V oices, The Peoples News
January 21, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
ICE is now using Medicaid data to hunt people for deportation, and the government tried to keep it secret until journalists forced it into the open.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/report-ice-using-palantir-tool-feeds-medicaid-data
Department of Correction illegally transfers person into ICE custody, attorneys say: It was done without a judicial warrant, as required by New York City’s sanctuary law, according to the person’s legal team.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/section/venezuela/politics/2026/01/15/public-defenders-accuse-city-correction-department-of-illegal-ice-coordination
Third detained immigrant dies in El Paso, Texas, detention camp: ICE announced Victor Manuel Diaz, detained in Minneapolis, died of “presumed suicide.”
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-reports-death-illegal-alien-custody-el-paso
Judge allows Trump admin. to block lawmakers’ access to ICE facilities: The decision means the federal government can require lawmakers to provide a week’s notice before they inspect immigration facilities
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5697421-judge-refuses-to-block-dhs-policy/
DOJ delivers grand jury subpoenas to six Minnesota officials: Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is among those under investigation for allegedly obstructing federal law enforcement during immigration operations in the state
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/politics/doj-subpoenas-minnesota-gov-walz-and-other-officials-in-obstruction-investigation
Minnesota police chiefs say federal agents are pulling over cops and demanding papers
https://www.alternet.org/minnesota-ice/
Top ICE Official describes who’s a fair target in stunning interview. No wonder ICE is terrorizing just about anyone.
https://newrepublic.com/post/205433/ice-target-60-minutes-interview
Trump’s ICE force is sweeping America. Billions in his tax and spending cuts bill are paying for it. A ballooning Immigration and Customs Enforcement budget. Hiring bonuses of $50,000. Swelling ranks of ICE officers, to 22,000, in an expanding national force bigger than most police departments in America.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/trumps-ice-force-is-sweeping-america-billions-in-his-tax-and-spending-cuts-bill-are-paying-for-it
‘The World Needs To See It’: The Moment A Photographer Saved A Camera From ICE. Pierre Lavie, a fellow photojournalist, snatched the Leica by the strap and brought it close to his body. As he reached for Abernathy’s phone, which had only traveled a couple of feet, a federal officer repeatedly tried to stomp on it.
https://www.aol.com/articles/world-needs-see-moment-photographer-194340933.html
Trump Defends ICE After Minneapolis Shooting as New Data Shows 13 Federal Vehicle Shootings. An investigation published by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday identified 13 instances of immigration agents firing at or into civilian vehicles since July, leaving at least eight people shot, with two confirmed dead—including Good. It found that at least five of those shot were U.S. citizens.
https://time.com/7345319/ice-shootings-renee-good/
Trump Has Made ICE the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the Country. With Congress-approved funding, ICE detention is expected to triple in size, mirroring the scale of Japanese internment.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-has-made-ice-the-largest-law-enforcement-agency-in-the-country/
ICE Violently Targets Legal Observers and Community Members in Minneapolis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlSK34tSK4k
ICE Shooting of Renee Good the Missed Details: Body Language & Psychology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxxqtBkGlME
# DEI [Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion]
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has announced plans for the Pentagon to “sledgehammer” the 8(a) Program, a federal contracting program that has aimed to assist socially and economically disadvantaged small business owners since it was created in 1978.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4451323007456-defense-secretary-announced-pentagon-to-take-sledgehammer-to-oldest-dei-program-for-federal-contracts?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3Njg5NTQwNjMzOTc%3D
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Investigation links Trump’s Greenland plans to billionaire friend’s Arctic business interests. Donald Trump’s escalating threats to seize Greenland have been linked to billionaire Ronald Lauder, who reportedly first planted the idea of annexing the Danish territory in the president’s mind
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/greenland-trump-billionaire-ronald-lauder-1629418
# Education / Schools
Education begins moving out employees even as Congress says it lacks authority. In bipartisan, bicameral spending package, lawmakers look to pump the brakes on the dismantling of Education that the department advanced on Tuesday.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/01/education-begins-moving-out-employees-even-congress-says-it-lacks-authority/410806/
# Employment / Labor / Unions / Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump defends cutting nearly 300,000 feds from their ‘boring’ jobs. The president claimed without evidence that all federal workers forced out during his first year back were now in “better” jobs in factories making double or triple their government salary.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/01/trump-defends-cutting-nearly-300000-feds-their-boring-jobs/410807/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
U.S. forces seize 7th oil tanker in the Caribbean
https://apnews.com/article/venezuela-oil-tanker-us-military-trump-086d42db3d56f0e952014f97fa30faaf
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USDA
Walmart shopper buys Great Value vanilla extract. Then she notices an ingredient that has ‘no purpose’ being in there: ‘Now I can’t buy this anymore.’ Contains toxic ingredient
https://www.themarysue.com/walmart-great-value-vanilla-extract/
# General Recalls / Alerts
FDA Recalls Tylenol and Aspirin, The FDA has given the recall the second-highest risk level, Class II. The recalled Tylenol bottles can be identified with the following;
Product description: TYLENOL, Acetaminophen, Extra Strength, 24 caplets, 500 mg each
Lot code: EJA022
Expiry date: April 30, 2028
https://www.health.com/tylenol-recall-october-2025-11841177
# General News / ‘Arctic Frost’
Biden’s FBI paid anti-Trump ‘Sedition Hunters’ as informants in J6, Arctic Frost probes, memos show. FBI Director Kash Patel tells Just the News that “paying openly anti-Trump activists to identify Americans using questionable technology is a stunning abuse of bureau authorities.”
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/biden-era-fbi-paid-anti-trump-sedition-hunters-informants-j6-arctic
# Gov / Politics
How Trump has changed America, in 12 charts: Record tariffs, ICE arrests and 228 executive orders have meant a turbulent year for the US president. Here’s how he has reshaped America — according to the numbers
https://rollcall.com/2026/01/20/trump-by-the-numbers-first-year/
Trump’s Davos arrival delayed after Air Force One turns back over ‘minor electrical issue.’ In Davos, Trump is set to lay out his vision for America’s future, including his administration’s push to take control of Greenland.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/trump-air-force-one-turns-back-washington-davos-minor-electrical-issue
Morocco, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Bahrain accept Trump’s invite to join Gaza Board of Peace
https://www.semafor.com/article/01/21/2026/uae-joins-trumps-board-of-peace-for-gaza
Trump Pocketed At Least $1.4 Billion in First Year Back in Office in Unprecedented ‘Exploitation of the Presidency.’ “The swamp has never been so fetid,” wrote New York Times columnist Nick Kristof.
https://www.commondreams.org/trump-profit-from-the-presidency
‘Profoundly disturbing’: Expert says Trump wants ‘violence’ against elected officials. Trump administration’s use of the word “terrorism” is done with intent to cause harm to leading Democrats in Minnesota.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-violence-elected-officials/
Trump’s Greenland threats slam markets in one of the worst ‘Sell America’ trading days since April. US stocks plunged, and bonds sold off on Tuesday on Donald Trump’s feud with Europe over Greenland.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4451105686763-trumps-greenland-threats-slam-markets-in-one-of-the-worst-sell-america-trading-days-since-april?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3Njg5NTQ2MTU4MjM%3D
Ex-GOP operative’s stark ultimatum on ousting Trump: ‘Choose the Republic or surrender it’: “A President whose character is thus marked by repeated acts of abuse and usurpation, pursuing invariably the same object—the concentration of power and the erosion of liberty—is unfit to be the chief magistrate of a free people.”
https://www.rawstory.com/rick-wilson-2674910406/
30 ways the Trump administration has transformed the country and beyond.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/30-ways-trump-impacted-world-his-first-year
President Trump Will Get a Third Term Even Without Defying the Constitution. Trumpism will shadow the next president, even if that is a Democrat.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/01/20/donald-trump-legacy-history-00736032
ICE jumps to center of midterm campaigns. Democrats see an opening to attack Republicans over ICE, but they’re facing intraparty divides over whether to rein in the agency — or abolish it completely.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/18/minnesota-ice-midterm-campaigns-00735146
# Gov / Politics / Global
‘Something I Thought I’d Never Have to Write’: Council of Europe Leader Sounds Alarm on Trumps Greenland Moves, “if international law can be set aside when it becomes inconvenient, trust is gone.”
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/something-i-thought-id-never-have-to-write-council-of-europe-leader-sounds-alarm-on-trumps-greenland-moves/
Mexico sends 37 cartel members to U.S. in latest offer to Trump administration. Mexican Security Minister Omar García Harfuch confirmed the transfers in a social media post on X, describing those sent as “high impact criminals” who “represented a real threat to the country’s security.”
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/trump-mexico-drug-trafficking-cartel-members-harfuch-b2904455.html
Greenland’s Prime Minister Tells Population To Prepare For a Military Invasion Even If It’s Still An Unlikely Scenario. “It’s not likely there will be a military conflict, but it can’t be ruled out,” said Jens-Frederik Nielsen
https://www.latintimes.com/greenlands-prime-minister-tells-population-prepare-military-invasion-even-if-its-still-593733
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
‘Kill the baby’: Pregnant mother of 2 heading out to warm up car is beaten with metal baseball bat by man and woman stalking her over relationship beef, mom says
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/kill-the-baby-pregnant-mother-of-2-heading-out-to-warm-up-car-is-beaten-with-metal-baseball-bat-by-man-and-woman-stalking-her-over-relationship-beef-mom-says/
Woman Saw 12-Year-Old Girl Being Abducted, Then Tailed the Kidnapper for 8 Miles: ‘Just Didn’t Seem Right.’ Nollette was ultimately convicted of first-degree kidnapping and second-degree assault. A search yielded “a suicide note on the dashboard, a black rucksack on the front passenger seat, and a set of chef’s knives in a carrying case on the floor behind the passenger seat. Inside the rucksack, he found ammunition, two disposable cameras, a roll of duct tape, wire cutters, candy, breath mints, dice, and a bag of black plastic ties.”
https://people.com/woman-tails-kidnapper-saves-young-girl-in-2002-11834119
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
‘They knew’: MS NOW’s Morning Joe shames ‘scared’ Supreme Court for failure to stop Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/roberts-court-too-scared-of-trump-and-needs-to-reaffirm-the-law-of-the-land-analyst/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Trump promises health care cash directly to you, but one expert says plan to pay ‘small checks’ a ‘joke’ as costs jump
https://www.aol.com/finance/trump-promises-health-care-cash-183000585.html
# Social / Communities
Trump issues order limiting institutions buying single-family homes. Trump previewed the order in a Truth Social post from two weeks ago, which led to a brief selloff of asset managers involved – or thought to be involved – in the market.
https://citywire.com/ria/news/trump-issues-order-limiting-institutions-buying-single-family-homes/a2482309
A Tech Bro Think Tank Is Trying to Roll Back Evidence-Based Homelessness Policy. Housing First policies are being replaced with punitive reforms that could push 170,000 people back into homelessness.
https://truthout.org/articles/a-tech-bro-think-tank-is-trying-to-roll-back-evidence-based-homelessness-policy/
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