Voices, The Peoples News
July 2, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Can you lose your citizenship? Immigration attorney explains DOJ effort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRInyTwbE4I
A Colorado grandfather who has been in the U.S. since 1980 is taken into ICE custody
https://www.yahoo.com/news/colorado-grandfather-u-since-1980-041415156.html
Alligator Alcatraz branded ‘cruel and inhumane’ as inmates to be forced into tents. The facility, surrounded by pythons, alligators, and mosquitos, will begin operations soon.
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/alligator-alcatraz-branded-cruel-inhumane-1238495
California Community Leader Reportedly Taken To The Border And Held At a Warehouse Until She Self-Deports
https://www.yahoo.com/news/l-mother-taken-u-border-224645316.html
Trump’s justice department issues directive to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship for criminal offenses
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/trump-birthright-citizenship-naturalized-citizens
DOJ directs US attorneys to seek to revoke citizenship of naturalized Americans over crime
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5445398/denaturalization-trump-immigration-enforcement
Father detained by immigration agents while shopping at Home Depot in Burbank
https://www.yahoo.com/news/father-detained-immigration-agents-while-060641219.html
Florida lawmaker accuses Trump of building modern-day ‘concentration camps’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2672527435/
Former Trump Official Says ‘We’re All Going To’ Die When Asked About Man Who Died in ICE Custody. He’s the fifth detained person to die in ICE custody
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/former-trump-official-says-were-all-going-to-die-when-asked-about-man-who-died-in-ice-custody/
Judge orders detained journalist to be released from ICE custody
https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2025/07/01/journalist-mario-guevara-ice-custody-released-atlanta
Lawmakers demand answers after Georgetown scholar detained by ICE
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/lawmakers-demand-answers-after-georgetown-scholar-detained-by-ice/
Mentally ill immigrants now fight deportation alone after Trump-era cuts to legal aid
https://www.aol.com/mentally-ill-detained-alone-trump-100245524.html
More than half of Americans – and 83% of Democrats – say ICE has gone ‘too far’ in arresting migrants
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-arrests-democrats-republicans-poll-b2780678.html
Ron DeSantis plans to ‘deputize’ Floridians as ‘judges’ of immigrant detainees
https://www.rawstory.com/alligator-alcatraz/
Trump OKs using National Guard as immigration judges at Florida detention center
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article309792865.html#storylink=cpy
Trump sickeningly confesses new Alcatraz concept is for escaped immigrants to be ‘eaten by alligators’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/alligator-alcatraz-trump-florida-immigrants-b2780986.html
Trump says only way out of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is deportation. President says detention center will soon host ‘some of the most menacing migrants’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-only-way-out-alligator-alcatraz-deportation
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Donald Trump suddenly develops interest in financial enforcement now that it can’t interfere with his business dealings
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/donald-trump-suddenly-develops-interest-in-financial-enforcement-now-that-it-cant-interfere-with-his-business-dealings/
Senator sounds alarm over secretive tax change discovered last minute in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’: ‘It will create uncertainty and freeze the markets’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/clean-energy-bill-senate-provision-fossil-fuels/
Trump announces trade deal with Vietnam, securing ‘TOTAL ACCESS’ to markets. The announcement marks one of the first major trade deals with a key American trading partner since Trump paused his “Liberation Day” tariffs to pursue long-term agreements with foreign partners.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/vietnam-to-pay-20-pc-tariff-on-all-goods-exported-to-us-after-trade-deal/articleshow/122209057.cms?from=mdr
# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs and more
https://apnews.com/article/trump-education-summer-school-english-language-grants-fac670e8f60fab397fbd68dfed866ea1
Trump administration tells states it’s freezing $6.8 billion for K-12 school programs
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3448d9ca-ef1e-48aa-a767-cd50ea0d3134.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘Not free to do as it pleases’: Judge says Trump admin lacks authority to unilaterally shutter ‘lifeline’ youth job training program
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/not-free-to-do-as-it-pleases-judge-says-trump-admin-lacks-authority-to-unilaterally-shutter-lifeline-youth-job-training-program/
‘Only the beginning’: Trump admin releases data showing federal workforce slashed since January
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/only-beginning-trump-admin-releases-data-showing-federal-workforce-slashed-since-january
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
President Donald Trump’s budget would kill off tax credits for wind and solar, raising costs for new clean energy projects and blowing up valuable investment in those already in the pipeline.
https://www-allsides-com.webpkgcache.com/doc/-/s/www.allsides.com/news/2025-07-01-1100/environment-senate-just-put-clean-energy-ai-crosshairs
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
EPA employees sign ‘declaration of dissent’ over agency moves under Trump. More than 170 EPA employees signed letter, with about 100 more signing anonymously out of fear of retaliation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/epa-employees-declaration-dissent-trump
85,000 acres of Tennessee’s national forests open for logging under Trump administration plan
https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/06/30/85000-acres-of-tennessees-national-forests-open-for-logging-under-trump-administration-plan/
Public land sale provision removed from the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
https://www.newsweek.com/plans-sell-millions-acres-federal-land-dropped-2092375
Facing Rising Seas, Thousands in Tuvalu Seek an Escape Through Australia. Tuvalu, a small island nation located in the west-central Pacific, could be the first to disappear as a result of climate change.
https://gizmodo.com/facing-rising-seas-thousands-in-tuvalu-seek-an-escape-through-australia-2000620904
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID / General News
Rubio hails end of USAID as study says its elimination could contribute to 14 million deaths in next 5 years. The administration says the agency has misspent billions in funds and “has little to show since the end of the Cold War.”
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5452513/trump-usaid-foreign-aid-deaths
USAID Formally Ceases to Exist—Obama and Bush Bid a Heartfelt Goodbye to 63 Years of Legacy
https://www.newsbreak.com/inquisitr-news-522568/4084039097542-usaid-formally-ceases-to-exist-obama-and-bush-bid-a-heartfelt-goodbye-to-63-years-of-legacy
# Gov / Politics
Elon Musk Is Threatening to Start a New Political Party—and Take Down the Entire GOP While He’s At It. The billionaire’s outrage over Trump’s signature legislation fuels a pledge to rejoin the political fray
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/media/elon-musk-bill-primary-threat
Trump escalates feud with Musk, threatens Tesla, SpaceX support
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/elon-musk-renews-criticism-trump-spending-bill-calls-new-political-party-2025-06-30/
Trump mused about deporting Elon Musk and canceling his government contracts. President Donald Trump said he would look at having Elon Musk deported to his native South Africa as their rift reignited and reached new heights
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/07/01/president-donald-trump-talks-deporting-elon-musk-ev-mandate/84429812007/
‘Student has become the master’: Chinese writer warns MAGA is making US more like China
https://www.alternet.org/maga-authoritarian-trump/
Governor Ron DeSantis signs 25 Bills as Florida prepares for changes on July 1
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2025/07/01/here-are-25-new-florida-laws-that-will-go-into-effect-on-july-1/
Our elected officials are bankrupting the government
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5377620-us-national-debt-federal-spending/
Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem
https://time.com/7299343/americans-democracy-threats-political-violence/
Trump Admin Dropped Charges Against MS-13 Leaders Following Pact Between Gang And Bukele Admin. Bukele administration agreeing to accept over 200 migrants deported from the U.S. into the CECOT prison. These reports appear to be in contrast with Trump’s past promises to crack down on MS-13
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/politics/takeaways-trump-bukele-ms-13.html
‘We should take it seriously’: Critics blast Trump’s latest idea as ‘straight up fascist’
https://www.alternet.org/trump-latest-idea-fascist/
Senate Republicans’ big ugly bill is even worse than the earlier cruelty passed by the House.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/senate-gop-big-ugly-bill
Elon Musk just humiliated Donald Trump in front of millions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL0PBtVbuSk
# Gov / Politics / Global
“Delay, Interfere, Undermine:” How El Salvador’s Government Impeded a U.S. Probe of MS-13
https://www.propublica.org/article/bukele-trump-el-salvador-ms13-gang-vulcan-corruption-investigation
# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
83-year-old woman spent hours in jail for drug trafficking as her name was one letter away from being the actual suspect, family says
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/georgia-drug-trafficking-wrong-arrest-b2780449.html
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
DOJ quietly gives lawyers new powers to strip away citizenship from naturalized Americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfwTDJUyWo8
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘That’s not true and you know that’: CNN host shuts down MAGA guest in front of viewers
https://www.alternet.org/cnn-host-maga-guest/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
‘Panic button’: JD Vance blasted after calling $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts ‘minutiae’
https://www.alternet.org/send/jd-vance-medicaid/
Mayors, doctor groups sue over Trump’s efforts to restrict Obamacare enrollment. Trump administration rules that give millions of people less time to sign up for the Affordable Care Act’s coverage, and bar some immigrants from buying the health care coverage, are facing a legal challenge from Democratic mayors
https://www.ottumwacourier.com/news/national_news/mayors-doctor-groups-sue-over-trumps-efforts-to-restrict-obamacare-enrollment/article_3918b607-ab47-527d-8a48-18e982fe6441.html
Medicaid cuts in spending bill spark alarm for millions of nursing home residents. Medicaid funding could be cut by $930 billion over the next 10 years by the massive spending bill approved by the Senate. Among concerns is the impact on nursing homes nationwide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcGDcXMZXmA
Rick Scott Demands More Cuts to Medicaid, Which His Company Allegedly Scammed. Scott proposes slashing $313 billion more from Medicaid, a safety-net program his hospital company was accused of fraudulently billing
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rick-scott-medicaid-scam-trump-big-beautiful-bill-1235375383/
The Political Blowback to GOP’s Medicaid Cuts Has Already Begun. Senate Republicans passed a budget package with the deepest cuts to health care in decades on Tuesday.
https://www.twz.com/air/about-to-be-retired-a-10-has-capability-to-use-laser-guided-rockets-to-shoot-down-drones
‘Utter Betrayal’: With Help From Vance, Senate GOP Votes to Decimate Medicaid to Fund Tax Cuts for Rich. “Historians—and voters—will look back at this as a dark day in U.S. history.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/utter-betrayal-with-help-from-vance-senate-gop-votes-to-decimate-medicaid-to-fund-tax-cuts-for-rich
# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
‘Not only cruel, it is illegal’: Trump admin unlawfully slashed over $1B in youth mental health funding, breached grant agreements and violated federal regulations, states say
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/not-only-cruel-it-is-illegal-trump-admin-unlawfully-slashed-over-1b-in-youth-mental-health-funding-breached-grant-agreements-and-violated-federal-regulations-states-say/
Tens of thousands of United Healthcare cancer patients could lose treatment access by midnight across Hudson Valley
https://www.newsbreak.com/news-12-1587832/4083206039365-tens-of-thousands-of-united-healthcare-cancer-patients-could-lose-treatment-access-by-midnight
# Military / Militia / National Guard / General News
US Air Force will shift funds from a nuclear missile program for $400 million refit on Trump’s Qatar jet
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/06/30/us-air-force-uses-leftover-icbm-funds-to-revamp-qatar-plane/
Army Secretary Fires Entire Corps of Civilian Advisers from Communities Across US
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/07/01/army-secretary-fires-entire-corps-of-civilian-advisers-communities-across-us.html
US won’t send some weapons pledged to Ukraine following a Pentagon review of military assistance
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-us-weapons-shipments-halt-review-48229eb7c814419631a16067a38d6a1d
About To Be Retired A-10 Has Capability To Use Laser-Guided Rockets To Shoot-Down Drones. The A-10s could be uniquely capable drone hunters and they already have the ability to use APKWS rockets to do it, but its career is set to end before it gets the chance.
https://www.twz.com/air/about-to-be-retired-a-10-has-capability-to-use-laser-guided-rockets-to-shoot-down-drones
# Military / General News / Global
New pictures have emerged showing work being done on the Japan Self-Defense Forces’ prototype electromagnetic railgun currently installed on the test warship JS Asuka. The turreted prototype installed on a testbed surface combatant is the latest step forward in Japan’s work on railguns, something the U.S. Navy shelved years ago.
https://www.twz.com/sea/railgun-installed-on-japanese-warship-seen-in-new-photos
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Global
A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free AI Tools to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion.’ Consumer-grade AI tools have supercharged Russian-aligned disinformation as pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites have proliferated.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:5E3988B8
# Transportation
New rules to remove safety devices from semi-trucks could let them zoom down the nation’s highways at top-speed: Yes, there are new rules regarding speed limiters on semi-trucks that have been withdrawn, according to recent reports.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/sean-duffy-trump-truck-speed-rules-highways-b2779731.html
# Tourism / Travel Advisories
U.S. Issued Highest Travel ‘Warning’ for 6 Countries This Summer. Americans have been warned.
https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/u-s-issued-highest-travel-warning-for-6-countries-this-summer
10 Countries Just Issued Travel Warnings for the U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bghc0gAms0s
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