/article/nashville-school-shooting-4ace11dd9a2897d93e901fdad2730b18
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump seeks to prioritize fossil fuels while rolling back renewable energy efforts
https://www.ehn.org/trump-seeks-to-prioritize-fossil-fuels-while-rolling-back-renewable-energy-efforts-2670913909.html
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
An executive order from Donald Trump has paused disbursements for infrastructure and climate. An executive order from Donald Trump has paused disbursements for infrastructure and climate initiatives launched under Joe Biden, threatening ongoing projects across the U.S.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/trump-halts-billions-in-biden-era-infrastructure-funding-with-executive-order-2670976406.html
Two Trump-era chemical industry allies return to EPA, sparking concerns about weakened rules
https://www.ehn.org/two-trump-era-chemical-industry-allies-return-to-e-p-a-sparking-concerns-over-weakened-rules-2670976663.html
# Environment / Climate / Global
Permafrost is no longer permanent: Arctic communities in danger. There is now growing concern about the release of carbon dioxide and methane, which contribute to heat-trapping greenhouse effects in Earth’s atmosphere.
https://www.earth.com/news/permafrost-is-no-longer-permanent-arctic-communities-in-danger/
Thousands of lakes in Greenland have crossed a tipping point from which they can’t recover
https://www.earth.com/news/thousands-of-lakes-in-greenland-have-crossed-a-tipping-point/
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Trump Suggests Eliminating FEMA Because ‘I’d Rather See States Take Care of Their Own Problems’
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/trump-suggests-eliminating-fema-because-id-rather-see-states-take-care-of-their-own-problems/
Trump claims FEMA is getting ‘in the way’ and pitches abolishing it during first interview since return to White House. Trump wants to shut down the Federal Emergency Management Agency and let states handle their own disaster needs. ‘I don’t think we should give California anything,’ he said
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-fema-sean-hannity-interview-b2684711.html
# Food General News / Recalls / Alerts
Trump’s Immigration Plans Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry. Immigrant farm workers are too scared to show up to work. “This sent shockwaves through the entire community. People aren’t going to work and kids aren’t going to school. Yesterday about 25 percent of the workforce, today 75 percent didn’t show up.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/190555/donald-trump-immigration-deportations-farm-workers
# General News
Elon Musk furious after Wikipedia page calls his gesture a ‘Nazi salute’ and demands drastic action
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-wikipedia-nazi-salute-inauguration-b2684183.html
Saudi crown prince says kingdom intends to invest $600 billion in US during call with Trump
https://www.euronews.com/2025/01/23/saudi-crown-prince-says-kingdom-intends-to-invest-billions-in-us-during-call-with-trump
January 6 Extremist Freed by Trump Vows Retribution Is Coming. Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio promised revenge immediately after his release from prison.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/january-6-extremist-freed-trump-201452275.html
Have you noticed how you almost never hear about China in the news these days? Well, I can tell you that China is NOT sitting around twiddling their thumbs. In fact, they are waging a “stealth war” against the United States as we speak.
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2024/09/23/china-is-up-to-something-must-see/
Enemy At The Gates.
https://borderdatareport.com/?affId=385&c1=&c2=&c3=&aff_id=385&id=57145f0c35da461899f9d3cc624de6aa&s1=&s2=&s3=&s4=&s5=
# Gov / Politics
‘You should be ashamed of yourself!’ Capitol police officer unleashes on Trump: Former Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn expressed outrage over President Donald Trump’s decision to release all of the J6 rioters from custody, including those convicted of violent acts.
https://www.rawstory.com/harry-dunn-shames-trump-over-j6-pardons/
3 days into his second term, Trump is making headway on another big deal, this time, with Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia Says It Will Increase U.S. Trade and Investment by $600 Billion. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly spoke with President Trump, who has warned of retaliation against governments he sees as acting against U.S. interests.
https://time.com/7209335/trump-saudi-arabia-crown-prince-mbs/
Marco Rubio heading to Panama on first trip as secretary of state: ‘We won’t continue to ignore the region’
https://foxwilmington.com/marco-rubio-heading-to-panama-on-first-trip-as-secretary-of-state-we-wont-continue-to-ignore-the-region/
Trump says he may withhold federal wildfire disaster aid for Los Angeles if California doesn’t change water policies
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-republicans-taxes-eea4754a0f580d451aa0588f0639d52c
Trump warns he’ll adjourn Congress to make recess appointments
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/apr/15/trump-warns-hell-adjourn-congress-make-recess-appo/
Lawmakers move to limit foreign real estate buys near military bases
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/01/22/lawmakers-move-to-limit-foreign-real-estate-buys-near-military-bases/
Trump Warns Putin to Make a Deal with Ukraine or Face More Sanctions
https://thestreetjournal.org/russia-ukraine-war-trump-warns-putin-to-end-conflict-or-face-more-sanctions/
Trump Quietly Scraps Nondiscrimination Rule While No One Is Looking. Donald Trump has taken his war on DEI to an unbelievable level.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-quietly-scraps-nondiscrimination-rule-161932658.html
‘The gloves are off’: Trump appears poised to cash in from his presidency in new ways. Trump’s latest money-making moves are raising alarms among ethics watchdogs who say that, just days into his presidency, the Republican appears poised to benefit financially from his final term in office in new and lucrative ways.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/23/politics/ethics-business-trump-presidency/index.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
India offers to take back 18K illegal migrants from US while pushing to safeguard visas
https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/us-news/india-offers-to-take-back-18k-illegal-migrants-while-pushing-to-safeguard-visas-report/
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Trump reinstates federal capital punishment: Trump falsely claimed that restoring the federal death penalty was necessary in order to deter violent crimes.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-issues-executive-order-restoring-federal-death-penalty/
Trump’s New Order to Expand the Death Penalty Misses Key Details. The order shows the president’s desire for more executions. But it’s unclear how the administration will carry out its plans, legal experts say.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/22/trump-death-penalty-executive-order
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Federal judge blocks Trump’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ executive order to revoke birthright citizenship
https://www.yahoo.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-blatantly-185936999.html
# Media
CNN to lay off hundreds of employees. The cable news pioneer will lay off hundreds of employees as it slims down its TV production to build around a more digital-focused strategy, according to reporting from CNBC. The network suffered a sharp ratings decline in the weeks after last November’s election.
https://san.com/cc/cnn-to-lay-off-hundreds-of-employees-as-network-makes-digital-pivot-report/
# Medical / General News
Trump’s day one actions reversed Biden health policies, including efforts to expand ObamaCare: “Donald Trump’s immediate priority is ripping away affordable health care coverage for tens of millions of Americans and screwing over people with preexisting conditions.”
https://www.aol.com/trumps-day-one-actions-reversed-202912373.html
As States Diverge on Immigration, Hospitals Say They Won’t Turn Patients Away
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/as-states-diverge-on-immigration-hospitals-say-they-won-t-turn-patients-away/ar-AA1xIzhI
Trump executive orders threaten healthcare of millions of Americans. Orders repeal directives expanding healthcare access and options for lower-income and middle-class Americans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/22/trump-executive-orders-healthcare
Trump’s OMB Nominee Voices Support For Medicaid Work Requirements. The comments hint at the potential for a broad overhaul coming from the Trump administration in terms of how the federal government administers Medicaid, The New York Times reports. Also, several of President Donald Trump’s picks for the EPA have potential conflicts of interest.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/us/politics/russell-vought-trump-healthcare.html
Trump orders ‘blackout’ for federal health agencies. Agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institute for Health and the Department of Health and Human Services will not be allowed to publish scientific reports, issue health advisories or update their websites. The blackout, first reported by the Washington Post, comes at a time when experts are raising the alarm about public health concerns.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/01/21/trump-hhs-cdc-fda-communication-pause/
Senate Democrats Block Legislation To Save Lives Of Babies Who Survive Botched Abortions. Senate Republicans failed on Wednesday to invoke cloture on a bill legislating care for infants “born alive” during attempted abortions,
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5100557-senate-abortion-bill-born-alive/
Legal experts worried that Trump just planted ‘seed’ to make major changes in health law.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-abortion-rights/
The Daily 202: Trump’s legal argument for throwing out all of the ACA is a nightmare for Senate Republicans
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2020/06/26/daily-202-trump-s-legal-argument-for-throwing-out-all-of-the-aca-is-a-nightmare-for-senate-republicans/5ef58d74602ff1080718fc3b/
Trump’s ‘Biological Truth’ Executive Order is Not Based in Biology or Truth
https://www.newsbreak.com/time-510072/3774146789505-trump-s-biological-truth-executive-order-is-not-based-in-biology-or-truth
# Nuclear Global
How quickly could Iran build its first nuclear weapon? Look at China. Once China produced weapons-grade uranium, it assembled its first atomic bomb in as little as three to five weeks. Iran may do it even faster.
https://www.belfercenter.org/research-analysis/lessons-china-how-soon-could-iran-get-bomb
# Science
Scientists discover new, 3rd form of magnetism that may be the ‘missing link’ in the quest for superconductivity. Scientists have found an elusive third form of magnetism that could help solve a longstanding puzzle about superconductors.
https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/scientists-discover-new-3rd-form-of-magnetism-that-may-be-the-missing-link-in-the-quest-for-superconductivity
Geologists start to understand strange ‘islands’ in the Earth’s mantle. Deep inside Earth there are mysterious and fascinating regions the size of continents at the boundary between the core and mantle, and earth scientists have just cracked the mystery of what they’re made of.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/earth-sciences/islands-in-earths-mantle/#:~:text=Deep%20inside%20Earth%20there%20are,seismic%20waves%20to%20slow%20down
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
President Donald Trump announced Stargate—a public-private joint AI venture between the federal government, OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle, which the forty-seventh president claimed could invest as much as $500 billion into the bubbling tech sector over the next four years.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-openai-oracle-softbank-son-altman-ellison-be261f8a8ee07a0623d4170397348c41
Musk Bashes Trump’s New Stargate AI Initiative With OpenAI And Oracle As ‘Fake’—Here’s Why
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dereksaul/2025/01/22/musk-is-bashing-trumps-new-stargate-ai-initiative-with-openai-and-oracle-heres-why/
# Veterans / VA
Trump’s federal hiring freeze raises fears about VA medical care. Trump’s VA pick, former Rep. Doug Collins, said the VA may be trying to fill positions, but many of those vacancies have gone unfilled for weeks or longer.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/hiring-retention/2025/01/trumps-va-pick-defends-hiring-freeze-amid-staffing-concerns/
# Water
Corpus Christi Launches Emergency Water Projects as Reservoirs Dwindle and Industrial Demand Grows. The Corpus Christi City Council approved a measure last week to begin leasing land for wells that will pump millions of gallons per day into the Nueces River, the region’s main water supply.
https://www.texasobserver.org/corpus-christi-water-reservoirs-industry-desalination/
# Weather
Atmospheric Rivers Have Moved Closer to the Poles in 40 Years. Scientists Reveal How This Impacts Weather. They fear such changes may impact the weather patterns and rainfall across the globe leading to unprecedented events
https://www.greenmatters.com/pn/atmospheric-rivers-have-moved-closer-to-the-poles-in-40-years-scientists-reveal-how-this-impacts-weather#:~:text=Now%2C%20scientists%20have%20discovered%20that,in%20the%20journal%20Science%20Advances.
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