Voices, The Peoples News
March 6, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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“The trouble with tariffs, to be succinct, is that they raise prices,
slow economic growth, cut profits, increase unemployment,
worsen inequality, diminish productivity, and increase global
tensions. Other than that, they’re fine.” David Kelly, the chief
global strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, as quoted
by Bloomberg’s John Authers
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# Business / Industry / Corporations
Two auto giants make unexpected move that will have big impact on manufacturing operations — here are the details. The two companies secured this power bump through Virtual Power Purchase Agreements.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/delilah-1-solar-farm-texas-synthesize/
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Industry-backed bill could block EPA from using key chemical toxicity data. Legislation in Congress threatens to gut the EPA’s ability to regulate toxic chemicals by banning the use of assessments from its IRIS program, a move environmental advocates warn could cripple public health protections.
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/statement/2025/01/trump-epa-withdrawal-pfas-effluent-limits-setback-public-health-ewg
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Trump Speech Provides Opening for Lawyers Challenging Musk’s DOGE Authority. President touted Musk’s leadership in congressional address, while government lawyers tell judges that tech mogul has no power
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/elon-musk-doge-lawsuit-trump-joint-session-address-7043af99
Leaked List Shows DOGE Is Lawyering Up. A list of DOGE staffers reviewed by The Intercept shows Elon Musk’s quasi-agency has brought in at least four more attorneys.
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/05/leaked-list-musk-doge-lawyers/
Musk Goon Arrives at Federal Aviation Administratio (FAA) With Chilling Warning for Staff. Ted Malaska, a Department of Government Efficiency volunteer, told FAA employees anyone who impeded his work would be reported to Musk and “risked losing their jobs,” sources told Bloomberg.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/musks-doge-goon-arrives-at-faa-with-chilling-warning-for-staff/
Elon Musk leaves Capitol Hill after meeting with Republicans who discuss turning DOGE cuts into law
https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-doge-cuts-congress-5f2101c129924c9d416437aca05e1e11
DOGE panel eyes criminal referrals for alleged misuse of US foreign aid. Marjorie Taylor Greene threatened to escalate during her subcommittee’s second hearing.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/02/26/congress/doge-subcommittee-mtg-usaid-00206246
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Trump Suddenly Grants Tariff Exemptions After Massive Blowback. Donald Trump is already pausing some of his tariffs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192374/trump-tariffs-exemptions-roll-back
Racism Isn’t the Only Cause of the Racial Wealth Gap. Widening the lens to capitalism itself could yield insights on how to close the gap.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192099/racial-wealth-gap-roots-racism-capitalism
‘End The Fed’ — GOP Lawmakers Unveil Bill To Give Trump Authority Over Central Bank
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/05/exclusive-end-the-fed-gop-lawmakers-unveil-bill-to-give-trump-authority-over-central-bank/
‘Follow the money’: Ex-GOP rep warns media to pay attention to ‘second-tier’ DOGE lackeys
https://www.rawstory.com/denver-riggleman-2671276263/
# Education / Schools
Trump scheduled to sign order calling for Education Department’s end. By law, only Congress can fully close federal agencies. But the department is already facing another ‘very significant’ workforce reduction, according to an email to staff sent last week.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/03/06/trump-executive-order-education-department/80540008007/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Gutting the federal workforce won’t make government more efficient
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/02/dismantling-government-wont-make-it-more-efficientinvesting-it-will/403014/
Layoffs Hit Unbelievable High Thanks to Trump and Musk. Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government have caused a record-breaking surge in layoffs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192409/layoffs-trump-musk
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump Administration Intends to Terminate Lease for Army Corps’ Florida Headquarters. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Jacksonville District is responsible for Everglades restoration and hurricane response, among other duties. Some say the move is “shocking.”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05032025/trump-aims-to-terminate-army-corps-florida-headquarters/
Trump shuts down worldwide air quality monitoring program
https://www.aol.com/trump-shuts-down-worldwide-air-055234026.html
Trump orders expanded logging and timber production on federal lands
https://www.scrippsnews.com/science-and-tech/environment/trump-orders-expanded-logging-and-timber-production-on-federal-lands
Scientists issue warning over alarming new discovery at Greenland Ice Sheet: ‘It’s a domino effect.’ A warming planet is altering the area at a far faster rate than expected.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/greenland-ice-sheet-crevasses-melting-expansion-climate-change/
Melting Antarctic ice sheets are slowing Earth’s strongest ocean current: ‘There could be severe consequences’
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/geoscience/melting-ice-sheets-slowing-antarctic-circumpolar-current-13717.html
Lawmakers just passed a controversial law that could change the Amazon forever: ‘An area the size of Costa Rica.’ “The new legislation could cause an increase in deforestation estimated at 5.2 million hectares.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/amazon-rainforest-law-brazil-deforestation/
Evacuations underway as more than 170 wildfires rage across multiple states: ‘It’s very unsettling’ Air quality alerts warn residents to stay inside.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/carolina-wildfires-north-south-evacuations/#:~:text=Air%20quality%20alerts%20warn%20residents%20to%20stay%20inside.&text=Over%20170%20wildfires%20were%20burning,people%20to%20evacuate%20for%20safety
Wildfires continue to burn in North and South Carolina, prompting evacuations and a state of emergency. The biggest fire in South Carolina, which has burned thousands of acres, is “believed to be human-caused,” forestry officials said.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wildfires-continue-to-burn-in-north-and-south-carolina-prompting-evacuations-and-a-state-of-emergency-225916499.html
# Food General News
Farmers blindsided as USDA erases essential resources: ‘Farmers are on the frontlines.’ They need these “vital tools” to adapt to a shifting weather landscape.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/climate-change-purge-lawsuit-usda-trump-admin/
China hits US agriculture, says it won’t be bullied by fresh Trump tariffs
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-vows-countermeasures-against-us-tariffs-linked-fentanyl-2025-03-04/
# General News
Trump says no one has heard of Lesotho. But Musk is trying to do business in the African nation
https://apnews.com/article/trump-africa-lesotho-insult-congress-speech-0fbd419d541af2e291185bb7d7eac800
Trump may put hundreds of federal buildings up for sale, including FBI, USDA, DOJ
https://san.com/cc/trump-admin-seeking-to-sell-nearly-450-vacant-underused-federal-spaces/
# Gov / Politics
Trump’s “Genocidal” Threat to Gaza: If Hamas Won’t Release Hostages, “You Are DEAD”: “He’s threatening an entire population with death, what else is that other than genocidal?” Amnesty International and Medical Aid for Palestinians have condemned the US president’s threats calling them inflammatory and dehumanising
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-hamas-gaza-netanyahu-b2710234.html
The world is beginning to tire of Trump’s whiplash leadership
https://www.aol.com/news/world-beginning-tire-trump-whiplash-050052059.html
Trump’s vile bullying of our allies deserves to be taken much more seriously, as a clear sign of Trump’s very real imperialist intentions. Trump’s tariffs aren’t about fentanyl or any supposed unfair treatment of the U.S. They’re about forcing Canada, with no justification whatsoever, to submit to his will. It’s straight-up extortion.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3843027161208-trump-press-sec-accidentally-blurts-out-real-goal-of-his-tariff-scam
Audio: THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trudeaus-blistering-takedown-of-trumps-tariffs-puts/id1728152109?i=1000697835437
Backed by Trump-Musk, $5,000 ‘DOGE dividend’ plan could become law soon? What you need to know
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-doge-dividend-backed-by-trump-musk-5000-doge-dividend-plan-could-become-law-soon-what-you-need-to-know/articleshow/118627573.cms?from=mdr
PolitiFact: President Donald Trump has not signed an order to give $5,000 checks to all American taxpayers. We found no White House announcements or news reports about this.
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/feb/26/facebook-posts/is-it-official-that-trump-approved-a-5000-doge-div/
While our eyes are on the welfare state’s destruction, Trump is building a police state. Republicans aren’t simply shrinking the government. They’re investing billions in defense, border control and prisons
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/05/trump-welfare-police-state-government-layoffs
Raw video: TSMC, President Trump announce $100 billion additional investment in Arizona. Taiwan semiconductor company TSMC plans to make a fresh $100 billion investment in the United States that involves building five additional chip facilities there in coming years
https://www.reuters.com/technology/tsmc-ceo-meet-with-trump-tout-investment-plans-2025-03-03/
TSMC is the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturer and supplies chips to the likes of Qualcomm, Apple and Nvidia. Established in 1987, TSMC is the world’s first dedicated semiconductor foundry.
https://www.tsmc.com/english/aboutTSMC
Has Trump flipped Ukraine…for Russia? The disastrous Zelensky visit to the White House caps a three-week spree of Trump breaking ranks with US traditional allies and making free concessions to Putin. The damage to US security interests is already done
https://thebulletin.org/2025/03/has-trump-flipped-ukraine-for-russia/
GOP lawmakers reintroduce constitutional amendment to radically overhaul state Senate districts
https://www.aol.com/gop-lawmakers-reintroduce-constitutional-amendment-180001216.html
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Trump to make death penalty mandatory for ‘anyone who murders a police officer’
https://www.police1.com/legal/trump-calls-for-mandatory-death-penalty-for-those-convicted-of-killing-officers
Millions of users’ personal data shared with US law enforcement: Social media companies track user activity to build detailed profiles that include everything from a person’s banking activity to the grocery stores they visit and apps they use.
https://san.com/cc/millions-of-users-personal-data-shared-with-us-law-enforcement-report/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘I am stunned’: Justice Alito slams colleagues’ refusal to let Trump keep billions in foreign aid frozen as rewarding ‘an act of judicial hubris’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/i-am-stunned-justice-alito-slams-colleagues-refusal-to-let-trump-keep-billions-in-foreign-aid-frozen-as-rewarding-an-act-of-judicial-hubris/
# Media
America’s Richest Oligarch Wants to Privatize USPS and Amtrak, he is trying to tear it all down.
https://gizmodo.com/americas-richest-oligarch-wants-to-privatize-usps-and-amtrak-2000572284
# Medical / Health News
Mexican medical manufacturers warn tariffs will increase US health care costs
https://www.borderreport.com/news/health/mexican-medical-manufacturers-warn-tariffs-will-increase-us-healthcare-costs/
# Military / DOD / General News
Defense Department begins cutting workers this week. Firings Begin at the Pentagon: Veterans, Civil Servants Caught in the Crosshairs
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/05/firings-begin-pentagon-veterans-civil-servants-caught-crosshairs.html
# NASA / Space
The farthest spacecraft from Earth are shutting off instruments in interstellar space: NASA switches off Voyager instruments to extend life of the two interstellar spacecraft ‘Every day could be our last.’ “The Voyagers have been deep space rock stars since launch, and we want to keep it that way as long as possible!”
https://www.space.com/nasa-switches-off-voyager-instruments-to-extend-life-of-the-two-interstellar-spacecraft
# NOAA / Weather
“Front row seats to a coup”: Trump and Musk gut NOAA and EPA, raising alarm among scientists
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/05/front-row-seats-to-a-coup-and-musk-gut-noaa-and-epa-raising-alarm-among-scientists/
# Science / Science Engineers
‘Eureka’ moment as scientists discover common drug stops some cancers spreading
https://www.rawstory.com/denver-riggleman-2671276263/
Supersolid: Scientists turn light into a solid that flows like liquid for first time. This achievement marks a significant milestone in the field of condensed matter physics.
https://interestingengineering.com/science/scientists-create-supersolid-from-light
# Social / Social Programs
Massive cut would leave 34 states with no HUD offices — and experts warn it may be illegal
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-2671275459/
Murray, Colleagues Blast Trump and Musk’s Plans to Gut Social Security Administration, Threaten Americans’ Social Security
https://www.murray.senate.gov/murray-colleagues-blast-trump-and-musks-plans-to-gut-social-security-administration-threaten-americans-social-security/
Trump efficiency group to close 5 state Social Security offices, including Brunswick, Vidalia
https://thecurrentga.org/2025/03/04/trump-efficiency-office-to-close-5-state-social-security-offices-including-brunswick-vidalia/
Trump and Musk’s Plan to Destroy Social Security Started Tuesday Night. Donald Trump stood before the nation and, with the full backing of billionaires like Elon Musk, laid the groundwork for the biggest heist in American history, the rapid, systematic destruction of Social Security, disguised as “reform.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/192404/trump-musk-destroy-social-security-started
Martin O’Malley, the former commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA) says Social Security payments at risk as DOGE makes agency changes
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5173332-social-security-cuts-risk-collapse/
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
GOP lawmakers balk at Trump’s call to repeal CHIPS Act
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5178662-trump-chips-act-repeal-gop-senators/
2022 CHIPS and Science Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHIPS_and_Science_Act
# Veterans / VA
The Department of Veterans Affairs will slash more than 80,000 jobs under a major restructuring plan that the agency intends to carry out by August to meet President Donald Trump’s executive order for downsizing the federal government, according to an internal VA memo.
https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/veterans-healthcare/2025/march/83000-va-workers-targeted-for-layoffs-by-august
GOP senator blocks Democratic-led resolution to restore veterans’ jobs in federal workforce
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-03-04/veterans-firings-senators-resolution-17034695.html
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