Voices, The Peoples News
October 3, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Billy Frank Jr. was arrested more than 50 times for fishing on his own river. He kept returning to the water until his arrests helped ignite a fight that changed Native fishing rights in America.
The first arrest came in 1945. Frank was 14.
https://maritimewa.org/story/meet-billy-frank-jr/
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
‘It Has to Stop’: Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids. “It doesn’t have to be this way. ICE doesn’t have to traumatize children, tear families apart, and treat people like this,” said one Austin, Texas official.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-raids-bus-stops
‘Monstrous’ US Deportation Hearings for Children Who ‘Have No One’ Shock Consciences. “Don’t ever get immune to the inhumanity and dehumanization of what the Trump/Miller project is doing to children and families,” said one advocate. Unaccompanied migrant children, some as young as 2 or 3 years old, are appearing unrepresented in fast-tracked US deportation hearings following the lapse of federal legal services contracts
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-deports-children
New ICE guidance bans high-speed car chases and sets tighter rules for traffic stops, a memo shows
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2026/10/01/new-ice-guidance-bans-high-speed-chases–memo-shows
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Education Department shifts roles to other agencies, further shrinking the agency. Less is more: McMahon has repeatedly said her ultimate goal is to shrink the Department of Education, rendering her job obsolete and “firing herself.”
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/education/education
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants / Fuel / Nuclear
South Korea’s $200+ BILLION investment in America includes eight MASSIVE nuclear power plants in Ohio, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Kentucky — FULLY PAID FOR by the Korean governmentZERO cost to the United States. Why? Because South Korea was PLEADING for relief over President Trump’s overwhelming tariffs. HUGE win for America!
https://www.ans.org/news/article-8453/south-korea-to-invest-in-us-nuclear-projects-including-8-large-reactors/
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA / USAID
‘People are scared’: Trump’s loyal friend watches his famed restaurant go empty
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-immigration-2677986869/
# Gov / Politics / US
Washington revoked more than 250,000 visas amid tighter immigration controls. The revocations include cases related to crimes, fraud, abuse of the immigration system, threats to national security, and more than 2,000 visas linked to so-called “birth tourism.”
https://voz.us/en/society/261001/39565/washington-revoked-more-than-250-000-visas-amid-tighter-immigration-controls.html
Tens of Thousands of Voters at ‘Risk of Disenfranchisement’ Thanks to Trump’s Postal Service: Analysis. “In every state, a day’s delay in delivery means that if mail voters wait until the last day or two before the election to mail their ballot… they could be disenfranchised.”
https://therealnews.com/voters-at-risk-of-disenfranchisement-thanks-to-trumps-postal-service
Alarm Grows Over ‘Clearly Illegal’ Trump-Rubio Election Meddling in Brazil. The administration is ratcheting up efforts to tilt Brazil’s upcoming election to Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of populist hard-liner Jair Bolsonaro. “The Trump-Rubio interventions, with the collaboration of the Bolsonaro clan, have made the Flávio campaign into another US regime change operation. This should be defeated.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/216177/trump-meddling-brazil-elections-bolsonaro-lula
Oregon Senator who pushed to tax the rich watched his son build a $467 million hedge fund
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/senator-who-pushes-tax-rich-watched-his-son-build-467-million-hedge-fund
Trump is ‘hurting his own people’ — and MAGA is finally noticing: Furious MAGA fans rebel against Trump over his new ‘bribe’: ‘Won’t even fill my tank. “You can’t spin your way out of objective reality hitting people in the face at the gas pump,” Wilson told “Jim Acosta Show” host Jim Acosta.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-iran-gas-prices-maga/
Kushner, Key Trump Negotiator on Gaza, Owns Firm With Major Stake in Israeli Military. Jared Kushner’s private equity company is the biggest shareholder in a Tel Aviv firm that invests heavily in arms makers. The firm’s largest investment related to the Israeli military is in Elbit Systems, which is Israel’s largest weapons manufacturer, with $265 million in holdings.
https://truthout.org/articles/kushner-key-trump-negotiator-on-gaza-owns-firm-with-major-stake-in-israeli-military/
Vance Tells Florida Senate Candidate to “Get the Hell Out” of US Over Political Views
“This is my home,” Angie Nixon, the democratic socialist candidate targeted by Vance, said in response.
https://truthout.org/articles/vance-tells-fl-senate-candidate-to-get-the-hell-out-of-us-over-political-views/
# Global News
Deep-Dive Investigation Examines Minab School Bombing: ‘One of the Worst US War Crimes Since Vietnam.’ “There was no school left,” said the father of a 6-year-old girl killed in the attack. “I thought I was asleep and having a nightmare.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/un-mission-finds-grounds-believe-us-committed-war-crimes-iran-tehran-crimes-2026-09-17/
Russia Warns UK After TV Show War Gamed Strike on Kaliningrad. Russia threatens to use nuclear weapons against the U.K. over British miniseries tracing hypothetical operation targeting Russian seaport Kaliningrad
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-warns-uk-after-tv-show-war-gamed-strike-on-kaliningrad-12499897
Putin gives army go-ahead to butcher Ukrainian civilians – as mad tyrant’s winter ‘war strategy is revealed’
https://www.the-sun.com/news/17091220/putin-ukrainian-civilians-war-strategy/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Pro-Trump Ads Funded With Taxpayer Dollars Air on CNN and MS NOW; White House Has Spent $2.9 Million on the TV Spots to Date
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/trump-taxpayer-funded-ads-air-on-cnn-ms-now-1236894714/
‘Just Despicable’: MS NOW and CNN Air Trump’s Illegal Taxpayer-Funded Ads
“So your hosts are on air all day saying this is illegal while you are taking the money and running the ads? Just gross,” said one critic.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/6123726-trump-taxpayer-campaign-ads/
Will your mail ballot be affected by new Postal Service changes? The Postal Service is implementing broad cost-saving measures that will slow pick-up and delivery times that now cover more than 42% of the continental United States.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/the-postal-service-is-slowing-delivery-will-your-mail-ballot-be-affected/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
Medicare Advantage Plans Ending in Texas for 2027: A Houston health system closes its Medicare Advantage plan December 31, and members get until February 28
https://www.beckerspayer.com/contracting/cms-terminates-medicare-advantage-contract-in-texas/
Federal employees’ health insurance premiums to rise by double digits for third straight year. Some insurance carriers have undergone wide swings in cost, as at least one plan’s premiums will more than double next year.
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2026/10/federal-employees-health-insurance-premiums-rise-double-digits-third-straight-year/416395/
# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals
Trump White House Told DOJ to Wait Until After Midterms to Push for Abortion Pill Ban
“They’re trying to pull one over on voters,” said one reproductive rights advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/doj-abortion-midterms
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
As Iran War Drags On, Trump Plans to Send Third Aircraft Carrier and Thousands More Troops to Middle East. Massive US military deployment in the Middle East includes 50,000 troops, F-35s and Marines to pressure Tehran. “Either they’ll do something very proper and smart, or they won’t be around very long,” Trump said of Iran’s government.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/2/us-to-send-third-aircraft-carrier-towards-iran-us-official-to-al-jazeera
# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Google Accused of Illegally Killing a Massive Forest for Its New Data Center Project. It’s “gross incompetence,” or “gross disregard” for the law. Or both. And while the Trump administration is largely clearing their way by easing environmental rules for the polluting facilities, other governments are less inclined to give companies a pass.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/google-accused-illegally-killing-forest-data-center
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