Voices, The Peoples News
June 17, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
U.S. Plans To Restrict Entry For Citizens Of Several Central Asian And African Nations
https://menafn.com/1109677112/US-Plans-To-Restrict-Entry-For-Citizens-Of-Several-Central-Asian-And-African-Nations
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Senate Republicans Unveil Trickiest Parts of Their Big Tax Bill
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/16/senate-gop-one-big-beautiful-bill-text-taxes-medicaid-cuts
# Employment / Labor / Unions
The Real Democratic Civil War. It’s not so much about ‘abundance’ as it is about how to reconnect with a justifiably angry working class.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-06-16-real-democratic-civil-war/
Trump administration may weaken or block first national workplace heat protections. Workers could soon be protected from working in the scorching heat – if Trump doesn’t change the rules
Nine workers died last August from heat-related illnesses, but the actual number of deaths may be higher due to difficulty tracking and reporting heat deaths
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/federal-workplace-heat-rules-trump-osha-b2771115.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Fossil fuel advocate shapes Republican push to cut renewable energy funding
https://www.carbonbrief.org/daily-brief/us-senate-proposal-ends-tax-cuts-for-clean-energy-disappointing-climate-advocates/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Alaskas first heat advisory. The heat bearing down on central Alaska “could feel like 110” in a state where the sun can shine all day.
https://grist.org/extreme-heat/alaska-just-hit-a-climate-milestone-its-first-heat-advisory/
# Food / SNAP [Food Stamps] / General News
Tyson Foods Is Dumping Millions Of Pounds Of Pollutants Into American Waterways
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/05/04/tyson-foods-is-dumping-millions-of-pounds-of-pollutants-into-american-waterways/
Industry-Friendly Loophole Lets Tyson Pollute, Deplete Groundwater Supplies. Minimal oversight from state agencies often means residents have little information about whether the industrial poultry farms are polluting or depleting the region’s groundwater.
https://whyy.org/articles/tyson-chicken-pollution-waterways-nitrogen-phosphorus/
Scientists urge FDA to overhaul food chemical safety rules as Kennedy targets industry loopholes. A sweeping government report on children’s health has reignited criticism of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s outdated approach to food.
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/06/fda-food-testing-maha/
# General News
The Trump Family’s Latest Grift Is a Cheap Phone That Might Not Work. The launch, not coincidentally, is tied to the 10th anniversary of Trump’s infamous golden escalator ride, but it marks yet another example of the Trump family blurring the line between public office and private profit.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/16/2328352/-Trump-family-s-latest-grift-is-coming-for-your-phone
# Gov / Politics
Will the U.S. get pulled further into the Israel-Iran war? Trump seems to be trying to associate himself with the attacks after the fact. “We’re not involved in it. It’s possible we could get involved. But we are not at this moment involved,” the president told ABC News.
https://www.vox.com/world-politics/416774/iran-israel-attack-us-war
Trump Erupts in Crazed Hard-Right Rant as MAGA Fury Takes Darker Turn
https://newrepublic.com/article/196849/trump-erupts-crazed-hard-right-rant-maga-fury-takes-darker-turn
Mark Carney Brutally Shuts Trump Down for Whining on Russia’s Behalf. Donald Trump kicked off the G7 meeting by shilling for Russia.
https://newrepublic.com/post/196880/donald-trump-mark-carney-russia-g7
Trump to depart G7 summit early after warning Iranians to leave Tehran. The White House confirmed that President Donald Trump would be departing the G7 summit early, citing matters in the Middle East.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/16/trump-evacuate-tehran-warning-israel
Trump not seeking ceasefire with Israel, Iran as he rushes back to White House. After leaving the G7 summit ahead of schedule, President Donald Trump quashed any talk of trying to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_6149fd45-2ed8-437d-b82e-4a9fba7ce18f.html
Tim Kaine Introduces War Powers Resolution to Prevent Trump From Attacking Iran. This comes a day after Trump floated the possibility of deeper US involvement in the intensifying war. The measure by Democratic lawmaker Tim Kaine comes as foreign policy hawks call on US to join Israel in attacking Iran.
https://san.com/cc/kaine-introduces-war-powers-resolution-requiring-approval-for-iran-strike/
Trump urges immediate evacuation of Tehran as U.S. deploys ‘defensive’ forces to Middle East. Warnings echo those earlier from Israeli officials, who urged hundreds of thousands of people in the Iranian capital to evacuate.
https://time.com/7294722/iran-israel-war-trump-strike/
Israel’s War with Iran Isn’t America’s Fight—And Voters Know It
https://www.mintpressnews.com/israel-strike-iran-congress-backlash/290010/
The Worst Part of Trump’s Big Bill Is Getting Almost No Attention. Democrats have been largely silent on perhaps the bill’s most ominous characteristic: an orgy of resources for Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller’s shock troops to carry out President Trump’s indiscriminate crackdown on immigration and protest.
https://newrepublic.com/article/196753/trump-republican-budget-bill-immigration-enforcement
5 million reject Trump’s militarism with No Kings protests as immigration raids expand. Nationwide demonstrations denounce authoritarianism, ICE crackdowns, and Trump’s $45 million military parade while calling for sustained resistance.
https://truthout.org/articles/5-million-people-attended-no-kings-protests-how-can-we-build-on-this/
Federal Agents Handcuff and Detain New York City Mayoral Candidate. Brad Lander was taken into custody at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/brand-lander-ice-mayor-immigration-trump-dhs-warrant/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-06-17-2025
The Trump Admin. Keeps Detaining and Prosecuting Elected Officials Who Get in His Way. This retribution campaign, though long promised, has proven sweeping and egregious, targeting everyone from law firms that cross him to the highest levels of the Democratic Party.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/trump-detain-elected-officials-democrats-brad-lander-alex-padilla-lamonica-mciver/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-06-17-2025
Trump appears to demand ‘unconditional surrender’, threatens ‘easy target’ ayatollah. Trump previously seemed to confirm American involvement in the war by stating that “we” had control over Iranian air space and that American equipment had played a role in achieving air supremacy.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/17/israel-iran-conflict-live-updates-tehran-trump-evacuation-middle-east
# Gov / Politics / Global
Iran wants Israel destroyed: Former PM Naftali Bennett. Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reiterated his nation’s desire to prevent Iran from possessing a nuclear weapon and argued that Iran wants to destroy Israel.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/war-in-israel/iran-israel-destroyed-naftali-bennett/
As Israel Eyes Regime Change, Iran’s Opposition Is Divisive and Divided. Need to know: With the Iranian government facing its most serious existential threat, a variety of opponents are looking to capitalize.
https://www.newsweek.com/israel-eyes-regime-change-irans-opposition-divisive-divided-2086253
Israeli Strikes Hit Natanz Halls As Trump Urges Iran To ‘Give Up’—Report: Live Updates
https://www.newsweek.com/iranians-flee-tehran-israel-strikes-trump-says-stay-tuned-live-updates-2086517
Israeli strikes damage Iran’s underground nuclear site, agency says as Trump warns Tehran
https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-missile-attacks-nuclear-news-tehran-trump-06-17-2025-3f08988b5e8fd375645967b6e22916f3
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
American Bar Association sues Trump Admin over executive orders targeting law firms. It claims the executive orders pursued by the White House have cast a chill across the legal industry.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/16/american-bar-association-sues-trump-00409204
9th Circuit to hear Trump’s appeal of National Guard ruling. An appeals court will hear arguments Tuesday on whether President Donald Trump can keep control of the California National Guard.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_4860cb7c-f4f4-4136-b135-81b49ed5cc30.html
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Senate Finance Committee endangers even more Medicaid patients, it goes further than the House, threatening the lives of more Americans.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-06-17-senate-finance-committee-endangers-even-more-medicaid-patients/
Senate GOP deepens Medicaid cuts to fund Trump tax breaks as healthcare losses mount. Republicans propose harsher work requirements, provider tax reductions, and new co-pays that threaten millions of low-income Americans’ access to care.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/06/17/senate-gop-deepens-medicaid-cuts-to-fund-trump-tax-breaks-as-healthcare-losses-mount/
# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
The Supreme Court Takes Aim at Abortion Protections in Blue States
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/06/supreme-court-vs-abortion-new-york-jersey.html
Keep the Federal Government out of State Public Health and Vaccine Law making. There are calls by some for the White House and US Attorney General and Congress to intervene in California, New York, Maine and Connecticut and to override the constitutional authority of those state legislatures to make vaccine laws
https://www.nvic.org/newsletter/june-2025/protect-religious-exemptions-to-vaccination
New Hampshire could ban funding for programs for disabled people
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/report-new-hampshire-disabled-benefits-bill-dei/
# Medical Science / Research
Doctors cured a deadly disease by editing DNA inside a living human for the first time. New England Journal of Medicine published what has become a high-profile case of a 5-month-old boy called KJ with a deadly genetic disorder, who became the first to receive a personalized CRISPR gene-editing treatment.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/infant-rare-incurable-disease-first-successfully-receive-personalized-gene-therapy-treatment
# Military / Militia / National Guard / General News
Armada of USAF tankers just deployed East over Atlamtic Spurring Speculation
https://www.twz.com/air/armada-of-usaf-tankers-just-deployed-east-over-atlantic-spurring-speculation
New US nuke missle drops first strike gauntlet on China. Newly unveiled LRSO air-launched missile raises the nuclear stakes ahead of New START Treaty expiration in February 2026
https://asiatimes.com/2025/06/new-us-nuke-missile-drops-first-strike-gauntlet-on-china/#
Hidden in the US Armys new reform initiative is a warning for Europe
https://www.justsecurity.org/114375/us-army-reform-warning-europe/
Pentagon vows US is maintaining ‘defensive posture’ as Trump assembles National Security Council. The developments come as the president is also calling for his National Security Council to gather in the Situation Room Monday night.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/pentagon-vows-us-maintaining-defensive-posture-trump-assembles-national
Trump dismisses US intelligence, says Iran was ‘very close’ to having nuclear weapon. ‘I don’t care what she said. I think they were very close to having one,’ Trump says in response to testimony from his intelligence chief
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/trump-dismisses-us-intelligence-says-iran-was-very-close-to-having-nuclear-weapon/3601885
Tankers Deploy to Europe as US Weighs Options in Israel-Iran War. Dozens of aerial refueling tankers have flown from American military bases to Europe as the U.S. considers its options for potential involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/usaf-tankers-deploy-europe-as-us-weighs-options-israel-iran-war/
‘Unprecedented Mass Deployment’ of Warplanes Across Atlantic Fuels Fears of US War on Iran. “You don’t spin up this kind of skyward muscle just to flex,” said one observer.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/u-s-israel-iran
# Military / General News / Global
‘War Crime’: Iran Demands UN Action After Israeli Bombing of Media Building on Live TV. A regional director of the Committee to Protect Journalists said that “Israel’s killing, with impunity, of almost 200 journalists in Gaza has emboldened it to target media elsewhere in the region.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/16/iran-israel-attack-state-television-irib
‘The Rubicon Has Been Crossed’: Iran Likely To Break Paralysis With Massive Retaliation
https://kashmirobserver.net/2025/06/13/the-rubicon-has-been-crossed-iran-likely-to-break-paralysis-with-massive-retaliation/
China’s nuclear arsenal surges 20% in one year, reaching over 600 warheads: SIPRI. The Chinese arsenal is still much smaller than that of Russia and the US, but Moscow is watching Beijing’s buildup warily,
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/06/chinas-nuclear-arsenal-surges-20-in-one-year-reaching-over-600-warheads-sipri/
Nimitz sails to Middle East as fighting between Iran and Israel intensifies
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2025/06/16/uss-nimitz-heading-to-middle-east-defense-official-says/
# Pharmaceuticals
Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs. Investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.
https://www.propublica.org/article/fda-drug-loophole-sun-pharma
# Planetary / Earth
Scientists have discovered an ocean deep within the earth. Though not in the familiar liquid form, the ingredients for water are bound up in rock deep in the Earth’s mantle, the discovery may represent the planet’s largest water reservoir.
https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=111648
Earths core is acting up. Nasa links planet wide disturbance to mysterious energy emerging from deep with in the mantle. NASA’s recent discovery of an expanding magnetic anomaly in the South Atlantic Ocean, known as the South Atlantic Anomaly, raises significant concerns about its potential impact on technological systems and space exploration.
https://www.sustainability-times.com/research/its-growing-nasa-detects-massive-earth-anomaly-expanding-rapidly-and-threatening-the-entire-continental-united-states/
# Social Services / Programs
Social Security retirement age set to change in 2025. In 2025, the full retirement age is 66 years and 10 months. For those who turned 66 in 2024, FRA is 66 years and eight months.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/social-security-full-retirement-age-2025-what-to-know/
# Veterans / VA
New VA policy sparks outrage as doctors may refuse treatment to Democrats and unmarried veterans alike. New rule allows VA doctors to refuse treatment based on politics. Federally protected classes cannot be discriminated against. The rule allows doctors to discriminate against other characteristics. The VA can also discriminate in hiring due to nonprotected reasons
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/military/new-rule-va-refuse-treatment-politics/
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