Voices, The Peoples News
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# Indigenous
At Standing Rock, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and thousands of Indigenous water protectors gathered to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline near the Missouri River, raising concerns about water safety, treaty rights, and sacred land. Their message was simple: “Water is Life.”
https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/plains-treaties/dapl
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
6 found dead inside railroad boxcar, Laredo police say. The bodies of five men and one woman were discovered in a train boxcar during a routine inspection in a rail yard outside of Laredo, Texas. NBC News’ Ryan Chandler reports that the six people died from heat stroke and were believed to be from Mexico and Honduras, according to the county’s medical examiner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHcWzE9uWXM
San Antonio body linked to 6 found dead in Laredo boxcar. Authorities believe a body found near railroad tracks in southwest Bexar County is connected to the six people found dead inside a boxcar in Laredo over the weekend, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a news conference Monday.
https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2026/05/11/body-found-near-railroad-tracks-in-southwest-bexar-county-sheriffs-office-says/
Sixth Circuit panel strikes down Trump administration detention policy. The court said law-abiding residents who have deep community ties have stronger constitutional protections than those who are detained at the border.
https://www.courthousenews.com/sixth-circuit-panel-strikes-down-trump-administration-detention-policy/
Stanton demands answers on DACA renewal delays hurting Arizona Dreamers. The status of Arizona’s 20,000 DACA recipients has never been more precarious.
https://www.12news.com/article/news/politics/national-politics/arizona-daca-recipients-face-uncertainty-renewal-delays-deportation-fears/75-103afdfa-91bd-456d-bc41-b85a59a3ffae
ICE hands members of Congress new memo blocking detention center visits while they’re trying to get in. Lawmakers turned away from speaking with detainees during oversight visit of Otay Mesa detention center despite court rulings
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-memo-congress-otay-mesa-detention-center-b2974611.html
People are being warned off Trump’s Gold Card immigration plan – and even Melania’s ex-lawyer hates it. Only a few dozen people have reportedly filled out paperwork to begin the process of obtaining Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa since December
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/melania-lawyer-gold-cards-immigration-b2973957.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
US sanctions Chinese firms assisting IRGC as Iran War looms large ahead of Trump’s China visit. China has been trying to prop up its Iranian partner amidst devastating U.S. strikes against the theocratic regime. It remains to be seen if this will be a central topic for Trump and Xi as they meet in China.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/us-sanctions-chinese-firms-assisting-irgc-iran-war-looms-large-ahead-trumps
Companies got $166 billion in tariff refunds after the Supreme Court ruling — but consumers who paid higher prices aren’t getting a dime
https://share.newsbreak.com/ied86jwz
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Why running coal plants beyond planned closures is costing hundreds of millions. Federal emergency orders keeping five aging coal plants open past retirement have cost more than $200 million so far, with utility companies already authorized or seeking approval to recover those costs through electricity rates
https://san.com/cc/why-running-coal-plants-beyond-planned-closures-is-costing-hundreds-of-millions/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water
The U.S. Forest Service isn’t managing forests anymore. It’s running a timber operation and poisoning everything else to do it. “The wedding of the chemical industry and the Forest Service has got to be seriously and deeply looked at,” Craig Thomas, a fire restoration expert, says about the spraying. The Forest Service is “addicted to herbicide use and glyphosate, and we need to get them into rehab.”
https://revealnews.org/podcast/california-forests-roundup-glyphosate-weed-killer/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trumps dark past surfaces at WORST TIME for him! Before Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, Trump was close friends with John Casablancas in the early 1990s. Casablancas ran a teen “beauty pageant” that Trump not only judged in New York, but also hosted at the Plaza Hotel. Popok notes that Casablancas was accused of preying on his teen models during this period and even admitted to raping a 15-year-old model.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WckmheYDDn4
# Gov / Politics
Federal Judge Slaps Trump Down In Fiery Ruling Accusing Him Of ‘Power Grab.’ “A President who touts an image of himself as a ‘king’ or a ‘dictator,’ perhaps as his vision of effective leadership, fundamentally misapprehends the role under Article II of the U.S. Constitution,” the judge wrote in a 36-page ruling.
https://www.newsweek.com/judge-beryl-howell-slaps-trump-down-nlrb-ruling-2040947
Judge Orders $32.8M Melania Trump Assets Sold – 3 Day Seizure Now Permanent. History is often written in the quiet ink of a judge’s pen, but on May 9, 2026, at exactly 7:14 a.m., it was carved into the American legal record with a finality that has sent shockwaves through every boardroom and gated community in the country. Judge Kaplan just issued the final order.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sfw9OeffUcQ
Send Her To Jail: Trump Turns On Bondi After Melania Audio Filed In Court. Pam Bondi’s legal team just filed an eleven-minute audio recording of Melania Trump directly into the court record. Voluntarily. As a supplemental exhibit. In response to a contempt citation. The recording contains statements about White House-level knowledge of Epstein file suppression decisions. And Trump is now demanding Bondi go to prison.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWiWZARugIA
Democrats, media and legal scholars float wild proposals to win Virginia redistricting battle. Is outcome determination above the law? The proposals follow Democratic leaders decrying the Virginia Supreme Court ruling that struck down Democrats’ redistricting attempt as “undemocratic.”
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/democrats-media-and-legal-scholars-float-radical-proposals-win-virginia
Senators release records on potential Hunter Biden prostitution crimes kept from them by Biden DOJ: GOP senators release Hunter Biden texts buried by DOJ. The 150 pages of text messages was obtained after years of congressional requests to the DOJ tied to broader Republican investigations into former President Joe Biden and his family.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/4563826/gop-senators-release-hunter-biden-texts/
Trump ‘seriously considering’ making Venezuela 51st state. Trump previously joked about Canada becoming the 51st state, saying it would have economic and security benefits for both countries
https://people.com/donald-trump-considering-making-venezuela-51st-state-11971692
After Trump’s Motorcade Drives Through Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool To Highlight Its $2M Renovation, Democrats Call Him ‘Out Of Touch With Reality’
https://upolitics.com/news/after-trumps-motorcade-drives-through-lincoln-memorial-reflecting-pool-to-highlight-its-2m-renovation-democrats-call-him-out-of-touch-with-reality/
Laura Ingraham Shares Post Saying Trump Is ‘On Verge of Making Massive Error’ With Potential China Deal. China last October reportedly offered to ramp up investment in the U.S. in exchange for the Trump administration rolling back national security restrictions on Chinese deals and providing a break on tariffs for any factories built on American soil
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5873799-trump-china-deal-concerns/
SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act using voter turnout data that experts say was deliberately manipulated to reach a false conclusion. ‘Unusual methodology’: Supreme Court ‘manipulated’ critical data to gut voting rights
https://www.alternet.org/scotus-voting-rights-2676870239/
Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use House map with two primarily black district. Alabama will revert to having one majority Black congressional district this year as part of a 6-3 Supreme Court decision that upended next week’s states primary elections.
https://www.al.com/politics/2026/05/us-supreme-court-ends-order-requiring-alabama-to-have-two-black-congressional-districts.html
Decades of Congressional Inaction Contributed to Illegal US-Israeli War on Iran. Congress can limit further escalation with Iran via the War Powers Resolution, appropriations, and impeachment.
https://truthout.org/articles/decades-of-congressional-inaction-contributed-to-illegal-us-israeli-war-on-iran/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Iran hangs ‘US spy’ after ‘torturing elite student into false confession. Iranian authorities on Monday hanged a post-graduate student from an elite Tehran university on charges of espionage, the latest in a spate of executions against the backdrop of the war against the United States and Israel.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/iran-hangs-elite-student-espionage-085146044.html
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Former Sheriff’s Deputy Found Guilty for Shooting a Black Man Bringing Sandwiches to His Grandmother’s Home in Ohio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfEj9eCiO-E
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Donald Trump Brazenly Admits What His Supreme Court Appointees Are There For. The president said the quiet part way out loud in a rant against his SCOTUS nominees.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-neil-gorsuch-amy-coney-barrett_n_6a019ab3e4b06e786e3f3d46
DOJ announces criminal charges against companies, employee involved in Baltimore bridge collapse. Federal prosecutors have charged Synergy Marine Group, Synergy Maritime and one employee in connection with the March 2024 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, alleging a conspiracy to conceal dangerous safety violations aboard the Dali container ship that contributed to the disaster and led to the deaths of six.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/foreign-operators-and-technical-superintendent-mv-dali-indicted-roles-key-bridge-crash
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘Effort to Stifle and Intimidate’: Trump DOJ Subpoenas News Outlets Over Iran War Cover.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/effort-to-stifle-and-intimidate-trump-doj-subpoenas-news-outlets-over-iran-war-coverage
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
The One State Taking a Big Run at Health Reform. Washington state just passed the country’s first ‘public option’ plan, and its difficult birth carries a warning for national reformers.
https://www.politico.com/news/agenda/2019/11/25/is-medicare-for-all-right-answer-wrong-idea-072462
# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives posted draft revisions to a gun purchase form that would recognize medical marijuana’s federally legal status following the Trump administration’s rescheduling move.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-atf-gun-form-recognizes-medical-marijuanas-federally-legal-status-under-trumps-rescheduling-move/
# MiIlitary / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Rep. Jason Crow Says Trump Moving Thousands of Troops “Because He Didn’t Like a Foreign Leader’s Comments” — “This Should Concern Every American.” The sequence began when Merz said publicly that the United States was being “humiliated” by Iran amid the ongoing war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4643164573953-rep-jason-crow-says-trump-moving-thousands-of-troops-because-he-didn-t-like-a-foreign-leader-s-comments-this-should-concern-every-american
# Military / Global
India fires a nuclear missile that splits into multiple warheads in mid-flight — each one hitting a different target 5,000 km away. With MIRV, India can target different different locations or the same location with a time gap. This can include decoys to hoodwink the enemy’s defence systems.
https://theprint.in/defence/one-missile-multiple-warheads-many-targets-india-successfully-test-fires-agni-5-with-mirv-tech/2926777/
Japan Just Unveiled a Game-Changing New Combat Drone—And You Won’t Believe What It’s Made Of. A new Japanese combat drone unveiled by the country’s defense minister is made from an unlikely source material.
https://thedebrief.org/japan-just-unveiled-a-game-changing-new-combat-drone-and-you-wont-believe-what-its-made-of/
Israeli Military Ordered Soldiers in Gaza to “Shoot to Kill” Every Man They Saw. Israeli soldiers also said that they were told to consider shooting women and children.
https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-military-ordered-soldiers-in-gaza-to-shoot-to-kill-every-man-they-saw/
# Other Interestimg Stuff
11,000-Year-Old Major Discovery in Canada Could Challenge “Everything We Thought We Knew” About North American Prehistory. An 11,000-year-old settlement could represent one of the earliest Indigenous habitation sites ever found in North America.
https://thedebrief.org/11000-year-old-major-discovery-in-canada-could-challenge-everything-we-thought-we-knew-about-north-american-prehistory/
146,000-Year-Old Tool Discovery Reveals Unexpected Adaptations to Harsh Ice Age Life. Ice Age tools dating back 146,000 years, discovered in an ancient Chinese cave, reveal surprising human adaptations to a harsh environment.
https://archaeologymag.com/2026/05/ice-age-humans-used-advanced-stone-tools-china/
# Planetary / Solar Activity
Something Deep in the Ocean is Causing Global Sea Levels to Rise—Now Scientists Reveal What’s Driving the Anomaly. Scientists tracking the factors driving a global rise in sea levels over recent years say a key missing piece of the puzzle may have finally been revealed.
https://thedebrief.org/something-deep-in-the-ocean-is-causing-global-sea-levels-to-rise-now-scientists-reveal-whats-driving-the-anomaly/
# Social / Communities / Housing
Trump calls for lawmakers to pass major housing bill that would help American homeowners. The president had previously stayed out of a cross-chamber dispute over housing affordability legislation.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/05/11/congress/trump-congress-senate-housing-bill-00915603
# Social Services / Programs / Social Security / Disability
* Social Security and Medicare are dominating headlines more than ever, with some in Washington debating cuts, radical “reforms” and the future of seniors’ earned benefits.*
Social Security and Medicare Are Racing Toward Drastic Cuts—Yet Lawmakers Refuse To Act. Other countries have taken meaningful steps to address similar challenges. The U.S. has done nothing.
https://reason.com/2025/06/29/social-security-and-medicare-are-racing-toward-drastic-cuts-yet-lawmakers-refuse-to-act/
Dems, GOP tee up new debate on major changes to Social Security. Analysts from Social Security, the Congressional Budget Office and the Congressional Research Service laid out the grim numbers facing the program: Without major changes, at some point from 2032 to 2034 the main fund for retirees will no longer be able to pay out full benefits.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/mar/25/dems-gop-tee-new-debate-major-changes-social-security/
# Technology / AI / Data Centers / Robotics
“Netflix has built a surveillance program designed to illegally collect and profit from Texans’ personal data”: Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Netflix, claims streaming giant spied on children and illegally collected data about kids and adults without knowledge or consent.
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-ken-paxton-netflix-lawsuit-data-collection-5-11-2026/
This AI Can Self-Replicate Into Another Machine. Researchers Are Very, Very Freaked Out by It.
“We’re rapidly approaching the point where no one would be able to shut down a rogue AI.”
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/researchers-teach-ai-self-replicate
New Data Center Equivalent to Setting Off 23 Nuclear Bombs Per Day, Professor Finds. The environmental consequences could be downright apocalyptic. Davies calculated it would spike local temperatures by five degrees Fahrenheit during the day, and 28 degrees at night.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/data-center-equivalent-setting-off-162939719.html
Wall Street Is Pairing Up With the Army to Build Data Centers. The Army data center buildout comes as the Pentagon increases its use of AI in military operations.
https://truthout.org/articles/wall-street-is-pairing-up-with-the-army-to-build-data-centers/
# Travel / Tourism / TSA
The hantavirus scare is far from over, and now we have another virus outbreak with more than 100 sickened aboard Caribbean Princess cruise
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/after-hantavirus-norovirus-outbreak-on-caribbean-princess-cruise-leaves-over-100-sick-all-you-need-to-know-11778358145242.html
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