Voices, The Peoples News
September 21, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Big Tech Is Trampling Native Treaty Rights to Build Data Centers. Tribal consultation isn’t optional, but the corporations building data centers in New Mexico are acting like it is.
https://truthout.org/articles/big-tech-is-trampling-native-treaty-rights-to-build-data-centers/
The Penobscot Nation has regained 11,297 acres near Katahdin in the first phase of a $32.5 million effort to return more than 30,000 acres of ancestral land to the tribe.
https://www.tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/real-estate/15766-penobscot-nation-regains-11-297-acres-in-first-phase-of-major-land-return
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Men deported by Trump to Equatorial Guinea bound and brutally beaten in detention camp. Ahmed Soliman (from Egypt) and SamsoThe Trump administration sent these individuals to Equatorial Guinea under a secretive deportation agreementn Birhane (from Eritrea). Both men lived in the U.S. for decades before their deportation.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/18/us-men-deported-hotel-equatorial-guinea
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / USGS / Animals
Locals blindsided by Trump’s secretive plans for public lands, ‘Unholy alliance’: The Trump administration is quietly working to hand over vast stretches of America’s public lands to billionaires and technology companies — and the scale is bigger than known
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-secret-data/
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA / USAID
The federal food stamp work rule now reaches age 64, but USDA’s public page still tells readers it stops at 54
https://share.newsbreak.com/jn616i00
High diesel prices hit farmers as officials push export limits. U.S. farmers face record-high fuel expenses this year as the fall harvest kicks into gear while pressure grows on the Trump administration to impose a temporary ban on diesel exports that could bring down prices.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/louisiana/article_ea789b03-ba85-4cea-9819-1d2c8ba60a3f.amp.html
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Judge Threatens Attorney General Todd Blanche With Contempt For Failure To Release Epstein Files Related To Allegations About Trump & A Minor. Sullivan said last month he didn’t want to start contempt proceedings, but added that the public “has a right to know what the hell is going on in this case” and the “victims have a right to know and the court has a right to know.”
https://www.axios.com/2026/09/17/epstein-files-doj-contempt-judge-blanche
# Gov / Politics / US
Former house speaker Nancy Pelosi bashed president Trump over restrictions on White House media access. She said freedom of the press is protected by the First Amendment and that the president should not decide which outlets can cover his administration based on their reporting
https://pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-statement-on-trump-social-media-executive-order
Rep. Jason Crow is taking aim at Trump over the Kennedy Center, arguing that the president’s desire for recognition is overshadowing the institution itself. Crow on threats after Trump’s sedition allegations: ‘It’s very disturbing stuff’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5619520-jason-crow-threats-trump-sedition/
‘He Can’t Just Sign an Order and Make It the Law’: Symone Sanders-Townsend Explains the Constitutional Check on Trump’s Election Power
https://share.newsbreak.com/jn6mqwba
“The threat of armed federal agents descending on polling places is an attempt to intimidate us and control who gets to hold power in this country. It won’t work.”: Bannon Calls For “Up-Armored ICE Presence” at the Polls. In Key States, New Program Ensures Voters Won’t Face It Alone
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/bannon-calls-for-up-armored-ice-presence-at-the-polls-in-key-states-new-program-ensures-voters-won-t-face-it-alone-1036515158
Scary things happening in United States: Information is coming to light – some through news items openly provided by the newly infiltrated Democratic (Socialist) Party and some by the quiet reporting by an opposing campaign. But most people are oblivious of the facts and the possibility of the monumental impact these two revelations could have on your future, Mr./Mrs./Miss America. Allow me to put them together for you.
https://www.alvinsun.net/opinion/article_49b69325-205f-46ae-9a28-01a6b47a0c2a.html
Trump calls a $400 million super PAC ‘my money that I control,’ but a watchdog group says federal law bars that arrangement. “Federal law bars those holding federal office from directing spending decisions for a political organization with no contribution limits.”
https://politicalwire.com/2026/09/18/trump-faces-complaint-over-super-pac-control/
Trump’s plan for “control” worries Greenland residents: “Whenever the US and Trump are mentioned, I have mixed feelings”: Greenland hailed a “binding” deal announced by President Donald Trump to give Washington “permanent control” over Greenland’s security, but Greenland residents don’t see things the same way.
https://www.tag24.com/en/news/politics/politicians/donald-trump/trumps-plan-for-control-worries-greenland-residents-whenever-the-us-and-trump-are-mentioned-i-have-mixed-feelings-3533597
Trump set to host Xi for historic state visit amid trade, AI, Iran tensions. President Donald Trump is set to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping to the White House this week.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-set-host-xi-historic-130000924.html
A tsunami of jailings will drown Trump and his gang — his latest acts signed the warrants
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-jail/
Trump photographed with ‘Kennedy Center Demolished’ sign as venue says closure ‘temporary’: Opponents led by Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty filed emergency court motions challenging the sudden closure, arguing that shutting down the public monument violates existing court orders and alleging that safety concerns are being manufactured to force the administration’s renaming demands.
https://ground.news/article/trump-photographed-with-kennedy-center-demolished-sign-as-venue-says-closure-temporary
Mitch McConnell cast one vote and skipped the next two, and his office hasn’t answered questions about where he went
https://attackofthefanboy.com/politics/mitch-mcconnell-cast-one-vote-and-skipped-the-next-two-and-his-office-hasnt-answered-questions-about-where-he-went/
‘A huge problem’: Trump has traded more stocks than all of Congress combined. A Bush-era ethics lawyer explains why you should worry. “There’s a financial conflict of interest if he has an ownership interest in the account,” Painter said. “It doesn’t matter who manages it.”
https://fortune.com/2026/09/19/trump-trades-congress-index-fund-ethics/
Trump’s New Power Grab Revealed. President Donald Trump is working on an executive order that could expand his administration’s control over billions of dollars earmarked for scientific research grants. The administration is specifically targeting research funding at Harvard University. The administration has been at odds with the Ivy League university since it tried to block its federal grant funding, but lost the battle in court.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/trump-power-grab-revealed-215232899.html
‘Do I Blow the Entire Nation Up?’: Trump Says He’s in ‘Deciding Mode’ on Iran War. A senior Iranian official said that “our conditions are an end to the war on all fronts, the release of our frozen funds, and an end to the naval blockade.” The comments come after reports surfaced that Trump is expected to meet with six Persian Gulf leaders on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly this week. The Trump administration will also allow a “core delegation” of Iranian officials, like Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, to attend the high-level session at the General Assembly.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6100347-trump-speculates-iran-war/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Secret donors paid millions to Clarence Thomas-linked law firm with Supreme Court cases. Investigative reports have detailed extensive financial and gift disclosures involving Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and wealthy conservative donors, though specific phrasing regarding millions paid directly to a “Thomas-linked law firm with Supreme Court cases” often conflates several distinct ethics controversies
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/justice-thomas-took-lavish-trips-paid-for-by-gop-donor-investigative-report-says
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
MS NOW Host Nails The Reason Kennedy Center Demolition Would Be ‘Pretty Twisted, Even For Trump’: Chris Hayes Cuts To The Chase About Trump’s Kennedy Center Threats: ‘Make It Mine’ Or Else. Many Trump critics might say that the MS NOW host is just keeping things real
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ms-now-chris-hayes-trump-kennedy-center-demolition_n_6aad505ce4b03a8a58d670b0
CNN, MS NOW and Politico, three news outlets to sue to protect First Amendment rights after Trump banned them from White House grounds
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/sep/21/donald-trump-arch-media-white-house-press-ban-mamdani-ai-unga-latest-news-updates
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime completely abolished freedom of the Press in the Third Reich and replaced it with strict state censorship. During the first weeks of 1933, the Nazi regime deployed the radio, press, and newsreels to stoke fears of a pending “Communist uprising,” then channeled popular anxieties into political measures that eradicated civil liberties and democracy.
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-press-in-the-third-reich
# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
Thousands of bottles of a drug used to treat high blood pressure and fluid retention are being recalled, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Novartis is recalling a single lot of valsartan, a blood pressure drug the company sells under the brand name Diovan, due to failed dissolution specifications. This means it is not dissolving correctly, which can impact the drug’s effectiveness.
https://cardiovascularbusiness.com/topics/clinical/pharmaceutics/popular-blood-pressure-drug-recalled
Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro accuses Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of ‘compromising the serious mission of the nation’s public health agencies’ as two more people die of measles in the state
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/15/measles-deaths-reignite-rfk-jr-shapiro-fight-01078324
South Texas Families Are Driving to Mexico for Medicine and Medical Procedures. Here’s Why It’s Accelerating. As U.S. drug prices climb and coverage gaps persist along the border, more Rio Grande Valley families are turning a decades-old bargain-hunting habit into a financial necessity.
https://www.latintimes.com/south-texas-families-are-driving-mexico-medicine-medical-procedures-heres-why-its-accelerating-599401
A CVS unit that dosed nursing-home residents is being liquidated after a $949 million judgment, having been found liable in federal court for filing millions of fraudulent claims for unnecessary prescription drugs
https://healthexec.com/topics/healthcare-management/legal-news/cvs-omnicare-files-bankruptcy-after-949m-judgment
$1.3bn in US health funds left unspent by Trump ‘could lead to 150,000 preventable deaths.’ The funding authority expires on 30 September, at the end of the US federal financial year. “The result will be deadly consequences for patients, the incapacitation of history’s most successful global health programme, and the fuelling of a flourishing new HIV pandemic,” the organisation said.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-health-aid-hiv-malaria-tuberculosis-b3052078.html
# Medical Pharmaceuticals
Secret Trump Drug Deals Reveal Perks for Big Pharma, Uncertainty for Patients. Recently disclosed documents reveal the Trump administration’s confidential “most-favored-nation” drug pricing deals with pharmaceutical giants include hidden perks for drugmakers, such as tariff protections and allowances to raise prices or restrict supply overseas, while leaving promised savings for American patients heavily redacted and uncertain
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-pharma-deal-secrets-exposed
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
US proposes AI warning system with China for national security threats. The U.S. has proposed an AI “notification mechanism,” so the U.S. and China can alert each other to serious incidents.
https://apnews.com/article/bessent-ai-xi-trump-china-trade-2c7f54f07e755f506d9db9b91df282bd
An AI hallucination almost ignited a newfound conflict between two global forces. Planes were in the air and troops were ready to board a Chinese ship before the US learned an AI chatbot had misidentified its cargo.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/327826/20260921/ai-generated-intelligence-nearly-triggered-us-china-crisis-over-chinese-ship-how.htm
# Military / Global
South Korea’s president says no ‘military assets in any form’ for the Iran war, but a navy destroyer off Somalia may get a wider mission
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/south-koreas-president-says-no-military-assets-in-any-form-for-the-iran-war-but-a-navy-destroyer-off-somalia-may-get-a-wider-mission/
# NASA / Space
NASA employees: EEOC committed ‘flagrant distortions’ to decertify class complaint. EEOC officials touted a long-running discrimination case against NASA as an example why federal sector cases were in need of reform. The employees who brought the case said commissioners railroaded them.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2026/09/nasa-employees-eeoc-committed-flagrant-distortions-decertify-class-complaint/416090/
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