Voices, The Peoples News
May 11, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Grandmother in U.S. without documentation faces deportation after wrong turn in San Diego
https://www.lipstickalley.com/threads/grandmother-in-u-s-without-documentation-faces-deportation-after-wrong-turn-in-san-diego.5897518/
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries
https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigration-parole-supreme-court-6282e48ef9bf41bd5c77e8e2b0642e89
CBS News: Trump administration asks African countries to accept deportations from United States
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-deportation-deals-with-angola-equatorial-guinea/
‘This is un-American’: Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman on the arrest of Newark mayor at ICE facility
https://www.msnbc.com/the-weeknight/watch/-this-is-un-american-rep-bonnie-watson-coleman-on-newark-mayor-s-arrest-at-ice-facility-239289925517
Dem Mayor Ras Baraka Calls His ICE Arrest ‘Targeted’
https://www.msnbc.com/the-briefing-with-jen-psaki/watch/-they-obviously-targeted-me-newark-mayor-describes-chaotic-arrest-in-confrontation-at-ice-facility-239297605589
Trump administration threatens more arrests after showdown outside ICE detention center: DHS spokesperson threatens arrests of House Democrats who were at N.J. ICE facility. Tricia McLaughlin accused members of Congress of assaulting and even body-slamming ICE officers. A congresswoman who was present denied the allegation.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/dhs-spokesperson-threatens-arrests-house-democrats-nj-ice-facility-rcna206052
US military using high-tech radar amid drone threat on border. Aerial incursions are a concern at the Southern border. The US military is using high-tech radar to monitor skies. The Defense Department’s presence has increased at the border
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/southwest/us-military-using-high-tech-radar-amid-drone-threat-on-border/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
‘Impossible to make jobs in America’: Another small business owner who thought Donald Trump was his golden ticket to economic prosperity is now watching his livelihood go up in flames.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/impossible-to-make-jobs-in-america-seller-who-backed-trump-to-spite-liberals-gets-harsh-wake-up-call-after-tariffs-punishes-his-business/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk’s ever-alarming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) now wants to consolidate the federal government’s vast data reserves. They’re currently siloed across government agencies, and DOGE wants to merge them into a sprawling centralized database.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/doge-elon-musk-data-hackers
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Federal Reserve is testing a Central Bank Digital Currency. that would give the government the power to: Track every dollar you spend. Freeze your account at will, and potentially erase your savings with the click of a button
https://fedpaymentsimprovement.org/news/blog/federal-reserve-explores-central-bank-digital-currency/
Investors pull money out of US equity funds for a fourth straight week
https://www.reuters.com/business/investors-pull-money-out-us-equity-funds-fourth-straight-week-2025-05-09/
‘Time is running out’: Ex-Trump official gives grim prediction of ‘unnecessary recession’
https://www.rawstory.com/scaramucci-prediction-recession-trade/
US, Chinese Officials Begin Tariff Talks in Geneva
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/10/nx-s1-5394399/u-s-and-china-begin-talks-amid-tensions-over-trumps-tariff-war
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump fires director of U.S. Copyright Office, she refused to rubber-stamp Elon Musk’s efforts to mine troves of copyrighted works to train AI models.
https://democrats-cha.house.gov/media/press-releases/morelles-statement-abrupt-firing-shira-perlmutter-register-copyrights
Want to Stop Trump’s Attacks on the NLRB? History Shows Strikes Are the Answer. Workers’ legal rights are inherently precarious in a capitalist economy. Only periodic mass upheaval has renewed them.
https://truthout.org/articles/want-to-stop-trumps-attacks-on-the-nlrb-history-shows-strikes-are-the-answer/
NLRB: National Labor Relations Board https://www.nlrb.gov/
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
‘I will run right over you’: New FEMA boss hurls aggressive greeting at staff. David Richardson replaced acting FEMA head Cameron Hamilton, who was fired for telling Congress the emergency response agency shouldn’t be dissolved.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/09/fema-head-run-right-over-staff/83533958007/
# General News
New pope predicts the biggest threat facing humanity. Pope Leo XIV showed that he is committed to the same causes as the late Pope Francis after he warned of the dangers of Artificial Intelligence
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/171359/Pope-Leo-artificial-intelligence-warning
# Gov / Politics
Chief Justice Roberts affirms judiciary must ‘check the excesses’ of Trump and Congress. As Judges face attacks from President Trump, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. says government “doesn’t work if the judiciary is not independent.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/07/chief-justice-roberts-judicial-independence-buffalo/
‘We’re not playing’: DHS spokesperson reveals plans on CNN to arrest members of Congress. A spokesperson for the agency stated there are plans to arrest more lawmakers in the coming days.
https://www.rawstory.com/dhs-arrest-members-of-congress/
Trump advisory board member pushes for Jan. 6 as national holiday to ‘honor American heroes.’ “That would be the biggest way to honor these American heroes who risked their lives, freedom and honor to protest what they perceived to be a stolen election.”
https://nypost.com/2025/05/10/us-news/trump-advisory-board-member-wants-jan-6-to-be-a-national-holiday/
Opinion: The power to cut off funds is important for civil rights, but Trump is abusing it
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5290821-trump-funding-universities-civil-rights/
Aide reveals Trump considering scrapping cornerstone of US Constitution: ‘It’s an option.’ White House is “actively looking at” suspending the ability of migrants to challenge their detention in court, according to Bloomberg.
https://www.rawstory.com/stephen-miller-immigration/
Is Trump Out-of-Touch, Senile, Nuts or Something Worse?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dh7jTM7gyd4
If Dems Want to Stand Up to Trump, They Must Stand With Palestine Protesters. Michigan’s attorney general is posing as an anti-Trump champion. So why is she helping Trump’s FBI to target protesters?
https://truthout.org/articles/if-dems-want-to-stand-up-to-trump-they-must-stand-with-palestine-protesters/
Trump signs order TARGETING ActBlue! After consolidating total, unchecked power in Washington, Donald Trump is now trying to threaten grassroots Democratic fundraising ahead of the midterms.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/trump-to-target-actblue-in-presidential-memorandum-00307251
# Gov / Politics / Global
France and Poland’s reconciliation is a sign of Europe’s alarm over US disengagement. A new pact could be the first step towards extending France’s nuclear shield over central Europe
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/08/france-and-polands-reconciliation-is-a-sign-of-europes-alarm-over-us-disengagement
Russia’s Putin proposes direct talks with Ukraine in Istanbul on May 15, ‘without preconditions’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/11/putin-proposes-direct-russia-ukraine-talks-in-istanbul-on-may-15
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Texas jail guard accused of helping and laughing as four inmates killed another prisoner over $40 debt. Bexar County jail detention officer is accused of allowing four inmates beat 46-year-old Francisco Bazan to death on April 28. He now faces a murder charge. The four inmates have been charged with first-degree murder and remain in custody
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/texas-jail-guard-arrest-murder-b2748011.html
National Guard deploys to NM city as youth crime rises.
https://www.aol.com/national-guard-deployed-blue-city-080017362.html
# Medicare / Medicaid
Congressional Republicans’ Proposals To Slash Medicaid Could Cost Tens of Thousands of Lives
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/congressional-republicans-proposals-to-slash-medicaid-could-cost-tens-of-thousands-of-lives/
Medicaid Reform Proposals in Congress: Republican lawmakers are divided over a potential change in Medicaid funding that pits moderates against fiscal hawks and threatens to further delay the budget reconciliation process.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/09/nx-s1-5392357/republicans-medicaid-trump-reconciliation-bill
# Military / Militia / General News
Pentagon orders Military libraries to get rid of materials related to DEI, gives deadline to comply. Another memo told academies to ignore ‘race, ethnicity or sex’ in admissions but athleticism could be considered
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/10/pentagon-dei-gender-ideology-books
Iowa National Guard unit deploying to Middle East scheduled for late May: Iowa National Guard 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry, or “Ironman Battalion,” will first train at Fort Johnson in Louisiana. From there, troops will be deployed to the Middle East for Operation Inherent Resolve. 1,800 Iowa National Guard soldiers will be part of the deployment.
https://www.messengernews.net/news/local-news/2025/03/guard-soldiers-gear-up-for-mission/
# NOAA / Weather
Dismantling NOAA Threatens the World’s Ability to Monitor Carbon Dioxide Levels. A small group of scientists are scrambling to preserve our ability to track atmostpheric carbon dioxide. The agency maintains the global backbone of measurements of CO2 and other gases, but these are at risk of being curtailed if the foreshadowed cuts to NOAA are realized.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/noaa-dismantling-threatens-keeling-curve-climate-research-trump-doge-cuts-national-oceanic-asmospheric-administration/
# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Social Security to Reinstate Overpayment Recovery Rate. The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced it will increase the default overpayment withholding rate for Social Security beneficiaries to 100 percent of a person’s monthly benefit.
https://blog.ssa.gov/social-security-to-reinstate-overpayment-recovery-rate/
GOP lawmakers advance proposals to reduce federal benefits, gut civil service protections. One Republican who voted against the cuts to federal benefits cast doubt that the provisions would end up in the final version of the GOP reconciliation bill.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2025/05/gop-lawmakers-advance-proposals-to-reduce-federal-benefits-gut-civil-service-protections/
Senate advances bill that could unravel decades of protections for vulnerable communities: ‘This impacts our community first and worst’
https://economicsecurityproject.org/news/community-orgs-push-back-as-texas-senate-advances-legislation-that-undermines-families-economic-security/
# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
New driving law means any driver in the US could be sued for breaking it
https://www.tcf-fca.ca/new-driving-law-in-the-us-2025/#google_vignette
# Veterans / VA
Homeless Veteran On Trial Until Judge Heard His Name And Stood Up In Silence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRbHkWXKIeg
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