Voices, The Peoples News
February 14, 2025, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Hundreds from Army, Navy, Marine Corps surge to Guantanamo Bay for migrant detention operation
https://www.navycrf.com/2025/02/13/hundreds-from-army-navy-marine-corps-surge-to-guantanamo-bay-for-migrant-detention-operation/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk’s DOGE Website Is Already Getting Hacked. The DOGE.gov website is such a coding disaster that pretty much anyone can take over. At 6:30 a.m. ET on Friday, the website’s homepage contained a box seen by Newsweek with “This is a joke of a .gov site” written in large letters, while screenshots show the text previously read “THESE “EXPERTS” LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN – roro.”
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-doge-website-hacked-2031139
DOGE’s Illegal Takeover Pulls From Fascist Playbooks. When we see a parallel government taking shape, we should not refrain from calling fascism what it is.
https://truthout.org/articles/doges-illegal-takeover-pulls-from-fascist-playbooks/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Trump Calls For New Tariffs on Friends and Foes Alike. US President Donald Trump inked plans Thursday for sweeping “reciprocal tariffs” that could hit both allies and competitors, in a dramatic escalation of an international trade war that economists warn could fuel inflation at home.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250213-president-trump-says-us-reciprocal-tariffs-to-be-announced-thursday
Trump’s tariffs could spur push to rewrite North America trade pact. The Trump administration is trying to rewrite numerous trade rules to extract concessions from allies and adversaries alike.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/2/14/trumps-tariffs-could-spur-push-to-rewrite-north-america-trade-pact
# Education / Schools
TN’s Expanded School Voucher Program Purposely Leaves Out Undocumented Kids. Tennessee lawmakers are also crafting a bill to challenge a Supreme Court ruling that protects undocumented students.
https://truthout.org/articles/tns-expanded-school-voucher-program-purposely-leaves-out-undocumented-kids/
New Utah law would allow for Nazi and Confederate flags to be shown in schools but not Pride flag
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/utah-pride-flag-ban-schools-government-property-b2698466.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Thousands of Probationary Staff Fired at Seven Agencies Including VA, Education
https://www.newsweek.com/federal-layoffs-live-thousands-probationary-staff-fired-7-agencies-including-va-education-2031547
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Green Groups Were Lying Low. But Now They Have a Battle Plan. After a quiet few weeks, environmental and progressive organizations are unveiling strategies to fight the Trump administration.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191474/environmental-protest-climate-trump-sunrise
Trump’s DEI Purge Sweeps Up Race-Neutral Environmental Justice Program. The administration’s indiscriminate attacks on so-called ‘DEI’ will also harm his own base.
https://prospect.org/environment/2025-02-14-trumps-dei-purge-sweeps-up-race-neutral-environmental-justice-program/
# General News
Arkansas committee advances bill to abolish state library and PBS oversight boards
https://arkansasadvocate.com/2025/02/14/arkansas-committee-advances-bill-to-abolish-state-library-and-pbs-oversight-boards/
# Gov / Politics
Here’s How Much Money Trump Has Made Off the Presidency So Far. Donald Trump has turned the presidency into a total grift.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191543/how-much-money-trump-made-presidency
Trump made up to $160 million from foreign countries as president. When it came to foreign conflicts of interest, Trump and his company pledged to pause foreign business. They did not.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/trump-made-up-to-160-million-from-foreign-countries-as-president/
The US is now all-but-certain to become a dictatorship. Republican majorities today are letting Trump steal their remaining powers: redirecting and withholding government money (the ‘Power of the Purse’), ignoring existing laws, giving consent for nearly anyone he nominates, no matter how outrageous.
https://www.reddit.com/r/changemyview/comments/1igun9r/cmv_the_us_is_now_allbutcertain_to_become_a/
Capitol agenda: Johnson’s new budget plan, Dems’ shutdown dilemma. Democrats are signaling they don’t want to use their major leverage point to rein in President Donald Trump’s war on the federal government.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/11/congress/democrats-shutdown-johnson-budget-nominees-00203505
Pay Less Attention to That Man in Front of the Curtain. Musk’s machinations and Trump’s daily outrages are meant to be mesmerizing—and paralyzing. But there are plenty of ways to fight back effectively—starting with not panicking.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-musk-democrats-fight-back/
Democrats push for tougher resistance to Trump as anger mounts. “This guy is doing some crazy s‑‑‑,” added a second Democrat who is also involved in planning efforts. “This isn’t jamming through a nominee. This is when it starts to be alarming.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5141657-democrats-push-stronger-response-trump/
Where Are Trump’s Talks With Putin Headed? There Are Some Clear Hints. Looks like Trump is getting played. Trump administration is giving its blessing to key items on President Vladimir Putin’s wish list — even before a potential settlement of the conflict.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/in-phone-call-with-putin-trump-abruptly-ends-u-s-efforts-to-isolate-russia
Pete Hegseth Crumbles When Asked What Russia Is Conceding to Ukraine. Pete Hegseth played right into Vladimir Putin’s hand with his alarming confession.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191512/pete-hegseth-russia-ukraine-negotiations
Trump Rages at Mitch McConnell in Crazed Rants—Showing How He Cows GOP. As Trump unleashes wildly unhinged attacks on McConnell for opposing his nominees, veteran congressional observer Norm Ornstein explains what this shows about Trump’s ability to terrorize his party.
https://thedsrnetwork.com/trump-rages-at-mitch-mcconnell-in-crazed-rants-showing-how-he-cows-gop
The Roberts Court obeyed in advance. Trump’s wrecking ball is a Constitutional unravelling of the Roberts’ Court’s own making. Trump administration exceeded its art. II powers, diminished the role of Congress, and challenged the authority of the judiciary. Waving away his campaign pledge to lower the cost of groceries, Trump focused instead on maximal cruelty and political retribution dispersed with a wrecking ball.
https://sabrinahaake.substack.com/p/the-roberts-court-obeyed-in-advance
How John Roberts Teed Up Elon Musk’s War on the Court. The mogul seems bent on pushing the Trump White House into a nuclear confrontation with the federal judiciary. He has the chief justice to thank. “Hamilton foresaw, and Chief Justice Marshall confirmed, the role of the judicial branch to say what the law is. But judicial independence is undermined unless the other branches are firm in their responsibility to enforce the court’s decrees.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/191528/elon-musk-judicial-crisis-roberts
Elon Musk, The richest man on Earth is setting himself up as dictator of the United States. An unelected individual, whose sole qualification for office is spending about $44.2 billion on the last election—who is in fact ineligible to run for president—is making wildly illegal budget, staffing, and policy decisions throughout the government
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-02-13-elon-musk-general-secretary-of-doge/
GOP’s $4.5 trillion tax giveaway: Slashing Medicaid and food stamps to fund the wealthy
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/02/13/gops-4-5-trillion-tax-giveaway-slashing-medicaid-and-food-stamps-to-fund-the-wealthy/
Trump’s blitz to expand his power is direct threat to democracy, experts say. Executive actions aims to test limits of president’s authority and perhaps win backing from conservative supreme court
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/trump-executive-actions-democracy
Trump family and library have raked in whopping $80 million since White House return
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-family-net-worth-library-white-house-b2698434.html
Trump signs executive order to block federal money for schools, universities with COVID vaccine mandates
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/14/trump-presidency-news/
President Trump sounds the same. His White House — so far — couldn’t be more different
https://apnews.com/article/trump-second-term-emboldened-policies-staff-drama-5720d654e953a39303c38a0513b35f57
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
A North Carolina Judge Just Acknowledged an Undeniable Truth: The Death Penalty Is Racist. Sometimes, what is right in front of you is the hardest to see, and the truth is hidden in plain sight.
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/judge-finds-race-plays-a-significant-role-in-death-sentences-in-three-north-carolina-counties
Trump Shockingly Purges U.S. Attorneys With Unprecedented Move. Donald Trump continues to get rid of potential opponents.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191516/donald-trump-purges-us-attorneys-firing
More Than a Dozen States File Lawsuit Against Elon Musk and DOGE. The states argue that anyone with the “expansive authority” being flexed by Musk needs to be formally nominated and confirmed by the Senate.
https://apnews.com/article/doge-musk-trump-lawsuit-states-fbb9695bcffaa96470752d56da20da57
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Raskin Condemns Trump DOJ’s ‘Illegal Intimidation’ of Anti-Corruption Division. “It’s time to do your job and stop this outrageous sabotage of justice in the interests of naked political corruption,” said the lawmaker.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/raskin-condemns-trump-doj-s-illegal-intimidation-of-anti-corruption-division
Donald Trump and his authoritarian plan to accrue power suffered another week of setbacks in court.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-constitution-courts-lawsuits-796543ab4a3d5589f47fd66fd9d6bfef
Pennsylvania governor sues Trump administration to release federal funds
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/pennsylvania-gov-josh-shapiro-sues-trump-administration-to-release-over-3-billion-in-federal-funds/
USAID workers sue Musk and DOGE for unconstitutional ‘government takeover’
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5144185-states-elon-musk-doge-lawsuit/
Class action lawsuit filed to block DOGE from accessing Treasury records
https://fedscoop.com/treasury-doge-payments-system-trump-lawsuit/
Trump administration eyes canceling leases for space used by US judiciary
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-gsa-terminate-office-leases-f8faac5e2038722f705587c8dd21ab26
# Medical / Health News
Trump administration to fire thousands at health agencies. As many as 200,000 US workers slated to be affected by mass terminations as Musk leads crusade to slash spending
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/14/federal-worker-layoffs-trump-musk
Trump orders agencies to plan for ‘large-scale’ job cuts. Trump promised voters he would lower costs and keep them safer; instead, he’s already killing jobs and risking countless lives.
https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/trump-doge-order-shrink-federal-workforce-health-agencies/739876/
Half of CDC “disease detectives” terminated. DOGE takes aim at US disease surveillance. Entire first-year class of the Epidemic Intelligence Service must be out by 5 p.m., sources say. Also: a major CDC contractor “just let go,” and others may follow.
https://insidemedicine.substack.com/p/news-half-of-cdc-disease-detectives?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
# Military / DOD / General News
Mystery Tiltrotor Aircraft Spotted At Mojave Air And Space Port Identified. Hyundai subsidiary Supernal is using the full-scale technology demonstrator to support work on its electrically-powered S-A2 design.
https://www.twz.com/air/mystery-tiltrotor-aircraft-identified
Drones Over U.S. Bases May Be Threatening Spy Flights: NORTHCOM Commander. Gen. Gregory M. Guillot asked Congress for more authority to defend against drone incursions.
https://defensescoop.com/2025/02/13/drone-incursions-us-military-bases-norad-northcom-counter-small-uas/
# NASA / Space
Elon Musk’s Efficiency Crew Sets Its Sights on NASA: What’s the Buzz All About? With NASA aiming to boost its budget from $24.875 billion to $25.4 billion and Musk’s SpaceX holding sizable contracts, the move has sparked debates over potential conflicts of interest.
https://opentools.ai/news/elon-musks-efficiency-crew-sets-its-sights-on-nasa-whats-the-buzz-all-about
# Nuclear
‘National security crisis’ as Trump fires multiple nuclear weapons safety officials
https://newrepublic.com/post/191564/trump-fires-rehires-nuclear-weapons-agency-staff
# Social
President Trump continues to sign executive orders, one targeting those experiencing homelessness in DC. The order was reported by The Washington Post and could include directives to clear homeless encampments, clean graffiti and for prosecutors to pursue harsher penalties for violent crimes.
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/trump-executive-order-public-safety-homelessness/
# Space
Musk’s double standard: SpaceX wins government contract while public services face deep cuts. A $38.85 million contract awarded to Elon Musk’s SpaceX sparks outrage as his government office slashes funding for health care, education, and social programs.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/02/13/musks-double-standard-spacex-wins-government-contract-while-public-services-face-deep-cuts/
# Veterans / VA
Protestors demand VA oppose Trump efforts to trim federal workforce
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2025/02/13/protestors-demand-va-oppose-trump-efforts-to-trim-federal-workforce/
Area 51 veterans getting cancer as DOD denies they were there. Air Force vets say they were exposed to radiation near Area 51, many are now suffering from severe health issues, including deadly cancers. DOD refuses to acknowledge their service on the secretive range
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/military/area-51-veterans-cancer-dod-denies-they-were-there/
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