Voices, The Peoples News
April 25, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Thousands of migrant children must face court alone after cuts to legal aid, rights groups warn. Immigrant rights groups argue that the Trump administration’s slashing of aid hurts vulnerable unaccompanied children, violating federal law and increasing risks of trafficking.
https://www.courthousenews.com/thousands-of-migrant-children-must-face-court-alone-after-cuts-to-legal-aid-rights-groups-warn/
Trump’s War on Immigrants Has Become an Attack on Us All. What began as Trump’s mass deportation scheme has spiraled into a campaign of intimidation against citizens lawfully using their rights.
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2025/04/09/trumps-attacks-immigrants-damage-democracy-250350
Trump Makes Alarming Confession on Wrongly Deported Immigrant. Donald Trump is openly admitting his defiance of the Supreme Court on Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Trump said he hadn’t asked Salvador President Nayib Bukele to release Abrego Garcia because “nobody asked me to ask him that question.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-makes-alarming-confession-wrongly-130304829.html
Wrongly Detained U.S. Citizen With Learning Disabilities Allegedly Forced To Sign Documents He Couldn’t Read. Jose Hermosillo, who lives in New Mexico was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and charged with illegal entry into the country.
https://www.latintimes.com/wrongly-detained-us-citizen-learning-disabilities-allegedly-forced-sign-documents-he-couldnt-581552
Disabled people detained by Ice sound alarm over overcrowded jails. Rodney Taylor, whose legs were amputated as a toddler, just one of many people with disabilities at risk from detention
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/25/ice-immigration-detention
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
‘Who Is DOGE?’ Has Become a Metaphysical Question. The acting head of the General Services Administration says it has no DOGE team. It merely lists at least a half-dozen DOGE affiliates on payroll and has a section of its building for DOGE use only.
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-doge-mystery-general-services-administration/
Don’t Be Fooled. Elon Musk Isn’t Going Anywhere. Tthe world’s richest person will continue to wield oligarchic influence over our politics, and therefore our lives.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/don-t-fooled-elon-musk-100000283.html
Why Elon Musk Isn’t Going Anywhere—At Least Not Right Away. When Elon Musk puffed a joint on Joe Rogan’s podcast recently, shareholders were relieved to know he was just high and not nuts
https://chiefexecutive.net/elon-musk-going-anywhere-not-right-away/
DOGE deactivates 500,000 credit cards in unprecedented new program. The new government squad headed by Elon Musk cut nearly half a million credit cards used by Americans, with 200k customers suspended in just the last month
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/doge-deactivates-500000-credit-cards-1105922
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump Team Tips Off Wall Street Execs About Coming Trade Deal. Trump is making sure his billionaire friends know what’s happening before the rest of the public. “Wall Street execs are getting a direct heads-up from the White House about news that could earn them billions on the stock market.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-wall-street-trade-talks
Trump’s Feud With the Federal Reserve Will Hit Your Pocketbook. The threat to the Fed’s independence affects more than just the stock market—ordinary Americans stand to lose out as well.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-feud-federal-hit-pocketbook-100000501.html
Fox Reporter Says the Trump White House Is Giving Wall Street Executives Inside Info on Tariff Negotiations
https://www.mediaite.com/news/fox-reporter-says-the-trump-white-house-is-giving-wall-street-executives-inside-info-on-tariff-negotiations/
‘Upended the constitutional order’: Trump has ‘no authority’ to impose tariffs for ‘whatever reason he finds convenient,’ lawsuit says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/upended-the-constitutional-order-trump-has-no-authority-to-impose-tariffs-for-whatever-reason-he-finds-convenient-lawsuit-says/
Sen. Chuck Schumer to force vote on restoring congressional power over trade, tariffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sen-chuck-schumer-force-vote-005140757.html
# Education / Schools / Libraries
Parents outraged after ‘whites’ and ‘colored’ signs are posted above water fountains in Georgia elementary school. Students reported seeing the signs above water fountains and in the cafeteria at Honey Creek Elementary in Conyers, Georgia, southeast of Atlanta, according to local outlet WSB-TV.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/parents-outraged-whites-colored-signs-223506436.html
DODEA schools included in new Trump order to end race factors in disciplining
https://www.localsyr.com/hill-politics/military-schools-offer-test-case-for-trump-education-reforms/amp/
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reinstates Commonsense School Discipline Policies
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/04/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-reinstates-commonsense-school-discipline-policies/
Donald Trump Administration To Seize Wages, Pensions, And Tax Refunds To Repay Student Loans: ‘Debt Cannot Be Wiped Away’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-admin-seize-wages-pensions-tax-refunds-repay-student-loans-debt-cannot-wiped-away
# Employment / Labor / Unions
The Teamsters Make Some Moves on Amazon. They’re compelling the company to bargain with their warehouse workers and delivery drivers. Despite the Trump administration’s baseline hostility to organized labor, union organizing continues apace, even—or perhaps, especially—at Amazon.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-04-24-teamsters-union-amazon-nlrb/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
The Dangerous Illusion of Climate Resilience. The latest floods, wildfires, and other disasters reveal the flaws of adaptation as the main response to climate change.
https://undark.org/2025/04/23/opinion-climate-resilience-illusion/
Yellowstone Caldera has a secret that could reveal how close we are to an eruption. Is Yellowstone Going To Erupt? New Research Reveals That the Volcano Is Venting
https://scitechdaily.com/is-yellowstone-going-to-erupt-new-research-reveals-that-the-volcano-is-venting/
Humanity on path to climate collapse as study warns 16 tipping points at risk. New research finds current climate policies put Earth on a collision course with multiple environmental tipping points, threatening irreversible damage to global systems.
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/multiple-tipping-points-at-threat-if-global-policies-dont-change/#:~:text=Multiple%20climate%20’tipping%20points’%20are,and%20vast%20forests%2C%20have%20warned
Trump administration slashes environmental reviews to speed fossil fuel permits
https://www.ehn.org/trump-administration-slashes-environmental-reviews-to-speed-fossil-fuel-permits
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Trump officials discuss making it much harder to qualify for federal disaster assistance, starting this hurricane season
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/04/25/politics/fema-aid-disaster-assistance-memo/index.html
# General News
Trump Team Unveils Gross New Target in Abrego Garcia Attacks: His Wife. Donald Trump’s administration has managed to sink even lower in their efforts to smear Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194360/donald-trump-team-new-attack-kilmar-abrego-garcia-wife
Judge Napolitano: Trump Pentagon fumbles at home, fails in Yemen: Max Blumenthal assesses the chaos at the Trump Pentagon under the abysmal leadership of Pete Hegseth, and how it might shape a potential war with Iran.
https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/judge-napolitano-trump-pentagon-fumbles
Transcript of Scott Ritter: Why Would US Fight in Yemen? full transcript of a conversation between Judge Andrew Napolitano and former United Nations weapons inspector Scott Ritter on Judging Freedom Podcast titled “Why Would US Fight in Yemen?” premiered March 24, 2025.
https://singjupost.com/transcript-of-scott-ritter-why-would-us-fight-in-yemen/?singlepage=1
# Gov / Politics
Trump tells Putin “STOP!” after Russia’s deadly strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv. President Trump posted on social media a scathing plea for Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt attacks on Ukraine after drones and missiles were launched toward Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqCdXe18oMs
Trump Has a New Plan for Ukraine. Hoo Boy. Anyone who believes Putin would hold the line at Donbas hasn’t been paying attention.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/donald-trump-ukraine-russia-ceasefire-peace-plan.html?pay=1745584795143&support_journalism=please
What Did Rubio Mean About “Moving On” From Ukraine? There Are a Few Clues. Signs point to a potential new area of focus.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/trump-russia-rubio-ukraine-putin-zelensky-iran.html
Pete Hegseth’s Signalgate Scandal Somehow Just Got Worse. The defense secretary went out of his way to use Signal on the Pentagon premises. The Washington Post reports that the former Fox News host had Signal installed on his office computer at the Pentagon, a major security risk
https://newrepublic.com/post/194337/pete-hegseth-signal-computer-pentagon
Pete Hegseth Is Self-Destructing at Lightning Speed. A new Signal scandal. Personnel nightmares. A torrent of leaks and condemnations. It’s almost as if he was a terrible choice for this gig.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/pete-hegseth-scandal-signal-wife/
Trump Guts Key Civil Rights Protections With New Executive Order. “With the swipe of his pen, Donald Trump has just made an attempt to re-segregate America by repealing and deprioritizing landmark civil rights regulations and laws,” legislative researcher Allison Chapman told Truthout.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-guts-key-civil-rights-protections-with-new-executive-order/
Trump’s Surprise Admission About Putin Wrecks “Great Dealmaker” Scam. As Trump reveals that he’s not expecting serious concessions from Russia in peace talks, the author of a new piece on his strategy explains why it’s likely to prove counterproductive—with tragic and disastrous results.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194392/trump-surprise-admission-putin-wrecks-great-dealmaker-scam
‘Like a slap in the face’: Trump officials cut hundreds of millions to combat gun violence and opioid addiction
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/trump-administration-funding-gun-violence-opioid-addiction
Donald Trump Goes Full Authoritarian In New Attack On Democratic Party. Donald Trump Targets Democratic Party Fundraising Platform ActBlue. Taking a page from authoritarians around the world, Trump is targeting his political opposition with criminal investigations.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-actblue_n_680a971ce4b042d1248573cb
# Gov / Politics / Global
UK intel behind Ukraine’s disastrous Krynky invasion, leaked documents reveal. The Krynky plot led to a bloodbath that remains one of the war’s biggest disasters.
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/04/23/uk-intel-ukraines-krynky-invasion/
Israeli Minister Says GOP Leaders Agree That Gaza “Aid Depots Should Be Bombed.” GOP leaders met with Israeli minister who called for bombing Gaza aid depots. Experts have said that Israel’s withholding and targeting of humanitarian aid amount to genocidal acts.
https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-minister-says-gop-leaders-agree-that-gaza-aid-depots-should-be-bombed/
Putin Hasn’t Decided Whether to Ditch Trump or Keep Trying to Manipulate Him. The last-minute announcement of an Easter truce in Ukraine was symbolic of the Russian president’s indecision.
https://finchannel.com/putins-unilateral-easter-truce-was-never-intended-to-last/125388/opinion/2025/04/
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Make No Mistake, Trump Is Turning the US Into a Police State. The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil is a blatant attack on the civil liberties without which there can be no meaningful democracy for anyone. Our dark days are getting darker by the moment.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-s-police-state
Trump Signs Executive Orders in Support of Law Enforcement and Public Safety
https://www.napo.org/washington-report/president-trump-signs-executive-orders-in-support-of-law-enforcement-public-safety/
Trump Promises to Militarize Police, Reincarcerate Thousands, and Expand Death Penalty
https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/trump-promises-to-militarize-police-reincarcerate-thousands-and-expand-death-penalty
Donald Trump and the police state. Donald Trump Will Need a Police State to Implement His Agenda
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/12/biden-trump-federal-power-police-state/
Trump is Erecting a Police State in America. The Constitution’s framers were aware that their system would rest on the willingness of all – particularly the president – to respect and maintain it.
https://www.resetdoc.org/story/trump-erecting-police-state-america/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller gave an outrageous ultimatum during a rant attacking U.S. federal judges for upholding the rule of law in the face of Donald Trump’s mass deportations.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-delivers-chilling-warning-165640958.html
Democrats Warn Law Firms That Caved to Trump are Helping Him Break Law. Multiple law firms have preemptively bent the knee to Donald Trump and agreed to provide him with free legal services.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194376/democrats-warn-law-firms-caved-donald-trump
Democrats Demand Answers From Top Law Firms That Caved To Trump’s Wishes. “Your agreement makes you complicit in efforts to undermine the rule of law,” they fumed to five prominent firms that paid off Trump to avoid his attacks.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-law-firms-caved-trump_n_6806aecee4b06d0beefcfb3f
Trump’s bad day in court: President loses three times within 90 minutes on DEI, sanctuary cities and voter registration. Federal judges across the country dealt blows to executive orders and other policy maneuvers
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-executive-order-court-rulings-today-b2739062.html
George Santos, Disgraced Congressman Turned Cameo Star, Sentenced to More than 7 Years in Prison for Fraud. The disgraced former congressman pleaded guilty to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in August 2024
https://people.com/george-santos-sentenced-to-prison-for-fraud-11721249
# LGBTQ / Gender
The “Parental Rights” Movement Takes Its Anti-LGBTQ Agenda to SCOTUS. The right-wing movement wants the Supreme Court’s help to alienate students from LGBTQ-inclusive books.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-parental-rights-movement-takes-its-anti-lgbtq-agenda-to-scotus/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
CBS News Falls to Trump: The Shocking Resignation of Bill Owens. How corporate pressure and a $10 billion Trump lawsuit against “60 Minutes” gutted one of America’s most trusted news programs.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonifitzgerald/2025/04/23/bill-owens-and-10-other-media-figures-who-quit-because-of-trump/
# Medical / Health News
That Fluoride Added to Your Town Water to ‘Prevent Cavities?’ The EPA Says It’s Hazardous Waste
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fluoride-drinking-water-prevent-cavities-epa-hazardous-waste/
EPA cuts key children’s health experts in push to end diversity efforts. “The moves are aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and environmental justice programs at the E.P.A., Trump administration officials say.”
https://www.sej.org/headlines/child-health-experts-diversity-roles-will-be-fired-or-reassigned
# Military / DOD / General News
Navy Commissions Its Newest Submarine, the USS Iowa. The new Navy submarine, a nuclear-powered Virginia-class vessel, is the first submarine to be named for the state.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-uss-iowa-submarine-commissions/
Global Tensions Surge as U.S. Expands Strikes in Yemen, Calls Out Russia on Ukraine Attacks
https://thedebrief.org/global-tensions-surge-as-u-s-expands-strikes-in-yemen-calls-out-russia-on-ukraine-attacks/
U.S. warship sent to China’s coast: An American warship sailed through a narrow sea corridor between China and Taiwan in a subtle show of force by the Trump administration amid geopolitical and trade tensions with Beijing
https://www.newsweek.com/us-navy-ship-taiwan-strait-transit-trump-china-2063395
# Military / General News / Global
North Korean Troops in Russia: A Dangerous New Phase in the Ukraine War. The alliance could further escalate and globalize the conflict.
https://www.cfr.org/expert-brief/north-korean-troops-russia-dangerous-new-phase-ukraine-war
# Other Stuff
Strange Desert Markings Resembling “Mysterious Writing” Spotted by Cameras on the International Space Station. Strange markings that resemble writing were recently spotted in the Tunisian desert by cameras aboard the International Space Station.
https://thedebrief.org/strange-desert-markings-resembling-mysterious-writing-spotted-by-cameras-on-the-international-space-station/#:~:text=Strange%20markings%20that%20were%20recently,Tunisia%20on%20April%2015%2C%202025
# Social / Social Programs
Trump Comes Up With New Plan to Gut Social Security. Trump’s team has just paved the way for mass layoffs at the Social Security Administration.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-comes-plan-gut-social-163722878.html
FACT CHECK: President Trump Will Always Protect Social Security, Medicare
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/fact-check-president-trump-will-always-protect-social-security-medicare/
Biden alleges Trump has ‘taken a hatchet’ to Social Security in his first post-presidency speech. “Social Security is more than a government program. It’s a sacred promise we made as a nation.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/joe-biden-speak-social-security-040723788.html
‘Thousands’ of Social Security Employees Changed to ‘Political Appointees’ Despite Career Status: “The agency has contorted the term ‘policy-influencing’ beyond all recognition.”
https://www.ibtimes.com/thousands-social-security-employees-changed-political-appointees-despite-career-status-report-3771293
Democrats call on Social Security Administration to keep field offices open
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5265540-democrats-social-security-administration-field-offices/
# Space Force
The NRO and the U.S. Space Force Just Conducted Another Secret Launch. On Sunday, the U.S. Space Force and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) conducted another secret launch of a classified payload.
https://news.clearancejobs.com/2025/04/22/space-force-and-nro-just-launched-another-secret-mission-heres-what-we-know/
# Veterans / VA
Donald Trump Faces Backlash After Telling Wounded Soldiers It’s ‘Amazing’ They ‘Got Hit’: ‘He Is Hopeless’
https://okmagazine.com/p/donald-trump-backlash-wounded-soldiers-amazing-hit-hopeless-empathy/
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