V Hafnarfjörður oices, The Peoples News
December 26, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
“Something Terrible They Did To Us” – Tragedy Strikes Deported Woman As Husband Dies in ICE Detention. “I never saw him again, I never spoke to him or heard his voice again,” Pedro Juan said. “It’s something terrible they did to us. Yes, it’s something terrible they did to us.”
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/immigration/2025/12/19/immigration-news-widow-says-ice-failed-husband-in-custody/87786319007/
‘Beyond Dehumanizing’: ICE Docs Expose Plan to Hold 80,000 People in Warehouses. The proposal does not treat detainees “as people but just things to be warehoused like Amazon packages,” said one critic. “They want to build a network of concentration camps,” said one critic.
https://truthout.org/articles/ice-documents-expose-plan-to-hold-80000-people-in-warehouses/
Federal judge blocks ICE from arresting migrants appearing for court dates in Northern California
https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/sf-ice-courthouse-arrests-21261412.php
Palau signs agreement with Trump administration to take 75 migrants from US for $7.5 million. “What if we spent the $100,000 per person in America setting them up with housing assistance, healthcare, education, etc?” asked one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-palau-deportees
Customs said a $70K seizure was routine. A congressman says it was ‘theft’: Border agents seized $70,000 from a motorist heading from the United States into Mexico — not because the man had done anything illegal, but because he had failed to mention he was carrying the cash.
https://san.com/cc/customs-said-a-70k-seizure-was-routine-a-congressman-says-it-was-theft/
17,500 Arrested in DHS Special Operation. The law is in honor of a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who was murdered by a Venezuelan illegal immigrant in February 2024. The Department of Homeland Security said the Venezuelan was previously arrested and released before Riley’s death. It also said the Venezuelan was a member of the terrorist criminal gang Tren de Aragua, which the State Department designated in February as a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/dec/25/dhs-arrests-17500-illegal-immigrants-laken-riley-act/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Agencies Cancel Over 100 Excessive Contracts Worth $4.4B. The Department of Government Efficiency announced that, over the past five days, federal agencies canceled 103 excessive contracts with a total ceiling value of $4.4 billion, resulting in a reported $103 million in savings
https://www.executivegov.com/articles/federal-agencies-cut-103-contracts-save-103m
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump Admin Halts Minnesota Payments. Kelly Loeffler, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced the decision, citing the state’s fraud scandals.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-official-pulls-5-5-190315826.html
Trump’s Chip Embargo Against China Is Backfiring Spectacularly
https://futurism.com/future-society/trump-china-ai-chip-investors
Latest GDP Figures Show Rich Reaping Rewards as Working Class Continues to Suffer Under Trump. The law has had limited overall impact — and delivered its benefits almost entirely to corporations and the rich. These findings are yet another example of how Trump’s bold economic claims belie the myriad challenges facing Americans.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/economics-policy-wages-gdp-trickle-down-effect-corporate-profits
# Employment / Labor / Unions / Business / Industry / Corporations
Billionaire Mark Cuban Says ‘Name And Shame’ Big Employers Who Pay So Little Their Workers Get Medicaid—’Taxpayers Are Subsidizing’ Their Profits
https://www.benzinga.com/news/health-care/25/06/46132209/mark-cuban-calls-out-low-wage-employers-says-taxpayers-are-subsidizing-their-profits-pushes-name-and-shame-strategy-to-cut-medicaid-costs
Trump’s long, tortured relationship with the unemployment rate just got worse. As bad as the unemployment situation looks right now, last week the chairman of the Federal Reserve said that he thinks the real numbers are actually worse. . . .
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trumps-bad-economy-is-even-worse
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
In June 2025, Meta signed a landmark 20-year agreement with Constellation Energy to save the Clinton Clean Energy Center, a nuclear power plant in central Illinois, from early decommissioning.
https://www.ans.org/news/2025-06-03/article-7084/constellation-meta-sign-20year-deal-to-source-entire-illinois-nuclear-plants-power/
Coal Miners Were Poised to Win Key Safety Protections. Then Trump Showed Up. After courting coal miners during his campaign, Trump has left a trail of broken promises.
https://truthout.org/articles/coal-miners-were-poised-to-win-key-safety-protections-then-trump-showed-up/
Trump ‘Choosing From the War Crimes Menu’ With ‘Quarantine’ on Venezuela Oil Exports. “Economic strangulation is warfare and civilians always pay the price,” lamented CodePink.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-venezuela-quarantine
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USDA
USDA backing Washington ranchers in standoff with state authorities. Water wars are common in the West. But this Nov. 8 story explores the federal government’s unusual decision to intervene on behalf of cattle ranchers who faced criminal investigation for damaging protected wetlands to collect rainwater for their herds.
https://san.com/cc/usda-backing-washington-ranchers-in-standoff-with-state-authorities/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Epstein Files Bombshell: Donald Trump and Disgraced Financier Accused of ‘Raping the Same Female’, Newly Released FBI Docs Claim
https://www.aol.com/entertainment/epstein-files-bombshell-donald-trump-200144810.html
Epstein’s ‘First Known Victim’ Was Just 13 Years Old — and Alleges Disgraced Financier ‘Introduced’ Her To Trump, Bombshell Lawsuit Claims
https://radaronline.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-first-known-victim-lawsuit-trump-introduction/
Justice Department Humiliated as People Find the Epstein Files Can Easily Be Un-Redacted. The ease of recovering information that was not properly redacted digitally suggests that at least some of the documents released by the Justice Department were hastily censored.
https://futurism.com/future-society/eptein-files-easily-unredacted
Latest Epstein files name Trump multiple times. The newly released batch of some 10,000 files make multiple references to President Donald Trump, including a January 2020 memo by an assistant US attorney revealing that Trump was on many more flights than the DOJ was aware of — between 1993 and 1996.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article313920022.html#storylink=cpy
Epstein’s Brother Told FBI He Believed Jeffrey Was ‘Murdered In His Jail Cell’ Because ‘He Was About To Name Names.’ A series of security lapses at the jail where Epstein was held have also added fuel to claims that the disgraced financier was murdered.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/epstein-brother-wild-trump-fbi-024151627.html
# Gov / Politics
‘I don’t want another Afghanistan or Iraq’: These Republic lawmakers just torpadoed Trump’s Venezuela strategy, they want Congressional authority, and that’s a good thing.
https://attackofthefanboy.com/politics/i-dont-want-another-afghanistan-or-iraq-these-republic-lawmakers-just-torpadoed-trumps-venezuela-strategy/
Experts warn Supreme Court tried to rein Trump in but accidentally gave him his next move. The Supreme Court’s decision blocking President Trump from deploying the National Guard into American cities has alarmed legal experts who fear the ruling may inadvertently create a pathway for the administration to invoke the Insurrection Act.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-insurrection-act-2674827468/
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Designates Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction
https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/12/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-designates-fentanyl-as-a-weapon-of-mass-destruction/
Trump Isn’t Planning to Invade Venezuela. He’s Planning Something Worse. Rather than launching a military invasion that would provoke public backlash and congressional scrutiny, Trump is doubling down on something more insidious.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/will-trump-invade-venezuela
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
Trump Blockade of Venezuela, Murders on High Seas Violate International Law: UN Experts: “The illegal use of force, and threats to use further force at sea and on land, gravely endanger the human right to life and other rights in Venezuela and the region.”
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/un-experts-denounce-us-maritime-blockade-on-venezuela-as-illegal/3780073
# LGBTQ / Transgender
19 States and DC Are Suing to Protect Gender-Affirming Care for Youth. The lawsuit challenges a Health and Human Services declaration last week that bars providers from Medicare and Medicaid.
https://truthout.org/articles/19-states-and-dc-are-suing-to-protect-gender-affirming-care-for-youth/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
After calling Stephen Colbert ‘dead man walking,’ Trump threatens networks’ broadcast license
https://www.yahoo.com/news/entertainment/tv/articles/donald-trump-rages-over-pathetic-114817266.html
‘Merry Christmas!’ Declares Trump Moments After Threat to Destroy Broadcasters Who Air Criticism of Him. Trump’s latest threat came shortly after he once against lashed out at late-night host Stephen Colbert.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-threatens-broadcast-licenses
‘Fire Them!’ Stephen Miller Throws a Fit Over ‘Revolt’ of ‘60 Minutes’ Producers Against Bari Weiss. Miller’s demand comes as one CBS News insider described the mood at the network as “dismal,” “confused,” “demoralized,” and “super fucked.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-miller-fire-them-cbs-60-minutes-revolt_n_694bb7a4e4b080674cec00e6
New Alzheimer’s Breakthrough. Scientists have reversed Alzheimer’s disease in mice in a peer-reviewed study, potentially showing a pathway to treat the illness.
https://news.uhhospitals.org/news-releases/articles/2025/12/study-shows-alzheimers-disease-can-be-reversed-in-animal-models
# Medical / Science / Research
U.S. Plan to Drop Some Childhood Vaccines to Align with Denmark Will Endanger Children, Experts Say.
The U.S. reportedly plans to overhaul the country’s childhood vaccine schedule. The move could set public health back decades
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-plan-to-drop-some-childhood-vaccines-to-align-with-denmark-will-endanger/
# Military / War Department
China’s Military Buildup Leaves US Vulnerable, Pentagon Warns. The assessment also says that in 2024 China “tested essential components” of Taiwan invasion options, “including through exercises to strike sea and land targets, strike U.S. forces in the Pacific, and block access to key ports.”
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/12/china-military-buildup-leaves-us-increasingly-vulnerable-pentagon-report/
Before Executing 2 Shipwrecked Sailors, US Admiral Consulted Top Military Lawyer: A military spokesperson refused to comment on what the admiral told Congress beyond confirming that “he did inform them that during the strike he sought advice from his lawyer and then made a decision.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/admiral-bradley
Trump launches ‘powerful and deadly’ strikes on ISIS in Nigeria for the killings of Christians: US bombs target ISIL in Nigeria: What’s really going on? Trump says northern strikes are related to ‘Christian genocide’ but attacks on Christian farmers have occurred in a different part of the country.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/26/us-bombs-target-isil-in-nigeria-whats-really-going-on
U.S.–Venezuela War BREAKING: Russia & China SUPPORT Maduro After Trump’s Navy HITS Chinese Oil Ship. China and Russia have voiced support for Venezuela as it faces a U.S. blockade of sanctioned oil tankers, escalating tensions with Washington. President Donald Trump has renewed calls for Nicolás Maduro to step down, saying the U.S. will keep or sell seized Venezuelan oil
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSUVJgU85o0
# Other Stuff / Archaeology
Archaeologists have uncovered 1,400‑year‑old Mayan hieroglyphs naming a powerful queen, rewriting the history of the Mayan Dynasty.
https://local.newsbreak.com/splash-travels-317739776/4411667297632-archaeologists-have-uncovered-1-400-year-old-mayan-hieroglyphs-naming-a-powerful-queen-rewriting-the-history-of-the-mayan-dynasty
# Social / Communities / Global
Rule of Law Rejected as Canada Increasingly Embraces Racism: Law prof details the overt and systemic racism in 3 key cases in Canada’s legal history. ‘We hid what we were doing behind race-neutral titles and race-neutral excuses,’ says Constance Backhouse
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/law-prof-details-the-overt-and-systemic-racism-in-3-key-cases-in-canada-s-legal-history-1.5709934
# Travel / Tourism / TSA
US Issues Travel Warning: “The U.S. government has extremely limited ability to help detained U.S. citizens,” the State Department said. “You may not receive consular access. You could also face arbitrary detention with no contact with the outside world.”
https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/u-s-issues-update-to-level-4-do-no-travel-warning
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