Voices, The Peoples News
October 6, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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“It does not so much matter what happens. It is what one does
when it happens that really counts.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder (Little House on the Prairie)
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
The Trump Administration Is Quietly Bringing Back Child Separations, An Enormously Divisive Policy From First Term: The Trump admin. is stepping up its efforts to get migrants to leave the country, quietly and slowly bringing back an explosive tactic from its first term— family separations.
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-administration-quietly-bringing-back-child-separations-enormously-divisive-policy-first-588240
“You Kidnapped My Son.” ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” The administration’s goal in detaining these children, a former ORR official says , is “to make sure no one ever sends their kids to the US again.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/ice-orr-office-refugee-resettlement-donald-trump-stephen-miller-family-separations-foster-care-deportations/
In Its Second Term, Trump Administration Quietly Expands Family Separation: Immigration enforcement during the second Trump term is driving a quieter, more diffuse wave of family separations inside the United States, often through detention, deportation, and pressures to depart the country voluntarily.
https://www.migrationpolicy.org/journal/policy-beat/trump-expands-family-separation
More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown. We’ve found more than 500 Americans who were held against their will during this Trump administration. Experts have long warned that immigration dragnets and the erosion of civil rights for immigrants will inevitably result in the erosion of rights for citizens.
https://projects.propublica.org/american-citizens-detained-dhs-civil-rights/
This nurse was assaulted by ICE – and it was caught on video. Now she wants her day in court. Five months earlier, Norma had been horrified by the killing of another nurse, Alex Pretti, when ICE shot him to death after he stepped in to help a woman shoved to the ground by federal agents on a Minnesota street. As Norma felt her own face slam against the concrete, she thought about Pretti. And she thought about death. The ACLU is representing her as she seeks compensation for damages under the Federal Tort Claims Act.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/05/delaney-hall-nurse-ice-assault
ICE officers say internal chaos has led to thousands of employee departures
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-employees/
Mexico Deploys 500 Troops to U.S. Border While Sheinbaum Demands Evidence After Reported Gunfire. The deployment is part of a coordinated security strategy described as a concurrent or “mirror” operation, in which Mexican and U.S. forces operate simultaneously while remaining on their respective sides of the border.
https://www.latintimes.com/mexico-deploys-500-troops-us-border-while-sheinbaum-demands-evidence-after-reported-gunfire-599852
Homan Warns Larger ICE Crackdown During Doral Speech: “Wait Until You See What We Do in 2027.” The White House border czar pledged escalating deportations in 2027 while speaking blocks from businesses shuttered by his own enforcement — and the numbers he cited don’t fully match independent data.
https://www.latintimes.com/homan-warns-larger-ice-crackdown-during-doral-speech-wait-until-you-see-what-we-do-2027-599789
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Sen. Murphy Says U.S. Companies Are “Making an Enormous Profit” Off the War and That a Democratic Congress “Should Do Something” About It
https://share.newsbreak.com/js286sbg
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Book bans in US schools hit record high of nearly 12,000, PEN America says. PEN America found that some of the most banned authors were Stephen King, Sarah J. Maas, Jodi Picoult and Ellen Hopkins.
https://pen.org/press-release/nearly-12000-school-book-bans-in-2025-2026/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Texas delivery company is shutting down and cutting 230 jobs: 4XH Logistics LLC is laying off 230 workers starting Nov. 6 as part of its “ramp down provisions,” CEO Gabriel Hilario wrote in a Sept. 10 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letter to the Texas Workforce Commission and to Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones. Hilario did not respond to requests for comment. The layoffs are expected to be completed by Nov. 19.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/boerne-freight-company-tied-amazon-181029455.html
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / USGS / Animals
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake just shook southeast Victoria. The earthquake was followed by hundreds of aftershocks, the majority too small to be felt. The largest so far was a magnitude 3.1 less than an hour after the main shock.
https://theconversation.com/a-magnitude-4-8-earthquake-just-shook-southeast-victoria-heres-why-we-may-expect-more-293522
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants / Fuel / Nuclear
White House cuts a check to Rust Belt nuclear plants as electricity costs rise. The White House expanded its strategy of offering loans to the nuclear industry with $4.2 billion for power plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
https://san.com/cc/white-house-cuts-a-check-to-rust-belt-nuclear-plants-as-electricity-costs-rise/
Trump administration is dumping money into cratering nuclear stocks
https://cryptonews.net/news/finance/33543192/
‘THE STATUS QUO WILL NOT HOLD’ | Senators BLAST Power Costs in Historic Permitting Deal
Democrats and Republicans announce a historic bipartisan deal targeting rising power bills and data-center electricity costs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNywfZCzDS0
Expanding the sale of fuel made from corn could boost US farmers. But at what cost? Ethanol Was Marketed to Help Agriculture. But It Fouled Our Water and Injured Our Health.
The value proposition for fuel from corn turned out to be ruinous.
https://www.circleofblue.org/2026/opinion/ethanol-was-marketed-to-help-agriculture-but-it-fouled-our-water-and-injured-our-health/
President Donald Trump signs executive order to bring down diesel costs during Nebraska rally
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/06/us-diesel-fuel-prices-iran-ukraine-energy-crisis-.html
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA / USAID
What the U.S.-Canada Trade War Is Doing to Your Grocery Bill, 75% of Voters Are Paying Attention
https://share.newsbreak.com/js29p72o
# General News
‘Make America White Again’: Critics Challenge Texas Rep. Brandon Gill After He Says the Left Wants to Upend America’s Culture Out of ‘Pure Hatred’
https://thenerdstash.com/make-america-white-again-critics-challenge-texas-rep-brandon-gill-after-he-says-the-left-wants-to-upend-americas-culture-out-of-pure-hatred/
# Gov / Politics / US
Explosive CIA leak raises fears of imminent and ‘total collapse’ of major US ally. ‘Embarrassing’: Pentagon leaks damage US security, analysts say. Public exposure of secret US intelligence assessments could compromise sources and strain ties with allies, experts say.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/13/embarrassing-pentagon-leaks-damage-us-security-analysts-say
Oblivious Trump is barreling forward with a vow even Republicans despise. No single thing will propel the blue wave in the midterms more than simply the fact that Americans are getting sick of Trump. But this issue will be a close second, while also contributing to the fatigue.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-2677977238/
Thom Tillis is leaving the Senate, and he warns the U.S. will have a ‘dictator king’ if Congress doesn’t act as a co-equal branch
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/dictator-king-if-were-not-careful-us-sen-thom-tillis-warns-of-threat-to-democracy-article-156275765
Rep. Adam Smith Says Trump Has Spent “Over $1.8 Billion on Vanity Projects” While That Money Could “Cover Rent Payments for Nearly 950,000 Americans” —”The President Needs to Get His Priorities Straight”
https://share.newsbreak.com/jrymj9eh
Economist Steve Hanke Blasts Jared Kushner Over Russia Diplomacy: ‘More Conflicts of Interest Than You Can Shake a Stick At’
https://www.benzinga.com/news/politics/26/10/62156859/economist-steve-hanke-blasts-jared-kushner-over-russia-diplomacy-more-conflicts-of-interest-than-you-can-shake-a-stick-at
DOJ moves to revoke U.S. citizenship for 40 foreign-born Americans
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/doj-moves-revoke-us-citizenship-39-foreign-born-americans-rcna601623
Trump Swaps One Illegal Scheme for Another. Says Super PAC Cash Will Now Fund His Propaganda Ads
“Federal law prohibits officeholders from controlling a super PAC or directing its spending,” noted one campaign finance expert.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-backtracks-campaign-ads
Impeachment on the table after Trump ‘jokes’ Iran can bomb LA or San Diego: “They can take out a city. Let them take—let them take out Los Angeles. Let them take out San Diego. That’s—this is a very small price to pay and it’s gonna be over with very soon.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/6/trump-jokes-about-letting-iran-bomb-los-angeles-and-san-diego
GOP senators, blindsided by Hegseth, demand notice, transparency: Key Republican senators say they were blindsided by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announced 20 percent reduction of the U.S. military’s general and admirals, and they’re voicing concerns about the lack of consultation with Congress and the possibility that qualified senior officers were sacked for political or ideological reasons.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6127115-hegseth-slashes-senior-military-ranks/amp/
Donald Trump lashes out at two female reporters within 10 minutes, calls CBS and CNN correspondents ‘fake news’ outside White House
https://www.morninghoney.com/p/donald-trump-lashes-out-two-female-reporters-10-minutes-calls-cbs-cnn-correspondents-fake-news-outside-white-house
Bessent Says He Is Here “to Do What the President of the United States Wants” After Rejecting the “Most Volatile” Cabinet Member Label
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAfqsidKl6E&t=114s
Elon Musk warns that our freedoms are being chipped away by increasing government control and regulations. It’s time to reclaim personal freedom and restore our rights
https://share.newsbreak.com/js1922ia
# Global News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that his country will intensify attacks on oil refineries in Russia but will not target civilians.
https://www.ntd.com/ukraine-will-intensify-attacks-on-russian-oil-refineries-says-zelenskyy_1176960.html
Yemeni government forces have regained control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait from the Houthi terrorist group. Yemeni pro-government forces backed by Saudi Arabia say they have “secured” the Bab al-Mandab Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea, at the start of a major offensive against the Iran-backed Houthi movement
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw8rzd6lp0xpo
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘What the hell?’ Shock as USPS gets armed guards from firm accused of human rights abuses. USPS sends private guards to watch Colorado’s largest postal sorting facility ahead of mail ballots going out
https://www.cpr.org/2026/09/18/usps-private-guards-denver/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
Texas investigating UnitedHealth group for allegedly denying patients necessary coverage. “Alarming reports keep piling up about how UnitedHealthcare treats Texas consumers,” Paxton said in the statement. “I will not tolerate any insurance company putting illegal corporate greed over the people of Texas.”
https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/legal-news/texas-investigating-whether-unitedhealthcare-denied-patient-coverage-violation-state-law
# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp / CBD
A newly updated Drug Enforcement Administration report confirms that “no deaths from overdose of marijuana have been reported”—and also more favorably characterizes the growing number of states that are changing their own cannabis laws
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/dea-confirms-no-cannabis-overdose-deaths-newsletter-october-6-2026/
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) on Monday accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of ushering corruption and billionaire influence into the Pentagon, after the secretary launched a future-of-warfare commission that names Elon Musk among its co-directors. “Hegseth is starting up a new Department of Defense commission led by Elon Musk. Because we need more corruption and billionaire influence at the Pentagon. DOD should be protecting the American people, not lining the pockets of billionaire defense contractors.”
https://share.newsbreak.com/js29d4u3
America’s Arctic war machine roars to life as commander reveals chilling new reality on Russia’s doorstep. US and Canadian forces rapidly deployed rocket systems and fighter jets to western Alaska in joint combat exercises. Across one of the coldest, most remote and strategically exposed corners of the United States, American forces are practicing how to fight on land, at sea and in the air — rapidly moving rocket systems into western Alaska, sending F-35s and F-16s toward simulated threats, and coordinating U.S. and Canadian warships in the Bering Sea.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/americas-arctic-war-machine-roars-life-commander-reveals-chilling-new-reality-russias-doorstep
As bombers leave UK, Hegseth eyes shifting more troops from Europe. U.S. bombers being moved back to the U.S. from the UK are the latest in American military assets being shifted in Europe
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_9c551101-33bd-44e1-81e1-e16b52d7e8ac.html
2 NC-based F-15E jets divert in emergency to Ireland as 12 Strike Eagles from Iran duty return to Seymour Johnson AFB
https://migflug.com/afterburner/f-15e-strike-eagles-divert-shannon-fuel-emergency-seymour-johnson-2026/
Army secretary who quit Pentagon after clashes with Hegseth breaks silence. Dan Driscoll is one of a series of high profile departures while the defense secretary reshapes the military in his own image.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-pentagon-firings-dan-driscoll-b3061950.html
# Military / Global
7 Oil Tankers Attacked In Strait Of Hormuz, As U.S. Official Admits Iran’s Targeting Abilities Keep Improving. The governors of Georgia and Ohio suspended their states’ gas taxes, while governors in other states have found short-term solutions for temporarily making diesel less expensive.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2277511/strait-hormuz-u-s-official-admits-iran-targeting-abilities/
Drone hits cargo ship off coast of Romania sparking huge blaze leaving two dead & 11 injured as major rescue op underway
https://www.the-sun.com/news/17097842/drone-hits-ship-nato-blaze-crew-missing/
# NASA / Space
We may have found the first direct evidence of a ninth major planet in the Solar System. Something is tugging on the most distant worlds in our solar system — and the best explanation is a planet we still can’t see. For more than a century, astronomers have searched for a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, a world up to ten times the mass of Earth on a vast, elongated orbit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwOS51We2dI
# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Data centers’ energy demand threatens Trump’s “Made in America” plan
Squeeze on Rust Belt electricity bills threatens Trump’s manufacturing plan.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/us-manufacturers-energy-costs-soar-because-of-ai-data-center-demand/
# Veterans / VA
Request for Applications Open: Veteran-Serving Organizations Invited to Apply for FY 27 Texas Veterans Commission Grant Funding. Part of the “Grants Across Texas” initiative supporting veterans statewide
https://tvc.texas.gov/news/request-for-applications-open-veteran-serving-organizations-invited-to-apply-for-fy-27-texas-veterans-commission-grant-funding/
VA finalized an estimated 5,900 benefit cuts on the grounds that its own earlier decision contained a clear and unmistakable error
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/va-isn-t-following-own-195328145.html
Filing a CUE Claim: Understanding Clear and Unmistakable Error, How to Prove It, and What to Expect
https://disabilitylawgroup.com/blog/understanding-clear-and-unmistakable-error/
VA claims processors failed to give proper due process in an estimated 4,000 disability cases, its inspector general found. A VA inspector general report dated August 31, 2026 estimates that claims processors failed to give proper due process in about 4,000 cases in which the Department of Veterans Affairs reduced or ended service-connected disability compensation
https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/inside-the-va/ig-vba-claims-processors-didnt-follow-proper-procedures
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