Voices, The Peoples News
February 5, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Archaeology
Archaeologists Unearth 29 Skeletons With Impressions From Plant Stems and Flowers, Reveal 14,000-Year-Old Burial Rituals. Plant impressions were found beneath a pair of ancient humans in Israel which indicated that they were buried on a bed of flowers ceremonially.
https://knewz.com/world/archaeologists-unearth-29-skeletons-with-impressions-from-plant-stems-and-flowers-reveal-14-000-year-old-burial-rituals/
Archaeologists discover 3800-year-old hexagon-shaped pyramid, believe it could have been an elite burial site
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/bronze-age-hexagonal-pyramid-not-like-anything-found-before-in-the-eurasian-steppe
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
White House begins migrant flights to Guantánamo Bay
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5125671-trump-administration-flies-immigrants/
‘You Don’t Get To Do That’: Chris Cuomo Hammers Mexico’s President Over Blaming US For Fentanyl Epidemic. Chris Cuomo criticized Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday for blaming America for its fentanyl crisis despite her country and government’s role in the epidemic.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/05/chris-cuomo-hammers-claudia-sheinbaum-mexico-cartels-fentanyl/
‘Extraordinary’: El Salvador Agrees To Take In Any Gangbangers, Convicted Criminals Deported Out Of US: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has agreed to take in MS-13 members, Tren de Aragua gangbangers and any convicted criminal deported out of the United States.
https://reason.com/2025/02/04/el-salvador-offers-to-house-violent-u-s-criminals-and-deportees/
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Study Finds IQ Loss from Fluoride Exposure is Significant
https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/assessments/noncancer/completed/fluoride
Also: Fluoride Exposure and Children’s IQ Scores; A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2828425
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
‘Shrouded in secrecy’: Trump and Musk’s DOGE committing ‘massive and unprecedented’ intrusion of taxpayers’ privacy, lawsuit says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/shrouded-in-secrecy-trump-and-musks-doge-committing-massive-and-unprecedented-intrusion-of-taxpayers-privacy-lawsuit-says/
DOGE employees identified, prosecution possible; US Attorney: The identities of DOGE employees were released on X. They have since received threatening messages. Musk has said those people ‘have broken the law’
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/doge-employees-id-prosecution-possible/
DOGE’s access to federal data is ‘an absolute nightmare,’ legal experts warn. The latest moves at Treasury have already triggered a lawsuit, with a fight over the dissolution of USAID looming.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/03/doge-treasury-usaid-donald-trump-011538
Inside US shadow government: Musk’s teen techies breaching data, toppling departments. Young recruits under 24 reportedly wield extraordinary influence in some of the nation’s most critical federal offices.
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/elon-musk-shadow-government
Revealed: The 20-Something DOGE Goon With Access to ‘Top Secret’ Federal System
https://www.thedailybeast.com/revealed-the-20-something-doge-goon-with-access-to-top-secret-federal-system/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
‘This is insane’: Law professor exposes Elon Musk’s ‘backdoor’ scheme. New bombshell reports that Elon Musk and his associates have changed the Treasury Department’s computer code came under a heavy microscope by a law professor skeptical of the tech billionaire’s true intentions.
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-treasury/
25-Year-Old Elon Musk Crony Has Total Control Over Treasury Payments. Marko Elez, a 25-year-old engineer linked to Elon Musk, is now rewriting the code for key Treasury Department payment systems.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191117/elon-musk-25-year-old-aide-doge-treasury-department-code
# Education / Schools
President Donald Trump signed an executive order this week outlawing what the White House termed “radical indoctrination” in K-12 schools.
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/new-executive-order-aims-to-end-radical-2324677/
Supreme Court could recognize public schooling as unconstitutional. Amid the tumult of President Donald Trump’s first week back in office, the Supreme Court accepted a landmark case that could, depending on how the court rules, allow religious public schools.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3309630/supreme-court-could-recognize-public-schooling-unconstitutional/#:~:text=Amid%20the%20tumult%20of%20President,rules%2C%20allow%20religious%20public%20schools
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Union groups sue Treasury over giving DOGE access to sensitive data
https://therecord.media/union-groups-sue-treasury-over-giving-doge-access-to-data
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump administration will consider redrawing boundaries of national monuments as part of energy push
https://apnews.com/article/trump-interior-burgum-national-monuments-review-feec95054f630916a8b4d76bbc4839b7
Trump’s energy secretary pick, a former fracking CEO, is confirmed. The oil executive will play a key role in President Donald Trump’s ‘energy dominance’ agenda.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/03/congress/chris-wright-confirmed-as-energy-secretary-00202093
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump administration orders USDA and Forest Service to remove climate change references, suppressing critical public data. Forest service website among many sites affected as agencies scramble to comply with president’s orders
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/31/trump-order-usda-websites-climate-crisis
Trump administration shifts EPA leadership to political appointees
https://www.ehn.org/trump-shifts-epa-leadership-with-industry-aligned-appointees-2671005263.html
Greenland’s ice sheet is fracturing faster as climate warms
https://scitechdaily.com/greenlands-ice-sheet-is-fracturing-faster-than-ever-a-warning-for-rising-seas/
# Food General News
Waffle House adding surcharge for every egg ordered due to soaring prices
https://san.com/cc/waffle-house-adds-surcharge-to-every-egg-order-due-to-soaring-prices/
# General News
Is Elon Musk staging a coup? Unelected billionaire seizes control at Treasury Dept. & other agencies. Warning: Could Musk be laying the groundwork for major tax cuts Republicans have promised that will disproportionately benefit corporations and wealthy people like him.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/3/elon_musk_gov
Elon Musk’s Power Grab Is Lawless, Dangerous, and—Yes—a Coup. If this were happening in any other country, we’d be calling it a coup.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/elon-musk-power-grab-trump-coup.html
Eighteen “Pro-Life” States Demand the Freedom to Persecute American Babies. 18 AGs, all Republicans, urged a federal court to uphold Donald Trump’s assault against birthright citizenship on the grounds that their states are injured by immigrant mothers and their babies.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/02/birthright-citizenship-lawsuit-pro-life-republican-states.html
# Gov / Politics
Trump and Musk demand termination of federal office leases through General Services Administration
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-gsa-terminate-office-leases-f8faac5e2038722f705587c8dd21ab26
Lawrence O’Donnell Says Trump Just Gave Musk ‘The Domestic Equivalent of the Nuclear Codes’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawrence-o-donnell-says-trump-223409469.html
Lawrence O’Donnell Claims ‘We Don’t Know’ Who Has ‘Nuclear Codes’ in Trump Government
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/lawrence-odonnell-claims-we-dont-know-who-has-nuclear-codes-in-trump-government/
“Americans were sleep-marched into fascism”: Signs of creeping authoritarianism we can’t miss again. So far, the judiciary has responded as an initial check. Its effectiveness in standing against Trump’s assaults, however, remains very much in doubt
https://www.yahoo.com/news/americans-were-sleep-marched-fascism-104504461.html
Trump’s dictatorial dreams tripped up by the democratic problem of public opinion
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maddow-blog-trump-folds-under-144217156.html
America First mapped: All the countries Trump has threatened in his first two weeks as president. Dozens of countries have already been directly affected by Trump’s threats of tariffs and the withdrawal of US aid since he assumed office two weeks ago
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/donald-trump-tariffs-threats-mexico-china-b2691349.html
Trump’s antagonism risks pushing U.S. allies closer to China. Trump has played hardball with Canada, Colombia, Denmark, Mexico and Panama, all countries that have traditionally been strong partners with the U.S.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-antagonism-us-allies-risks-china-rcna190346
Sanders on America’s Dangerous Movement Toward Oligarchy, Authoritarianism & Kleptocracy. We are seeing a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class, for the billionaire class. And it’s not being done secretly. It’s right out there for all to see.
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remarks-sanders-on-americas-dangerous-movement-toward-oligarchy-authoritarianism-kleptocracy/
Trump leaves ‘instructions’ to have Iran ‘obliterated’ if he is assassinated
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5126429-trump-iran-assassinate/
Senate panel advances Gabbard’s nomination for National Intelligence director to final floor vote. The committee recommended Gabbard in a 9 to 8 vote.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5126051-tulsi-gabbard-dni-nomination-advances/
U.S. President Donald Trump said he wants the United States to take ownership of Gaza, moving beyond his earlier statements of forcing Palestinians in the war-torn enclave to relocate to neighboring Jordan and Egypt.
https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-says-u-s-will-take-ownership-of-gaza/7963488.html
Akso: Watch: Trump and Netanyahu Hold Joint Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvheR2KJYyY
MAGA the destroyer in full demolition mode, misreading ‘success’ not as bridges built but bridges smashed
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/02/04/maga-the-destroyer-in-full-demolition-mode-misreading-success-not-as-bridges-built-but-bridges-smashed/
The current budget proposed by the Republican Study Committee, which represents 80 percent of House Republicans, calls for $1.5 trillion in cuts to Social Security benefits over the next 10 years. It would reduce benefits for seniors and raise the retirement age to 69, which would especially hurt low-income retirees.
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60516
House Republican Budget Plans Would Cut Social Security Benefits. Just weeks after booing the President for rightly pointing out that they plan to cut Social Security, House Republicans have a new plan to cut Social Security.
https://democrats-budget.house.gov/house-republican-budget-plans-cut-social-security-benefits
Trump is deleting the data that keeps this country running. Ggutting of government statistics, a recipe for chaos.
https://slate.com/business/2025/02/donald-trump-data-deletion-jobs-report-economy-public-health.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
South African Official Matches Trump’s Energy By Threatening To Cut Minerals Off From U.S.
https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/news/mantashe-responds-to-trumps-threats-south-africa-may-withhold-critical-minerals-e7bcb9b7-ef8e-4232-93ab-9e89ae460e2e
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
These states use stolen Indigenous land to fund prisons. State trust lands generate millions of dollars for carceral facilities and programs every year, largely from extractive industries like oil and gas drilling.
https://grist.org/indigenous/prison-funding-states-stolen-indigenous-land-trust/
FBI agents sue DOJ over list of officials on Trump cases. ‘Personify the vengeance’: Trump seeks to ‘exact revenge’ on FBI agents who investigated him, lawsuit claims
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/personify-the-vengeance-trump-seeks-to-exact-revenge-on-fbi-agents-who-investigated-him-lawsuit-claims/
FBI agents file class action lawsuit against Trump’s Justice Department over ‘retribution’ for Jan 6 and Mar-a-Lago investigations
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-fbi-justice-department-8460829a0874f91a95bc4a9d22e36fce
Trump’s Purge Finds a Troubling New Target: The CIA, The Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday became the first of the intelligence community to receive Trump’s exit offer of eight months of pay and benefits. The agency is also now enforcing a hiring freeze,
https://newrepublic.com/post/191167/trump-purge-buyout-cia
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘A problem of your own making’: Judge prepares to block Trump’s funding freeze over ‘sideshow’ memo that caused chaos and confusion
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/a-problem-of-your-own-making-judge-prepares-to-block-trumps-funding-freeze-over-sideshow-memo-that-caused-chaos-and-confusion/
‘Few things more disingenuous’: Judge slams Trump administration for ‘thinly veiled attempt’ to avoid court over federal funding freeze
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/few-things-more-disingenuous-judge-slams-trump-administration-for-thinly-veiled-attempt-to-avoid-court-over-federal-funding-freeze/
Neo-Nazi leader found guilty of plotting Maryland power grid attack
https://apnews.com/article/maryland-power-grid-brandon-russell-atomwaffen-edc89bba83a4e19c0960abc288598204
# Media
Donald Trump wants to PRIVATIZE the United States Postal Service.
https://maineaflcio.org/news/president-elect-trump-considers-privatizing-us-postal-service
USPS restores accepting inbound packages from China, Hong Kong
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/usps-restores-china-hong-kong-packages/
# Medicare / Medicaid
House committee introduces bill to cut Medicaid expansion if conditions aren’t met
https://www.kff.org/quick-take/house-gop-eyeing-cuts-of-nearly-one-third-in-projected-medicaid-spending/
Bipartisan bill aims to prevent Medicaid cuts to hospitals
https://www.chiefhealthcareexecutive.com/view/bipartisan-bill-aims-to-prevent-medicaid-cuts-to-hospitals-bills-laws
Idaho lawmakers have a new option to kill Medicaid expansion
https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-government/2025-02-04/idaho-medicaid-expansion-cut
# Military / General News / Global
Gaza death toll nears 62,000 as thousands of missing presumed dead. As cease-fire talks continue, mass graves and bodies buried under rubble reveal the full scale of Israel’s U.S.-backed assault on Gaza.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/02/04/gaza-death-toll-nears-62000-as-thousands-of-missing-presumed-dead/
# Planetary
The 90-Meter-Tall “Phobos Monolith” Is Puzzling The Internet Once Again
https://www.iflscience.com/the-90-meter-tall-phobos-monolith-is-puzzling-the-internet-once-again-77897
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Elon Musk’s X Money partnership with Visa is a gamechanger for payments on U.S. social platforms. By partnering with Visa, X Money’s approach will allow consumers to have a seamless experience—with a one-stop shop for posting content and potentially being paid for it.
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-x-money-visa-payments-ed4538e0be2deb5fb5767ffb39ba25f3
Calls Grow in Canada to Ban Musk’s X, Tesla and Starlink
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y7626l610o
# Transportation / Travel
Trump’s transportation head says money for construction projects will flow to communities with high birth rates
https://www.aol.com/trumps-transportation-head-says-money-184557052.html
Canada’s call to cancel U.S. travel could mean massive losses. While President Donald Trump quickly agreed to pause the tariffs he threatened to place on Canada and Mexico, the damage is likely already done.
https://www.thestreet.com/travel/canadas-call-to-cancel-u-s-travel-could-mean-massive-losses
Trump tariffs: Many Canadian travelers are saying ‘anywhere but the U.S.’ Many Canadian travelers are having second thoughts about travelling to the United States right now. A tariff reprieve may have come too late
https://vancouversun.com/travel/trump-tariffs-should-i-cancel-my-trip-to-the-u-s-can-i-get-a-refund
# UFO / UAP Disclosure
FBI Agents Investigating UFOs Afraid They’re About to Be Fired by Trump. The existence of the FBI’s informal working group on the issue has not been disclosed publicly before. The truth is out there. They were finding it. So what are they getting sacked for?
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/03/fbi-ufo-jan-6-011316
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