Voices, The Peoples News
February 14, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
St. Paul Mayor: ICE Car Crash Shows ‘Operation Metro Surge Needs to End Immediately.’ “The incident today at Selby and Western underscores the fact that ICE is still present, causing chaos, and putting residents at risk in Saint Paul,” said Mayor Kaohly Her.
https://www.stpaul.gov/news/mayor-kaohly-her-statement-ice-incident-saint-paul
Texas Lawmakers Sound Alarm on ‘Torture, Killing, and Inhumane Treatment’ of Detainees in Fort Bliss ICE Facility. At least three inmates have died in the facility in just two months, including one who witnesses say was choked to death by guards.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/fort-bliss-inhumane-ice-conditions
Amid Secretive Expansion, Leaked Docs Reveal Locations of New ICE Facilities Nationwide. Many new facilities will be located near schools, hospitals, and places of worship such as churches and mosques.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-dhs-expansion-plans
ACLU FOIA Litigation Reveals ICE Actively Considering Opening Seven New Immigration Detention Centers
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-foia-litigation-reveals-ice-actively-considering-opening-six-new-immigration-detention-centers
Horrific conditions discovered as lawmaker makes unannounced drop-in at ICE facility. “[DHS Secretary] Kristi Noem has a budget of $75 billion she could use to ensure humane conditions, but we saw 60 men packed into a room shoulder-to-shoulder, 24-hours-a-day, with a single toilet in the room and no shower facilities,” Raskin said. “They sleep like sardines with aluminum foil blankets.”
https://www.rawstory.com/jamie-raskin-2675265218/
We went inside the immigrant family detention center in Dilley, Texas. Children there described the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the U.S. and the fear of what comes next.
https://www.propublica.org/article/life-inside-ice-dilley-children
Undocumented father faced deportation nightmare but walks free after a judge sees his three sons. The 49-year-old Mexican national has lived here for three decades, but his life was thrown into chaos last June.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/undocumented-father-faced-deportation-nightmare-but-walks-free-after-a-judge-sees-his-three-sons/
Toddler returned to ICE detention after intensive care, was denied prescribed medication. Federal court filing details medical crisis involving 18-month-old held at Texas facility, media reports. an. 18, she was rushed to a children’s hospital in San Antonio with pneumonia, COVID-19, RSV and severe respiratory distress.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/toddler-returned-to-ice-detention-after-intensive-care-was-denied-prescribed-medication/3823817
Trump deportation surge left Texas with shortage of home builders. Now Republican wants completely new visa to fix that. The U.S. already has special visas for workers in sectors like agriculture and tech
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-texas-construction-immigrant-visa-b2920201.html
Trump’s Concentration Camp Build-Out Includes Nearly $40 Billion for Warehouse Conversions. “Germany’s concentration camps didn’t start as instruments of mass murder, and neither have ours,” wrote talk show host Thom Hartmann recently. “History isn’t whispering its warning: It’s shouting.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/list-of-ice-detention-centers
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Data Reveals Trump Economy Added Hundreds of Thousands Fewer Jobs in 2025 Than Previously Reported. “Today’s numbers show that the economy spent 2025 treading water while costs surged and families fell further behind.”
https://fortune.com/2026/02/11/how-many-jobs-did-us-economy-trump-create-2025-weakest-since-pandemic/
Senate GOP Kills Bill That Would’ve Reversed $10 Billion Trump Corporate Tax Break: Sen. Ron Wyden called the tax giveaway “indefensible at a time when so many Americans are getting battered by inflation and barely staying afloat.”
https://itep.org/trump-undermined-the-constitution-to-give-corporations-a-10-billion-tax-cut/
# FEMA / USAID
Millions of Dollars from Now-Defunct USAID Reportedly Paying For Russell Vought’s Security Detail
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/usaids-last-funds-are-paying-for-voughts-security-detail.html
# General News / Boat Strikes
US military kills 3 in latest attack on boat in the Caribbean. At least 133 people have been killed in US attacks on vessels in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean since September.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/14/us-military-kills-3-in-latest-attack-on-boat-in-caribbean
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Ghislaine Maxwell’s American citizenship is put in grave jeopardy as it’s revealed that she lied on her application. The Epstein saga just took another jaw-dropping turn. Maxwell claimed that she had not “committed a crime or offense for which you were NOT arrested” and that she had not “been a prostitute, or procured anyone for prostitution.
https://www.rawstory.com/ghislaine-maxwell-citizenship/
‘There’s a Bunch of Sick F*cks’: Lawmakers in Both Parties Stunned and Disgusted After Viewing Unredacted Epstein Files. “Initially my reaction to all this was, I don’t care, I don’t know what the big deal is,” the Trump-supporting Sen. Cynthia Lummis said. “But now I see what the big deal is.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/epstein-files-unredacted-viewed
“These Are Sick People” — Lauren Boebert Warns of ‘Torture’ Mentions in Unredacted Epstein Files.
The U.S. Rep. wrote, “Terrifying language in the Epstein Files I viewed yesterday…The women around Epstein were also deeply involved in trafficking children.” “These are sick, sick people,” she concluded.
https://www.inquisitr.com/these-are-sick-people-lauren-boebert-warns-of-torture-mentions-in-unredacted-epstein-files
Does this image show 14-year-old Pam Bondi with Trump? Not so fast: Social media users circulated the image alongside a claim that Bondi grew up as an “Epstein party baby.” The image is fake, generated by artificial intelligence.
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/image-trump-bondi-14-year-old/
Why Is Madeleine McCann In Epstein Files? Ghislaine Maxwell Mentioned Amid Suspect Sketch Mystery.
Madeleine McCann’s name appeared in newly released Epstein-related court documents due to an uncorroborated witness claim involving Ghislaine Maxwell.
https://www.timesnownews.com/world/us/us-news/madeleine-mccann-epstein-files-ghislaine-maxwell-suspect-sketch-article-153598201
Radar Rips Lid Off Cover-Up of the Century By Naming and Shaming Jeffrey Epstein’s Most Rich and Powerful Conspirators. RadarOnline.com can reveal, after the long-awaited release of the s– fiend’s highly desired “client list.”
https://radaronline.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-conspirators-most-rich-powerful-list/
I witnessed Epstein’s post mortem. His death must be reinvestigated. In an interview with The Telegraph, Dr Michael Baden raises questions about paedophile’s suicide. Doctor at Epstein’s post-mortem makes bombshell claim paedophile was strangled not hanged
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026/02/13/epstein-post-mortem-results-suicide/
# Gov / Politics
Trump declares that voter ID will be required to vote in the midterm elections. Trump pushes voter ID ‘whether approved by Congress or not!’ The president says he won’t need Congress to force sweeping changes in midterm voting.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/13/trump-voter-id-congress-00782094
Trump Effort ‘To Rig Our Elections Is Well Underway,’ Experts Warn: One expert expressed fear that “something truly spectacular is going to happen in which our 2026 midterm elections are not administered like past elections have been.”
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/trump-administrations-campaign-undermine-next-election
Republicans Approve ‘Dystopian’ Voter Suppression Bill That Would Force States to Give Info to DHS
https://therealnews.com/republicans-approve-dystopian-voter-suppression-bill-that-would-force-states-to-give-info-to-dhs
‘Most Vile Scumbags on Earth’: Critics Appalled by Explosive Report on Kristi Noem’s Corruption. “Noem and Lewandowski are like the most toxic couple you have ever met given full rein of a government agency.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/kristi-noem-corruption-wsj
Bondi Stonewalls Congress on the ‘Enemies List’ She Directed DOJ to Compile. “Americans have never tolerated political demagogues who use the government to punish people on an enemies list,” said one congresswoman.
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things-stand/bondi-wont-say-who-is-on-dojs-new-list-of-domestic-terrorists-besides-antifa
Grand Jury Stops ‘Outrageous’ Trump DOJ Effort to Indict Dems Who Said Troops Must Refuse Illegal Orders. “They tried to have me charged with a crime—all because of something I said that they didn’t like,” said Sen. Mark Kelly. “That’s not the way things work in America.”
https://time.com/7377620/doj-grand-jury-slotkin-goodlander-kelly-indictment-illegal-orders-trump
Reporting Says Rubio ‘Deliberately’ Lying to Trump About US-Cuba Talks. According to Drop Site News, said one organizer, “Marco Rubio is personally overseeing the starvation of an entire nation.”
https://thecradle.co/articles/rubio-deliberately-lies-about-cuba-talks-in-push-for-regime-change-report
Fact Check: Trump’s White House ballroom project was allegedly scrapped. We broke down real status
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/10/trumps-white-house-ballroom-sparks-questions-about-funding-and-ethics/
Meet the YOLO Republicans: Lawmakers with nothing to lose are threatening Trump’s grip on Congress. A small group of politically insulated members is causing headaches for party leaders and anxiety among their GOP colleagues.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/13/republican-trump-congress-defections-00780479
# Gov / Politics / Global
European nations say Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with dart frog toxin
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-international/ap-5-european-nations-say-russian-opposition-leader-navalny-was-poisoned-and-blame-the-kremlin/
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Dragnet? FBI opened 1,200 ‘assessments’ on politicians, media, and religious leaders. “Assessments” were created in 2008 as a special investigative tool for the FBI that require no factual predicate to launch and permit agents to use a wide range of investigative techniques.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/fbi-opened-1200-assessments-politicians-journalists-religious-leaders
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
Hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg55073/html/CHRG-118hhrg55073.htm
# LGBTQ / Transgender
Marriage Equality is back in conservatives’ crosshairs as new coalition targets SCOTUS decision. “These are the same opponents of marriage equality that lost the first round,” Lambda Legal attorney Karen Loewy told The Advocate.
https://www.advocate.com/politics/conservatives-marriage-equality-challenge
# Medical / Science / Research / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceuticals
Brain Scans Of Recovered COVID-19 Patients Reveal Microstructural And Chemical Changes. Medical professionals have also noted that individuals who recover from the acute phase of COVID-19 sometimes demonstrate subtle cognitive slowing. Previous imaging studies attempted to map these changes but have produced inconsistent results.
https://www.psypost.org/covid-19-infection-may-alter-brain-microstructure-even-in-people-who-fully-recover/
FDA reverses course, refuses to review Moderna’s application for new mRNA flu vaccine. In a press release, Moderna said the FDA determined that the company’s study was not “adequate and well-controlled” because the comparable vaccine used in the trial did not represent the “best-available standard of care” in the United States at the time of the study.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-vaccines/fda-reverses-course-refuses-review-moderna-s-application-new-mrna-flu-vaccine
Democratic-Led States Sue to Stop Trump From Withholding $600M in Health Grants. Four Democratic-led states that have become frequent targets of President Donald Trump have sued to block his administration from cutting off hundreds of millions in public health grants
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2026-02-11/democratic-led-states-sue-to-stop-trump-from-withholding-600m-in-health-grants
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD]
Pacific Islands on Front Line of Future US-China War. A think tank has released a new platform focusing on how Micronesia, a little-mentioned but strategically placed archipelago in the western Pacific, is becoming a central arena in the U.S.-China great-power competition.
https://www.newsweek.com/pacific-islands-front-line-united-states-china-war-micronesia-guam-11067803
Guam Hosts U.S., Allied Navies for Indo-Pacific Exercises
https://news.usni.org/2025/11/28/guam-hosts-u-s-allied-navies-for-indo-pacific-exercises
Think tank calls for keeping Guam-bound Marines on Okinawa to counter China
https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2026-02-09/okinawa-guam-marines-relocation-20676544.html
US Official Warns of Nuclear Blast Detected in China. The undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, Thomas DiNanno, disclosed the major U.S. intelligence finding at the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva on Friday.
https://www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-npr/2026-02-11/the-u-s-claims-china-is-conducting-secret-nuclear-tests-heres-what-that-means
# Military / Global
CCP research vessels suspected of mapping northwest Pacific for military use. The vessels’ activity over 90 days coincided with United States-led defense exercises in the region and amplified suspicions that CCP science vessels conduct military assignments.
https://ipdefenseforum.com/2025/12/ccp-research-vessels-suspected-of-mapping-northwest-pacific-for-military-use/
Russia Attacks a NATO Country in a War Game. It Doesn’t End Well. In a simulation where Russia breaches the Lithuanian border, Europe struggles to respond without U.S. help.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/13/russia-nato-wargame-germany-simulation-00778818
# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware / Secret Service
Privacy in Public Spaces: The Reasonable Expectation of Privacy against the Dragnet Use of Facial Recognition Technology
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1376&context=law_review
Partial shutdown of Homeland Security Department begins after Congress fails to approve funding. Lawmakers left Washington for a long weekend without resolving an impasse over much-criticized agency’s funding
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/13/us-homeland-security-department-shutdown
# Water / Lakes / Oceans / Rivers
Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oklahoma-oil-polluted-drinking-water-boarman-family
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