Voices, The Peoples News
March 5, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
How Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ plan echoes the Golden Visas programs in Europe. Foreigners were able to invest to obtain citizenship in countries on the continent for years, but governments are increasingly changing course.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/nyregion/trump-gold-card-visa-europe.html
Trump’s Rage Over “Low” Deportations Suddenly Gets More Unnerving. A new DOJ memo argues that immigration judges can be stripped of civil service protections. That could lay the groundwork for firing them if they don’t rule the “right” way.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192318/trump-immigrant-deportations-low-rage-unnerving
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Chinese-owned factories move to Cambodia to avoid U.S. tariffs. As Trump’s trade war with China brings reciprocal tariffs, many Chinese firms are investing in operations elsewhere to avoid the burden. Anna Coren reports from Cambodia.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/chinese-owned-factories-move-to-cambodia-to-avoid-us-tariffs/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries. Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.
https://www.alternet.org/doge-musk-trump-fortune/
19 government offices in Kentucky to close due to federal budget cuts
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/03/doge-closes-more-federal-offices-in-kentucky-including-3-in-louisville/81157878007/
‘Major errors’: Investigative reporter rips apart Elon Musk’s spin on DOGE. Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force quietly tried to delete its so-called “wall of receipts” after reporters identified major mistakes and falsehoods in their claimed monetary savings to the government from canceling various federal contracts.
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-doge-2671252580/
Let’s Be Very Clear, The Real Fraud Is DOGE: The Musk-led effort is neither a money-saving nor fraud-finding operation—it’s an ideologically driven assault by far-right libertarians who seek to destroy a functioning government for their own greedy ends.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/doge-is-a-fraud?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=1dbf84355a-Top+News%3A+Mon.+3%2F3%2F25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3b949b3e19-600473715
How DOGE’s cuts to the IRS threaten to cost more than DOGE will ever save. “When you hamstring the IRS, it’s just a tax cut for tax cheats.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-doge-irs-cuts-will-cost-more-than-savings-trump-musk-deficit
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
IRS drafting plans to cut as much as half of its workforce. A reduction in force of tens of thousands of employees would render the IRS “dysfunctional,” said John Koskinen, a former IRS commissioner.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/the-irs-is-drafting-plans-to-cut-as-much-as-half-of-its-90000-person-workforce-ap-sources-say/
How Trump Sold America Out to His Kleptocratic Friends. While the American people get saddled with the staggering cost of his trade war, the president has given the world’s worst actors the license to misbehave.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192292/trump-shell-company-registry-kleptocrats
Trudeau slams Trump for starting a trade war with Canada while appeasing Putin
https://apnews.com/article/trudeau-trump-canada-tariffs-us-5d5ef8bd41c4567926d543a9526b2e84
How new Social Security policies could affect your monthly check
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/01/doge-actions-may-cause-social-security-benefit-interruption-ex-agency-head.html
Mexican President Threatens Next Move Over Trump Tariffs. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called the U.S. tariffs irrational and promised to announce retaliatory measures on Sunday.
https://apnews.com/article/trade-war-mexico-trump-9cefdded035a0b35e700a7ba0bfc34b4
Canada hits US with retaliatory tariffs after warning of ‘existential threat’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/5/trump-live-canada-files-wto-complaint-against-us-tariff-increases
‘Money is being pilfered’: Democrats worry Trump and Musk will ‘steal’ from new budget. Democrats want reassurances from congressional Republican and the White House that Donald Trump’s administration will actually spend money allocated as part of any new law preventing a government shutdown.
https://www.rawstory.com/congress-budget-impound/
‘Choked out of its very existence’: Judge fears Trump will dismantle Consumer Financial Protection Bureau completely before she can stop him
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/choked-out-of-its-very-existence-judge-fears-trump-will-dismantle-consumer-financial-protection-bureau-completely-before-she-can-stop-him/
Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1%: Sanders used the findings of a recent working paper to denounce Republicans’ determination to pass tax cuts that will benefit wealthy Americans the most.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/white-paper-sanders-rand-tax
# Education / Schools
Trump administration asked to end racial segregation, CRT trainings in Illinois school
https://www.chalkboardnews.com/issues/cultural-issues/article_1efe0010-ee0c-11ef-bdaa-8796c1f6aec3.html
Ohio students and teachers may need to begin preparing for an additional two weeks of school.
https://www.cbs19news.com/republican-plan-proposed-to-grow-school-time-for-ohio-students-teachers/article_b4a3fa46-9f98-52f1-810a-bdf6f73cb041.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Canada may halt electricity exports to US over Trump tariffs: A top Canadian official warned. “We will go to the extent of cutting off their energy going down to Michigan, going down to New York State and over to Wisconsin,” Premier Doug Ford of Ontario, Canada’s largest province, threatened on Wednesday evening.
https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/canadian-official-threatens-to-cut-off-energy-to-the-united-states/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Fact Check: Yes, Trump signed executive order to fast-track logging on federal land. The order allows federal agencies to bypass environmental protection laws in an effort to increase production but doesn’t call for clear-cutting.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-clear-cutting-national-forests/
# Food General News
More states want to stop taxing groceries. Amid rising food prices, more states are reducing or eliminating a sales tax that impacts lower-income households the most.
https://www.route-fifty.com/finance/2024/03/states-move-cut-grocery-taxes/394642/
‘Have fun paying more for food’: New Trump tariff outburst sparks instant backlash
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-farmers/
# Gov / Politics
Trump airs grievances, charts MAGA plan in address before bitterly divided Congress
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-speech-joint-address-congress?id=119442177&entryId=119447123
6 Takeaways from Trump’s address to Congress. “We have accomplished more in 43 days than most administrations accomplish in four years or eight years, we are just getting started.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/us/politics/trump-speech-takeaways.html
CNN Fact Checker: Trump Speech Had These ‘Dishonest’ Claims. The falsehoods spanned a variety of topics, including the economy, climate, immigration and more. The falsehoods spanned a variety of topics, including the economy, climate, immigration and more.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/04/politics/fact-check-trump-address-congress/index.html
The New Abnormal: Dems Completely Dropped the Ball During Trump’s Speech. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for reportedly ordering Democrats to stand down during Trump’s speech instead of staging a protest. “I don’t understand what he believes Democrats operating in a space of decorum is gonna show the American people and the world,” Moodie said
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-dems-completely-dropped-ball-055110067.html
How Did America Not See This Apocalypse Coming? Trump was radically altering America’s foreign policy in real time, shifting the balance of power globally in favor of authoritarianism, and starting a chain reaction that could lead to Russia invading other neighbors and possibly even triggering World War III.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192315/trump-economy-recession-ukraine-russia-world-war-apocalypse
Trump’s Politics of Cruelty, will it be one more source of division, or will Trump’s sadism unite Americans against him? Soon, there will likely be far more cruelty and suffering, as needy people lose health coverage under a diminished Medicaid, as more families are broken up by ICE raids, and more immigrant workers stop earning a paycheck for fear of being arrested and deported.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-03-04-trumps-politics-of-cruelty/
Musk and Trump allies use impeachment threats to intimidate federal judges
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/elon-musk-house-republicans-impeaching-judges-intimidation/
Beware Trump’s Talk of Coming “Emergencies.” The president has set up opportunities for grift through meme coins and other means; he has violated administrative laws and usurped the power of the purse from Congress; he appears to be turning the Department of Justice into his personal legal team; and his billionaire co-president, Elon Musk, is involved in decisions related to agencies (supposedly) regulating his businesses, just to name a few. The goal posts have shifted so far that they can no longer be spotted on the playing field.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3839457703035-beware-trumps-talk-of-coming-emergencies?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDEwOTM4ODMyNjA%3D
‘The president’s violation of law’: Judge permanently reinstates Biden-appointed member of civil service board who Trump illegally and ineffectually tried to fire
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-presidents-violation-of-law-judge-permanently-reinstates-biden-appointed-member-of-civil-service-board-who-trump-illegally-and-ineffectually-tried-to-fire/
‘Stop this madness right now’: Conservative writer begs Congress to block Trump trade war
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-2671259752/
‘Government cannot just press a button’: Trump DOJ blasts $2 billion ‘pay-or-else order’ that requires it to cough up federal funds following USAID freeze in SCOTUS bid
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/government-cannot-just-press-a-button-trump-doj-blasts-2-billion-pay-or-else-order-that-requires-it-to-cough-up-federal-funds-following-usaid-freeze-in-scotus-bid/
‘Going to be a problem’: Musk comments to Rogan cast cloud over Trump administration
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-social-security-2671259159/
‘Exciting News’: Trump Brags About Gutting Anti-Money Laundering Law. The Trump administration won’t enforce a Treasury Department rule requiring shell companies to disclose their owners and beneficiaries
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-treasury-gutting-anti-money-laundering-law-1235286134/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Volodymyr Zelensky has been forced to grovel to Donald Trump after the U.S. president kicked him out of the White House following a spectacular shouting match in the Oval Office.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/zelensky-attempts-kiss-trump-ring-175939144.html
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
The US Department Of Justice Deleted Data So Police Officers Can Dodge Accountability
https://www.napo.org/washington-report/doj-deletes-database-tracking-federal-police-misconduct/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Supreme Court Refuses to Save Trump in Quest to Demolish USAID. The Supreme Court has denied Donald Trump’s emergency bid to cancel billions in USAID funding already approved by Congress.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-refuses-save-trump-142502105.html
# Medical / Health News
Judge issues preliminary injunction blocking Trump cuts to NIH research overhead payments. Ruling suggests plaintiffs are likely to succeed in overturning 15% cap on indirect costs
https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/nih-indirect-costs-lawsuit-federal-judge-extends-order-blocking-trump-cuts/
Overturning Roe was never just about sending abortion back to the states. As we brace for federal restrictions, state lawmakers are moving to hamper future abortion ballot campaigns, and are even attacking amendments that have already passed.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/republicans-prove-there-was-a-big-catch-about-leaving-abortion-to-the-states/
# Military / General News / Global
Israel halts entry of aid to Gaza until Hamas agrees to new ceasefire deal
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/02/nx-s1-5314852/israel-stops-aid-to-gaza
Ukrainian Trainees Gathered Near The Front Line. Then A Russian Ballistic Missile Thundered Down
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-strikes-training-ground-during-formation-resulting-in-mass-casualties-ukraines-military-says/
# Social / Social Programs
Former Social Security head claims DOGE will cause payment interruptions. Social Security has a perfect record of giving millions of Americans their monthly benefit checks since the agency was founded in the 1930s
https://www.yahoo.com/news/system-collapse-ex-social-security-165050327.html
Trump’s Social Security Lies in Speech to Congress Seen as ‘Prelude to Vicious Cuts’: “Social Security has survived wars, pandemics, and recessions,” said one advocate. “But unless there is a rapid course correction, it may not survive Donald Trump and Elon Musk.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-social-security-lies?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=96a0c83807-News+Alert%3A+Trump%27s+Social+Security+Lies&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4da0978648-600473715
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Pete Hegseth Orders US Cyber Command to Stand Down on Russia: Critics of the move are concerned that such a pause on offensive cyber operations against Russia—critical to understanding Moscow’s intentions ahead of any negotiations—could make the U.S. more vulnerable to potential cyberattacks from Moscow.
https://www.newsweek.com/hegseth-cyber-russia-order-2038563
# Veterans / VA
Trump lawyer says veterans fired from federal government are perhaps ‘not fit to have a job at this moment’
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2025/03/05/trump-lawyer-on-fired-vets-perhaps-theyre-not-fit-to-have-a-job/
Veterans feel ‘scared and disrespected’ by mass firings throughout the federal government. Veterans service organizations castigated the administration of President Donald Trump for sweeping cuts of federal jobs that are hitting veterans who represent nearly one-third of the civilian government workforce and receive their medical care at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-03-04/veterans-services-firings-trump-lawmakers-17033584.html
# Water
The Supreme Court Muddied the Clean Water Act Yet Again. Amy Coney Barrett joined the liberal justices in a dissent against Samuel Alito—and his thinly veiled policy agenda. The justices held that the Environmental Protection Agency could no longer hold certain polluters responsible when the cleanliness of American waterways fell below minimum acceptable standards.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192302/supreme-court-alito-clean-water
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