Month: June 2025

Voices, The Peoples News

June 3, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Standing Rock renews legal fight to stop Dakota Access Pipeline amid ongoing environmental review. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is launching the latest round of its legal fight to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline for continuing to operate without a valid easement.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/tribe-appeals-ruling-on-dakota-access-pipeline/

“A Dream That Comes True”: Standing Rock Elder Hails Order to Shut Down DAPL After Years of Protest. Following years of resistance, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Indigenous organizers across the country scored a massive legal victory Monday when a federal judge ordered the Dakota Access Pipeline to be shut down and emptied of all oil, pending an environmental review.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3wq7wkgvYY

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Massachusetts Town Rallies to Demand ICE Release Local High School Student. Federal agents detained 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes Da Silva while he was on his way to volleyball practice.
https://truthout.org/articles/massachusetts-town-rallies-to-demand-ice-release-local-high-school-student/

More White South Africans Arrive In the US Under a New Refugee Program. A second group of white South Africans has arrived in the United States under a refugee program announced by the Trump administration, officials and advocacy groups said Monday.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-south-africa-refugees-afrikaner-white-f5ed3aa615e0448157f8c4752d2a0cc7

‘This was bananas’: Rachel Maddow floored by ICE raid gone ‘horribly wrong’: According to the MSNBC host, “multiple clown cars” of agents in “full battle rattle with helmets and long guns and flak jackets and goggles and masks” stormed a San Diego restaurant on Friday.
https://www.rawstory.com/rachel-maddow-2672251517/

A lawyer’s prolonged detention shows how El Salvador’s gang emergency extends to common crimes
https://apnews.com/article/el-salvador-bukele-state-of-emergency-lopez-14174429e743e5aecabcdeb637582064

Arizona ICE Agents Disguised as City Workers Reportedly Ignore Warrants to Enter Migrant’s Home
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_e949f7c5-d339-4546-804c-cbb3c970af38.html

Communities across US rally against ICE raids as thousands more arrested
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/communities-across-us-rally-against-ice-raids-as-thousands-more-arrested/vi-AA1FXg6x

Courts Push Back Against DOJ Pursuing Criminal Charges for Migrants Who Fail to Register
https://www.latintimes.com/courts-push-back-against-doj-pursuing-criminal-charges-migrants-who-fail-register-584149

ICE head defends arrest of Massachusetts high school student. Officials said they were searching for the teen’s father, who is also in the country illegally, when the arrest occurred.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-defends-arrest-of-massachusetts-high-school-student-driving-to-volleyball-practice

Massachusetts Father Deported After Honking at Undercover ICE Agent: The Worcester father of a 4-month-old child was deported to Fortaleza, Brazil, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials signed a deportation authorization document in his name without his permission, according to his attorney.
https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/06/worcester-father-of-4-month-old-deported-after-ice-violated-his-rights-attorney-says.html

Mexican artists face visa revocations impacting their ability to perform in the U.S
https://apnews.com/article/grupo-firme-trump-administration-visas-narco-corrido-b064fa78f000cbe15dc790aa7e75f397

Nearly 100 people from 30 countries received their U.S. citizenship in Brazos County
https://www.newsbreak.com/kbtx-1982223/4034159168477-nearly-100-people-from-30-countries-received-their-u-s-citizenship-in-brazos-county

Think Trump’s deportations have been bad? Wait until his civilian army gets started.
https://www.aol.com/opinion-think-trump-deportations-bad-150000241.html

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Texas lawmakers reject all proposals to restrict or study PFAS pollution. Texas lawmakers bypassed bills that would have restricted “forever chemicals” in sewage sludge, studied health impacts and banned some uses of PFAS-laced firefighting foams
https://www.yahoo.com/news/bills-aimed-studying-restricting-forever-100000222.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Donald Trump won’t ask GOP Congress for tariff approval and he has a big reason. In a lengthy post criticizing the Federalist Society, he expressed his frustration with the court’s decision, stating, “The horrific decision stated that I would have to get the approval of Congress for these Tariffs… If allowed to stand, this would completely destroy Presidential Power. The Presidency would never be the same!”
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/presidency-would-never-be-the-same-donald-trump-wont-even-ask-gop-congress-for-tariff-approval-and-he-has-a-big-reason/

‘This isn’t normal’: Expert warns markets are ‘waking up’ to GOP dysfunction. The Treasury market only handles U.S. government debt. High inflation makes bonds less valuable. The Fed, for its part, sets interest rates and, in extreme circumstances, can buy Treasury bonds “en masse.”
https://www.rawstory.com/economy/

Galloway Warns Trump Is Eroding Trust In the Stock Market With Insider Trading: ‘I Don’t Think People Realize What This Does’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/galloway-warns-trump-is-eroding-trust-in-the-stock-market-with-insider-trading-i-dont-think-people-realize-what-this-does/

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Harvard says it has documents showing the White House directed the abrupt freeze of more than $2B
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/harvard-asks-judge-for-fast-ruling-in-us-funding-freeze-case/ar-AA1FXsAw?ocid=TobArticle

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Attorney Stephanie Lindsey Blasts Federal Funding Cuts To Job Corps: ‘Step Aside If You Can’t Fight for Our Youth’
https://shinemycrown.com/attorney-stephanie-lindsey-blasts-federal-funding-cuts-to-job-corps-step-aside-if-you-cant-fight-for-our-youth/

After DOGE firings White House asks new job seekers to write Trump loyalty essays, from lawyers to janitors
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-staffing-trump-white-house-jobs-b2762174.html

Republican Mega-Bill Charges Federal Workers for Basic Rights on the Job. If the spending bill is passed, an estimated three-quarters of eligible federal workers may be coerced into at-will employment.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-06-03-republican-mega-bill-charges-federal-workers-for-basic-rights/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump administration moves to revive controversial drilling plan in protected Alaska wilderness
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5328571-trump-arctic-drilling-alaska-oil-biden/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
An Underwater Volcano Near Oregon Is Ready To Blow—and It Will Be Livestreamed. The Axial Seamount, an undersea volcano about 300 miles off the Oregon coast, is swelling, quaking, and almost certainly gearing up to erupt. It’s really not a matter of if…more like when.
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/05/19/axial-seamount-eruption-dont-panic/

Dozen earthquakes rock US town sitting on top of a ‘sleeping giant’ fault. A small town in Idaho has experienced 12 earthquakes in the last 24 hours.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14773593/Dozen-earthquakes-rock-US-town-Idaho.html

Wildfire smoke from Canada worsens air pollution across central U.S. as alerts expand
https://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2025/06/03/canada-wildfire-smoke-air-quality-alerts/84005727007/

Cities Stuck With Tab for Climate Resiliency Projects as Trump Cuts EPA Grants
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-cancellation-of-funding-for-environmental-protections-endangers-americans-health-while-draining-their-wallets/

Officials face immense backlash over multibillion-dollar plans to carve out natural lands to build new airport: ‘Worse than we could have imagined’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/officials-face-immense-backlash-over-multibillion-dollar-plans-to-carve-out-natural-lands-to-build-new-airport-worse-than-we-could-have-imagined/ar-AA1FXBfb

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Lt. Gen. Honoré: With FEMA cuts and big storms ahead, we must rely on ourselves
https://www.fox8live.com/video/2025/06/02/lt-gen-honor-with-fema-cuts-big-storms-ahead-we-must-rely-ourselves/

# Food / General News
Cuts at USDA spark fears over food safety, disease response. One lab reportedly lost up to 30% of its staff, risking animal disease and pest response. More than 15K USDA staffers out as administration pushes to shrink agency. Farmers face delays in USDA grant payouts needed for crop planning
https://www.newsnationnow.com/entertainment-news/food/usda-cuts-food-safety-disease-response/

Bipartisan Bill Seeks to Legalize Undocumented Farmworkers, Reform Key Visa Program: ‘Food Security is National Security.’ Farm Workforce Modernization Act offers legal status, tech upgrades, and wage stability for farmworkers and growers alike
https://migrantinsider.com/p/bipartisan-farm-workforce-bill-leads

Chiquita Panama to lay off remaining workers after management leaves country
https://fruittoday.com/en/chiquita-panama-lays-off-entire-workforce-after-prolonged-strikes/

# General News
7 U.S. States Where Privacy No Longer Exists: In an age where digital footprints are tracked, surveillance cameras monitor city corners, and personal data flows like currency, the notion of privacy has transformed from a right into a fading luxury. Across the United States, the erosion of personal privacy has accelerated—not just due to federal oversight or tech giants, but also because of aggressive state-level policies.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4034291351730-7-us-states-where-privacy-no-longer-exists?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDg5MTcwMjYzNjQ%3D

Live Aid founder Bob Geldof didn’t hold back his criticism of Elon Musk and former US President Donald Trump during a concert in Dublin on Sunday, June 1.
https://www.irishstar.com/culture/entertainment/bob-geldof-slam-trump-musk-35325333

# Gov / Politics
Foreign nationals charged amid Trump visa crackdown for scheme to smuggle US military equipment into China
https://www.aol.com/foreign-nationals-charged-amid-trump-185918666.html

‘Turned the constitutional structure upside down’: Trump admin asks SCOTUS to halt ‘indefensible’ court order and permit mass termination of federal workers
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/06/02/trump-supreme-court-federal-layoffs/83991774007/

What’s the message behind Trump’s military parade, a parade estimated to cost $45 million? The last major military parade in the nation’s capitol was in 1991. It marked the end of the Gulf War. “Donald Trump may imagine himself an all-powerful ruler, but he is a president, not a potentate, and the American people don’t pay tribute to him as if he were a king,” Cohen said in a statement. “Least of all do we waste taxpayer dollars burnishing his insatiable ego.”
https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-05-22/what-to-know-about-the-military-parade-on-trumps-birthday

State Voter Suppression Bills Could Disenfranchise Millions Ahead of Midterms. Trump’s crackdown on immigrants has fueled legislation to restrict access to the ballot in more than two dozen states.
https://truthout.org/articles/state-voter-suppression-bills-could-disenfranchise-millions-ahead-of-midterms/

Feds Handcuff Rep. Jerry Nadler’s aide during office sweep. ‘Officers identified themselves and explained their intent to conduct a security check, one individual became verbally confrontational and physically blocked access to the office…’
https://headlineusa.com/feds-handcuff-rep-jerry-nadlers-aide-during-office-sweep/?utm_source=HUSA_EMAIL_NSP2000&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HUSAemail

‘Extreme by MAGA standards’: The president nominated far-right podcaster Paul Ingrassia to head up the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, which was set up by Congress after Watergate to protect whistleblowers and other federal workers from unlawful employment practices, as well as enforcing the Hatch Act that forbids political activity in the federal workplace
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4034462411665-extreme-by-maga-standards-law-expert-terrified-at-delusional-trump-nominee

A surprising coalition of GOP senators holds all the megabill leverage. An ideologically diverse clutch of Republicans have found rare alignment — and significant power.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/02/medicaid-moderates-gop-megabill-senate-00378510

‘We are guilty. Period.’: Jan. 6 rioter refuses pardon from ‘felon Trump,’ claims president has been ‘gaslighting’ followers
https://www.newsbreak.com/law-crime-520571/4034296753890-we-are-guilty-period-jan-6-rioter-refuses-pardon-from-felon-trump-claims-president-has-been-gaslighting-followers

“This is an existential threat”: Legal experts warn that the rule of law is on the ropes
https://www.salon.com/2025/06/02/this-is-an-existensial-threat-attorney-says-law-firms-betrayed-the-rule-of-law-by/

Follow the money: Trump’s corruption hits shocking heights. The money grab is so breathtaking that it has left Trump’s critics muttering expletives while the normally reliably loud critics of government corruption, especially congressional Republicans, appear in stunned silence.
https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/5326917-follow-the-money-trumps-corruption-hits-shocking-heights/

# Gov / Politics / Global
North Korea says military alliance with Vladimir Putin brings ‘peace and stability’ to world
https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/north-korea-says-military-alliance-1186089

Under a New South Korean President, Can Peace Activists Push US Troops Out? A pro-peace presidential candidate offers a historic opening to transform the front line of a new Cold War.
https://truthout.org/articles/under-a-new-south-korean-president-can-peace-activists-push-us-troops-out/

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Milwaukee inmate admits writing threat letters to frame immigrant, records show. Part of a plot to get a man deported.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/assassination-threat-hoax-031815276.html

Major Corporations — Including Oracle, McDonald’s, and Morgan Stanley — Are Dumping Law Firms That Caved to Trump
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/major-corporations-including-oracle-mcdonalds-and-morgan-stanley-are-dumping-law-firms-that-caved-to-trump/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Former Capitol attack prosecutor slams Trump pardons of January 6 defendants. Greg Rosen, who is moving into the private sector, said the pardons send ‘a terrible message to the American people’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/03/capitol-attack-prosecutor-trump-pardons

‘Flouts this Court’s clear precedents’: Justice Jackson takes colleagues to task over ‘patently erroneous’ ruling on racial discrimination
https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/flouts-this-courts-clear-precedents-justice-jackson-takes-colleagues-to-task-over-patently-erroneous-ruling-on-racial-discrimination/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Warns Trump Is Destroying ‘America’s Unique Advantage’ Over Its Enemies
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/cnns-fareed-zakaria-warns-america-is-destroying-its-own-unique-advantage-over-its-enemies/

# Medicare / Medicaid
‘Math is hard’: Senator trolls Trump budget chief for lying about Medicaid cuts
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/math-is-hard-senator-trolls-trump-budget-chief-for-lying-about-medicaid-cuts/ar-AA1FXdNt

Democrats hammer Vought over Medicaid claims: ‘Outrageous lies’
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5329416-democrats-criticize-trump-budget-medicare-cuts/

Pennsylvania disability advocates fight to save Medicaid
https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_2068e151-2aaa-44cf-8c10-989739e13b7a.html

‘There will be no Senate bill if that is on the table’: Josh Hawley leads Medicaid revolt threatening GOP megabill
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/02/congress/hawley-great-talk-with-trump-on-medicaid-00380561

# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
Trial Gets Underway in Death of Teen Whose Family Alleges Was Killed by Hospital COVID Protocols. According to the complaint, the hospital was financially incentivized to implement COVID-19 protocols that allegedly caused Grace’s death, including administration of three contraindicated medications — Precedex, lorazepam and morphine — and that it implemented a “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR) order over her family’s objections.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/grace-schara-trial-death-hospital-covid-protocols/

Public health system unravels as federal cuts leave communities exposed to disease threats, end progress, threaten worse to come
https://apnews.com/article/public-health-measles-rfk-maha-trump-d863f53a5d370413de8d165d5ab96e65

Antidepressants Linked to Higher Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Adults
https://www.powershealth.org/about-us/newsroom/health-library/2025/04/04/antidepressants-linked-to-sudden-cardiac-death

# Medical Science / Research
DOD official urged Trump administration not to end grant for biological threat research, Harvard tells court
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/us/harvard-funding-trump-threats

# Medical Technology
A Neuralink Rival Just Tested a Brain Implant in a Person. Paradromics, a brain-computer-interface startup, inserted its brain implant in a person—briefly—in an early test of its technology.
https://www.inc.com/chloe-aiello/this-neuralink-rival-just-implanted-its-device-in-a-human-patient/91197388

# Military / Militia / General News
Tennessee soldiers take over US training of Ukrainians at Army base in Germany
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-06-02/ukraine-training-national-guard-army-17986646.html#:~:text=The%20Tennessee%20soldiers%2C%20collectively%20known,Command%20facilities%20for%20nine%20months

Task Force Saber assumes JMTG-U mission during transfer of authority ceremony
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/499372/task-force-saber-assumes-jmtg-u-mission-during-transfer-authority-ceremony

# Military / General News / Global
About 200 US troops redeploy from South Korea to Middle East, report says
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2025-06-02/korea-patriot-battery-middle-east-17985879.html

Israeli Military Massacres 31 Starving Palestinians at US-Run Food Aid Site. “The Israelis set a huge trap for us to lure us here and kill us,” one Palestinian eyewitness said. Eyewitnesses say they were ‘ambushed’ while lining up for food aid, as soldiers opened fire, aiming at heads and chests
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-kills-32-starving-palestinians-latest-us-aid-point-massacre

# NASA
Uncertainty at NASA: Trump withdraws nominee for administrator while the agency faces a proposed budget cut
https://theconversation.com/uncertainty-at-nasa-trump-withdraws-his-nominee-for-administrator-while-the-agency-faces-a-steep-proposed-budget-cut-258032

# NOAA / Weather
Louisiana Republican Points to ‘Big White Lines’ From Planes as Proof Government Is Manipulating Weather. ‘Magic’ and conspiracy theories: GOP bills banning ‘weather manipulation’ advance in red state
https://www.alternet.org/weather-manipulation/

# Science / Science Engineers
Trump administration hands political appointees sweeping authority over federal science. A Trump executive order claims to champion scientific integrity but scientists warn it centralizes political power over research and undermines independence.
https://www.ehn.org/trump-administration-hands-political-appointees-sweeping-authority-over-federal-science

# Social
New bill would help property owners in Illinois evict squatters. The bill would help property owners evict squatters on their properties. The bill would allow for the arrest of squatters as trespassers. The law currently requires squatters to go through eviction court
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/property-owners-illinois-squatters/

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Dave Ramsey has blunt words for Americans on Social Security. Navigating the transition from a steady paycheck to retirement can be daunting for American workers.
https://www.thestreet.com/retirement/dave-ramsey-sounds-alarm-on-social-security

# Transportation / Travel Advisories
Aurora Begins Commercial Driverless Trucking in Texas, Ushering in a New Era of Freight. With roundtrip driverless hauls between Dallas and Houston occurring on a regular basis, the company is the first to deploy a self-driving class 8 trucking service in the U.S.
https://ir.aurora.tech/news-events/press-releases/detail/119/aurora-begins-commercial-driverless-trucking-in-texas

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Voices, The Peoples News

June 1, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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Jelly Roll’s powerful testimony to Senate on fentanyl crisis.
Country singer and rapper Jelly Roll spoke to Congress on
Thursday, pleading with U.S. lawmakers to take action to stop the
fentanyl crisis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDSekKuG44E
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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
Indigenous leaders demand Vatican return property held for over a century. Leaders of various indigenous tribes have demanded that Pope Leo XIV give back various artifacts from their people, which are currently being housed in the Vatican
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/indigenous-leaders-demand-vatican-return-35309022

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘There will be repercussions’ Homeland Security official targets Nashville mayor over immigration. Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell continued to serve as a social media target for federal officials Thursday over his response to the mass detainments of immigrants in Nashville earlier this month.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/repercussions-homeland-security-official-targets-100054623.html

Louisiana’s Immigration Bills Evoke Apartheid. We Cannot Remain Silent. Louisiana isn’t just passing bad policy. It’s laying bricks in a pathway toward fascism.
https://truthout.org/articles/louisianas-immigration-bills-evoke-apartheid-we-cannot-remain-silent/

‘Improper and imminent removal’: Federal judge issues standing order automatically barring deportations for habeas petitioners – citing ‘scheduling difficulties’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/improper-and-imminent-removal-federal-judge-issues-standing-order-automatically-barring-deportations-for-habeas-petitioners-citing-scheduling-difficulties/

An immigration raid at a San Diego restaurant leads to a chaotic scene. A chaotic scene from a federal immigration raid on a popular San Diego restaurant is drawing new attention to government tactics in the push to fulfill President Trump’s promise to deport millions in a historic crackdown.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/31/nx-s1-5418970/san-diego-immigration-raid-restaurant

Feds Uncover Global Money Laundering Network Tied to Sinaloa Cartel, Syrian Regime, and Colombian Guerrillas. The intricate scheme, spanning four continents, appears to justify concerns that the military arsenal of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed Syrian dictator, could fall into dangerous hands.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/world/middleeast/syria-eln-cocaine-weapons.html

Federal Indictment Alleges Alliance Between Sinaloa Cartel and Money Launderers Linked to Chinese Underground Banking.  China and Mexico Took Law Enforcement Actions Following Justice Department’s Investigation of Alleged Scheme to Violate U.S. Drug and Money-Laundering Laws
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/federal-indictment-alleges-alliance-between-sinaloa-cartel-and-money-launderers-linked

A Chinese Network Is Making Millions Laundering Money For The Sinaloa Cartel In The U.S.: The network allegedly purchased dollars at a discount from the cartel and sold them at a premium to Chinese citizens looking to circumvent the country’s currency restrictions
https://www.latintimes.com/chinese-network-making-millions-laundering-money-sinaloa-cartel-us-report-583187

Treasury Sanctions Criminal Operators and Money Launderers for the Notorious Sinaloa Cartel: The Sinaloa Cartel is responsible for a significant portion of the illicit fentanyl and other deadly drugs trafficked into the United States and has exploited multiple ports of entry along the southern border for its criminal activities.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0064

ICE calling law enforcement in all counties to help with deportation efforts
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_efdabd74-5fba-4c22-a3ec-1f8fef4ef79d.html

ICE Detains Dozens in Florida, Including a US Citizen, Despite Judge Blocking New Immigration Law. A judge blocked Florida’s immigration law. Police arrested 25 anyway. Most were arrested after being stopped by Florida Highway Patrol for minor traffic violations. Some ended up in ICE custody.
https://www.tampabay.com/investigations/2025/05/28/judge-blocked-floridas-immigration-law-police-arrested-25-anyway/

These Texas law enforcement agencies have ICE 287(g) agreements. They represent only 25% of Texas’ 254 counties
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_84221fad-efb6-422e-855a-993bbe9ceffe.html

The laws propping up Trump’s masked deportation army. Unidentifiable law enforcement agents are snatching unsuspecting people off the streets where they live. But just because it’s beyond the pale doesn’t make it illegal
https://newrepublic.com/article/195378/trump-masked-ice-deportation-immigration

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Is This The End Of DOGE? The inside scoop on what happened to Musk and what kinds of ticking time bombs he and DOGE may have left inside the federal government.
https://www.levernews.com/is-this-the-end-of-doge/

Judge Says Musk’s Role at DOGE Is “Continuous and Permanent”
https://www.newsbreak.com/dmr-news-321522575/4030059717677-judge-says-musk-s-role-at-doge-is-continuous-and-permanent

Mayor Brandon Johnson tags DOGE cuts as ‘act of war,’ draws parallels between Trump’s policies and Nazi Germany
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-mayor-calls-doge-act-200750368.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Get Ready To Pay In ZuckBucks. The GENIUS Act isn’t just a crypto giveaway — it could turn tech giants into unregulated banks.
https://popularresistance.org/get-ready-to-pay-in-zuckbucks/

‘Clean Up on Aisle Six’: Karl Rove Predicts Trump Will Pay Heavy Price for ‘Muddled Mess’ Tariff Policy
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/clean-up-on-aisle-six-karl-rove-predicts-trump-will-pay-heavy-price-for-muddled-mess-tariff-policy/

I grew up in poverty – but lifting the 2 child benefit cap for all families is not fair on taxpayers. David Blunkett risks sparking a massive Labour row as he warns that tearing up the 2 child benefit cap risks sparking fury with hardworking taxpayers
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14368991/david-blunkett-benefit-cap-child/

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Mark Carney’s daughter could be among international students caught in Harvard-Trump fight. Another high-profile student who may be impacted is Princess Elisabeth, heir to the Belgian throne.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/mark-carneys-daughter-and-belgian-princess-could-be-among-international-students-caught-in-fight-between-harvard-and-trump

Harvard chooses Chinese student as a commencement speaker in face of student visa crackdown: Harvard Chinese student’s graduation speech strikes a chord as Trump leads crackdown. First Chinese woman selected student speaker at a Harvard graduation sparks heated discussion on both Chinese and American social media
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3312655/harvard-chinese-students-graduation-speech-strikes-chord-trump-leads-crackdown

College Legacy Program For Black Women Halted After Losing Critical Grant. Participants would have received mentorship from tech leaders at companies like Intel, along with hands-on instruction in coding and computing.
https://newsone.com/6191722/college-legacy-program-for-black-women-halted-after-losing-critical-grant/

Harvard’s Laurence Tribe Draws Brutal Parallel Between Trump And A Ruthless Royal Tyrant
https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvards-laurence-tribe-draws-brutal-072631781.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
First round of layoff notices go out to state workers with budget still incomplete. Although nurses received the first layoff notices warning of a government shutdown, lawmakers say there will be a budget in place before then.
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/first-round-layoff-notices-state-workers-budget-still-incomplete/89-b0990b3b-e523-42d2-ba98-78c1f575961a

9th Circuit Court Finds Trump’s Mass Federal Firings Violated Constitution. The coalition behind the lawsuit challenging Trump welcomed the ruling and slammed the assault on the federal workforce.
https://truthout.org/articles/9th-circuit-court-finds-trumps-mass-federal-firings-violated-constitution/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
$14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled in the US this year, analysis says
https://apnews.com/article/climate-clean-energy-investments-trump-solar-wind-349e80c0d9c2cc768e63de9d48813d31

Analysts Say Trump Trade Wars Would Harm the Entire US Energy Sector, From Oil to Solar. US renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries
https://cosmicmeta.io/2025/05/31/analysts-say-trump-trade-wars-would-harm-the-entire-us-energy-sector-from-oil-to-solar/

America’s energy revolution goes from boom to bust after Trump’s tariffs and sneaky move by Saudi Arabia. Trump’s aggressive trade policies have pushed up the prices of vital materials needed for oil production such as steel, aluminum and casing. At the same time, oil prices are tumbling because the OPEC cartel has decided to flood the market by increasing production.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14757637/america-shale-boom-bust-trump-tariffs-opec.html

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Massive volcano eruption is imminent amid earthquake surge, leaving major US city on high alert, scientists fear. Seismic activity levels on Alaska’s Mount Spurr soared earlier this week, sparking fear that an eruption could be on the horizon. “Earthquake activity beneath Mount Spurr remains elevated,” the Alaska Volcano Observatory warned
https://nypost.com/2025/05/30/science/massive-volcano-eruption-is-imminent-amid-earthquake-surge-leaving-major-us-city-on-high-alert-scientists-fear/

Officials sound alarm over catastrophic threat swallowing coastal nations: ‘A perfect storm of vulnerability.’ By 2050, climate scientists expect significant portions of the Maldives to become uninhabitable.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/maldives-islands-climate-change-sea-levels/

# Food / General News
Missouri has agreed to abide by a request from the federal government to turn over personal data about anyone receiving food assistance, the state social services agency confirmed to The Independent Tuesday.
https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-will-hand-over-personal-data-of-food-aid-recipients-to-feds/#:~:text=Missouri%20has%20agreed%20to%20abide,confirmed%20to%20The%20Independent%20Tuesday

# General News
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company town is reportedly notifying residents they may ‘lose the right to continue’ using their property amid zoning push
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-spacex-company-town-rights

President Trump’s historical 34-count felony conviction. This is the first time a former or sitting U.S. president has been convicted of criminal charges.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1848/trump-hush-money-trial-34-counts

# Gov / Politics
Karoline Leavitt declares courts should ‘have no role’ since Donald Trump can’t function under the same rules as everyone else
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5324277-white-house-court-tariff-rulings/

Musk criticizes Trump bill over abrupt end to energy tax credits
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5323536-musk-trump-gop-budget-bill-biden-green-energy-tax-credits/

‘Anyone paying attention?’: Outrage after Linda McMahon’s ‘attack’ on colleges. The account of investment banker @odinikaeze called McMahon’s statement “deeply troubling, and fundamentally un-American.” “In a free democracy, university research is not supposed to be ‘in sync’ with any administration’s political agenda. That’s not academic inquiry, it’s propaganda.”
https://www.rawstory.com/linda-mcmahon-2672222877/

‘No MAGA left behind’: Trump pardons loyal rapper, potential allies, and gang leader in last-minute clemency blitz. This week’s outburst suggests that America now has a two-tiered justice system.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/31/trump-pardons-maga-supporters/

What Just Happened: The Trump Administration’s Dismissal of Voting Rights Lawsuits. Congress created the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in 1957 and authorized the federal government to seek court injunctions against efforts to interfere with the right to vote.
https://www.justsecurity.org/113745/wjh-trump-dismissal-voting-rights-lawsuits/

22 young Americans sue Trump on climate actions: ‘A death sentence for my generation’
https://san.com/media-miss/22-young-americans-sue-trump-on-climate-actions-a-death-sentence-for-my-generation/

A Palestinian UN envoy broke down in tears over children dying in Gaza, delivering an emotional address to the Security Council on Wednesday (28 May) as he described the “unbearable” suffering of Palestinian children
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/palestinian-un-envoy-cries-out-over-deaths-of-children-in-gaza/video/474c04de8c4400d835a6039dd65dce39

China thought it had a truce with the US. Then Trump dropped two bombshells
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/china/china-us-truce-chips-student-visa-intl-hnk

Fact Check: Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ does not give president power to delay or cancel elections
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-trumps-big-beautiful-230000550.html

Ten Sneaky Sleeper Provisions in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: Yet more horrors are hidden in the fine print. Here are ten of the worst: Crippling Courts, Bonus for the Tax Prep Industry, More Savaging of Migrants, Terminating the Tax Status of Nonprofits. Blocking State Regulation of AI, Gutting the Estate Tax, Weakening the Child Tax Credit, Expanding School Vouchers, Stealth Cuts in the Affordable Care Act, And … Support for Gun Silencers
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-23-ten-sneaky-sleeper-provisions-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/

GOP lawmakers serve notice they won’t save Trump with a ‘stupid vote’: analyst
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-stupid-vote/

John Kennedy says Supreme Court must address judges interfering with Trump’s power
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3425576/john-kennedy-supreme-court-address-judges-interfering-trump-power/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Mexican President Demands U.S. Explain Deals With ‘Terrorist’ Cartel Figures Amid Extradition Push for ‘El Mini Lic’: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday questioned the U.S. government for striking plea deals with Damaso Lopez Serrano, a member of a cartel the United States itself has labelled as “Foreign Terrorist Organization.”
https://english.news.cn/20250530/24f8efa35f914e8bae3c2300d4803a0c/c.html

Africa terror group ramping up ability to strike inside the US, general says: The U.S. military’s top general in Africa said terrorist factions in the Sahel region have increased their presence so much in the past three years that they soon may be able to launch attacks within the United States.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5326324-terrorist-threat-sahel-region-us/

Despite Anti-Trump Mandate, Canada’s New PM Pushes “Golden Dome” Missile System. Organizers protested the Canadian government’s planned investment into militarization at a weapons fair this week.
https://truthout.org/articles/9th-circuit-court-finds-trumps-mass-federal-firings-violated-constitution/

For Palestinians, Seeking Food at a US-Israeli Aid Site Means Risking Your Life. The “aid” seems to empower Israel to prolong its war while attempting to deflect mounting international pressure.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-hostages-aid-06-01-2025-67688833abb96fc068c42d10da90a0a4

House GOP Secretly Votes to Undermine Supreme Court
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iMoXjMxUTGM

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
FBI’s Kash Patel and Dan Bongino face MAGA fury over Jeffrey Epstein and ‘deep state’ conspiracies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-kash-patel-dan-bongino-184544903.html

3 BSO deputies facing charges for 2022 brutal beating of female inmate
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/exclusive-video-shows-alleged-jailhouse-beating-that-led-to-arrests-of-bso-detention-deputies/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
DOJ undercuts Trump, tells judge the admin does ‘not have the power’ to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to US
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/doj-undercuts-trump-tells-judge-the-admin-does-not-have-the-power-to-return-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-us/

DC Circuit shuts down Texas probe over Media Matters roast of Elon Musk. A D.C. Circuit panel found there was “uncontested evidence” that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton retaliated against Media Matters for its reporting on Elon Musk’s social media site X.
https://www.courthousenews.com/dc-circuit-shuts-down-texas-probe-over-media-matters-roast-of-elon-musk/

Federal courts ruled against the Trump administration 96% of the time in May. GOP-appointed judges join an unprecedented judicial pushback against executive overreach. The data is stunning—but will it matter when cases reach higher courts?
https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-96-rebellion-district-courts

# LGBTQ / Gender
Trump’s Administration Wants to Erase Queer History. An Unconventional Book Club Is Fighting Back. Drag Race star Miss Peppermint is co-leading Queer History 101, a virtual book club merging stories of queer resistance with community.
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-wants-to-erase-queer-history-this-unconventional-book-club-is-fighting-back/

# Lost Civilizations / Archaeology
A shoe-print fossil discovered in a seam of coal in Fisher Canyon, Nevada is believed to be about 15 million years old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD_8EvdJsXU

Archaeologists found a strange red mark on rock. More than a fingerprint on a pebble: A pigment-marked object from San Lázaro rock-shelter in the context of Neanderthal symbolic behavior
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-red-dot-a-43000-year-old-fingerprint-and-a-stone-out-of-place-potential-evidence-of-neanderthal-pareidolia/ar-AA1FDSSD

Archaeologists in Arizona discovered evidence of canals dug by an advanced civilization thousands of years old. In the foothills of Mount Graham in Arizona lies a network of mysterious canals believed to have come from an ancient civilization that existed thousands of years ago.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-archaeology/ancient-canals-arizona-show-signs-advanced-engineering-00202

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
MSNBC panel stunned to silence over report on deaths linked to Elon Musk’s DOGE
https://www.rawstory.com/doge-deaths-breaking-news-msnbc/

Trump Calls for MSNBC to Be Shut Down. Trump’s post comes at a tumultuous time for MSNBC, which has been the subject of headlines in recent months amid on-air controversies, ratings struggles, and line-up changes.
https://www.tvinsider.com/1172250/trump-msnbc-shut-down-truth-social/

‘Our Constitution and laws forbid the president’: PBS sues Trump over executive order attempting to defund network, says efforts ‘transgress’ First Amendment
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/pbs-suing-trump-administration-over-defunding-three-days-after-npr-filed-similar-case

Fox’s Maria Bartiromo Asks House Republican if He’s Really Willing ‘to Break the Constitution’ for Trump to Get a Third Term
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/foxs-maria-bartiromo-asks-house-republican-if-hes-really-willing-to-break-the-constitution-for-trump-to-get-a-third-term/

# Medicare / Medicaid
‘Well, we all are going to die’: Sen. Joni Ernst defends Medicaid cuts at Iowa town hall
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/30/joni-ernst-town-hall-00376747

House Republicans Unite Around Sweeping Medicaid Cuts. The health care section of the GOP mega-bill has advanced to the House floor, bringing millions of Americans one step closer to losing their health insurance.
https://prospect.org/health/2025-05-21-house-republicans-unite-sweeping-medicaid-cuts/

The cruelest cut in the Republican budget bill, explained. Why people who work could still lose their health insurance.
https://www.vox.com/health/414045/big-beautiful-bill-congress-trump-medicaid-cuts

# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
‘Life and death contradictions’: Lawmakers demand answers on whether ‘heartbeat law’ is keeping brain-dead pregnant woman alive so her fetus can be delivered.  “That any law in Georgia could be interpreted to require a brain-dead woman’s body to be artificially maintained as a fetal incubator is not only medically unsound — it is inhumane.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5405542/a-brain-dead-womans-pregnancy-raises-questions-about-georgias-abortion-law

HHS slams ‘under-tested’ mRNA technology as Trump cuts Moderna’s H5N1 vaccine funding
https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/hhs-cancels-millions-in-pandemic-influenza-mrna-vaccine-development-grants

# Military / Militia / General News
Hegseth gutted Pentagon office that said it would oversee testing of Golden Dome missile defense system. The move may reduce the quality of DOT&E’s second opinions, but may not affect safety, former officials said.
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/05/hegseth-halves-pentagons-testing-oversight-office/405659/

Trump’s “Golden Dome” Won’t Work—but It’ll Make Elon Musk Richer. For 40 years, missile defense has never been about keeping America safe. It’s all about the contracts.
https://newrepublic.com/article/195608/trump-golden-dome-elon-musk-richer

# Military / General News / Global
China targets US military members in overseas spy operations, former CIA station chief warns. A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief recently warned that U.S. military members and employees of the federal government are in the “crosshairs” of China’s spy operations as China tries to access information related to the U.S. military.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/05/china-targeting-us-military-members-for-spy-operations-fmr-cia-chief-warns/

Chinese stealth fighters just pierced Taiwan’s airspace in a terrifying low-altitude formation. Taiwan’s defence ministry says it warned off several Chinese fighter jets that briefly entered island’s airspace.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/9/chinese-fighters-jets-briefly-enter-taiwans-airspace

14,000 troops, 100 ballistic missiles and millions of munitions: What North Korea has sent to Russia, report finds
https://www.aol.com/news/14-000-troops-100-ballistic-080729116.html

China deploys NUKE bombers to strategic sea bases as fears of full scale Taiwan invasion grow
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14365687/china-attack-taiwan-us/

# NASA
President Trump withdraws Isaacman nomination for NASA Administrator days before confirmation vote. The withdrawal of Jared Isaacman, an entrepreneur and commercial astronaut, came less than a day after NASA published its proposed budget, which fleshes out the deep cuts forecast in the “skinny budget” previously released.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/05/31/president-trump-withdraws-isaacman-nomination-for-nasa-administrator-days-before-senate-confirmation-vote/

# Planetary
What China Found on The Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY9dnrbQano

# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware
National Security Council staffers put on administrative leave. A significant number of staff members of the White House National Security Council were dismissed from their positions on May 23 as the Trump administration carried out a major restructuring of the agency.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/23/trumps-national-security-council-slashed-amid-large-scale-firings/83827207007/

Data firm is building ‘detailed portraits of Americans’ on Trump’s order: Palantir is apparently helping Trump develop a database of Americans’ private information, scraped from various government agencies, that could theoretically be used to track or persecute them.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-appears-building-unprecedented-spy-202529728.html

# Social
DOJ: Mistreatment of Homeless People Is Not Our Issue. The Department of Justice has moved to dismiss its civil rights lawsuit against the Phoenix Police Department for the mistreatment of homeless people—just as homelessness is rising and encampment sweeps resume across the city.
https://www.propublica.org/article/phoenix-police-homelessness-doj

HUD choked funding to enforce fair-housing laws. Legal aid groups may not survive. Most housing discrimination claims are handled by local nonprofits around the country. They say the Trump administration has hobbled them, and are challenging the cuts as unlawful.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5325936/hud-choked-funding-to-enforce-fair-housing-laws-legal-aid-groups-may-not-survive/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
How the Loudest Voices in AI Went From ‘Regulate Us’ to ‘Unleash Us.’ Two years after Sam Altman pitched Congress on AI guardrails, he’s back in Washington with a new message: To beat China, invest in OpenAI.
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-sam-altman-ai-regulation-trump/

How to Make AI Faster and Smarter—With a Little Help from Physics
https://www.quantamagazine.org/improving-deep-learning-with-a-little-help-from-physics-20250423/

# Transportation / Travel Advisories
U.S. ATC in dire straits: Over 1,200 employees resign amid busy summer travel, leaving flights at risk
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/u-s-atc-in-dire-straits-over-1200-employees-resign-amid-busy-summer-travel-leaving-flights-at-risk/articleshow/121523878.cms?from=mdr

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