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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-04-22

Voices, The Peoples News

April 22, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
‘An affront to our great Indian population’: Trump rages as school ordered to swap mascots
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-truth-social-2671816411/

The Eastern Shoshone this month voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock as a way to treat them more like elk or deer rather than like cattle. Because the two tribes share the same land base, the Northern Arapaho are expected to vote on the distinction as well.
https://apnews.com/article/wyoming-buffalo-wildlife-cattle-048e8c6f7d7bac94d6035f3b967df873

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Troops can now detain, search people on newly minted military land on the border. A 60-foot-wide zone of New Mexico land that runs along the U.S. border with Mexico has been deemed part of Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to allow troops to begin arresting people for trespassing on military territory
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-04-21/new-mexico-border-military-zone-17537794.html

Fans Split As Donald Trump Has Athlete Deported From The United States (Report): Because of a ‘misinterpreted’ tattoo on his arm, a Venezuelan soccer player was deported to El Salvador
https://gridironheroics.com/donald-trump-soccer-deportion/

German teens traveling to US jailed and deported over loosely planned vacation being found ‘suspicious,’ deported over missing hotel reservation. Despite having ESTA approval, the travelers were detained overnight and deported to Tokyo.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/04/21/german-tourists-turned-away-us-border/83195396007/

Venezuela accuses El Salvador of human trafficking as prisoners caught in row between authoritarians. Nayib Bukele offered to exchange 252 Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador for 252 prisoners in Venezuela
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/21/venezuela-el-salvador-bukele-maduro-prisoners

ICE buses full of Venezuelan migrants heading for deportation flights turn around as SCOTUS ruling drops:
https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/us-news/ice-buses-full-of-venezuelan-migrants-heading-to-airport-for-deportation-flights-turned-around-video-shows/?utm_source=threads&utm_campaign=nypost&utm_medium=social

# Border / Immigration / General News
Bukele Has Cruel Plan to Make Trump’s Mass Deportations Even Worse. The president of El Salvador has a new idea for what to do with Venezuelan deportees from the U.S.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194203/nayib-bukele-donald-trump-mass-deportations-venezuela

Border Agents’ Aggressive Tactics Against Black Organizer Raise Alarms About Dissent Suppression. “Customs and Border Patrol does not merely police borders—they police dissent.”
https://newsone.com/6092371/border-agents-aggressive-tactics-against-black-organizer-raise-alarms/

Trump took his attacks about wrongly deported Maryland immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a new level on Easter Day, threatening to pursue legal action against those who do not follow his lead
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-threats-kilmar-abrego-garcia_n_68064b2fe4b02ca6f7ee4180

GOP Senator Admits Dad’s Deportation Was a ‘Screwup’—But Says He’s ‘Never Coming Back to the U.S.’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-senator-admits-dad-deportation-112441261.html

Trump proposal to deport U.S. citizens convicted of violent crimes to El Salvador faces legal hurdle
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-proposal-deport-u-citizens-200700769.html

Can Trump legally deport US citizens to El Salvador prisons? Proposal to deport criminals who are US citizens could test the limits of the US Constitution, experts say.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/16/can-trump-legally-deport-us-citizens-to-el-salvador-prisons

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Lead and Arsenic Discovered in Trusted Toothpaste Brands: Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds. Most of 51 brands tested, including those for children, contained dangerous heavy metal
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/17/toothpaste-lead-heavy-metals

This non-profit tested common toothpaste brands for toxic metals. Here’s what it found
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/non-profit-tested-common-toothpaste-191739568.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump Team Eyes Politically Connected Startup to Overhaul $700 Billion Government Payments Program. A little-known firm with investors linked to JD Vance, Elon Musk and Trump could get a piece of the federal expense card system — and its hundreds of millions in fees. “This goes against all the normal contracting safeguards,” one expert said.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-peter-thiel-ramp-gsa-smartpay-expense-payment-system

The first shockwaves of Trump’s tariffs are about to hit the world economy.
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/first-shockwaves-of-trumps-tariffs-about-to-hit-world-economy

Wall Street and the dollar tumble as investors retreat further from the United States. Wall Street weakened Monday as investors worldwide get more skeptical about U.S. investments because of President Donald Trump’s trade war and his criticism of the Federal Reserve, which are shaking the traditional order.
https://apnews.com/article/stocks-markets-rates-inflation-trump-68a6a7f7765d78d46329abbecfbe0797

Trump Tries To Isolate China: A White House strategy to strong-arm trade partners into joining its efforts to isolate China economically is far from assured of success, economic analysts said. Trump admin to offer more than 70 US trade partners reduced tariffs if they isolate China from their economies
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-admin-planning-isolate-china-tariff-pressure-campaign

China Threatens Retaliation if Trump Tries to Isolate Country, in response to reports that President Donald Trump is attempting to economically isolate China in negotiations over reciprocal tariffs.
https://www.newsweek.com/china-retaliation-threat-donald-trump-isolation-2062532

Why Trade Wars Lead to Real Wars—and This Time May Be No Different: From at least the time of Ancient Greece, tariffs and trade restrictions have been a factor behind wars. As U.S. President Donald Trump imposes tariffs worldwide and particularly on America’s greatest rival, China, the question is whether it will happen again.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-us-china-trade-war-tariffs-2061997

‘This is an administration priding itself on revenge’: Ex-IRS head sounds alarm over Trump’s weaponization of agency
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-irs-tax-harvard-warning-b2736146.html

Trump Sends the Economy Tanking Over Fight With Fed Chair. Donald Trump has made it clear he wants to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194214/donald-trump-economy-tanking-fight-federal-reserve-jerome-powell

# Education / Schools / Libraries
Millions of student-loan borrowers could lose Social Security benefits and tax refunds in 2 weeks if they don’t pay up
https://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-borrowers-default-repayment-wage-social-security-garnishment-2025-4

Trump Admin Freezes Additional $1 Billion In NIH Grants To Harvard University. NIH freezes funds to Harvard and four other universities, but can’t tell them. Move follows broader White House attack on Harvard funding and stop-work orders to contractors
https://www.science.org/content/article/nih-freezes-funds-harvard-and-four-other-universities-can-t-tell-them

Harvard sues Trump administration to stop the freeze of more than $2 billion in grants
https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-lawsuit-grants-f098f55c6986b37e1227e7bcf8967a46

Trump Admin Gets Serious About Collecting Defaulted Student Loans After Borrowers Got A Pass Under Biden. The Department of Education (ED) Monday announced it is beginning involuntary collection efforts for student loans after a five year pause.
https://san.com/cc/trump-administration-to-resume-collecting-defaulted-student-loans-may-5/

As Trump Guts Support for Disabled Students, Their Families Are Fighting Back. Disability rights advocates are filing lawsuits as students, teachers and parents organize to protect education.
https://truthout.org/articles/as-trump-guts-support-for-disabled-students-their-families-are-fighting-back/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump Administration Opens Up Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument To Commercial Fishing
https://www.iflscience.com/trump-administration-opens-up-pacific-islands-heritage-marine-national-monument-to-commercial-fishing-78884

EPA chief defends sweeping rollback of environmental rules as safe for public and planet. The Trump administration’s effort to dismantle environmental regulations may not survive court challenges, but the attempt alone could create enough disruption to slow climate policy for years.
https://www.ehn.org/epas-deregulatory-push-faces-legal-roadblocks-but-could-still-delay-climate-action

Trump Admin Aims to Gut Endangered Species Act Habitat Protections. The Trump administration has proposed a rule that would eliminate endangered species’ habitat protections in the United States.
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/trump-administration-moves-to-gut-habitat-protections-for-endangered-wildlife-2025-04-16/

Scientists Flew Gophers to Mount St. Helens After an Eruption for Just a Day, the Ecosystem After Will Surprise You. The eruption of Mount St. Helens was catastrophic and caused the wipeout of various species, demanding a revival of the lost ecosystem.
https://knewz.com/world/scientists-flew-gophers-to-mount-st-helens-after-an-eruption-for-just-a-day-the-ecosystem-after-will-surprise-you/

Massive hole the size of Switzerland appeared in the Antarctica sea ice, now we know why. According to a new study, it ultimately formed due to a combination of wind, ocean currents and underwater geography that created the perfect salty conditions to melt the sea ice.
https://www.space.com/antarctica-sea-ice-hole-2016-2017-explained

Climate Leaders Warn About Potential Trump Action Against Environmental Groups. Leading climate action advocates spoke out against anticipated moves by President Trump’s administration to strip the nonprofit status of groups who have been at the front line of the fight against its rollbacks of environmental protection.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21042025/climate-leaders-vow-to-defend-environmental-groups-against-trump-action/

Trump administration dismantles pollution protections and deletes public data as EPA grants sweeping exemptions to industry. As the Trump administration intensifies its deregulation of environmental protections, watchdog groups and public health advocates are warning of far-reaching consequences for communities overburdened by industrial pollution.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/21/trump-administration-dismantles-pollution-protections-and-deletes-public-data-as-epa-grants-sweeping-exemptions-to-industry/

# Food General News
Tainted fertilizer spread across 10,000 acres may trigger first Superfund designation for farmland. Texas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with “forever chemicals” poisoned their land and killed their livestock. An untold number of farmers and ranchers across Texas have spread it on their land.
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/12/02/texas-farmers-pfas-forever-chemicals-biosolids-fertilizer/

Sewage sludge, the raw material for fertilizer, & the issue of PFAS. The researchers were concerned. The data suggested that the toxic chemicals, made by 3M, were fast becoming ubiquitous in the environment. The company’s research had already linked exposure to birth defects, cancer and more.
https://ariescleantech.com/the-new-york-times-sewage-sludge-the-raw-material-for-fertilizer-the-issue-of-pfas/

Roughly One-Sixth of Croplands Globally Polluted With Toxic Heavy Metals, Researchers Say. Heavy metals are elements that come from both natural and human-made sources. They do not break down in the environment and stay in soils for decades. They accumulate in the body over time, leading to chronic diseases that may not appear for years.
https://www.ecowatch.com/cropland-heavy-metal-pollution.html

# General News
Pope Francis’ successor ‘revealed’ in ancient prophecy plucked from secret Vatican archives. The “Prophecy of the Popes” is a series of cryptic Latin phrases in a document that has been interpreted as describing the lineup of church leaders starting with Celestine II in 1143 and ending with “Peter the Roman” in 2027.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/lifestyle/pope-francis-successor-revealed-in-ancient-prophecy-plucked-from-secret-vatican-archives/

White House Announces It Can Now “Manipulate Time and Space”: You might be thinking to yourself: “They didn’t really say that, though, did they?” Reader, they did. While the statement was likely intended as aspirational language about technological progress, it has since circulated widely online, with some interpreting the comment literally.
https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-says-tech-can-manipulate-time-space-2060986

# Gov / Politics
Behind Trump’s imperial presidency (and Elon), there’s Russell Vought. Elon Musk is the face of DOGE, but Russell Vought is the brains. He’s been planning such a crusade since well before Project 2025.
https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-russell-vought-doge-musk-trump/?embedded-checkout=true

Why Pete Hegseth Is Just the Tip of the Lunacy and Chaos Iceberg
https://www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeast-513346/3972889307309-opinion-why-pete-hegseth-is-just-the-tip-of-the-lunacy-and-chaos-iceberg

Patience runs thin as Trump’s battle with Supreme Court intensifies
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5258916-supreme-court-trump-administration/

Texas Politician Stabbed and Husband Killed After Attack in Their Own Home: The first Black mayor of a city in Texas was stabbed and her husband killed, allegedly at the hands of their grandson in their home
https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/us-news/texas-politician-bobbie-mitchell-stabbed-husband-killed-after-being-attacked-by-their-grandson-at-home/

House Republicans unanimously voted yes to move forward an extreme, Trump-backed bill that would disenfranchise millions of voters. This is blatant voter suppression, and there’s a real risk of it becoming law
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/save-act-voter-suppression-trump/

Trump targets officials who opposed his election lies: Donald Trump Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, Retaliating Against Anyone Who Resisted His Lies About the 2020 Election
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/donald-trump-cant-stop-wont-stop-retaliating-against-anyone-who-resisted-his-lies-about-the-2020-election?srsltid=AfmBOooXiPQ4wfVQOYK11SzICWmepLA1MIV_Hc2us8GelDVzHs3yLdYn

The SAVE Act extends the GOP’s war on women to the voter rolls. If passed into law, the SAVE Act could impede a swath of Americans from accessing the polls, but one of the largest groups of people who could be disenfranchised is married women who changed their last name.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/women-rule/2025/04/18/what-the-save-act-means-for-women-00298305

‘Most dangerous time’ in America: Ex-lawmaker warns nation now at huge risk of attack
https://www.rawstory.com/us-cyber/

Trump harvests autocratic powers. Planted by Bush and Cheney
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/21/trump-harvests-autocratic-powers/

Ex-Trump Staffers Call Out His ‘Royal Despot’-Like Behavior. Over 200 people signed the open letter criticizing the president.
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=149509

# Gov / Politics / Global
The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal interviews Muhammad Al-Bukhaiti, senior political officer and spokesman for Ansar Allah (the Houthi movement), on Yemen’s direct confrontation with a US military machine which is hellbent on destroying its ability to resist Israel.
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/04/21/houthi-spokesman-confronting-us-israel/

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Two Mississippi Capitol cops indicted for manslaughter after shooting of Black man during traffic stop. Police officers are accused of unreasonably using gunfire against a 25-year-old during a 2022 traffic stop
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/mississippi-capitol-police-jaylen-lewis-b2736913.html

FBI Director Kash Patel replaced as temp ATF director weeks earlier than previously disclosed. It is not clear whether Patel even knew that he had allegedly been replaced as ATF director back in February, and nobody in an official capacity wants to talk about it.
https://apnews.com/article/atf-director-army-secretary-driscoll-kash-patel-9de7e829b0585a9c4b5c13c08d4e7a38

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Comer refers former NY Gov Andrew Cuomo to DOJ for prosecution for Lying About Nursing Home Deaths. The recommendation also comes after the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic sent a referral to the Justice Department over the same allegations last year.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/comer-refers-andrew-cuomo-to-doj-for-criminal-charges-for-lying-about-nursing-home-deaths/

‘I’m astounded’: State AG slams brakes on immigrant arrests after judge rips state prosecutors and law enforcement for violating order she gave blocking them
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/im-astounded-state-ag-slams-brakes-on-immigrant-arrests-after-judge-rips-state-prosecutors-and-law-enforcement-for-violating-order-she-gave-blocking-them/

‘Truly galling’: Law expert accuses Justice Alito of ‘inventing’ procedure to help Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/justice-samuel-alito-2671815052/

‘Get in the mud with a pig’: Law professor gives lesson on Trump’s ‘extortion’ scheme. She called the deals “extortionate demands,” and referred to her former work as a prosecuting attorney. “The extortionist always comes back for more,” she warned. Of the “murky” deals, McQuade said, “One of the things we haven’t seen is the details.”
https://www.rawstory.com/shame-on-you-lawyer-deals/

# LGBTQ / Gender
What Happens When The State Decides It Knows Best For Your Child? We Found Out. The terrifying truth? Affirming reality, not delusion, is now grounds for taking away your child.
https://www.aol.com/happens-states-decides-knows-best-161145952.html

# Media / Press / Mail
Former Fox News host Steve Hilton announces bid for California governor. Hilton said he loved California and one-party rule had ruined the state.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/21/former-fox-news-host-steve-hilton-running-california-governor-00301302

IDF report on Gaza medics’ killing called a cover-up as rights groups demand independent probe. Despite video evidence and global outrage, Israeli military denies executions and offers limited disciplinary action for deadly March 23 attack
https://www.commondreams.org/news/idf-report-medics

# Medical / Health News
Wyoming Judge Clears The Way For Abortion Clinic To Resume Services
https://apnews.com/article/wyoming-abortion-law-court-injunctions-f5f865b9e40b670d72bf7fbb7b83ac1c

Massachusetts Proposes Laws to Remove Religious Exemptions, Parental Consent for Vaccines
https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2025-03-11/lawmakers-take-another-stab-at-getting-rid-of-vaccine-religious-exemptions

Vaccines and Autism: Can We Get to the Truth? After so many decades of silence and a near ban on any and all speculation in media and research in academia, the dam seems to have broken all at once. The NIH is working with teams of researchers in academia and private nonprofits to study the causes of autism, and vaccines are not off the table.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/vaccines-autism-can-we-get-to-the-truth/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20250421

Microplastics found in women’s ovaries raise concerns about fertility and toxic exposure, Peer-reviewed study’s findings raises fresh question on the toxic substances’ impact on fertility
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/19/microplastics-human-ovary-follicular-fluid

Experts sound alarm as health crisis threatens more than 1 billion children: ‘We cannot ignore.’ 48% of the world’s children are suffering from malnutrition
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/malnutrition-caused-by-changing-temperatures-children-save-the-children/

# Military / DOD / General News
White House has started the process of finding someone to replace Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371312/trump-white-house-pete-hegseth-defense-department

White House denies reports that it plans to replace Hegseth
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/21/pete-hegseth-trump-signal

Boeing looks to existing production lines for Golden Dome pitch. The head of Boeing’s space mission systems business envisions at least two of the company’s product lines as a clear fit for the Pentagon’s Golden Dome homeland missile defense capability — the X-37B spaceplane and a fleet of missile-tracking satellites
https://www.c4isrnet.com/space/2025/04/21/boeing-looks-to-existing-production-lines-for-golden-dome-pitch/

US Bolsters Israel with Airlift: At least eight U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III transport aircraft were tracked flying from Ramstein Air Base in Germany to Israel’s Nevatim Airbase.
https://www.newsweek.com/us-bolsters-israel-airlift-iran-nuclear-tensions-2062043

# Military / General News / Global
Map shows Putin’s warships in Asia amid war in Europe. President Vladimir Putin’s Russia has been flexing its naval muscles in the Indo-Pacific region in recent months while Moscow’s forces simultaneously wage war on Ukraine.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-news-navy-deployment-asia-pacific-vladimir-putin-ukraine-war-2062066

# Nuclear
China Fires Up World’s First Thorium-Powered Nuclear Reactor. The country’s nuclear industry has blown the lid off fission tech. “Rabbits sometimes make mistakes or grow lazy. That’s when the tortoise seizes its chance.”
https://futurism.com/china-thorium-nuclear-power

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Rep. Shontel Brown Leads Demand To Probe Elon Musk’s Starlink Being Wired Into White House Data Center: ‘This Is a Huge Red Flag’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/white-house-starlink-musk-house-dems

Wiz Acquisition Puts Israeli Intelligence In Charge of Your Google Data. Google recently announced it would acquire Israeli-American cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion. The price tag, 65 times Wiz’s annual revenue, has raised eyebrows and further solidified the close relationship between Google and the Israeli military.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/oogle-wiz-cybersecurity-data-deal/289413/

# Social / Social Programs
‘No additional funding’: Trump admin announces cut that could make 60K people homeless. People who rely on Emergency Housing Vouchers to pay their rent are facing upheaval, according to a new report.
https://www.rawstory.com/funding/

# Solar Activity
Mysterious 100-Year-Old Solar Cycle Has Been Awakened, Scientists Claim it Could Make Space Weather Dangerous. New research on recent solar intensity revealed connections to a 100-year solar cycle, which could lead to a continuous increase in solar activity.
https://knewz.com/world/mysterious-100-year-old-solar-cycle-has-been-awakened-scientists-claim-it-could-make-space-weather-dangerous/

# Space Force
To fully implement the White House orders, Space Force officials say they need more funding, personnel and budget flexibility. A sweeping Space Force acquisition review geared toward finding avenues for more commercial integration appears to have given the service a head start in aligning with several Trump administration directives aimed at reforming defense acquisition and pulling more private sector capabilities into the federal government
https://www.c4isrnet.com/space/2025/04/17/space-force-gets-head-start-on-trumps-commercial-buying-push/

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
“He’s pure evil.” Former Tesla Engineer Says Elon Threatened to Deport Her Team for Pointing Out a Problem With the Brakes. According to Balan, she was simply following Musk’s orders to “talk to me” if staffers thought it was the “fastest way to solve a problem for the benefit of the whole company.”
https://futurism.com/tesla-engineer-elon-musk-deport-team-safety

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-04-21

Voices, The Peoples News

April 21, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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Pope Francis dead at 88, sending Catholic Church into mourning,
Reflection as world speculates on possible successor
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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
US government offers $8 million reward for cartel brothers. The Trump administration is now targeting the leaders of La Nueva Familia Michoacana. The brothers are currently fugitives and are believed to be hiding in Mexico, according to federal officials.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/cartels/us-government-8-million-reward-cartel-brothers/

‘Risk of deportation’ warning for thousands of Irish students on J1 visa in USA
Students are among the many groups being targeted by the Trump Administration for deportaations with student groups advising foreign nationals to be particularly careful
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/irish-students-j1-visa-deported-35080863

US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days. Hermosillo’s wrongful arrest and prolonged detention comes amid escalating attacks by the Trump administration on immigrants in the US.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/us-citizen-jose-hermosillo-border-patrol

Aurora soccer coach detained by Customs at airport after traveling internationally
https://www.newsbreak.com/9news-524542/3969157125221-aurora-soccer-coach-detained-by-customs-at-airport-after-traveling-internationally

# Border / Immigration / General News
Neenah man told to leave U.S. despite being a born-and-raised citizen
https://www.yahoo.com/news/neenah-resident-u-citizen-told-212124640.html

Legal group sues Costa Rica alleging the rights of 81 children deported by Trump were violated. A legal challenge aims to encourage Central American countries to push back against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/world/americas/costa-rica-migrants-lawsuit.html

The Supreme Court’s Late-Night Rebuke to Trump Is Extraordinary in More Ways Than One. The court didn’t even wait to let Alito write his dissent.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/supreme-court-blocks-deportations-donald-trump-alito-dissent.html?pay=1745152540568&support_journalism=please

After remarkable Supreme Court rebuke, Trump administration slams ‘meritless litigation.’ The White House’s statement comes as the Trump administration faces a firestorm of criticism from Democrats and legal experts over due process and the rule of law.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/19/supreme-court-trump-immigration-ruling-00299717

Trump-Appointed Judges Clear Path for Deportation Flights to Take Off. The Department of Homeland Security has said that no deportation flights are currently scheduled, but that it maintains the right to carry them out at any time.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-appointed-judges-clear-path-044701186.html

Donald Trump Is Defying The Supreme Court: In the case of the wrongfully removed immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration is defying, and lying about, a Supreme Court order.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-defy-supreme-court_n_67fd3ad6e4b0c8069e85c34e

Supreme Court will review Trump’s plan to ban birthright citizenship. Supreme Court keeps hold on Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship but sets May arguments
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-trump-6f0cb929c4604ec1d9bf9fea99765b61

Alito lambastes Supreme Court for late night order to block Trump’s deportation plans. ‘Literally in the middle of the night, the Court issued unprecedented and legally questionable relief,” conservative judge wrote in dissent
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/alito-dissent-supreme-court-trump-deportations

MAGA Goes Into Full Meltdown Over SCOTUS Ruling on Deportations. Stephen Miller and others are adamant that Donald Trump can deport whomever he wants.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194065/donald-trump-deportations-due-process-stephen-miller

‘We’re removing public safety threats’: Trump’s border czar thinks tattoos are a crime
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/20/border_czar_tom_homan_no_ones_removed_just_because_of_a_tattoo.html

How all of Trump’s gang claims against wrongfully deported man boil down to one unnamed informant
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5358421/supreme-court-abrego-garcia-deportation-decision

A German-American from Nashua has been jailed for more than a month. It’s still unclear why. Schmidt has lived in the U.S. since he was a teenager and has legal permanent resident status, according to the family. Officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have not provided a justification for Schmidt’s detainment.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/04/15/a-german-american-from-nashua-has-been-jailed-for-more-than-a-month-its-still-unclear-why/

The Evidence Linking Kilmar Abrego Garcia to MS-13: A Chicago Bulls Hat and a Hoodie. What’s it take for Trump to label someone a gang member and deport them to a prison in El Salvador? Little more than a Chicago Bulls cap. “Wearing the Chicago Bulls hat represents that they are a member in good standing with MS-13.” Oh really?
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/18/trump-kilmar-abrego-garcia-ms13-gang-database/

Trump’s Power Feeds on White Demographic Fears. Paranoid about losing their majority status and the power it confers, white Americans keep backing Trump’s racist anti-immigrant policies.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/20/trump-racism-white-demographic-fears-immigration/

No-Bid ICE contract went to former ICE agents being sued for fabricating criminal evidence on the job. The $73 million deal for assisting with deportations went to company executives accused of retaliating against a fellow ICE worker.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/17/ice-deportation-contracts-us-advisors/

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Blue States Are Keeping DEI On Life Support. Several states are promising to resist the Trump admin’s effort to root out divisive diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives from schools.
https://www.aol.com/blue-states-keeping-dei-life-145453310.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE is trying to outsource the US government — and Trump wants Big Law to make it happen
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-trying-outsource-us-government-112344031.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
‘Surge’: Rich Americans dump money into Swiss banks as Trump chaos creates dollar anxiety
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-taxes-2671801768/

Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon want billionaires to pay their fair share to Uncle Sam. But a ‘millionaires tax’ would likely affect all the wrong people
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/warren-buffett-jamie-dimon-want-110500081.html

Make China great again? How Trump’s attacks on universities will backfire. In the name of saving 0.006 percent of the federal budget, we’re surrendering America’s technological leadership.
https://thebulletin.org/2025/04/make-china-great-again-how-trumps-attacks-on-universities-will-backfire/

How Trump Is Helping Price Gougers Exploit His Tariffs. Emboldened by the new administration’s regulatory reprieve, “price optimization” consultants are showing corporations how to weaponize import levies to fleece consumers.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/what-will-trumps-tariffs-do-for-u-s-consumers-workers-and-businesses/

# Education / Schools / Librarys
DHS threatens to ban Harvard from hosting international students unless school turns over records
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/17/dhs-harvard/

US revokes nearly 1,500 student visas: Who are the targets? Hundreds of students have had their visas cancelled and find themselves in limbo.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/18/us-revokes-nearly-1500-student-visas-who-are-the-targets

Student visas emerge as Washington’s leverage against foreign adversaries. As the U.S. struggles to attract concessions from adversarial nations, Washington appears ready to use those nations’ people within its borders on a visa as an apparent source of leverage.
https://tennesseestar.com/news/student-visas-emerge-as-washingtons-leverage-against-foreign-adversaries/jtnews/2025/04/16/

Chinese Students and Scholars Faced Targeting Before Trump, Now It’s Escalating. As the US and China jockey for dominance, anti-Chinese bigotry is driving visa denials for students and scholars.
https://truthout.org/articles/chinese-students-and-scholars-faced-targeting-before-trump-now-its-escalating/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump says career gov employees working on policy will be fired if they don’t adhere to his agenda. Remaking the federal workforce is part of a larger administration push to shrink the size of government and exert more control over it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-invoke-schedule-f-easier-193243220.html

Critics Slam Trump’s Plan to Fill Federal Government With “Political Cronies”: Around 50,000 career civil servants would be reclassified as “at-will” employees and lose civil service protections.
https://truthout.org/articles/critics-slam-trumps-plan-to-fill-federal-government-with-political-cronies/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Repeal of the EPA endangerment finding vital to Trump’s unleashing American energy agenda: A panel of experts from the Heartland Institute, the Energy and Environment Legal Institute, the American Energy Institute, and the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow say there are a dozen reasons to repeal the EPA’s endangerment finding. And there are multiple ways to make it happen, none of which will be easy.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/repeal-epa-endangerment-finding-vital-trumps-unleashing-american-energy

Toward more sustainable EVs: A British recycling company is turning shredded electric vehicle batteries into new power cells, offering a path toward cleaner supply chains
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250404-where-ev-batteries-go-to-die-and-be-reborn

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
EPA Deletes Pollution Tracking Tools as It Offers Exemptions to Polluters. A new lawsuit is challenging the Trump administration’s removal of environmental justice. A new lawsuit is challenging the Trump administration’s removal of environmental justice maps and datasets.
https://truthout.org/articles/epa-deletes-pollution-tracking-tools-as-it-offers-exemptions-to-polluters/

Melting Andes glaciers: water supply of 90 million people at risk
https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/melting-andes-glaciers-water-supply-of-90-million-people-at-risk/

# Food General News
The FDA Buried an E. Coli Outbreak. Now It’s Scaling Back Food Safety. The Food and Drug Administration is reportedly considering shifting large swaths of its core function to states after mass DOGE layoffs
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fda-food-inspections-e-coli-outbreak-1235320568/

# General News
The Connection Between Elon Musk’s Net Worth And The US Government Will Surprise You. According to a report, throughout the last two decades, as much as $38 billion dollars of Musk’s net worth has come from “government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits” to his various companies. However, it’s likely that in reality this number is far higher.
https://www.moneydigest.com/1836456/elon-musk-net-worth-funded-united-states-government/

Why Married Women Could Have Trouble Getting REAL IDs. The difficulties in obtaining a Real ID for some people comes because documentation of name changes—like a marriage certificate or a court order—is required.
https://www.newsweek.com/real-id-act-requirements-2025-deadline-travel-tsa-2029573

# Gov / Politics
Donald Trump and fascism: Critics of Trump have drawn comparisons between him and fascist leaders over authoritarian actions and rhetoric, while many have argued that Trump is not fascist but an authoritarian populist, or have accused critics of using the term as an insult rather than making legitimate comparisons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_fascism

What basis do the claims of Trump being a fascist and will turn dictator have?
https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDebate/comments/1ifercj/what_basis_do_the_claims_of_trump_being_a_fascist/

Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started. Nayib Bukele has shown how brutal control can be sustained not just through force, but by raising the cost of speaking out
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/19/el-salvador-donald-trump-model-nayib-bukele

Trump is throwing the rule of law out the window and imperiling our democracy. Murphy warned these moves send a dangerous signal that political violence will be excused if it serves Trump’s interests, undermining the rule of law and putting the country’s democratic institutions at risk.
https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-donald-trump-is-throwing-law-and-order-out-the-window

Trump administration estimates 50,000 federal employees will lose civil service protections
Some experts warned that a new “Policy/Career” classification will create a chilling effect on the federal workforce and lead to incompetence and corruption.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/trump-administration-estimates-50000-federal-employees-will-lose-civil-service-protections/

Trump Slams Biden and Courts in Hate-Filled Easter Message
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-slams-biden-courts-hate-155809846.html

Trump’s ‘America first’ reveals a massive misunderstanding of international law
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5256206-international-law-sovereignty-trump/

Trump’s $239 Million Inauguration Haul Is Officially the Biggest Presidential Suck-Up in History
https://www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeast-513346/3971822426951-trump-s-239-million-inauguration-haul-is-officially-the-biggest-presidential-suck-up-in-history

Diplomats Freak Out Over Trump’s Leaked Executive Order. It calls for the elimination of dozens of positions and departments, slashing diplomatic operations in Canada, and closing ‘non-essential’ embassies and consulates in sub-Saharan Africa.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/20/bonkers-crazypants-american-diplomats-state-department-00300029

MSNBC’s Kumar Says Trump Using Deportations to Test U.S. Resistance Against Plan to ‘Tear Down’ Democracy
https://www.mediaite.com/news/msnbcs-kumar-says-trump-using-deportations-to-test-u-s-resistance-against-plan-to-tear-down-democracy/

Vietnam veteran Bob Hoeller says, “We are fighting an imperialistic, autocratic regime
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vietnam-veteran-bob-hoeller-says-we-are-fighting-an-imperialistic-autocratic-regime-that-seeks-to-undermine-our-four/vi-AA1DfuHA?ocid=sk216dhp

‘You Could Be Next’: House Democrat Tells MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace That Trump Could Disappear Anyone. Due process protections in the United States were under threat to such a degree that anyone could be sent away.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/you-could-be-next-house-democrat-tells-msnbcs-nicolle-wallace-that-trump-could-disappear-anyone/

Dem Rep. Agrees with MSNBC host that Trump will ‘whisk away’ any ‘people of color’ after Abrego Garcia
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dem-rep-americans-color-next-231517482.html

‘Delusional’ Trump vows to remove ‘millions of criminals’ from US but people spot issue
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/delusional-trump-vows-to-remove-millions-of-criminals-from-us-but-people-spot-issue/ar-AA1Dg7Vv

‘We Didn’t Even See the Border — Until Now’: How Trump Has Driven Canadians and Americans Apart
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/20/jim-diodati-niagra-falls-mayor-canada-00296892

‘Absolute nadir’: Experts fear US vulnerable to attack after latest Trump moves
https://www.rawstory.com/cybersecurity-2671802541/

Law firms, universities and now civil society groups are in Trump’s sights for punitive action
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tax-exempt-crew-environmental-groups-harvard-5e1e0ffacfa040ccdeaf4e43fb72b5fe

‘Infinite monkeys with infinite typewriters’: Leaked executive order draft stuns diplomats. A draft document from Donald Trump’s administration that details proposed cuts at the State Department has been leaked and it has set off a firestorm among diplomats who have been given an opportunity to review it.
https://www.rawstory.com/leaked-trump-document/

Monopoly Round-Up: Monopolies and Fascism. Centralization of economic power facilitates centralization of political power. That was once a hard-won lesson, and it’s a lesson we must re-learn. Plus, the end of big box tyranny.
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-monopolies-and

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Suspects detained by police denied essential insulin, cancer and epilepsy drugs, damning report claims. One patient experienced such bad withdrawal symptoms that they admitted to crimes they did not commit so they could be remanded to prison where they would be allowed their prescription again, report claims
https://www.the-independent.com/news/health/police-custody-health-insulin-drugs-b2734154.html

# LGBTQ / Gender
Discrimination and Barriers to Well-Being: The State of the LGBTQI+ Community in 2022. A comprehensive new CAP study finds that many LGBTQI+ people continue to face discrimination in their personal lives, employment, housing, and health care, as well as in the public sphere.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/discrimination-and-barriers-to-well-being-the-state-of-the-lgbtqi-community-in-2022/

# Medical / Health News
Gretchen Whitmer’s bureaucrats sued for requiring ‘implicit bias’ training to keep medical license. Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs “lacks any statutory authority to impose these sweeping, one-size-fits-all mandates,” dentist’s suit says. Federal appeals court hears challenge to California law.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/whitmers-bureaucrats-sued-requiring-implicit-bias-training-keep-medical

Doctor, praised by RFK Jr as ‘extraordinary’ healer, treated children while infected with measles
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/18/video-doctor-treating-kids-measles-praised-rfk-jr-extraordinary/

California Halts Medical Parole, Sends Several Critically Ill Patients Back to Prison
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250421/California-halts-medical-parole-sends-several-critically-ill-patients-back-to-prison.aspx

Supreme Court hears ‘crucial’ case today on free preventive health care. Should plaintiffs prevail, over 150 million Americans could lose all free preventive benefits since the Affordable Care Act’s 2010 passage.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-supreme-court-hear-clash-over-obamacare-preventive-care-2025-04-21/

Will DOGE Destroy Rural Health Care?; Eliminating Mental Health Programs May Prove Deadly
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/viewpoints-will-doge-destroy-rural-health-care-eliminating-mental-health-programs-may-prove-deadly/

Labor Was Crucial in Building Public Health Institutions Trump Wants to Destroy. Labor leaders past and present have insisted on expanding the scope of what constitutes health.
https://truthout.org/articles/labor-was-crucial-in-building-public-health-institutions-trump-wants-to-destroy/

# Military / DOD / General News
Top Hegseth Aide Warns Even Bigger Bombshells Are Coming after Second Signal Chat
https://time.com/7278921/hegseth-second-signal-chat-wife-brother-lawyer-defense-reactions-resign/

Pentagon in Chaos After Hegseth Sheds Four Staffers in One Day
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/there-is-a-complete-meltdown-in-the-building-pentagon-reportedly-in-chaos-as-hegseth-loses-four-staffers-in-one-day/

Former top DOD spokesperson: Pentagon in ‘disarray’ under Hegseth
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5258195-john-ullyot-pentagon-disarray-hegseth/

# NATO
Russian attempt at smuggling nuclear plans sparks investigation in NATO country
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/russian-attempt-smuggling-nuclear-plans-1102038

# NASA / Space
NASA unsure ‘what to expect’ as probe set to uncover secrets of mysterious asteroid: ‘Not going to be a basic potato’
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2025/04/02/nasas-webb-finds-asteroid-2024-yr4-is-building-sized/

# Nuclear
Atomic secrets: Recently released short but powerful documentary about Dmitry Kalmykov, a Ukrainian scientist dedicated to eliminating environmental disasters, first at Chernobyl and now in Kazakhstan, at a former Soviet testing site for nuclear weapons. Worth your time.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/apr/15/atomic-secrets-a-chornobyl-scientist-warns-of-a-toxic-future?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

US, Iran agree to enter next phase of nuclear negotiations. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff held “indirect” negotiations with his Iranian counterpart
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/19/iran-us-nuclear-negotiations-00299713

# Pharmaceuticals
Trump admin launches probe into national security implications of importing certain pharmaceuticals. The Department of Commerce initiated what’s known as a Section 232 investigation targeting pharmaceuticals and related products April 1, according to a Federal Register filing (PDF).
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/trump-administration-launches-national-security-investigation-pharmaceuticals-paving-way

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare. Countries around the world are preparing for greater digital conflict as increasing global tensions and a looming trade war have raised the stakes — and the chances that a cyberattack could cause significant economic damage or even escalate into military confrontation.
https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/04/21/countries-shore-up-their-digital-defenses-as-global-tensions-raise-the-threat-of-cyberwarf

# Veterans / VA
This company is spending millions to profit off veterans’ benefits. Why won’t lawmakers stop it?
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/18/company-spending-millions-profit-off-veterans-benefits-why-wont-lawmakers-stop-it.html

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# Indigenous
Oak Flat is Sacred to Western Apache. The Trump Administration Intends to Approve a Plan to Destroy It.
The group Apache Stronghold—a coalition of Apaches, other Native communities, and allies—has sued to stop the transfer of Oak Flat to Resolution Copper, a mining company owned by a Chinese parent corporation.
https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/trump-administration-charges-ahead-with-plan-to-destroy-oak-flat

New Stream Gauges and Weather Stations Poised to Help Wyoming Tribes Endure Flooding and Drought. The new devices, which are part of a slew of planned infrastructure upgrades, will help the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho improve their disaster warning system.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15042025/stream-gauges-weather-stations-help-wyoming-tribes-endure-flooding-drought/

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
Trump administration plans Endangered Species Act rollback. Revisions to the law center on ‘harm,’ which would allow far more mining, drilling and other development that threatens critical habitat.
https://earthjustice.org/press/2025/trump-administration-plans-to-remove-habitat-protections-for-endangered-species

Federal Judge Orders Florida to Address Pollution That Led to Manatee Deaths. Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record. Widespread water quality problems and seagrass losses left the sea cows starving.
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/local/environment/lagoon/2025/04/14/bear-warriors-win-landmark-manatee-case-forcing-florida-scrutinize-brevard-sewage/83059276007/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘Vacate their home within 24 hours or be killed’: Family ‘explicitly threatened with death by cartel’ asks SCOTUS to halt deportation to Mexico
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/vacate-their-home-within-24-hours-or-be-killed-family-explicitly-threatened-with-death-by-cartel-asks-scotus-to-halt-deportation-to-mexico/

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denied an emergency appeal to temporarily block the deportation of the family of four Mexican nationals, who, according to their filing, “are targets of cartel violence due to their family ties and refusal to comply with extortion demands.”
https://www.newsweek.com/elena-kagan-rejects-appeal-family-deportation-supreme-court-2061452

Supreme Court blocks Trump from conducting more deportations under Alien Enemies Act. President Trump has deployed the Alien Enemies Act — a war power last invoked during World War II, to summarily deport foreign nationals he has labeled members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which Trump has designated a terrorist organization.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/deportations-under-alien-enemies-act-211956368.html

New England Couple Detained “for Several Hours” at Border Despite Being Citizens. Border Patrol agents kept the couple in separate cells, and demanded to go through the husband’s emails.
https://truthout.org/articles/new-england-couple-detained-for-several-hours-at-border-despite-being-citizens/

ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform. In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting.
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/4/18/headlines/ice_signs_30_million_deal_with_palantir_as_it_expands_mass_surveillance_of_immigrants

# Border / Immigration / General News
Due Process of Law: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
https://law.justia.com/constitution/us/amendment-14/04-due-process-of-law.html

Van Hollen Meets Abrego García After Saying Officials Are Breaking International Law. Officials are in “violation of international law” by barring Abrego García access to legal counsel, the senator said.
https://truthout.org/articles/van-hollen-meets-abrego-garcia-after-saying-officials-breaking-international-law/

Immigrant Detainees Sound Alarm About Trump Administration Deporting Them. Voto Latino expresses deep concern over recent reports of Venezuelan immigrants allegedly being wrongfully deported under the Trump administration, even after their families’ urgent pleas for protection and claims that their loved ones have no gang affiliations.
https://votolatino.org/media/press-releases/voto-latino-sounds-alarm-as-families-refute-gang-allegations-against-deported-venezuelan-immigrants/

Denied, detained, deported: the most high-profile cases in Trump’s immigration crackdown
These are some of the people ensnared by the administration’s unprecedented measures to target people it believes oppose its agenda
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/18/people-detained-deported-trump-immigration-crackdown

U.S. citizen born in National City received deportation letter in DHS email. The man was born in National City and said he received an email to deport, even though he was born in the United States.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-citizen-born-national-city-181046987.html

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Birthright Citizenship Clause. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the case on May 15.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-hear-trump-bid-enforce-birthright-citizenship-order-2025-04-17/

Van Hollen Says White House Paid El Salvador $15 Million to Detain Prisoners
https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/04/18/sen-van-hollen-says-trump-administration-made-15-million-deal-with-el-salvador-to-imprison-deportees-including-abrego-garcia/

Immigrants Prove They Are Alive, Forcing Social Security to Undo Death Label
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/migrants-deport-social-security-doge.html

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Common pesticide harms fertility and reproduction in bees. Pesticides can harm bees twice—as larvae and adults. Impacts on pollinators may be worse than thought
https://www.science.org/content/article/pesticides-can-harm-bees-twice-larvae-and-adults

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
The rare dreaded ‘Death Cross’ just flashed in the US stock market and now experts fear a Wall Street crash. A death cross is when the 50-day moving average of an stock index drops below the 200-day average, indicating momentum is weakening. A moving average is the average range of prices of an asset over a given period of time.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14623471/death-cross-stock-market-wall-street-crash.html

Beggar thy neighbor, harm thyself: Tariffs like Trump’s come with pitfalls, history shows. As the US imposes more tariffs, a global backlash is brewing – from subtle trade barriers to strategic countermeasures targeting red-state industries.
https://www.aol.com/beggar-thy-neighbor-harm-thyself-083050678.html

Trump Replaces IRS Chief Three Days After Appointing Him. The administration is going through acting IRS commissioners faster than Spinal Tap went through drummers
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-replaces-irs-commissioner-three-days-1235321031/

Trump Plans New Fees on Chinese Ships as Trade War Expands. The Trump administration plans to impose new fees on Chinese ships that enter U.S. ports, saying it wants to boost demand for vessels made domestically.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-levy-port-fees-chinese-vessels-caveats-2061429

# Education / Schools / Librarys
Trump’s Next Budget Cuts Take Aim at Poor Toddlers: White House Proposes Eliminating Head Start Funding in Sweeping Budget Cuts. A move that would cut early education for more than half a million of the nation’s neediest children and child care for their families.
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/white-house-proposes-eliminating-head-start-funding-in-sweeping-budget-cuts/2025/04

Ten Commandments, ‘In God We Trust’ in classrooms is now Arkansas law: The governor signed Senate Bill 433, which mandates the display of the Ten Commandments and “In God We Trust” in Arkansas classrooms and public buildings maintained or operated with taxpayer funds.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ten-commandments-god-trust-classrooms-231828340.html

The Ten Commandments could be in every Texas classroom next fall. Will the Texas GOP’s push to bring Christianity back into the classroom succeed?
https://www.vox.com/policy/2023/4/28/23699277/ten-commandments-texas-school-prayer-religion

Chinese Students and Scholars Faced Targeting Before Trump. Now It’s Escalating. As the US and China jockey for dominance, anti-Chinese bigotry is driving visa denials for students and scholars.
https://truthout.org/articles/chinese-students-and-scholars-faced-targeting-before-trump-now-its-escalating/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
President Trump has attacked workers’ safety, wages, and rights since Day One. The current administration has rolled back worker protections, proposed budgets that slash funding for agencies that safeguard workers’ rights, wages, and safety, and consistently attacked workers’ ability to organize and collectively bargain.
https://www.epi.org/blog/president-trump-has-attacked-workers-safety-wages-and-rights-since-day-one/

Fired probationary workers at Commerce say their insurance is being cut early. Probationary workers who were refired this month from the Commerce Department say their health insurance is being terminated earlier than they expected.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5256687-commerce-department-workers-terminated/

OSHA Office Closure in ‘Cancer Alley’ Raises Fears About Risks to Workers. Louisiana is one of the most dangerous states in the U.S. for workers. The Trump administration plans to close its lone protection unit.
https://capitalandmain.com/doge-posts/osha-office-closure-in-cancer-alley-raises-fears-about-risks-to-workers

CFPB Slashed to the Bone, Threatening Financial Markets. The agency fired 1,500 workers, which violates a court order and threatens a meltdown of mortgage markets and more.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-doge-cfpb-elon-musk-456b747c367fccbcf3b74d2893cd1a35

Trump Revamps “Schedule F,” Making It Easier to Cut Federal Workers
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-civil-service-workforce-e6e4cf979b910b0f89877a9a09e7c4a4

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
More Than 60 Power Plants Exempted From Federal Mercury Limits. More stringent rules were scheduled to be enforced in 2027. Selected plants will now have two more years to comply.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16042025/power-plants-exempted-from-federal-mercury-limits/

Trump Administration Severs ‘Lifeline’ for Families Struggling to Pay Utility Bills. A federal program that helps low-income households pay for heating and cooling costs is in limbo.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19042025/trump-administration-layoffs-hurt-low-income-utility-bills-assistance/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump to rescind the Public Lands Rule. The rule sought to elevate conservation’s status as a valid public land use, but Trump’s Interior Secretary stressed the importance of balancing development alongside protection.
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2025/04/18/trump-moves-to-rescind-public-lands-rule/

Trump May Target Environmental Nonprofits in Executive Orders Expected on Earth Day. Environmental groups say they are preparing for the worst—and preparing to fight back.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-18/trump-officials-weigh-earth-day-move-against-green-groups

National Park and Forest Service Staffing Levels Have Been Dramatically Reduced. “It’s a dire situation,” says one national parks advocate. “These spaces shouldn’t be taken for granted, and they are at risk.”
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18042025/national-park-forest-service-staff-slashed-by-trump-administration/

Government officials arrested after illegal scheme threatens protected forest: ‘Anyone violating the law will face justice’
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/mabira-forest-reserve-officials-arrested-uganda/

Natural resources, human rights, and corruption: What are the connections? In whatever form it takes, corruption is a human rights issue. Corruption negatively impacts the enjoyment of all human rights, including the right to development and rights related to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/tnrc-topic-brief-natural-resources-human-rights-and-corruption-what-are-the-connections

Surviving the Thaw: Greenland’s Inuit Grapple with Their Melting World. The decline of the island’s ice and increasingly volatile weather have made it hard to maintain some Indigenous traditions. The effects of those changes and other impacts of the climate crisis on mental health can be harder to see.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19042025/greenland-inuit-climate-crisis-ice-melt/

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
FEMA Isn’t Ready for Disaster Season, Workers Say. Instability, cuts, and a looming sense of dread have FEMA employees unsure the agency is ready for hurricanes, fires, and floods. “We are being set up for a really, really bad situation,” says one.
https://www.wired.com/story/fema-isnt-ready-for-disaster-season-workers-say-hurricanes-fires-floods/

# Food General News
Farmers face frozen jobs and heavier workloads under DOGE ‘efficiency’ budget. Billions in halted or canceled grants, gutted local offices, market turmoil and broken trust are at stake across the West.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trump-funding-cuts-farmers-feeling-pain-conservation-funds-frozen

# Foods / Things that impact your health
Cooking Oils Associated With Aggressive Cancer Growth. Experts are warning against overusing these common cooking oils because they contain a fat that is reportedly linked to breast cancer.
https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/lifestyle/cooking-oil-linked-to-aggressive-breast-cancer/

# Gov / Politics
Are We at an Inflection Point? Trump is governing more and more like an impulsive mad king who assumes he has absolute power. We will soon find out whether he does.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-18-are-we-at-inflection-point-trump/

VERIFY: What the U.S. Constitution really says about presidential term limits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuwDPH9kJjU

Pete Buttigieg Drops Ominous Warning: Trump Is In ‘Early Stages of Consolidating Total Power’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/buttigieg-warns-trump-is-in-early-stages-of-consolidating-total-power-a-test-if-we-are-actually-a-freedom-loving-people/

Here Are the Real Power Players in President Trump’s Administration
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24gze60yzo

‘Little Marco’ Rubio Splits With Trump With Brutal Slapdown on Ukraine. The secretary is a traditional Republican who has courted the party’s MAGA loyalists since being brought into the administration, but he is increasingly seen as out of step with Trump’s hard-line agenda.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/little-marco-rubio-splits-trump-174726305.html

A Rising Democratic Star Is Ready for New Leadership — Without Chuck Schumer. Michigan Democrat Mallory McMorrow says it’s time for a new generation to take on Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/25/mallory-mcmorrow-michigan-senate-chuck-schumer-00246369

President Donald Trump has been making it increasingly clear that he would like to start deporting American citizens to foreign prisons, but experts agree there’s no legal basis that would allow him to do that.
https://www.rawstory.com/can-trump-deport-american-citizens/

The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights. Despite decades of precedent, the reports, which are meant to inform congressional decisions on foreign aid allocations and security assistance, will no longer call governments out for such things as denying freedom of movement and peaceful assembly. They won’t condemn retaining political prisoners without due process or restrictions on “free and fair elections.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/18/nx-s1-5357511/state-department-human-rights-report-cuts
United States Department of State: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State#Expenditures

Marco Rubio Forced to Admit Trump Might Not Actually End Ukraine War. Donald Trump had promised repeatedly to end the war in Ukraine on the first day of his presidency.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/18/trump-ukraine-russia-war-00298898

What Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s Case Says About America. Trump seems eager to bring a Bukele-style authoritarianism stateside. Don’t Fall Into Trump’s Rhetorical Trap on the Wrongful Deportation Case
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/abrego-garcia-donald-trump-el-salvador-bukele.html?via=rss&pay=1745082854250&support_journalism=please

# Gov / Politics / Global
‘Zero care left’: UN says Israel has destroyed Gaza’s last hospital amid mass graves and paramedic executions. Mass graves, targeted killings of medics, and relentless hospital bombings mark the collapse of Gaza’s health system under Israeli siege, UN and forensic reports confirm.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/18/zero-care-left-un-says-israel-has-destroyed-gazas-last-hospital-amid-mass-graves-and-paramedic-executions/

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Deputy caught on camera shoving woman out of Sacramento County jail fired
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KXC0CAlkAs

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Vance Melts Down at Reagan Judge Over Deported Dad Ruling. The ruling asked the question, “If today the Executive claims the right to deport without due process and in disregard of court orders, what assurance will there be tomorrow that it will not deport American citizens and then disclaim responsibility to bring them home?”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/reagan-appointed-judge-goes-nuclear-222308510.html

Trump’s pick to run the critical DC attorney’s office has appeared on Russian state media over 150 times: report
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-dc-attorney-russian-state-media-b2734721.html

Supreme Court poised to make major decision that could set limits on the power of district judges
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/supreme-court-poised-make-major-decision-limits-power-district-judges

# LGBTQ / Gender
Blue State Bill Targeting ‘Misgendering’ Could Be Barreling Toward Free Speech Fight, Legal Experts Say. A Colorado bill aiming to restrict “misgendering” and “deadnaming” in public could spark another free speech debate, legal experts told the DCNF.
https://ijr.com/blue-state-bill-targeting-misgendering-could-be-barreling-toward-free-speech-fight-legal-experts-say/

Colorado Bill Would Force Judges To Consider ‘Misgendering’ a Form of ‘Coercive Control’ in Custody Cases. The bill risks “punishing parents simply for disagreeing with the state’s preferred views on gender,” Aaron Terr, a First Amendment attorney, tells Reason.
https://reason.com/2025/04/16/colorado-bill-would-force-judges-to-consider-misgendering-a-form-of-coercive-control-in-custody-cases/

# Media / Press / Mail
USPS customers left in limbo after 200 packages are dumped in middle of road – they got frustrating response from agency. “Postal officials, with the help of local law enforcement, retrieved all packages, which have since been transported to their intended destinations,” the USPS said.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14058695/usps-mail-dumped-road-packages-pile/#:~:text=USPS’%20FRUSTRATING%20RESPONSE&text=%22Postal%20officials%2C%20with%20the%20help,have%20caused%2C%22%20it%20said

# Medical / Health News
Tariffs are about to hit lifesaving medical equipment
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-tariffs-medical-equipment-medicaid-dme/

The Impact of Tariffs on Healthcare: Not even healthcare is immune to the effects of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Among healthcare companies, tariffs are expected to hit makers of medical devices and pharmaceuticals the hardest.
https://www.alpha-sense.com/blog/trends/impact-tariffs-healthcare/

Tariffs send healthcare industry into ‘unchartered waters.’ Provider groups and health systems warn tariffs will test healthcare’s fragile supply chain, threatening to disrupt patient care.
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/tariffs-aha-med-tech-brace-for-impact/744496/

NIH signals end to key research on climate change and health. The Trump administration is moving to end National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for research.
https://www.ehn.org/nih-signals-end-to-key-research-on-climate-change-and-health

Sick and unsafe: Trump attacks on workers’ rights is an attack on public health. This power shift hasn’t just changed paychecks—it has fundamentally altered the physical and mental health landscape for millions of Americans.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/18/sick-and-unsafe-trump-attacks-on-workers-rights-is-an-attack-on-public-health/

Abortion Bans Criminalize People, and Not Just Those Who Are Pregnant. Post-Roe, pregnancy outcomes, and even actions taken to help pregnant people, face escalating criminalization.
https://truthout.org/articles/abortion-bans-criminalize-people-and-not-just-those-who-are-pregnant/

The criminalization of abortion and surveillance of women in a post-Dobbs world
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-criminalization-of-abortion-and-surveillance-of-women-in-a-post-dobbs-world/

Abortion bans don’t prosecute pregnant people. That may be about to change. Legislation in Oklahoma and remarks from the Alabama attorney general could foreshadow new efforts to punish people who induce their own abortions.
https://19thnews.org/2023/01/abortion-bans-pregnant-people-prosecution/

The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Silence on Criminalization Speaks Volumes. Every day we see the harm caused by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and the GOP’s dangerous abortion bans. Anti-abortion extremists are making clear that they want more—more extremism, more harm, more surveillance, and more criminalization.
https://reproductivefreedomforall.org/resources/the-anti-abortion-movements-silence-on-criminalization-speaks-volumes/

# Military / DOD / General News
B-1B Bones Make Unprecedented Bomber Task Force Deployment To Japan. U.S. long-range bombers haven’t been stationed in Japan for any extended period since the Vietnam War.
https://www.pacaf.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4155350/us-airmen-deploy-in-support-of-first-rotational-bomber-task-force-mission-to-ja/

Lockheed Pitches Containerized Launchers To Help Close Australia’s Air And Missile Defense Gaps.
Australia is seeking to acquire longer-range air and missile defenses to work with its new battle management system that’s under development.
https://www.twz.com/land/lockheed-pitches-containerized-launchers-to-help-close-australias-air-and-missile-defense-gaps

U.S. Cutting Forces In Syria By Half, Possible Ripple Effects In Region. The U.S. withdrawing a significant portion of its troops from Syria could see notable shifts in the ongoing power struggle in the war-torn country.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-cutting-forces-syria-half-230234284.html

The Dark World Of USAF Special Ops Air Refuelers And Their Modified KC-135RT Tankers. We talk to an elite group of specially trained airmen that fuel low flying special operations aircraft in total darkness and in radio silence.
https://www.twz.com/21794/the-dark-world-of-usaf-special-ops-air-refuelers-and-their-modified-kc-135rt-tankers

# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
The Japan Self-Defense Forces have offered an official look at the turret-mounted electromagnetic railgun now installed on the test ship JS Asuka.
https://www.twz.com/sea/railgun-installed-on-japanese-warship-testbed

# Nuclear
Iran seeks support from Russia ahead of next round of nuclear deal talks with US
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBzRzKZ24FI

Trump calls for nuclear deal with Iran amid deep distrust ahead of Rome talks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEAIvYvmi6E

Iran-US talks live: Nuclear talks progress, expert-level talks to be held
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/4/19/iran-us-talks-live-nuclear-discussions-to-begin-in-italys-rome

# Pharmaceuticals
FDA to Remove Pharma Reps From Advisory Committees, But Conflicts of Interest Persist. Industry already plays a more limited role in advising the FDA
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/17/fda-advisory-panels-pharma-industry-employees-patients-caregivers/

# Social / Social Programs
“They want to rob it”: Former Social Security head says Musk, Trump are “wrecking” agency to raid it
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/18/they-want-to-rob-it-former-social-security-head-says-musk-are-wrecking-agency-to-raid-it/

Trump Kicks Citizen Off Social Security in Anti-Immigrant Purge. The man’s English-speaking family appealed the letter, reversing the decision, but his case is yet another reminder that the president isn’t afraid to weaponize the federal programs in his war on immigrants … or really anybody he wants out of the country.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194155/donald-trump-kicks-citizen-off-social-security-immigration-purge

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
US Officials Claim DeepSeek AI App Is ‘Designed To Spy on Americans.’ NVIDIA’s ties to DeepSeek are also being called into question by some US government officials.
https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-deepseek-nvidia-ai-us-committee-chinese-communist-party/

# Veterans / VA
This company is spending millions to profit off veterans’ benefits. Why won’t lawmakers stop it? Veterans Guardian says it’s fighting to give veterans a choice. Critics say they’re guardians of greed.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/18/company-spending-millions-profit-off-veterans-benefits-why-wont-lawmakers-stop-it.html

Veterans became eligible for billions. These firms saw a chance to profit.
Despite a federal law that prohibits charging veterans for help in applying for disability benefits, for-profit companies are making millions.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/23/va-benefits-for-profit-companies-pact-act/

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April 17, 2025
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
What Trump’s executive order on the Roosevelt Reservation means at the Arizona border
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/border-issues/2025/04/15/trump-shifts-border-land-to-military-control/83090945007/

Trump Administration To Install 17 Miles Of Buoys In River At US-Mexico Border
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3382151/trump-administration-install-miles-buoys-river-us-mexico-border/

Trump Clears Path to Send Non-Criminal Migrants to Guantanamo Bay. The agreement is in stark contrast to Trump’s vow to hold only “the worst” offenders at the naval base.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/30/g-s1-45454/trump-says-u-s-will-send-worst-criminal-illegal-aliens-to-guantanamo-bay

Woman Speaks Out After ICE Agents Smashed Her Car Window in Video. After one agent used a large hammer to break the glass, the woman and her husband were dragged out of the vehicle.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ice-agents-smashed-car-window-in-seizing-guatemalan-man-whos-seeking-asylum-family-says

# Border / Immigration / General News
Point: A Defense of Birthright Citizenship: In the United States, birthright citizenship is guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Trump’s actions demonstrate, repeatedly, that he thinks people in America on visas and illegal immigrants are subject to the legal jurisdiction of the United States. If this is the case, these same immigrants and their children are covered by the 14th Amendment.
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/topics/birthright-citizenship
Counterpoint: Conventional wisdom behind birthright citizenship is wrong: United States v. Wong Kim Ark is a Supreme Court case from 1898 that supporters of automatic birthright citizenship say settled the matter. It didn’t, not even close.
https://themercury.com/counterpoint-conventional-wisdom-behind-birthright-citizenship-is-flat-error/article_db39a43c-ef5a-4980-bc40-845da2663d14.html

DHS official defends recent deportations under Trump administration
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/06/nx-s1-5353462/dhs-official-defends-recent-deportations-under-trump-administration

Top Trump Official Claims Defending Due Process Is ‘Aiding’ Terrorists. A top Trump administration official said those demanding due process for a wrongly deported Maryland dad might themselves be accused of “aiding and abetting criminals and terrorists.”
https://www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeast-513346/3966554926150-top-trump-official-claims-defending-due-process-is-aiding-terrorists

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele Calls Returning Deported Man Back To U.S. ‘Preposterous’ Despite Supreme Court Order
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/04/14/trump-presidency-news-tariffs-deportations/

‘Impeachable’: JD Vance gets in hours-long spat as he opposes ‘due process’ for migrants
https://www.rawstory.com/jd-vance-due-process/

‘Open Enemy of the Constitution’: JD Vance Ripped for Defending End of Due Process. “In Vance’s America, the police can knock on any immigrant’s door, deport him to a dictatorship without due process, and then wash their hands of his fate,” said Rep. Ro Khanna.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/jd-vance-due-process

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Syngenta agrees to settle most paraquat lawsuits as Parkinson’s claims mount
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/04/syngenta-moving-to-settle-thousands-of-lawsuits-claiming-paraquat-causes-parkinsons-disease/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Whistleblower Accuses DOGE of Letting Russians Access Government Accounts in Shocking Security Breach
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/doge-breach-sparks-cybersecurity-crisis-as-russian-ip-tries-to-access-federal-labor-systems-senate-receives-urgent-complain/articleshow/120350816.cms?from=mdr

NLRB Whistleblower Reveals Alleged Russian Access to DOGE
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/nlrb-whistleblower-claims-musks-doge-potentially-caused-significant-security-breach

Scores of volunteers with AmeriCorps youth program let go after DOGE visit
https://apnews.com/article/americorps-volunteers-fema-doge-05b1d1cd53e0b5b9f64c17eaba7adf95

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
The United States’ ruling class is considering eliminating funding for the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as part of a State Department budget proposal. This would cut about half of the State Department’s budget.
https://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/u-s-considers-eliminating-un-and-nato-funding

Federal Spending Is Only Going Up: Trump Pushes Trillion-Dollar Defense Budget
https://mises.org/mises-wire/federal-spending-only-going-trump-pushes-trillion-dollar-defense-budget

‘Jaw-dropping conflict of interest’: Trump accused of new scheme to benefit from trade war
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-media-and-technology-group/

White House quietly floats millionaire tax hike proposal in Congress as GOP leaders signal opposition
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/millionaire-tax-hike-gains-steam-183214743.html

The Left’s Fragile Foundations. Could a weaponized Trump IRS wreck the progressive infrastructure by attacking the entire nonprofit ecosystem?
https://prospect.org/power/2024-07-30-lefts-fragile-foundations/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=They%20Are%20Not%20Going%20to%20Stop%20at%20Harvard&utm_campaign=04162025%20Fundraising%20Spring%20Campaign%204

Fed Chief Warns Trump’s Tariffs ‘Highly Likely’ to Spark Inflation
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/16/trump-tariffs-inflation-powell-interest-rates

# Education / Schools / Library’s
Harvard’s challenge to Trump administration could test limits of government power
https://apnews.com/article/harvard-trump-administration-federal-cuts-037c3f5b259a7577358c5979e701c7c7

Trump’s administration freezes Harvard grants over campus activism
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/16/trumps-administration-freezes-harvard-grants-over-campus-activism/

Why Harvard is standing its ground against Trump
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-brawl-harvard-sets-unprecedented-211759499.html

Trump’s War on Universities Is More Dangerous Than You Think. What his attack on Columbia means for America’s entire democratic system.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/18/trump-columbia-universities-attack-education-global-leader/

President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday made the drastic moves of placing the entire AmeriCorps staff on leave, more than 200,000 members, and directed the Internal Revenue Service to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-escalates-harvard-attacks-telling-031914084.html

Noem Announces Cancelation Of $2.7 Million In Grants To Harvard
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5253052-noem-announces-cancelation-grants-harvard/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Supreme Court allows Trump to terminate 16,000 probationary federal workers
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5351799/scotus-probationary-workers

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump administration backs coal expansion despite safety risks and methane threats in Alabama mines
https://www.ehn.org/trump-administration-backs-coal-expansion-despite-safety-risks-and-methane-threats-in-alabama-mines

Texas bill would require drillers to notify landowners before burying toxic waste
https://www.ehn.org/texas-bill-would-require-drillers-to-notify-landowners-before-burying-toxic-waste#:~:text=Texas%20lawmakers%20are%20weighing%20new,over%20health%20and%20environmental%20risks

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Proper forest management to return to U.S., including logging and controlled burn operations
https://teamrubiconusa.org/news-and-stories/wildfire-mitigation-strategies-return-to-their-roots/

# Food General News
Shoppers will be banned from buying soda and candy under rule change – and it even applies to certain fruity treats: 4 states aim to prevent food stamps recipients from using program to buy candy, soda
https://www.aol.com/least-4-states-attempting-ban-220543284.html

# General News
Stephen Colbert Says America Isn’t on Its Way to a Dictatorship: ‘We’re on the Ship!’ Late-night hosts lamented Trump’s latest ‘insane dictatorial demands’ and showed support for his latest target: Harvard
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/apr/16/colbert-kimmel-trump-harvard-late-night-roundup

Fraud alert: Thieves just stole big money from a dozen politicians and political committees
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2025/04/fraud-alert-thieves-just-stole-big-money-from-a-dozen-politicians-and-political-committees/

# Gov / Politics
Trump’s Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All. President Donald Trump’s use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided.
https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/trumps-expanded-domestic-military-use-should-worry-us-all

Due Process Rights and the Targeted Killing of Suspected Terrorists
https://scholarship.law.vanderbilt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1339&context=vjtl

Why Trump Doesn’t Want You to Notice His Most Dangerous Move. Trump’s record-breaking pace seems dependent upon a penchant for inventing ways to use these orders to further personal grievances which are untethered to the law.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-why-trump-doesn-t-162131925.html

Trump’s Government of Billionaires No Good for the Working Class. With a cabinet full of billionaires, the new administration is poised to carry out a program of continuing to enrich themselves while dividing, repressing and bankrupting the working class. Our country is fast moving towards a more blatant and transparent form of oligarchy — rule by the super-rich.
https://www.ueunion.org/political-action/2025/trump-government-of-billionaires-no-good-for-the-working-class

Democrats Ignore Black Hole Threatening To Suck Them In. Democrats are increasingly becoming apathetic to the rise in political violence in America, even against their own.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/16/rooke-democrats-violence-shapiro-trump/

Why not tyranny? JD Vance says he’s fine with the “inevitable errors” of abandoning due process. The vice president argues it would too difficult to provide due process to those he wants to imprison or deport
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/16/why-not-tyranny-jd-vance-says-hes-fine-with-the-inevitable-errors-of-abandoning-due-process/

‘Soviet’-style oversight: Musk’s DOGE eyes embedding monitors in federally funded orgs
https://www.rawstory.com/doge-2671776619/

Trump’s Wildly Unconstitutional Plot to Banish U.S. Citizens to Gulags. His plan to send American citizens to foreign prisons is the latest in a long series of affronts to the American constitutional order.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193969/donald-trump-asked-attorney-general-deport-us-citizens

Trump Axed Elon Musk’s Secret Pentagon Meeting in Pure Outrage. Elon Musk is finally facing (some) consequences for trying to play president.
https://www.indy100.com/politics/trump/donald-trump-china-war-pentagon-meeting-elon-musk

MAGA’s New Meltdown Shows How Little They Actually Know About the Law. Stephen Miller and other MAGA stooges are adamant that Donald Trump can deport whomever he wants.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3965465559676-maga-s-new-meltdown-shows-how-little-they-actually-know-about-the-law

# Gov / Politics / Global
WARNING: Greenland Signals Closer Co-Operation With Chinese Communist Party.
https://thenationalpulse.com/2025/04/15/warning-greenland-signals-closer-co-operation-with-chinese-communist-party/

Israeli Defense Minister Says No Humanitarian Aid Will Enter Gaza, Vows Indefinite Occupation. Israel Katz says blocking aid is ‘one of the main pressure levers’ on Hamas while military announces it has turned 30% of Gaza into buffer zone
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/16/no-humanitarian-aid-gaza-israeli-minister-israel-katz-hamas

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he was neither “overly optimistic or overly pessimistic” regarding the Oman talks with the United States in his first remarks since Saturday’s meeting. President Donald Trump has said he is determined to seek a new binding agreement for Iran’s nuclear expansion through negotiations but does not rule out the possibility of a military attack.
https://www.newsweek.com/khamenei-iran-supreme-leader-trump-us-2059895

Mexico’s Sheinbaum says country will not renew diplomatic relations with Ecuador
https://www.aol.com/news/mexicos-sheinbaum-says-country-not-152945722.html

Iran and Russia Deepen Alliance Amid US Tensions
https://www.newsweek.com/iran-russia-deepen-alliance-amid-us-tensions-2060511

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Federal judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in contempt – a legal scholar explains what this means
https://theconversation.com/federal-judge-finds-probable-cause-to-hold-trump-administration-in-contempt-a-legal-scholar-explains-what-this-means-254767

# Medical / Health News
‘Genes Do Not Cause Epidemics’: Kennedy Lambastes Media for Denying Autism Epidemic, Vows to Research Environmental Triggers
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5366676/autism-cdc-rates-rfk-research

Internal Trump administration document reveals massive budget cut proposal for federal health agencies
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/17/trump-health-budget-cuts-hhs

# Military / DOD / General News
Students sue Defense Department over book bans in military schools
https://www.armytimes.com/education-transition/2025/04/16/students-sue-defense-department-over-book-bans-in-military-schools/

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth touts ‘historic’ deals to deter ‘Chinese influence’ in Panama Canal
https://www.yahoo.com/news/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-touts-234924569.html

U.S. Cutting Forces In Syria By Half, Possible Ripple Effects In Region.The U.S. withdrawing a significant portion of its troops from Syria could see notable shifts in the ongoing power struggle in the war-torn country.
https://www.twz.com/land/u-s-cutting-forces-in-syria-by-half-possible-ripple-effects-in-region

US cutting forces in Syria by half, possible ripple effects in region. The move comes even as the Pentagon is surging resources to the Middle East and could have wide regional ramifications
https://www.twz.com/land/u-s-cutting-forces-in-syria-by-half-possible-ripple-effects-in-region

Trump unleashes massive 27,000lb ‘Bunker Buster’ bombs on Houthis from B-2 stealth bombers in chilling warning to Iran. The bomb is designed specifically to neutralise deeply buried and fortified targets
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14038446/trump-unleashes-bunker-buster-bombs-houthis/

Third Pentagon official implicated in DOD leak probe. A third Pentagon official on Wednesday has been placed on administrative leave as part of an ongoing investigation into leaks at the Defense Department, a defense official confirmed.
https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/security/2025/april/third-pentagon-official-implicated-in-dod-leak-probe

# Military / General News / Global
Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen border areas hours after intense US airstrikes. UAE-backed militias in southern Yemen are reportedly preparing a ‘ground offensive’ against Ansarallah with the support of the US
https://thecradle.co/articles/saudi-arabia-bombs-yemen-border-areas-hours-after-intense-us-airstrikes

Turkey hosts Black Sea security talks with Ukraine, France, UK. Turkish officials have clarified that no Russian representatives are participating, and that this is not a direct negotiation between Russia and Ukraine
https://balkaneu.com/turkey-leads-strategic-talks-on-black-sea-security-with-ukraine-france-and-uk/

# Nuclear
DOGE’s staff firing fiasco at the nuclear weapon agency means everything but efficiency
https://thebulletin.org/2025/04/doges-staff-firing-fiasco-at-the-nuclear-weapon-agency-means-everything-but-efficiency/

# Other Stuff
Strange ‘sea pigs,’ sea spiders and a spawning ‘butterfly’ discovered on Antarctic ocean floor by scientists. Scientists on an icebreaker ship have captured a number of weird and wacky animals from Antarctica’s ocean floor, including a bizarre pig-shaped creature.
https://www.livescience.com/animals/strange-sea-pigs-sea-spiders-and-a-spawning-butterfly-discovered-on-antarctic-ocean-floor-by-scientists

# Recycle / Repurpose / Reuse
Plastic recycling stalls as fossil fuel-based plastics keep flowing into the global market. The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10% with most new plastic still made from fossil fuels
https://phys.org/news/2025-04-global-plastic-recycling-stagnant.html

# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
CISA extends CVE program contract with MITRE for 11 months amid alarm over potential lapse. The MITRE Corporation will continue operating the CVE program for at least another 11 months after federal cybersecurity officials confirmed that they temporarily extended their contract with the organization to keep the platform running.
https://therecord.media/cisa-extends-cve-program-contract-with-mitre

# Social / Social Programs
How privatizing Social Security could impact retirees. With average monthly retirement payout of $1,980.86 as of February 2025, according to the Social Security Administration, the idea of privatizing Social Security reared its head once again.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/how-privatizing-social-security-could-impact-retirees

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
NVIDIA to Build AI Supercomputers in U.S. Amid Chinese Rare Earth Export Ban
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/amid-trump-tariff-chaos-nvidia-launches-ai-chip-production-on-us-soil/

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
Once The Deadline On May 7th Arrives, They Will Ask You To Show A National ID Card If You Want To Travel By Plane
https://www.tsa.gov/news/press/releases/2025/04/09/tsa-highlight-real-id-enforcement-deadline-may-7-2025

Tesla Accused of Hacking Odometers to Rip Off Customers. Tesla has been accused of manipulating the odometers in its cars. Why? Well, to avoid repair responsibilities and warranty agreements, of course.
https://futurism.com/tesla-accused-odometers

# Water
Profanity-ridden Emails, Misuse of CDC Funds: How Big Fluoride Tries to Prevent Towns From Cleaning Up Their Water
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/north-dakota-towns-effort-end-water-fluoridation-exposes-cdc/

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April 16, 2025
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
MSNBC’s Maddow shreds Trump White House for labeling 13-year-old immigrant a ‘terrorist.’ Maddow noted that one Washington Post source warned the Trump administration could “do this to anyone.”
https://www.rawstory.com/rachel-maddow-show-2671768762/

Trump Admin Raids DHS Civil Rights Funds for His Anti-Immigrant Propaganda Ads. Trump’s Homeland Security Department shuttered its Civil Rights and Civil Liberties office. Now, it’s funding Trump’s $200 million propaganda campaign
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-dhs-civil-rights-funds-anti-immigrant-ads-1235317959/

ICE Detains Minnesota Father And Former Protestor At Hospital Days After Student Visas Revoked
https://www.blackenterprise.com/ice-detains-minnesota-father-former-protestor-hospital-student-visa-revoked/

New bill seeks to prohibit police stops based on immigration status
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/new-bill-seeks-prohibit-police-stops-based-immigration-status#:~:text=Lawmakers%20are%20set%20to%20consider,state%20cooperation%20regarding%20undocumented%20residents.

Trump’s Border Czar Has Chilling Threat for Every Democratic Leader. Tom Homan won’t let anyone stop him from deporting immigrants.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194039/donald-trump-border-czar-tom-homan-democratic-leader-immigration

‘This is human trafficking’: Civil rights attorney sounds alarm at Trump’s latest antic
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3962726245107-this-is-human-trafficking-civil-rights-attorney-sounds-alarm-at-trumps-latest-antic?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDQ3NjE3NDA2NTQ%3D

House Democrats demand briefing after immigration agents try to enter L.A. elementary schools
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-14/house-democracts-demand-briefing-immigration-agents-enter-la-elementary-schools

ICE Intensifies Worksite Enforcement, Arrests Over 1,000 Undocumented Workers, and Proposes $1M in Employer Fines
https://www.newsbreak.com/nepyork-288847545/3964478936085-ice-intensifies-worksite-enforcement-arrests-over-1-000-undocumented-workers-and-proposes-1m-in-employer-fines

Judge: ‘Probable cause’ to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/g-s1-60696/judge-probable-cause-to-hold-u-s-in-contempt-over-alien-enemies-act-deportations

They fled Haiti and work America’s most dangerous jobs. Trump plans to deport them. After being recruited by the world’s largest meatpacker, they faced grueling conditions on the line. Is the worst yet to come?
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2025/03/haiti-migrant-meatpacking-jbs-labor-deportation/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-04-15-2025

ICE says its job is to stop illegal ‘ideas’ crossing the border in since-deleted X post
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/ice-speech-censorship-007886

# Border / Immigration / General News
The battle against federal ownership of New Mexico’s public lands. An anti-regulatory movement is surging
https://sourcenm.com/2025/04/14/the-battle-against-federal-ownership-of-new-mexicos-public-lands/

Secretary of the Interior Transfers Federal Lands Along New Mexico Border to the Army to Protect Resources
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-interior-transfers-federal-lands-along-new-mexico-border-army-protect

The Sad, Cruel Saga of Kilmer Abrego García
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/el-salvador-deportation-migrant-trump.html

Democrats planning El Salvador trip to bring Abrego Garcia Home. “A massive congressional delegation should join him with international human rights lawyers,” said one state lawmaker. “This moment absolutely requires this.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/congressional-democrats-trip-el-salvador-00292252

The Next Person in a Cell With No Charges Could Be You. We are now in the midst of a outright coup against the Constitution, against the United States, and against our founding ideals.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/kilmar-abrego-garcia

Trump Announces Free Flights, Possible Stipends for Self-Deportees
https://apnews.com/article/trump-selfdeportation-immigration-b20ea807dff533d325b5ac87f60e2e70

Judge rebukes Trump officials for not securing return of wrongly deported man. Administration will have to share under oath, how it’s trying to get Kilmar Ábrego García back to US. A federal judge said she will order sworn testimony by Trump officials to determine if they complied with her orders to facilitate the repatriation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/trump-administration-kilmar-abrego-garcia-deportation

Congressman Warns ‘Any American’ Could Be ‘Abducted,’ Deported, and ‘Tortured’ Under Trump
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/congressman-warns-any-american-could-be-abducted-deported-and-tortured-under-trump-due-to-his-contempt-of-due-process/

‘May never get out of these prisons’: Judge orders Trump admin to ‘not remove’ Venezuelans after ACLU says they were ‘persecuted’ as criminals
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/may-never-get-out-of-these-prisons-judge-orders-trump-admin-to-not-remove-venezuelans-after-aclu-says-they-were-persecuted-as-criminals/

‘Unheard of and improper’: Trump admin refuses to produce high-ranking official to testify about controversial use of ‘death master file’ in pressuring migrants to self-deport
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-social-security-migrants-death-list-b2734065.html

“Obviously a Lie”: El Salvador’s Bukele Claims He Can’t Return Abrego García. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, sitting next to Donald Trump, said he is powerless to return the Maryland man.
https://truthout.org/articles/obviously-a-lie-el-salvadors-bukele-claims-he-cant-return-abrego-garcia/

Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyer says no proof of MS-13 affiliation
https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/abrego-garcias-lawyer-no-proof-ms13/

JD Vance’s Lies About Wrongly Deported Man Get Even More Blatant. The vice president is lying about Kilmar Abrego Garcia—and starting petty internet fights about it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jd-vance-lies-wrongly-deported-165006631.html

Why is Trump sending immigrant university scholars to Louisiana and Texas?
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5351645/ice-detention-louisiana-university-scholars

# Communications / Censorship
Addressing Risks from Chris Krebs and Government Censorship. In recent years, elitist leaders in Government have unlawfully censored speech and weaponized their undeserved influence to silence perceived political opponents and advance their preferred, and often erroneous, narrative about significant matters of public debate.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/addressing-risks-from-chris-krebs-and-government-censorship/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Ready to punish the poor in their districts, 7 out of 10 GOP lawmakers set to benefit from Trump tax scam. “Put simply, Congressional Republicans aren’t focused on making their constituents’ lives better,” said one watchdog.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/accountable-tax-day-gop-tax-bill

Tax Day Report Exposes Six US Corporate Giants Responsible for Dodging $278 Billion. Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/silicon-six-accused-of-avoiding-almost-278bn-in-us-corporation-taxes-over-10-years

Joe Scarborough: China, Europe ‘Can’t Believe Their Luck’ as Trump’s ‘Dumb’ Cuts ‘Destroy’ U.S. And Give Rest of World An Edge
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/joe-scarborough-china-europe-cant-believe-their-luck-as-trumps-dumb-cuts-destroy-u-s-and-give-rest-of-world-an-edge/

DOGE’s IRS cuts will cost the average American a fortune
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5248491-irs-doge-taxpayer-impacts/

Trump-Musk plan to gut the IRS could cost US public $30 million per day in unpaid taxes. Analysis shows dismantling IRS enforcement would benefit wealthy tax evaders, burden working families, and deepen inequality.
https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/trump-and-musks-proposed-irs-cuts-would-allow-ultra-rich-tax-cheats-to-steal-30-million-per-day-through-unlawful-tax-evasion/

Anthony Scaramucci Rips Trump’s Tariffs as ‘Stupidest’ Economic Policies in U.S. History
https://politicalwire.com/2025/04/15/scaramucci-rips-trumps-tariff-policy/

Elon Musk’s DOGE Isn’t Stopping Fraud. It’s Making It Easier. A scathing whistleblower report suggests that DOGE coders may have pilfered troves of personal data that would be extremely valuable to business leaders.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-doge-isn-t-100000802.html

Musk’s Latest Fraud Finding Isn’t What It Seems. His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits. But that fake data exists for a reason.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/upshot/musk-doge-fraud-claims.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Elon Musk’s DOGE is claiming victory after uncovering $382 million in unemployment fraud—but the government already found it years ago: ‘I don’t think it’s news to anyone’
https://fortune.com/2025/04/15/elon-musk-doge-unemployment-fraud-claims/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Texas Oil Drillers Can Bury Toxic Waste on Private Property Without Telling the Landowner. A New Bill Seeks to Change That. House Bill 4572 would introduce new requirements for pits where drillers bury oil and gas waste. Supporters of the bill gave testimony this week at the state capitol.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15042025/texas-bill-would-introduce-new-oil-gas-waste-pit-requirements/

If Trump & Musk Cut Energy Aid For Low-Income Households, Heatwaves Will Become Even Deadlier. Some $380 million is now in limbo after Trump laid off staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.
https://grist.org/energy/trump-energy-assistance-liheap-rising-heat/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Environmental groups sue Trump administration over shutdown of climate and pollution data tools
https://environmentalintegrity.org/news/environmental-groups-sue-trump-administration-over-removal-of-climate-and-environmental-justice-websites-and-data/

# Food General News
Arkansas, Indiana Request Soda, Candy Be Removed From Food Stamps
https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-indiana-request-soda-candy-ban-snap-benefits-2060315

USDA Cancels Biden Era Climate Slush Fund, Reprioritizes Existing Funding to Farmers. USDA is cutting bureaucratic red tape, streamlining reporting, lowering the paperwork burden on producers and putting farmers first.
https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/04/14/usda-cancels-biden-era-climate-slush-fund-reprioritizes-existing-funding-farmers

# Gov / Politics
Johnson’s $32 million quarter. And what is the Trump W.H. saying on tariffs?
https://punchbowl.news/article/finance/economy/johnson-q1-32-million/

Trump’s New Plan for Deep Foreign Aid Cuts ‘Will Plunge Millions’ Into Hunger, Disease
https://www.reuters.com/world/remaining-afghanistan-yemen-aid-hit-by-new-trump-administration-cuts-sources-say-2025-04-07/

U.S. Slashes Many of the Aid Programs It Had Promised to Keep. The U.N. food program said the new cuts “could amount to a death sentence” for millions of desperate people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/usaid-cuts.html

President Donald Trump issued a memorandum to expedite his deregulatory agenda in an action that has already prompted promises of legal challenges.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/04/trump-directive-aims-speed-deregulation-nixing-public-input/404474/

If Republicans have their way, North Carolina is just the beginning of authoritarian push to end free and fair elections
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-coming-attack-on-free-and-fair-elections/

Trump’s Latest Executive Orders Seek To Punish Former Allies Who Called Out Election Lies
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-probe-krebs-taylor-officials-opposed-election-lies/

Trump literally wants these 2 men arrested for criticizing him
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-trump-literally-wants-2-163000975.html

‘The beginning of American state terror’ is here: historian. Donald Trump had crossed a dangerous line.
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-state-terror/

‘This is the crisis moment’: Political scientist says Trump crossed a crucial red line
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportation-2671767128/

Senator Has A Warning For ‘Every American’ As Trump Defies Courts
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senators-to-visit-el-salvador-while-trump-defies-courts_n_67fec1c6e4b051f6e26e0eda

Trump is unleashing Hobbesian anarchy. Without an all-powerful government, Thomas Hobbes argued, humans would exist amid savage anarchy — a “war of all against all.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5247305-trump-is-unleashing-hobbesian-anarchy/

President Trump says he wants to deport US citizens convicted of crimes
https://san.com/cc/trump-admin-exploring-deporting-us-citizens-convicted-of-violent-crime/

The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate on Israeli PM Netanyahu’s aggressive campaign to compel the US to bomb Iranian nuclear sites, and prevent progress in US-Iranian negotiations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7QXfNhi9GM

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
DOJ Wants to Give Capitol Rioters a Refund for Damage They Caused
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jan-6-rioters-pardoned-by-president-donald-trump-may-get-refund-on-restitution-for-damage-caused-to-capitol/

White House Tells MAGA Justice Department Staff to STFU Online
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-tells-maga-justice-210131604.html

# Media / Press / Mail
Report Details Who Will Pay the Highest Price for Trump’s Postal Service Privatization Push. The 102 million Americans who live in suburbs, small towns, and remote areas who already pay more for private package delivery.
https://inequality.org/article/price-of-postal-privatization/

Defenders of Public Media Vow Fight Against Trump Assault on ‘Cherished’ NPR and PBS. The White House is starting the process to eliminate funding for public media
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/npr-national-news/2025-04-15/the-white-house-is-starting-the-process-to-eliminate-funding-for-public-media

# Medicare / Medicaid / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Republicans’ Claims of “Fraud” Are a Pretext for Unpopular and Drastic Medicaid Cuts
https://www.cbpp.org/blog/republicans-claims-of-fraud-are-a-pretext-for-unpopular-and-drastic-medicaid-cuts

Congress Moves to Cut Medicaid. Medicaid is a massive federal and state-funded program that provides health and long term care coverage to low-income people. It covers one in five people nationwide. Senate Republicans released a budget resolution that sets the stage for significant program cuts. The House and Senate are still negotiating policy specifics, but Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, and SNAP remain under threat.
https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/04/03/congress-moves-to-cut-medicaid

Trump order backs change to Medicare negotiation pushed by drug industry. The order applies to what the industry calls the Inflation Reduction Act’s “pill penalty.”
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/trump-order-seeks-changes-medicare-drug-price-negotiation-program-pbm-reform

# Medical / Health News
CT Scans May Account for 5 Percent of US Cancers–Doctors Say the Story Is More Complex. The estimates are small and uncertain, but balancing risks and benefits is critical.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/ct-scans-could-cause-5-of-cancers-study-finds-experts-note-uncertainty/

My Partner Was In A Study For Dementia Patients. Then The Trump Administration Did The Unthinkable. “If we fail to demand accountability, we risk losing not only progress, but a piece of our collective soul.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-cuts-dementia-study-funding-brain-health-research_n_67fa9f7fe4b0493abe65eae7

Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Supports the GOP Budget Which Will Decimate Nursing Homes and Home Care
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2025/04/congressman-brian-fitzpatrick-supports-the-gop-budget-which-will-decimate-nursing-homes-and-home-care-in-bucks-county/

# Military / DOD / General News
U.S. officials tracking Russian aircraft in U.S. territory
https://www.aol.com/u-military-tracks-russian-warplanes-130046426.html

Russian war planes detected flying off coast of America, NORAD says no threat
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-04-15/russia-aircraft-alaska-adiz-norad-17474214.html

Elite Pentagon Unit Resigns En Masse After Clashing With DOGE. Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/pentagons-digital-resignations-00290930

Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse. Nearly the entire staff of the Pentagon’s elite tech unit will resign by the end of April after being sidelined by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),
https://www.aol.com/pentagon-geek-squad-resigns-en-225600863.html

Pete Hegeth Adviser in Signal Group Chat Suddenly Put on Leave. Dan Caldwell, who was in that war plans group chat on Signal alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was just escorted out of the Pentagon.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194042/pete-hegeth-adviser-signal-chat-dan-caldwell-leave-defense

# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
There’s a ‘deeply dangerous’ arms race emerging on global stage. The U.S. and China are locked in an AI arms race as Chinese systems rapidly catch up to their U.S. counterparts in a high-stakes bid for dominance.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/there-s-a-deeply-dangerous-arms-race-emerging-on-global-stage/ar-AA1CVdNk?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1

# Military / General News / Global
Warning Quantitative Arms Race Appears Imminent, High Representative Tells Disarmament Commission Session’s Opening Pursuing Nuclear Weapons Won’t Guarantee State Security
https://press.un.org/en/2024/dc3872.doc.htm

Israel is About to Empty Gaza: Israel is poised to carry out the largest campaign of ethnic cleansing since World War II. March 2 it blocked all food and humanitarian aid and cut off electricity, so the last water desalination plant no longer functions. The Israeli military has seized half the territory, Gaza is 25 miles long and four to five miles wide, and placed two-thirds of Gaza under displacement orders, rendered “no-go zones,” including the border town of Rafah, which is encircled by Israeli troops.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/israel-gaza-ethnic-cleansing-displacement-egypt/289389/

# NASA / Space
Push to privatize NASA and NOAA climate research sparks backlash from Maryland lawmakers
https://www.ehn.org/trumps-push-to-privatize-nasa-and-noaa-climate-research-sparks-backlash-from-maryland-lawmakers

# Pharmaceuticals
‘Trump Just Caved to Big Pharma—Again’: New Order Aims to Delay Drug Price Negotiations
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-prescription-drug-prices

Trump signs executive action to lower drug prices
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5366067/trump-medicare-lower-drug-prices

# Security / Surveillance
White Paper Report: From Video Surveillance to Vision Intelligence
https://ptnet.com/wp-content/uploads/Vintra-White-Paper-AI-the-Future-of-Video-Surveillance.pdf

# Social / Social Programs
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has rolled out “enhanced technology” to detect suspicious activity in telephone claims or banking changes. The new technology will strengthen identification verification, preventing fraud.
https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/93C607A2221B9F3F81E7538FB84B9D0CABE5985D

Social Security is under attack. Gutting it is a broken promise. We shouldn’t be cutting Social Security services and threatening Americans’ benefits — we should be making the program stronger
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-elizabeth-warren-social-security-under-attack-gutting-broken-promise

Elon Musk is creating Social Security waste, fraud and abuse
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/elon-musk-social-security-fraud.html

# Solar Activity
Rare double solar blast unleashes 2 CMEs towards Earth. A rare double solar eruption fueled a spectacular display of the northern lights overnight — and more auroras could be on the way.
https://www.space.com/rare-double-solar-blast-incoming-cmes-aurora-alert

# Veterans / VA
VA plans to cut hundreds of payroll jobs at regional medical sites
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2025/04/15/va-plans-to-cut-hundreds-of-payroll-jobs-at-regional-medical-sites/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-04-15

Voices, The Peoples News

April 15, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
New Stream Gauges and Weather Stations Poised to Help Wyoming Tribes Endure Flooding and Drought
https://www.drought.gov/case-study-wind-river-tribes-create-new-drought-monitoring-tools

# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
US orders mass exit of these migrants, asks them to leave ‘immediately’
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/migrate/us-orders-mass-exit-of-these-migrants-asks-them-to-leave-immediately/articleshow/120207612.cms?from=mdr

ICE has broad power to detain and arrest non citizens – but is still bound by constitutional limits. These warrants are administrative warrants signed by an immigration enforcement supervisor – not a judge.
https://theconversation.com/ice-has-broad-power-to-detain-and-arrest-noncitizens-but-is-still-bound-by-constitutional-limits-253700
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Trump says ‘home-grown’ Americans are next to go to El Salvador, tells Bukele ‘gotta build about five more places.’ After deporting foreign passport holders to notorious Central American prison, president hints US citizens could follow.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/15/trump-eyes-deportation-of-homegrown-criminals-to-el-salvador

# Border / Immigration / General News
Trump floats deporting ‘homegrown criminals’ to El Salvador. Asked Salvadoran President to build more prisons for Americans. It would likely be a violation of the U.S. Constitution for the administration to send any native-born citizen forcibly into an overseas prison, as part of being a citizen means you cannot be forcibly sent to another country.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/trump-american-criminals-el-salvador-us-citizens/

Every Part of This ICE Arrest Is Horrific—Especially the Location. Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student leader at Columbia University, was arrested in a trap set by federal immigration agents.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193975/ice-arrest-mohsen-mahdawi-citizenship-appointment

State Department Memo on Abducted Tufts Student Exposes Rubio’s Lies. Here’s the truth about the evidence against Tufts University student Rümeysa Öztürk.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/state-department-memo-abducted-tufts-155240509.html

US and El Salvador Celebrate Their Refusal to Return Man Wrongly Deported to ‘Gulag.’ Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele and Donald Trump called a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador a “terrorist.” They say they cannot bring him back.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/trump-bukele-el-salvador-prison-return-men-kilmar-abrego-garcia-meeting-cecot/

Trump, Bukele say they won’t return deported man to US. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said Monday that he has no plans to return a Maryland man wrongfully deported to a prison in his country, “Of course I’m not going to do it.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5247965-trump-bukele-mistakenly-deported-man/

Lawmakers push to meet with Salvadoran president to plead case of mistakenly deported man
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5247824-bukele-van-hollen-espaillat-washington-meeting/

Stephen Miller contradicts DOJ court docs on man mistakenly deported. The only mistake that was made is a lawyer put an incorrect line in a legal filing that’s since been relieved. He is El Salvadorian. He is an illegal alien. He was deported to El Salvador,” Miller told reporters at the White House on Monday. Robert Cerna, the acting field office director for enforcement and removal operations at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, wrote in a declaration filed last month, “Through administrative error, Abrego-Garcia was removed from the United States to El Salvador. This was an oversight.” “He was put on administrative leave by Todd Blanche.”
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5248143-stephen-miller-doj-man-mistakenly-deported/

‘Full-Blown Constitutional Crisis’ Deepens as Bukele Refuses to Release Maryland Resident, “If this holds,” said one critic, “there is no law but Trump’s law.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-bukele

Why were 6,300 migrants moved to Social Security’s ‘death’ list? The request from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to place the migrants on the “Ineligible Master File” maintained by the SSA would bar migrants from receiving benefits or being able to work in the United States.
https://www.borderreport.com/news/trump-administration-adds-immigrant-social-security-numbers-to-death-list-in-deportation-push/

‘People are feeling betrayed’: They paid taxes in good faith and now fear it could lead to their deportation
https://madison365.com/people-are-feeling-betrayed-they-paid-taxes-in-good-faith-and-now-fear-it-could-lead-to-their-deportation/

Trump pledges to deport ‘Hamas sympathisers’ on college campuses. Council on American-Islamic Relations accuses US president of smearing students opposing genocide in Gaza.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/1/30/trump-pledges-to-deport-hamas-sympathisers-on-college-campuses

Let us be 100 percent clear: It is illegal to deport someone for political speech.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-floats-legally-questionable-proposal-deport-us-citizens-rcna201183

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
A bigger hole: Trump has already spent $155bn more than Biden. Musk now claims DOGE only saved $150bn
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/musk-trump-bigger-debt-150-billion-b2733310.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Brace for More Trump Tariffs and Chaos. You are not exempt from being confused.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/live/trump-tariffs-live-updates-possible-tech-auto-exemptions-in-focus-as-trump-team-sows-confusion-191201321.html

Budget group says the actual federal debt is $158.6 trillion. As Americans file their taxes at the last minute this April 15, the federal debt – and Americans’ federal debt burden – continues to grow.
https://www.cbs19news.com/budget-group-says-the-actual-federal-debt-is-158-6-trillion/article_45341bdc-942e-5103-ab9a-d17db7c6eac5.html

‘I Don’t Know What’s in His Head’: Republican Senator Says Trump ‘Has Not Given One Clear Rational’ for Tariffs
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/i-dont-know-whats-in-his-head-republican-senator-says-trump-has-not-given-one-clear-rational-for-tariffs/

Common goods’ prices to rise soon? Jassy said the proposed tariffs by the Trump administration could lead to higher costs. These increases would likely be passed on to buyers.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/common-goods-prices-to-rise-soon-heres-what-amazon-ceo-andy-jassy-warns-about/articleshow/120212071.cms?from=mdr

Increasing tariffs makes U.S. recession more likely, effect of policy may be ‘hard to reverse’ if maintained for too long
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/trump-tariffs-higher-prices-us-recession-jp-morgan-jamie-dimon

# Education / Schools / Librarys
Harvard University announces it won’t surrender to Trump. Despite billions in funding at risk, Harvard President Alan Garber said the university would not bend to the government’s demands.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvard-university-announces-won-t-195135503.html

Trump Wants to End Head Start While Boosting Military Spending to Record $1 Trillion. “Young learners and families around the country rely on Head Start and eliminating funding for this essential program would be devastating to local communities,” warned one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-head-start

# Employment / Labor / Unions
A whistleblower’s disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5355896/doge-nlrb-elon-musk-spacex-security

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research office and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rules safeguarding human health and ecosystems from environmental pollutants.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/national/news/2025/03/18/epa-cuts-scientific-research-doge-trump-administration

# Gov / Politics
The two tipping points for when we officially become a dictatorship could occur this week:
1. The first way the Trump regime openly becomes a dictatorship is by directly defying a Supreme Court order.
2. The second way we officially become a dictatorship is if the Trump regime can accuse any American citizen of being so dangerous as to justify being sent to a foreign prison, without any independent court reviewing the regime’s evidence.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-two-tipping-points-for-when-we

Rhetoric is heating up over Ukraine again with President Volodymyr Zelensky casting President Donald Trump as taken in by Russian narratives – a suggestion dismissed by Vice President JD Vance.
https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-clarifies-stance-russia-zelensky-absurd-2059774

Could Trump’s Intentions Ignite a Superpowers Clash over Earth’s Largest Island? Greenland is the world’s largest island, strategically located in the Arctic between America and Europe. Despite its small population it holds immense geopolitical prominence due to its untapped energy potential, including oil, natural gas, and critical minerals. Its proximity to emerging Arctic shipping routes and role as a hub for military operations and Arctic surveillance further amplifies its strategic value.
https://www.chinausfocus.com/peace-security/could-trumps-intentions-ignite-a-superpowers-clash-over-earths-largest-island

The Rise of the Far Right and the Domestication of the War on Terror
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/130719768.pdf

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
You Can’t Seriously Be Shocked That Big Law Caved to Trump. They defend fossil fuel corporations, tobacco giants, Wall Street criminals, and the pharmaceutical firms responsible for the opioid crisis. So of course they folded to Trump like a cheap suit.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193971/big-law-firms-cave-trump-immoral-work

# Media / Press / Mail
Trump calls on FCC chair to impose ‘maximum fines and punishment’ on Paramount’s CBS over 60 Minutes. Trump moves to assert full control over independent agencies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-calls-fcc-chair-impose-141216451.html

# Medical / Health News
MRI Scans Causing Nasty Material to Form Inside Body, Scientists Find. New research suggests that MRI with contrast may create nanoparticles that infiltrate your tissues.
https://www.prevention.com/health/a64409209/scientists-nanoparticles-toxic-metal-mri-humans-study/

# Military / DOD / General News
Fears over extremism in US military as soldier revealed as neo-Nazi TikTok follower. US army investigates after young private follows the Base, which has vowed to recruit soldiers for so-called race war. Experts say examples like this shows how Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon is allowing extremism to go unchecked.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/14/us-military-extremism-the-base

If US and Iran Clash, This Remote Island May be the First to Fight
https://www.newsweek.com/if-us-iran-clash-this-remote-base-could-first-fight-2059688

Is The U.S. About To Go To War With Iran? The U.S. is pouring military assets into the Middle East as Trump’s deadline for Iran to come to the negotiating table fast approaches.
https://www.twz.com/air/is-the-u-s-about-to-go-to-war-with-iran

Iran: Background and U.S. Policy: In 2024, the Islamic Republic of Iran faced military and strategic setbacks, largely at the hands of Israel and the United States, that appear to dramatically diminish advantages and leverage Tehran had built up through years of investment.
https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47321

# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
The “Sprint” anti-ballistic missile unlocked new speed levels for a weapon but was retired after only one year. Though it worked well, the system active for a brief time. Changes in defense policy led to its cancellation
https://www.newsbreak.com/war-history-online-1745274/3961042602625-the-sprint-anti-ballistic-missile-unlocked-new-speed-levels-for-a-weapon-but-was-retired-after-only-one-year

# Military / General News / Global
How China’s Military is Quietly Gaining Control of the Pacific. China has quietly extended its military reach far across the Pacific by building dozens of ports, airports, and communications projects at key points in a vast region that could shut out the United States and its allies in the event of war,
https://www.newsweek.com/china-south-pacific-strategic-dual-use-infrastructure-us-military-2059048

# NASA / Space
Documents reveal Trump’s plan to gut funding for Nasa and climate science. Critics say Nasa faces ‘extinction-level event’ with budget plan, with climate research funding also to be slashed
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/11/trump-climate-science-nasa-noaa-cuts

# NOAA / Weather
White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research. The agency’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research would be “eliminated as a line office,” according to a memo from the Office of Management and Budget.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/white-house-plan-guts-noaa-climate-research-00286408

# Pharmaceuticals
The Trump administration disclosed Monday that it had opened an investigation into the effects on national security of importing certain pharmaceuticals, a move widely seen as the prelude to initiating tariffs on prescription drugs.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5248629-white-house-pharma-semiconductor-tariffs/

# Science / Science Engineers
Congressional Democrats Assail Trump’s Plans for Deep Cuts to Government Science. With NOAA and NASA, two key climate research agencies, in the cross-hairs, Maryland officials see a privatization plan in the works.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14042025/congress-democrats-speak-against-trump-government-science-cuts/

# Social / Social Programs
Social Security Press Releases
https://www.ssa.gov/news/press/releases/

HHS Systems Are in Danger of Collapsing, Workers Say. The purging staff at the Department of Health and Human Services could threaten the systems used by the agency’s staff and the safety of critical health data.
https://www.rawstory.com/hhs-data-in-danger-of-a-possible-collapse-after-staff-purge-report/

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments will be suspended for those who don’t comply with this mandatory step in the process — resulting in delays for millions. Starting this year, all beneficiaries of Social Security retirement and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments will have to comply with a mandatory account transition or risk having their monthly payments halted
https://www.themirror.com/money/social-security-payments-suspended-retirees-1092510

Social Security’s trust fund could run out of money due to changes in taxes and benefits. As an economist who studies the Social Security system, I am alarmed that Democratic and Republican administrations alike have failed for more than three decades to take the actions necessary to keep its funding on track, either by raising taxes or cutting benefits.
https://www.caledonianrecord.com/opinion/conversation/social-security-s-trust-fund-could-run-out-of-money-sooner-than-expected-due-to/article_45ae946f-7795-57b6-831c-ce9e48b3d3f0.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-04-13

Voices, The Peoples News

April 13, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
New plan eyes mass deportations — by making part of Central American prison US territory. Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to transport detainees from the US to El Salvador.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/military-contractors-prison-plan-detained-immigrants-erik-prince-00287208

Trump’s Horrifying Removal of Man in “Error” Takes an Even Darker Turn. The Trump administration could allow Kilmar Abrego Garcia back into the U.S. and try to deport him through proper channels. So why won’t it even do that?
https://newrepublic.com/article/193943/trump-kilmar-garcia-maryland-salvador-removal-error

Trump Has Despicable New Way to Carry Out His Deportations. Donald Trump’s latest plan to kick immigrants out of the country is unbelievably cruel. The White House added the names and Social Security numbers of thousands of living, breathing people to the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File, which is used to track when a person has died and should stop receiving government benefits.
https://larson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/outrageous-abuse-power-trump-weaponizes-social-security-deportation-spree#:~:text=By%20entering%20the%20names%20and,several%20news%20outlets%20reported%20Thursday

ACLU FOIA Litigation Reveals Information About Plans to Expand ICE Detention Facilities Nationwide
Documents show ICE seeking to expand detention facilities already in use, open new facilities in 10 states across the Midwest and West Coast
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-foia-litigation-reveals-information-about-plans-to-expand-ice-detention-facilities-nationwide

White House authorizes military control of land along the border. Trump authorizes US military to take control of land at US-Mexico border. Order allows armed forces to take ‘direct role’ in securing southern border, which Trump memo says ‘is under attack’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/trump-military-control-us-mexico-border

Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, immigration judge rules
https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-protester-ruling-deport-fd9e80583af3109d7de0a5264e79ea61

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Trump Announces ‘Termination’ of ‘Illegal DEI’ Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Majority-Black Alabama Communities. The agreement, reached under the Biden Administration, required the state’s Department of Public Health to improve sanitation efforts in Alabama’s Black Belt. It’s unclear what the termination will mean on the ground.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11042025/trump-terminates-civil-rights-agreement-in-alabama/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Data shows DOGE doesn’t dent deficit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70nHmlapu7w

DOGE takes over key website that handles distribution of $500bn in federal grants
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-grants-website-nih-b2732203.html

DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data: Ooperatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-hackathon-irs-data-palantir/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Trump exempts smartphones, computers and chips from new tariffs. The guidance that was issued also excludes flash drives and memory cards from the new tariffs
https://www.wsj.com/tech/trump-exempts-smartphones-other-electronics-from-chinese-tariffs-dd8eb31f

How Trump Has a Gold-Plated Insurance Policy Against his Own Market Mayhem
https://www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeast-513346/3959205696529-how-trump-has-a-gold-plated-insurance-policy-against-his-own-market-mayhem

The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes. Under the Trump administration, federal authorities are declining to charge crypto firms with a range of offenses, raising questions about which rules apply—and who will enforce them
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-is-turning-a-blind-eye-to-crypto-crimes/

Um, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump’s Tariffs. A technical “glitch” has created the biggest hiccup in Trump’s tariffs rollout.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193930/ports-not-collecting-trump-tariffs-glitch

Trump Gets More Bad News as Consumer Confidence Plummets. Americans across the board are quickly losing faith in Trump’s handling of the economy.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193930/ports-not-collecting-trump-tariffs-glitch

The Sick Psychology Behind Trump’s Tariff Chaos
https://newrepublic.com/article/193834/trump-tariff-chaos-economy-crash

US banking regulator reports on ‘major’ cyber incident involving senior officials’ emails. The OCC detects “unusual interactions” between a system administrative account and user email boxes
https://therecord.media/office-comptroller-currency-email-hack-report

‘They Are Laughing at Us All’: Trump Tariff Whiplash Boosts Wealth of Mega-Rich by $304 Billion “Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind they were tipped off?” asked one progressive news outlet.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/billionaire-wealth-trump-tariffs

House Republicans Pass Bill Letting Musk ‘Fleece Consumers’ With His X Money Scheme. “Elon Musk orchestrated a plan to rip off consumers with impunity when he tweeted ‘Delete CFPB’ and Congress just rubber-stamped it,” said one campaigner.
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/congress-allows-musks-x-money-to-fleece-consumers

Tariffs: The Big Picture. An overview of how tariffs work, their benefits and the challenges they present.
https://www.vox.com/politics/406467/trump-tariffs-prices-liberation-day-economy

# Education
Here’s What One of Trump’s Grantee Termination Letters Looks Like. This NEH grantee was told the “immediate termination” of her grant “is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government.” Is this America?
https://newrepublic.com/article/193628/trump-grantee-termination-letters-education?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_soapbox_rss&utm_term=tnr-newsletter-20240825

Florida Teacher Loses Job for Using Student’s Chosen Name. A Florida high school teacher’s community is rallying behind her after the school district chose not to renew her teaching contract because she called a student by their preferred name without parental permission.
https://people.com/florida-teacher-fired-for-using-student-s-preferred-name-without-parental-consent-11713353

Dad Having ‘Hard Time’ With First-Grade Math Homework, and He’s Not Alone
https://www.newsweek.com/dad-hard-first-grade-math-homework-not-alone-2056974

3 additional NMSU international students’ visas revoked
https://www.lascrucesbulletin.com/stories/visas-revoked-on-six-nmsu-international-students,114671

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Amid tariff chaos, Republicans plot “massive redistribution” of wealth from workers to the rich
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/12/amid-tariff-chaos-plot-massive-redistribution-of-wealth-from-workers-to-the-rich/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Interior Department announces major increase in Gulf oil, gas reserves. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered officials to hold the offshore lease sales in the Gulf starting in June.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/louisiana/article_5abe5bb2-db99-4415-8a2f-a3594aef3f6e.html

In the Caribbean, the Trump Admin Is Implementing a Dangerous Geopolitics of Oil. The new U.S. goal is to lock the region into permanent reliance on fossil fuels, only now under a network of energy-rich countries overseen by the United States.
https://fpif.org/trump-pushes-geopolitics-of-oil-on-caribbean/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
One Man’s Quest to Reforest the Rio Grande Valley. The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.
https://www.americanforests.org/article/rio-reforestation-it-takes-a-village-to-restore-a-forest/

‘This Executive Order is Illegal’: Trump Attacks Half-Century of Environmental Protections in One Fell Swoop. “This chaotic administration is obviously desperate to smash through every environmental guardrail that protects people or preserves wildlife, but steps like this will be laughed out of court,” said one advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-and-the-environment

# Gov / Politics
‘Near-limitless authority’: Trump reportedly moves to make sure GOP can’t lose elections
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-elections-near-limitless-authority/

New legislation based on conspiracy theory could have major consequences for the US — here’s what’s at stake. The door is open for many more conspiracy theories to gain traction.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/chemtrails-conspiracy-theory-legislation/

Here’s How Trump Plans to Take Control of Greenland. Donald Trump’s plan exposes just how clueless he is.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193912/donald-trump-plan-control-greenland-clueless

Trump’s Latest Executive Order Lays Bare His Authoritarian Ambitions. His directive to the Justice Department to investigate Miles Taylor and Chris Krebs, whose only crimes were telling the truth, is a frontal assault on the rule of law.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193854/trump-justice-dept-executive-order-taylor-krebs-authoritarian

“Youth Are Going to Die Because of This”: Trump Defunds Violence Prevention. Trump cut short crucial research on violence prevention, halting studies that have been underway for months and years.
https://truthout.org/articles/youth-are-going-to-die-because-of-this-trump-defunds-violence-prevention/

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/

House passes bill to shield Trump from legal accountability, restricts judges from halting unconstitutional orders. Republicans push sweeping limits on judicial authority after courts repeatedly block Trump’s executive actions as unlawful or unconstitutional.
https://truthout.org/articles/house-passes-bill-limiting-judges-ability-to-place-injunctions-on-trump-orders/

Video of Trump Bragging About Enriching His Billionaire Pals Draws Outrage. “Donald Trump in a nutshell: doing everything he can to make the ultra-rich even richer,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “We need to find out if Trump’s tariff chaos was used as cover for insider trading.”
https://www.alternet.org/voters-outraged-video-of-trump-bragging-about-enriching-his-billionaire-pals-draws-outrage/

House GOP Passes Bill That Moves Toward Making Trump a ‘King With Unlimited Power.’ “House Republicans want to make it harder for federal courts to serve as a check on Trump’s lawlessness and overreach,” said one advocate. “But that’s not how our democracy works.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-impeach-judges

# Gov / Politics / Global
Vladimir Putin threat of ‘worldwide blackouts’ as NATO issues chilling warning. NATO is concerned that the Kremlin could unleash a new weapon against the world, causing “worldwide blackouts” by sabotaging undersea cables with its ‘shadow fleet.’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vladimir-putin-threat-of-worldwide-blackouts-as-nato-issues-chilling-warning/ar-AA1CKgPb

Nation-StateChina Admitted to Volt Typhoon Cyberattacks on US Critical Infrastructure: In a secret meeting between Chinese and US officials, the former confirmed conducting cyberattacks on US infrastructure.
https://www.securityweek.com/china-admitted-to-us-that-it-conducted-volt-typhoon-attacks-report/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump’s DOJ Brazenly Defies Judge’s Orders on Wrongly Deported Dad. The high court’s ruling reinforces the government must act to correct the wrongful deportation.
https://www.newsweek.com/doj-pushes-back-deadline-return-deported-maryland-man-2058756

The Supreme Court’s Latest Trump Compromise Is Making the Justices Look Like Chumps
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/supreme-court-anlysis-trump-gulag-justices-chumps.html

Human Rights Defenders Sue Trump Administration Over Sanctions on ICC Prosecutor. The suit argues it is unconstitutional for Trump to block humanitarian groups in the US from working with the ICC
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/human-rights-advocates-sue-trump-administration-over-sanctions-targeting-icc

# Medicare / Medicaid / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Trump’s HHS Purges Office Behind Poverty Guidelines, Slashing Team That Determines Medicaid, Food Aid Eligibility
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trumps-hhs-purges-office-behind-poverty-guidelines-slashing-team-that-determines-medicaid-food-aid-eligibility/

# Medical / Health News
Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council Wants To Put An End To The Black Maternal Mortality And Reproductive Crisis. In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week, members of the RFLC will introduce policies to improve Black maternal health.
https://newsone.com/6070556/reproductive-freedom-leadership-council-wants-to-end-black-maternal-mortality/

Title X Freeze Threatens Reproductive Health Care Access
https://time.com/7276543/title-x-funding-freeze-threatens-states/

An emboldened anti-abortion faction wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges. Many people involved in the abortion debate say a movement of so-called abortion abolitionists who want to punish women for having abortions is widening its influence
https://www.reflector.com/news/national/an-emboldened-anti-abortion-faction-wants-women-who-have-abortions-to-face-criminal-charges/article_02295157-6113-5630-9f99-712ea1f22bb4.html

Senator warns China could obtain Americans’ genetic data through 23andMe sale
https://therecord.media/senator-warns-china-could-acquire-23andme-genetic-data

Records from a top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are missing, the CDC’s parent agency has informed a U.S. senator.
https://www.usnn.news/top-cdc-scientists-records-missing-health-department-says/#google_vignette

# Military / General News / Global
Train like you fight: Taiwan comes to grips with an old military adage. Military planners have vowed to inject a greater degree of realism into military training, as China readies new tactics for a potential invasion
https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2025/04/11/train-like-you-fight-taiwan-comes-to-grips-with-an-old-military-adage/

Russia To Launch Massive $100 Billion Naval Expansion
https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-russia-launches-100bn-naval-expansion-2058669

# NASA / Space
The Pentagon has relieved the commander of a U.S. Space Force base in Greenland just two weeks after she hosted Vice President JD Vance for a visit.
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/04/11/space-force-commander-fired-after-email-dod-says-undermined-jd-vance/

Musk Splits With Trump Over ‘Troubling’ Cuts to NASA
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5245162-elon-musk-opposes-nasa-funding-cuts/

NASA Science Faces an ‘Extinction-Level Event’ with Trump Draft Budget Proposal. I’m Sorry, Trump Is Going to do What to NASA?
https://eos.org/research-and-developments/nasa-science-faces-an-extinction-level-event-with-trump-draft-budget-proposal

Proposed NASA Budget Cuts ‘Would Decimate American Leadership in Space.’ The approximate 20 percent budget cut could force the closure of the Goddard Space Flight Center and would see projects such as the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope scrapped.
https://spacenews.com/white-house-proposal-would-slash-nasa-science-budget-and-cancel-major-missions/

# NOAA / Weather
NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-lab

The Trump administration is proposing deep cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), according to a draft budget proposal viewed by NPR. It also proposes slashing the operations and personnel budget of the National Marine Fisheries Service, which manages the country’s ocean fisheries, by nearly 30%
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361366/major-budget-cuts-proposed-for-the-national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration

# Nuclear
Iran says ‘indirect talks’ begin with a US envoy over Tehran’s nuclear program. No overall agreement is immediately likely, but the stakes of the negotiations couldn’t be higher for these two nations closing in on half a century of enmity.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-nuclear-talks-oman-3aaca426accb6e450fef6395cc5de909

# Security / Surveillance
Trump administration planning major workforce cuts at CISA: Trump administration under scrutiny as it puts major round of CISA cuts on the table. Congressional members plan to raise questions Tuesday as hundreds of critical jobs could be slashed in the coming weeks.
https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/trump-scrutiny-cisa-cuts/744619/
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience: https://www.cisa.gov/about

# Social / Social Programs
Social Security Admin Reportedly Moving All Communication to X, the Everything App. The Social Security Administration backed off its plan to cut phone services, but it’s still taking steps to limit the ways that people will be able to access information about the essential agency. The SSA plans to stop issuing communications through normal channels like press releases and will instead make statements exclusively on X.
https://gizmodo.com/social-security-admin-reportedly-moving-all-communication-to-x-the-everything-app-2000588351

SSA shifts to X posts for official messaging after cuts to communications staff. The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/04/ssa-shifts-to-x-posts-for-official-messaging-after-cuts-to-communications-staff/

Musk claims voter fraud after admitting DOGE improperly used Social Security data
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3959118546252-musk-claims-voter-fraud-after-admitting-doge-improperly-used-social-security-data?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDQ0ODAzMTc0MDg%3D

How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=149417

Senior Social Security official removed by security after pointing out illegal plans
https://www.rawstory.com/social-security-illegal-musk/

Why do Trump and Musk keep pushing the Social Security fraud narrative?
https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDiscussion/comments/1j4h36s/why_do_trump_and_musk_keep_pushing_the_social/

150-year-olds are not receiving Social Security payments. The Social Security Administration has announced that it is correcting beneficiary records of those who are listed as 100 or older. “The data reported in the media represent people who do not have a date of death associated with their record,” the agency said.
https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/02/20/150-year-olds-are-not-receiving-social-security-payments

Trump accused of weaponizing Social Security and immigration system to target immigrants and silence dissent. Critics warn of authoritarian overreach as Trump administration marks immigrants as “dead” to force deportation and targets lawful residents for protected political speech.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/11/trump-accused-of-weaponizing-social-security-and-immigration-system-to-target-immigrants-and-silence-dissent/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang issues stark warning about America’s need to keep pace with China on AI
https://nypost.com/2025/04/11/business/scale-ai-ceo-alexandr-wang-issues-stark-warning-about-china/

# Water
Thousands of Water Systems Across US Have Dangerous Cancer-Causing Chemicals. Millions of people across the United States could be drinking contaminated water, according to a new report.
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2025/04/cancer-causing-chemicals-drinking-water-put-122m-americans-risk

US-Mexico water dispute: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Mexico will immediately deliver water to Texas farmers, aiming to ease tensions with the U.S. under a decades-old treaty that has drawn renewed scrutiny from Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/sheinbaum-responds-mexico-texas-water-treaty-trump-2058686

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April 11, 2025
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Illegal Immigrants Must Register Friday, Court Rules in Trump Admin Victory
https://www.newsweek.com/illegal-immigrants-must-register-friday-court-rules-trump-admin-victory-2058362

AG Pam Bondi says mistakenly deported Maryland man ‘should stay where he is’
https://apnews.com/video/attorney-general-pam-bondi-says-mistakenly-deported-maryland-man-should-stay-where-he-is-8ed24214f89a43c4b4630c730c1d1ae7

President Trump “working on papers” to withhold federal funds from sanctuary cities
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2025/04/10/trump-working-on-removing-sanctuary-cities-federal-funding/

‘Had access … for at least 2 months’: Judge shoots down Trump admin request for more time in birthright citizenship case, says DOJ is dragging its feet
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/had-access-for-at-least-2-months-judge-shoots-down-trump-admin-request-for-more-time-in-birthright-citizenship-case-says-doj-is-dragging-its-feet/

Video shows immigration authorities break glass, forcibly remove woman from car
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/video-shows-immigration-authorities-break-glass-forcibly-remove-woman-from-car

They fled Putin’s Russia for the US. After Ice detention, they’re choosing to leave again
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/us-immigration-putin-russia-ice

Immigrants Aren’t Dead, But Social Security Adds Them To Death Database. Social Security lists thousands of living immigrants as dead to prompt them to leave
https://apnews.com/article/living-immigrants-dead-social-security-numbers-trump-c10737cbe36e3108fb244a555777d880

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Car graveyard with lines & lines of vehicles grows as auto brands refuse to make deliveries – it’s bad news for buyers
https://www.the-sun.com/motors/13999674/car-graveyard-grows-auto-brands-refuse-deliveries/

# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Illinois And Other States Refuse To Comply With The Trump Administration’s Anti-DEI Directives. Minnesota’s Department of Education officially rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to make U.S. education white nationalism-friendly again via an order by the U.S. Department of Education
https://newsone.com/6069964/states-that-refused-to-comply-with-trumps-anti-dei-directives/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk’s DOGE Under Audit Amid ‘Alarming’ Data Access Reports
https://www.mediaite.com/news/elon-musks-doge-under-audit-amid-alarming-data-access-reports/

Elon Musk responds with ‘laughing emojis’ to stories of workers’ lives he’s ruined: The story contained another alarming revelation: the depth of Musk’s antipathy toward the people’s whose lives he’s been turning upside down.
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-lives-destroyed-respond-laugh-cry-emojis

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
House Republicans adopt new property tax proposal over Democrat concerns
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republicans-adopt-property-tax-174753435.html

“Just the first set of cuts”: Expert warns GOP budget is designed to collapse the social safety net. “Wealthy Americans, on the other hand, would have a larger share of the economic pie”
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/10/just-the-first-set-of-cuts-expert-warns-budget-is-designed-to-collapse-the-social-safety-net/

Ron Wyden says the U.S. economy ‘has gone from the envy of the world to a laughingstock in less time than it took to finish March Madness’
https://fortune.com/2025/04/10/ron-wyden-us-economy-envy-laughingstock/

WATCH: Sen. Schiff Warns of Trump and Musk Plan to Gut Essential Government Programs in Floor Speech. “First, they cut the staff. Then, they cut the services. And finally, they say it doesn’t work. It doesn’t work. Privatize it. Let the billionaires run it. Put it in the market. What could possibly go wrong? Have you seen the market lately?”
https://www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-releases/watch-sen-schiff-warns-of-trump-and-musk-plan-to-gut-essential-government-programs-in-floor-speech/

Trump’s trade war has taken a $700 billion bite out of Apple as people wake up to the reality of how expensive an iPhone will be under the new tariffs
https://fortune.com/2025/04/09/trumps-trade-war-iphone-apple-stock-rout/

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy warns Americans cheap prices of everyday goods could be a thing of the past
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/this-is-just-the-beginning-amazon-boss-andy-jassy-warns-trumps-tariffs-could-hit-every-american-wallet-harder-than-ever-expected/articleshow/120171458.cms?UTM_Source=Google_Newsstand&UTM_Campaign=RSS_Feed&UTM_Medium=Referral&from=mdr

Lawmakers speak out against ‘tax breaks for billionaires’
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/25/disney-rockefeller-congress-tax-breaks

‘An enormous scam:’ Senator accuses Trump of massive ‘insider trading scandal’
https://san.com/cc/adam-schiff-demands-insider-trading-probe-over-trump-tariff-pause/

Democrats in Congress take aim at Trump’s ‘market manipulation’: ‘This could be an enormous scandal’
https://www.aol.com/democrats-congress-aim-trump-market-210915030.html

House passes $5.8 trillion budget resolution to make Trump tax cuts permanent. (The Center Square) – President Donald Trump’s tax cuts are set for permanent extension after the House narrowly passed a $5.8 trillion over ten years concurrent budget resolution that seemed poised to fail.
https://highlandcountypress.com/news/house-passes-58-trillion-budget-resolution-make-trump-tax-cuts-permanent#gsc.tab=0

Trump Brags About How Tariff Pause Made His Friends Even Richer. Donald Trump’s decision to pause his tariffs sent the stock market soaring.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193860/donald-trump-brags-tariff-pause-made-billionaires-richer

Trump Gives us All Whiplash With Threat of New Tariffs—Now on Mexico. Very stable genius Donald Trump continues to go back and forth on tariffs.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-11/trump-threatens-additional-tariffs-on-mexico-over-water-rights

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Global
China’s trade war weapons: Rare earth ban and US debt dump could cripple American economy and defense
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/10/china-has-a-weapon-that-could-hurt-america-rare-earth-exports

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump Treasury Appointee Says Fired Alabama Federal Workers Can Work in Factories
https://newrepublic.com/post/193695/treasury-secretary-says-fired-federal-workers-can-work-factory

Trump Guts Agency Critical to Worker Safety as Temperatures Rise. On the heels of the hottest year on record, the Trump administration eviscerated programs and staff vital to keeping American workers safe from extreme heat and other workplace hazards.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11042025/trump-dismantles-worker-safety-agency-as-temperatures-rise/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
President Donald Trump instructed federal agencies and their assigned DOGE teams to repeal any existing regulations inconsistent with his priorities without providing advance notice or going through the traditional public input process.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/federal-agencies-public-notice-comment-trump-administration-00284499

Keystone oil pipeline ‘bang’ sparks chaos as huge oil spill rocks Fort Ransom
https://apnews.com/article/what-caused-keystone-oil-pipeline-spill-gas-dd75ff6d8d2bf652e9967814f8e10ece

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Trump aims to shut down state climate policies. Climate-focused state leaders say his administration has no legal basis to unravel their efforts.
https://stateline.org/2025/04/09/trump-aims-to-shut-down-state-climate-policies/

Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/us-trumps-epa-plans-to-stop-collecting-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data-from-most-polluters/

Trump Administration Ends Funding for Leading U.S. Climate Program
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/trump-national-climate-assessment-usgcrf

Trump executive order targets state climate laws, shields fossil fuel industry from accountability
https://san.com/cc/trump-signs-executive-order-targeting-state-climate-laws/

# Environment / Climate / Global
A new study led by the Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne (EPFL) revealed what glacier melt could bring about on our planet by the end of the century. Glaciers hold almost 70% of the world’s freshwater.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/glacier-melt-study-switzerland-epfl-bacteria/

# General News
Read the Russia collusion memos President Trump declassified and Kash Patel gave to Congress. FBI Director Kash Patel turned the hundreds of pages of documents over turned to Congress following President Trump’s order declassifying the materials.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/read-declassified-russia-collusion-documents-turned-over

Newly declassified FBI memos detail concerns, payments to Russia collusion informant. Newly declassified documents show informant Stefan Halper was motivated in part by “monetary compensation” and was paid nearly $1.2 million from FBI over three decades.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/fbi-kept-defending-crossfire-hurricanes-stefan-halper-after-his-mike

# Gov / Politics
Video captured by the White House shows Donald Trump bragging that friend and investor Charles Schwab made two billion dollars from the current stock market chaos. In a video posted to X Wednesday (9 April)
https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trump-charles-schwab-stock-market-tariffs-nascar-b2731568.html

Trump’s Dumbest Order Is Hiding His Most Dangerous Rule Change Yet. Trump implies that because he was the one rewriting the rule, the public would not be given the opportunity to comment, essentially fast-tracking any deregulation effort he pitches in the future. Legal experts were quick to challenge Trump’s rulemaking rule change.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-dumbest-order-hiding-most-144237762.html

Congressional Republicans pushed through a bill on Thursday that could hinder voting rights across the nation
https://www.rawstory.com/voting/

The U.S. is now gearing up for a confrontation with China, which some say was the plan all along
https://fortune.com/2025/04/10/the-u-s-is-now-gearing-up-for-a-confrontation-with-china-which-some-say-was-the-plan-all-along/

‘Quite big and quite bad’: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow suggested that a sudden wave of resignations inside the IRS is an obvious sign that massive turmoil is brewing within the agency.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2671731415/

‘A slap in the face to hardworking federal employees’: Federal judge tears into Trump admin over ‘baseless claims’ about government workers
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/a-slap-in-the-face-to-hardworking-federal-employees-federal-judge-tears-into-trump-admin-over-baseless-claims-about-government-workers/

Trump signs executive orders aimed at federal officials who criticized him during first term
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/donald-trump-retribution-miles-taylor-00007512

‘The Party Has Been Taken Over’: Doug Schoen Tells Harris Faulkner ‘Far Left’ Made Democratic Party ‘Unrecognizable’
https://rumble.com/embed/v6pq61j/?pub=3rtroj

Blue State Town Threatens Legal Action Against Residents Making ‘Statements’ That ‘Harm’ Government
https://www.aol.com/blue-state-town-threatens-legal-162609761.html

House passes “the most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history”
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the-most-extraordinary-attack-on-voting-rights-in-american-history-how-the-save-act-upends-over-a-century-and-a-half-of-protecting-voting/

Why Trump’s War with China is Much Bigger Than Trade
https://www.newsweek.com/china-us-trade-tariffs-war-nuclear-trump-2058433

Four Democrats Pass Bill Making It Harder for Married Women to Vote. The House of Representatives—with the help of four Democrats—just passed a bill that could disenfranchise millions.
https://19thnews.org/2025/04/save-act-house-voting/

# Gov / Politics / Global
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has become one of the biggest outside spenders in all of U.S. politics, pouring money into a stunning 389 congressional races last year alone, according to a comprehensive analysis by The Intercept. Now we’re seeing what AIPAC bought with that money.
https://www.opensecrets.org/outside-spending/detail?cmte=American+Israel+Public+Affairs+Cmte&cycle=2024

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
An Algorithm Deemed This Nearly Blind 70-Year-Old Prisoner a “Moderate Risk.” Now He’s No Longer Eligible for Parole.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tiger-algorithm-louisiana-parole-calvin-alexander

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
House approves act that limits judges’ checks-and-balances rights to slow the Trump agenda
https://apnews.com/article/what-caused-keystone-oil-pipeline-spill-gas-dd75ff6d8d2bf652e9967814f8e10ece

‘None of them were charged with killing anyone’: Trump must face defamation suit from Central Park 5, judge rules
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/none-of-them-were-charged-with-killing-anyone-trump-must-face-defamation-suit-from-central-park-5-judge-rules/

# Medicare / Medicaid
Republicans pass Trump-backed tax plan that could drastically cut Medicaid: Mike Johnson Reveals His Disastrous Plans for Medicaid. The House speaker has a cruel plan now that he’s passed the budget.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193865/mike-johnson-donald-trump-budget-cuts-medicaid

House-passed budget includes Medicaid trigger that would end Medicaid expansion if federal funds are cut
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-passed-budget-includes-medicaid-230626247.html
Also: Which states have trigger laws to automatically end Medicaid expansion if federal funding drops?
https://www.healthinsurance.org/faqs/which-states-have-trigger-laws-to-automatically-end-medicaid-expansion-if-federal-funding-drops/

A fifth of Americans are on Medicaid. Some of them have no idea. Programs with consumer-friendly names and private insurance company involvement add to the confusion. Some Americans who rely on Medicaid to pay for their health care don’t realize their insurance is funded by that very program, which congressional Republicans are looking to shrink.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2025/04/11/a-fifth-of-americans-are-on-medicaid-some-of-them-have-no-idea/

House Democrats and Republicans face off over Medicare cuts
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/10/house-budget-resolution-tax-cuts-senate-compromise-medicaid-cuts/

# Medical / Health News
‘Resign or be fired’: Public health trade group head calls for axing RFK Jr.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/115048

Doctors concerned after WV lawmakers change newborn care standard that prevents blindness in babies. Newborns in West Virginia automatically receive eye ointment after birth to prevent medical pink eye, which can cause blindness. A bill approved by the Senate and House of Delegates repeals that medical mandate.
https://westvirginiawatch.com/2025/04/10/doctors-concerned-after-wv-lawmakers-change-newborn-care-standard-that-prevents-blindness-in-babies/

‘We are failing’: doctors and students in the US look to Mexico for basic abortion training
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/09/doctors-mexico-abortion-training

WA Legislature passes bill allowing pregnant women to die on their own terms
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_3304fabf-6bc0-47b4-a719-6d2b53915f4e.html

RFK tells family of child measles victim ‘you don’t know what’s in the vaccine’: “The vaccine was not effective.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/father-measles-stricken-child-reveals-225029901.html

The TV Show Host Who’s Now In Charge Of Medicare Wants To Replace Doctors With AI
https://futurism.com/dr-oz-medicare-ai

# Military / DOD / General News
With Trump’s executive order, thousands of military voters could see their rights curtailed
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-executive-order-thousands-military-212319539.html

US commander warns that China and North Korea’s military aid to Russia creates risks in the Pacific. The top U.S. commander in the Pacific is warning senators that the military support that China and North Korea are providing to Russia in its war on Ukraine risks security in his region as Moscow provides critical military assistance to both in return
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/10/china-north-koreas-military-aid-russia-creates-risks-pacific-us/

Trump Makes Startling Confession About Takeover of Panama Canal. Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are openly talking about U.S. troops in Panama.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-makes-startling-confession-takeover-183633988.html

# Military / General News / Global
Map Shows China and Russian Military Aircraft Buzzing US Allies
https://www.newsweek.com/japan-news-air-force-scrambles-china-russia-aircraft-2024-2058367

Moscow’s Space Warfare Capabilities
https://www.csis.org/analysis/there-path-counter-russias-space-weapons

China Makes Surprising Leaps with space weapons. Along with maneuverable space vehicles, China has worked to develop anti-satellite missiles and other non-kinetic weapons that can attack U.S. platforms on-orbit.
https://defensescoop.com/2025/03/18/china-dogfighting-space-satellites-gen-guetlein/#:~:text=Along%20with%20maneuverable%20space%20vehicles,that%20destroyed%20another%20Russian%20satellite

# NASA / Space
Trump’s Space Force Fires Colonel After Email Ripping JD Vance
https://www.newsbreak.com/daily-mail-560402/3958185031283-space-force-commander-is-suddenly-fired-after-sending-email-to-staff-about-jd-vance-s-greenland-visit

U.S. Officials Warn of Arms Race in Orbit as Adversaries Test Space Weapons
https://thedebrief.org/u-s-officials-warn-of-arms-race-in-orbit-as-adversaries-test-space-weapons/

US Tests SECRET Space Weapon To Deter Russia!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hbCz88sWTg

U.S. officials are expressing concern about aggressive efforts by adversary nations to develop offensive capabilities in space, with a potential arms race in orbit looming that could present new challenges for U.S. satellites and military assets.
https://aerospace.csis.org/the-future-of-military-power-is-space-power/

# Pharmaceuticals
Sen. Ron Johnson Demands COVID Vaccine Makers Hand Over Documents by April 16
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/sen-ron-johnson-covid-vaccine-makers-documents-adverse-events-safety/

# Social Media / Internet
Zuckerberg on the Stand: The Trial to Break Up Facebook Starts Monday. The Federal Trade Commission’s long-awaited trial to break up Meta begins next week. Mark Zuckerberg will testify, and Big Tech on Trial will be covering it all.
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/zuckerberg-on-the-stand-the-trial

# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
New travel changes rolled out for all Americans – your passport is no longer only requirement to get on a plane. On May 7, 2025, U.S. travelers must be REAL ID compliant to board domestic flights and access certain federal facilities. Not only are passports required for US citizens to travel abroad, but they will also need a newly required travel authorization to enter specific countries.
https://www.the-sun.com/travel/13989585/electronic-travel-authorization-untied-kingdom-us-real-id/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-04-10

Voices, The Peoples News

April 10, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Her husband is trapped in a Salvadoran prison. She has no idea how to get him back. Ripped apart by Trump, one Venezuelan family endures another hell: silence.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/el-salvador-tattoos-trump-venezulea-ice-bukele-tattoos-zambrano-perez-cecot/

Trump Refuses to Bring Back Those Wrongly Detained in El Salvador. You Could Be Next. Will the Supreme Court allow permanent disappearances?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/abrego-garcia-supreme-court-alien-removal-act/

Trump Appears to Be Targeting Muslim and “Non-White” Students for Deportation. Students from Muslim-majority countries as well as Asia and Africa are having their visas revoked with little or no explanation.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/08/trump-immigration-international-student-visas-deport/

Soccer-Loving Father of Four Caught Up in El Cajon Immigration Raid. The operation included dozens of officers, some with guns in hand, as they moved through a paint business.
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-04-09-soccer-loving-father-of-four-el-cajon-immigration-raid/

Department of Homeland Security revokes legal status for migrants who entered the US on CBP One app
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/g-s1-58984/cbp-one-app-migrants-dhs-border

Trump administration prepares to send more deported migrants to notorious El Salvador prison
https://www.aol.com/trump-administration-prepares-send-more-211309677.html

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Blowing Up in His Face in One Big Way. He promised manufacturing jobs would come flocking back to America—but the opposite is happening.
https://slate.com/technology/2025/04/trump-news-tariffs-killing-manufacturing-jobs.html

# Children / Youth
Scores of child-care centers at risk after Trump officials gut federal office. “It’s an assault on people with small children being able to work,” said one childcare facility board member.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-childcare

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk’s DOGE ‘auditors’ finally getting audited by federal Government Accountability Office
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-government-accountability-office-b2730692.html

US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission. The unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into DOGE’s work with federal agencies.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-government-accountability-office-b2730692.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Markets cratered. Allies were angered. Americans disapproved. And Trump blinked.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/04/us/tariffs-us-canada-mexico-china

US companies are adding tariff surcharges to customer bills: ‘New norm in Trump economy.’ A customer paid 7.8% of the bill as a tariff surcharge while buying clothes from an American e-commerce website after Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs that have sent shockwaves across global markets.
https://www.financialexpress.com/trending/us-companies-are-adding-tariff-surcharges-to-customer-bills-new-norm-in-trump-economy/3802867/

Trump’s Team Has No Idea What to Say About His Sudden Tariffs Reversal. Members of Trump’s inner circle are struggling to explain his pivot on tariffs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193808/trump-team-cant-explain-reversal-tariffs

Donald Trump’s moves are making people who actually understand the economy very nervous. The worldwide ripple effects from President Donald Trump’s tariffs have been so widespread that one analyst says some in the business world fear the issue may go beyond Trump simply taking a political stand.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fund-managers-worry-trump-might-174000541.html

Trump’s Tariffs Whiplash Is Open Corruption. He Admitted It Himself. Trump posted a message to his followers just before pausing the bulk of his tariffs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193823/trump-tariffs-corruption-insider-trading

Trump has ‘hours’ to prevent ‘catastrophic results for ordinary Americans’ as tariffs rock global economy
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/richard-branson-trump-warning-economy-1078941

Trump’s tariff war cost Americans $115 million in essentials and wiped out $4 trillion in stocks
https://www.themirror.com/money/trumps-tariff-war-cost-americans-1082839

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Ellison lose more than $10 billion each as Trump’s tariffs trigger a stock market bloodbath
https://fortune.com/2025/04/07/billionaire-wealth-loss-stock-market-trump-tariffs-elon-musk-jeff-bezos-warren-buffett/

# Education
At Least 50 Arizona State Students Have Now Had Visas Revoked, Lawyer Says. The statewide student union organization is calling on UA and NAU to also release the numbers of international students with revoked visas
https://azluminaria.org/2025/04/08/at-least-50-asu-students-have-now-had-their-visas-revoked-lawyer-says/

Panic Spreads Among Parents of Disabled Kids as Trump Targets Education Department
https://www.vox.com/policy/403596/what-dismantling-the-education-department-means-for-kids-with-disabilities

# Employment / Labor / Unions
US Supreme Court clears way for Trump to remove two Democratic members of labor boards for now
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-asks-us-supreme-court-let-him-remove-democratic-members-labor-boards-now-2025-04-09/

Trump Is Trying to Axe Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Employees. If Trump’s order withstands the legal challenges against it, two-thirds of the federal workforce will lose union rights.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-trying-to-axe-collective-bargaining-for-1-million-federal-employees/

‘Psychological Warfare’: Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing. When Sen. Richard Blumenthal announced the unofficial hearing, he said it was necessary because Republican lawmakers who lead the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs committees have yet to schedule a formal hearing on the federal layoffs and their impact on veterans’ jobs, benefits and services.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/03/psychological-warfare-veterans-fired-federal-government-speak-out-informal-hearing.html

Appeals court clears way for Trump to restart mass firings of probationary workers. A three-judge panel said the Democratic attorneys general who brought the case appeared to lack the legal standing to do so.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/trump-federal-worker-firing-court-case-00281834

Jobs Aren’t Coming Back — And the Government Knows It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1K8EKRq3lc

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Another rupture: Keystone pipeline shutdown threatens fuel prices and exposes pattern of failure. Safety record of ‘safest pipeline in the world’ comes under renewed scrutiny.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/09/another-rupture-keystone-pipeline-shutdown-threatens-fuel-prices-and-exposes-pattern-of-failure/#:~:text=The%20Keystone%20oil%20pipeline%20was,long%20history%20of%20mechanical%20failures

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Scientists issue urgent warning as Arctic data reveals alarming trends: ‘Overwhelming amount of change happening’
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/arctic-sea-ice-decline-2020-trends/#:~:text=%22There’s%20just%20an%20overwhelming%20amount,as%20polar%20bears%20and%20walruses

Assault on climate laws exposes Trump’s hypocrisy on states’ rights, critics say. Governors push back as Trump directs the Justice Department to go after state climate laws
https://www.eenews.net/articles/assault-on-climate-laws-exposes-trumps-hypocrisy-on-states-rights-critics-say/

Trump order opens all WA national forests for logging: National forests face the hatchet as Trump administration boosts logging. A new policy opens 58% of U.S. national forests to logging by rolling back environmental protections.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/08/national-forests-logging-forest-service-order/82974502007/

# Environment / Climate / Global
Indonesia Plans World’s Largest Deforestation Project for Production of Bioethanol Fuel and Food Crops
https://www.ecowatch.com/indonesia-deforestation-bioethanol-agriculture.html

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Trump administration shutters FEMA resiliency program; $700 million in funds on the line for Louisiana
https://www.wbrz.com/news/trump-administration-shutters-fema-resiliency-program-700-million-in-funds-on-the-line-for-louisiana/

# General News
The Trump Resistance Is Here—Whether Democrats Want It or Not. Political, cultural, and economic figures might be too scared to stand up to the president. Millions of Americans are not.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-being-normalized-worst-possible-100000575.html

Max Blumenthal: Banning Protests Against Israel With Glenn Diesen: The Zionist war on academic freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9CfYay-eeM

The US establishment is forfeiting free speech for Israel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bX6a8Qfffc

# Gov / Politics
Fact Check: Investigating rumor Trump will declare martial law on April 20 after invoking Insurrection Act of 1807. The Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security and the White House did not yet respond to emailed requests for comment. As of this writing on April 9, this rumor existed more as a prediction than a provable claim.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/investigating-rumor-trump-declare-martial-231400192.html

Trump Tells GOP Congressmembers Who Disagree With Him to ‘Close Your Eyes and Get There!’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-tells-gop-congressmembers-who-disagree-with-him-to-close-your-eyes-and-get-there/

Trump in 2018 pulled the U.S. out of an international agreement brokered under former President Barack Obama and also agreed to by China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
https://2009-2017.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi/iran/jcpoa/

Cognitive Decline? Trump Goes on Bizarre Rant About His Enemies. Donald Trump dominated a Republican event by airing his political grievances.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-visits-justice-department-e9091e3721adda4d3ed39bd15119a0d4

AIPAC leader boasts of special ‘access’ to top Trump natsec officials in leaked audio. During an off-the-record panel, AIPAC’s CEO detailed his organization’s grooming of Trump’s top national security officials, and how his group’s “access” ensures they continue to follow Israel’s agenda.
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/04/09/aipac-access-trump-natsec-officials-leaked/

James Carville Warns Americans Should Be On ‘High Alert’ — After Listeners Suggest Trump Will ‘Rig’ Midterms and Declare ‘Martial Law’
https://www.aol.com/news/james-carville-warns-country-high-183724255.html

Donald Trump is “burning down the house” with his economic policy, according to the former chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers.
https://www.rawstory.com/ex-white-house-economic-adviser/

Documentary Filmmakers Reeling After Trump Administration Kills Humanities Grants “In Furtherance Of The President’s Agenda”
https://deadline.com/2025/04/trump-grant-cancellations-devastate-documentary-filmmakers-1236364946/

# Gov / Politics / Global
China Floats Possibility Of Killing More Americans In Response To Tariffs. Two bloggers linked to the Chinese government floated the idea of upping the flow of deadly fentanyl into the US in retaliation to President Trump’s tariffs
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/09/china-ccp-killing-americans-tariffs-trump-trade-war-fentanyl/

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Idaho teen with cerebral palsy shot 9 times in the back by police left fighting for his life
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3956151669508-idaho-teen-with-cerebral-palsy-shot-9-times-in-the-back-by-police-left-fighting-for-his-life?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDQyODY1NDI3NjM%3D

The Clear and Present Danger to the American Rule of Law. Trump’s attacks on the courts and Big Law are an existential threat to the legal system. Expect a reckoning.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/08/trump-big-law-firms-paul-weiss-courts/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Justice Department Lawyers Ditch Rather Than Defend Trump in Court. The lawyers who would defend Trump before the Supreme Court are choosing to leave their jobs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193790/justice-department-lawyers-leave-jobs-trump

The House passed legislation Wednesday that would limit the power of lower court judges to issue orders with broad national implications amid a rash of rulings to halt the Trump administration’s agenda.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/09/congress/house-passes-national-injunction-bill-00282914

# Media / Press
Press Coalition challenges Trump’s executive order threatening press freedom and legal representation. Sixty-one media organizations and press freedom advocates filed an amicus brief warning of the chilling effect on First Amendment rights.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/09/trump-press-freedom-defense-fund/

Trump orders probe into ‘Anonymous’ New York Times editorial writer
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5241574-trump-miles-taylor-chris-krebs/

# Medicare / Medicaid
Mike Johnson’s constituents nervous as he eyes Medicaid cuts
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-medicaid-2671695048/

# Medical / Health News
Death of five children during gruelling hospital trek blamed on Trump’s ‘America First’ aid cuts. Charity hits out at ‘decisions made by powerful people in other countries that have led to child deaths’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/trump-aid-cuts-south-sudan-b2730357.html

Trump administration plans to remove all members of HIV advisory council
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-plans-remove-all-members-hiv-advisory-council-2025-04-09/

# Military / DOD / General News
Trump: Israel would be ‘leader’ of Iran strike if Tehran doesn’t give up nuclear weapons program
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/israel-would-be-leader-of-strike-if-iran-doesnt-give-up-nuclear-weapons-program-trump-warns

The Defense Department is reportedly considering the removal of thousands of troops from Eastern Europe as part of an effort to cut costs and prioritize the Indo-Pacific and other regions. Members of the House Armed Services Committee are urging the administration to reconsider.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/08/house-republicans-and-democrats-say-us-must-maintain-its-troop-totals-europe.html

# Military / General News / Global
Israel now occupies over half of Gaza as expanded buffer zone razes entire communities. Systematic destruction of homes, farmland, and infrastructure in Gaza buffer zone reveals deeper plan for permanent Israeli control, soldiers and experts say.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-now-occupying-over-half-of-gaza-after-expanding-bulldozed-buffer-zone/

# Science / Science Engineers
Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that make it a true dire wolf?
Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that make it a true dire wolf?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/04/08/dire-wolf-extinction-gene-editing-colossal/
[Note: I find nothing on Snopes.com, or Fact Check.org to verify this claim.]

Scientists sound alarm after making disturbing discovery while studying human brains: ‘This stuff is increasing in our world exponentially.’ Plastic pollution isn’t just an ocean issue anymore — it is a lot closer to home than you might think.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/microplastics-human-brain-study-scientists/

# Social / Social Programs
Untested new software installed by DOGE employees crashing Social Security servers: Retirees and other beneficiaries of funds distributed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) are having major problems accessing their online accounts since staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have assumed control of the agency
https://www.rawstory.com/social-security-trump/

Prof. Leighton Ku on how federal cuts to Medicaid and SNAP could trigger the loss of a million jobs
https://ncnewsline.com/2025/04/07/prof-leighton-ku-on-how-federal-cuts-to-medicaid-and-snap-could-trigger-the-loss-of-a-million-jobs/

Social Security Implements Significant Changes Amid Administrative Challenges
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-changes-march-2025-2044324

# Veterans / VA
Bernie Sanders says firing 83,000 VA employees “prelude to privatizing VA”: Elon Musk is a chainsaw approach to essentially destroy the Veterans Administration. They want to fire 83,000 employees.” Sanders said such action will result in a decline of quality healthcare for veterans and a delay in benefits.
https://www.newsbreak.com/2paragraphs-news-308815884/3955987850904-bernie-sanders-says-firing-83-000-va-employees-prelude-to-privatizing-the-va

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-04-09

Voices, The Peoples News

April 9, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Ketanji Brown Jackson Torches Supreme Court Shadow Docket in Dissent. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson slammed the “inequitable” and “inappropriate” way the court ruled to allow Donald Trump to proceed with his deportations under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193724/ketanji-brown-jackson-supreme-court-shadow-docket-immigration

ACLU lawyer warns under Trump ‘anybody can be picked up’ and deported with no judicial oversight
https://www.yahoo.com/news/aclu-lawyer-warns-under-trump-150016409.html

Noem refusal to retrieve wrongly deported Maryland man from prison called ‘unacceptable’
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/noem-refusal-retrieve-wrongly-deported-maryland-man-prison-called-unacceptable

The Trump administration could try removing American citizens if it identifies a pathway it can claim to be legal
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-confirms-trump-exploring-220216022.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Over the past decade, climate-fueled extreme weather events and rising inflation have pushed the homeowners insurance market to the brink.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08042025/todays-climate-tariffs-insurance-premiums-increase/

Who Might Benefit From All the Stock Market Chaos Unfolding? You Know Who. A solitary false tweet Monday caused several trillion dollars of stock market movement in about 15 minutes, which is cleanly among the top five most absurd things to have happened since Donald Trump returned to the White House.
https://slate.com/business/2025/04/stock-market-monday-morning-oops-financial-crime.html

Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Devastating Small Businesses. Business owners are worried they won’t be able to stay afloat once Donald Trump’s tariffs drive costs up.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5239473-democratic-senators-sound-alarm-over-tariff-impact-on-small-business-in-letter-to-commerce-secretary/

Trump Reveals Real Reason He’s Doubling Down on Disastrous Tariffs. Donald Trump exposed his own desperate need for praise in a rambling speech.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-new-republic-1991457/3955398020963-trump-reveals-real-reason-he-s-doubling-down-on-disastrous-tariffs

President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to quell a rebellion among fiscal conservatives in the Republican conference who are withholding support for the Senate-passed budget framework needed to enact Trump’s agenda centered on tax cuts.
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20250408-Trump-Struggles-Put-Down-GOP-Rebellion-Over-Budget-Plan

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Global
China More Than Doubles Tariffs on U.S. Amid Trump Trade War, This is a major retaliation—and it’s gonna hurt.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/china-increase-tariffs-us-imports-from-34-84

EU Targets Red States With Tariffs in Trump Payback. Europe is ready to hit back as Trump’s tariffs go into effect.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-tariffs-trade-war-donald-trump-republican-states/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump emergency declaration cites eye-popping number of jobs lost in hollowed-out industry
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/trump-emergency-declaration-cites-eye-popping-number-jobs-lost-hollowed-out-industry

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump exempts dozens of coal plants from stricter pollution standard. President Trump on Tuesday exempted dozens of coal plants from a Biden regulation imposing stricter standards for mercury, lead nickel and arsenic emissions.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/ap-us-news/ap-trump-is-expected-to-sign-executive-orders-to-boost-coal-a-reliable-but-polluting-energy-source/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Lawmakers propose new bill to address a rapidly worsening issue impacting millions of Americans: ‘We cannot afford to ignore this crisis’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/climate-accountability-act-wisconsin/

The Trump administration is targeting state environmental laws nationwide and directing Attorney General Pam Bondi to identify and block enforcement of state climate rules.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-signs-executive-order-seeking-to-block-state-laws-on-climate-change/3533182

# Food General News
Ultra-processed foods are tied to cancer, diabetes, dementia, depression, and early death
https://usrtk.org/ultra-processed-foods/cancer-diabetes-dementia-depression-early-death/?mc_cid=ec91459d21&mc_eid=485b9951ab
See also: Some ultra-processed foods are as addictive as cigarettes and cocaine
https://usrtk.org/ultra-processed-foods/addictive/

# General News
Pro-Israel Group Asks Pam Bondi to Investigate YouTube Star Ms. Rachel. The far right thinks Ms. Rachel should be under investigation for caring about kids in Gaza.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193746/pro-israel-group-attorney-general-bondi-investigate-ms-rachel

Mar-a-Lago to get $1.8 million in ‘security enhancements’ as DOGE takes a chainsaw to government spending
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-doge-secret-service-b2729712.html

# Gov / Politics
‘No entitlement to be here’: Trump admin demands SCOTUS vacate ‘impossible’ order directing return of deported dad with protected status
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/no-entitlement-to-be-here-trump-admin-demands-scotus-vacate-impossible-order-directing-return-of-deported-dad-with-protected-status/

Trump Weighs Bombing Mexico—Because Everything Else Is Going So Well. Donald Trump is considering drone strikes on one of our closest trade partners.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-weighs-bombing-mexico-because-153035165.html

Press Secretary Says Trump Wasn’t Joking About Deporting U.S. Citizens. Donald Trump had suggested sending American citizens to prison in El Salvador.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/press-secretary-says-trump-wasn-191749494.html

Trump Announces Record Pentagon Budget as DOGE Cuts Everything Else. The Trump administration’s list of priorities is really something.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193726/trump-record-pentagon-military-budget

Sotomayor’s Harsh Dissent on Trump Arrests Offers a Terrifying Warning. As the Supreme Court begins ruling on Trump’s deportations, a legal expert unravels the complexities of all these cases and explains how Sonia Sotomayor laid bare the truly alarming stakes we currently face.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193761/sotomayor-harsh-dissent-trump-arrests-offers-terrifying-warning
Transcript: Sotomayor’s Harsh New Dissent Contains One Terrifying Line
https://newrepublic.com/article/193771/transcript-sotomayor-harsh-new-dissent-contains-one-terrifying-line

Trump Assumes Unheard-of Powers in Ordering Federal Overhaul of Elections. His order on voter policy could disenfranchise millions, but multiple lawsuits have already sprung up to challenge it.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-assumes-unheard-of-powers-in-ordering-federal-overhaul-of-elections/

# Gov / Politics / Global
The Mass Grave in Gaza. A plan once only discussed in the far-right fringe has become the Israeli government’s policy.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/middleeast/aid-workers-found-gaza-mass-grave-intl-hnk/index.html

Mass graves in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied, says UN rights office
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/04/1148876

Following Discovery of Mass Grave in Gaza with Bodies of 15 Aid Workers, Human Rights Chief Warns Security Council about Heightened Risk of Atrocity Crimes
https://press.un.org/en/2025/sc16037.doc.htm

Israeli network censors report exposing Oct 7 ‘hero’ as hoaxer
https://x.com/MRose_May/status/1785979484421722558?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
A Woman Spent 2 Nights In Jail After She Miscarried. Advocates Say It’s Only The Beginning. All charges have been dismissed against a 24-year-old woman in Tifton, Georgia, who was arrested last month after she lost her pregnancy at 19 weeks. She could have faced up to 13 years in prison if found guilty.
https://www.thecut.com/article/prosecutor-drops-charges-over-georgia-womans-miscarriage.html

Trump Administration Deported 238 Men to Hellish Prison in El Salvador. 75% Have No Criminal Record
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/60-minutes-venezuelans-el-salvador-prison?srsltid=AfmBOooxo_OTojX-UwxiaDGYV_pbpCkT4d6e4qM5R-_yC9gM8q4nQ_td

The Supreme Court’s Alien Enemies Act Decision Is A Sign Of Bad Things To Come. U.S. Supreme Court’s latest decisions is a warning that constitutional rights may be scant protection against being disappeared into a foreign prison
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-alien-enemies-act_n_67f56408e4b046bb946e0242

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Supreme Court Rewards Trump’s Defiance, Supreme Court greenlights Trump’s mass deportations under Alien Enemies Act: A fascistic attack on democratic rights
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/09/jzif-a09.html

MAGA Rages at Amy Coney Barrett After She Turns Against Trump. The right is pissed at the conservative Supreme Court justice for ruling against Trump’s recent deportations.
https://www.newsweek.com/amy-coney-barrett-against-donald-trump-supreme-court-maga-fury-2056648

‘Enough is enough’: House Republican touts GOP effort to pass bill cracking down on ‘rogue’ judges
https://www.aol.com/news/enough-enough-house-republican-touts-120015398.html

# Medical / Health News
Dr. Oz, who now controls the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and its $1.5 trillion budget, promoted the idea that AI avatars could replace frontline health care workers.
https://www.wired.com/story/dr-oz-ai-health-care-medicare-cms-town-hall/

RFK Jr. is Destroying the Department of Health and Human Services! Health and Human Services will lay off 10,000 workers and close agencies in a major restructuring
https://apnews.com/article/health-human-services-layoffs-restructuring-rfk-jr-fa4e89285e668a3939e20b6cf4c26fd4

‘No guidance and no leadership’: chaos in US health agencies after mass firings
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/08/hhs-mass-firings

# Military / DOD / General News
Navy Is About To Go Big On Massive Joint War Training Across The Pacific. Huge exercises will stress test U.S. armed forces and they will also reveal what requirements are most pressing to make such a massive joint fight a reality.
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-military/2025/04/07/in-first-marine-air-force-pilots-fight-as-joint-force-at-navy-jse/

# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
The MQ-25’s very long endurance outside of the tanking mission is unprecedented for a carrier-based aircraft and its impact could be far reaching.
https://www.twz.com/air/mq-25-stingrays-range-gives-is-massive-potential-far-beyond-a-tanker

The Navy’s Future Vertical Lift-Maritime Strike family of systems plan also puts major emphasis on new vertical takeoff and landing drones.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2025/04/09/navy_mh-60_seahawk_replacement_will_leverage_armys_fvl_tiltrotor_1102873.html

Copperhead Torpedo-Like Underwater Kamikaze Drones Rolled Out By Anduril. Copperheads are designed for low cost and can be configured for other missions, with an eye toward launching from larger submarine drones.
https://thedefensepost.com/2025/04/08/anduril-copperhead-underwater-drone/

# Military / General News / Global
Vladimir Putin’s ‘Flying Kremlin’ Could Signal Doom—If You Spot It, You May Have Minutes to Live. Amid growing international tensions Vladimir Putin has his exit strategy right in place.
https://www.inquisitr.com/vladimir-putins-flying-kremlin-could-signal-doom-if-you-spot-it-you-may-have-minutes-to-live

China’s J-36 Tailless Fighter Zips Over Road On Landing Giving Us Our Best Look Yet: A motorist captured the close-quarters video of the stealthy three-engine heavy tactical jet on approach to its home airfield in Chengdu.
https://www.twz.com/air/chinas-j-36-tailless-fighter-zips-over-road-on-landing-giving-us-our-best-look-yet

A Deep Dive Into Germany’s Submarine Force. An exclusive look into the German Navy’s submarine squadron and one of the world’s most capable diesel-electric submarines.
https://www.twz.com/a-deep-dive-into-germanys-submarine-force

# NASA / Space
Dems launch investigation into $15B of NASA cash being funneled into Musk company
https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-nasa/

# Pharmaceuticals
Trump says ‘major tariff’ coming soon on foreign pharmaceuticals
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/09/donald-trump-flags-major-tariff-on-pharmaceuticals-as-us-senator-criticises-whack-on-australia

# Social Media / Internet
Is Elon Musk Turning X Into a Government Mouthpiece? Musk’s social media platform is getting a Trump bump.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/elon-musk-x-government-mouthpiece?srsltid=AfmBOorV50nzsIlX-s0lyGTvHjgHpXqx-x73W2MAZ48S69fVhgXtNLdA

# Social / Social Programs
Panic erupts as Social Security wrongly tells disabled and senior recipients benefits ended
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/panic-erupts-social-security-wrongly-1080325

“It’s sickening”: Trump order censoring Black history displays a “fundamental misunderstanding.” “You can’t make America great again if you don’t acknowledge all the things that America is”
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/08/its-sickening-order-censoring-black-history-displays-a-fundamental-misunderstanding/

Social Security claimant told to hand back $200k after being overpaid for 11 years – he’s got 30 days to find the money
https://www.the-sun.com/money/13971124/social-security-overpaid-benefits-dispute/

New Social Security rules will create hurdles for millions of seniors, report finds
https://www.newsweek.com/new-social-security-rules-block-benefits-millions-report-2057315

Millions Of Americans Panic After Receiving Erroneous Social Security Suspension Notices Due To System Glitch
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/millions-americans-panic-receiving-erroneous-013037844.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
100+ Meta employees, including Head of AI Policy, confirmed as ex-IDF: Meta’s recruitment of vast numbers of former Israeli soldiers raises serious questions about the tech giant’s commitment to free speech – and provides a peek into a biased content moderation process that’s been heavily censoring pro-Palestinian accounts amid the Israeli siege of Gaza.
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/04/08/100-meta-employees-ex-idf/

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