Voices, The Peoples News
August 25, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
MONSTERS! Trump’s ICE goons just dragged a mom and her daughter out of their hospital room, with the mom in a neck brace, after being injured in a dangerous car accident!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFYDUChyKh0
The privatization of immigrant detention. A GEO Group subsidiary donated $1.4 million to a super PAC benefiting the White House’s political campaign after the Trump administration awarded contracts worth about $165 million a year to the private prison company
https://time.com/article/2026/08/04/ice-detention-strategy-private-prisons-immigration-deportation/
Profiting Off Pain: Privatized Detention, Mass Surveillance and the Drive for Immigrant Prosecutions
https://nipnlg.org/work/resources/profiting-pain-privatized-detention-mass-surveillance-and-drive-immigrant
ICE wants a weapon that will leave no marks. The shock gloves the feds have just ordered do the trick. “Whatever the case, these gloves continue ICE’s dehumanization of migrants, critics, and brown people generally.”
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/ice-wants-a-weapon-that-leaves-no-mark-electric-shock-gloves-compliant-technologies
Trump planning largest mass visa revocation in history, targeting up to 200,000 foreigners
Donald Trump’s administration is set to revoke over 200,000 visas held by foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum in the U.S.
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/trump-planning-largest-mass-visa-1995907
# Children / Youth / Childcare / Interstate Child-Trafficking
Children in a faith-healing sect keep dying. Children in sects like the Followers of Christ frequently die from treatable conditions. The state lets it happen.
https://www.propublica.org/article/faith-healing-idaho-deaths-followers-of-christ
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies / Imports
A proposed IRS rule would make families sign a citizenship declaration under penalty of perjury to collect refundable tax credits.
Child Tax Credit (CTC)
Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
Adoption Tax Credit
American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC)
https://share.newsbreak.com/jedpm47t
Trump’s three-front offensive hits cartels, Canada and economic blackout on Iran. A busy 48 hours: A sweeping economic campaign against Iran, imposing 50% tariffs on Canadian goods after trade talks failed, and ordering a U.S. military strike that destroyed a suspected cartel drug boat.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trumps-three-front-offensive-economic-siege-iran-tariffs-hit-canada-strike
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
Trump’s plan to allow drilling near New Mexico heritage site sets off global alarms. A UNESCO spokesperson said the world heritage committee has consistently considered mining and drilling near sites to be “incompatible with world heritage status.”
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2026/08/138259-trump-allow-drilling-mining-near-world-heritage-site
Trump Raked In Up to $15.5 Million From Fossil Fuel Stocks as His War Pushed Up Gas Prices.
“President Trump continues to get richer from an illegal war that he started and refuses to resolve, while Americans pay the price for his actions,” said US Sen. Maggie Hassan.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-gas-prices-iran-war-oil-industry-house-democrats
Shell puts longtime U.S. headquarters on the market for $325 million as it shrinks Houston footprint. Attorneys general across the United States are using a range of strategies to withhold 2024 emails discussing a longstanding plan to file lawsuits against the second Trump administration over potential policies that had not yet been implemented.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_853a92ef-991e-4b41-b10e-0b11cbd40d8e.html
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA
They’ve Finally Done It: Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Edible Cookies. In the immortal words of an inveterate addict suffering in the throes of a lifelong addiction: C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me. Even if cookie plastic.
https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2026/august/this-cookie-started-its-life-as-a-plastic-bottle.html
# General News
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent, but it still requires Senate approval and a presidential signature before taking effect.
In much of the U.S., the sun wouldn’t rise until after 8 a.m. for at least part of the winter. For some, the sun wouldn’t come up until after 9 a.m.
https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/6033849-no-more-sunsets-before-5-p-m-how-permanent-daylight-saving-would-change-winter/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Trump sanctioned ICC officials to shield Israeli leaders. Rights groups sued. Supporters of Trump-sanctioned individuals or entities face maximums of $1 million in fines and 20 years imprisonment. Executive Order 14203: Signed by President Trump, the order authorizes asset freezes and travel restrictions against ICC judges, prosecutors, and associated human rights defenders
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-sanctioned-icc-officials-to-shield-israeli-leaders-rights-groups-sued/
# Gov / Politics / US
President Trump eyes ‘crushing’ economic blockade to bring Iran to its knees. The Trump administration plans to escalate its strategy to economically isolate the Islamic Republic by targeting its international enablers and financial networks, and sends a warning shot to Beijing.
https://justthenews.com/government/diplomacy/president-trump-eyes-crushing-economic-blockade-bring-iran-its-knees
Bessent unveils ‘Operation Economic Outcast’ sanctions targeting Iranian regime. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says US sanctions will intensify to choke off Iran’s revenues and isolate the country.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/24/trump-administration-announces-global-economic-war-on-iran
Al Green Files Impeachment Articles Over Trump Using CBP, ICE as ‘Unaccountable Paramilitary Police Forces.’ “The framers anticipated this kind of abuse of executive power,” said one legal expert. “They gave Congress the remedy: impeachment.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/donald-trump-impeachment
Judge lays out Trump’s ‘high noon’ plot to seize power if Republicans lose the midterms. Conservative judge Michael Luttig warned Monday that President Donald Trump seems likely to push Congress into a “high noon” scenario if the midterms don’t go well for Republicans.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-midterms-2677772166/
‘Must be stopped, NOW’: Trump hints at swift intervention over ‘epic humanitarian crisis.’ “The failing Islamic Republic of Iran is not paying large segments of their military, while at the same time killing protesters, even when they are not protesting, at levels not seen before,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2677772954/
Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ threats become warnings for countries to sever financial ties with Iran
https://apnews.com/article/iran-rial-currency-bessent-trade-august-24-2026-e367634d8853c8fa4a341132cd577f31
“His Endless War Of Choice In Iran Isn’t Enough” — Kaptur Accuses Trump Of Launching A Fresh Trade War On Canada As 50% Tariffs Take Effect, “The GOP Must Rein In This Destructive Reckless Administration”
https://www.newsbreak.com/combat-rated-361333999/4845203742649-his-endless-war-of-choice-in-iran-isn-t-enough-kaptur-accuses-trump-of-launching-a-fresh-trade-war-on-canada-as-50-tariffs-take-effect-the-gop-must-rein-in-this-destructive-reckless-administration
More than 1.2 million Texans’ voter registrations are suspended. To check their status, voters should visit the state’s portal. In case they are on the suspense list, they have until October 5 to be removed from it, which can be done through another state website. A driver’s license or a Social Security number may be necessary to change the address.
https://thenerdstash.com/texas-angry-after-voter-suspense-list-hits-1-2-million-this-seems-seriously-off/
# Global News
Iran says it’s prepared for new US sanctions, predicting them to be ‘another defeat.’ Iran says it’s long prepared for new sanctions from the U.S. Meanwhile, China says it will safeguard its rights amid new financial threats.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-trump-sanctions-strait-of-hormuz/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
The Georgia Supreme Court will no longer hear appeals in murder cases because those cases take up too much of the court’s time. The state’s Court of Appeals will instead be the appellate court of last resort in all murder cases except those that include the possibility of a death sentence
https://georgiarecorder.com/2026/08/17/georgia-supreme-court-to-stop-hearing-most-murder-cases-by-2028/
AGs conceal records tied to longstanding plans to sue Trump
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_853a92ef-991e-4b41-b10e-0b11cbd40d8e.html
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Journalist Benn Jordan was banned from Flock Safety’s police surveillance conference for being press, so he flew a drone over it and filmed every cop, politician, and former senator inside.
https://cybernews.com/entertainment/ben-jordan-banned-flock-event/
How Trump Plans to Silence CNN, Jon Stewart and John Oliver (the Same Way He Silenced CBS News). The president is pushing for a media monopoly that would cover his authoritarian moves.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-trump-ellison-media-monopoly
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
UnitedHealthcare says it is no longer negotiating, The deal secured in-network access at UHealth for people covered through employer plans, Affordable Care Act marketplace plans and Florida Medicaid. A different contract governs the insurer’s Medicare Advantage Preferred Care Network plan, and that one is ending on a fixed date.
https://share.newsbreak.com/jedukemg
# Medical Alternatives / Medical Marijuana / Hemp / CBD
Texas Marijuana Laws and Penalties
https://norml.org/laws/texas-penalties-2/
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
‘Lawless Killing Spree at Sea Resumes’ as US Announces Fresh Boat Bombings. With the latest two casualties, the Trump administration’s boat bombing spree has now claimed the lives of at least 223 people.
https://www.ms.now/opinion/trump-gas-prices-iran-war-oil-industry-house-democrats
Insider Trading on Polymarket Is Revealing Military Secrets. “It would be naive to think foreign-intelligence agencies aren’t monitoring these markets.” More than 150 Polymarket wallets may have traded on military secrets, research finds
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/more-than-150-polymarket-wallets-may-have-traded-military-secrets-research-finds-2026-08-20/
# NASA / Space
In the ’60s, US military satellites were hunting secret nuclear tests. What they found came from deep space
https://www.sciencing.com/2242410/1960s-us-military-satellites-nuclear-tests-gamma-ray-bursts/
The Forgotten Cold War Plan That Put a Ring of Copper Around the Earth: In 1963, the United States launched half a billion whisker-thin copper wires into orbit in an attempt to install a ring around the Earth. It was called Project West Ford, and it’s a perfect, if odd, example of the Cold War paranoia and military mentality at work in America’s early space program.
https://www.wired.com/2013/08/project-west-ford/
# NOAA
Ocean temperatures just hit new levels as Trump’s climate denial machine defunds the agency tracking it. In line with Project 2025’s recommendations, over 900 advanced deep-sea sensors are being removed from the ocean floor, cutting off critical real-time data used by global researchers to track climate change.
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/trump-administration-dismantles-critical-ocean-floor-observation-network/
Project 2025: https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
Project 2025 Explained: https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf
# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Data Centers / Secret Service
Trump regulators issue key permit for proposed $100 million underwater data center off Maine coast. “No one really wants it here,” said one local resident who helped gather signatures in support of blocking the data center.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/maine-data-center
# Social / Communities / Housing
This Palantir billionaire’s passion project is criminalizing homelessness. Joe Lonsdale’s Cicero Institute lobbies to make sleeping outdoors a crime. Under Trump, the federal government is listening.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/08/joe-londsdale-cicero-institute-homelessness/
Oregon Is Spending More Than Ever on Low-Income Housing. A State Law Keeps the Details Secret. The state has given developers an unprecedented $1.4 billion, and the cost of developing each subsidized apartment has nearly doubled. But, thanks to a carve-out in its public records law, Oregon doesn’t have to provide the details of that spending.
https://www.propublica.org/article/oregon-affordable-housing-cost-secrecy
# Social Services Programs / Social Security / Disability / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
The Social Security payment for the month a person dies must be returned, even after it reaches the bank
https://www.usa.gov/social-security-report-a-death
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