Voices, The Peoples News
March 1, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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Voices turns 25 this month … can I make it another 25?
Well, let’s see now, I turn 83 this month too, so if I make it another 25
years, that will make me 108. Not bad. There was a lady not too long
ago that made it to 115, and a gentleman that made it to 120.
Gotta be positive … my best to all!
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
AZ ICE Act passes in state Senate, would require local cooperation to enforce immigration laws. Republican-backed legislation requiring state and local law enforcement in Arizona to cooperate with federal immigration authorities is now headed to the state House.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/arizona/article_fc669758-f601-11ef-a067-e3b606358044.html
Democrat Whines About ICE Arresting Migrant ‘Parent’ Outside School. Turns Out Perp Is Twice-Deported Gangbanger. Chuy Garcia chided ICE for making an arrest near a school building, despite that individual being a member of a street gang with multiple criminal convictions.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/democrat-complains-about-ice-arresting-migrant-parent-outside-school-turns-out-perp-is-twice-deported-gangbanger/ar-AA1A10a3?ocid=EMMX
Mexico Finally Hands Over Drug Lord That Was Allegedly Behind Infamous DEA Killing In Response To Trump Exec Order. Mexico extradited one of the most wanted drug lords in the U.S., signaling that the Latin American neighbor is willing to cooperate with Trump’s demands.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/02/28/mexico-hands-drug-kingpins-to-trump-admin/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Senators propose bill requiring U.S. to monitor China’s ports around world. The Strategic Ports Reporting Act would require the U.S. secretaries of state and defense to develop a map to track efforts by the Chinese government to build, buy or own ports.
https://www.cbs19news.com/senators-propose-bill-requiring-u-s-to-monitor-chinas-ports-around-world/article_c215e7c3-d316-5a25-acad-a9eb85948e95.html
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Trump signs executive order giving DOGE more power over federal government
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/26/trump-doge-executive-order-elon-musk
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Larson Calls Out Trump-Musk Plan to Gut Social Security with Workers, Retirees, and Advocates at East Hartford Social Security Field Office
https://larson.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/larson-calls-out-trump-musk-plan-gut-social-security-workers-retirees
President Donald Trump’s Social Security Promise Would Cripple the Program. President Trump is committed to implementing the game-changing Social Security promise he made while on the campaign trail. From a financial perspective, Trump’s proposal would only dig a deeper hole for Social Security.
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2025/03/01/president-donald-trump-social-security-promise/
The U.S. resumes hundreds of millions in security aid to Taiwan, annoying China
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/g-s1-50823/trump-china-taiwan-foreign-security-aid
Republicans don’t care about fixing the economy. Americans need them to start.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-dont-care-fixing-economy-103117852.html
European Union Plans Retaliation Against Trump. Leaders inside the European Union threaten to use their strongest trade weapon against the U.S. should President Donald Trump impose sweeping tariffs.
https://apnews.com/article/eu-us-trump-trade-war-tariffs-e799b44cbaf81b19c37a57d7fd55ee6d
# Education / Schools
The Trump administration blocks student-loan borrowers from online access to decades-old affordable repayment plans. The Education Department has pulled down all applications for borrowers seeking to enroll in income-driven repayment programs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/student-loan-repayment-plans.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions
The Latest: Trump administration sets the stage for large-scale federal worker layoffs
https://apnews.com/article/trump-elon-musk-federal-workers-layoffs-d295d4bb2cdd5023c27d9cb03754e81b
Unemployment claims up 22,000 from one week prior. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits jumped 22,000 to a seasonally adjusted 242,000 for the week ended February 22. The increase was the biggest since last October.
https://www.marketplace.org/2025/02/27/unemployment-claims-rose-last-week-economy-job-market-layoffs/
Social Security Administration preparing for ‘significant workforce reductions.’ “Reassignments may be involuntary and may require retraining for new workloads.”
https://blog.ssa.gov/social-security-announces-workforce-and-organization-plans/
Fact Check: Yes, Biden administration is the only one to have created jobs every month
https://budget.house.gov/press-release/fact-check-biden-misleads-on-job-creation-statistics
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
How Trump May Be Able to Stop Biden’s Ban on New Offshore Drilling. “President Biden’s actions banning offshore drilling will not stand. I will reverse it immediately. It’ll be done immediately and we will drill, baby, drill,” he said.
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/01/how-trump-may-be-able-to-stop-bidens-ban-on-new-offshore-drilling/
Renaming the Gulf of Mexico while oil drilling and pollution surge
https://www.ehn.org/greg-grandin-renaming-the-gulf-of-mexico-while-oil-drilling-and-pollution-surge-2671102289.html
Trump Renames the Gulf of Mexico But Questions Remain. The move highlights the Gulf’s importance for US oil and gas production.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Trump-Renames-the-Gulf-of-Mexico-But-Questions-Remain.html
The Dangerous Thinking Behind Trump’s Attempt to Rename the Gulf of Mexico. The name change signals a territorial and economic claim over these waters and their resources, further cementing U.S. imperial ambitions in the region.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-gulf-of-mexico
Endless thorium supply in China can help make unlimited nuclear power: Thorium generates 200 times more energy than uranium and could power ships and entire nations without the need for refueling.
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/endless-thorium-supply-in-china-can-help-make-unlimited-nuclear-power-survey
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
President Trump: Lee Zeldin plans to cut 65% of EPA staff, Leaving Public Unprotected from Toxic Pollution
https://www.environmentalprotectionnetwork.org/trump-reveals-plans-to-cut-epa-staff-by-65-leaving-public-unprotected-from-toxic-pollution/
EPA backtracks on Trump comment about cutting staff by 65% but says major spending cuts are coming
https://apnews.com/article/epa-budget-staffing-cuts-doge-9260514fd1be2397d39a80dc054d19df
More than 100 employees receive startling notices that could have big impact on public health: ‘That’s unprecedented.’ “Wholesale firings of career staff who have dedicated their lives to this work?”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/epa-mass-firing-environmental-justice-admin/
Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, home to polar bears, caribou, and countless other species, is once again in the crosshairs as President Donald Trump. Local residents outraged by new plans for massive area teeming with life: ‘He’s fixated, ‘ “these actions ignore what the free market has declared.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-oil-trump-admin-drilling/
# Foods / Things that impact your health
Bottled water giant slapped with lawsuit over ‘false and deceptive’ ads: ‘Consumers deserve the truth’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/fiji-water-lawsuit-microplastics-bpa-claims/
# General News
Gene Hackman, wife tested negative for carbon monoxide: Sheriff
https://apnews.com/article/gene-hackman-betsy-arakawa-dead-investigation-f77231a7a04bb7eff5de3c391d56a031
Melania Trump, Crypto and The Money Laundering Scam of $2.73M—Here’s the Complete Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khbaS7MJWSg
Melania Trump, Crypto and The Money Laundering Scam of $2.73M—Here’s the Complete Story
https://www.inquisitr.com/melania-trump-crypto-and-the-money-laundering-scam-of-2-73m-heres-the-complete-story
# Gov / Politics
Zelensky’s eight-word comment that sent incensed Trump into a blind rage with tirade of insults
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTod5c19Ymg
White House prepares for ‘maximum elimination’ of federal workers allowed by law
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-formally-instructs-agencies-171532603.html
Shapiro slams Trump and Vance for Zelenskyy spat
https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_be5131b4-f622-11ef-9cdf-273d59c9bf14.html
Shapiro: Trump ‘berated’ Zelenskyy, ‘advanced Russia’s propaganda directly from White House’
https://www.tricountyindependent.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/28/josh-shapiro-blasts-trump-vance-oval-office-zelenskyy/80873506007/
Zelenskyy thanks Trump for visit after Oval Office clash. The two leaders’ clash in the Oval Office, which led to the cancellation of further talks and a White House press conference.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5169762-zelensky-trump-oval-office-clash-ukraine-russia-war-putin-vance/
F.B.I. Returns Materials Taken From Mar-a-Lago to Trump. Among the items taken from the president’s Florida residence were files that investigators said contained classified material and formed the central evidence in one of the criminal cases against him.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/trump-documents-maralago-fbi.html
JB Pritzker: Trump handed government over to Elon Musk, who ‘bought his way in’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3333818/jb-pritzker-trump-handed-government-over-to-elon-musk/#google_vignette
James Cameron Says Trump Administration Is ‘Hollowing’ U.S. ‘Out As Fast As They Can’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/james-cameron-says-trump-administration-202649515.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
Zelenskyy says ‘crucial’ for Ukraine to have Trump’s support in lengthy statement following Oval Office argument – live: Ukrainian president has landed in the UK and will hold talks with PM Keir Starmer later
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/01/live-european-leaders-rally-behind-zelenskyy-after-trump-vance-clash-updates
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
“Rule of Law Shock and Awe”: Norm Eisen’s Legal War on Trump and Musk. Lawyer Norm Eisen talks with TNR editor Michael Tomasky about the dozens of anti-Trump lawsuits he’s involved with—and how he’s winning.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rule-law-shock-awe-norm-163934062.html
Republican lawmakers look for ways to weaken state judges. Measures in several state legislatures this year have called for new approaches to weaken the power of judges
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kansas/articles/2025-02-27/republican-lawmakers-look-for-ways-to-weaken-state-judges
# LGBTQ / Gender
Trump: Iowa should pass measure removing protections for transgender people ‘as fast as possible’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5168602-donald-trump-iowa-transgender-protections/
Iowa governor signs nation’s first bill removing transgender civil rights protections
https://thehill.com/homenews/lgbtq/5170105-iowa-kim-reynolds-transgender-civil-rights-protections/
Drag performers could be sued under proposed Montana bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/drag-performers-could-sued-under-005937845.html
# Media
USPS CEO speaks out on new standards for delivery and zip codes after backlash as he warns of ‘mail mix changes’
https://www.newsweek.com/usps-changes-first-class-mail-services-36-billion-savings-10-years-donald-trump-2037058
Take a Wild Guess Who Bezos Met With After Washington Post Change. The Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos had quite an interesting dinner after announcing a shocking change to what the paper will and won’t publish.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192149/bezos-trump-washington-post
# Medicare / Medicaid
What are the impacts of potential Medicaid cuts? Medicaid covers medical costs for about 80 million low-income Americans. “Gutting a program, as has been proposed, would be the difference between life and death for many of those Medicaid recipients,” Joseph told Scripps News.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/health-care/what-are-the-impacts-of-potential-medicaid-cuts
Republican-controlled Congress is considering massive cuts to Medicaid. Anything that stresses state budgets puts programs on which older adults and people with disabilities rely at risk.
https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/02/20/potential-target-for-medicaid-cuts-would-end-coverage-for-20-million-people
Everyday Americans, not executives, will feel the pain of Medicaid cuts
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5165297-trump-medicaid-cuts-health-care-crisis/
Cutting Medicaid to pay for low taxes on the rich is a terrible trade for American families
https://www.epi.org/publication/cutting-medicaid-for-low-taxes-on-the-rich-is-terrible-for-american-families/
Jeffries: ‘Republicans are lying’ about Medicaid cuts: “The Republican budget will set in motion the largest cut to Medicaid in American history,” he said. “Children will be hurt. Families will be hurt. Seniors will be hurt. Everyday Americans with disabilities will be hurt. Hospitals will be hurt. And nursing homes will be hurt all across America.”
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2025/02/27/house-democrats-hakeem-jeffries-republican-budget-doge
# Medical / Health News
US Health Secretary Kennedy calls for end to deadly Texas measles outbreak
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-cdc-says-vaccination-remains-161325568.html
HCG Found in WHO Tetanus Vaccine in Kenya Raises Concern in the Developing World: In 1993, WHO announced a “birth-control vaccine” for “family planning”. Published research shows that by 1976 WHO researchers had conjugated tetanus toxoid (TT) with human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) producing a “birth-control” vaccine. Conjugating TT with hCG causes pregnancy hormones to be attacked by the immune system. Expected results are abortions in females already pregnant and/or infertility in recipients not yet impregnated.
https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation?paperid=81838
Snopes: Is Tetanus Vaccine Spiked with Sterilization Chemicals?
Claim: Ongoing tetanus vaccine campaigns in Kenya are a ruse to sterilize women of childbearing age.
Rating: False
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/tetanus-vaccine-sterilization/
Trump Ends Funding For Malaria, H.I.V., & More Global Health Programs
https://www.iheart.com/content/2025-02-28-trump-ends-funding-for-malaria-hiv-more-global-health-programs/
USAID cuts expected to devastate global health. The Trump administration has terminated funding for HIV, malaria and maternal health programs it had labeled lifesaving.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/foreign-aid-cuts-usaid-hiv-malaria-00206564
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. The rate of sepsis shot up more than 50% for women hospitalized when they lost their pregnancies in the second trimester
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-sepsis-maternal-mortality-analysis
Iowa has high cancer rates. Trump’s cuts to CDC and NIH are already hitting the state
https://thepublicsradio.org/npr/iowa-has-high-cancer-rates-trumps-cuts-to-cdc-and-nih-are-already-hitting-the-state/
How cutting Medicaid will impact US: House Republicans have ordered federal funding cuts that will shutter hospitals, clinics and nursing homes across this country. Healthcare workers are pushing back.
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3834365893400-how-cutting-medicaid-will-impact-us?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDA3OTIxMjczMTg%3D
The Republican House Budget Resolution’s Potential $880 Billion in Medicaid Cuts by Congressional District. The Republican House budget resolution would cost congressional districts an average of $2 billion each and could eliminate coverage for 15.9 million people.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-republican-house-budget-resolutions-potential-880-billion-in-medicaid-cuts-by-congressional-district/
“A whole new level of cruelty”: Health experts decry “devastating” cuts to HIV treatment programs
https://www.salon.com/2025/02/28/a-whole-new-level-of-cruelty-health-experts-decry-devastating-cuts-to-hiv-treatment-programs/
# Military / DOD / General News
Special operations commanders issue warning about US enemies’ ‘impressive’ tech advancements
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-02-26/special-forces-technology-16965265.html
Pentagon Marines are annoyed by an ‘odd’ uniform change they say will drive up dry-cleaning bills
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-marines-annoyed-odd-uniform-225845697.html
# Military / General News / Global
China tests world’s first jet fuel-powered engine to hit 16 times the speed of sound. Mach 16 speed is roughly equivalent to 12,276 miles per hour (19,756 km per hour).
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-jet-fueled-hypersonic-flight
# NOAA / Weather
National Weather Service meteorologists fired by Trump administration
https://apnews.com/article/national-weather-service-layoffs-trump-doge-a65360a1eb2500b7d47c9c966e383f4a
Fury erupts over Trump’s firings of National Weather Service, NOAA staff
https://www.oregonlive.com/weather/2025/02/fury-erupts-over-trumps-firings-of-national-weather-service-noaa-staff.html
# Science / Science Engineers
Scientists make unbelievable breakthrough to harness the power of the sun: ‘Astonishingly efficient.’ The “unique structure of ultra-thin crystals” is “astonishingly efficient at converting sunlight into energy.”
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-made-a-breakthrough-in-nanocrystals-that-could-supercharge-solar-power/
# Social
Trump Administration to Slash Funding for Enforcement of Fair Housing Laws. The Associated Press obtained information that says President Donald Trump’s administration has begun terminating federal grants to organizations that enforce the federal Fair Housing Act’s anti-discrimination laws
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2025-02-28/trump-administration-to-slash-funding-for-enforcement-of-fair-housing-laws
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Musk Reportedly Planning New Starlink Deal With FAA—Raising New Conflict-Of-Interest Concerns
https://www.newsweek.com/faa-elon-musk-starlink-2036497
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