V oices, The Peoples News
December 11, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Trump launches the ‘Gold Card’ program. Trump launches $1m ‘gold card’ visa scheme amid immigration crackdown. Wealthy immigrants will be able to buy residency, and $5m ‘platinum card’ will exempt holders from some US taxes
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/10/trump-us-gold-card-visa-launch
Now under closer scrutiny, thousands of Afghan refugees qualified for slew of costly benefits. Following the pullout of American forces from Afghanistan in 2021, the Biden administration admitted nearly 200,000 evacuees between 2021 and 2023, including two recently
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/center-square/thousands-afghan-refugees-qualified-slew-costly-benefits
Doctors Fear ICE’s Unremovable Monitoring Devices Are Going to Harm Pregnant Women. “She was in tears about it. She had this deep fear that ICE was going to come to the hospital and take her baby.”
https://www.jezebel.com/ice-monitoring-devices-pregnancy-hospital-removal-authorization-emergencies-bi-inc-atd
# Drugs / Trafficking
Trump warns Colombian President Gustavo Petro is ‘going to be next’ in drug trafficking crackdown. Trump has primarily focused his attention on combating the illicit drug trade flowing from Venezuela, by directing strikes to interdict suspected drug-running operations. But he has floated expanding his strikes to Mexico and Colombia.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trump-warns-colombian-president-gustavo-petro-going-be-next-drug-trafficking
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Furious Senate Democrats move to block Trump from putting his face on new dollar coin. “President Trump’s self-celebrating maneuvers are authoritarian actions worthy of dictators like North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, not the United States of America,” Merkely said in a statement.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5640473-democrats-bill-trump-coin/
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA
‘TURN HER MIC OFF!’: Karoline Leavitt caught out in bald-faced lie about Trump and the Biden administration. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s demonstrably false claim that China was not purchasing American soybeans under the Biden administration. Critics and fact-checkers quickly debunked her statement, pointing out that China had resumed large-volume soybean purchases during Joe Biden’s term, leading to the viral call to end her remarks.
https://marketrealist.com/what-are-the-changes-that-donald-trump-has-made-to-social-security/
# General News / ‘Arctic Frost’
Grassley sheds light on his probe into Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost investigation. Grassley is pledging to “find out exactly what went wrong, so that bad actors can be held accountable and this sort of political witch hunt never happens again.”
https://punchbowl.news/article/senate/grassley-probe-arctic-frost-investigation/
# General News / Boat Strikes
House Armed Services committee to end its probe into US military boat strike. Committee members are still set to hear from the commander who ordered the strike and see the unedited video of the incident in the coming days.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/12/09/congress/its-done-house-armed-services-chair-says-of-his-boat-strike-probe-00684108
All of the deadly US strikes on alleged drug boats are murders. There is no rule of law if the president can deem anyone an enemy combatant and order them summarily shot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/10/us-boat-strikes-murder
Pentagon’s new press corps shies away from ongoing boat strike saga. New press restrictions at the Pentagon resulted in many legacy news outlets losing access and being replaced
https://san.com/cc/pentagons-new-press-corps-shies-away-from-ongoing-boat-strike-saga/
3 separate US strikes on alleged drug boats have initially left survivors. Each time they’ve been treated differently
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/10/politics/survivors-3-strikes-us-military
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Federal judge allows release of Epstein sex trafficking case grand jury transcripts
U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman reversed his earlier decision to keep the transcripts sealed
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/judge-says-justice-department-can-unseal-records-from-epsteins-2019-sex-trafficking-case
# Gov / Politics
White House MELTDOWN! Trump demands immunity from the International Criminal Court — and threatens sanctions if they don’t deliver. The administration is openly pressuring the world’s top war-crimes tribunal to pledge it will never investigate the president, the vice president, or even the secretary of war — not now, not in 2029, not ever.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-threatens-new-icc-sanctions-unless-court-pledges-not-to-prosecute-trump
House chairman says Tim Walz’s political career over, threatens subpoena in Minnesota fraud probe. Tim Walz based his local support from a considerable segment of the Somali community, and has been less than forthcoming about his role and actions in the related and now-revealed widespread fraud that has been part of Minnesota’s Democratic Party landscape for years.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/house-chairman-says-tim-walz-political-career-over-will-subpoena-over-fraud-if
Homan confirms DHS is investigating whether Ilhan Omar came to US illegally by marrying brother. Homan also said DHS is conducting an extensive review of visa fraud within Minnesota’s Somali community, which comes after the department claimed 50% of visas in Minnesota are fraudulent.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/homan-confirms-dhs-investigating-whether-ilhan-omar-came-us-illegally-marrying
Judicial Watch Sues DOJ Again Over Cover-Up of IRS Investigation of Hunter Biden
https://wlos.com/news/nation-world/watchdog-sues-biden-justice-department-for-records-about-hunter-bidens-gun-judicial-watch-secret-service-president-joe-biden
Thomas Massie introduces bill to pull US out of NATO: ‘America should not be the world’s security blanket.’ “NATO is a Cold War relic. We should withdraw from NATO and use that money to defend our own country, not socialist countries,” said Rep. Thomas Massie.
https://massie.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395782
Chuck Schumer Says Moscow Is Endorsing Trump’s National Security Strategy As President Sells Out European Allies And Puts Russia First
https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/25/12/49273575/chuck-schumer-says-moscow-is-endorsing-trumps-national-security-strategy-as-president-sells-out-european-allies-and-puts-russia-first
Trump sends shockwaves through Latin America as he hints TWO more nations are in his sights for a Venezuela-style crackdown. Trump cited Mexico and Colombia’s drug trade into the US as he continues threatening to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15367187/Trump-sends-shockwaves-Latin-America-hints-TWO-nations-sights-Venezuela-style-crackdown.html
Congress would target China with new restrictions in massive defense bill. The Pentagon legislation will not include a bipartisan Senate housing package or language banning a CBDC.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/12/lawmakers-agree-to-china-investment-crackdown-in-defense-bill-00680294
The 25th Amendment is there to protect us, are our leaders brave enough to use it? When a president isn’t just doing a bad job but isn’t doing the job at all, the Constitution gives us a plan. It’s called Section 4 of the 25th Amendment, and it’s the only legal mechanism that allows the vice president and Cabinet to declare that the president is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5639258-25th-amendment-constitutional-catch-22/
25th Amendment: The 25th Amendment, proposed by Congress and ratified by the states in the aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, provides the procedures for replacing the president or vice president in the event of death, removal, resignation, or incapacitation.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani appointed rapper and activist Mysonne Linen, a formerly incarcerated person convicted of armed robbery, to his criminal justice transition team
https://san.com/media-miss/mamdani-appoints-ex-convict-rapper-to-criminal-justice-panel/
# Medical / Biologicals / Science / Research / Technology
‘Treason’: A Democrat doctor just made a brutal claim about Trump’s cognition, and his response was explosive. He called the claims “treasonous” and defended his health in a nearly 500-word post. The president made it clear he was angry about the ongoing rumors regarding his age and fitness for office.
https://attackofthefanboy.com/politics/treason-a-democrat-doctor-just-made-a-brutal-claim-about-trumps-cognition-and-his-response-was-explosive/
Potential COVID Vaccine-Linked Deaths Under Investigation. The FDA investigation is being carried out as part of a safety review, a HHS spokesperson said on Dec. 9.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-09/fda-examines-possible-adult-deaths-from-covid-shots-in-probe
See also: COVID-19 vaccines and sudden death https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK607367/
# Medical // Global
A woman in South Korea just received the world’s first 3D-printed windpipe made entirely from her own cells, and six months later, her body is growing new tissue around it like it was always meant to be there. No donor list. No rejection drugs. Just science that sounds like magic. This is how we save lives in 2025.
https://bioethicseducation.org/scientists-in-south-korea-implanted-worlds-first-3d-printed-windpipe-in-a-woman/
# Military / War Department
House passes defense bill, forcing Pentagon’s hand on boat strike videos. The must-pass legislation also restricts the Trump administration from significantly reducing U.S. troop levels in Europe
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/10/house-passes-ndaa-boat-strike-videos-00685641
# Military / Global
WW3 fears erupt as Russia-China patrol forces Japan and South Korea to scramble jets. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Russian, Chinese planes entered its air defence zone during the joint exercise.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/10/s-korea-japan-scramble-warplanes-in-response-to-russia-china-air-patrol
Russia planned to bomb US-bound cargo planes, poison water supplies as part of covert war against Europe
https://nypost.com/2025/12/10/world-news/russia-planned-bombings-on-us-bound-cargo-planes-poisoning-water-supplies-as-part-of-covert-war-against-europe-report/
Mystery fires were Russian ‘test runs’ to target cargo flights to US. A series of parcel fires targeting courier companies in Poland, Germany and the UK were dry runs aimed at sabotaging flights to the US and Canada, Polish prosecutors say.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c07912lxx33o
Putin’s ‘ghost ship’ appears in NATO waters. A giant tanker from Vladimir Putin’s covert ‘shadow fleet’ is drifting in the Black Sea following a Ukrainian drone strike.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putins-ghost-ship-appears-in-nato-waters/ar-AA1RQhMy
Over 500,000 Flee Thai-Cambodia Clash as Trump to Urge Peace. Fighting between the neighbors, which has killed at least 12 people, erupted over the weekend along their 800-kilometer (500-mile) frontier. Both sides exchanged artillery fire, and Thailand deployed F-16 jets after accusing Cambodia of firing rockets into civilian areas.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-ll-call-thailand-022249683.html
# Social Services / Programs
Trump admin set to make major changes to Social Security in 2026. The passage of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” had a provision that included enhanced tax deduction for Americans aged 65 or above. The tax deduction isn’t limited to Social Security benefits, but some retirees who previously paid taxes on the benefits will no longer have to do so from next year.
https://marketrealist.com/what-are-the-changes-that-donald-trump-has-made-to-social-security/
# Sports
Trump Threatens to Move World Cup Out of Seattle Due to Mayor-Elect’s Politics. “People care less about labels than results,” Wilson has said, regarding criticism of her democratic socialist views.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-to-move-world-cup-out-of-seattle-due-to-mayor-elects-politics/
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Trump Greenlights Nvidia AI Chip Sales to China, Prompting Security Alarms. Lawmakers and industry experts are warning that President Donald Trump’s decision on Monday to allow the sale of Nvidia-manufactured chips used in advanced artificial intelligence (AI) to China puts national security at risk.
https://meritalk.com/articles/trump-greenlights-nvidia-ai-chip-sales-to-china-prompting-security-alarms/
Elizabeth Warren Says Trump And Lutnick Need To Answer Why They Are ‘Selling Out’ US Security By Letting China Have Nvidia AI Chips
https://www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/minority/warren-statement-on-trump-administration-greenlighting-sale-of-h200-chips-to-china
Secretive New Mexico Data Center Plan Races Forward Despite Community Pushback. To power the growing demand for AI, New Mexico is gearing up to build a data center with a city-sized carbon footprint.
https://truthout.org/articles/secretive-new-mexico-data-center-plan-races-forward-despite-community-pushback/
# Travel / Tourism
U.S. Issues Security Alert for This Popular Destination Amid Rise in Crimes Targeting Tourists
The alert warns of break-ins, robberies, and extortion at rental properties and urges travelers to take extra precautions.
https://www.travelandleisure.com/us-embassy-warns-travelers-of-crime-surge-in-costa-rica-11861385
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