Voices, The Peoples News
July 6, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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249 Years Ago, America Rejected a King and Declared Independence:
249 years ago, on July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress
adopted the Declaration of Independence, officially declaring the
13 American colonies’ separation from Great Britain. It asserted the
fundamental right of the people to alter or abolish a government
that becomes destructive of their rights.
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
In Birthright Citizenship Decision, the Supreme Court Expanded Trump’s Power
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/in-birthright-citizenship-decision-the-supreme-court-expanded-trumps-power/
‘Children born on US soil are citizens’: Mothers urge court to issue injunction and reject Trump admin arguments in birthright citizenship merits case
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/children-born-on-us-soil-are-citizens-mothers-urge-court-to-issue-injunction-and-reject-trump-admin-arguments-in-birthright-citizenship-merits-case/
How the Supreme Court’s Ruling on ‘Universal Injunctions’ May Affect Birthright Citizenship. Trump’s executive order says that the amendment’s citizenship clause does not apply to individuals born to parents who are in the U.S. illegally or on a temporary visa.
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/06/how-the-supreme-courts-ruling-on-universal-injunctions-may-affect-birthright-citizenship/
Fate of birthright citizenship order unresolved after Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions. The ruling was a partial victory for President Donald Trump who has made immigration his signature issue.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/27/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-donald-trump-texas/
“They Arrested Them in the Hallway”: Boy With Leukemia Freed From ICE Custody After Public Outcry
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4090257881582-they-arrested-them-in-the-hallway-boy-with-leukemia-freed-from-ice-custody-after-public-outcry
“They Could Die There”: Migrants Plead for Safety as U.S. Moves Forward With South Sudan Deportation
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4090589328976-they-could-die-there-migrants-plead-for-safety-as-u-s-moves-forward-with-south-sudan-deportation
Family plans to reunite with 2-year-old left in Indianapolis after parents’ deportation
https://www.newsbreak.com/wthr-524564/4088576661882-family-plans-to-reunite-with-2-year-old-left-in-indianapolis-after-parents-deportation
Immigrants with no criminal convictions represent sharpest growth in ICE detention population
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/nx-s1-5456246/immigrants-no-criminal-convictions-growth-ice-detention-population
Joe Rogan Condemns Trump’s Mass ICE Raids as ‘Insane’: ‘Not Cartel Members, Just Construction Workers’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5383761-trump-ice-worksite-raids-reaction/
U.S. Expands Militarized Zones to 1/3 of Southern Border. The move places long stretches of the border under the supervision of nearby military bases, empowering U.S. troops to detain people who enter the country illegally
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2025/07/05/us_expands_militarized_zones_to_13_of_southern_border_1120870.html
A Utah man is speaking out after spending nearly 50 days in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas, despite being a lawful U.S. resident. His attorney says the federal government got it wrong — and taxpayers footed the bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/utahn-speaks-being-detained-texas-030912088.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump-GOP Budget Bill Will Give Top 1% Over $1 Trillion in Tax Breaks: The amount set to flow to a “tiny sliver of affluent families” over the next decade is roughly equal to the Medicaid cuts included in the Republican bill, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trillion-tax-cut-for-rich
# Education / Schools
Alabama schools to lose $68 million in federal grants under Trump freeze
https://alabamareflector.com/2025/07/04/alabama-schools-to-lose-68-million-in-federal-grants/
Trump administration freezes $6 billion in education grants, citing “radical leftwing agenda”
https://www.aol.com/trump-administration-pauses-6b-education-191900496.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump Admin Quietly Accelerates Massive Crude Oil Project on Colorado River. Trump is using emergency powers to rush environmental review of a crude oil railway along the already-endangered river.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-quietly-accelerates-massive-crude-oil-project-on-colorado-river/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
New Law Banning Foreign Ownership of Texas Land Goes into Effect Sept. 1
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_8d37c950-c8cf-416f-aa4b-6b033b6d47b2.html
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
Trump ‘loses it’ as he claims 2 billion farms have been rescued then outright lies over taxes. Trump’s ‘2 billion farms’ gaffe at Iowa event raises mental clarity concerns amid tax bill claims
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news/trumps-2-billion-farms-gaffe-35498388
# General News
As flood deaths rise, Texas officials blast faulty forecast by DOGE-gutted National Weather Service. “Experts warned for months that drastic and sudden cuts at the National Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability and endanger lives during the storm season,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/nws-cuts-texas-floods
Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape. The destructive, fast-moving waters rose 26 feet (8 meters) on the Guadalupe River in just 45 minutes before daybreak Friday, washing away homes and vehicles. The area is especially popular around the July Fourth holiday, making it more difficult to know how many are missing.
https://apnews.com/article/texas-floods-missing-hill-country-5044c169b59921b2b4f65a2568c354c0
# Gov / Politics
Sunday thought: A national reckoning As we slide further into a dysfunctional police state
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-a-national-reckoning
‘Worst is yet to come’: Ex-GOP insider floats ‘massive’ claim about Trump’s bill. Trump’s bill will build a massive police and surveillance state,” political strategist Steve Schmidt wrote.
https://www.rawstory.com/worst-yet-to-come-trump/
Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill will be seen as ‘mass extinction event’ as voters reel from brutal cuts. The spending bill will strip millions of Americans of healthcare and food security, and will add $3 trillion to the national deficit over the next decade
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-seen-35505337
MAGA Congressional Candidate Calls Texas Floods ‘Fake’: It’s ‘Murder’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-congressional-candidate-calls-texas-215509077.html
GOP cringes over Trump’s vow to wield military against opponents. Trump’s comments about deploying the military to handle the “enemy from within” and “radical-left lunatics,” have put Republican candidates in an awkward spot
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4937655-trump-comments-down-ballot-republicans/
A national reckoning is coming for America
https://www.alternet.org/america-reckoning/
Musk declares war on the two major political parties, forming his own America Party. As a foreign-born U.S. citizen, Musk cannot run for president but he can support third-party candidates. It is rare for third-party candidates to break through significantly.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/6/elon-musk-launches-the-america-party-as-feud-with-trump-escalates
A plan to take human rights off the table at the State Department. The cuts are part of a Trump administration plan to overhaul State, outlined in internal documents.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/29/rubio-human-rights-state-00374606
Red States Follow DOGE’s Lead, Slashing Services to Fund Giveaways to the Rich. A handful of states are using DOGE initiatives to push ahead with cuts conservatives have been wanting for decades.
https://truthout.org/articles/red-states-follow-doges-lead-slashing-services-to-fund-giveaways-to-the-rich/
U.S. Rep Mark Green, R-Tenn. Officially Resigns from Congress
https://www.kake.com/green-officially-resigns-from-congress/article_bc111531-c20a-5ce9-9fb2-5270c11dfa48.html
Sanders Says Every Republican Who Backed Trump-GOP Budget ‘Must Pay a Price at the Ballot Box,’ “They do not deserve to be re-elected and they must be defeated,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-republicans-midterms
# Gov / Politics / Global
The world is increasingly distancing itself from the United States, both politically and culturally, rather than a literal declaration of independence
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2025/jul/04/independence-day-america-decline
Mexicans protest Americans moving into their neighborhoods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QlKaQs0lcA
In Gaza, Aid Is a Tracking Device Distributed by People With Guns and Drones. Hunger in Gaza isn’t accidental — it’s managed. It’s enforced. And now, aid is being militarized.
https://truthout.org/articles/in-gaza-aid-is-a-tracking-device-distributed-by-people-with-guns-and-drones/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
The House of Representatives has approved President Trump’s request to cut funding for PBS. They’re claiming that Sesame Street brainwashes viewers and children with “communist” agendas and promotes “anti-American” views
https://apnews.com/article/trump-budget-cuts-npr-pbs-global-health-2844a884091dce5255a3f4ad70f3a1c6
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
‘People Will Suffer, People Will Die’: GOP Nears Final Passage of Largest Medicaid Cuts in US History. “The top 1% are salivating over getting an extra $300,000 a year because of this dangerous bill,” said one House Democrat. “Billionaires win.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-pass-reconciliation-bill
GOP Lawmaker Caught ‘Selling’ Stock in Healthcare Group That Accepts Medicaid as ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Passes House, Trade Insider Says
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-bresnahan-medicaid-stock-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-2094672
Overseas criminal group bought US companies to defraud Medicare, feds say. A total of 15 defendants charged with health care schemes in the eastern district of New York as part of national health care fraud takedown
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/11-defendants-indicted-multi-billion-health-care-fraud-scheme-largest-case-loss-amount
States sue Trump admin for secretly sharing Medicaid data with ICE, DHS. 20 states are suing the Trump administration for allegedly giving Medicaid data to immigration officials. They say it violated federal laws.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/states-sue-trump-admin-for-secretly-sharing-medicaid-data-with-ice-dhs/vi-AA1HSwbN
Colorado joins 19 other states in lawsuit to stop sharing of Medicaid data with ICE, such data sharing violates federal laws and privacy protections. The states allege that the federal government is using Medicaid data for immigration enforcement purposes, which they say is not permitted under the law.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5453885/medicaid-data-immigration-dhs-lawsuit
# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at US hospitals, but are running into visa issues. Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international medical residents set to start their training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-07-04/foreign-medical-residents-fill-critical-positions-at-us-hospitals-but-are-running-into-visa-issues
Judge gives way for abortion care to resume in Missouri
https://www.yahoo.com/news/missouri-resumes-abortion-services-judge-000323350.html
New research suggests the conservative mental health advantage is a myth. Across dozens of countries, scientists are uncovering the psychological mechanisms that drive political behavior, from affective polarization to the appeal of authoritarianism.
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-are-uncovering-more-and-more-unsettling-facts-about-our-politics/
# Military / Militia / National Guard
American veterans attacked, injured while distributing aid in Gaza with US-backed group
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/07/05/Gaza-Humanitarian-Foundation-workers-wounded/5211751739501/
Calls to GI Hotlines Rise as Service Members Consider Defying Trump’s Orders. Conscientious objector applications surge under Trump as military members fear becoming “the saber that he’s rattling.”
https://truthout.org/articles/calls-to-gi-hotlines-rise-as-service-members-consider-defying-trumps-orders/
U.S. military’s attempt to retain strategic land for training runs into Native Hawaiian opposition
https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/international/2025/07/04/fes8-us-hawaii-military-lands.html
# Military / Global
Dutch intelligence services say Russia has stepped up use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-chemical-weapons-netherlands-26a1bea82a7d1a57b581c60683628712
Ukraine, Denmark ink landmark deal to produce weapons on Danish soil: ‘Paramount for security and investment’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/world-news/ukraine-denmark-ink-landmark-deal-to-produce-weapons-in-europe/
# NOAA / Weather
Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas. DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, experts say the agency accurately predicted the flood risk in Texas.
https://www.wired.com/story/meteorologists-say-the-national-weather-service-did-its-job-in-texas/
# Science / Science Engineers / Chemistry
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts
# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware
Department of Homeland Security to cut 75% of intelligence office staff
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/07/dhs-plans-shed-most-its-intel-office-workforce/406466/
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