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August 11, 2026
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

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
‘They Were Determined to Break Me’: Kurdish Filmmaker Recounts ICE Force-Feeding Horror “That is just not medical care,” said one expert, “that is torture.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-force-feeding-torture

‘Devastating to Watch’: Texas Democrats Condemn Destruction of Big Bend for Trump Border Wall: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) waived 28 environmental and historic preservation laws—including the Endangered Species Act and the National Park Service Organic Act—to fast-track the project
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2026/08/06/558776/border-project-contractors-arrive-in-big-bend-national-park-as-texas-lawmakers-call-for-a-pause/

“The third branch of government is saying no. We’re not going to do it this way.” The Trump administration’s mass deportation surge has flooded the federal courts with tens of thousands of emergency filings by people in immigrant detention facilities who are seeking due process before they are sent away.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/10/ice-detentions-trump-administration-01027440

Trump Donor Tim Barnard’s Company Awarded Billions for Big Bend Project: Contracting firm run by Trump donor is building the border wall through Big Bend
https://westernpriorities.org/2026/06/contracting-firm-run-by-trump-donor-is-building-the-border-wall-through-big-bend/

Federal judge benchslaps Trump admin for ‘yet another attempt’ to evade legal obligations to immigrant children. Court-mandated oversight will remain in place for migrant children in custody. Lawyers have reported poor medical care and lack of sunlight and showers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/us/migrant-children-trump-flores-settlement.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Jamie Dimon says the dollar could lose reserve-currency status if the US loses its economic and military edge
https://www.businessinsider.com/jamie-dimon-dollar-reserve-currency-us-economic-military-strength-dedollarization-2026-8

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
U.S. Issues ‘Red Flag Warning’ As Wildfires Threaten 3 States Monday. The U.S. has issued a red flag warning for three different states on Monday, as wildfires threaten part of the country.
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-states-red-flag-fire-warning-2108710

Droughts Are Getting So Intense That Ancient Ruins Are Beginning to Surface From Dried Up Rivers. “For archaeologists, these moments are ​extremely valuable.”
https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/archaeology/droughts-uncover-ancient-artifacts-news.htm

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Jeffrey Epstein recruiter Daniel Siad’s death reignites Mossad theory as ex-CIA specialist says there’s ‘little doubt’ he ran intelligence operation. Daniel Siad, a modeling scout linked to Jeffrey Epstein whose name appeared nearly 2,000 times in Department of Justice files, was found dead at his home near Paris on July 20, 2026 at age 68 or 69. His death has revived speculation regarding intelligence agency ties and theories of a honey-trap or blackmail operation
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/22/europe/model-recruiter-epstein-dead-france-intl

# Gov / Politics / US
‘Trump is OUT’: President yet again appears to fall asleep in Oval Office: Trump was in the Oval Office where he was meeting with several administration officials, including Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, to discuss the overhaul to the vaccine schedule.
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4821267045500-trump-is-out-president-yet-again-appears-to-fall-asleep-in-oval-office

When President Donald Trump expressed serious interest in obtaining Greenland, it wasn’t actually the craziest idea he’s come up with. Many U.S. presidents, some of them fairly good ones, have bandied about the same thought for the same reasons: strategic defense and mineral availability.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-greenland-2677680064/

Major ruling comes down after Trump declares ’emergency’ to hide financial records
https://www.rawstory.com/judge-trump-lifeline-financial-records/

McConnell caregiver flees when pressed on camera about senator’s mystery recovery
https://www.rawstory.com/mitch-mcconnell-health-2677681305/

‘He Has No Choice. He Lost’: Expert Delivers Brutal Obituary for Trump’s Failed Iran War.
“This is a devastating defeat for the United States,” said University of Chicago political scientist John Mearsheimer.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-iran-war-defeat

Trump’s White House Ballroom Fight Is No Longer Just About Construction. It’s a Battle Over Power, History, and Presidential Legacy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/fight-over-trump-white-house-204500137.html

Trump’s ‘Princess of Darkness’ Meredith O’Rourke has helped him secure $800 million from private donors. President Donald Trump is reportedly raking in the cash from donors, drawing attention to the power of the presidency as a fundraising machine.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/trumps-princess-darkness-meredith-o-160000775.html

Frank Kendall Spent Decades Guarding America’s Secrets. Now the Former Air Force Chief Faces a Classified Information Battle Over Air Force One
https://apnews.com/article/air-force-one-trump-security-clearance-kendall-50f137fefa1076d4786bdacb3d4a3f25

The insurrectionists won in the end. The “system” failed in almost every way. Trump ‘lit that fire’ of Capitol insurrection, Jan 6 Committee report says
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-lit-that-fire-of-capitol-insurrection-jan-6-committee-report-says

Trump tries again to rewrite the Constitution’s birthright citizenship clause. “There is no ‘commander in chief’ power to ignore the citizenship clause or the Supreme Court’s ruling on it. On the contrary, it is Congress to which the Constitution gives the power to set ‘rules for naturalization.’
https://www.ilrc.org/about-us/press/trump-administration-once-again-tries-change-protections-enshrined-us-constitution

Project 2025 contributor nominated for government watchdog position. While the president recently nominated Dennis Kirk to serve as inspector general at the Interior Department, he’s reportedly already working in that office as a political appointee.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/05/newest-inspector-general-nominees-show-shift-overtly-political-backgrounds/413646/

# Global News
CHECKMATE, TRUMP! Iran announces it’s DONE with Trump and won’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the end of Trump’s term!
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-hormuz-demands

Putin ‘could resort to using nuclear weapons’ as tyrant is poised to ‘mobilise half million men in weeks’ in WW3 threat. The tyrant has sparked World War Three fears with the rumoured mass mobilisation – and is keen to claw back control after suffering a string of powerful Ukrainian attacks deep inside Russia.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16814630/putin-nukes-mobilise-troops-ww3-threat/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Defunding police and prisons: Radical DSA platform grabs spotlight as candidates surge in primarie. The Democratic Socialists of America platform contains radical proposals, from abolishing the Senate and office of the President to getting rid of police and prisons.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/democratic-socialist-platform-spotlight-candidates-surge-primaries

Why Did an Illinois Prison Fail to Stop 70 Fires? Three key takeaways from our investigation of the epidemic of fires at the Joliet Treatment Center.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/08/11/illinois-joliet-deadly-prison-fires-findings

Calls increasing for heavier IDOC oversight. Reports of prisoner mistreatment, intentionally set fires and prisoners setting themselves on fire at a Joliet correctional facility have sparked state lawmakers to demand oversight of state corrections.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/article_6b9cd4c9-4c33-4483-b2c1-5eb465925ac5.html
IDOC: IDOC is an acronym used for a state-level Department of Corrections. Depending on the context or geographic location, it most commonly refers to Adult Correctional Facilities
https://www.idoc.idaho.gov/content/prisons

First Came the Flock Cameras. Now Local Cops Want Autonomous Drones. Hundreds of local police departments have received waivers to fly surveillance drones that navigate with AI.
https://truthout.org/articles/first-came-the-flock-cameras-now-local-cops-want-autonomous-drones/

Virginia prison guards use dogs to terrorize incarcerated people. Prison Attack Dogs Have Attacked Hundreds of Incarcerated People and Staff
https://eji.org/news/prison-attack-dogs-have-attacked-hundreds-of-incarcerated-people-and-staff/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
If a hospital leaves your Medicare Advantage plan mid-year, no grace period kicks in unless you ask. A health system dropping your Medicare Advantage plan could affect your ability to use certain doctors and/or hospitals. Here’s what to do if it happens to you.
https://www.nerdwallet.com/insurance/medicare/learn/hospital-drops-medicare-advantage

Another Hospital System Just Went Out-of-Network Mid-Year. Medicare Advantage Members Have Fewer Protections Than They May Assume.
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/08/07/another-hospital-system-just-went-out-of-network-mid-year-medicare-advantage-members-have-fewer-protections-than-they-may-assume/

UnitedHealthcare exited 225 counties and Aetna exited 160 as Medicare Advantage insurers cut coverage for 2026
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/unitedhealth-exit-medicare-advantage-plans-16-us-counties-2025-10-01/

Original Medicare Has No Annual Out-of-Pocket Cap — The Retirement Healthcare Risk People Underestimate, so a single long hospital stay can cost a retiree tens of thousands
https://money.com/original-medicare-out-of-pocket-maximum/

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Trump signs executive order recommending MMR childhood vaccines separated into different shots. The order recommends administering the separate shots across different visits, and directs the nation’s health department to improve vaccine research. He did not specify how far apart the visits were required to be.
https://apnews.com/article/vaccine-research-autism-trump-kennedy-rfk-d10f81f221c4ae9f5b2f83dd0ee98b29

The Trump admin offered sick Medicaid patients a 1-year lifeline. These red states are rejecting it.
Several conservative states will require proof from people who say they’re too sick to work.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/09/medicaid-work-requirements-exemptions-medical-frailty-01029777

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
New York Expands Legal Cannabis Access as Texas Enforces Harsh THC Penalties, Leaving Hemp
Consumers Confused
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-texas-hemp-thc-product-restrictions-take-effect-on-friday-but-what-will-stay-legal/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Trump’s Iran War Leaves U.S. Stockpiles So Low, Pentagon Forced to Pull Air-Defense Systems and Warships From Europe and Asia to Keep Fighting
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/donald-trump-iran-war-draining-192619149.html

Rep. Lieu Says Trump’s Iran War Exposed a Fatal Flaw — the U.S. Military “Cannot Sustain a War Because We Run Out of Munitions Quickly” — Calls for “Massive Change in Defense Strategy”
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4819317826031-rep-lieu-says-trump-s-iran-war-exposed-a-fatal-flaw-the-u-s-military-cannot-sustain-a-war-because-we-run-out-of-munitions-quickly-calls-for-massive-change-in-defense-strategy

Iran War Has Caused Roughly $13 Billion in Damage to U.S. Bases — Destroyed or Damaged 42 Aircraft Across Eight Countries, Analysts Warn the Same Vulnerabilities Could Prove Far Costlier Against China
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/americas-military-is-dangerously-exposed-26706217

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / AI / Data Centers / Secret Service
Amazon is backing a natural-gas powered data center in Texas that could become the largest single source of carbon emissions in the U.S.
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/amazon-texas-data-center-pecos-county-emissions-natural-gas-b3029869.html

Flock alters system tracking transparency while shadow of alleged misuse cases expands
A growing number of law enforcement officers face discipline or arrest for misusing the surveillance tool, raising concerns over shrinking public oversight
https://www.wdbj7.com/2026/08/10/flock-alters-system-tracking-transparency-while-shadow-alleged-misuse-cases-expands/

Flock’s Secret Surveillance Plan Will Make You Gasp. As 404 Media reports, the controversial company drew up plans to use the dashcams installed in Uber and Lyft drivers’ cars to scan the license plates of every vehicle that drove past them — in effect turning hundreds of thousands of rideshare and delivery drivers into a network of what the reporting describes as “roaming surveillance vehicles.”
https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-rideshare-surveillance-plan?utm_source=beehiiv&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=futurism-newsletter&_bhlid=a00abd9e8a7d81965a557805d90829d4a2e2e70b

# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Pentagon releases 16 new UFO videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAofoWG5Lwg

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Voices, The Peoples News

August 10, 2026
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

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
New Jersey’s attorney general Jennifer Davenport has launched a civil rights probe into Delaney Hall following another death at the facility last week.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/6018470-new-jersey-ice-detainee-death-investigation/

ICE expands ankle monitor program to nearly 54,000 immigrants as Geo Group profits from surveillance shift. The US is tracking nearly 54,000 immigrants through GPS-enabled ankle monitors as part of a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) electronic surveillance program, according to private prison corporation The Geo Group.
https://www.latintimes.com/end-haitian-tps-threatens-south-floridas-tourism-workforce-hotels-restaurants-brace-labor-gaps-598494

Rep. Adelita Accuses Trump of Targeting Families of Active-Duty Troops for Deportation — “This Administration Doesn’t Care Who You Are”
https://apnews.com/article/military-families-immigration-trump-detained-deported-3337173bff1f06153738c217da52e846

CBP is reportedly hiring private investigators to chase deported immigrants abroad and collect fines that DHS said would be forgiven: DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad. Homeland Security told immigrants that leaving the US would wipe out fines it claims they owe. Now it wants private investigators to find them in their home countries and collect.
https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-is-hiring-bounty-hunters-to-find-and-photograph-deported-peoples-homes-abroad/

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to deregulate Head Start, an anti-poverty initiative started by the uncle of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
https://www.tag24.com/en/news/politics/politicians/donald-trump/trump-admin-moves-to-deregulate-anti-poverty-program-started-by-rfk-jr-s-uncle-3522456

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Hegseth Reveals U.S. Has Secretly Been Running Over 100 Million Barrels Through the Strait of Hormuz Under Iranian Radar — “It Never Stopped. It Just Went Underground.”
https://sports.newsbreak.com/v/1CENTIk6

‘Has Trump’s Invasion of Greenland Already Begun?’: Experts Fearful as MAGA-Linked Oil Company Prepares Unauthorized Drilling. “Let nobody think Trump has given up on taking Greenland,” warned one professor of European politics.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-greenland-oil

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
What’s next for the farm bill? Senate Agriculture Committee passes farm bill draft
https://www.farmaid.org/issues/farm-policy/the-latest-updates-on-the-2025-farm-bill/

Nebraska has cut about 200 people off Medicaid, and every other expansion state must enforce the 80-hour rule by January 1
https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/medicaid/nebraska-begins-medicaid-purge-as-work-rules-kick-in/

# Food / Forageing
The Ancient Fruit Tree Most Gardeners Have Never Heard Of: Ready to take your taste buds on a trip back in time? By planting a medlar (Mespilus germanica) tree in your garden, you can do just that. This ancient fruit tree has been around for thousands of years, with its origin most likely starting in southeastern Europe and/or southwestern Asia.
https://shopping.yahoo.com/home-garden/gardening/articles/ancient-fruit-tree-most-gardeners-140000190.html

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trump On the Golden Staircase: What Epstein knew… and feared… about his old friend’s presidential ambitions. Epstein alleged that Trump tried to seduce the wives of his friends, and described him as someone who was “charming” and “delightful,” but also “a horrible human being.”
https://yalereview.org/article/michael-wolff-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-interview

# Gov / Politics / US
FBI opened probe into AG Jeff Sessions at Democrats’ request even after he updated his testimony. Probe was ignited by a letter from Democratic senators on the Judiciary Committee and later a news article.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/russia-and-ukraine-scandals/6am-mon-fbi-opened-probe-jeff-sessions-alleged-perjury

Dem Senate hopeful ripped as ‘absentee legislator’ after missing nearly 60% of votes. Ashley Hinson calls Democrat rival Josh Turek an ‘absentee legislator’ in race critical to Schumer’s race to retake Senate
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-senate-hopeful-ripped-absentee-legislator-after-missing-nearly-60-votes

Scheme hatched to haul Trump out of office as top lawyers zero in on under-the-radar law: California civil and appellate trial attorney Kevin K. Johnson, posits that because traditional avenues like impeachments and criminal convictions have not prevented Trump’s second term, alternative “under-the-radar” legal mechanisms could theoretically be tested in court.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-impeachment-2677656453/

‘Splintering’ GOP slams door on Hegseth: ‘What’s your Plan B?’ Despite pleas and threats from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Senate Republicans left for their summer break without handing him more money that he insists he needs.
https://www.rawstory.com/hegseth-gop-lawmakers/

Trump’s ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ Was Funded by Taxpayers with Money Diverted from National Parks, Report Claims. Trump has publicly claimed that he funded parts of the project with his own money, but a new report suggests his partisan West Wing exhibit cost taxpayers more than $1 million
https://people.com/trump-presidential-walk-of-fame-taxpayer-funds-report-12011499

“This Is a National Humiliation” — Pallone Rips Trump for Quietly Lifting Iran-Linked Sanctions in “Desperate Hope of Making a Deal” as His “Illegal” War Fails
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4814538523032-this-is-a-national-humiliation-pallone-rips-trump-for-quietly-lifting-iran-linked-sanctions-in-desperate-hope-of-making-a-deal-as-his-illegal-war-fails

Rep. Greg Casar Says Trump Has Profited $4 Billion Off the Presidency While Costing American Families $3,500 — “Corruption, Plain and Simple.” Yes, Donald Trump has generated billions of dollars through his businesses and new ventures since returning to the White House, far exceeding the standard $400,000 U.S. presidential salary.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2026/07/15/trump-is-making-three-times-as-much-in-white-house-as-he-did-in-business/

Republicans Move From Warnings To Policy: ‘Don’t Sharia Our Texas’: ‘Weaponizing ignorance’: Muslims bear brunt as Texas Republicans make hate mainstream. Muslims say anti-Islamic rhetoric making everyday life difficult – and threats and harassment not uncommon
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/29/texas-muslims-hate-speech

Sen. Rick Scott Says Iran’s Mass Execution of 56 Citizens Since March Is Proof the Regime Can Never Be Trusted With a Nuclear Weapon — “This Is Exactly the Evil We Are Fighting Against”
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4818607284667-sen-rick-scott-says-iran-s-mass-execution-of-56-citizens-since-march-is-proof-the-regime-can-never-be-trusted-with-a-nuclear-weapon-this-is-exactly-the-evil-we-are-fighting-against

[Video] DOJ’s “Nothing Can Be Done” Claim About Trump Tearing Down Statue of Liberty Backfires in East Wing Project Fight
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/05/white-house-ballroom-donald-trump-00951892

Is the District of Columbia part of the U.S.? It is not a U.S. state, but rather the federal district and capital city of the United States. Most users on AskAmericans agree that Washington, D.C. is a federal district and not part of any single state. Created in 1790 under the U.S. Constitution to serve as the permanent seat of the federal government. The district is named for Columbia, the female personification of the nation, through which human form and attributes are applied to the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.

Richard Stengel Rips Trump Over Munitions Crisis — Warns “He Will Leave America Weaker Militarily Than It Has Been in a Generation” — “These Will Take Years and Many Billions to Replace”
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4819605165680-richard-stengel-rips-trump-over-munitions-crisis-warns-he-will-leave-america-weaker-militarily-than-it-has-been-in-a-generation-these-will-take-years-and-many-billions-to-replace

Former US Official Richard Stengel Accuses Trump of “Unprecedented Ignorance and Corruption”
https://www.voice7news.tv/world/news/29728

# Global News
Iran sets conditions for Strait of Hormuz reopening, calls for U.S. to correct its behavior. Iran has warned that it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz unless the United States meets six demands, including lifting sanctions, withdrawing military forces from around the country and paying compensation for two wars.
https://www.newsweek.com/iran-demands-us-reopen-strait-hormuz-12301702

Netanyahu Says Trump’s New Gaza Plan Is Unacceptable — “The Military Will Not Carry Out Any Withdrawal Until Hamas Is Disarmed… All Weaponry”
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4819734768928-netanyahu-says-trump-s-new-gaza-plan-is-unacceptable-the-military-will-not-carry-out-any-withdrawal-until-hamas-is-disarmed-all-weaponry

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Trump Notches Huge Win as Yet Another Law Firm Caves. Law firms are lining up to bow to Donald Trump. Yet another law firm has come to an agreement with Donald Trump’s administration, after the president began targeting major law firms that hired lawyers he didn’t like or took up cases and clients he claimed went against his agenda.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193505/donald-trump-another-law-firm-caves

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Michigan Just Put Medicare for All on the Ballot, and Voters Said Yes. In the Michigan Democratic Senate primary, Abdul El-Sayed put guaranteed healthcare at the center of a statewide campaign and let voters decide. They decided.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/medicare-for-all-michigan

ECU Health hospitals go out of network with UnitedHealthcare on August 8, Medicare Advantage included: UnitedHealthcare has extended in-network access to ECU Health’s hospitals through August 7. The day after that, those hospitals become out of network for the insurer’s commercial, Medicare Advantage and Individual Family Plan members across eastern North Carolina. Read the wording closely, because an extension is a pause, not a resolution.
https://share.newsbreak.com/j96vbdc7

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
‘We Must Pass Medicare for All,’ Says Troy Jackson as 12th Maine Maternity Unit Closes in 11 Years. “It’s past time that we fix our broken, profit-centered healthcare system that leaves many of us struggling to get care, and most of us struggling to pay for it when we do,” said the US Senate candidate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/maine-hospitals-closing

Watch: How a Faulty Hospital Drug Test Can Turn New Parents Into Police Targets: Watch our joint investigation with CBS Sunday Morning, exposing how unreliable drug tests at childbirth lead to parents being referred to law enforcement.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/08/09/baby-hospital-pregnant-drug-test

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
The Cessna That Found an F-16 on Its Wing: It is the kind of thing a weekend pilot never expects to see filling the windscreen: the grey nose of an F-16 Fighting Falcon sliding into formation a few wingspans away, wings heavy with missiles. On Sunday, at least one general-aviation pilot over New Jersey got exactly that view.
https://migflug.com/jetflights/norad-f-16-intercept-bedminster-trump-tfr-2026/

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / AI / Data Centers / Secret Service
[Video] Data Centers Spark Taxpayer Revolt Across America
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/ai-data-centers-spark-local-backlash-across-the-us-artificial-intelligence-electricity-utilities-noise-land-use-tax-incentives

Samsung wants to bring a floating data center to Texas — huge waterborne facility could offer 50MW of capacity and even cool itself. Samsung Heavy Industries and Mousterian have signed a contract to build factory-made floating data centres, starting in Texas. The design dodges the land and water that throttle AI buildout, but not the grid, which the state just froze.
https://thenextweb.com/news/samsung-mousterian-floating-data-centre-texas

AI Data Centers Are Causing Unfathomable Amounts of Air Pollution, and It Gets Worse With Each New One They Build. The tech industry is showing no signs of slowing down
https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-data-centers-air-pollution-generators-worse

# Veterans / VA
Judge rejects VA’s third attempt to cancel union contracts. U.S. District Judge Melissa DuBose OK’d a motion to enforce her prior preliminary injunction preserving collective bargaining at the Veterans Affairs Department on the eve of its planned termination of a collective bargaining agreement with AFGE
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/08/judge-rejects-vas-third-attempt-cancel-union-contracts/415293/?oref=ge-home-top-story
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Federation_of_Government_Employees

House Democrats Demand Answers From Trump’s VA on Vets Struggling to Access Mental Healthcare. The letter from lawmakers to Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins cites a recent ProPublica investigation that found hundreds of therapists have left the agency and vets often aren’t getting the help they need.
https://www.propublica.org/article/democrats-veterans-affairs-doug-collins-letter-mental-health

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August 9, 2026
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# Indigenous
Bishop Scott Bullock of South Dakota torches MAGA Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for celebrating the “grave evils” of the murderous soldiers who massacred Native women and children at Wounded Knee. The Catholic Church isn’t pulling any punches now…
https://www.osvnews.com/bishop-jesuits-reject-hegseth-decision-to-honor-soldiers-who-massacred-lakota-at-wounded-knee/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE arrests surge at Philly airport, including those of a babysitter and a senior citizen. The Department of Homeland Security said President Trump is reversing policies that let undocumented immigrants “jet around our country.”
https://www.inquirer.com/news/airport-arrests-ice-trump-philadelphia-international-airport-20260807.html

ICE says it expects to equip every field officer with body cameras by the end of August
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-says-expects-equip-every-field-officer-with-body-cameras-end-august_n_6a779435e4b01ec886906d9b

During Operation Metro Surge, ICE arrested dozens of immigrant crime victims. Years ago, Rosa watched from inside the car as men robbed her husband at gunpoint, shortly after they’d arrived in Minnesota from Guatemala.
https://patch.com/minnesota/minneapolis/during-operation-metro-surge-ice-arrested-dozens-immigrant-crime-victims

New Jersey investigating Delaney Hall ICE facility after detainee deaths: New Jersey is investigating an ICE facility in Newark after detainee deaths and reports of “alarming conditions.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/07/new-jersey-launches-investigation-into-delaney-hall-ice-facility-01029595

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
With broad bipartisan support, Congress is about to give Trump ‘unchecked authority’ to impose new tariffs of up to 100% on top trading partners
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/06/tariffs-congress-russia-trump

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
A newly forming ocean may split Africa apart, scientists say. “This has profound implications for how we interpret surface volcanism, earthquake activity and the process of continental breakup.”
https://www.space.com/astronomy/earth/a-newly-forming-ocean-may-split-africa-apart-scientists-say

The Afar Triangle: Where a New Ocean Could Be Born: Deep beneath Ethiopia’s Afar Depression, the Nubian, Somali, and Arabian plates are pulling apart at the Afar Triple Junction. Earth isn’t just changing its surface—it’s creating entirely new geological environments
https://www.volcanocafe.org/the-afar-triangle/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Greenland Has Never Produced a Barrel of Oil. Now a Texas Company Is Betting Billions on What Lies Beneath the Ice
https://finance.yahoo.com/energy/articles/greenland-never-produced-barrel-oil-134751477.html

Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill. The equipment belongs to Greenland Energy, a Texas-based oil company whose chairman, Larry Swets, is part of Trump’s inner-circle.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2026/08/08/greenland-trump-oil-drilling/2831786218141/

‘Has Trump’s Invasion of Greenland Already Begun?’: Experts Fearful as MAGA-Linked Oil Company Prepares Unauthorized Drilling. “Let nobody think Trump has given up on taking Greenland,” warned one professor of European politics.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-greenland-oil

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Fast Fact: RFK Jr. is revealing how a state senator in North Carolina – passed laws to protect a giant food company – then partnered up with the company to take over 28,000 farms and sell them to China, here’s the story:
https://substack.com/@toniwilliams1/note/c-309728619

Over 4 Million People Have Already Lost Food Aid Under Trump’s New Mandates, but the Most Devastating Cuts Are Still Hiding in the Fine Print
https://www.themarysue.com/over-4-million-people-have-already-lost-food-aid-under-trumps-new-mandates-but-the-most-devastating-cuts-are-still-hiding-in-the-fine-print/

# Food / Forageing
Common Backyard Weed May Target Cancer Cells. It began with two roommates on a Leukemia ward whose cancer blood markers plummeted after drinking tea made from a common backyard weed.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/helenalbert/2020/10/30/common-weed-related-to-cabbages-can-stop-cancer-in-its-tracks/

# General News
Mark Zuckerberg hammered after ignoring distress call from stranded vessel: report
https://www.cruisemummy.co.uk/expedition-ship-tows-stranded-skiff-while-zuckerbergs-superyacht-fails-to-respond/

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
House Oversight Committee Releases Jeffrey Epstein Email Correspondence, Raising Questions About White House Coverup of Epstein Files
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-oversight-committee-releases-jeffrey-epstein-email-correspondence-raising
Emails: https://d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net/static/2025/11/3-Emails.pdf

# Gov / Politics / US
‘The decline is real’: Ex-Trump official spills on president’s ‘frontal lobe illness’: Cobb continued, arguing that the president’s increasingly erratic behavior was a clear sign of what he described as a “frontal lobe illness.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2677676238/

‘We’re screwed’: Legal expert sounds alarm over major new midterm threa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEbwZFz1TA8

‘It Hits A Nerve’: This Number Reveals How Much Americans Are Paying For Trump’s War With Iran
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/iran-war-energy-cost-tracker_n_6a74a9f9e4b0a79b03a72ad6

Trump’s remarkable private admission leaked by US officials:  U.S. officials told the Journal that the president had been “floating the idea privately to senior aides that he’s willing to walk away without a nuclear deal.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2677676947/

Blanche’s fellow spineless co-conspirators in the biggest political cover-up in American history are celebrating a hollow victory at the moment. Trumpublicans haven’t learned that their loyalty is never going to be returned, but I guess worrying about a mean tweet is more important than the lives of roughly 349 million Americans.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/todd-blanche-cassidy/

Trump’s ‘Corrupt and Bullying and Destabilizing’ Second Term : “[I]n Donald Trump’s second term populism has displayed most of the vices that its critics anticipated,” Douthat wrote. “It has been corrupt and bullying and destabilizing. It has rewarded hacks and cronies. And it stumbled into a Middle Eastern war with even less preparation than its establishment predecessors.”
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trumpism-has-failed-ross-douthat-rips-trumps-corrupt-and-bullying-and-destabilizing-second-term-in-ny-times-farewell/

A major win for voting rights you didn’t hear about this week. The path to voting rights was paved with the blood, sweat and tears of generations of people who endured injustice from a system that did not recognize their equality or, at times, their humanity.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/what-we-lost-when-the-supreme-court-gutted-the-voting-rights-act-and-why-we-need-a-new-one/

Democrats Quietly Build a Financial Case Against Trump, Targeting the Money Trail Through Companies, Contractors and Financial Firms in His Orbit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bplB5tuwgWI

Trump hands ally $150M in ‘corrupt’ courtroom contract ensnarling kids: A small Houston-based law firm with ties to the Trump administration is reportedly set to receive a $150 million no-bid federal contract to provide legal representation for unaccompanied migrant children — a move that has one Democratic lawmaker crying “corruption.”
https://www.rawstory.com/burke-law-texas/

# Global News
U.S. Intelligence Warns Putin Could Test NATO’s Resolve With Strikes as Munitions Stockpiles Run Low
https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/u-s-intel-finds-putin-could-test-natos-resolve-with-limited-incursion-e3b02e2c

Israel rejects Trump’s 15-point Gaza plan, Netanyahu say
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/world/middleeast/israel-netanyahu-trump-15-point-plan-hamas-peace-gaza.html

Iran official gives conditions for reopening Strait of Hormuz. The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council gave several conditions for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/8/9/iran-war-live-tehran-demands-end-to-us-blockade-to-reopen-strait-of-hormuz

It’s not just Canadian tourists snubbing U.S. cities. Business leaders are cancelling more trips to America as geopolitical tensions continue
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/canadians-boycotting-u-travel-over-130000574.html

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Black Woman Found Hanging From Tree Behind Vacant House Identified As 29-Year-Old Tasia Fortune. Mississippi authorities have investigated other high-profile cases involving tree-hanging deaths in the past year.
https://capitalbnews.org/black-woman-found-hanging-tasia-fortune/

In February, Todd Sidesinger left the hospital after doctors placed two stents in his heart to address heart failure. Three days later, police arrested him on warrants related to roughly $1,500 in unpaid court debt dating back more than a decade. Less than 48 hours after arriving at the county prison in York, Pennsylvania, Sidesinger was dead. Sidesinger wore a prescribed defibrillator vest that delivers an electrical shock when it detects a life-threatening heart rhythm, and has to be charged approximately once every 24 hours. York County Prison’s medical staff never charged his vest.
https://www.thecarceralreport.com/p/new-in-the-appeal-he-was-arrested

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
White House fraud tracker exposes nearly $300 billion tab as health programs take center stage. According to administration officials, the website called “Fraud Ledger” is intended to give taxpayers a public view of fraud investigations, enforcement actions and fraud prevention efforts
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/white-house-fraud-tracker-highlights-billions-savings-hhs-programs-face

Moffitt says Humana ended its Medicare Advantage contract, leaving the cancer center out of network
https://www.moffitt.org/patient-family/insurance-financial-information/insurance-coverage/humana-announcement/

UnitedHealth is serving 965,000 fewer Medicare Advantage members, pushing some seniors to find new coverage.  The move crystallizes how rising medical costs, tighter government payments, and strategic business choices are converging on the people least able to absorb sudden changes in their health insurance.
https://hc4us.org/unitedhealth-drops-1-million-seniors-in-biggest-cut-in-decades-the-daily-overview/

Some Doctors Have Opted Out of Medicare Entirely. Sign Their Form, and the Whole Bill Is Legally Yours.
https://www.aol.com/articles/doctors-opted-medicare-entirely-sign-120200000.html

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Paratroopers report that the U.S. Army’s new primary service rifle is already more reliable than the M4
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2026-03-19/army-to-test-new-carbine-rifle-21117744.html

Top U.S. Army General in Europe Abruptly Removed From Command as Questions Surround Sudden Leadership Change
https://thehill.com/homenews/6018081-army-general-costanza-removed-v-corps/

# Military / Global
Yemen’s Houthis strike Aramco oil facility in Saudi Arabia
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/09/yemens-houthis-claim-attack-on-saudi-arabia-refinery

# Nuclear
The US has a nuclear waste problem. Five states want to help with the cleanup. Several states have now agreed to take a large part of America’s nuclear waste at the same time a government office says the country could be doing much better.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/nuclear-waste-delivers-a-political-haymaker-five-states-say-it-can-be-done/

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / AI / Data Centers / Secret Service
What is ‘Social Engineering?’ AI bots create fake profiles to make their hacking seem more real. Some AI bots, instructed to complete “cyber challenges” online, created fake profiles and emails to convince real humans to let them edit real code.
https://www.communityamerica.com/blog/2026/social-engineering-and-ai-how-scammers-are-using-new-technology-to-trick-people

# Social Services Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
A bill in Congress would bar Social Security clawing back overpayments it discovers more than 10 years late
https://financebuzz.com/new-bill-limits-social-security-clawbacks

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE Shot Two More Men With No Cameras: Senate Says February Pledges Were Never Kept
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/323310/20260806/ice-shot-two-more-men-no-cameras-senate-says-february-pledges-were-never-kept.htm

Airlines Block ICE From Boarding Planes for Arrests: Airline workers reportedly decline to help US agents as Trump migrant crackdown accelerates
Expansion of immigration enforcement at US airports puts employees at odds with agents seeking 2,000 daily arrests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/airline-workers-agents-immigration-crackdown

‘Not to make a scene’: The Trump administration “coerced” a 20-year-old legal resident of the U.S. to sign a document that would enable the government to deport him, a judge ruled this week.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/ice-coerced-legal-resident-signing-151623303.html

An ICE detainee from New Jersey dies a day after calling his mother from the detention center to say he was unwell
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/an-ice-detainee-from-new-jersey-dies-a-day-after-calling-his-mother-from-the-detention-center-to-say-he-was-unwell/

Judge clears way for Trump to deport 350,000 Haitians to a country deemed unsafe. The order complies with a Supreme Court ruling but leaves a racial discrimination claim against the administration alive
https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/080626_haitian_deportations/judge-clears-way-trump-deport-350000-haitians-country-deemed-unsafe/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
South Korean Company Facing Federal Trade Investigation Paid Trump’s Holding Company $2 Million Last Year
https://newrepublic.com/post/213058/foreign-company-trade-dispute-paid-trump-millions

[Video] Former Donald Trump Aide Sarah Matthews Claims The President Is ‘gaslighting’ Americans On The Economy: ‘it’s A Slap In The Face’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6005802-matthews-accuses-trump-economy-gaslighting/

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
RFK Jr says Head Start is his family legacy. Critics say he’s gutting the program that lifts kids out of poverty.  Donald Trump’s top health official is planning to overhaul the program by throwing out regulations and policies that have built it up in the years after it was founded more than 60 years ago during Johnson’s war on poverty.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/rfk-head-start-program-trump-administration-b3028867.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Mass layoffs slam Texas as unemployment rates rise. Texas unemployment rate surpasses the national average, approaching 5%.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/mass-layoffs-texas-22375609.php

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
A federal officer fired a Taser at a man pumping gas and the horrifying footage shows what happened next. Clarence “Chuck” Coyl recorded his interaction with a U.S. Fish and Wildlife officer at a gas station on the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation in Arizona on July 18, according to AZ Family and 12 News. Civil rights lawyer Ben Crump has also shared a video, seemingly from a bystander, of the same incident.
https://people.com/video-shows-man-catching-fire-screaming-taser-officer-12035205

Officials will not release cool water from a Colorado River reservoir to protect threatened fish. Federal officials said Thursday they will not release cool water this year from one of the Colorado River’s major reservoirs, which would have protected a threatened native fish downstream but put more strain on already struggling hydropower production
https://www.chron.com/news/article/officials-will-not-release-cool-water-from-a-22378445.php

Juliana Leon Died in a Climate-Linked Heat Wave. Her Daughter Is Suing Big Oil. This case is reportedly the first to hold Big Oil accountable for an individual’s death in a climate-related disaster.
https://truthout.org/articles/juliana-leon-died-in-a-climate-linked-heat-wave-her-daughter-is-suing-big-oil/

FBI investigates cyberattacks on water systems in several states. Michigan has joined Minnesota and other states across the country reporting cyberattacks targeting municipal water systems.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_39fb31bc-35bf-431f-880f-dfb2c774200b.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Chevron seeks to nullify $744M verdict over coastal damage. Chevron asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to move a Plaquemines Parish coastal damage case into federal court, a step the company says would erase a $744.6 million state jury verdict against it.
https://www.aol.com/articles/chevron-seeks-nullify-744m-verdict-192900000.html

Regulators approve $5.2B Mississippi-to-Georgia gas pipeline. Federal regulators on Friday approved a combined multi-billion-dollar natural gas pipeline expansion crossing Mississippi and Alabama primarily intended to feed growing energy markets in Georgia.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/alabama/article_b202f09f-5b05-4183-b6dd-a9f36c1f8633.html

# Gov / Politics / US
The Senate has adjourned and will return in September. The U.S. Senate adjourned early Saturday morning for a five-week August recess after passing a stopgap government funding bill, confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general, and deferring major votes on election and college sports legislation until they return in the fall.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6018324-senate-adjourns-funding-blanche-budget-save-america/

Todd Blanche confirmed: Trump’s former criminal lawyer becomes attorney general. Major win for president as former personal lawyer wins approval despite outcry over $1.8bn slush fund
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/08/todd-blanche-attorney-general-confirmed

Democratic senators did not force erroneous votes to protect Dr. Anthony Fauci. Instead, they offered procedural motions to table or delay the contempt resolution so the panel could consult legal experts and hear from Fauci’s legal counsel regarding his invocation of the Fifth Amendment.
https://abcnews.com/Politics/senate-committee-votes-hold-fauci-contempt-congress/story?id=135422327

‘We have a sick country’: Conservative analyst unloads on MAGA
https://www.alternet.org/trump-maga-gop-midterms-economy/

Texas ‘Trump Train’ Case Puts 150-Year-Old KKK Act Before Federal Appeals Court
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-train-organizer-asks-appeals-110001846.html

Schumer says Trump’s $275 billion battleship fleet with the president’s name on them is a “waste of time and money” driven by “egomania and narcissism” — “not a single penny to lower costs for the American people”
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2622459/senate-minority-leader-criticizes-trumps-proposed-golden-fleet-battleships-as-costly-vanity-project

The Trump Administration Has Lost 75 of 93 First Amendment Cases, Report Finds. The cases involved challenges to the administration’s violations of religious freedom, the free press, and free speech.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-trump-administration-has-lost-75-of-93-first-amendment-cases-report-finds/

Trump Threatens Severe “Treason” Charges Against “Leakers” in Truth Social Rant: “Long term jail sentences will be sought!” Trump promised in an online post.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-threatens-severe-treason-charges-against-leakers-in-truth-social-rant/

Rep. Max Miller’s scandals keep getting worse: Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) is facing mounting calls to resign and drop out of his reelection campaign following severe domestic abuse allegations from multiple women
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6015595-gop-misconduct-allegations-midterms/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
UF Health patients with United Healthcare could lose coverage if two sides can’t come to terms before Sept. 1 deadline. United says it’s planning to present another proposal Aug. 30
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2024/08/30/uf-health-patients-with-united-healthcare-could-lose-coverage-if-two-sides-cant-come-to-terms-before-sept-1-deadline/

Clear Spring Health has pulled out of Medicare Advantage entirely, ending its plans in Illinois, Georgia and Colorado
https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/medicare-advantage/illinois-payer-to-shutter-medicare-advantage-plans-in-24-days/

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Trump Administration Ends Medicare Drug Subsidies, Will Lead To Spike In Drug Premiums For Seniors
https://apnews.com/article/medicare-drug-subsidy-trump-biden-insurance-3d3fdb43b1bf374a1a168506fded86c0

AI Model Invents Completely New Viruses Unknown to Nature: “Although [it’s] promising for life sciences applications, it also raises urgent biosafety and biosecurity questions. The ability to compose viral genomes using generative AI now exists; the governance to safely steer it does not.”
— Tom Inglesby and Moritz Hanke, Center for Health Security, Johns Hopkins University
https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-creates-new-virus

A better flu vaccine is possible, if Team RFK Jr. stays out of the way. Flu season is inevitable. This year’s could be better.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/08/flu-shot-rfk-jr-maha-mflusiva-vaccine.html

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Pentagon revokes former Air Force secretary’s access to classified intel, citing Air Force One leak
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/pentagon-leak-air-force-secretary/

Families outraged after US Navy refuses to salvage sunken fishing vessel and retrieve the six people who died aboard
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/navy-sunken-fishing-vessel-crew-member-recovery-b3028749.html

# Military / Global
AN EXPLOSIVE-laden drone found at a German airport shows Vladimir Putin is prepared to take down a European passenger jet, an expert has warned. Panic broke out at Leipzig Airport on Wednesday after a rigged drone was discovered near a fleet of Ukrainian cargo planes.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16801824/putin-jet-europe-russian-drone-airport/

# Social Services Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
New Fiscal Commission Proposal Raises Fresh Concerns for Social Security: The Senate Finance Committee debated whether to use a commission to help resolve Social Security’s pending insolvency. The Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund is currently projected to pay only 78% of benefits around the end of 2032.
https://www.napa-net.org/news/2026/8/lawmakers-debate-social-security-commission-proposal/

# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Video shows US military tracking what appears to be mysterious object flying over Middle East in 2025
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/video-shows-us-military-tracking-what-appears-mysterious-object-flying-over-middle-east-2025

# Veterans / VA
Their military careers were cut short in combat. Now they’re fighting Congress for their full benefits.
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2026/08/06/their-military-careers-were-cut-short-in-combat-now-theyre-fighting-congress-for-their-full-benefits/

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August 8, 2026, AM
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
You Can’t Drink Data: Native Communities Are Resisting the AI Death Cycle. “These are tools to extract from who we are to erase us,” says organizer Krystal Two Bulls.
https://truthout.org/audio/you-cant-drink-data-native-communities-are-resisting-the-ai-death-cycle/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
She Followed ICE’s Advice to Self-Deport. Five Weeks Later, She Was Dead. A St. Louis mother took her three daughters to reunite with her deported husband in Guatemala. Neighbors found the couple bound and shot in a sugarcane field.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/glendy-nixon-guatemala-overland-self-deport-st-louis-immigrant-police-ice/

Daphy Michel: Family Plans Lawsuit Against U.S. After ICE Allegedly Left Mentally Struggling Woman To Die Of Hypothermia. A Haitian immigrant died in Pittsburgh after being released from ICE’s custody. The county medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. Now her family plans to sue.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/state/pennsylvania/pittsburgh/2026/08/03/haitian-immigrant-death-ice-family-lawsuit/91147406007/

Tearful Trump Voter Says He Feels ‘Totally Betrayed’ After Fiancée Was ‘Swarmed’ by ICE and Taken Away: ‘This Is Like the Gestapo.’ “I would never have thought the United States would act this way,” John Gannon said
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/tearful-trump-voter-says-feels-001136164.html

Trump Administration Seeks to Track Down Deported Migrants Overseas to Collect Immigration Fines. The initiative stems from the revival of a little-used provision of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-administration-seeks-track-down-deported-migrants-overseas-collect-immigration-fines-598463

“There Is No Greater Betrayal to Our Troops,”  Sen. Duckworth Slams Trump After 50+ Military Spouses and Parents Detained for Deportation, “Cruel and Makes Us All Less Safe”
https://share.newsbreak.com/j87e29er

Minnesota Seeks Extradition of ICE Officer From Texas
https://www.fox9.com/news/extradition-paperwork-ice-agent-charged-minneapolis-julio-sosa-celis-shooting

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
‘Trump Is Tanking the US Economy’: Dismal Report Shows 23,000 Jobs Lost, Slowing Wage Growth
“However the White House tries to spin these numbers, their talking points ring hollow for people who are actually experiencing Trump’s weak economy.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/trump-humiliated-disastrous-jobs-report-130548551.html

Trump renews bid to remove Fed official Lisa Cook. President Donald Trump is renewing his push to oust Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook from the seven-member board after a Supreme Court ruling found that his previous attempt did not afford her due process.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/07/trump-fed-lisa-cook-scotus-01029150

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
The transfer of millions of student-loan accounts to the Treasury is taking a key step forward. The plans, first reported by Business Insider, include creating a new “Default Resolution Hub” intended to serve as a centralized location for borrowers to plan their steps to return to good standing.
https://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-accounts-transfer-to-treasury-step-forward-defaulted-borrowers-2026-8

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Texas water fight deepens as Abbott blames city leaders, desalination board runs low on cash. If supplies drop enough, Corpus Christi residents and businesses would have to reduce water use by 25%.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/corpus-christi-water-crisis-desalination-project/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Oil company profits from Iran War infuriated President Donald Trump. He only has himself to blame. US president hits out at ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying they should ‘give some of that back to the public’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/04/donald-trump-oil-companies-war-iran-us-exxonmobil-chevron

‘Relentless in Its War on Offshore Wind,’ Trump Admin Kills More Projects: After RWE disclosed its new gas investments as part of the deal, one climate campaigner declared that “committing to reinvest over $1 billion in fossil fuels is a disastrous mistake.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-offshore-wind-lease-buybacks

Trump hosts mining CEOs, University of Utah president, as he seeks minerals for defense production
The White House announced billions of new investments into mining companies and millions at mining universities for the next generation
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/08/07/president-trump-hosts-ceos-of-mining-companies-looking-for-minerals-to-help-defense-production/

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump boys’ ‘shady’ Russia deal ties unmasked in explosive new repor
https://www.rawstory.com/tbilisi-trump-tower/

Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s $400 Million White House Ballroom Project: The question of whether President Donald Trump can build a massive ballroom at the White House, a vanity project that the president has brought up at every opportunity, appears to be heading to the conservative-majority Supreme Court.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/07/appeals-court-ruling-white-house-ballroom-01028755

The week Republicans went after voters who live abroad in latest suppression scheme
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-targets-u-s-citizens-living-overseas-in-latest-suppression-scheme/

Nuclear experts urge Trump not to let Iran steer talks away from regime’s atomic threat. President Trump reiterated in a Fox News interview that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons
https://www.foxnews.com/world/nuclear-experts-urge-trump-not-let-iran-steer-talks-away-from-regimes-atomic-threat

Trump Issues Bonkers Ultimatum To Supporters If They Don’t Pay Up. An email blast from President Donald Trump on Wednesday seemingly attempted to guilt his supporters into donating money to him by claiming their “supporter status” had been “cancelled.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-supporter-fundraising-email_n_6a752ffae4b04fcbf74e16b4

Impeachment Articles Filed Against ‘Unelected Shadow President’ Russell Vought: “Vought’s blatant abuse of power and complete disregard for the Constitution warrants immediate removal by Congress,” said Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove
https://www.commondreams.org/news/russell-vought-impeachment-articles

‘A Fake and Fraudulent Watchdog’: Trump Installs Project 2025 Author at Interior IG Office. “This is a fraud on the office and a fraud on the American people. Democrats will fight to restore independent oversight and hold every official who abuses the public’s trust accountable.”
https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/media/press-releases/huffman-blasts-trump-scheme-to-plant-project-2025-architect-inside-interiors-watchdog-office

In midst of election, Arizona’s Democrat governor faces pay-to-play corruption probe: A sitting governor’s alleged donor payoff is being investigated by an attorney general from her own party who has her own unresolved questions about outside money, and that investigator has promised to deliver a verdict just before voters decide whether to re-elect the person she’s investigating.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/az-democrat-ags-investigation-democrat-governor-conclude-arizona-voters

# Global News
Top Iranian Commander Vows to Pursue Nuclear Weapons as Long as the U.S. Has Them, Triggering New Clash With Israel
https://share.newsbreak.com/j8itpvpt

Iran plans to ban U.S. and Israeli ships from Strait of Hormuz until compensated for war damages
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-sees-an-opening-to-kick-the-u-s-out-of-the-gulf-b9f9cc53

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Former Bexar County deputy constable arrested in Mexico, charged in triple homicide. Mexican authorities say Chad Eberle committed the killings while trying to take custody of his 3-year-old son in Saltillo. He was a Precinct 2 deputy constable and a Northside ISD police officer. He’s also an Army vet.
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2026/08/former-texas-police-officer-accused-of-killing-3-in-mexico-fleeing-toward-u-s-with-son/

Local police around the country are performing lookups in Flock’s AI-powered automatic license plate reader (ALPR) system for “immigration” related searches and as part of other ICE investigations, giving federal law enforcement side-door access to a tool that it currently does not have a formal contract for.
https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Mass layoffs sweep Texas TV and radio stations—here’s who was let go. The cuts affected broadcasters in multiple Texas markets.
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-tv-radio-layoffs-22378894.php

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Humana is dropping Medicare Advantage plans covering roughly 600,000 members in a third year of retreat. This marks a third consecutive year of footprint retrenchment aimed at cutting off lower-margin plans, restoring profitability, and achieving a sustainable pre-tax margin
https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/medicare-advantage/humana-to-exit-medicare-advantage-plans-covering-600000-members-in-2027/

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Medicare is about to penalize the 15-minute breakthrough that saves cancer patients hours of pain
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4678737/medicare-drug-price-negotiation-subcutaneous-cancer-drugs/

Original Medicare now requires prior approval for some procedures in a handful of states
https://www.resourcemedicare.com/post/new-medicare-changes-in-2026-prior-approval-required-for-these-17-services

Medicare Coverage of Cancer Treatment Services
https://www.medicare.gov/publications/11931-medicare-coverage-of-cancer-treatment-services.pdf

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
The Iran war’s other bill, and you’re paying It: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently told Congress that the U.S. government has spent an estimated $37.5 billion to date on the Iran war and requested an additional $67 billion in emergency funding.”  “But there are several hidden costs that don’t factor into Hegseth’s accounting, ones that the rest of us are actually paying.”
https://politicalwire.com/2026/08/07/the-iran-wars-other-bill-and-youre-paying-it/

Trump’s $275 Billion Battleship Fleet Set to Be ‘Most Expensive US Warships Ever’: “At a time when families are struggling to afford groceries, gas, healthcare, and childcare, Congress cannot throw hundreds of billions of dollars at Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet,’” said one Democratic senator. The first of 15 ships, the USS Defiant, is projected to cost around $23.4 billion to construct, with each subsequent vessel costing about $18 billion, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis said
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6012597-trump-golden-fleet-battleships-cbo-cost/

# Military / Global
North Korea expert warns US can ‘never take their eye off’ Kim Jong Un following missile test during Iran war. Retired Navy Rear Adm Mark Montgomery tells Fox News Digital that Kim Jong Un remains ‘unpredictable’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/north-korea-expert-warns-us-never-take-eye-kim-jong-un-following-missile-test-iran-war

# Science / Research
Scientists trained an AI model in DNA and it invented 16 new viruses: The use of AI systems to create viruses opens up new possibilities for combating bacterial resistance. It also raises concerns about the pace at which technology is outstripping regulation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD3cYZVm1Uc

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / AI / Data Centers / Secret Service
ICE and other Trump administration agencies can use Flock to track your every movement, all across the country. Police in Texas, Florida, and thousands of departments nationwide can track Massachusetts drivers in real-time, without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing.
https://data.aclum.org/2025/10/07/flock-gives-law-enforcement-all-over-the-country-access-to-your-location/

# Social Services Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Senate Dems Push GOP to Divulge Secret Plan to ‘Attack Earned Benefits Like Social Security.’ “A plan you will not show the voters before they vote is not reassurance. It is a warning and revealing of Republican priorities.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republican-plan-cut-social-security

# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Updated on: August 7, 2026 / 4:38 PM EDT / CBS News: Pentagon releases fifth batch of UFO Files, comprised of 41 records
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/08/07/ufo-files-released-photos-videos-documents-pentagon/91212989007/

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Voices, The Peoples News

August 8, 2026
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
You Can’t Drink Data: Native Communities Are Resisting the AI Death Cycle. “These are tools to extract from who we are to erase us,” says organizer Krystal Two Bulls.
https://truthout.org/audio/you-cant-drink-data-native-communities-are-resisting-the-ai-death-cycle/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
She Followed ICE’s Advice to Self-Deport. Five Weeks Later, She Was Dead. A St. Louis mother took her three daughters to reunite with her deported husband in Guatemala. Neighbors found the couple bound and shot in a sugarcane field.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/glendy-nixon-guatemala-overland-self-deport-st-louis-immigrant-police-ice/

Daphy Michel: Family Plans Lawsuit Against U.S. After ICE Allegedly Left Mentally Struggling Woman To Die Of Hypothermia. A Haitian immigrant died in Pittsburgh after being released from ICE’s custody. The county medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. Now her family plans to sue.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/state/pennsylvania/pittsburgh/2026/08/03/haitian-immigrant-death-ice-family-lawsuit/91147406007/

Tearful Trump Voter Says He Feels ‘Totally Betrayed’ After Fiancée Was ‘Swarmed’ by ICE and Taken Away: ‘This Is Like the Gestapo.’ “I would never have thought the United States would act this way,” John Gannon said
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/tearful-trump-voter-says-feels-001136164.html

Trump Administration Seeks to Track Down Deported Migrants Overseas to Collect Immigration Fines. The initiative stems from the revival of a little-used provision of the 1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-administration-seeks-track-down-deported-migrants-overseas-collect-immigration-fines-598463

“There Is No Greater Betrayal to Our Troops,”  Sen. Duckworth Slams Trump After 50+ Military Spouses and Parents Detained for Deportation, “Cruel and Makes Us All Less Safe”
https://share.newsbreak.com/j87e29er

Minnesota Seeks Extradition of ICE Officer From Texas
https://www.fox9.com/news/extradition-paperwork-ice-agent-charged-minneapolis-julio-sosa-celis-shooting

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
‘Trump Is Tanking the US Economy’: Dismal Report Shows 23,000 Jobs Lost, Slowing Wage Growth
“However the White House tries to spin these numbers, their talking points ring hollow for people who are actually experiencing Trump’s weak economy.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/articles/trump-humiliated-disastrous-jobs-report-130548551.html

Trump renews bid to remove Fed official Lisa Cook. President Donald Trump is renewing his push to oust Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook from the seven-member board after a Supreme Court ruling found that his previous attempt did not afford her due process.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/07/trump-fed-lisa-cook-scotus-01029150

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
The transfer of millions of student-loan accounts to the Treasury is taking a key step forward. The plans, first reported by Business Insider, include creating a new “Default Resolution Hub” intended to serve as a centralized location for borrowers to plan their steps to return to good standing.
https://www.businessinsider.com/student-loan-accounts-transfer-to-treasury-step-forward-defaulted-borrowers-2026-8

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Texas water fight deepens as Abbott blames city leaders, desalination board runs low on cash. If supplies drop enough, Corpus Christi residents and businesses would have to reduce water use by 25%.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/corpus-christi-water-crisis-desalination-project/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Oil company profits from Iran War infuriated President Donald Trump. He only has himself to blame. US president hits out at ExxonMobil and Chevron, saying they should ‘give some of that back to the public’
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/04/donald-trump-oil-companies-war-iran-us-exxonmobil-chevron

‘Relentless in Its War on Offshore Wind,’ Trump Admin Kills More Projects: After RWE disclosed its new gas investments as part of the deal, one climate campaigner declared that “committing to reinvest over $1 billion in fossil fuels is a disastrous mistake.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-offshore-wind-lease-buybacks

Trump hosts mining CEOs, University of Utah president, as he seeks minerals for defense production
The White House announced billions of new investments into mining companies and millions at mining universities for the next generation
https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/08/07/president-trump-hosts-ceos-of-mining-companies-looking-for-minerals-to-help-defense-production/

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump boys’ ‘shady’ Russia deal ties unmasked in explosive new repor
https://www.rawstory.com/tbilisi-trump-tower/

Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s $400 Million White House Ballroom Project: The question of whether President Donald Trump can build a massive ballroom at the White House, a vanity project that the president has brought up at every opportunity, appears to be heading to the conservative-majority Supreme Court.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/07/appeals-court-ruling-white-house-ballroom-01028755

The week Republicans went after voters who live abroad in latest suppression scheme
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-targets-u-s-citizens-living-overseas-in-latest-suppression-scheme/

Nuclear experts urge Trump not to let Iran steer talks away from regime’s atomic threat. President Trump reiterated in a Fox News interview that Iran cannot have nuclear weapons
https://www.foxnews.com/world/nuclear-experts-urge-trump-not-let-iran-steer-talks-away-from-regimes-atomic-threat

Trump Issues Bonkers Ultimatum To Supporters If They Don’t Pay Up. An email blast from President Donald Trump on Wednesday seemingly attempted to guilt his supporters into donating money to him by claiming their “supporter status” had been “cancelled.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-supporter-fundraising-email_n_6a752ffae4b04fcbf74e16b4

Impeachment Articles Filed Against ‘Unelected Shadow President’ Russell Vought: “Vought’s blatant abuse of power and complete disregard for the Constitution warrants immediate removal by Congress,” said Democratic Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove
https://www.commondreams.org/news/russell-vought-impeachment-articles

‘A Fake and Fraudulent Watchdog’: Trump Installs Project 2025 Author at Interior IG Office. “This is a fraud on the office and a fraud on the American people. Democrats will fight to restore independent oversight and hold every official who abuses the public’s trust accountable.”
https://democrats-naturalresources.house.gov/media/press-releases/huffman-blasts-trump-scheme-to-plant-project-2025-architect-inside-interiors-watchdog-office

In midst of election, Arizona’s Democrat governor faces pay-to-play corruption probe: A sitting governor’s alleged donor payoff is being investigated by an attorney general from her own party who has her own unresolved questions about outside money, and that investigator has promised to deliver a verdict just before voters decide whether to re-elect the person she’s investigating.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/az-democrat-ags-investigation-democrat-governor-conclude-arizona-voters

# Global News
Top Iranian Commander Vows to Pursue Nuclear Weapons as Long as the U.S. Has Them, Triggering New Clash With Israel
https://share.newsbreak.com/j8itpvpt

Iran plans to ban U.S. and Israeli ships from Strait of Hormuz until compensated for war damages
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/iran-sees-an-opening-to-kick-the-u-s-out-of-the-gulf-b9f9cc53

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Former Bexar County deputy constable arrested in Mexico, charged in triple homicide. Mexican authorities say Chad Eberle committed the killings while trying to take custody of his 3-year-old son in Saltillo. He was a Precinct 2 deputy constable and a Northside ISD police officer. He’s also an Army vet.
https://bnonews.com/index.php/2026/08/former-texas-police-officer-accused-of-killing-3-in-mexico-fleeing-toward-u-s-with-son/

Local police around the country are performing lookups in Flock’s AI-powered automatic license plate reader (ALPR) system for “immigration” related searches and as part of other ICE investigations, giving federal law enforcement side-door access to a tool that it currently does not have a formal contract for.
https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Mass layoffs sweep Texas TV and radio stations—here’s who was let go. The cuts affected broadcasters in multiple Texas markets.
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/texas-tv-radio-layoffs-22378894.php

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Humana is dropping Medicare Advantage plans covering roughly 600,000 members in a third year of retreat. This marks a third consecutive year of footprint retrenchment aimed at cutting off lower-margin plans, restoring profitability, and achieving a sustainable pre-tax margin
https://www.beckerspayer.com/payer/medicare-advantage/humana-to-exit-medicare-advantage-plans-covering-600000-members-in-2027/

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Medicare is about to penalize the 15-minute breakthrough that saves cancer patients hours of pain
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4678737/medicare-drug-price-negotiation-subcutaneous-cancer-drugs/

Original Medicare now requires prior approval for some procedures in a handful of states
https://www.resourcemedicare.com/post/new-medicare-changes-in-2026-prior-approval-required-for-these-17-services

Medicare Coverage of Cancer Treatment Services
https://www.medicare.gov/publications/11931-medicare-coverage-of-cancer-treatment-services.pdf

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
The Iran war’s other bill, and you’re paying It: “Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth recently told Congress that the U.S. government has spent an estimated $37.5 billion to date on the Iran war and requested an additional $67 billion in emergency funding.”  “But there are several hidden costs that don’t factor into Hegseth’s accounting, ones that the rest of us are actually paying.”
https://politicalwire.com/2026/08/07/the-iran-wars-other-bill-and-youre-paying-it/

Trump’s $275 Billion Battleship Fleet Set to Be ‘Most Expensive US Warships Ever’: “At a time when families are struggling to afford groceries, gas, healthcare, and childcare, Congress cannot throw hundreds of billions of dollars at Trump’s ‘Golden Fleet,’” said one Democratic senator. The first of 15 ships, the USS Defiant, is projected to cost around $23.4 billion to construct, with each subsequent vessel costing about $18 billion, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis said
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6012597-trump-golden-fleet-battleships-cbo-cost/

# Military / Global
North Korea expert warns US can ‘never take their eye off’ Kim Jong Un following missile test during Iran war. Retired Navy Rear Adm Mark Montgomery tells Fox News Digital that Kim Jong Un remains ‘unpredictable’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/north-korea-expert-warns-us-never-take-eye-kim-jong-un-following-missile-test-iran-war

# Science / Research
Scientists trained an AI model in DNA and it invented 16 new viruses: The use of AI systems to create viruses opens up new possibilities for combating bacterial resistance. It also raises concerns about the pace at which technology is outstripping regulation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qD3cYZVm1Uc

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / AI / Data Centers / Secret Service
ICE and other Trump administration agencies can use Flock to track your every movement, all across the country. Police in Texas, Florida, and thousands of departments nationwide can track Massachusetts drivers in real-time, without a warrant, probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing.
https://data.aclum.org/2025/10/07/flock-gives-law-enforcement-all-over-the-country-access-to-your-location/

# Social Services Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Senate Dems Push GOP to Divulge Secret Plan to ‘Attack Earned Benefits Like Social Security.’ “A plan you will not show the voters before they vote is not reassurance. It is a warning and revealing of Republican priorities.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republican-plan-cut-social-security

# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Updated on: August 7, 2026 / 4:38 PM EDT / CBS News: Pentagon releases fifth batch of UFO Files, comprised of 41 records
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/08/07/ufo-files-released-photos-videos-documents-pentagon/91212989007/

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Attention Readers:

Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.

NOTE: Material appearing here is distributed without profit or monitory gain to those who have expressed an interest in receiving the material for research and educational purposes. At any point, you can select the link in every email to subscribe, unsubscribe, or send news items: j.selman.1234@livingston.net

All content is owned by author exclusively. Expressed opinions are not necessarily the views of Voices, The Peoples News, other authors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors, partners or technicians. Some content may be satirical in nature. Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of International Copyright Law.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

This email cannot be considered spam as long as we include: Contact information & a Remove Link. Reprinted under the Fair Use Law: Doctrineof international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

At any point, you can select the link in every email to subscribe, unsubscribe, or send news items: jporterselman@gmail.com

Voices, The Peoples News

August 7, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Gruesome criminal history ‘rampant’ as probe exposes multiple immigration agents. The Ohio Immigration Alliance flags the cases of 25 federal immigration agents or contractors criminally charged or credibly. The cases reveal a pattern of domestic violence, sex offenses against children, abuses of authority and corruption among the federal agents responsible for carrying out the administration’s mass deportation campaign.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/immigration-agent-crimes/

Massachusetts signs new law limiting ICE access to schools, hospitals and other sensitive locations: Gov. Maura Healey said in a signing ceremony for the Protect Act that the law also permits parents to pre-arrange guardianship for children in the event that they are detained or deported
https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-signs-protect-act-to-keep-ice-out-of-courthouses-schools-and-hospitals

Work slowdown in Trump admin. immigration offices generating record backlog, while deportation orders hit new highs, agency data shows: The backlog for citizenship, green cards and work permits has hit 7.5 million, while the time applicants have waited for decisions has, on average, nearly doubled
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/trump-immigration-courts-deportation-orders-backlog/73322653

Immigration courts understaffed and overwhelmed, as Trump administration surges enforcement hiring. The Trump administration has fired dozens of immigration judges this year, making it much harder for courts to a chip away at a multi-million-case backlog.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/11/immigration-courts-understaffed-and-overwhelmed-as-trump-administration-surges-enforcement-hiring/

More than 50 military spouses, parents detained in Trump admin immigration crackdown, investigation finds:
Trump’s administration has detained dozens of parents and spouses of active-duty U.S. troops as it rolls back immigration protections for military families to pursue its mass deportation agenda. At least six family members of active-duty U.S. troops deported, and at least one person has self-deported.
https://apnews.com/article/military-families-immigration-trump-detained-deported-3337173bff1f06153738c217da52e846

11 Years Old. In Immigration Court. Alone. No Lawyer. More children than ever before are being forced to face immigration judges by themselves without legal representation, advocates say.
https://documentedny.com/2026/08/06/unaccompanied-minors-immigration-court-new-york/

The Chaos and Cruelty of ICE: Within the span of just six days, immigration enforcement agents fatally shot two more people. Their deaths are not an aberration, they’re an indictment: President Donald Trump’s mass deportation machine is deadly and wreaks havoc on American streets every day.
https://time.com/article/2026/08/06/the-chaos-and-cruelty-of-ice/

[Video] Lifelong Republican says ICE is “destroying families” after fianćee was taken at airport. A man from Texas who voted for President Donald Trump has criticized the Trump administration after his Venezuelan fiancee—while traveling to a furniture convention—was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Houston late last month.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-voter-ice-fiancee-detained-houston-airport-12293863

[Video] Mother of immigrant who died in ICE custody sends message to Trump: A Salvadoran man being held at a controversial immigration detention facility in Newark, New Jersey, has died, federal officials said Monday, marking the latest death of an immigrant in ICE custody. ICE says they provided comprehensive medical care.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/06/us/video/edwin-lopez-cornejo-ice-mother-message-trump-digvid

‘Noncompliance is intentional’: Judge slaps Trump admin with daily sanctions after DHS violates discovery obligations for months in lawsuit over ICE raids in Southern California
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/noncompliance-is-intentional-judge-slaps-trump-admin-with-daily-sanctions-after-dhs-violates-discovery-obligations-for-months-in-lawsuit-over-ice-raids-in-southern-california/

# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs / Cartels / ATF
The U.S. government on Wednesday offered a $25 million reward for information leading to the capture of Juan Carlos González, or “Pelón,” scaling up pressure on a U.S. citizen who has emerged as the figurehead of Mexico’s most powerful cartel.
https://share.newsbreak.com/j89b7p70

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
A group of scientists rappelled down a dangerous ravine on Robinson Crusoe Island to save the last wild tree of its species. The bank’s latest update says 29 seeds reached its laboratories, 25 appeared potentially viable under X-ray analysis, and all eight used in the first growing trial germinated. But seedlings alone do not equal recovery.
https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-rappelled-dangerous-ravine-on-robinson-crusoe-island-save-dendroseris-tree/

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
Texas Customers Sue Popeyes for $1.5M, Alleging They Found a ‘Condom-Like Foreign Object’ in Chicken. The customers claimed that when they presented the issue to the store’s employees, they “humiliated” them. They alleged that Howard bit into a piece of chicken and “immediately discovered what appeared to be a condom-like foreign object embedded within the chicken.”
https://people.com/popeyes-sued-for-usd1-5m-over-alleged-foreign-object-in-chicken-12035656

Rep. Shontel Brown says Iran war Has “crushed farmers,” says USDA can’t help if it “ignores the problem”
https://share.newsbreak.com/j87jv1lm

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
New Mexico Truth Commission: Minors groomed, abused at Epstein Ranch. An interim report published by New Mexico state lawmakers highlights preliminary evidence of sex abuse, grooming and sex trafficking, including of minors, at convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in Santa Fe County.
https://sourcenm.com/2026/08/05/new-mexico-epstein-commission-releases-report-on-investigation-so-far/
Interim Report: New Mexico Survivors’ Truth Commission
Investigation of Jeffrey Epstein at Zorro Ranch
https://www.nmlegis.gov/handouts/HISC%20080526%20Item%201%20Interim%20Report.pdf

New Mexico sues DOJ over Epstein Zorro ranch files. New Mexico is suing the Justice Department for access to unredacted files tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch investigation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvoXs0o_DWQ

Investigations into Epstein’s mysterious New Mexico ranch add pressure on the Justice Department
https://www.kwwl.com/news/social/investigations-into-epstein-s-mysterious-new-mexico-ranch-add-pressure-on-the-justice-department/article_ca47d685-408e-501a-ad1c-69d33f647590.html

New Mexico’s Epstein commission releases initial report. New Mexico’s Epstein truth commission believes at least five women and girls were sexually abused at Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch and at least 30 more people may have been abused in New Mexico.
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/new-mexicos-epstein-commission-releases-initial-report/

New Mexico Truth Commission: DOJ, US attorneys won’t help with Epstein investigation. Commission releases interim findings on Epstein Ranch investigation
https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_mexico/article_2fbfe55c-2174-4ec3-80eb-4622ac34d58a.html

New Mexico Sues DOJ For Blocking Access to Unredacted Epstein Investigative Files in Zorro Ranch Criminal Probe. State says federal refusal to share unredacted records is hampering its renewed criminal investigation into abuse, trafficking, and other sex-related crimes in New Mexico
https://nmdoj.gov/press-release/new-mexico-sues-doj-for-blocking-access-to-unredacted-epstein-investigative-files-in-zorro-ranch-criminal-probe/

Wall Street Giants Are Facing a Reckoning After a New Report Links Their Silence to Epstein’s Ability To Fund His Operations
https://www.themarysue.com/wall-street-giants-are-facing-a-reckoning-after-a-new-report-links-their-silence-to-epsteins-ability-to-fund-his-operations/

# Gov / Politics / US
Mitch McConnell released from rehabilitation center. U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he’s been discharged from the rehabilitation center he’s been in since he fell in his home in June. “On the advice of my doctors, I’ll maintain an intensive regimen of physical therapy from home during the state work period,” McConnell said in a Thursday statement. “And I’ll continue to engage with my staff and colleagues on important Senate business.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/mitch-mcconnell-health-rehab-recovery

Trump signs executive orders targeting birthright citizenship and birth tourism. Executive orders come after supreme court rejected president’s first bid to restrict guarantee enshrined in US constitution
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/06/trump-birthright-citizenship-executive-orders

Democrat AGs planned to sue Trump nearly 7 months before he was reelected. Nearly two dozen state attorneys general banded together as early as April 2024 to plot litigation against President Donald Trump long before he was reelected, according to a confidential document obtained by The Center Square.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_77dccea0-57e7-42f3-9db3-f913885a1cab.html

Senators hold Fauci in contempt, advance to U.S. Attorney. U.S. Senators advanced, in an 8-5 vote on Thursday, a contempt of Congress resolution that would refer Anthony Fauci to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C.
https://time.com/article/2026/08/06/fauci-contempt-of-congress-vote-senate-what-next/

A furious wind just ripped through MAGA — now Trump’s going it alone. As has been noted here for months, voters are furious over the state of the nation, and that goes for both Left and Right
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-michigan/

Trump told donors ‘We need to elect JD’ for president in 2028:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-tells-donors-we-need-to-elect-jd-in-2028-presidential-election-report/4020095

Will Republicans get away with silencing Missouri voters? epublicans Now Trying to Trick Voters Into Limiting Their Own Power. Missouri Republicans are pushing a devious ballot measure this primary election.
https://newrepublic.com/post/213889/missouri-republicans-amendment-4-ballot-trick-voters-limit-power

Five ways Trump could interfere in the midterms. For the past year and a half, President Donald Trump has tried to take direct control of U.S. elections. He hasn’t succeeded, largely because the U.S. Constitution gives the president zero lawful authority over how states run elections.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/26/trump-undermine-us-midterms

A Texas county is quietly planning to swap voting maps between its primary and November elections. In what could signal an alarming new precedent, a Texas county revealed it plans to move some local candidates to new districts under a revised map drafted between the primary and general elections.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/a-texas-county-is-quietly-planning-to-swap-voting-maps-between-its-primary-and-november-election/

‘There Is a Reckoning Coming’: Shontel Brown Warns of Accountability Fight Over Trump Administration Policies. I have repeatedly pressed this administration for transparency, only to be met with silence from the White House or obstruction from the Republican majority.
https://www.cleveland.com/letters/2025/03/shontel-brown-some-of-us-in-congress-do-seek-accountability.html

Markey Says Giving Trump More “Usable” Nuclear Weapons “Would Be Like Giving Matches to an Arsonist” as Pentagon Rewrites Nuclear Strategy After New START’s Expiration
https://share.newsbreak.com/j87lrw6b

Sen. Cruz responds after retired Republican judge calls Paxton “Texas’ most corrupt politician” while endorsing Talarico, asks “Didn’t this jackass endorse Colin Allred & Kamala Harris too?”
https://wacojournal.com/texas-sen-cruz-responds-after-former-republican-judge-calls-paxton-texas-most-corrupt-politician-while-endorsing-talarico-asks-didnt-this-jackass-endorse-colin/

Sen. Gallego Says Military Families “Risking Everything for Their Country” Are Being Detained by the Same Government They Serve as AP Says Over 50 Military Spouses and Parents Detained Under Trump
https://share.newsbreak.com/j87fl1qu

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
‘As wrong as it sounds’: Fired immigration judge sues to get her job back, alleges Trump admin discriminated against her because she was previously an ‘immigrants’ rights’ lawyer
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/as-wrong-as-it-sounds-fired-immigration-judge-sues-to-get-her-job-back-alleges-trump-admin-discriminated-against-her-because-she-was-previously-an-immigrants-rights-lawyer/

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Trump Ally in Congress Discloses Investment in Private Defense Firm — And Yes, It Has Government Contracts
https://insidedefense.com/document/lawmakers-letter-dod-ig-trump-family-defense-contracts

# NASA / Space
Gov. Greg Abbott announces $16.8 billion SpaceX chip manufacturing plant in Texas: Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Thursday that SpaceX will build a vertically integrated semiconductor fabrication plant in Grimes County, with the first phase of the Terafab project carrying a capital investment of more than $16.8 billion and creating 3,000 jobs.
https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-spacex-expansion-in-grimes-county

# Other Interestimg Stuff
What looked like nothing more than red water oxidizing on a glacier turned into evidence of living microbes linked to a long-dead ocean.  What looked like nothing more than red water oxidizing on a glacier turned into evidence of living microbes linked to a long-dead ocean
https://www.earth.com/news/red-water-oxidizing-evidence-of-living-organisms-linked-ocean-that-disappeared/

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / AI / Data Centers / Secret Service
Flock Is Losing Dozens of Contracts as Controversy Grows. At least 54 cities across the US have voted to cancel, non-renew, or reject Flock’s automatic license plate reader (ALPRs) since the start of the year
https://futurism.com/future-society/flock-dozens-contracts-alprs-controversy-cancellation

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Voices, The Peoples News

August 6, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Purple Heart vet sues after National Guard troops detained her as she sat quietly in the front yard of her DC home. National Guard troops seized Anna King, slamming her to the ground and leaving her with injuries that required surgery, according to a federal tort claim
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/veteran-sues-national-guard-detained-dc-b3027489.html

Gruesome criminal history ‘rampant’ as probe exposes multiple immigration agents
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/immigration-agent-crimes/

Legal aid groups alarmed as Trump administration awards $150M migrant child contract to Texas firm. The contract to the Houston-based Burke Law Group comes as the Trump administration ramps up its mass deportation campaign across the country
https://apnews.com/article/migrant-children-deport-unaccompanied-8c8c5b7929f25c410e83d8b1112c5f09

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
While you’re still debating if insects will be part of our future diet, you’ve already been eating crickets and larvae for over a year, disguised as your favorite foods. Corporate translation: “We add insect flour to products, but call it ‘alternative protein.’”
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbofP0NSr9A/

GOP giddy as Trump official brags 5M booted off food stamps: ‘Listen, we’re very generous’: Trump USDA Chief Calls Kicking 5 Million People Off Food Aid ‘A Pretty Big Win.’ “The immense hardship these families are now facing is not, in fact, ‘a pretty big win,’” said one policy expert.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/brooke-rollins-snap-cuts-2677660136

# Gov / Politics / US
In blow to Trump, ‘very concerned’ GOP senator threatens to withhold Blanche AG vote. A GOP lawmaker on the outs with President Donald Trump is not sold on voting for Todd Blanche to be the country’s next attorney general, per Mediaite.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/blow-trump-very-concerned-gop-205129293.html

Senate committee votes in favor of holding Fauci in contempt of Congress. The former Covid czar refused to testify at a hearing last week, exercising his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/06/senate-panel-votes-to-hold-fauci-in-contempt-01026988

Trump Becomes INCOHERENT During Fox News Interview. Fox News is carrying water for Donald Trump in a big way. They continue trying to convince everyone that he isn’t mentally declining, even though it’s happening right before our eyes.
https://www.aol.com/articles/donald-trump-sparks-health-concerns-064952000.html

Pressure is building on Sen. Mitch McConnell after more than six weeks away from the Senate with little public information about his condition, renewing scrutiny over the country’s aging leaders and questions about their health impacting their ability to serve.
https://cbs4local.com/news/nation-world/oldest-congress-ever-faces-fresh-scrutiny-over-their-health-mitch-mcconnell-transparency-health-problems-age-limits-term-limits

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social in the midnight hours to hurl angry threats at people who have spoken out against him. Trump responded with fury after the Washington Post spoke to internal and anonymous sources about a fight between himself and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over concerns the U.S. is running out of missiles in the middle of a war. “The ‘leakers’ of these treasonous statements are being hunted down,” wrote Trump. “Long term jail sentences will be sought!”
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-hegseth-2677664638-2677664638

Vance calls on Congress to codify fraud, fund investigations. Vice President JD Vance called on leaders in Congress to codify more than $230 billion in fraud on Wednesday. He called on leaders to develop legislation that would require data sharing between state and federal governments, increase penalties for bad actors and appropriate more funds for fraud prosecution.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_7f984529-2141-4c85-81bc-bc69eebcd152.amp.html

More than 600,000 voter files ripped off Arizona site in 2020 by hacker, but DOJ didn’t prosecute: Election Records Handed Over to the FBI in Maricopa County, Arizona, Could Be Fatally Flawed, Experts Say
Unlike in Fulton County, Georgia, where actual ballots were seized, a federal grand jury subpoenaed digital data related to a partisan audit of the county’s vote.
https://www.propublica.org/article/maricopa-county-arizona-election-records-fbi

Murphy Says Trump “Has Been Gaslighting Us All Along” on Iran — Calls the Latest News “A Possible Deal to Start Talking About a Possible Deal”
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4809274264002-murphy-says-trump-has-been-gaslighting-us-all-along-on-iran-calls-the-latest-news-a-possible-deal-to-start-talking-about-a-possible-deal

Gov. Andy Beshear Rejects Notion That a “Deadline” Has Passed to Replace Mitch McConnell
The Kentucky Republican senator has not made any public appearances since June.
https://truthout.org/articles/beshear-rejects-notion-that-a-deadline-has-passed-to-replace-mcconnell/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Pressure mounts on Texas to address brutal heat crisis in prison cells. State hit by new wrongful death lawsuit by family of Jason Wilson, who died in ‘brutally hot, un-airconditioned’ cell. Heat is killing Texas prisoners, and state leaders won’t shell out for AC. The system for choosing who gets a “cool bed” is “arbitrary, inadequate, and ineffective,” a judge ruled.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/heat-stroke-death-texas-prisons-air-conditioning-bills/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Here’s Why Judge Jeanine Defied Trump—And What It Will Cost Her: Even the insiders are sick of hearing about the reflecting pool. “At some moment you have to take a step back and say, ‘This is ludicrous.’ That is what Jeanine Pirro did. So that’s her sin.”
https://michaelwolffnyc.substack.com/p/heres-why-judge-jeanine-defied-trump

‘Strong evidence of collusion’ in Trump case ‘amply supported’ judge’s decision to slap his lawyers with serious sanctions: Court filing
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/strong-evidence-of-collusion-in-trump-case-amply-supported-judges-decision-to-slap-his-lawyers-with-serious-sanctions-court-filing/amp/

Federal judge reveals chilling threats and intimidation after blocking Trump policy. McConnell said the threats intensified after he blocked parts of the Trump administration’s sweeping freeze on trillions of dollars in federal funding early last year. : Nothing ‘disturbed me as much as that’
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/federal-judge-reveals-chilling-threats-and-intimidation-after-blocking-trump-policy-11785948834188.html

Dozens of judges have ruled that Donald Trump’s policies illegally stifled free speech, in what legal experts say is an unprecedented rebuke of a president who campaigned on a platform of ending censorship.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-vowed-bring-free-speech-back-judges-75-cases-ruled-that-he-has-stifled-it-2026-08-04/

Louisiana is supposed to compensate wrongfully convicted people. The AG keeps pushing back. In her two years in the role, Louisiana attorney general Liz Murrill has opposed almost all compensation claims by wrongfully convicted people. Elvis Brooks’ murder conviction was thrown out after a prosecutor admitted he hid potentially exonerating evidence. Murrill maintains he’s guilty.
https://www.propublica.org/article/louisiana-wrongful-conviction-compensation-liz-murrill-elvis-brooks

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Here’s What Will Happen to CNN…and to Donald Trump’s deep, abiding hatred for the network. The fate of CNN, undoubtedly the world’s most famous name in news, hangs in the balance. I will tell you here what’s going to happen to it. Though I’m not sure you should care.
https://michaelwolffnyc.substack.com/p/heres-what-will-happen-to-cnn

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
FDA: Heart and Blood Meds Recalled:  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a report warning that some dabigatran capsules have been recalled nationwide.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/prescription-blood-thinner-recalled-nationwide-120800340.html

# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
‘Shocking’: Veterans sound the alarm on ‘staggering sum’ spent on Trump crackdown. The Pentagon has already spent more than $700 million to deploy troops in the nation’s capital since last August, and their continued deployment is expected to cost another $1.43 billion, Goldbeck wrote, citing estimates from the Pentagon comptroller nominee.
https://www.rawstory.com/national-guard-2677664010/

Cuba Uses ‘Revolutionary Tourism’ to Destabilize US: Official; The Trump administration is taking the threat from Cuba seriously. A recent State Department report revealed that Cuban agents have infiltrated the top levels of the Pentagon and the National Security Council.
https://mronline.org/2026/08/06/unbreakable-cuba-why-washington-still-fears-a-defiant-island/

# Other Interestimg Stuff
In one of the most extraordinary fossil discoveries ever made, a worker operating heavy equipment near Fort McMurray, Alberta, accidentally uncovered the remains of a 110-million-year-old nodosaur during mining operations. Today, the specimen is regarded as one of the finest dinosaur fossils ever discovered.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/in-2011-a-shovel-strike-at-an-alberta-mine-exposed-a-rare-armoured-dinosaur-hidden-for-millions-of-years/articleshow/131414266.cms

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / AI / Data Centers / Secret Service
U.S. Rep. Keith Self, a Texas Republican, used social media on Wednesday to accuse the federal government of building an expansive domestic surveillance apparatus. Rep. Self Says “Our Founding Fathers Would Be Disgusted” As America’s Surveillance State Expands — Blasts Flock Cameras, 2027 Car “Kill Switches,” and CBDC
https://share.newsbreak.com/j7xaat29

# Social / Communities / Housing
# Social Services Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
U.S. lawmakers clash over ways to extend Social Security funding. With the Social Security Trust Fund insolvency date looming, a congressional committee discussed creating a basic procedural framework to address the thorny issue at a Wednesday hearing.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_32642fa0-d212-4ee2-ad24-f5356e9f1cf5.html

# Veterans / VA
This dishonorable Trump henchman is robbing fallen heroes — literally. As a veteran, I will go to my grave believing that covering each other’s six doesn’t end at the grave. These names were removed from the Defense Casualty Analysis System due to a supposed “glitch,” taking the number of KIA from 18 to 14.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/hegseth-iran-war-dead/

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Voices, The Peoples News

August 5, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Immigration nation. ICE begins outfitting Haitian immigrants with ankle monitors, attorneys say
Haitian immigrants in Ohio with temporary protected status are being called to ICE offices for check-ins after federal officials said their protections had ended.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/08/03/ice-begins-outfitting-haitian-immigrants-with-ankle-monitors-attorneys-say/

‘Stark example of brutality’: Trump’s ICE used court orders in plan to force-feed at least 10 hunger strikers in detention. Court records reviewed by the Guardian show medical procedures included force-feeding, intravenous forced hydration and involuntary blood draws
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/03/trump-dhs-hunger-strikes-force-feeding-ice-detention

DOJ Moves to Denaturalize 25 US Citizens. Trump DOJ unleashes largest denaturalization effort in department history — and says it’s ‘only the beginning’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-doj-unleashes-largest-denaturalization-202039478.html

Maine man who watched immigration agents puts U.S. government in crosshairs of lawsuit

Maine man who watched immigration agents puts U.S. government in crosshairs of lawsuit

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Education Department Ends Tracking of Bullying and Harassment of Trans Kids. The new policy also alters the definition of rape, excluding “gender identity” from a list of protected statuses. The modifications affect the mandated federal survey sent to public school districts across the country
https://www.k12dive.com/news/education-department-strikes-transgender-nonbinary-students-omb-data-collection-civil-rights/757747/

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
Appeals court rules Trump’s EPA improperly ended billions in climate funding
https://apnews.com/article/epa-grants-climate-united-trump-36ad8c6684939a1788dd49979e0f3ad9

FEMA cut staff without weighing disaster response risks, GAO reports
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108427

Abbott threatened Corpus Christi over its water crisis but hasn’t intervened with a troubled river authority. A Nueces River Authority project could expand Corpus Christi’s water supply, but the Texas governor has done little about the agency’s financial problems despite choosing its board.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/08/04/texas-greg-abbott-corpus-christi-nueces-river-authority/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Texas landowners erupt at hearing over bill to seize private land for transmission lines. “After hearing hours of testimony from Texas landowners … one thing is clear: landowners deserve a fair and transparent CCN process.”

Texas landowners erupt at hearing over bill to seize private land for transmission lines

# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
First it was Taco Bell. Now Chipotle is at the center of a foodborne outbreak. Pathogen: Salmonella Javiana. 110 total reported cases in Minnesota, with 75 patients confirming they ate at the chain.
https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/health-officials-probe-salmonella-cases-tied-to-jalapeno-peppers-served-at-chipotle-87611740

Texas New World Screwworm Cases Reach 15 Counties: The New World screwworm poses a multibillion-dollar threat to the state’s cattle industry. Track cases here.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/12/screwworm-tracker-texas-cases-by-county/

# General News
Trump orders White House helipad do-over after rejecting nearly finished product. As crews were nearing the finish line, President Trump has ordered contractors to redo portions of the new White House helipad.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6008604-trump-white-house-helipad-construction-new-demands/

National Park Service concludes Trump’s arch is so big that it would intrude on other DC landmarks
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-arch-washington-national-park-service-plans-b3026741.html

# Gov / Politics / US
Politician Finally Dares to Ask If Missing Mitch Is Dead
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DbJ5FTiCqKh/

The financial ties of Cleta Mitchell’s vast anti-voting network: Election denier Cleta Mitchell granted DHS elections official Heather Honey a lot of money

Election denier Cleta Mitchell granted DHS elections official Heather Honey a lot of money

Anti-voting activist Scott Presler spreads noncitizen disinformation in Pennsylvania: Conservative activists turn to Pa. juror records to purge non-citizens from voter rolls https://radio.wpsu.org/2026-08-03/conservative-activists-turn-to-pa-juror-records-to-purge-non-citizens-from-voter-rolls

“Organized doxxing” by the federal government. The Trump administration has reportedly paid millions to contractors to scour social media sites looking for posts that undermine its immigration enforcement operations.
https://theconversation.com/the-trump-administrations-global-campaign-against-radical-left-terrorism-is-built-on-a-national-security-memo-without-congressional-approval-287276

Law Enforcement: DOJ should improve training and misconduct guidelines for nonfederal task force officers
https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-26-108468

A Senator Who Reviewed the Classified Boat Strike Orders Just Called the Victims “Murder Victims” in a Letter to Trump. More than 220 people have been killed in Trump’s military campaign on boats in international waters since September.

Sen. Tim Kaine Says People Killed by Trump Boat Strikes Are Murder Victims

Latino Organizations Unite in Unprecedented Push to Mobilize 5 Million Voters Ahead of Midterms
https://www.latintimes.com/latino-organizations-unite-unprecedented-push-mobilize-5-million-voters-ahead-midterms-598391

Top Economist Says Mohammed Bin Salman ‘Forced Trump to Back Off’ Iran Strikes With a ‘Credible Threat’ to Unload US Treasuries
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/bonds/26/08/60871794/top-economist-says-mohammed-bin-salman-forced-trump-to-back-off-iran-strikes-with-a-credible-threat-to-unload-us-treasuries

Rand Paul says he will send Fauci contempt referral straight to DOJ if it passes committee. Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times during a combative subcommittees hearing regarding the origins of COVID-19 and pandemic handling
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/anti-science/senator-pushes-hold-fauci-contempt-after-he-declined-answer-covid-related-questions

Warren Decries $1.4 Billion Cost of Trump’s National Guard Deployment in DC: “The National Guard are not pawns, and taxpayer dollars are not a piggy bank for Trump’s political stunts.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/national-guard-deployment-to-washington-through-2029-will-cost-roughly-1-4-billion-estimate-shows

Trump and Blanche keep the president’s corrupt IRS immunity deal — and throw January 6 rioters to the curb. Trump never needed the slush fund for taxpayer-funded payouts. But the fight over ‘Anti-Weaponization’ claims gave convenient cover for DOJ’s shield against tax investigations
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-blanche-irs-immunity-deal-b3026684.html

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
FBI Bureau secretly probed Trump as a Russian asset for firing Comey: White House Declassified Memo Repository.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/08/fbi-secretly-opened-probe-alleging-trump-fired-comey-because-he-was-a-russian-asset-declassified-memos-show/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Ex-Olympian could sue Trump admin after feds who threatened him with 10 years in prison now move to toss indictment, lawyer says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/ex-olympian-could-sue-trump-admin-after-feds-who-threatened-him-with-10-years-in-prison-now-move-to-toss-indictment-lawyer-says/

Trump Administration Hit With Lawsuit Over Giving Feds Access to Millions of Welfare Recipients’ Social Security Numbers: ‘Gross Breach of Personal Privacy’
https://apnews.com/article/social-service-funds-lawsuit-personal-info-4917888297602fa55b4d4980b48fb5d3

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
HuffPost was gutted in a devastating wave of layoffs that wiped out more than a third of its parent company’s staff. This is what happens when corporate owners prioritize profit margins over the free press.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/verizon-media-huffpost-layoffs_n_5c48b986e4b083c46d64e85a

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Trump administration finds a new way to screw Medicare members, hiking their drug bills. The administration just piled another lead weight on Americans already struggling to manage their increased expenses because of Trump’s war and tariffs: July 29, Medicare chief Mehmet Oz announced the government is canceling a subsidy program that kept premiums for Medicare prescription drug benefit, known as Part D, under control.
https://www.aol.com/articles/hiltzik-trump-administration-finds-way-100000000.html

A Florida Health Company Paid $14.1 Million After Pressuring Doctors to Add False Diagnoses to Medicare Records: Complete Health to pay $14M to settle Medicare Advantage fraud allegations
The value-based primary care provider submitted false diagnosis codes to the CMS for three years, inflating its reimbursement by millions of dollars, according to the DOJ.
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/complete-health-doj-settlement-medicare-false-claims-upcoding/826983/

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Walgreens closes massive Texas facility amid nationwide cuts. Texas now only has one distribution center. Texas now only has one distribution center,
https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/walgreens-2026-store-locations-closing-22373292.php

UnitedHealthcare Denies Coverage for NYC Couple’s Premature Twins. Then They See Who the Letter Is Addressed To: ‘My Only Other Question’
https://www.newsweek.com/new-parents-denied-coverage-by-united-healthcare-then-sent-shocking-letter-12032801

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Pete Hegseth’s reckless weapons testing caused a civilian medevac plane to crash into a mountain in New Mexico, KILLING everybody onboard!
https://www.audacy.com/krld/news/local/experimental-military-gps-jamming-cited-in-fatal-new-mexico-medevac-plane-crash

Iran war has depleted nearly all of some key US missile stockpiles: THAAD To Patriots: Iran War Has Depleted “Virtually All” Of US’ Missile InterceptorsThe US Army has also used “virtually all” of its highly accurate long-range, surface-to-air weapons during the war, the report said.
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/thaad-to-patriots-iran-war-has-depleted-virtually-all-of-us-missile-interceptors-11868874

# Social / Communities / Housing
Are camps for the homeless really imprisonment camps? Internment Camps for Homeless People — Disguised as ‘Help.’ Legally and operationally, sanctioned or designated homeless “campuses” and managed encampments are not formal prisons or concentration camps.

It is against the law to be homeless. National Homelessness Law Center condemns Trump’s misguided Executive Order on homelessness. Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as a crime, will make homelessness worse

Trump’s new Executive Order directs states to treat homelessness and mental illness as crimes

# Social Services Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Sanders Warns Democrats: Don’t Support Bill to Fast-Track Social Security Cuts
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-democrats-social-security

Pending heart-related disability claims face Social Security’s new medical rules October 30
https://www.newsbreak.com/main-street-dollars-395557091/4805156252799-pending-heart-related-disability-claims-face-social-security-s-new-medical-rules-october-30

Same doctor, same office, new owner: The hospital ‘facility fee’ that now rides along on a medicare visit
https://247wallst.com/personal-finance/2026/08/04/same-doctor-same-office-new-owner-the-hospital-facility-fee-that-now-rides-along-on-a-medicare-visit/

# Technology / Robotics / Internet
Trump’s FTC Is Threatening to Punish Big Tech for “Woke AI”: As Elon Musk defends nude deepfakes, the Federal Trade Commission is moving to censor AI models trained to recognize historical injustices.
https://www.freepress.net/news/trumps-ftc-threatening-punish-big-tech-woke-ai

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE Is Using Immigration Arrests to Build a Massive DNA Database. A new report accused the agency of “abusing” its power for policing.
https://newrepublic.com/post/213887/ice-building-massive-dna-database-fbi

ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children: Internal documents show ICE’s DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-dna-collection-fbi-codis/

American Dragnet: Data-Driven Deportation in the 21st Century: ICE has built a sweeping surveillance dragnet—giving them the ability to track nearly every person in the U.S., seemingly at any time.
https://www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-technology-center/research/american-dragnet-data-driven-deportation-in-the-21st-century/

ICE officers are increasingly making arrests at U.S. airports: ICE officers have doubled arrests at airports nationwide since the effort began last summer, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told NBC News.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-officers-are-increasingly-making-arrests-us-airports-rcna590637

ICE agents descended on a cannabis farm. The lives of an army vet, a farm worker and professor changed for ever. Raids on Glass House Farms in California became a ‘litmus test’ for how much violence agents could inflict during Trump’s deportation campaign
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/03/california-ice-immigration-raid

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Capital One Says It Closed Trump Family Business’ Accounts for ‘Anti-Money Laundering Reasons,’ Not Politics. The bank’s response comes more than a year after the Trump Organization said in a lawsuit that its accounts were closed due to Capital One’s “woke” beliefs
https://people.com/capital-one-says-it-closed-trump-family-business-accounts-for-anti-money-laundering-reasons-not-politics-12032504

The Trump transaction tax. “The administration continues to take ownership in more and more companies, blatantly wielding executive power to reward or punish, all while badgering firms with business before the government to pay up, or else. That’s not free enterprise, it’s a shakedown economy.”
https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-transaction-tax

Trump-driven insider trading scandal ignites DOJ denial — as MAGA star comes unglued
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-launches-investigation-into-trump-scheme-to-sell-insider-access-to-his-own-truth-social-posts

# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure. Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports, a measure critics call most extreme in the country.
https://www.rawstory.com/anti-trans-sports-measure/#:~:text=Kindergarten%20girls%20targeted%20for%20invasive%20exams%20by%20new%20GOP%2Dled%20ballot%20measure

‘Every red flag’: School district’s gender identity mandate on teachers risks second SCOTUS rebuke. High court overturned Maryland district’s no-exceptions policy for LGBTQ “storybooks” a year ago. Legal scholars, states, parental rights activists say no-exceptions pronouns and secrecy policies have same problems.
https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/every-red-flag-school-districts-gender-identity-mandate-teachers-risks-second

# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
At least 7 states report water systems cyberattacks to FBI. In some cases, water systems had to be shut down altogether. Authorities said cyberattacks targeted more than 30 water systems throughout Minnesota, including the city of Plymouth, just outside Minneapolis, with a population of nearly 80,000.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/7-states-water-cyberattacks-fbi/

Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws. For decades, regular citizens and advocacy groups have filed suits that forced companies and the federal government to clean up the environment. Trump officials have moved to limit that power. Congress specifically wrote into those laws ways for citizens to enforce them through the courts when the government does not act to address the problem.
https://theconversation.com/trump-administration-moves-to-block-public-from-enforcing-environmental-protection-laws-288687

How President Trump and Utah leaders lied and misled on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase: Lies about the correct size of a monument, the history of the Antiquities Act, and hunting and fishing access were all used to justify the downsizing
https://westernpriorities.org/2026/07/how-president-trump-and-utah-leaders-lied-and-misled-on-bears-ears-and-grand-staircase/

# General News
The U.S. Government Has Already Prepared for the Worst: Inside America’s Emergency Plans. A Nation Built on Preparedness for Worst Case Scenarios. We report that the United States government maintains one of the most extensive emergency preparedness frameworks in the world, built on the assumption that crises are not hypothetical but inevitable.
https://www.newsbreak.com/easy-everyday-recipes-380399510/4741495246226-the-us-government-has-already-planned-for-the-worst-inside-america-s-national-preparedness-strategy

# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
U.S. Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. A federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to produce the unredacted documents. The DOJ has refused to hand over Epstein files after a judge’s order. The deadline was July 2, 2026. Not a single arrest or investigation. ZERO.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5952687-justice-department-epstein-files-phang-suit/

GOP pair shamed by furious Epstein survivors after sending an ‘unmistakable message’: One Democratic lawmaker is fed up with how the GOP is handling the investigation into the crimes committed by disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-epstein-2677264206/

‘Unbelievable’: Epstein recruiter found dead secretly ran pro-Trump account: A Jeffrey Epstein-linked French modeling scout who was discovered dead at his home last month was quietly operating an anonymous online account devoted to praising President Donald Trump, according to two researchers who say they traced the account back to him, a finding they called “unbelievable.”
https://www.rawstory.com/daniel-siad/

# Gov / Politics / US
‘Bottomless pit of need’: Trump mocked after claiming victory at his own golf tournament
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-golf-2677647636/

GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno says GOP Rep. Max Miller ‘should not’ be serving in Congress: Moreno also said that he believes Miller needs professional help “to end the clear pattern of abuse he has left in his wake.”
https://time.com/article/2026/08/03/bernie-moreno-max-miller-ohio-abuse-allegations-congress/

Miller denies abuse allegations, says he’s ‘not getting out of’ reelection race in face of resignation calls. During court proceedings, Moreno has accused Miller of throwing hot water on her, holding a gun to her head and breaking their daughter’s collarbone.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6004629-max-miller-denies-abuse-allegations/

Villarreal: You cannot ask for our support while simultaneously attacking our families and targeting our workforce
https://riograndeguardian.com/stories/villarreal-you-cannot-ask-for-our-support-while-simultaneously-attacking-our-families-and,79210

‘Knock her teeth out’: Inside the horror a MAGA congressman chose to make public. Republican Representative Max Miller of Ohio publicly released his own family’s sensitive domestic records, including medical files and police logs, to counter abuse claims. The published documents, aimed at defending his reelection campaign, contained disturbing details regarding a child’s broken collarbone and personal threats
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/max-miller-wife/

Trump’s arch to smack Arlington with years of construction noise beside active burials. National Park Service assessing ‘adverse’ impact of Trump arch on historic sites, and preservationists say that seems to be the point.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2677653900/

Trump’s Constitutional Dictatorship: A constitutional dictatorship unfolding before our eyes, chronicled by two journalists with White House access. “In service to his obsessions, the president is willing to take the country right up to the edge of catastrophe, and no one is willing to incur his ire by trying to stop him. Only the reality of the consequences of what he had done, the collapsing bond markets, persuaded him to reverse course.”
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/08/20/trumps-constitutional-dictatorship-regime-change-haberman-swan/

# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
‘I’m Reloading’: Texas Cops Continued to Shoot Black Teen as He Lay Dying on the Ground, But No Gun Was Found, Only a Water Bottle
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/29/us/austin-police-teen-shooting

# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Humana to exit more Medicare Advantage plans in 2027. Just Announced 600,000 More Exits
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/humana-2027-medicare-advantage-plan-exits-q2-2026/826441/

Trump slashes Medicare drug subsidies, cutting against affordability message
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6003940-trump-slashes-medicare-drug-subsidies-cutting-against-affordability-message/

‘Just cruel’: Medicaid halt in California and Minnesota plunges caregivers and disabled people into uncertainty. Shock and fury as Trump administration holds back Medicaid funding to states over alleged caregiving fraud
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/03/medicaid-cuts-minnesota-california

Medicaid Recipients Are Beginning to Lose Coverage as Nebraska Becomes First State to Enforce New Federal Work Requirements. States are entering the first phase of implementing new federal Medicaid work requirements, with Nebraska becoming the first state where some beneficiaries are beginning to lose coverage after failing to meet the reporting requirements.
https://www.benzinga.com/news/health-care/26/08/60870719/medicaid-work-requirements-rollout-begins-nebraska-coverage-losses

# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
WATCH: Bruce Willis’ wife advocates for passage of dementia bill: Emma Heming Willis, wife of movie star Bruce Willis, joined lawmakers in the California Capitol on Monday to push for passage of a bill that would track cases of frontotemporal degeneration, the type of dementia her husband has.
https://www.cbs19news.com/bruce-willis-wife-advocates-for-passage-of-dementia-bill/article_177a9f91-5198-5478-9def-402298ca9b6d.html
Emma Heming Willis: The Reality Of Bruce Willis’ Dementia & Caregiving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9GRAj_IX5Q

Treviño: The Americans with Disabilities Act serves as a foundation for TWC’s mission, “every Texan deserves the chance to succeed.”
https://riograndeguardian.com/stories/trevio-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-serves-as-a-foundation-for-twcs-mission,79321

# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Hegseth’s wife to head commission helping military spouses and families
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6006186-trump-signs-military-spouse-commission/

It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico. “When those lights go out, man, you know you are in big trouble.”
https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/military-jamming-disrupted-a-medical-plane-s-gps-22311544.php

The Pentagon has put 155 wind projects on hold, and the reason is not the turbines but what military radars may fail to see. Wind turbines can confuse radar systems on ships and aircraft. Their massive rotating blades create a “blade flash” on radar screens, while their steel bases reflect electromagnetic waves, making it difficult to distinguish the turbines from aircraft or other objects. That’s a problem for the military, The Trump administration claims wind turbines pose a national security threat. The industry says it’s pure politics.
https://grist.org/energy/pentagon_wind/

‘Heckuva job Pete!’ Pete Hegseth Won’t Be ‘Honest’ About Iran War Because He’s ‘Afraid’ of President Donald Trump and Losing His Job, Republican Lawmaker Claims
https://okmagazine.com/p/pete-hegseth-not-honest-iran-war-afraid-donald-trump-losing-job/

Pentagon expands missile production with prices not yet set. The Department of War signed agreements Monday with Northrop Grumman to help triple production of PAC-3 interceptors and quadruple output of THAAD components, the latest move in the administration’s push to expand the nation’s missile-defense arsenal.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ff1d1554-a88f-44e2-9c56-54587793fed6.html

# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / AI / Data Centers / Secret Service
85% of losses reported in the FBI’s 2025 IC3 report came from fraud: Social engineering drives most cybercrime damage, not technical failures. AI is making cyberattacks harder to catch: Voice cloning and deepfakes give social engineering a credibility upgrade.
https://ninjio.com/blog/fbi-why-85-of-cybercrime-losses-in-2025-point-to-a-human-problem/

Beyond the Code: The FBI’s 2025 Report and the Dominance of the Human Element in Cybercrime Losses. This article dissects why human vulnerability, amplified by advanced AI, poses the greatest threat, and outlines indispensable strategies for building resilient human defenses.
https://blog.securetrust.io/beyond-the-code-the-fbis-2025-report-and-the-dominance-of-the-human-element-in-cybercrime-losses/

Cryptocurrency and AI Scams Bilk Americans of Billions. FBI releases annual internet crime complaint report. The FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report shows cyber-enabled crimes defrauded Americans of nearly $21 billion, with cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence-related complaints among the costliest.
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/cryptocurrency-and-ai-scams-bilk-americans-of-billions

# Technology / Robotics / Internet
$150,000. That’s the price tag on a humanoid robot built to carry the same rifle a soldier carries, walk at almost 4 mph, haul 44+ pounds of gear, clear a building before any person steps through the door. A US startup called Foundation already holds $24 million in contracts with the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Their stated goal: 50,000 units manufactured by the end of 2027, scaling from 50 units this year to 10,000 next year alone.
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/foundation-startup-military-robots-trump-b3024226.html

The Little Robot that Could … Fix Roads. World’s first pothole ROBOT can automatically find and repair damaged roads!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYSfVtRL0y4

Tyler uses robots to map sidewalks, identify accessibility issues. Tyler deploys Daxbot robots to scan 90 miles of sidewalks, identifying ADA accessibility barriers like cracks and steep slopes across the city.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6682CbidqI

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