Feb 5, 2025
• International Court indicted Netanyahu for genocide. Trump invited him to the Whitehouse – where Trump laid out his plans for the US to take over and “own” Gaza – removing Palestinians to Egypt, Jordan or elsewhere, level the site, and rebuild creating the “Rivera of the Mid East, so magnificent.”
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and Palestinians rejected the plan.
Trump ordered dismissal of nearly the entire staff (10,000 workers) of USAID, reinstated delivery of. 2000-pound bombs to Israel, and lifted ban on Israeli settlers taking the homes of Palestinians living in the West Bank.
Trump executive order pulls the US from the UN Human Rights Council and end US support of UNRWA (the UN agency that provides aid to Palestinian refugees), and ordered investigation of UNESCO
CIA employees offered early retirement buyout offers from Elon Musk’s DOGE. 20,000 civilian government workers have accepted so far. Unions representing civilian government workers sued the US Treasury and Trump Administration Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent for illegally allowing Musk and DOGE and cohorts access to classified information including the personal information of millions of Americans through Social Security, tax returns, and records of other programs.
https://www.democracynow.org/
ACLU sues Trump Administration over shutdown of asylum, deportations, transgender rights, citizen protections for US Military members, and more. http://www.aclu.org https://www.democracynow.org/
On February 5, Public Citizen filed a motion for a temporary restraining order seeking to stop Department of Treasury and Secretary Scott Bessent’s violation of federal laws that protect the privacy of personal information contained in federal records through granting DOGE-affiliated individuals full, continuous, and ongoing access to that information means that retirees, taxpayers, federal employees, companies, and other individuals from all walks of life have no assurance that their information will receive the protection that federal law affords. And because Defendants’ actions and decisions are shrouded in secrecy, individuals will not have even basic information about what personal or financial information that Defendants are sharing with outside parties or how their information is being used.
Feb 3, 2025
•Trump order to impose 25% tariffs on products coming from Canada, Mexico, and an additional 10% (on top of already in place 30% to 100% tariffs) on products from China takes effect at midnight unless blocked. The action is expected to cause escalated prices for US customers. Those countries promised to retaliate by imposing similar tariffs on US.
Feb 2, 2025
• Tens of thousands of anti-ICE marchers across the US protested Trump administration arrests and mass deportations of immigrants.
In LA, according to reports from local Channel 4, KCAL, NBC, two peaceful protest marches of thousands ‘mostly women and young people” shut down both sides of the 101 freeway and another assembled around city hall.
KNN News video:
Jan 31, 2025
•Trump issued two executive orders targeting K-12 schools. One would block federal funding for schools that protect transgender students and teach critical race theory (CTR is a college level class). The order also promotes patriotic education. The other order redirects taxpayer funding of public schools to private school vouchers.
•Over 100 Palestinians including 24 children were freed by Israel as part of the ceasefire deal. The UN is calling for 2500 Palestinian children to be evacuated from Gaza for immediate medical treatment.
•German citizens flooded the streets in protest of a far-right fascist group attempting to take over the government.
•Quakers sue Trump for his order allowing ICE raids of schools, hospitals, shelters and religious institutions including places of worship.
https://www.democracynow.org/
Jan 30, 2025
•After widespread negative public comment and some congress members countering the order, and two Federal judges ruling against it, Trump rescinds his executive order freezing funds already appropriated by Congress for federal safety net programs – including those supporting disabled Veterans, children’s lunch programs, Medicaid health programs and more.
•Trump says he plans to incarcerate 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo Bay.
Jan 29, 2025
• Trump ordered the Gulf of Mexico be renamed Gulf of America, and renamed Mount Denali (the traditional indigenous name) to Mount McKinley (after US President McKinley). Plan to “retake” the Panama Canal and Greenland (which has the largest deposits of rare earth minerals used in batteries and high-tech products). Both Panama and Denmark rejected Trump plan to give up their territory. Trump “plan” to annex Canada (Canada scoffed at the idea). “Plans” to impose tariffs on products imported from Canada and Mexico – which analysts say will drive up prices in the US.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzn48jwz2o
Jan 28, 2025
•Following President Trump’s executive order promising millions of undocumented immigrants would be deported from the US, ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement) reported arresting more than 1000 people and detaining another 1000 in warantless raids across the country held on Sunday.
•An elementary school in Chicago refused to allow agents to enter school grounds. (Agents may not enter a building without a warrant signed by a judge that specifically spells out the correctly spelled name of the person(s) they are looking for.)
Gaza: Over 80 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the ceasefire went into effect. Thousands attempt to return to bombed out homes. Trump ends ban on sending 2000-pound bombs to Israel.
SOURCES:
https://www.democracynow.org/
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzn48jwz2o
https://www.aclusocal.org/
https://ocrapidresponse.org/
•Know Your Rights Campaign
https://unitedwedream.org/resources/know-your-rights/
https://www.ilrc.org/resources/family-preparedness-plan
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