Voices, The Peoples News
March 19, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Marine Corps Removes Navajo Code Talker Content Related to Native American Heritage Month
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/03/18/articles-about-navajo-code-talkers-removed-in-pentagons-dei-purge/
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
No One Is Safe From America’s Abusive Immigration Authorities Anymore. Even legal residents and tourists are being terrorized by Trump-emboldened officers at ICE and CBP.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192831/tourists-detained-ice-cbp-trump-abusive-immigration-authorities
‘Classic authoritarian move’: An exclusive report that President Donald Trump is on the verge of declaring “illicit” fentanyl as a weapon of mass destruction was subjected to a thorough round of criticism as political observers pointed out the retro phrase and potential damages the executive order could have.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/classic-authoritarian-move-critics-alarmed-as-trump-eyes-classifying-fentanyl-as-wmd/ar-AA1BbMCP
Lawyers say ICE ‘disappeared’ 48 New Mexico residents: ‘Serious human rights violation.’ In the first week of March, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it arrested four dozen New Mexico residents as part of immigration raids in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Roswell. Now those people are unaccounted for, immigrant families, advocates call for New Mexico Legislature to act.
https://sourcenm.com/2025/03/17/ice-has-disappeared-48-new-mexico-residents-attorneys-say/
Grandparents Face Pressure to Give Up Green Cards at U.S. Airports—Do Not Sign Form I-407. Under the US Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), a lawful permanent resident (LPR), or green card holder, returning to the US after an absence of more than 180 days is treated as seeking “re-admission” and becomes subject to grounds of inadmissibility.
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0zmSTfZ4?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDIzNTA1MjA5Mjc=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk and DOGE Found By Federal Judge to Have Violated the Constitution ‘In Multiple Ways.’ A federal court has issued an injunction on behalf of USAID contractors and employees who filed a complaint against Musk and DOGE.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/19/judge-says-musk-and-doge-likely-violated-constitution-in-usaid-shutdown
New DOGE filing would result in ‘referral for prosecution’ for anyone else: expert
https://www.rawstory.com/doge-2671354136/
Elon Musk’s DOGE Uses Police to Seize Independent Nonprofit. The U.S. Institute of Peace is not a federal agency or located in a federal building. That didn’t stop DOGE from taking over.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192854/elon-musk-doge-police-independent-nonprofit-usip
Elon Musk Dealt Huge Blow as Judge Rules USAID Cuts Unconstitutional. A judge has ruled that Elon Musk and DOGE officials must restore USAID’s functionality.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192889/elon-musk-doge-judge-rules-usaid-unconstitutional
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Trump Plans His Most Alarming Set of Tariffs Yet—Worth Trillions. Trump’s next set of tariffs will be his most extreme by a longshot.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192907/trump-plans-tariffs-trillions
Fleeing the scene: Investors have dumped a record amount of US stock as stagflation fears bite. Global fund managers dumped a record amount of US stock during last week’s sell-off, BofA found.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fleeing-scene-investors-dumped-record-224319770.html
‘Danish Viking blood is boiling.’ Danes boycott US goods with fervor as others in Europe do so too
https://nationalnewswatch.com/2025/03/17/danish-viking-blood-is-boiling-danes-boycott-us-goods-with-fervor-as-others-in-europe-do-so-too
Trump Admin Signals A New Era For Historically Corrupt Gov’t Agency. The Trump administration promoted IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler, signaling a new era in the IRS is beginning.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/18/rooke-hunter-biden-whistleblowers-bessent-irs/
# Education / Schools
Trump threats have led to cancelled university events for women and Black alumni in Ohio
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threats-led-cancelled-university-090007641.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions
“We No Longer Accept A Doctor’s Note As Proof Of Sickness” —15 Signs Employees Spotted At Work That’ll Make Your Blood Boil Over
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/no-longer-accept-doctors-note-150646641.html
Most of the fired workers, including thousands from the Department of Veterans Affairs, are being reinstated and then placed on paid administrative leave
https://www.thetaxadviser.com/news/2025/mar/7000-irs-workers-reinstated-but-not-yet-returning-to-work/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Dinosaur National Monument among 13 potential sites for energy development. The concern comes as the Trump administration moves forward with plans to review public lands to assess their potential for energy development.
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/dinosaur-national-monument-colorado-utah-among-sites-for-energy-development/73-27828cb6-9437-4937-a67e-2cc00fec3783
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump admin moves to fire hundreds of government scientists. The Trump administration plans to lay off hundreds of scientists and researchers from the U.S. federal government as part of drastic cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), lawmakers warned Tuesday.
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-trump-administration-hundreds-scientists.html
Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in ‘green bank’ grants. A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three climate groups by the Biden administration, saying the government’s “vague and unsubstantiated assertions of fraud are insufficient.”
https://apnews.com/article/epa-green-bank-zeldin-climate-trump-380000b014480350b35b7b53bd14e277
EPA moves to kill science department: The US Environmental Protection Agency will dissolve its largest department, the Office of Research and Development, as part of cuts demanded by the Trump administration
https://time.com/7269209/epa-targets-scientific-research-office-layoffs/
# Food General News
Senate Democrats call for USDA funding for local food banks, schools to be restored
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5198806-usda-local-food-banks-funding-senate-democrats/
Kennedy’s Alarming Prescription for Bird Flu on Poultry Farms. The health secretary has suggested allowing the virus to spread, so as to identify birds that may be immune. Such an experiment would be disastrous, scientists say. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, has an unorthodox idea for tackling the bird flu bedeviling U.S. poultry farms. Let the virus rip.
https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2025/03/18/kennedys-alarming-prescription-for-bird-flu-on-poultry-farms/
# General News
How Donald Trump and Elon Musk are waging a deep and wide ‘uncivil war’
https://theconversation.com/how-donald-trump-and-elon-musk-are-waging-a-deep-and-wide-uncivil-war-251538
# Gov / Politics
What is Trump really after? What’s his ultimate goal? 1. He wants to become dictator of the United States.
https://www.alternet.org/inside-trump-s-ultimate-goal/
What Is Trump’s End-Game Plan & Goal? Does President Trump actually believe everything he says and does, or it part of some sort of master plan?
https://medium.com/@richard.brody/what-is-trumps-end-game-plan-goal-359f17591b38
‘Unconstitutionally silenced’: Trump violating First and Fifth Amendments by deporting protesters and ‘impermissibly restricting speech’ based on viewpoints, lawsuit says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/unconstitutionally-silenced-trump-violating-first-and-fifth-amendments-by-deporting-protesters-and-impermissibly-restricting-speech-based-on-critical-viewpoints-suit-says/
Experts alarmed as US makes sudden withdrawal from international risk management group: ‘Deeply concerning.’ “Further behind and out of step.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/ngfs-withdrawal-treasury-department-trump-coalition/
Dem Rep. Jasmine Crockett suggests US might not ‘have elections’ in 2028 after branding Trump dictator
https://nypost.com/2025/03/16/us-news/dem-rep-jasmine-crockett-suggests-us-might-not-have-elections-in-2028/
This is not a drill: Trump’s new attack on America means no one is safe. When a president declares an “invasion” to justify shredding the Constitution, he’s not defending the nation—he’s declaring war on democracy itself.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/this-is-not-a-drill-trump-s-new-attack-on-america-means-no-one-is-safe-opinion/ar-AA1BahwJ?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=6be2aacc480f4d3b821297c70c4a8710&ei=10
Trump’s America is becoming a ‘rogue nation’ — and the world can make us suffer: economist
https://www.rawstory.com/paul-krugman-trump-2671341283/
Trump Press Sec Reveals Lawlessness Is About to Get Worse. Legal scholar Matthew Seligman explains why Karoline Leavitt’s ugly spin to journalists suggests that Trump’s lawbreaking is set to escalate—and what that will look like.
https://newrepublic.com/article/192848/transcript-trump-press-sec-reveals-lawlessness-get-worse
‘Profoundly alarming’: Analyst warns Musk’s ‘outsized influence’ shifting to state races. Elon Musk is expanding his political interests beyond the federal government to eye state races that could benefit his companies if the right people are elected, according to an opinion piece in The New York Times.
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-state-politics/
Chris Murphy: ‘If We Continue to Engage in Business as Usual, This Democracy Could Be Gone.’ The senator issued a dire warning to lawmakers after 10 of his fellow Democratic senators joined Republicans to pass Trump’s spending bill
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/chris-murphy-business-as-usual-democracy-gone-1235297327/
‘Really concerned’: Cracks form as right-wing Heritage Foundation frets over Trump policy
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-heritage-foundation/
More of Trump’s descent into dictatorship. Two illegal firings that will increase prices for consumers and concentrate more power in Trump’s hands — unless the courts stop him.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/more-of-trumps-descent-into-dictatorship
Trump’s flood-the-zone strategy delights MAGA: Donald Trump’s “flood the zone” strategy is designed to overwhelm us. He wants us to be paralyzed by fear and hopelessness. He wants us to feel abandoned — like we are alone in a small boat, surrounded by sharks.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5111638-trump-mega-strategy-overload/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Agrees To Incremental, Temporary Ceasefire While Trump Seeks More Ties With Russia In Phone Call. Putin agreed to an incremental and temporary ceasefire during a marathon phone call with Trump which discussed the possibility of a peace deal.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-putin-call-ceasefire-russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-0d2ca5b69761082979dd9836932ae84f
Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that the United States and its allies end intelligence and military assistance to Ukraine in order for hostilities to end.
https://newrepublic.com/post/192885/putin-demand-ukraine-intel-trump-call?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_ticker_rss
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Hill Republicans already hated the ‘idiotic’ call to impeach judges. Then Trump jumped in. The speaker has to deal with a new Trump-driven demand just as he moves to put the GOP’s policy agenda into overdrive.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/mike-johnson-judge-impeachment-push-00236968
‘Doozy’: Expert ‘gobsmacked’ as Trump’s DOJ tells judge ‘we’re not telling you the facts’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportation-2671344101/
‘Irreparable injuries flowing’: Judge slams Trump DOJ for refusing to ‘make any further effort to get at the truth’ in probationary firings case, denies motion for stay
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/irreparable-injuries-flowing-judge-slams-trump-doj-for-refusing-to-make-any-further-effort-to-get-at-the-truth-in-probationary-firings-case-denies-motion-for-stay/
# Media
‘None of our jobs are safe’: Postal workers union sounds alarm amid fears of privatization
https://www.rawstory.com/us-postal-service-2671353229/
USPS head agrees to let DOGE find ‘efficiencies’ — with limits to employee data access
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/nx-s1-5327583/usps-doge-postal-service-louis-dejoy-postmaster-general
‘Violate one of the most fundamental principles of our democracy’: Former Trump lawyer, ex-GOP lawmakers urge judge to side with AP over White House press pool ban
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/violate-one-of-the-most-fundamental-principles-of-our-democracy-former-trump-lawyer-ex-gop-lawmakers-urge-judge-to-side-with-ap-over-white-house-press-pool-ban/
# Medicare / Medicaid
Keir Starmer to unveil drastic disability benefit cuts despite opposition. Changes could deny benefits to people who need help to wash or to remember to go to the toilet
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/17/keir-starmer-to-unveil-drastic-disability-benefit-cuts-despite-opposition
# Medical / Health News
Trump admin mulling over cutting HIV-prevention funds in US
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/18/the-trump-administration-is-discussing-cutting-cdcs-domestic-hiv-funding-00237454
A Hospital Empire Is Closing Its Doors—but the Stock Is on a Tear. More than a dozen hospitals employing tens of thousands have either shut this year or are on the brink, while two shadowy figures prop up their owners’ stock.
https://prospect.org/health/2025-03-18-hospital-empire-closing-its-doors-stock-on-a-tear-mpt/
Private Equity Vultures Descend on Care Facilities for the Disabled. A new report chronicles ten years of consolidation
https://prospect.org/health/2025-03-18-private-equity-vultures-care-facilities-disabled/
# Military / DOD / General News
Pentagon aims to cut roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs in the Defense Department, but fewer than 21,000 workers who took a voluntary resignation plan are leaving in the coming months
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-doge-civilian-job-cuts-fbcb154fbe9d5904f456aa3655e57c44
Pentagon restores a few webpages honoring servicemembers but still defends DEI purge
https://san.com/media-miss/pentagon-restores-a-few-webpages-honoring-servicemembers-but-still-defends-dei-purge/
# Military / General News / Global
Germany Is Re-Arming For War With Russia. Here’s What Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars Will Buy. A massive budget increase will pay for armored vehicles, ships and satellites—and people.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025/03/18/germany-is-re-arming-for-war-with-russia-heres-what-hundreds-of-billions-of-dollars-will-buy/
Gaza truce shatters as Israel carries out wave of deadly strikes and says it has ‘returned to fighting’: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the strikes because of a lack of progress in talks to extend the ceasefire. Officials said the operation was open-ended and was expected to expand.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-ceasefire-hostages-03-17-2025-b8753b9458a44f10ab08aa9b12582780
# Social / Social Programs
DOGE works to clean up Social Security database. ‘Dead People Database’: Elon Musk’s DOGE deletes names of 3.2 million individuals aged 120+ from Social Security records
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/dead-people-database-elon-musks-doge-deletes-names-of-3-2-million-individuals-aged-120-from-social-security-records/articleshow/119157644.cms?from=mdr
American Workers Are Sharing How They Feel About Social Security Being Referred To As An “Entitlement Program” These Days, And Everyone Should Read This
https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-workers-sharing-feel-social-003102228.html
Social Security Administration unionized workers warn that mass cuts from DOGE could cripple the system. DOGE attacks on Social Security officials could have dire consequences. The SSA recently announced its intent to eliminate 7,000 jobs, slicing the agency’s already skeletal staff down to the marrow.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/doge-social-security-cuts-service-rcna196118
Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients. Beginning March 31st, people will no longer be able to verify their identity to the SSA over the phone and those who cannot properly verify their identity over the agency’s “my Social Security” online service, will be required to visit an agency field office in person to complete the verification process
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/trending/social-security-administration-to-require-in-person-identity-checks-for-new/
# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
Trump admin threatens to pull billions in federal funding unless MTA forks over NYC subway crime data: ‘Stepping in to restore order’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admin-threatens-pull-billions-212449283.html
# Veterans / VA
Veterans Service Commission reminds veterans of their rights amid misconceptions
https://www.newsbreak.com/wtol-11-524567/3861290227066-veterans-service-commission-reminds-veterans-of-their-rights-amid-misconceptions
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