Voices, The Peoples News
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Texas Landowners Face a Difficult Decision: Allow Border Wall or Lose Right to Property. Recent reporting from The Texas Tribune details shocking accounts of government overreach against landowners along the southern border.
https://reason.com/2026/06/17/texas-landowners-face-a-difficult-decision-allow-border-wall-or-lose-right-to-property/
Everyone Has a Role to Play in Supporting the Strike at Delaney Hall ICE Jail
https://truthout.org/articles/everyone-has-a-role-to-play-in-supporting-the-strike-at-delaney-hall-ice-jail/
ICE Releases New Detention Regulations Benefiting For-Profit Prison Companies
https://truthout.org/articles/ice-releases-new-detention-regulations-benefiting-for-profit-prison-companies/
GEO Group asked ICE to make modifications to benefit the company.
GEO Group asked ICE to make modifications to benefit the company. – Search Videos
# Business / Industry / Corporations
New Rule to Bar Green Card Holders From Small Business Administration Loans. A new rule by President Donald Trump’s administration will bar green card holders from applying for Small Business Administration (SBA) loans and limit SBA loan eligibility to citizen-owned businesses, an SBA notice showed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_3q1DOBg_s
# Chemicals / Parasites / Bugs
Flesh-eating screwworm detected in Texas for 1st time in decades. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the New World screwworm fly has reached South Texas, marking the first time in decades that the parasite has threatened the nation’s cattle industry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnejR-LcNQc
# Drugs / Trafficking / DEA / Gangs
MAHA furious as Kennedy moves to ban their medicine: Gas station heroin, kratom, an herbal extract known for its opioid-like effects, namely relieving pain and inducing euphoric feelings. For now, it’s sold completely legally in most states, and kratom supplements have become a billion-dollar industry
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/maha-furious-kennedy-moves-ban-164808522.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump threatens to pull unemployment benefits from all states for the first time in history. Labor chief is ‘putting governors on notice’ with administration’s crusade against alleged fraud
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-unemployment-benefits-fraud-b2997881.html
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
As Screwworm Disaster Widens, Trump USDA Denounced for Firing, Relocating Career Agency Staffers. As the screwworm parasite spreads beyond initial contamination zones in Texas and New Mexico, some former US Department of Agriculture employees are pointing fingers at the Trump administration for exacerbating the crisis.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/screwworm-outbreak-trump-usda
# General News
Soooo, here’s what all that hydrogen peroxide did to the Reflecting Pool, yeah, it’s got a racing stripe now.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/green-seth-meyers-crushes-fox-105816824.html
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
An unsatisfactory visit to the federal prison housing Epstein confederate Ghislaine Maxwell. ongressional staffers visited the minimum-security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, that now houses Ghislaine Maxwell. They came away unimpressed and seeking more answers.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/17/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-visit-epstein
# Gov / Politics / US
Political dissent is being criminalized as “domestic terrorism.” Critics, including civil rights organizations, warn that broadly defined anti-terrorism policies and state-level legislation are increasingly being weaponized to chill free speech, criminalize civil disobedience, and target activist movements across the political spectrum
https://theconversation.com/labeling-dissent-as-terrorism-new-us-domestic-terrorism-priorities-raise-constitutional-alarms-269161
Released Full Text of the 14-Point Agreement Between the U.S. and Iran
https://time.com/article/2026/06/17/us-iran-peace-deal-agreement-leaked-draft-text/
Congressional candidate caught in teen takeover. Maxwell said she was able to check out and exit the store. She said there were teens all over the parking lot and men walking by as she got her kids into the car. She posted a video with brief footage of the incident on social media.
https://www.kten.com/news/congressional-candidate-caught-in-teen-takeover/article_09668942-10c2-587a-b470-e0436f6c81fe.html
Video: https://x.com/themodpun/status/2066707776315756966
Don Jr. Melts Down at His Dad’s Ally in MAGA Civil War. The president’s eldest accused one of his father’s allies of “lying through his teeth.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/don-jr-melts-down-at-his-dads-ally-in-maga-civil-war/
Democratic socialist on verge of becoming DC mayor puts city on collision course with Trump. The democratic socialist candidate Janeese Lewis George appears poised to sail to victory as D.C.’s new mayor later this year. She said that the people of the city wanted a mayor who would “stand up to Trump.”
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/democratic-socialist-verge-becoming-dc-mayor-puts-city-collision-course
Senate threatens to cut Hegseth travel budget until Pentagon releases videos of lethal boat strikes, Iran school strike probe. Major defense legislation approved by the Senate Armed Services Committee freezes three quarters of the Defense Secretary’s travel budget until Congress gets what it want
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/17/senate-threatens-to-freeze-hegseths-travel-in-bid-for-boat-strike-videos-iran-school-strike-probe-00964789
Don’t count on Congress to limit Trump’s power under the Insurrection Act. “With a Republican Congress disinclined to rein in the president’s most zealous and overreaching use of this dangerous statute, it will likely fall to the courts to interpret what the provisions of the Insurrection Act actually mean
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-senate-narrowly-blocks-new-bid-rein-trump-war-powers-2026-06-16/
The Insurrection Act: A Presidential Power That Threatens Democracy. Congress must reform the outdated law, which is ripe for abuse.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/insurrection-act-presidential-power-threatens-democracy
Hanging over Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing “are damaging new revelations about the Justice Department’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. No senator will be able to cast a vote for him without either embracing or forgiving his cynical politicization of the Epstein matter.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/todd-blanche-senate-confirmation-fiasco.html
Trump Drops Stunning Quote in Riff on Letting Iran Have Missiles: ‘They Hurt a Little Location But—’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-drops-stunning-quote-riff-165159103.html
‘Mohammed Something’: Trump Rant on Trapped Iranian Nuke Material Goes Off the Rails. President Donald Trump’s rant on Iran’s trapped nuclear material went a little off the rails with him going off about Space Force monitoring “every door” in the country.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/mohammed-something-trump-rant-on-trapped-iranian-nuke-material-goes-off-the-rails/
Ex-prosecutor pens stark warning after Trump admin’s ‘breathtaking’ legal scheme: Harry Litman, a former federal prosecutor, argued in a new Substack essay that the scheme was “utterly tyrannical and anti-constitutional,” and also revealed that the administration is unlikely to stop pursuing the goal.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-doj-2677055772/
JD Vance speaks candidly about what “really” bothers him about Democrats in latest interview. JD Vance talked about Democrats and how them not showing “gratitude” for the United States of America “really” bothered him.
https://www.primetimer.com/news/j-d-vance-speaks-candidly-about-what-really-bothers-him-about-democrats-in-latest-interview
JD Vance weighed in on the New York Times’ Epstein story. He argued that the article contained a mix of accurate and inaccurate information. Here’s everything you need to know.
https://www.primetimer.com/news/jd-vance-says-new-york-times-epstein-story-left-him-legitimately-worried-about-white-house-conversations-being-taped
Trump signs MOU with Iran, but text reveals poor deal. The US president said he wanted to avoid an economic catastrophe by ending his war with Iran, but the text of the agreement shows major concessions for the regime.
https://www.afr.com/world/middle-east/text-reveals-trump-s-iran-ceasefire-is-no-art-of-the-deal-20260618-p607tc#:~:text=The%20US%20president%20said%20he%20wanted%20to%20avoid%20an%20economic%20catastrophe%20by%20ending%20his%20war%20with%20Iran%2C%20but%20the%20text%20of%20the%20agreement%20shows%20major%20concessions%20for%20the%20regime.
Full MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) text revealed as Trump justifies ending Iran war. Critics say he never should have started the war and shouldn’t have abandoned non-zero uranium enrichment
https://asiatimes.com/2026/06/full-mou-text-revealed-as-trump-justifies-ending-iran-war/
Khanna Becomes First in Congress to Sign ‘Peace Pledge’ Promising to Reject AIPAC Funds. The co-founder of AIPAC Tracker said the pledge is meant to give lawmakers who once backed Israel “a bridge to get on the right side of history.” The PEACE Pledge stands for the Pledge to Enforce American law, Counter foreign influence, and End war crimes.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/6/18/headlines/rep_ro_khanna_is_first_us_lawmaker_to_sign_anti_aipac_peace_pledge
AIPAC: (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIPAC
‘Monumental Civil Rights Victory’: Georgia Democrats Celebrate as State GOP Drops Plan to Redraw Maps
“Today, thanks to the people showing up and showing out, we won. Racist, rigged maps are dead for now.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/georgia-gop-congressional-maps
Trump’s Iran Disaster an Even Bigger US Strategic Defeat Than Vietnam: “The United States is inarguably in a weaker position than when it began this war of choice, with core US strategic objectives harmed.”
https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/16/iran-vietnam-strategy-defeat/
The Trump Administration Wants You to Be Afraid to Vote
An FBI raid on the Ohio Organizing Collective is part of a strategy that aims to intimidate voters and those who would help them exercise the franchise.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/politicizing-fbi-intimidate-voters
# Politics / Global
Putin faces nukes on Russia’s border as Nato country tears up ban just days after Vlad’s WW3 build-up revealed. Lawmakers in Finland voted to lift the country’s longstanding ban on nuclear weapons, allowing for the import, transport, supply, and possession of nuclear arms on its territory when necessary.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/putin-finland-nuclear-weapons-nato-37312253
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
Supreme Court Rejects Judge’s Plea. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal of 98-year-old federal judge Pauline Newman, leaving her indefinitely suspended from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Newman, the oldest active federal judge in the country, has been suspended since 2023 over disputes regarding her mental fitness and refusal to submit to testing.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/supreme-court/4608991/supreme-court-declines-hear-98-year-old-judge-fight-suspension/
Democratic Absences Mean Trump Lawyer Is Now a Judge for Life. Justin Smith, 41, was confirmed to a lifetime federal judgeship after multiple Democrats missed the vote.
https://newrepublic.com/post/211954/democratic-absences-mean-trump-lawyer-now-judge-life
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
California, Nevada, and 21 Other States’ Lawsuit Puts Trump’s Mail-In Ballot Order on Trial as USPS Rule Sparks Election Fight. Trump’s ‘flagrantly unconstitutional’ order attacking mail voting is already being implemented and must be blocked now, new filing alleges
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trumps-flagrantly-unconstitutional-order-attacking-mail-voting-is-already-being-implemented-and-must-be-blocked-now-new-filing-alleges/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
After 60 days in the hospital, Medicare starts charging $434 a day. Medicare beneficiaries who end up in the hospital for longer than 60 days in a single benefit period face a sharp financial cliff: a daily coinsurance charge of $434 starting on day 61, with no annual cap on total out-of-pocket spending under Original Medicare.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4715068872619-after-60-days-in-the-hospital-medicare-starts-charging-434-a-day?s=dmg_local_email_bucket_1.web2_fromweb&emailId=L69CIMX&uid=380210659&exp=nl_bucket_exp26q2-v1%2Cnl_bucket_exp26q2_10pct-v7%2Cnl_bucket_exp_26_2-v32&nl_tag=passive_national_daily_headlines
# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications
Legal Experts Spot ‘Incredibly Harmful’ Phrase From Trump Admin — And Warn It Will ‘Fuel’ A Fire: Trump Administration Quietly Redefines Embryos As Children In Obscure Grant Program. Reproductive health care experts described the move as “a Trojan horse,” creating a precedent that could threaten access to fertility treatments like IVF and ban abortion nationwide.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-admin-embryo-child-grant-program_n_6a32dd6ae4b0dfdabce9ca40
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Trump Administration Admits to Using Grok to Bomb Iran In Federal Lawsuit Backing Elon Musk. The Trump administration is defending Musk’s data center by admitting that it has used its AI to enable strikes on Iran.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/pentagon-used-elon-musk-grok-193053864.html
‘Another Trump-Authorized Murder’: 1 Dead, 2 Survivors Reported After Latest US Boat Bombing
More than 200 people have been killed in US strikes targeting boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean that the Trump administration claimed—without providing evidence—were smuggling drugs.
https://www.military.com/us-strike-on-an-alleged-drug-boat-kills-1-leaves-2-survivors-in-the-eastern-pacific-ocean
# Military / Global
Incredible moment Putin’s prized oil depot explodes in huge fireball as Ukraine blitzes Moscow with biggest attack yet. The blast is one of many that rocked Moscow last night
https://www.the-sun.com/news/16530629/moment-putins-prized-oil-depot-hit-moscow-explosion/
# Security / DHS / Communications / Surveillance / Secret Service
Secret Service enraged at FBI Director Kash Patel after premature announcement about UFC event terror plot: Secret Service officials are reportedly angry with FBI Director Kash Patel for announcing the FBI had intercepted an alleged plot targeting President Donald Trump’s UFC Freedom 250 event before many arrests had been made in the case.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/secret-enraged-fbi-director-kash-201604104.html
# Social / Communities / Housing
U.S. lawmakers reach deal on key housing affordability bill. In a rare instance of congressional unity, the House and Senate reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement over legislation to boost housing supply and home ownership across the country.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3a3e363d-d4e1-4b93-97aa-908f40b7913c.html
# Veterans / VA
GOP’s VA overhaul bill narrows some employees’ rights, spurs privatization, union says. The Take Care of America’s Veterans Act also would cut some vets’ disability benefits and push the Veterans Affairs Department to bring back telework in some form.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/06/gops-va-overhaul-bill-narrows-some-employees-rights-spurs-privatization-union-says/414230/?oref=ge-home-top-story
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