Voices, The Peoples News
February 25, 2025, AM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
States move to cement PFAS protections amid fears of federal rollbacks
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/02/states-move-to-cement-pfas-protections-amid-fears-of-federal-rollbacks/
# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Federal Judge Blocks President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders That Seek To End Support Of DEI
https://apnews.com/article/dei-diversity-equity-inclusion-trump-federal-judge-5b04fbc742bd32adf98ca108b4b12b37
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
New DOGE bill would target more than $200B in annual improper payments from safety nets, lawmaker says
https://www.aol.com/news/doge-bill-target-more-200b-162530226.html
Nearly 40% of contracts canceled by DOGE are expected to produce no savings
https://time.com/7261360/us-doge-musk-canceled-contracts-no-government-savings/
Elon Musk’s protege ‘Big Balls’ is grandson of executed KGB agent, report says: Coristine, 19, dropped out of Northeastern University to find work in Silicon Valley, only to be fired from a cybersecurity internship last year for allegedly leaking insider information to a rival company and accused of frequenting Telegram and Discord communities linked to cybercrime.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-s-protege-big-balls-is-grandson-of-executed-kgb-agent-report-says-b2703739.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Social Security changes include payment amount, age eligibility and more
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2025/02/25/social-security-changes-2025/80024873007/#:~:text=The%20cost%2Dof%2Dliving%20adjustment,for%20those%20born%20in%201959.
‘Single-biggest threat to our local economy’: GOP mayor fears ‘devastating’ Trump plan. “Billions of dollars in goods crisscross between Canada and the United States from points in Michigan, and economists and industry analysts warn that tariffs or, worse, an escalating trade war could kneecap the economy ofa region already battered by globalization and foreign competition.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-auto-industry/
Trump Says Tariffs On Mexico And Canada Will Go Forward Next Month. Senior US official says reciprocal tariff plan moving ahead. Trump has threatened sweeping levies on trading partners
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/02/24/trump-says-tariffs-on-mexico-and-canada-will-go-forward-next-month/
Trump announces ‘major economic development transactions’ with Russia in ‘huge reversal’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-russia-sanctions-2671208168/
# Education / Schools
House kills free school lunches bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSmC0kRK2B8
U.S. Agriculture Department suspends scholarships for students at historically Black colleges
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/02/22/usda-scholarship-program-aga-dei/7291740259303/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Major company to axe nearly 5,000 jobs and cut 3,000 contractors in massive downsizing effort: ‘We have got more we need to do’
https://fortune.com/europe/2025/01/16/british-oil-giant-bp-to-axe-almost-5000-jobs/
So close, yet so far from retirement: These older Americans need a few more years of work, but can’t find a new job. Some older Americans just want a few more years of work to boost retirement savings or stay busy.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3828371695076-so-close-yet-so-far-from-retirement-these-older-americans-need-a-few-more-years-of-work-but-cant-find-a-new-job?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDA0ODYyNjExODg%3D
For Many of America’s Aging Workers, ‘Retirement Is a Distant Dream’
https://time.com/7260357/aging-workforce/
Donald Trump claimed he would help American workers. Now, he’s betraying them, Musk is just helping Trump implement the anti-worker ideas of the radical Project 2025
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/donald-trump-claimed-he-would-help-american-workers-now-hes-betraying-them
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Map Reveals Locations of World’s Rare Earth Minerals. Need to know: Rare earth minerals have become crucial to almost every sector and the global economy at large, drawing significant attention to the countries that possess these vital resources.
https://financialpost.com/commodities/mining/australia-u-s-and-canada-launch-interactive-map-for-critical-minerals
Iran Squeezed by Fresh US Oil Sanctions. Need to know: Oil prices rose for a second consecutive day after the U.S. tightened sanctions on Iran’s oil sector, intensifying economic pressure on Tehran.
https://www.newsweek.com/us-donald-trump-squeezes-iran-economy-new-oil-sanctions-nuclear-2035714
# General News
Elon Musk Hit With Brutal Double Whammy of Legal Losses
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3828738982437-elon-musk-hit-with-brutal-double-whammy-of-legal-losses
A dozen Louisiana victims of police racism get $1,000 each month. The program is funded by a family that got rich off slavery
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-independent-517119/3828164909853-a-dozen-louisiana-victims-of-police-racism-get-1-000-each-month-the-program-is-funded-by-a-family-that-got-rich-off-slavery
Neo-Nazi group plots rebuild as Trump’s FBI chief takes helm, audio reveals. Exclusive: Terrorist group the Base appears defiant as new administration aims to deprioritize threat from far right
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/24/neo-nazi-trump-fbi-chief
Trump Supporter Asked Why He’s Wearing A Fake ICE Uniform, And His Reply Is Gross
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-supporter-asked-why-hes-001040836.html
Woman hit with $5,000 tow bill after fender bender on road – then she uncovered truth about law and 911’s ‘bad’ advice. A lawmaker blasted the incident as ‘outrageous’
https://www.the-sun.com/motors/13612606/new-york-towing-law-comsumer-protection/
# Gov / Politics
Ohio’s J.D. Vance rebuked by the Pope, denounced by NATO allies, ridiculed for bizarre rant
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ohio-j-d-vance-rebuked-093003779.html
Judicial pushback on Trump ‘hurting American people,’ says GOP rep leading impeachment charge
https://www.aol.com/judicial-pushback-trump-hurting-american-090046873.html
Jasmine Crockett Hits GOP With Damning Funding Forecast: ‘They Have A Trump Trifecta’
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jasmine-crockett-trump-trifecta-republicans-looming-government-shutdown_n_67bc1fe7e4b029e3b893e028
James Carville Predicts Donald Trump’s Downfall— Advises Democrats to ‘Sit Back and Watch’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/james-carville-makes-bold-prediction-223752694.html
House Republicans unfazed by protests: ‘We’re moving forward with the cuts’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/24/house-republicans-protests-00205892
Donald Trump sparks chilling three-word ‘fascism’ warning as he cozies up with Putin. A US general has warned that Trump must not enter into a deal with Putin, or he could start World War Three.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2002237/trump-putin-ukraine-negotiations-ww3
Transcript: Trump’s Angry Defense of Musk Goes Awry at Nutball Presser. An interview with writer Susan Milligan, who argues that Trump’s struggles to defend his DOGE fiasco wrecks GOP efforts to portray him as a stern “daddy” figure who is effective and in charge of events.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191918/transcript-trumps-angry-defense-musk-goes-awry-nutball-presser
CNN’s Jake Tapper Confronts Top Trump Official With Stunning Clip of Russian State TV Praising Trump’s ‘Total Alignment’ With Putin
https://www.mediaite.com/news/cnns-jake-tapper-confronts-top-trump-official-with-stunning-clip-of-russian-state-tv-praising-trumps-total-alignment-with-putin/
Bernie Sanders on Battling a Government ‘Of, By, and For’ the Billionaires. “The defeat of Trumpism is not going to take place in Washington,” Sanders tells Rolling Stone
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/bernie-sanders-elon-musk-donald-trump-oligarchy-government-billionaires-1235278831/
Let Me Be Clear: Putin is the Dictator. Not Zelensky.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GgzYBLW2GI
PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders to Colleagues on Senate Floor: “Do You Have the Courage to Continue Telling the Truth When the President is Lying?”
https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/prepared-remarks-sanders-to-colleagues-on-senate-floor-do-you-have-the-courage-to-continue-telling-the-truth-when-the-president-is-lying/
‘This cannot get any weirder’: Emmanuel Macron just had to pry Donald Trump’s hand off his knee [Scroll 1/2 way down for video]
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/this-cannot-get-any-weirder-emmanuel-macron-just-had-to-pry-donald-trumps-hand-off-his-knee/
‘Surreal’: Impeachment witness floats disturbing explanation for Trump selling out Ukraine
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-compromised-russia/
‘Extortion, pure and simple’: Onlookers shocked by Trump threat to cut Ukraine’s internet
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-zelensky/
Virginia Dem ripped after invoking famous Holocaust quote in attack on DOGE: ‘First they came for …’
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3827806915901-virginia-dem-ripped-after-invoking-famous-holocaust-quote-in-attack-on-doge-first-they-came-for-?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDA0ODQ3MDEzNzE%3D
U.S. Senator Rips Into Elon Musk, “I Hate to Break It to You But You’re Not My Boss”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/u-s-senator-rips-into-elon-musk-i-hate-to-break-it-to-you-but-you-re-not-my-boss/ar-AA1zCuDY
U.S. Wins Backing for U.N. Resolution on Ukraine War That Doesn’t Blame Russia. On third anniversary of invasion, Trump says he is talking to Moscow about economic development deal as Washington’s posture in region shifts
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/trump-putin-us-russia-economic-deal-679a9d26
US Siding with Russia at UN Angers Trump Critics. Need to know: United States opposition to a European-drafted United Nations resolution that condemned Moscow’s full-scale invasion has sparked anger on both sides of the Atlantic among critics of President Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/us-russia-un-vote-condemnation-2035664
# Gov / Politics / Global
Finnish President to Trump: If Putin wins in Ukraine, the US loses
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-24/finnish-president-to-trump-if-putin-wins-in-ukraine-the-us-loses
Ukrainian parliament rejects resolution supporting Zelensky
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukrainian-parliament-rejects-resolution-supporting-183319758.html
Ukrainian parliament fails to pass resolution supporting democracy amid Russian aggression
https://english.nv.ua/nation/elections-in-ukraine-rada-fails-to-vote-on-resolution-to-support-democracy-on-february-24-50492686.html#goog_rewarded
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
The Law’s Trump-Size Hole Is Suddenly Exposed. The judicial system has started to rule against the administration’s decimation of the civil service. If only it could actually enforce its rulings.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191897/trump-contempt-congress-power-grab
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Republican files article of impeachment against judge who ordered agencies to restore scrubbed data
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5161693-andy-ogles-impeachment-resolution-federal-judge-trump-administration-health-data/
# Medicare / Medicaid
Mike Johnson’s “prayer request”: A GOP budget that slashes Medicaid to pay for Trump’s tax cuts
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/25/mike-johnsons-prayer-request-a-budget-that-slashes-medicaid-to-pay-for-cuts/
Gov. Lujan Grisham sounds alarm on Medicaid cuts in House GOP budget plan
https://www.newsbreak.com/cbs-news-510078/3827850618693-gov-lujan-grisham-sounds-alarm-on-medicaid-cuts-in-house-gop-budget-plan
DOGE cuts, Medicaid fears spark protests at GOP lawmaker offices across US. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has clearly had enough of Elon Musk and his DOGE initiative.
https://punchbowl.news/article/washington/doge-republican-criticism/
# Medical / Health News
Elon Musk Asks for Reason US Can’t Afford Healthcare, Mark Cuban Gives 7 (and a Solution)
https://www.newsbreak.com/gobankingrates-522888/3827453789386-elon-musk-asks-for-reason-us-can-t-afford-healthcare-mark-cuban-gives-7-and-a-solution
Researchers issue warning after discovering troubling trend in human brains: ‘A much larger effort is needed.’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/microplastic-contamination-human-brains-increasing/#:~:text=A%20new%20study%20revealed%20that,article%20published%20in%20the%20Guardian.
Bill filed in Arkansas legislature to monitor fertility, embryo reproduction and outcomes. House Bill 1554 intends to create the Assisted Reproductive Technology Reporting Act. Its stated intent is to “track certain health outcomes and success rates of assisted reproductive technology” through mandated reporting.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bill-filed-arkansas-legislature-monitor-232731336.html
Trump halts medical research funding in apparent violation of judge’s order
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/23/trump-nih-health-medical-research
These states will see the biggest impact if Congress ends Medicaid expansion coverage for 20 million Americans. Republicans are split on cuts to the federal and state health insurance program that provides coverage for more than 72 million Americans
https://www.the-independent.com/news/health/medicaid-cuts-trump-states-b2703679.html
# Medical Recalls
# Military / DOD / General News
Senior Pentagon Official: New Plan Is to Invest in “Autonomous Killer Robots”: It’s going to be easier than ever for the Defense Department to get the lethal toys on its wishlist.
https://www.aibase.com/news/15629
Pentagon may break up tech offices in acquisition-policy shift. Shakeup may also consolidate service PEO functions and put more R&D costs on industry, a Pentagon source says
https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/02/pentagon-may-break-tech-offices-acquisition-policy-shift/403167/
Satellite Images Show World War II Airfield Revived on US Pacific Island. Need to know: The United States has fully revived North Field, the strategic World War II airfield on Tinian, part of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Western Pacific Ocean.
https://www.twz.com/air/massive-wwii-b-29-bomber-base-fully-reclaimed-for-future-pacific-fight
# NASA / Space
Scientists Turned the James Webb to Examine Black Hole at Center of Our Galaxy and Saw Something Wild. In the most detailed look at that black hole ever undertaken, the astrophysicists observed incredible flares of light spewing out of Sagittarius A* described as resembling pyrotechnics.
https://futurism.com/james-webb-black-hole-galaxy
# Other Interesting Things
Researchers stunned after making 6,000-year-old discovery underneath Rocky Mountain ice: ‘We were really surprised’
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/ancient-trees-beartooth-plateau-wyoming-f/
Researchers baffled by remains of animal found in desert: ‘It was beyond anything we had expected.’ “My first reaction was disbelief until I checked the photos and videos of the remains.” The large carnivore had not been spotted in the region for the last few thousand years. The sighting happened just 19 miles, from the Sudan border, but over 300 miles from the hyena’s well-known habitat range.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/spotted-hyena-egypt-sighting-tourists/#:~:text=For%20a%20team%20of%20ecology,the%20last%20few%20thousand%20years.
# Social
National Park Service withdraws Black community in Louisiana from historic landmark consideration. Ashley Rogers, executive director of the nearby Whitney Plantation, said the decision to remove the Great River Road region from consideration for federally granted recognition was due to the “changing priorities” of the Trump administration, the latest blow to “a culture under attack.”
https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-great-river-road-federal-protection-park-8c6eac1f01899c1fc177a0742a5a8ba0
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