Voices, The Peoples News
April 13, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
New plan eyes mass deportations — by making part of Central American prison US territory. Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to transport detainees from the US to El Salvador.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/11/military-contractors-prison-plan-detained-immigrants-erik-prince-00287208
Trump’s Horrifying Removal of Man in “Error” Takes an Even Darker Turn. The Trump administration could allow Kilmar Abrego Garcia back into the U.S. and try to deport him through proper channels. So why won’t it even do that?
https://newrepublic.com/article/193943/trump-kilmar-garcia-maryland-salvador-removal-error
Trump Has Despicable New Way to Carry Out His Deportations. Donald Trump’s latest plan to kick immigrants out of the country is unbelievably cruel. The White House added the names and Social Security numbers of thousands of living, breathing people to the Social Security Administration’s Death Master File, which is used to track when a person has died and should stop receiving government benefits.
https://larson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/outrageous-abuse-power-trump-weaponizes-social-security-deportation-spree#:~:text=By%20entering%20the%20names%20and,several%20news%20outlets%20reported%20Thursday
ACLU FOIA Litigation Reveals Information About Plans to Expand ICE Detention Facilities Nationwide
Documents show ICE seeking to expand detention facilities already in use, open new facilities in 10 states across the Midwest and West Coast
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-foia-litigation-reveals-information-about-plans-to-expand-ice-detention-facilities-nationwide
White House authorizes military control of land along the border. Trump authorizes US military to take control of land at US-Mexico border. Order allows armed forces to take ‘direct role’ in securing southern border, which Trump memo says ‘is under attack’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/12/trump-military-control-us-mexico-border
Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, immigration judge rules
https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-protester-ruling-deport-fd9e80583af3109d7de0a5264e79ea61
# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Trump Announces ‘Termination’ of ‘Illegal DEI’ Settlement Over Raw Sewage in Poor, Majority-Black Alabama Communities. The agreement, reached under the Biden Administration, required the state’s Department of Public Health to improve sanitation efforts in Alabama’s Black Belt. It’s unclear what the termination will mean on the ground.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11042025/trump-terminates-civil-rights-agreement-in-alabama/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Data shows DOGE doesn’t dent deficit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70nHmlapu7w
DOGE takes over key website that handles distribution of $500bn in federal grants
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-grants-website-nih-b2732203.html
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data: Ooperatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-hackathon-irs-data-palantir/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Trump exempts smartphones, computers and chips from new tariffs. The guidance that was issued also excludes flash drives and memory cards from the new tariffs
https://www.wsj.com/tech/trump-exempts-smartphones-other-electronics-from-chinese-tariffs-dd8eb31f
How Trump Has a Gold-Plated Insurance Policy Against his Own Market Mayhem
https://www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeast-513346/3959205696529-how-trump-has-a-gold-plated-insurance-policy-against-his-own-market-mayhem
The US Is Turning a Blind Eye to Crypto Crimes. Under the Trump administration, federal authorities are declining to charge crypto firms with a range of offenses, raising questions about which rules apply—and who will enforce them
https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-is-turning-a-blind-eye-to-crypto-crimes/
Um, It Turns Out No One at the Ports Is Collecting Trump’s Tariffs. A technical “glitch” has created the biggest hiccup in Trump’s tariffs rollout.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193930/ports-not-collecting-trump-tariffs-glitch
Trump Gets More Bad News as Consumer Confidence Plummets. Americans across the board are quickly losing faith in Trump’s handling of the economy.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193930/ports-not-collecting-trump-tariffs-glitch
The Sick Psychology Behind Trump’s Tariff Chaos
https://newrepublic.com/article/193834/trump-tariff-chaos-economy-crash
US banking regulator reports on ‘major’ cyber incident involving senior officials’ emails. The OCC detects “unusual interactions” between a system administrative account and user email boxes
https://therecord.media/office-comptroller-currency-email-hack-report
‘They Are Laughing at Us All’: Trump Tariff Whiplash Boosts Wealth of Mega-Rich by $304 Billion “Is there any doubt in anyone’s mind they were tipped off?” asked one progressive news outlet.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/billionaire-wealth-trump-tariffs
House Republicans Pass Bill Letting Musk ‘Fleece Consumers’ With His X Money Scheme. “Elon Musk orchestrated a plan to rip off consumers with impunity when he tweeted ‘Delete CFPB’ and Congress just rubber-stamped it,” said one campaigner.
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/congress-allows-musks-x-money-to-fleece-consumers
Tariffs: The Big Picture. An overview of how tariffs work, their benefits and the challenges they present.
https://www.vox.com/politics/406467/trump-tariffs-prices-liberation-day-economy
# Education
Here’s What One of Trump’s Grantee Termination Letters Looks Like. This NEH grantee was told the “immediate termination” of her grant “is necessary to safeguard the interests of the federal government.” Is this America?
https://newrepublic.com/article/193628/trump-grantee-termination-letters-education?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_soapbox_rss&utm_term=tnr-newsletter-20240825
Florida Teacher Loses Job for Using Student’s Chosen Name. A Florida high school teacher’s community is rallying behind her after the school district chose not to renew her teaching contract because she called a student by their preferred name without parental permission.
https://people.com/florida-teacher-fired-for-using-student-s-preferred-name-without-parental-consent-11713353
Dad Having ‘Hard Time’ With First-Grade Math Homework, and He’s Not Alone
https://www.newsweek.com/dad-hard-first-grade-math-homework-not-alone-2056974
3 additional NMSU international students’ visas revoked
https://www.lascrucesbulletin.com/stories/visas-revoked-on-six-nmsu-international-students,114671
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Amid tariff chaos, Republicans plot “massive redistribution” of wealth from workers to the rich
https://www.salon.com/2025/04/12/amid-tariff-chaos-plot-massive-redistribution-of-wealth-from-workers-to-the-rich/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Interior Department announces major increase in Gulf oil, gas reserves. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum ordered officials to hold the offshore lease sales in the Gulf starting in June.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/louisiana/article_5abe5bb2-db99-4415-8a2f-a3594aef3f6e.html
In the Caribbean, the Trump Admin Is Implementing a Dangerous Geopolitics of Oil. The new U.S. goal is to lock the region into permanent reliance on fossil fuels, only now under a network of energy-rich countries overseen by the United States.
https://fpif.org/trump-pushes-geopolitics-of-oil-on-caribbean/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
One Man’s Quest to Reforest the Rio Grande Valley. The Tamaulipan thorn forest once covered 1 million acres on both sides of the US-Mexico border. Restoring even a fraction of it could help the region cope with the ravages of a warming world.
https://www.americanforests.org/article/rio-reforestation-it-takes-a-village-to-restore-a-forest/
‘This Executive Order is Illegal’: Trump Attacks Half-Century of Environmental Protections in One Fell Swoop. “This chaotic administration is obviously desperate to smash through every environmental guardrail that protects people or preserves wildlife, but steps like this will be laughed out of court,” said one advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-and-the-environment
# Gov / Politics
‘Near-limitless authority’: Trump reportedly moves to make sure GOP can’t lose elections
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-elections-near-limitless-authority/
New legislation based on conspiracy theory could have major consequences for the US — here’s what’s at stake. The door is open for many more conspiracy theories to gain traction.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/chemtrails-conspiracy-theory-legislation/
Here’s How Trump Plans to Take Control of Greenland. Donald Trump’s plan exposes just how clueless he is.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193912/donald-trump-plan-control-greenland-clueless
Trump’s Latest Executive Order Lays Bare His Authoritarian Ambitions. His directive to the Justice Department to investigate Miles Taylor and Chris Krebs, whose only crimes were telling the truth, is a frontal assault on the rule of law.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193854/trump-justice-dept-executive-order-taylor-krebs-authoritarian
“Youth Are Going to Die Because of This”: Trump Defunds Violence Prevention. Trump cut short crucial research on violence prevention, halting studies that have been underway for months and years.
https://truthout.org/articles/youth-are-going-to-die-because-of-this-trump-defunds-violence-prevention/
Vance resigns from Senate, OH special election officially underway. Whoever succeeds the vice president-elect will serve until Ohio holds a special election in November 2026
https://rollcall.com/2025/01/09/vance-resigns-from-senate-clearing-the-way-for-a-gop-replacement/
House passes bill to shield Trump from legal accountability, restricts judges from halting unconstitutional orders. Republicans push sweeping limits on judicial authority after courts repeatedly block Trump’s executive actions as unlawful or unconstitutional.
https://truthout.org/articles/house-passes-bill-limiting-judges-ability-to-place-injunctions-on-trump-orders/
Video of Trump Bragging About Enriching His Billionaire Pals Draws Outrage. “Donald Trump in a nutshell: doing everything he can to make the ultra-rich even richer,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren. “We need to find out if Trump’s tariff chaos was used as cover for insider trading.”
https://www.alternet.org/voters-outraged-video-of-trump-bragging-about-enriching-his-billionaire-pals-draws-outrage/
House GOP Passes Bill That Moves Toward Making Trump a ‘King With Unlimited Power.’ “House Republicans want to make it harder for federal courts to serve as a check on Trump’s lawlessness and overreach,” said one advocate. “But that’s not how our democracy works.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-impeach-judges
# Gov / Politics / Global
Vladimir Putin threat of ‘worldwide blackouts’ as NATO issues chilling warning. NATO is concerned that the Kremlin could unleash a new weapon against the world, causing “worldwide blackouts” by sabotaging undersea cables with its ‘shadow fleet.’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vladimir-putin-threat-of-worldwide-blackouts-as-nato-issues-chilling-warning/ar-AA1CKgPb
Nation-StateChina Admitted to Volt Typhoon Cyberattacks on US Critical Infrastructure: In a secret meeting between Chinese and US officials, the former confirmed conducting cyberattacks on US infrastructure.
https://www.securityweek.com/china-admitted-to-us-that-it-conducted-volt-typhoon-attacks-report/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump’s DOJ Brazenly Defies Judge’s Orders on Wrongly Deported Dad. The high court’s ruling reinforces the government must act to correct the wrongful deportation.
https://www.newsweek.com/doj-pushes-back-deadline-return-deported-maryland-man-2058756
The Supreme Court’s Latest Trump Compromise Is Making the Justices Look Like Chumps
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/supreme-court-anlysis-trump-gulag-justices-chumps.html
Human Rights Defenders Sue Trump Administration Over Sanctions on ICC Prosecutor. The suit argues it is unconstitutional for Trump to block humanitarian groups in the US from working with the ICC
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/human-rights-advocates-sue-trump-administration-over-sanctions-targeting-icc
# Medicare / Medicaid / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Trump’s HHS Purges Office Behind Poverty Guidelines, Slashing Team That Determines Medicaid, Food Aid Eligibility
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trumps-hhs-purges-office-behind-poverty-guidelines-slashing-team-that-determines-medicaid-food-aid-eligibility/
# Medical / Health News
Reproductive Freedom Leadership Council Wants To Put An End To The Black Maternal Mortality And Reproductive Crisis. In recognition of Black Maternal Health Week, members of the RFLC will introduce policies to improve Black maternal health.
https://newsone.com/6070556/reproductive-freedom-leadership-council-wants-to-end-black-maternal-mortality/
Title X Freeze Threatens Reproductive Health Care Access
https://time.com/7276543/title-x-funding-freeze-threatens-states/
An emboldened anti-abortion faction wants women who have abortions to face criminal charges. Many people involved in the abortion debate say a movement of so-called abortion abolitionists who want to punish women for having abortions is widening its influence
https://www.reflector.com/news/national/an-emboldened-anti-abortion-faction-wants-women-who-have-abortions-to-face-criminal-charges/article_02295157-6113-5630-9f99-712ea1f22bb4.html
Senator warns China could obtain Americans’ genetic data through 23andMe sale
https://therecord.media/senator-warns-china-could-acquire-23andme-genetic-data
Records from a top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are missing, the CDC’s parent agency has informed a U.S. senator.
https://www.usnn.news/top-cdc-scientists-records-missing-health-department-says/#google_vignette
# Military / General News / Global
Train like you fight: Taiwan comes to grips with an old military adage. Military planners have vowed to inject a greater degree of realism into military training, as China readies new tactics for a potential invasion
https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2025/04/11/train-like-you-fight-taiwan-comes-to-grips-with-an-old-military-adage/
Russia To Launch Massive $100 Billion Naval Expansion
https://www.newsweek.com/vladimir-putin-russia-launches-100bn-naval-expansion-2058669
# NASA / Space
The Pentagon has relieved the commander of a U.S. Space Force base in Greenland just two weeks after she hosted Vice President JD Vance for a visit.
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/04/11/space-force-commander-fired-after-email-dod-says-undermined-jd-vance/
Musk Splits With Trump Over ‘Troubling’ Cuts to NASA
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5245162-elon-musk-opposes-nasa-funding-cuts/
NASA Science Faces an ‘Extinction-Level Event’ with Trump Draft Budget Proposal. I’m Sorry, Trump Is Going to do What to NASA?
https://eos.org/research-and-developments/nasa-science-faces-an-extinction-level-event-with-trump-draft-budget-proposal
Proposed NASA Budget Cuts ‘Would Decimate American Leadership in Space.’ The approximate 20 percent budget cut could force the closure of the Goddard Space Flight Center and would see projects such as the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope scrapped.
https://spacenews.com/white-house-proposal-would-slash-nasa-science-budget-and-cancel-major-missions/
# NOAA / Weather
NOAA Scientists Are Cleaning Bathrooms and Reconsidering Lab Experiments After Contracts for Basic Services Expire
https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-lab
The Trump administration is proposing deep cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), according to a draft budget proposal viewed by NPR. It also proposes slashing the operations and personnel budget of the National Marine Fisheries Service, which manages the country’s ocean fisheries, by nearly 30%
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-5361366/major-budget-cuts-proposed-for-the-national-oceanic-and-atmospheric-administration
# Nuclear
Iran says ‘indirect talks’ begin with a US envoy over Tehran’s nuclear program. No overall agreement is immediately likely, but the stakes of the negotiations couldn’t be higher for these two nations closing in on half a century of enmity.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-us-nuclear-talks-oman-3aaca426accb6e450fef6395cc5de909
# Security / Surveillance
Trump administration planning major workforce cuts at CISA: Trump administration under scrutiny as it puts major round of CISA cuts on the table. Congressional members plan to raise questions Tuesday as hundreds of critical jobs could be slashed in the coming weeks.
https://www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/trump-scrutiny-cisa-cuts/744619/
Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience: https://www.cisa.gov/about
# Social / Social Programs
Social Security Admin Reportedly Moving All Communication to X, the Everything App. The Social Security Administration backed off its plan to cut phone services, but it’s still taking steps to limit the ways that people will be able to access information about the essential agency. The SSA plans to stop issuing communications through normal channels like press releases and will instead make statements exclusively on X.
https://gizmodo.com/social-security-admin-reportedly-moving-all-communication-to-x-the-everything-app-2000588351
SSA shifts to X posts for official messaging after cuts to communications staff. The SSA’s shift to Elon Musk’s X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/agency-oversight/2025/04/ssa-shifts-to-x-posts-for-official-messaging-after-cuts-to-communications-staff/
Musk claims voter fraud after admitting DOGE improperly used Social Security data
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3959118546252-musk-claims-voter-fraud-after-admitting-doge-improperly-used-social-security-data?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDQ0ODAzMTc0MDg%3D
How DOGE may have improperly used Social Security data to push voter fraud narratives
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=149417
Senior Social Security official removed by security after pointing out illegal plans
https://www.rawstory.com/social-security-illegal-musk/
Why do Trump and Musk keep pushing the Social Security fraud narrative?
https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDiscussion/comments/1j4h36s/why_do_trump_and_musk_keep_pushing_the_social/
150-year-olds are not receiving Social Security payments. The Social Security Administration has announced that it is correcting beneficiary records of those who are listed as 100 or older. “The data reported in the media represent people who do not have a date of death associated with their record,” the agency said.
https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/02/20/150-year-olds-are-not-receiving-social-security-payments
Trump accused of weaponizing Social Security and immigration system to target immigrants and silence dissent. Critics warn of authoritarian overreach as Trump administration marks immigrants as “dead” to force deportation and targets lawful residents for protected political speech.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/11/trump-accused-of-weaponizing-social-security-and-immigration-system-to-target-immigrants-and-silence-dissent/
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Cybersecurity
Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang issues stark warning about America’s need to keep pace with China on AI
https://nypost.com/2025/04/11/business/scale-ai-ceo-alexandr-wang-issues-stark-warning-about-china/
# Water
Thousands of Water Systems Across US Have Dangerous Cancer-Causing Chemicals. Millions of people across the United States could be drinking contaminated water, according to a new report.
https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2025/04/cancer-causing-chemicals-drinking-water-put-122m-americans-risk
US-Mexico water dispute: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that Mexico will immediately deliver water to Texas farmers, aiming to ease tensions with the U.S. under a decades-old treaty that has drawn renewed scrutiny from Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/sheinbaum-responds-mexico-texas-water-treaty-trump-2058686
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