Voices, The Peoples News
May 17, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
In the name of efficiency, Navajo president calls on Trump administration to preserve Bears Ears
https://idahocapitalsun.com/briefs/in-the-name-of-efficiency-navajo-president-calls-on-trump-administration-to-preserve-bears-ears/
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
“This Is Pure Evil” — People Are Floored By The Trump Administration Considering A Reality TV Show Where Immigrants Compete For Citizenship
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/trump-admin-immigrant-competition-show-reactions
ICE use of National Guard would need states’ OK: Active-duty military is already assisting on the US southern border
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/national-guard-ice-deportations/
Family of ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán is Using Witness Protection as Strategy to Keep Control of Sinaloa Cartel
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/14/el-chapo-family-enter-united-states/83619614007/
Mexican President Presses Trump Admin on ‘El Chapo’ Family’s Entering The U.S.: ‘They Need To Explain Themselves.’ 17 relatives of ‘El Chapo’ and son Ovidio Guzmán entered the U.S. last Friday
https://www.latintimes.com/sheinbaum-presses-trump-administration-answers-el-chapo-family-entry-us-583066
Study: Ending Birthright Citizenship Would Increase, Not Decrease, Unauthorized U.S. Population
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/nations-undocumented-population-would-swell-if-birthright-citizenship-ended-study-finds/
# Business / Industry / Corporations
New policy shockwaves hit the auto industry as Tesla becomes sole beneficiary of massive exemption, here’s what’s happening. The tariff exemption for Tesla could be viewed as a major boost for the company.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/tesla-tariff-exemption-us-manufacturing/
Musk Adviser May Make as Much as $1 Million a Year While Helping to Dismantle Agency that Regulates Tesla and X
https://www.propublica.org/article/doge-elon-musk-chris-young-cfpb-tesla-x
Corporate Landlords Show Racist Eviction Patterns. A new study reveals that large national landlords in Los Angeles are disproportionately evicting Black tenants.
https://prospect.org/infrastructure/housing/2025-05-16-corporate-landlords-show-racist-eviction-patterns/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump just blew it with ‘strongest adversary we’ve ever had’: Ex-defense leaders. Trump has made tariffs the centerpiece of his economic and foreign policy, claiming a means to bend other countries to his will but in practice repeatedly retreating or allowing carve-outs.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-china-tariffs-2672019128/
‘Taxing poor to give to the rich’: MAGA Republican hammers own party, “it’s reverse class warfare. Hawley told CNN
https://www.rawstory.com/josh-hawley-medicaid-cuts-2672018626/
US loses perfect credit rating in historic blow as Moody’s issues shock downgrade. In lowering the US rating from ‘AAA’ to ‘Aa1’, Moody’s noted that successive US administrations had failed to reverse ballooning deficits and interest costs.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/loses-perfect-credit-rating-historic-35241417
Senate Democrats poised to enable Trump’s crypto corruption. They would also destabilize the financial system.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-16-senate-democrats-trumps-crypto-corruption/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump moves to reclassify federal workers, making it easier to fire them, but they have some legal protections
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/trump-moves-to-reclassify-federal-workers-making-it-easier-to-fire-them
‘Plainly unreasonable’: Judge halts Trump ‘retaliatory’ order stripping bargaining rights from federal unions that have challenged the administration
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/plainly-unreasonable-judge-halts-trump-retaliatory-order-stripping-bargaining-rights-from-federal-unions-that-have-challenged-the-administration/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
‘Rogue’ communication devices found on Chinese-made solar power inverters. The devices could give adversaries a way to disable power grids, damage energy infrastructure and trigger blackouts, specialists say.
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/rogue-communication-devices-found-on-chinese-made-solar-power-inverters/748242/
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
‘Get FEMA out of Homeland Security’: FEMA is not ready for hurricane season.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5305312-michael-brown-suggests-fema-dhs-split/
Dozens of members of Congress from both parties plead with Trump to unfreeze FEMA grants. The bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency urging support for a grant program that helps local communities strengthen their preparedness for natural disasters.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/05/more-80-lawmakers-both-parties-urge-trump-unfreeze-fema-funding/405323/
# Food General News
Shoppers fume as America’s second-largest grocery store found overcharging customers with fake prices
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/may/14/kroger-supermarket-sales-tactics
# General News
Expert gobsmacked as Trump pushes through ‘by far most dangerous’ act yet: The sale of bump-stocks, a device which enables regular firearms to fire like machine guns, will be permitted by the Trump administration
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-bump-stock-ban/
Ivanka’s husband faces scandal in new Trump hotel development as officials find forged documents. Trump luxury hotel project on hold after official admits to forging documents. Goran Vasic, director of Serbia’s Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments, confesses to inventing expert opinion to justify decision to strip historic site of protected status
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-hotel-belgrade-serbia-forgery-b2751435.html
# Gov / Politics
“This Is Deeply Fascist”: People Are Floored That This Banner Was Actually Placed On A Government Building In DC. As one commenter pointed out, this kind of visual dominance is also common among today’s controversial leaders. Kim Jong Un, Vladimir Putin, Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro have all displayed their likenesses prominently in public spaces, Mao Zedong’s image at Tiananmen Gate, Saddam Hussein of Iraq, Muammar Gaddafi of Libya, and Fidel Castro of Cuba, who’ve all also done the same.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alanavalko/trump-banner-usda-building?ref=bfnsplash
The End of Rule of Law in America: From across the ages, Frederick Douglass is crying out that we Americans never forget: “The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.” The 47th president of the United States may wish he were a king. But in America, the law is king, not the president.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/05/law-america-trump-constitution/682793/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ5_Ed7Grr313g_wxR0-8814
Trump seeks a return to America’s racist roots, and he’s moving fast. The Trump administration is fighting against diversity, equity and inclusion and for a return to extreme racial exclusion, inequality and white supremacy.
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5302561-trump-administration-diversity-equity-inclusion/
Trump’s stance against South Africa is not just about white farmers. It’s also about Hamas and Iran
https://apnews.com/article/trump-refugees-south-africa-dei-israel-dacca8dc9aa023ea642ff3602f108440
Trump inadvertently admits he sacrificed lives to make $2T with Middle East trip. President Donald Trump admitted Friday evening that he chose to go on a three-nation Middle East tour instead of attending the Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul, which failed to reach a resolution.
https://www.newsbreak.com/irish-star-1693764/4011450478253-trump-inadvertently-admits-he-sacrificed-lives-to-make-2t-with-middle-east-trip
Tulsi Gabbard Fires Officials After Assessment Finds Trump’s Tren De Aragua Claims False. The entire basis for Trump invoking the Alien Enemies Act is probably false, according to an assessment from the National Intelligence Council.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tulsi-gabbard-tren-de-aragua-venezuela_n_6824db67e4b0a84e35c704c1
The damage Donald Trump is doing is worse than you think. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, for every MAGA announcement that dominates the 24-hour news cycle and sparks national outrage, there are countless others that don’t.
https://newsone.com/playlist/the-damage-donald-trump-is-doing-is-worse-than-you-think/item/3
Trump Alarms Reporters on Air Force One by Telling Them ‘We Need’ 8-Fighter Plane Escort: ‘Is It a Threat?’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-alarms-reporters-on-air-force-one-by-telling-them-we-need-8-fighter-plane-escort-is-it-a-threat/
Trump Freaks After SCOTUS Trashes His Birthright Citizenship Arguments. Donald Trump apparently can’t handle the fact that the justices thought his arguments were bad.
https://newrepublic.com/post/195343/donald-trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA / DHS
House Democrat: DHS ‘going to come after US citizens’: They are already doing it to children, to immigrants, to asylum-seekers. And we cannot give them more money to do this. And now they’re going after members of Congress,” Garcia continued. “So this is an incredibly dangerous moment for this country, and we’ve got to take it very seriously.”
https://thehill.com/national-security/5302973-house-democrat-dhs-going-to-come-after-us-citizens/
Texas gunman casually walked away after allegedly killing Afghan refugee over a parking space, and the DA won’t charge him: video
https://abc13.com/post/afghan-refugee-shot-killed-houston-during-parking-spot-dispute-shooter-faces-no-charges/16306544/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
After court appearance, Newark mayor accuses Trump administration of ‘authoritarianism’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/court-appearance-newark-mayor-accuses-192742057.html
The Trump DOJ Tells SCOTUS Its Plan to Ignore the Courts. A majority of the court has expressed misgivings about sweeping injunctions that box in the executive branch—but during arguments, the administration’s brash claims may have reminded the justices why these tools are so crucial in the first place.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/trump-doj-ignore-scotus-amy-coney-barrett-elena-kagan.html
# LGBTQ / Gender
Federal Judge Strikes Down LGBTQ Protections Against Workplace Discrimination. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk’s ruling marks one of the most alarming judicial rollbacks of LGBTQ rights in recent memory. Title VII no longer protects LGBTQ+ people from workplace discrimination.
https://truthout.org/articles/federal-judge-strikes-down-lgbtq-protections-against-workplace-discrimination/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Bondi shreds Biden-era protections for journalists as Trump White House hunts leakers. Attorney General Pam Bondi has opened the door to “subpoenas, court orders, and search warrants to compel” reporters to reveal information about their sources, warning that the Justice Department “will not tolerate disclosures that undermine President Trump’s policies.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/bondi-journalism-protections
Justice Sonia Sotomayor defends ‘fearlessly independent’ judiciary amid Trump attacks. Remarks by the liberal justice came as President Donald Trump and his allies have harshly criticized judges for blocking his agenda.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/justice-sotomayor-defends-independent-judiciary-trump-attacks-rcna198660
# Medicare / Medicaid
House Republicans move forward with plans to cut Medicaid and Food Stamps, reducing coverage for millions. These agendas would cut benefits for low-income families while cutting taxes for those with higher incomes. In total, as many as 14 million people could have their coverage terminated, with nearly 4 million losing food assistance.
https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/05/15/house-republicans-move-forward-with-plans-to-terminate-insurance-coverage-food-assistance-for-millions
GOP Lawmaker Quickly Correcting Himself From ‘Medicaid Cuts’ to ‘Medicaid Reforms’ Draws Fire Online; ‘Truth Slipped Out’: GOP Lawmaker Insists People Can ‘Keep Their Medicaid’ If They ‘Just Get a Job’
“The person we’re taking it away from is the able-bodied adult with no children who refuses to work.”
https://www.latintimes.com/gop-lawmaker-insists-people-can-keep-their-medicaid-if-they-just-get-job-583247
‘Oops’: A GOP slip of the tongue confirms ‘Medicaid cuts’ are coming, despite Trump’s denials. GOP Rep. Jason Smith has said the quiet part loud and confirmed what we all suspected: Medicaid cuts are imminent.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/oops-a-gop-slip-of-the-tongue-confirms-medicaid-cuts-are-coming-soon-despite-trumps-denials/
Republican bill cuts Medicaid for unemployed, undocumented children, Planned Parenthood. New rules would restrict access to the low-income health insurance program, punish states covering undocumented children, and shift costs to states.
https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/republican-bill-cuts-medicaid-for-unemployed-undocumented-children-planned-parenthood
# Medical / Health News
‘Living a nightmare’: GOP law reportedly causing ‘absolute horror show’ in Georgia: The body of a legally dead woman is being forced to carry her baby to term, her family was told she was not allowed to actually die because she was nine weeks pregnant at the time.
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/living-a-nightmare-gop-law-reportedly-causing-absolute-horror-show-in-georgia/ar-AA1EUUmx
Trump administration again blocked from cutting billions in federal health money
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-med-hhs-funding-clawback-lawsuit_n_68277e53e4b0a2fcab72970f?origin=top-ad-recirc
# Medical Science / Research
Trump Administration cuts funding for Sickle Cell research
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-cuts-funding-sickle-232407391.html
RFK Jr. Insists He Hasn’t Fired ‘Any Working Scientists.’ After Firing Hundreds Of Them. The HHS secretary “clearly believes that the more he tells a lie, the more it becomes the truth,” Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rfk-fired-scientists-angela-alsobrooks_n_68253fc0e4b0a84e35c73dc8
# Military / Militia / General News
Futuristic Grenade Launcher From Colt And Northrop Grumman Seen Being Fired For First Time
https://www.twz.com/land/futuristic-grenade-launcher-from-colt-and-northrop-grumman-seen-being-fired-for-first-time
MV-75 Official Designation Given To Future U.S. Army Tiltrotor Assault Aircraft (Updated). The Army is now pushing to speed up delivery of its baseline MV-75s, with special operations versions also on the horizon.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/101st-airborne-mv-75-aircraft/
The nuclear bomber carrying USS United States was to be America’s first supercarrier, its purpose was nearsighted but its design was imaginative, with elements incorporated into later designssome are more relevant today than ever.
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2025/03/uss-united-states-the-aircraft-carrier-that-was-halted-after-5-days/#:~:text=The%20USS%20United%20States%20was,commander%20of%20the%20USS%20Hornet
# Military / General News / Global
Long-Range ‘Deep Precision Strike’ Missile To Be Developed By UK And Germany. The weapon targets a 2,000km range, is spurred by the Russian threat and could emerge as a ballistic or cruise missile.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66CoMoUmRM8
Our Best Look Yet At Ukraine’s AIM-9 Sidewinder-Toting Magura-7 Drone Boat. A newly released video offers new views of the Magura-7 and offers more details about its capabilities.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/05/first-image-of-ukraines-sidewinder-armed-magura-v7-surface-drone/
# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Social Security Administration is raising the retirement age this month. The age to receive full benefits has officially risen to 67. To increase the full retirement age would cut benefits for nearly three-quarters of Americans and threaten low- and moderate-income workers with economic insecurity once they leave the workforce.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-retirement-age-changes-when-claim-2072670#:~:text=The%20full%20retirement%20age%20for,has%20officially%20risen%20to%2067
Elizabeth Warren and top Democrats are asking Social Security to halt plans they say would pave the way for more DOGE firings
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elizabeth-warren-top-democrats-asking-154749424.html
Panic as Social Security slashed for seniors over decades-old forgotten debts. Hundreds of thousands of older Americans are at risk of having their Social Security checks cut as a result of decades-old student loan debts.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14720353/older-americans-social-security-cut-student-loan-debts.html
Social Security Administration wrongly declares Americans dead in major error. In working to remove beneficiaries who have died, the Social Security Administration has accidentally marked living people as dead
https://www.themirror.com/money/social-security-administration-mistakenly-dead-1154844
DOGE said 40% of the Social Security Agency’s calls were ‘fraudulent.’ Data suggests it was actually less than 1%
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-said-40-social-security-171438243.html
House GOP plan to slash over $230B in spending, reform food stamps clears committee. An estimate from the Congressional Budget Office concluded that the committee’s plan exceeds that goal, but didn’t specify by how much. Some Republicans on the Agriculture panel suggested it could slash spending by as much as $300 billion.
https://nypost.com/2025/05/15/us-news/house-gop-plan-to-slash-over-230-billion-in-spending-reform-food-stamps-clears-committee/
McConnell announces HUD is allocating $1.5 million to state recovery housing program
https://www.wymt.com/video/2025/05/12/money-allocated-kentucky-recovery-housing-program/
# Sports
U.S. Basketball Player Could Potentially Face Firing Squad After Arrest. The player is accused of a crime that is not considered to be as severe elsewhere but the punishment is unthinkable. The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted smugglers are sometimes executed by firing squad
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jarred-shaw-arrest-firing-squad_n_682764d3e4b0f10918e340ed
# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
‘We are facing a crisis’: While Trump enjoys a $400 million private jet, the FAA is scavenging for aircraft parts on eBay
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/we-are-facing-a-crisis-while-trump-enjoys-a-400-million-private-jet-the-faa-is-stuck-scavenging-for-aircraft-parts-on-ebay/
Veteran Air Traffic Controller Spills All on Trump-Era Safety Crisis
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wsj-veteran-air-traffic-controller-043146650.html
# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Bob Thompson, an Army vet who spent almost 15 years with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), has dropped a bombshell and revealed startling footage of UFO Branded ‘The Cigar’ After it Soared Across U.S. Border. There does not seem to be an actual explanation for the startling footage.
https://radaronline.com/p/army-whistleblower-never-before-seen-footage-ufo-cigar/
# Water / Lakes / Oceans
Public outrage swells after policy restrictions on iconic lake threatens millions of Americans: ‘This has massive impacts on coastal communities.’ “The basic scientific supplies that we use … [are] being restricted.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/great-lakes-algal-bloom-toxicity-noaa-trump/
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