Voices, The Peoples News
March 24, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Navy deploys second destroyer on security mission to southern border
https://news.usni.org/2025/03/21/destroyer-uss-spruance-deploying-to-northcom-for-border-mission
The deep roots of ICE’s disdain for civil liberties. For the last two decades, it has operated with little public scrutiny.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/ice-deportations-trump-rubio-prison-civil-liberties-rcna197304
‘Ignoring The Law Altogether’: Tom Homan Swats Down Worries About ‘Due Process’ For Deported Gang Members. Border czar Tom Homan clashed with Jonathan Karl over the Trump administration’s efforts to deport members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA).
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/ignoring-the-law-altogether-tom-homan-swats-down-worries-about-due-process-for-deported-gang-members/ar-AA1BvhMK
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Trump EPA’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer From Roundup. The corporation behind Roundup herbicide has paid out nearly $11 billion in lawsuits. Now it’s backing an EPA rule that would stop the bleeding.
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/21/trump-epa-monsanto-roundup-bayer-cancer-chemicals/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Here are the companies that have committed to investing billions in the US over Trump tariffs. New multi-billion-dollar investments in the United States have been announced, helping to fulfill President Donald Trump’s campaign promises, but they still aren’t stopping worries about a recession.
https://www.newsweek.com/business-trump-biden-investments-manufacturing-recession-2048775
IRS braces for $500bn drop in revenue as taxpayers skip filings in wake of DOGE cuts at agency
https://www.yahoo.com/news/irs-braces-500bn-drop-revenue-190302576.html
# Education / Schools
Columbia Bends The Knee To Trump. Columbia University reached an agreement with the Trump administration Friday following a battle for its federal funding.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/21/columbia-bends-the-knee-to-trump/
Beware an administration that bellows ‘English Only’ and ‘America First’ while decimating education
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-forward-2082432/3867423380587-beware-an-administration-that-bellows-english-only-and-america-first-while-decimating-education
Social workers get millions to push DEI in schools. A close look at the Department of Education’s grant funding shows that millions of taxpayer dollars are being spent at universities to train social workers to push Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at K-12 schools.
https://www.aol.com/social-workers-millions-push-dei-144200153.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump administration issues license for floating LNG facility Biden administration stonewalled. The facility will connect four floating LNG units to existing onshore pipelines and transport the gas to the global market from U.S. federal waters.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/trump-administration-issues-license-floating-lng-facility-biden
Biden-era tax on natural gas repealed, a boon for energy industry
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1908434e-034e-11f0-b4e6-3792b4a8c707.html
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
The shrinking of the Greenland Ice Sheet can’t be stopped—but it can and must be slowed
https://thebulletin.org/premium/2025-03/the-shrinking-of-the-greenland-ice-sheet-cant-be-stopped-but-it-can-and-must-be-slowed/
# Gov / Politics
Trump Offers White House Easter Egg Roll to Highest Bidder
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-easter-egg-roll-plan-criticism_n_67e0fa06e4b0866f0f087c1f
‘You Are Not Fighting’: Republicans Aren’t The Only Ones Facing Rabid Town Halls. Democratic lawmakers are under scrutiny from their own voters for allegedly enabling Trump’s agenda, culminating at fiery town halls.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/03/21/democrat-town-halls-glenn-ivey-debbie-dingell-schumer-budget-shutdown/
Vance resigns from Senate, OH special election officially underway. Whoever succeeds the vice president-elect will serve until Ohio holds a special election in November 2026
https://rollcall.com/2025/01/09/vance-resigns-from-senate-clearing-the-way-for-a-gop-replacement/
‘This shouldn’t happen in a democracy’: Trump tries to arrest academic suing administration over antisemitism executive order: Immigration agents are allegedly trying to arrest and deport a Cornell PhD student who filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s executive orders cracking down on pro-Palestinian protesters.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/this-shouldn-t-happen-in-a-democracy-trump-tries-to-arrest-academic-suing-administration-over-antisemitism-executive-order/ar-AA1BpUif?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
‘Chilling effect on free speech:’ Trump wants green card applicants already legally in the US to hand over social media profiles. Experts say this is an assault on the First Amendment
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-immigrants-share-social-media-handles-1235301736/
Inventing Judicial Review: Israel and America
https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.13051/5194/Inventing_Judicial_Review___Israel_and_America.pdf?sequence=2
‘The president has consistently violated the law’: Trump slammed for using AG Pam Bondi to target lawyers and law firms with ‘Preventing Abuses of the Legal System’ memo
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-president-has-consistently-violated-the-law-trump-slammed-for-using-ag-pam-bondi-to-target-lawyers-and-law-firms-with-preventing-abuses-of-the-legal-system-memo/
‘There’s gonna be political costs’: GOP insiders warn of ‘mounting frustration’ with Musk
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-musk-mounting-voter-frustration/
This Republican tried to impeach a judge. Guess which billionaire cut him a check? Elon Musk gave the maximum campaign contributions allowed to seven Republican members of Congress for sheepishly ignoring the law and giving President Donald Trump whatever he wants.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/03/23/musk-campaign-contributions-republicans-congress/82601318007/
The Guardian view on Trump and Ukraine: Putin has shown he does not want peace. The Russian president is the impediment to US proposals for a ceasefire. But Europe knows that this administration is unlikely to act accordingly
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/21/the-guardian-view-on-trump-and-ukraine-putin-has-shown-he-does-not-want-peace
If Trump can disappear them, he can disappear you. With no court to verify anything the Trump regime alleges, you could be arrested and sent to a prison in El Salvador for having views the regime dislikes
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/if-trump-can-disappear-them-he-can
Trump Revokes Security Clearances For Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Among Others. U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday the rescission of security clearances for former President Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, and others
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5337218/trump-revokes-security-clearances-biden-clinton
Bernie Sanders and AOC Rallies Are Pissing Off Elon Musk. The two Democrats are drawing huge crowds on the “Fight Oligarchy” tour. And it’s making Republicans nervous.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193071/bernie-sanders-aoc-rally-pissing-off-elon-musk
‘Chilling and Unprecedented’: Trump Memo Threatens Law Firms That Cross His Administration. “Good lawyers, regardless of ideology or party, will remain undeterred in the honorable pursuit of our profession,” wrote the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-law-firms-directive
Sanders, AOC Draw Biggest Crowd of Their Careers at Rally to Fight ‘Oligarchy’ in Denver. “The American people will not allow Trump to move us into oligarchy and authoritarianism. We will fight back. We will win,” said Sanders.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193071/bernie-sanders-aoc-rally-pissing-off-elon-musk
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Former Biden US Attorney Jessica Aber Found Dead At Home. Jessica Aber, a 43-year-old former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia appointed by President Biden, was found dead at her home Saturday in Alexandria, Virginia.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/23/virginia-us-attorney-jessica-aber-death
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘This needs to stop now’: Elon Musk and MAGA ‘take aim’ at another huge law firm
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-takes-on-skadden/
Trump Attempts to Use 18th Century Law to Allow Feds to Enter Homes Without a Warrant
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-search-warrant-fourth-amendment-b2719701.html
# Media
Justice Sotomayor speaks out as Trump and Musk escalate attacks on the free press! “We will lose our democracy,” Sotomayor said, if people are unable to determine the credibility of the news and information they are consuming.
https://www.newsweek.com/sotomayor-issues-stark-warning-we-will-lose-our-democracy-2029843
A federal lawsuit says the Trump administration has unlawfully shuttered the Voice of America
https://time.com/7270764/federal-lawsuit-trump-administration-unlawfully-shuttered-voice-of-america/
# Medical / Health News
With Arrest of Midwife, Texas Escalates Chilling Reproductive Rights Crackdown. The near-total abortion ban in Texas has already been deadly. A criminalizing crackdown will make mortality rates worse.
https://truthout.org/articles/with-arrest-of-midwife-texas-escalates-chilling-reproductive-rights-crackdown/
# Military / DOD / General News
Air Force, Navy warn troops about political speech amid Trump administration changes. New memos from the Air Force and the Navy warn troops to watch their political speech online and in person, and even mentioned Uniform Code of Military Justice violations for certain criticisms of the president or their superior officers
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/21/air-force-navy-warn-troops-about-political-speech-amid-trump-administration-changes.html
# Military / General News / Global
Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel has struck the largest hospital in the territory’s south
https://newsroom.ap.org/editorial-photos-videos/detail?itemid=5f199c2633244da2b67e469eac78b95e
North Korea is testing weapons in Ukraine for potential use against South, envoy warns. North Korea is using its support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to test weapons it could deploy against the South in a future conflict, Ukraine’s ambassador to Seoul said in a news report Sunday
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2025-03-24/north-korea-ukraine-weapons-testing-17244441.html
# Social / Social Programs
“We’re not being honest”: Sen. Curtis says GOP is deceiving voters about Social Security cuts. The Republican senator from Utah accused the GOP of trying to have it both ways on meddling with Social Security
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/23/were-not-being-honest-sen-curtis-says-is-deceiving-about-social-security-cuts/
‘A slap in the face’: GOP congressman slams closure of Social Security office in district
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5206478-ny-republican-slams-social-security-office-closure/
Alabama: Social Security Commissioner Clarifies if Agency Will Shut Down Over DOGE Restraining Order
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-chief-rows-back-shutting-down-agency-2048970
Social Security Chief Makes Announcement: Among these changes are plans to cut thousands of jobs, close offices and enact new policy, including more stringent identity checks that could require in-person office visits.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5320263/social-security-administration-changes-identity-office
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