Voices, The Peoples News
July 18, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
ICE Dramatically Ramps Up Noncriminal Arrests After Trump’s Demands. Newly obtained federal records offer the clearest picture yet of how aggressively the Trump administration has pursued its mass deportation agenda — with a sixfold increase in arrests in early June.
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/14/ice-migrant-arrests-trump-administration-deportations-data/
ICE agents are harassing the courthouse volunteers who assist besieged immigrants
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/ice-arrests-federal-courthouses-sacramento-san-francisco-diego-denver-immigration-hearings-arrests-volunteer-observers/
Alligator Alcatraz guards, detainees say conditions are deteriorating
https://www.salon.com/2025/07/17/alligator-alcatraz-guards-detainees-say-conditions-are-deteriorating/
DeSantis under fire for using disaster funds to build migrant detention jail. Analysis of $20m spent on ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ shows some contracts went to governor’s donors or allies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/ron-desantis-disaster-funds-alligator-alcatraz
DeSantis’ concentration camp stunt is source of more cruelty, chaos. Migrants have become political footballs in the cynical political calculus
https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/07/16/desantis-concentration-camp-stunt-is-source-of-more-cruelty-chaos/
Disabled army veteran and US citizen detained in California ICE raid on farm released
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDELoIdR4eQ
Feds prep for reopening of Alcatraz prison. Critics call it the ‘stupidest initiative yet’: “Make no mistake: this stupidity is a diversionary tactic to draw attention away from this Administration’s cruelest actions yet in their Big, Ugly Law, which takes food from children and rips health care from millions to give tax breaks to billionaires,” former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement
https://www.yahoo.com/news/feds-prep-reopening-alcatraz-prison-201101206.html
ICE is now richer than most of world’s militaries thanks to Trump’s new funding. ICE’s annual budget increased from $8.7 billion to $27.7 billion
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-funding-world-militaries-b2790466.html
How ICE Is Outsourcing Mass Deportations: Some of the world’s largest private security firms are making millions by aiding ICE’s mass deportations — and now that the Trump administration’s megabill has granted ICE a multi-billion-dollar windfall, they are lining up for an even bigger cut.
https://www.levernews.com/how-ice-is-outsourcing-mass-deportations/
ICE Is Getting Unprecedented Access to Medicaid Data. A new agreement viewed by WIRED gives ICE direct access to a federal database containing sensitive medical data on tens of millions of Americans, with the goal of locating immigrants.
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-access-medicaid-data/
ICE says migrants are ineligible for bail hearings which could leave them in jail for years while courts hearings play out
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-migrant-bail-hearings-b2789334.html
MAGA Republican Says He Doesn’t Care If ICE Detains U.S. Citizens
https://newrepublic.com/post/198045/maga-republicans-ice-detains-us-citizens
Migrants Seeking Self-Deportation Say CBP App Leaves Them Stranded: ‘They Took My Documents at the Border’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/migrants-seeking-self-deportation-say-cbp-app-leaves-them-stranded-they-took-my-documents-at-the-border/ar-AA1IO0y9
I was once an ICE prosecutor. What I see now in immigration courts is disturbing. Each day, ICE raises the stakes –– even targeting Americans who dare to show solidarity.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5404863-i-was-once-an-ice-prosecutor-what-i-see-now-in-immigration-courts-is-disturbing/
Oregon Preschool Sent Into Lockdown After ICE Arrests Father During Morning Drop Off
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/17/oregon-ice-arrests-outside-preschool
Some GOP members want protections for undocumented farm workers. The Trump administration’s “no amnesty” policy for undocumented farm workers is being met with pushback from some GOP members.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/gop-farm-workers-undocumented-no-amnesty/
Woman With Leukemia Trapped in ICE Detention Center for 5 Months Without Treatment — Partner Fears She Won’t Make It Out Alive
https://www.newsbreak.com/inquisitr-news-522568/4114291257843-woman-with-leukemia-trapped-in-ice-detention-center-for-5-months-without-treatment-partner-fears-she-won-t-make-it-out-alive
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
The House gave final approval to President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion for public broadcasting and foreign aid early Friday as Republicans intensified their efforts to target institutions and programs they view as bloated or out of step with their agenda.
https://apnews.com/article/pbs-npr-budget-cuts-trump-republicans-b0044285659ab708e23eb2dc2f3eabfa
# Education / Schools
Trump’s Homeland Security Agents now just doing ICE’s dirty work, targeting pro-Palestinian academics
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/trumps-homeland-security-agents-now-just-doing-ices-dirty-work-targeting-pro-palestinian-academics/
# Employment / Labor / Unions / # OSHA
OSHA Just Reduced the Value of a Worker’s Life. A New York University analysis of HUD data concludes that the two-year cap would force 1.4 million households — predominantly working families with children—out of subsidized housing, leading to widespread evictions and upheaval, per the report.
https://www.newsbreak.com/alternet-332687158/4114822479705-so-disrespectful-this-trump-proposal-could-throw-1-4-million-people-out-of-their-homes
Trump administration weakens OSHA penalties and inspections, raising risks for U.S. workers. A new U.S. Department of Labor policy cuts workplace safety inspections and lowers fines for small and first-time offending businesses, drawing criticism from experts who warn it will lead to more job-related deaths and illnesses.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072025/trumps-osha-slashes-fines-for-worker-safety-violations/
US Department of Labor updates penalty guidelines to support small businesses and eliminate workplace hazards
https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/osha-national-news-release/20250714
USPS worker denied water at Starbucks in 100-degree heat: Starbucks faces backlash after USPS worker denied free water after delivering package In 100-degree heat, one month after mail carrier dies while working in high temps
https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/07/16/starbucks-faces-backlash/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump officials quietly tighten control over renewable energy projects on public lands
https://www.ehn.org/trump-officials-quietly-tighten-control-over-renewable-energy-projects-on-public-lands
Wall Street firms move to buy electric utilities as data centers drive energy demand. Consumer groups say proposals by BlackRock and Blackstone to buy energy companies in Minnesota, New Mexico and Texas could hurt residents.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/energy-environment/blackrock-minnesota-power.html
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Pacific Rim Volcano Surge: Geologists Issue Stark Alerts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_-Mv40QTEc
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
How Trump’s big bill devastates the US food system
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/trump-snap-cuts-big-beautiful-bill-food-aid-snap-farm-bill-agricultural-subsidies/
# General News / Trump / Epstein
‘It was his best friend’: Ex-Trump Casino boss reveals president brought Epstein and teen girl to gaming floor. White House is calling his story “fabricated”
https://people.com/ex-casino-boss-claims-trump-epstein-brought-underage-girls-casino-floor-11774374
‘This Thing Is Moving’: Democrats Reportedly Have the Votes to Force Epstein Files Release. White House has come under fire for not releasing documents related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/15/republicans-jeffrey-epstein-files-release
Trump asks Bondi to release Epstein grand jury testimony. Pam Bondi responded, saying they are ready to do so tomorrow. Trump said the Epstein files have received ‘a ridiculous amount of publicity.’ The DOJ announced its ‘exhaustive review’ of the files on July 7
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-asks-bondi-to-release-epstein-grand-jury-testimony/
WSJ says Trump wrote racy birthday letter to Epstein. The president says it never happened. The report comes amid heightened scrutiny of his relationship with the accused sex trafficker.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/17/trump-epstein-wall-street-journal-00461787
Donald Trump Bombshell: President Is Named in the Jeffrey Epstein Files, His Former Chief of Staff Claims
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-ex-chief-staff-makes-161542379.html
The Trump Administration Reportedly Has Extensive Logs of Epstein Money Transfers, Refuses to Release Them
https://thehill.com/homenews/5407262-epstein-financial-records-wyden-trump/
# General News
US State Department draws criticism for shutting office that brings home deceased diplomats. State Department says duties of OCA have been transferred. Democrats, former diplomats say Trump’s layoffs undercut U.S. diplomacy. The closure comes amid the death of a U.S. official abroad
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-state-department-draws-criticism-shutting-office-that-brings-home-deceased-2025-07-17/
# Gov / Politics
Donald Trump seems to be planning the biggest election-rigging scheme ever seen in America, Analyst warns
https://www.rawstory.com/gerrymandering-texas/
Attorney General Pam Bondi Claims Trump Has Constitutional Authority To Nullify Laws In Newly Revealed Letters. In purporting to license otherwise illegal conduct by tech firms, President Trump set a precedent expanding executive power, legal experts warned.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/us/politics/trump-bondi-tiktok-executive-power.html
Trump quietly claimed a power even King George wasn’t allowed to have. It’s called the “dispensing power.” It was an old prerogative of English kings, one in which they could simply assert that the law doesn’t apply to their friends (a power not limited to foreign affairs
https://www.vox.com/politics/419393/trump-tik-tok-letters-dispensing-power-king
Far-Right Influencer Brands MAGA the ‘Biggest Scam in History’ Following Trump’s Push to Move On From Epstein: ‘The Liberals Were Right’
https://www.newsweek.com/right-wing-influencer-denounces-trump-epstein-liberals-were-right-2100489
Peter Welch calls for resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
https://www.wcax.com/video/2025/07/16/peter-welch-calls-resignation-homeland-security-secretary-kristi-noem/
Prominent Democrat calls for mental health examination for Trump after he forgets key appointment
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/prominent-democrat-calls-mental-health-35572424
Senate Democrats warn Trump’s foreign policy is fueling China’s rise and weakening U.S. global power. Sentiment towards the US is deteriorating even among Washington’s closest allies, according to Pew survey data
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/17/us-losing-ground-to-china-due-to-trumps-policies-democrats-warn
Trump Confesses to Bribing Congress Members
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-brags-about-illegally-bribing-gop-congressman-vote-big-beautiful-bill-i-did-him-587059
Gavin Newsom’s Retaliatory Redistricting Plan Is Good, Actually. The California governor is threatening to make a controversial tit-for-tat response if Texas Republicans redraw their state’s district maps to boost the GOP’s numbers in Congress.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198094/gavin-newsom-right-gerrymandering-trump
Urban League declares a ‘state of emergency’ for civil rights in the US in response to Trump
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/national-urban-league-declares-state-of-emergency-for-civil-rights-in-the-u-s-under-trump
# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
White Man Punched 11-Year-Old Black Boy in the Face, Then Hurled Racial Slurs For Speaking To White Children Sentenced To 41 Months In Prison. “The toughest part about this is that my son was doing nothing. Nothing wrong. And was attacked. Attacked because of his skin color,” the 11-year-old father’s said.
https://people.com/white-man-randomly-punched-11-year-old-black-boy-in-the-face-then-hurled-racial-slurs-11773904
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Mexico set to be torn apart as El Chapo’s son prepares to tell US prosecutors ‘everything he knows.’ One of the world’s most notorious drug cartel leaders could very well destabilize the Mexico government as he plans to reveal all he knows about corrupt officials.
https://www.newsbreak.com/daily-mail-560402/4112590054523-mexico-set-to-be-torn-apart-as-el-chapo-s-son-prepares-to-tell-us-prosecutors-everything-he-knows
Federal judge destroys ICE’s lies about military-style raids, calls out Trump administration’s constitutional violations
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/federal-judge-destroys-ices-lies-about-military-style-raids-calls-out-trump-administrations-constitutional-violations/
Maurene Comey sends warning to colleagues about Trump administration after being fired from DOJ, warns her former colleagues: ‘Fear is the tool of the tyrant’
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/17/maurene-comey-letter-firing-00459560
Supreme Court has become ‘willing accomplices’ to Trump’s ‘lawlessness’: expert
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2673290681/
The Supreme Court Says Laws Aren’t Real. The Roberts court majority seems bound and determined to undermine the American constitutional order.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198007/supreme-court-education-department-trump
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Medicaid Cuts? Yes. But the GOP Is Quietly Cutting Medicare, Too. A little understood aspect of the big, ugly bill could cause devastating problems for seniors and others.
https://newrepublic.com/article/197992/republican-trump-budget-bill-cuts-medicare-too
Democratic attorneys general sue Trump administration to block ObamaCare changes
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/democratic-attorneys-general-sue-block-hhs-changes-aca-health-insurance-2025-07-17/
The US House Passed Terrible Medicaid and SNAP. US House passed their “mega-bill” with Medicaid and SNAP cuts that will take health care and food away from millions of Americans. The bill passed on a near party-line vote of 215-214. Among the Texas delegation in Congress, all Republicans voted for it, and all Democrats voted against it.
https://txchildren.org/the-us-house-passed-terrible-medicaid-and-snap-cuts-last-night/
Inside the Fight to Save SNAP and Medicaid. A wide array of hunger and health care advocates are hoping to mitigate the effects of some provisions in Trump’s budget bill before they are implemented.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/inside-fight-save-snap-medicaid-100000584.html
# Medical // Global
Cartels Are Taking Over Emergency Rooms in Mexico, Forcing Doctors to Treat Gunmen At Gunpoint
https://www.latintimes.com/cartels-are-taking-over-emergency-rooms-mexico-forcing-doctors-treat-gunmen-gunpoint-587009
# Military / Militia / National Guard / NATO
NATO must be ready for 2-front conflict with Russia and China, top US commander in Europe says
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-07-17/nato-must-be-prepared-for-wars-18470191.html
Exclusive: Military contractor says she was fired for noting problem that ‘jeopardized the safety of U.S civilians and troops
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/pentagon-whistleblower-saic-fired-weapons-code-b2790309.html
President Trump Decreased US Defense Budgets, Here’s The Real Impact. “In a world increasingly shaped by the hard edges of power, the most dangerous illusion is the belief that the United States can deter, compete, and win in future conflicts without major reinvestment in its military
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davedeptula/2025/07/16/why-president-donald-trump-might-increase-americas-defense-budget/
Air Force Shakes Up Helicopter Plans, Wants to Convert Some HH-60Ws. The modified “Whiskeys” would replace aging UH-1 Hueys now operating out of Joint Base Andrews, Md
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-helicopters-shakeup-hh-60-mh-139/#:~:text=The%20Air%20Force’s%20helicopter%20fleet,of%20Joint%20Base%20Andrews%2C%20Md
# Military / Global
China’s Aircraft Carriers Push into Waters Long Dominated by US
https://www.newsweek.com/china-reveals-encounter-western-aircraft-carrier-2100558
# Social / Communities
‘So disrespectful’: This Trump proposal could throw 1.4 million people out of their homes. A proposal from the Trump administration would impose a strict two‑year limit on Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) flagship rental assistance programs, including Section 8 vouchers and public housing. If enacted, the change could leave 1.4 million of the nation’s lowest-income households without housing support
https://www.newsbreak.com/alternet-332687158/4114822479705-so-disrespectful-this-trump-proposal-could-throw-1-4-million-people-out-of-their-homes
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
AI, Satellites, and Golden Dome Shine in New House-Passed Defense Bill. The House version of the NDAA takes aim at acquisition and requirements processes that have long bedeviled both Congress and the military.
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/07/ai-satellites-and-golden-dome-shine-new-house-passed-defense-bill/406787/
# Veterans / VA
Veterans want the VA to provide the care they need after developing cancer from working at Area 51.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiT8UOY6EWg
# Water / Lakes / Oceans
The Ogallala Crisis: What Happens When America’s Largest Water Source Runs Dry?
https://www.newsbreak.com/discover-wild-science-318442312/4113838167754-the-ogallala-crisis-what-happens-when-america-s-largest-water-source-runs-dry
The one thing Texas won’t do to save its water supply. Texas property owners can use nearly as much water under their land as they want. That’s unlikely to change even as the state approaches a crisis.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/29/texas-water-crisis-groundwater-rights/
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