Voices, The Peoples News
March 4, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net
# Indigenous
Corruption fuels environmental destruction and violence against Indigenous communities
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Wyoming will invalidate out-of-state driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
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How law enforcement targets migrants on ‘smuggler’s highway.’ The highway stretch on Interstate 10 in Arizona is called ‘smuggler’s highway.’ Police say migrants becoming more aggressive. Many found with thousands in cash
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2 Guatemalan nationals ran one of US’ ‘largest human smuggling rings’: DOJ
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# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Trump’s war on DEI comes for programs helping autistic students find jobs in STEM
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# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Doge snaps at the ankles of government consultants. After wielding a chainsaw to the federal budget, managing consulting contracts may be next on the chopping block
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Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids objects to Musk’s call for cancellation of $2.4 billion FAA contract. The administration of President Trump shouldn’t cancel a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon and transfer work on the Federal Aviation Administration’s traffic control system to presidential adviser Elon Musk’s own company.
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Fair Housing education and outreach grant has been canceled by DOGE
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DOGE wants to charge one federal agency millions of dollars for its work to make government more efficient. The Office of Personnel Management was asked to pay for 20 full-time positions in Musk’s department for work between January 20 and July 4, 2026
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Warren Buffett says tariffs leave consumers footing the bill: ‘The tooth fairy doesn’t pay ’em’
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US SEC says Trump administration to terminate building leases for Los Angeles, Philadelphia regional offices https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftoday.westlaw.com%2FDocument%2FI5354b4d0f87f11ef8ccbfda34d2048f3%2FView%2FFullText.html%3FtransitionType%3DCategoryPageItem%26contextData%3D&data=05%7C02%7Cmunsup.seoh%40wright.edu%7C9f603963ab6d456018d508dd5b61035f%7C5c46d65dee5c45138cd4af98d15e6833%7C0%7C1%7C638767194468069977%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C40000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TjhTLERnQFlL7vezzbs%2F0D5K%2B1TXvq%2FjcEWOYHD4PGk%3D&reserved=0(sc.Default)&firstPage=true
China Strikes Back at US Tariffs. Need to know: China has announced additional tariffs on U.S. agricultural products and food items, says it won’t be bullied by fresh Trump tariffs
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US tariffs take effect and Mexico, Canada and China retaliate with their own tariffs on the US
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Treasury ends enforcement of business ownership database meant to stop shell company formation
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History of the 16th Amendment and the Income Tax
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Sixteenth Amendment Income Tax: The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
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Massachusetts commercial spaces on chopping block as Trump admin cancels leases for federal agencies. DOGE has terminated seven commercial lease connected to federal agencies
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# Education / Schools
Donald Trump Calls Student Protests ‘Illegal,’ Threatens to Imprison Those Who Participate: “All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests,” Trump wrote in a social media post, adding that students may be expelled, arrested or deported
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# Employment / Labor / Unions
Uncovering Unemployment Fraud: A $135 Billion Crisis
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Albemarle to build $1.3 billion lithium plant in South Carolina
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Piedmont Lithium is hoping to build a 1,500-acre lithium mine along the same geologic trend in Gaston County, 30 miles west of Charlotte.
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A proposed lithium mine presents a climate versus environment conflict
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New South Carolina plant could process enough lithium for 2.4M EVs a year
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Central Texas homeowners are frustrated after seeing their energy bills double
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Gaping, uncovered mines spew toxic dust all over surrounding areas: ‘It is unfortunately worse … than we thought.’ Using satellite images and hundreds of leaf samples, they traced the toxic dust up to 30 kilometers away from the mines.
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# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Wildfires ravage North and South Carolina, prompting evacuations and state of emergency.
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Carolina Fire Maps Show Where Blazes Burning in North, South Carolina. Multiple fires across North and South Carolina were still burning on Tuesday after more than 170 erupted across the two states over the weekend.
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Trump orders swathes of US forests to be cut down for timber. Trump has instructed the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to increase logging targets and for officials to circumvent the US’s Endangered Species Act by using unspecified emergency powers to ignore protections placed upon vulnerable creatures’ habitats.
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Hidden Lake the Size of Texas Found Below Antarctic Ice Sheet Could Hold 34 Million Year Old Secrets
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# Food General News
Trump to put tariffs on agricultural imports, tells farmers to ‘have fun.’ President Donald Trump said the U.S. would impose tariffs on “external” agricultural products starting April 2. It’s his latest threat to impose trade barriers on imported goods.
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# General News
Daylight saving time 2025: These states are trying to ‘lock the clocks.’ We’re a couple of weeks away from the start of daylight saving time, and it isn’t just federal lawmakers (and President Donald Trump) who are hoping this is the last time we “spring forward.”
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Trump pushes through name change for another US landmark
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# Gov / Politics
What Next for Ukraine as Trump Halts All Aid. Need to know: President Donald Trump has ordered a pause on all U.S. military aid to Ukraine following a disastrous and remarkable meeting last week
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Trump Short-Circuits When Asked if U.S. Policy Is Aligning With Russia. Donald Trump blatantly refused to answer the question.
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Elon Musk’s Looming Disease Holocaust. The shadow president is gutting America’s vast humanitarian aid system. Millions may die.
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Maddow compares Trump to 1940s senator with Nazi ties who demanded allies ‘say thank you’
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Concerns over foreign agents is not just a Trump-era phenomenon — it started with the Nazis
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JD Vance Accidentally Spills The GOP’s Strategy In Stunning Self-Own
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Ethical Concerns Surround Sen. Joni Ernst’s Relationships With Top Military Officials Who Lobbied Her Committee
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Elon Musk Calls For U.S. To Withdrawal From NATO & United Nations
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What happens if US withdraws from Nato and United Nations?
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# Gov / Politics / Global
With Gaza tensions high, Egyptians and Israelis warn of a new war
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Palestinians in Gaza concerned over Israel closing border crossings and blocking supplies
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UN food program closes its southern Africa office in the wake of Trump administration aid cuts
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Why Europe can’t get Its Military act together. The continent faces multiple obstacles
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Families of North Korean troops captured in Russia ‘will be executed’
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# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
House Republicans launch judicial task force that targets ‘rogue, activist judges’
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# Media
Trump’s USPS takeover opens up ‘Pandora’s box of mischief’: Voting rights advocates
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# Medicare / Medicaid
Republicans’ new Medicaid arguments: They’re only cutting waste, fraud, and abuse. Conservative think tank’s new report argues Medicaid has high level of improper payments
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# Military / DOD / General News
Trump associate floats idea of transatlantic warplane program. In an interview with Defense News, Paolo Zampolli said he had been discussing the idea of the U.S. entering the tri-nation Global Combat Air Programme
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Europe announces unprecedented $840 billion rearmament plan to tackle ‘grave’ threats, sending defense giants BAE and Thales soaring
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DOD says it’s found $80 million in waste to trim from Pentagon budget with help from DOGE
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# Military / General News / Global
UK orders $2 billion worth of air-defense missiles for Ukraine. The missiles will be produced at Thales in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where the order will create 200 jobs and support 700 existing ones.
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Europeans are fueling Russia’s war effort through gas purchases while militaries wither. Europe’s tough talk on defending Ukraine contrasts with Russian oil purchases and faltering military forces.
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# NOAA / Weather
Unusually powerful March storm threatens to create a blizzard, tornadoes and fires as it crosses the US
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East Texas State Senator wants to ban ‘weather modification’
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# Nuclear
Elon Musk’s DOGE cuts reach nuclear levels of disaster (Literally). DOGE has gutted the nuclear safety agency.
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How Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ upends four decades of nuclear doctrine. The inclusion of space-based interceptors is a particularly hard nut for Moscow to swallow, given long-standing Russian belief that such weapons are aimed at undercutting the country’s nuclear retaliatory capability following a US first strike.
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# Social / Social Programs
Trump and Musk ignore Pentagon waste while targeting Social Security and public services. Trump administration and Elon Musk push for cuts to Social Security and public services, prioritizing corporate interests over working Americans.
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Cuomo asks if Social Security might be on the chopping block after Medicaid
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Trump administration plans to close HUD offices in the Pacific Northwest
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Social Security Payments May Be Missed For First Time In 80 Years Due To DOGE Outages
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Social Security chief’s work with DOGE raises concerns, Warren says
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Former Social Security head claims DOGE will cause payment interruptions
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Schumer: Trump is cutting Social Security, DOGE cuts hurting recipients
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What has Donald Trump changed in Social Security so far? Elon Musk calls program a ‘Ponzi scheme’
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# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Trump announces $100B semiconductor investment from Taiwan.
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FAA reportedly ordered staff to find ‘tens of millions of dollars’ to fund a deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink
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