Voices, The Peoples News
February 25, 2025, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Notorious Migrant Route To US Suddenly Shows Signs Of Life As Migrants Hoof It Back Home With Trump’s Return. Migrants are now using the Darien Gap to head home or travel to other foreign countries instead of heading toward the U.S.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/24/migrants-darien-gap-return-trump-administration/
ICE directed to find and remove unaccounted for migrant minors. About 600,000 unaccompanied migrant children who entered the United States illegally
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-directed-remove-unaccounted-migrant-211139363.html
# Bundy Rides Again
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Support Black-Owned Businesses: 450+ Places to Start Online
https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/support-black-owned-businesses/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Is Inside the National Institutes of Health’s Finance System. At least three people linked to Elon Musk’s DOGE task force have access to NIH systems that control budgets, procurement, and more
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-is-inside-the-national-institutes-of-health-nih/
ROOKE: Intelligence Agencies Pushback Against DOGE Requests, Giving Trump A Clear Message. President Donald Trump is experiencing pushback among his appointees at national security agencies, signaling that his plan is working.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/24/rooke-intelligence-agencies-pushback-doge-donald-trump/
Elon Musk’s underground digital detective reveals all to NewsNation. A data scientist says she is harnessing the power of AI to uncover corruption and waste within the U.S. government.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/elon-musks-digital-detective-newsnation-interview/
Musk and his DOGE operation eye the Social Security Administration. In a lawsuit filed late last week, a coalition of unions and retirees sued the Social Security Administration (SSA) to halt what they call an “unprecedented, unlawful seizure of personal, confidential, private and sensitive data” by the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
https://www.yahoo.com/news/social-security-advocates-ringing-alarm-173030799.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump Just Fired 6,700 I.R.S. Workers in the Middle of Tax Season. That’s a Huge Mistake
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/opinion/irs-taxes-trump.html
Starbucks to lay off 1,100 employees. The jobs cuts, which will affect about 7 percent of the chain’s non-retail staff, are part of its new chief executive’s plan to win back customers.
https://wng.org/sift/starbucks-to-lay-off-1-100-corporate-staff-1740505900
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Florida road project using radioactive waste faces legal challenge
https://www.ehn.org/florida-road-project-using-radioactive-waste-faces-legal-challenge-2671207991.html
Trump moves swiftly to dismantle U.S. climate policies, a legacy that could long outlast his presidency
https://www.ehn.org/trump-moves-swiftly-to-dismantle-u-s-climate-policies-a-legacy-that-could-long-outlast-his-presidency-2671208558.html
‘Viciousness’ of Trump’s climate attacks stuns even his critics. President Donald Trump has attacked nearly every aspect of the U.S. effort to confront rising temperatures.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/21/trump-gutted-climate-policy-across-federal-government-00204998
Trump moves swiftly to dismantle U.S. climate policies, a legacy that could long outlast his presidency
https://time.com/7258269/trump-climate-policies-executive-orders/
# Food General News
Death toll in Listeria outbreak traced to supplemental shakes increases to 12: Another death has been confirmed in an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections traced to supplemental shakes.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2025/02/25/lyons-readycare-sysco-shakes-recall-listeria/80263286007/
# Gov / Politics
Democrats charged with election fraud amid party’s efforts to obstruct election integrity measures
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-02-25-0454/politics-democrats-charged-election-fraud-amid-partys-efforts-obstruct-election
Sanders moves to block Trump’s $8.56 billion arms deal to Israel. The Vermont senator challenges U.S. involvement in arming Israel amid allegations of war crimes and violations of international law
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/02/25/sanders-moves-to-block-trumps-8-56-billion-arms-deal-to-israel/
# Gov / Politics / Global
New German Chancellor Merz says ‘priority’ is to make county, Europe independent of Trump-era USA
https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/germany-s-chancellor-in-waiting-prioritizes-20186560.php
This Russian Tech Bro Helped Steal $93 Million and Landed in US Prison. Then Putin Called. In the epic US-Russian prisoner swap last summer, Vladimir Putin brought home an assassin, spies, and another prized ally: the man behind one of the biggest insider trading cases of all time.
https://www.wired.com/story/russian-prisoner-swap-vladislav-klyushin-evan-gershkovich/
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
New York corrections officers strike enters second week over forced overtime, violent conditions
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/new-york-corrections-officers-strike-enters-second-week-over-forced-overtime-violent
# Medical / Health News
RFK Jr. backtracks, tells HHS staffers they must respond to Musk email justifying their jobs: report
https://justthenews.com/government/rfk-jr-backtracks-telling-hhs-staff-they-must-respond-musk-email-justifying-their-jobs
Most U.S. infant formulas contain mainly added sugars, posing a serious risk to babies’ health, researchers say
https://usrtk.org/healthwire/infant-formulas-added-sugars/?mc_cid=a96ea67e01&mc_eid=485b9951ab
Sweetener aspartame aggravates atherosclerosis through insulin-triggered inflammation
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1550413125000063
# Military / DOD / General News
Troops deployed to Guantanamo Bay increased to roughly 1,000
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/americas/2025-02-24/troops-migrants-guantanamo-deportation-16941525.html
# Military / General News / Global
Israel sends tanks into West Bank amid ‘de facto annexation’ of Palestinian lands: Mariam Barghouti. “What we are seeing is an intensified campaign aimed at annexation of the West Bank.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/02/25/israel-sends-tanks-into-west-bank-amid-de-facto-annexation-of-palestinian-lands-mariam-barghouti/
# NOAA
NOAA prepares for major staff layoffs amid federal cuts
https://www.dailyclimate.org/noaa-prepares-for-major-staff-layoffs-amid-federal-cuts-2671215101.html
# Nuclear
Texas pushes ahead with new nuclear reactor projects. Texas-based Natura Resources and California’s Kairos Power have permits to build advanced nuclear reactors, aiming for completion by 2027. The state legislature is considering public financing to support nuclear projects, with Texas A&M University establishing a site for multiple commercial reactors.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/texas-pushes-ahead-with-new-nuclear-reactor-projects-2671215059.html
# Veterans / VA
VA Research Funding Slashed. Though not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut.
https://prospect.org/health/2025-02-25-va-research-funding-slashed/
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