Voices, The Peoples News
March 3, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘These Are The Facts!’: Andy Biggs Brutally Confronts Top Immigration Services Official Over Fraud. At today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) questioned Ur Jaddou, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21Mu9nr5gNY
U.S. troop surge at southern border: Deployment hits 9,000 amid tensions with Mexico
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/01/southern-border-us-military-deployment-00002750
Trump scrambles to build deportation apparatus as Congress moves to fund it. Congress needs to approve a specific dollar amount, a process that may prove complicated in the narrowly divided chambers. The arrest volume has overwhelmed the existing infrastructure.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/wedtrump-scrambles-build-deportation-apparatus-congress-moves-fund-it
Accused Mexican cartel leader Quintero pleads not guilty to drug charges in U.S. court. Quintero, sometimes referred to as the “Narco of Narcos,” masterminded the killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena.
https://www.courthousenews.com/mexican-cartel-leader-rafael-caro-quintero-pleads-not-guilty-to-drug-trafficking-charges/
Mexican officials say 29 cartel members sent to the U.S. were requested by U.S. government
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/extradition-of-29-cartel-leaders-shows-mexico-can-do-more/
California Coast Guard captain sounds alarm as migrants from adversary countries inundate Pacific waters. One Coast Guard captain attributes the recent uptick in boat encounters to increased land border security under the Trump administration
https://www.foxnews.com/us/california-coast-guard-captain-sounds-alarm-migrants-from-adversary-countries-inundate-pacific-waters?utm_source=Newswav&utm_medium=Website
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Make No Mistake, 25% Tariffs Would Destroy Ford (F), General Motors (GM), and other US Automakers
https://247wallst.com/investing/2025/02/28/make-no-mistake-25-tariffs-would-destroy-ford-f-general-motors-gm-and-other-us-automakers/
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Lawmakers approve sweeping ban on chemicals that can have deadly impact: ‘One of the world’s most ambitious laws’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/france-pfas-forever-chemicals-ban/
# Children / Youth
Global crackdown on AI-generated child sexual abuse material leads to 25 arrests
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-28/police-arrest-25-over-ai-generated-child-sexual-abuse-images
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
D.O.G.E. terminates lease for local U.S. Attorney’s Office
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/corpus-christi-attorneys-office-doge-20193803.php
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
US Treasury Department says it will not enforce anti-money laundering law
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-treasury-department-says-it-will-not-enforce-anti-money-laundering-law/articleshow/118671397.cms?from=mdr
Social Security Offices Closing: Impact on Beneficiaries & Government Cuts. The agency is facing significant workforce reductions. Per the memo, they plan to lay off at least 7,000 employees across the United States, and some estimates suggest cuts could reach as high as 50%.
https://www.newsbreak.com/veronica-charnell-media-1589609/3834970499867-social-security-offices-closing-impact-on-beneficiaries-government-cuts
The tech billionaire argued Friday on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast that one of America’s most enduring social safety nets is an insidious ploy.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-social-security-ponzi-scheme_n_67c337cce4b049364f4586a3
China targets US agriculture over Trump tariff threat, Global Times says
https://stratnewsglobal.com/china/china-targets-u-s-agricultural-products-over-trump-tariff-threat/
An under-the-radar import rule means Trump’s China tariffs could hurt the US more than expected
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/05/nx-s1-5284991/trump-tariffs-higher-prices-inflation-mexico-canada-china
# Education / Schools
Education Department workers offered $25k to quit by Monday. The offer comes before what will be “a very significant” reduction in force, Education Department officials write.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/28/education-department-quit-00206765
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Democrats Must Become the Workers’ Party Again. Reconnecting the Democratic Party to the working class is an electoral and a moral imperative, and it will be my mission for the rest of my life.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/03/03/democrats_must_become_the_workersrsquo_party_again_642142.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Record ocean heatwaves fuel storms, disrupt ecosystems, and cost billions. The world’s oceans saw a dramatic rise in marine heatwaves over the past two years, leading to deadly storms, mass coral bleaching, and disruptions to marine life and fisheries
https://www.theenergymix.com/marine-heatwaves-drove-mass-fish-deaths-deadly-storms-billions-in-damage/
Why have wildfires been erupting across the East Coast this fall? New Jersey and Delaware reported their driest October on record this year, according to the National Weather Service.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/11/11/wildfires-erupting-east-coast/76195040007/
Hundreds of blazes break out along Atlantic Coast
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wildfires-erupt-along-eastern-seaboard-233651693.html
# Food General News
Trucker shares photo of disturbing scene after Walmart refuses to accept delivery: ‘I have no words.’ “What a disgusting system.” The sell-by dates occur when their stores are closed for Thanksgiving. This product will still be safe to eat for the next 15 days but they won’t even attempt to sell. This will end up in a dumpster today.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/walmart-pork-rejected-food-delivery/
The Dangerous Dyes and Other Food Additives States Want to Ban
Following California’s lead, more states are trying to keep harmful additives out of our food and our schools
https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-additives/dangerous-dyes-and-food-additives-states-want-to-ban-a3953720328/
# General News
Descendants Of Black Tenant Farmers In Virginia Speak Out As Ancestors’ Graves Displaced For Industrial Park. Plans to honor the sharecroppers buried there include a memorial archway at the new site.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/descendants-of-black-tenant-farmers-speak-out-as-graves-relocated-to-new-burial-site-for-an-industrial-park/
Yes, Musk reposted meme calling Americans who use federal programs the ‘Parasite Class.’ The repost led to accusations of hypocrisy. The X post is real; Musk did repost the meme (archived) with his own pro-DOGE caption and a laughing emoji on Feb. 12, 2025, at 10:35 p.m. (ET).
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/musk-parasite-class/
# Gov / Politics
Trump’s past speeches to Congress asked them to pass his agenda. Now, he’s willing to go it alone
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/washington/trumps-past-speeches-to-congress-asked-them-to-pass-his-agenda-now-hes-willing-to/article_0befd2ce-39f6-59bc-a5bb-cb1f8fe365b2.html
Trump’s speech to Congress comes as he wields vast power almost daring lawmakers, courts to stop him
https://apnews.com/article/trump-speech-congress-musk-zelenskyy-3b7c80f39606911b9f12e732131fe7d1
Trump’s Cabinet proves the only thing they lack is a spine as they chuckle through his veiled threats
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/trumps-cabinet-proves-the-only-thing-they-lack-is-a-spine-as-they-chuckle-through-his-veiled-threats/
Why Trump wants ‘gold card’ to replace EB-5 visa. Experts have mixed feelings about the new program.
The cost would be $5 million per gold card
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/why-trump-gold-card-replace-eb-5-visa/
EB-5 Visa Immigrant Investor Program
https://www.uscis.gov/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers/eb-5-immigrant-investor-program
Wildfire rips through South Carolina, believed to cover at least 1,200 acres
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-slammed-for-golfing-while-south-carolina-is-burning-after-deluded-theories/ar-AA1A6zNo
Trump slammed for golfing while South Carolina is burning after deluded theories
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/south-carolina-declares-state-of-emergency-as-blazes-rip-through-1-200-acres-in-us/ar-AA1A6zNo
Trump’s State Department Is Ending Life-Saving Aid Programs Without Review. The department ended nearly 10,000 foreign aid programs — including some granted exemptions just days earlier.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-state-department-is-ending-life-saving-aid-programs-without-review/
Traces Of Jan. 6 Are Now Removed From The U.S. Mint Website
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jan-6-medal-us-mint-website_n_67c1ccace4b0bf54864064e4
Rasmussen Reports poll finds majority of voters think feds act as ‘government gangsters’
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/polling/rasmussen-reports-poll-finds-69-think-feds-act-government-gangsters-least
How Trump’s compulsion to dominate sabotages dealmaking, undermines democracy and threatens global stability. Trump’s angry outburst at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy illustrated why authoritarians are lousy dealmakers, particularly when autocratic instincts are exacerbated by toxic masculinity.
https://theconversation.com/how-trumps-compulsion-to-dominate-sabotages-dealmaking-undermines-democracy-and-threatens-global-stability-251210
Musk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA Lie. We can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192193/musk-usaid-purge-horrific-turn-maga-lie
Trumpism Isn’t Working: As a checked-out president sits back and lets Elon Musk shred the civil service, the signs of economic calamity are growing—and Americans of all stripes are getting pissed off.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumpism-isn-t-working-110000433.html
Jasmine Crockett Sums Up GOP Lawmakers In 1 Damning Word On Trump And Musk
https://www.newsweek.com/video-shows-democrat-jasmine-crockett-cursing-out-elon-musk-2036272
Trump Helps Alleged Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate Cross Border Into U.S.: Lobbying to return Andrew Tate to the U.S. reveals the hollowness of the Republican Party’s anti-sex trafficking campaign.
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/27/trump-andrew-tate-sex-trafficking/
House budget resolution is ‘screw America bill,’ House Democrat says. “They are cutting $2 trillion on the backs of everyday Americans, seniors, those who are disabled, women, pregnant women, newborn children, to do what? To give tax breaks to the very wealthy, to big corporations, to tech tycoons.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5171758-house-budget-resolution-is-screw-america-bill-house-democrat-says/
Dismantling agencies and firing workers: How Trump is redefining relations with Congress and courts. Trump has adopted a theory from former Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia that presidents control the entire executive branch
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/02/president-trump-unitary-executive-branch-congress/80517757007/
‘They’re getting death threats’: Lawmaker reportedly reveals how Trump is pressuring GOP
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gop-threats/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Starmer says UK, France and Ukraine have agreed to collaborate on ceasefire plan, present it to U.S.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/02/g-s1-51585/uk-france-ukraine-ceasefire-plan
The only ‘winner’ here is Putin: Ukraine unites in response to Trump-Zelenskyy spat and resigns itself to new reality. A fractious meeting in Washington has left Ukrainians wondering what will become of relations with the US.
https://theconversation.com/the-only-winner-here-is-putin-ukraine-unites-in-response-to-trump-zelenskyy-spat-and-resigns-itself-to-new-reality-251228
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Judge rules federal layoffs illegal. The federal court order follows another win for probationary employees who challenged their terminations before the Merit Systems Protection Board.
https://fedscoop.com/us-judge-issues-temporary-pause-on-federal-probationary-worker-firings/
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# Medical / Health News
The federal funding freeze is inciting fear and chaos for millions with cancer. There’s a better way
https://www.aaci-cancer.org/news-federal-grant-freeze-causes-confusion-for-cancer-centers
What Medicaid cuts could mean for disabled people. Medicaid cuts that the Trump administration has proposed will decimate the care that people receive
https://thearc.org/blog/media-memo-medicaid-at-risk/
Some couples forced to split up as L.I. senior care facility forces out residents
https://www.today.com/health/elderly-couple-forced-live-apart-after-62-years-marriage-t102273
Breakthrough! Scientist Eva Ramón Gallegos Figures Out How to Wipe Out HPV. Why Isn’t Everyone Talking About It?
https://belatina.com/latina-scientist-eva-ramon-gallegos-figured-out-how-to-wipe-out-hpv/
# Military / DOD / General News
US aircraft carrier, warships arrive in South Korea amid North’s threats. A U.S. aircraft carrier and two warships arrived at South Korea’s largest port Sunday in a show of force aimed at deterring North Korean provocations, the South Korean navy said.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-03-02/carl-vinson-aircraft-carrier-south-korea-17004377.html
European leaders on edge as prospect looms of Trump pulling 20K troops from continent
https://foxwilmington.com/european-leaders-on-edge-as-prospect-looms-of-trump-pulling-20k-troops-from-continent/
# NOAA / Weather
Scientists use gliders and underwater robots to make disturbing discovery: ‘A good picture of the areas affected’
https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explainers/technology.html
Scientists use gliders and underwater robots to make disturbing discovery: ‘A good picture of the areas affected.’ Major methane leaks from damaged gas pipelines have contaminated large sections of the Baltic Sea. It creates ripple effects through coastal economies that depend on healthy seas.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/baltic-sea-methane-leaks-nord-stream-pipelines/
# Pharmaceuticals
New study: Entities that don’t make medicines get half of what is spent on those medicines. So, where exactly is the money going?
https://www.phrma.org/resources/entities-that-don-t-make-medicines-get-half-of-what-is-spent-on-those-medicines
# Science / Science Engineers
Scientists Stunned After Finding Mount Vesuvius Eruption in 79 AD Turned a Man’s Brain Into Glass. Archaeologists have previously discovered human brains preserved in a variety of ways, including drying, freezing and tanning. Some preserved brains even resemble soap.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/02/27/mt-vesuvius-eruption-turned-mans-brain-into-glass/80495503007/
Researchers experimenting with reversing time discovered something surprising. What if linear time is an illusion? Physics doesn’t care which direction time moves.
https://dnyuz.com/2025/03/02/researchers-experimenting-with-reversing-time-discovered-something-surprising/
# Social
It’s time for time limits on public housing. The agency is considering implementing time limits and work requirements for tenants of public and subsidized housing.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/3333868/its-time-time-limits-public-housing/
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Microsoft to terminate Skype messaging app in May
https://petri.com/microsoft-retire-skype-may/
‘Putin Is on the Inside’: Shock as U.S. Caves to Russia in Cybersecurity Fight
https://san.com/cc/us-to-halt-offensive-cyber-operations-against-russia-reports/
# Veterans / VA
Veterans caught in mass layoffs. Trump administration has laid off about 6,000 veterans so far
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/veterans-federal-employees-cuts/
# Water
El Paso Is Going to Turn Wastewater Into Drinking Water. Other Cities Will Soon Follow. El Paso Water broke ground on the first U.S. facility that will treat wastewater for direct re-use in a city water supply, using a four-step process to transform wastewater into clean, potable drinking water.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03032025/el-paso-wastewater-drinking-water/
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