Voices, The Peoples News
September 19, 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
# Indigenous
“We Will Not Let This Destroy Our Sacred Sites”: Indigenous Leaders Fight Trump. Administration’s Border Wall. Tohono O’odham Nation and U.S. Democratic congressional leaders join fight to stop Southern Arizona border wall construction on sovereign or protected lands.
https://thefulcrum.us/governance-legislation/border-wall-construction
Something changed on the Moon: NASA’s orbiter spots a 728-foot crater that wasn’t there in earlier images.
https://thefulcrum.us/governance-legislation/border-wall-construction
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin reacts to video showing ICE officer punching teenager after altercation
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/video/dhs-secretary-markwayne-mullin-ice-video-texas-ip
ICE Relies On Hundreds Of Companies. At this point, it’s clear that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been taking legally questionable and violent action across the country to arrest, detain and deport thousands of people. But as easy as it may be to point the finger at a single evil boogeyman, ICE depends on a massive infrastructure of individuals, companies and suppliers to achieve its goals.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/companies-working-with-ice-laura-berlin_n_6aac1c24e4b05a5eaee42b99/amp
Ilhan Omar’s new bill aims to strip ICE of its funding, forcing the agency to pay for the fallout of its most controversial operations: Following the conclusion of “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced the Make ICE Pay Act to redirect the $140 billion allocated to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) through the “One, Big Beautiful Bill” Act (HR-1) and invest it into communities across the country that have been impacted by the Department of Homeland Security’s heinous operations.
https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-ilhan-omar-introduces-legislation-redirect-ice-and-cbp-funding
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Lands / Water / USGS / Animals
Trump revokes 2009 executive order geared towards protecting and restoring the Chesapeake Bay. The 2009 EO, issued by then-President Barack Obama, looked to restore Chesapeake Bay water quality, create agricultural practices to protect the Bay, reduce water pollution from federal lands and facilities, protect the Bay as the climate changes, expand public access to the Bay and conserve ecosystems, and more.
https://www.wboc.com/news/trump-administration-repeals-chesapeake-bay-protection-and-restoration-executive-order/article_ff7dc248-7c27-4d22-a95d-6f52540c5dfb.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants / Data Centers
Agriculture Commissioner Miller calls out Gov. Abbott, says ‘there’s no excuse for sitting around’ after urging the governor to suspend Texas’ 20-cent-per-gallon fuel tax
https://texasagriculture.gov/News-Events/Article/12010/Commissioner-Miller-to-Governor-Abbott-Suspend-the-Gas-Tax-and-Give-Texans-Reli
Texas oil and gas regulator doubles down and defies state legislature. After backlash to a new public comment policy, Commissioner Wayne Christian refused to attend a legislative hearing and cursed at a member of the public.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16092026/texas-oil-regulator-wayne-christian-defies-state-legislature/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Jeffrey Epstein estate sued by two women who claim he had child p— of them. They’re seeking class-action status for their lawsuit, and calling on the feds to create a system of notifying the women in the photographs.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/jeffrey-epstein-estate-sued-two-203946982.html
AIPAC NIGHTMARE! Two top Democrats just BLOCKED a $2.8 billion weapons sale to Israel — including 40,000 bombs Biden himself refused to send. Total value: $2.8 billion package. The folks over at AIPAC are likely having major conniptions today after Trump’s much-hyped multi-billion-dollar weapons sale to Israel just hit a major roadblock.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6093729-trump-israel-bombs-objection/
# Gov / Politics / US
Republican turns on Pete Hegseth with eight articles of impeachment
https://time.com/article/2026/09/15/massie-hegseth-impeachment-iran/
Beaten-down reps make futile Trump admission as they flee DC. “The American people have had it with Trump’s false attacks on our democracy and our voting,” Lieu said.
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/johnson-house-shutdown/
Kennedy Center shutdown covering up bigger mess triggered by Trump: The push to shut down the Kennedy Center is a cover story meant to hide financial mismanagement tied to President Donald Trump, an attorney said.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-kennedy-center-2677890204/
‘Worst I’ve ever seen’: Swing-state GOP campaign in crisis as volunteers fail to show up. A local Republican official working on Mike Rogers’ Michigan Senate campaign publicly sounded the alarm this week over collapsing GOP enthusiasm on the ground.
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-rogers-2677887631/
Carville: Trump Is Compromised by Putin – “There’s a P-Tape”: In this listener Q&A, James Carville lays out his long-held theory that Trump is compromised by Putin — floating the idea of a literal “P-Tape” — using the Witkoff-Kushner meeting with Putin as evidence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIHTJMWnMjA
See also: https://share.newsbreak.com/jmnp2k4p
All of Trump’s Self-Inflicted Crises Are Getting Worse. “Trump knows that this is so detrimental to him, but he can’t do anything about it. And it’s all his own making.” The Congressional Budget Office handed the president yet another headache ahead of the midterms.
https://michaelwolffnyc.substack.com/p/all-of-trumps-self-inflicted-crises?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=4559901&post_id=216223886&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=edvb&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
How Trump and his administration have mired the US in multiple crises. From manufactured election insecurity to an outbreak of ‘explosive’ diarrhea, Americans are bearing the brunt of harmful policies
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/19/how-trump-and-his-administration-have-mired-the-us-in-multiple-crises
[Video] Trump’s Dictatorship Threat Source: Donald Trump just took another step toward authoritarianism.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ddc0a7aCg35/
# Global News
Israel intends to “finish the job” in Gaza by forcibly removing Palestinians, defense minister admits
https://www.thedailystar.net/news/world/news/israel-will-remove-all-palestinians-gaza-4274981
There is no real aversion to ethnic cleansing from the international community. Katz said that Israel was merely waiting for US approval. “The IDF is prepared, once given the directive to eliminate Hamas, to finish the job so that we can also implement the migration plan,” Katz declared.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260917-there-is-no-real-aversion-to-ethnic-cleansing-from-the-international-community/
Kremlin seizes Nestlé’s assets in Russia as crackdown on private business grows. Swiss maker of KitKats says it will take action to protect its rights after Kremlin decree
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/09/18/kremlin-seizes-nestles-russian-assets-in-new-crackdown/
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Alabama man executed even though a jury said he should stay in prison for life. Nearly 20% of Alabama’s current death row inmates were sentenced to death by judges even after their juries chose life imprisonment.
https://eji.org/news/jeffery-lee-alabama-execution/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Trump and Aide Natalie Harper Hit With Second Federal Lawsuit Over $100K Truth Social Access, According to Court Docs
https://share.newsbreak.com/jmmbuart
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Billionaires Are Encroaching on the Free Press. Concentrated billionaire ownership of major news organizations, social media platforms, and AI distribution networks poses a systemic threat to the independence of the free press
https://truthout.org/articles/billionaires-are-encroaching-on-the-free-press-lets-act-to-defend-it-in-2026/
President Donald Trump is “banning” CNN, MS NOW and Politico “from the White House.” The president said it was “effective immediately,” but there was no indication his administration had taken any steps to follow through. CNN’s team remained at the White House Friday afternoon reporting the news. The news organizations named by the president had no immediate comment on the president’s claim.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/video/trump-ban-threat-truth-social-post-cnn-digvid
‘You’re Standing Here’: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Dismisses Trump Media Ban As a Threat to Free Press
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/standing-sarah-huckabee-sanders-dismisses-204448295.html
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
Industry titans’ warning to Congress: Do what we say or health insurance premiums are going up.
Some of America’s biggest companies say a law aimed at protecting patients is about to hurt them instead.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/17/health-insurance-premiums-doctors-surprises-01081155
# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Medicare is ending the federal program that held drug plan premiums down, starting with the 2027 plan year. Program that held down premiums not renewed for 2027, resulting in higher costs for some seniors
https://omar.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-ilhan-omar-introduces-legislation-redirect-ice-and-cbp-funding
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
U.S. forces strike Iranian rocket launchers on Strait of Hormuz; Iran vows retaliation. U.S. forces announced that Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in the first military action in a month on Sunday, breaking a lull in the fighting during an intermittent war that has continued for over six months.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpuwvENWUHE
# Military / Global
Iran swiftly vowed to retaliate for what it described as a deadly attack. Iran has vowed to respond to a new wave of US strikes despite President Donald Trump’s warning of a much tougher response to any retaliation. Iran’s top military general said “harsh punishment awaits the aggressor” as tensions between Washington and Tehran escalate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnNF4_qF6fw
# Other Interestimg Stuff
In 1998, demolition crews cleared an old Miami apartment block to make way for luxury condos. Underneath it: a perfect circle cut into bedrock, 2,000 years old.
Twenty-four holes, 38 feet across, built as the foundation for a Tequesta structure — possibly close to their capital. The site sat directly in the path of planned construction. Its survival was genuinely uncertain.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CvUJyfBMio0
# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / Flock Cameras / Secret Service
Abbott’s Pause on Flock Camera Funding in Texas Leaves Houston-Area Police Weighing 480 Harris County Cameras, 200 HPD Readers and New Grant Plans. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the state Department of Transportation to stop issuing permits for automated license plate readers.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/public-safety/2026/09/17/562160/texas-flock-camera-pause-highways-txdot/
Hackers stole a Flock camera. Here’s what they found inside. Hackers stole a Flock camera and accessed its internal data, revealing how the license plate reader tracks both vehicles and people. A hacker collective pulled down a Flock camera and dumped its data. The files included thousands of videos and logs showing that the device captured 1.6 million images of 50,000 vehicles in 21 days.
https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-flock-camera-data-shows-how-system-works/
# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Concerns growing about AI safety and its capabilities ahead of China-US meeting
As President Donald Trump prepares to meet China’s President Xi Jinping next week, experts and lawmakers are raising alarms about artificial intelligence and its potential risks.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/concerns-growing-ai-safety-capabilities-china-us-meeting/73785410
The fight over artificial intelligence regulation is going local in the run-up to a high-stakes U.S.-China summit, where AI will likely be in the spotlight.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/video/6405270467112
Republican and Democratic states defy Trump on AI regulation. Calls for more robust limits have escalated since July.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/18/states-defy-trump-ai-regulation-01083481
# UFO / UAP Disclosure
Pentagon releases sixth batch of UFO files. The documents include a “military program that commissioned studies of warp drives, wormholes and injuries that researchers linked to possible encounters with unknown craft,” CBS News reported.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/ufo/pentagon-ufo-files-sixth-release/
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