Voices, The Peoples News
May 20, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
These Tribes Want a Key Piece of Oklahoma Land Returned. The governor of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes spoke with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in early May about transferring nearly 10,000 acres.
https://oklahomawatch.org/2025/05/19/these-tribes-want-a-key-piece-of-oklahoma-land-returned/
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Papers please: Trump employs proof of identity tactic to monitor Americans. The data the administration is pushing for can be weaponized against people.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/19/trump-100-days-monitor-americans
At least 50 migrants sent to El Salvador prison entered US legally, Cato Institute finds. A subsequent CBS News investigation found that 75 percent of the men on that list had no criminal record in the United States or abroad. Less attention has been paid to the fact that dozens of these men never violated immigration laws either.
https://www.cato.org/blog/50-venezuelans-imprisoned-el-salvador-came-us-legally-never-violated-immigration-law
‘Flood the system’: US attorney unleashes new task force to crack down on blue state’s sanctuary policies
https://www.aol.com/flood-system-us-attorney-unleashes-180052293.html
ICE Deports Chinese National Security Threat. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement apprehended a Chinese national who was convicted of illegally acting as an agent of a foreign government. ICE Newark arrested Ming Xi Zhang March 24 in Newark, New Jersey, He remains in ICE custody.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-arrests-chinese-national-convicted-illegally-acting-agent-foreign-government
The Supreme Court has granted President Donald Trump’s request to remove legal protections for Venezuelan nationals, opening them up to potential deportation.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-venezuelans-deportation-trump-5589f17e0ecd5d33bfb220e15720f88d
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Dollar General shoppers urged to check bank accounts as ‘unsettling’ info-stealing devices found – victim list will grow
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14136207/dollar-general-warning-shoppers-card-skimmer-device/
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
# Children / Youth
Republicans are attacking childcare funding. Their goal? To push women out of the workforce
https://ifstudies.org/in-the-news/republicans-are-raiding-childcare-funding-to-push-women-out-of-the-workforce
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump says tax bill will help all Americans. President Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax-and-spending bill could come with a big, ugly cost, economists warn. It would add more than $2.5 trillion to the federal debt, currently at an all-time high of $36.8 trillion.
https://time.com/7286837/what-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-would-do-to-the-national-debt/
JPMorgan’s Dimon warns markets are underestimating geopolitical, inflation risks. The Trump administration’s fast-changing tariff policies sent markets spiralling on recession fears and concerns about the safety of US assets
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/jpmorgans-dimon-warns-markets-are-underestimating-geopolitical-inflation-risks
‘Concerted effort to disrupt and destroy’: Humanities organizations sue DOGE after it ‘gutted’ congressionally approved budget
https://lawandcrime.com/trump/concerted-effort-to-disrupt-and-destroy-humanities-organizations-sue-doge-after-it-gutted-congressionally-approved-budget/
# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
A Teacher Dragged a 6-Year-Old With Autism by His Ankle. Federal Civil Rights Officials Might Not Do Anything. Xander Reed, has autism and does not speak
https://www.propublica.org/article/garrison-school-illinois-autistic-student-dragged-ankle
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump’s mass layoff threat drives U.S. government workers to resign
https://www.aol.com/news/trumps-mass-layoff-threat-drives-101003222.html
How Trump and Elon Musk’s chaotic policy has impacted tens to thousands of US government workers
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-how-trump-and-elon-musks-chaotic-policy-mass-layoff-threat-has-impacted-tens-to-thousands-of-us-government-workers/articleshow/121292272.cms?from=mdr
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Major energy discovery near the Wah Wah Mountains in Utah
https://secure.commoditysupercycles.com/?cid=MKT836007&eid=MKT837413&cto_pld=3ic8x0HWAQBTkKUocSzldA&assetId=AST367832&page=1
Texas pushes fracking wastewater reuse, raising fears over liability and pollution. Oil companies in Texas want legal immunity as they promote treated fracking water as a solution to the state’s growing water crisis
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/19/texas-legislature-produced-water-legal-protections-oil-gas/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
China has officially launched an artificial sun: China’s “Artificial Sun” reaches new milestone, near-limitless
https://www.google.com/search?q=china+has+officially+launched+an+artificial+sun&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS924US924&oq=china+has+officially+launched+an+artificial+sun&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAjIHCAIQIRiPAtIBCTI5ODg1ajBqNKgCALACAQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:db35bcbd,vid:WSgmw00l-zU,st:1
China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ Breakthrough Brings Unlimited Energy Closer to Reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wTaxzBxo6E
China’s ‘artificial sun’ shatters nuclear fusion record by generating steady loop of plasma for 1,000 seconds
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/nuclear-energy/chinas-artificial-sun-shatters-nuclear-fusion-record-by-generating-steady-loop-of-plasma-for-1-000-seconds
Experts raise concerns as government announces plans to go against international agreement: ‘Fatally at odds.’ The Republic of Congo is set to nearly double its oil production over the next three years despite a previous agreement to step back from fossil fuels. Chinese and French oil companies are involved
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/republic-of-congo-oil-production-increase/#:~:text=Marketplace-,Experts%20raise%20concerns%20as%20government%20announces%20plans%20to%20go%20against,The%20diagnosis%20has%20been%20made.%22&text=The%20Republic%20of%20Congo%20is,step%20back%20from%20fossil%20fuels
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Scientists issue urgent warning after witnessing collapse of iconic insect species: A new report reveals the invertebrates could go extinct within a century, threatening ecosystems and the very survival of mankind.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/scientists-issue-dire-warning-about-collapsing-insect-populations/
Trump halts enforcement of key regulations, triggering legal concerns. President Donald Trump has ordered federal agencies to stop enforcing a wide range of regulations
https://www.ehn.org/trump-halts-enforcement-of-key-regulations-triggering-legal-concerns
Governments ramp up legal penalties to curb environmental protests
https://www.dailyclimate.org/governments-ramp-up-legal-penalties-to-curb-environmental-protests-2672168652.html
# Food General News
The Dirty Dozen: Wash These 12 Fruits and Vegetables Properly Before Eating. Your fruits and vegetables might be holding onto pesticides and chemicals. Cleaning them properly is essential if you want to stay safe.
https://www.cnet.com/home/kitchen-and-household/the-dirty-dozen-wash-these-12-fruits-and-vegetables-properly/
Publix pulls baby food pouches over lead contamination risk
https://people.com/publix-recalls-popular-baby-food-pouch-due-to-elevated-levels-of-lead-11737518
# General News
Bankrupt 23andMe Just Sold Off All Your DNA Data: Your DNA results are in — and they’re 100 percent the property of a pharmaceutical manufacturer. There’s nothing you can do about it.
https://futurism.com/neoscope/23andme-sold-dna-data
# Gov / Politics
White House Press Secretary Tells Reporters Trump ‘Remains Committed’ to ‘Obtaining Greenland’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/white-house-press-secretary-tells-reporters-trump-remains-committed-to-obtaining-greenland/
President Donald Trump is engaged in a war on government records unlike any other chief executive in modern history and he is flouting the law to suit his purpose
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-records/
Trump official rakes in $280M tax free with ‘ethics agreement’: President Donald Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick is emulating his boss by transferring away “his ownership interests in multiple affiliated companies” to trusts that will benefit his adult children
https://www.rawstory.com/howard-lutnick-trump-2672130120/
Trump has wiped Elon Musk’s name from Truth Social as GOP insiders admit he’s ‘finished, done, gone’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-elon-musk-truth-social-mentions-b2753786.html
Republicans Are Rejoicing as They Gut a Bill That Benefits Red States
https://newrepublic.com/article/195350/republicans-rejoicing-gut-bill-benefits-red-states
President Donald Trump has set up an endless series of showdowns and confrontations with federal courts, walking right up to the line of ignoring court orders and, in some cases, being accused of actually doing so. But there is a “centuries-old” mechanism courts can use to fight back
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-civil-contempt/
Musk caused US long-term damage. A citizen should never have this much power. In recent memory, no one has upended the US federal government as much as Elon Musk.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/05/19/elon-musk-doge-trump-administration/83516542007/
Federal Judge Voids Trump and DOGE Effort to Dismantle Agency: ‘Gross Usurpation of Power.’ The decision comes following a dramatic standoff between USIP employees and DOGE official, who covertly entered the building with police assistance.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/19/institute-of-peace-trump-courts-00357149
‘This is what your America has become’: Trump’s repulsive mouthpiece wants America to watch its depraved decline. “You might live to see how this chapter turns out.”
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/sit-down-little-girl-trump-puppet-wants-demonic-americans-to-watch-the-president-dragging-america-into-his-depraved-decline/
‘They made billions last year’: Donald Trump wants Walmart to do communism for a bit so his tariffs don’t make him look bad
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/they-made-billions-last-year-donald-trump-wants-walmart-to-do-communism-for-a-bit-so-his-tariffs-dont-make-him-look-bad/
‘Second biggest scandal’: Trump accused of new grift that puts Qatari plane in shade. “The $2 billion crypto investment in Trump stablecoin [by an Emirati firm] is the more offensive grift.” Now, Trump is unshackled. The president and his sons aren’t even pretending to close shop: they’re expanding, thirsty for deals like the one they signed in April to build a golf club in Qatar.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4014016906753-second-biggest-scandal-trump-accused-of-new-grift-that-puts-qatari-plane-in-shade?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDc3MDcxNjg0MDk%3D
‘I am going to call for a major investigation: Trump unable to maintain his lucidity after confusing America with Joe Biden cancer post
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/20/trump-suggests-coverup-of-bidens-cancer-as-questions-swirl-over-diagnosis
Supreme Court Weighs Birthright Citizenship Challenge. The United States’ highest court this week seemed divided over whether lower court judges had overstepped their authority in blocking the Trump administration’s attempts to limit birthright citizenship.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5398025/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship
# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin hitman threatens to blow US ‘to hell’ with radioactive tsunami as WW3 fears explode. The latest target of Putin’s nuclear ire is the United States, as the US Senate considers a new sanctions package designed to strangle the Russian economy.
https://www.newsbreak.com/express-u-s–316349130/4014764819691-putin-hitman-threatens-to-blow-us-to-hell-with-radioactive-tsunami-as-ww3-fears-explode
Netanyahu vows to ‘take control’ of Gaza as UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel. Key allies call escalation ‘egregious’ and promise ‘concrete’ response if Israel does not end renewed offensive and allow aid into strip
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/19/benjamin-netanyahu-israel-take-control-gaza-uk-france-canada-threaten-action
UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel over Gaza
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czxy19n4kpyo
Australia demands Israel allow aid into Gaza, stating ‘the population faces starvation’ in joint statement
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/20/australia-joins-demand-israel-allow-aid-into-gaza–starvation
Finland to use proceeds from frozen Russian assets to supply ammunition to Ukraine. Finland will supply 90 million euros ($101.35 million) of ammunition to Ukraine by using proceeds from Russian financial assets frozen by the European Union after Moscow’s full-scale invasion in 2022, the Finnish defence ministry said on Monday.
https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/finland-use-proceeds-frozen-russian-assets-supply-ammunition-ukraine-2025-05-19/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Should Send a Chill Down the Spine of Every American’: U.S. President Donald Trump’s Justice Department announced it is pursuing assault charges against Democratic congresswoman who took part in an oversight visit at a privately run migrant detention center in Newark earlier this month. “Every American should see this for what it is: the weaponization of the justice system in a shameful attempt to bully and intimidate those of us who stand in the way of the president’s agenda,” Menendez said.
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2025/05/20/democrats-condemn-assault-charges-facing-congresswoman/
VIDEO: Federal judge rules to restore 32 nonprofit grants following government freeze
https://www.live5news.com/2025/05/19/federal-judge-rules-restore-32-nonprofit-grants-following-government-freeze/
Trump admin made ‘error’ and ‘misrepresentations’ to federal court regarding removal of ‘unlawfully’ deported Guatemalan, still refuses to bring him back: Lawyers
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-admin-made-error-and-misrepresentations-to-federal-court-regarding-removal-of-unlawfully-deported-guatemalan-still-refuses-to-bring-him-back-lawyers/
Sobbing through meetings: Nearly three-quarters of the attorneys working for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division are leaving in protest of President Donald Trump’s policies.
https://www.rawstory.com/doj-civil-rights-division/
In latest Trump overhaul, Justice Department may change who prosecutes public corruption. The president, said one expert, “is for corruption and is undermining any federal efforts to combat it.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/doj-corruption
‘Sick to my stomach’: Critics appalled as taxpayers ordered to pay $5M to J6 rioter’s kin. Critics of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurgency were dumbfounded to learn that the Trump administration had agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of slain rioter Ashli Babbitt, as first reported by The Washington Post.
[Remember now, J6 rioters are Trump patriots.]
https://www.rawstory.com/ashli-babbitt-2672134585/
# Medicare / Medicaid
Republicans Are Making Their Politically ‘Suicidal’ Medicaid Cuts Even Worse. The House Energy and Commerce Committee was directed to cut $880 billion, mostly from Medicaid. A longtime Trumpworld adviser says the party’s effort to slash Medicaid is “the height of stupidity from a political perspective”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/12/republican-medicaid-proposal-cuts/83574876007/
GOP Cuts to Medicaid ‘Will Kill People,’ Advocate Warns and New Research Bolsters. A working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research found that Medicaid expansion saved over 27,000 lives since 2010.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/medicaid-cuts-nebr-research
US health groups vow to fight GOP cuts to Medicaid and Obamacare
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/19/republican-healthcare-bill-medicaid
GOP Senator Pestered About Medicare Fraud Scandal After Claiming Americans ‘Decided’ They Didn’t Want Healthcare: ‘Not Everyone Can Defraud Medicare’
https://www.latintimes.com/gop-senator-pestered-about-medicare-fraud-scandal-after-claiming-americans-decided-they-didnt-583373
After ‘Backroom Deal’ to Make Medicaid Cuts Even Worse, GOP Passes Budget Bill Out of Committee. “The only reason this vote passed tonight is because they’ve plotted behind closed doors to hurt even more families.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-tax-bill-advances-deal-130552250.html
# Medical / Health News
Superbug feeds on medical plastics, raising concerns over device safety in hospitals. A bacterium common in hospitals can digest biodegradable medical plastics, enabling it to persist on devices and potentially heighten infection.
https://www.livescience.com/health/viruses-infections-disease/hospital-superbug-can-feed-on-medical-plastic-first-of-its-kind-study-reveals
Kids, Teens Who Got COVID Vaccine Had 23% Higher Risk of Autoimmune Disease
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/kids-teens-covid-vaccine-autoimmune-disease-risk/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20250519
Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Connective Tissue Disorders Following COVID-19
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2810259
# Military / Militia / General News
Navy’s former second-in-command convicted in historic corruption case
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-05-19/navy-admiral-robert-burke-bribery-17845896.html
# Military / General News / Global
‘They Are Now Planning on Annihilating Khan Younis’: New IDF Displacement Order Sparks Alarm. The United Nations human rights chief called Israel’s intensifying assault on Gaza “tantamount to ethnic cleansing.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/khan-younis-evacuation
# NOAA / Weather
Trump plan would scrap critical ocean data network used by pilots, forecasters, and emergency crews. Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for info
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/trump-budget-would-cut-ocean-data-and-leave-boaters-anglers-and-forecasters-scrambling-for-info/articleshow/121246317.cms?from=mdr
# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Rights Groups Raise Alarm Over First US City’s Broad Use of Facial Recognition Tracking. “This is the facial recognition technology nightmare scenario that we have been worried about,” said one civil liberties campaigner.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/new-orleans-police-facial-recognition
# Social Media / Internet
How the Chinese Regime Uses YouTube to Influence Americans. Signs of the Chinese regime’s influence are becoming more prevalent on YouTube, especially in English-language content about China.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/technology/china-propaganda-youtube-influencers.html
Why is YouTube boosting anti-US, pro-Chinese communist propaganda?
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5155350-youtube-promoting-pro-china/
# Transportation / Travel Advisories
I’m a former air traffic controller. The entire system is being stressed and the government needs to do more.
https://www.businessinsider.com/former-air-traffic-controller-system-stressed-government-help-2025-5
# Veterans / VA
VA’s growing roll of veterans getting POW benefits scrutinized by those once held captive. When the number of former prisoners of war receiving benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs nearly doubled without explanation, an American survivor of the “Hanoi Hilton” wanted answers.
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-05-19/pow-veteran-counting-vietnam-gulf-17786591.html
# Water / Lakes / Oceans
Lawmakers propose game-changing new law to ban a dangerous substance found in human bodies: ‘A growing threat to our water and our health.’ The law would require testing and strategy plans to be updated every two years.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/rhode-island-microplastics-reduction-act/
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