Voices, The Peoples News
October 22, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Hunger strike reported at immigration detention center: Hundreds at Delaney Hall Join Detained People Across Country in Hunger Strike Against Inhumane Conditions
https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/hundreds-at-delaney-hall-join-detained-people-across-country-in-hunger-strike-against-inhumane-conditions
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Student loan defaults are surging, and the government wants to unleash the bill collectors. Trump administration is reportedly planning on aggressively going after people who’ve defaulted on their federal student loans.
https://san.com/cc/student-loan-defaults-are-surging-and-the-government-wants-to-unleash-the-bill-collectors/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
The easing of child labor laws in Republican-run states is a form of child abuse. “Between 2021 and 2023, fourteen states introduced or passed bills that weakened child labor laws.” States are attempting to weaken child labor protections, just as violations of these standards are rising. This report identifies bills weakening child labor standards in 10 states that have been introduced or passed in the past two years alone.
https://www.epi.org/publication/child-labor-laws-under-attack/
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / USGS / Animals
Trump’s Public Land Grab: Selling Off Our Parks, Wildlife, and Way of Life. Don’t let billionaires sell off our public land. Federal public lands are facing ongoing legislative and administrative threats of privatization and extractive development.
https://www.sierraclub.org/mother-lode/blog/2025/03/trump-s-public-land-grab-selling-our-parks-wildlife-and-way-life
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA
Italy became the first country in the world to officially ban the production, sale and import of cultivated meat and synthetic food. Italian MPs have voted to back a law banning the production, sale or import of cultivated meat or animal feed, in what the right-wing government calls a defence of Italian tradition.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67448116
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Epstein Advisers Hit With Lawsuit. The men concealed the operations of Epstein’s criminal enterprise, New Mexico’s attorney general said. New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime advisers, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, accusing them of facilitating and concealing the late sex offender’s crimes
https://www.iheart.com/content/2026-10-21-new-mexico-ag-sues-epstein-advisors/
FBI Whistleblower Warned DOJ That Releasing Epstein Records Would ‘Destroy People’s Lives’ — Documents Reveal
https://okmagazine.com/p/fbi-whistleblower-warned-epstein-records-release-would-destroy-lives/
# Gov / Politics / US
Rep. Ilhan Omar became an American citizen in 2000, Elon Musk in 2002 and Melania Trump in 2006. Omar is the subject of a federal criminal investigation; no comparable probe of Musk or the first lady has been reported.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-report-rep-ilhan-omars-phone-seized-and-relatives-subpoenaed-in-criminal-probe
US activists deploy poll volunteers over Trump intimidation fears. US civil rights and pro-democracy groups have begun sending out trained volunteers to counter the possible deployment of armed federal agents to polling locations ahead of next month’s midterm elections
https://www.afp.com/en/us-activists-deploy-poll-volunteers-over-trump-intimidation-fears
Susan Collins’ on-stage gaffe perfectly sums up Trump’s Senate losers: They spent the last few years deferring to an 80-year-old man who has absolutely no redeeming qualities whatsoever. As a result, they are nothing more than cheap, foolish, and pathetic knockoffs of Trump. Like rock salt, they abrasively scrape away at your nerves and common sense. They leave a harsh, caustic sting, and they have inevitably corroded and ruined the structural integrity of everything they’ve touched.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/susan-collins-on-stage-gaffe-perfectly-sums-up-trump-s-senate-losers-opinion/ar-AA2fOqW6
Trump threatens ‘powerful legal options’ to keep candidate off the ballot in key state. President Trump said he is looking at “powerful legal options” to force the removal of the Alaska Senate candidate Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., claiming his name is causing confusion as the incumbent senator also up for election is named Dan S. Sullivan.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-threatens-legal-action-remove-second-dan-sullivan-alaska-senate-race-midterms-12604028
‘Republicans Have Officially Started Cheating’: Texas Ballot-Machine Claim Ignites Midterm Outrage. A Texas voter’s claim that an electronic voting machine repeatedly changed her selection from Democrat Jon Rosenthal to Republican Bo French has exploded across Reddit, turning an already heated Texas midterm race into something much bigger: another battle over whether voters can trust the machines in front of them.
https://thenerdstash.com/republicans-have-officially-started-cheating-texas-ballot-machine-claim-ignites-midterm-outrage/
George W. Bush’s Brother Says Donald Trump Has Done ‘Enormous Damage’ to GOP. Bush criticized the modern political culture of prioritizing personal loyalty to Trump over traditional constitutional and political principles
https://okmagazine.com/p/george-w-bush-brother-donald-trump-damage-gop-votes-against-ken-paxton/
Todd Blanche’s Dangerous Mission to Undermine Democracy in Service of Trump. Blanche has forgotten that he works for all Americans, not one single man. Attorney General Todd Blanche admitted that he has abandoned the principle that has guided the Justice Department since Watergate. Asked if he would pledge to act independently of the White House, he said: “No, I’m not going to pledge that. And no attorney general should make that pledge.”
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/todd-blanche-undermine-democracy
‘Heaven to Hell’: Cuban and Venezuelan Exiles Warn Against Socialism. Alejandro Rios’s father had a decision to make: It was 1962, his family was living in the United States, and every year they traveled back to Cuba to visit extended family.
https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1174&context=swb
A Billionaire Wanted a Trump Pardon. His Family Gave Alina Habba a $50 Million Deal. Habba, who recently married a Turkish billionaire, denied playing any role in the pardon process
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-pardon-venezuelan-alina-habba-b3070698.html
Elon Musk threatened to retaliate against Democratic lawmakers on October 21, 2026, warning that he would “come for” those behind potential congressional investigations if Democrats win control of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/musk-threatens-democrats-teeing-congressional-194936231.html
Florida Mayor Arrested: Attorney General James Uthmeier announced the arrest of Kissimmee Mayor Eva Jacquelyn Espinosa, charging her with Grand Theft and Organized Scheme to Defraud in connection with $50,000 in grant funds she and her family received from a city program she helped create.
https://www.myfloridalegal.com/newsrelease/attorney-general-james-uthmeier-announces-arrest-kissimmee-mayor-grand-theft-organized
Trump attacks ‘migrants and communists’ as he tries to exploit France unrest
President at Kansas rally tries to turn protests into cautionary tale for US as Republicans face potential midterm losses
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/19/trump-france-protests
Declaring a national emergency to secure the United States bulk-power system: In a live address from the Oval Office, President Trump detailed pressing concerns requiring immediate public awareness and federal action, prompting swift reactions from Congress, the Pentagon, and global markets. The President’s speech, focused on a developing situation, urged citizens to remain vigilant as federal agencies coordinate a response to the credible intelligence that prompted the emergency broadcas
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/08/declaring-a-national-emergency-to-secure-the-united-states-bulk-power-system/
Trump Goon Deletes Tweets as Missing Cash Scandal Explodes. Ric Grenell doesn’t want you seeing his old thoughts, our must-read newsletter The Swamp reveals.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-goon-deletes-tweets-as-missing-cash-scandal-explodes
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Video complicates Mississippi’s account of police shooting that killed toddler. A day after Mississippi’s AG cleared the officer who killed a 1-year-old, footage appears to show shots were fired from the side of the car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD6rUWtAUZg
Police officer fired after letting ICE agent husband access Flock data. A police officer in Georgia lost her job after her job found out she gave her husband, an ICE agent, her Flock username and password.
https://gizmodo.com/cop-fired-for-letting-her-ice-agent-husband-use-her-flock-login-2000827428
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Democratic Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas charged with drug trafficking, money laundering: DOJ
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/22/L-Louise-Lucas-doj-indictment
# LGBTQ / Transgender
This Anti-Gay Senator’s Gay Scandal Somehow Just Got Worse…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGKu5UCaqFk
The closetocracy? 11 anti-LGBTQ+ Republicans dogged by gay rumors. They built careers attacking queer people. Then whispers about their own sexualities — and, in some cases, full-blown scandals — followed them. The Republican Party is full of politicians who actively fight to strip LGBTQ+ people of their rights and humanity. But it is often those same politicians who get caught up in gay sex scandals or have their sexualities whispered about on Capitol Hil
https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/republicans-gay-rumors
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
Medicare Advantage premiums are slated to fall for millions of Americans next year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) says two key premium costs are expected to fall for those enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan in 2027.
https://www.aol.com/articles/cms-says-medicare-advantage-premiums-093000000.html
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas will no longer offer Medicare Advantage plans starting in 2027
People who rely on Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Medicare Advantage plans will have to move to a different plan for 2027.
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/health/blue-cross-blue-shield-of-texas-medicare-advantage-medicare-part-d/287-3e25bef1-ef06-4141-92f7-c4e35453366b
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law on July 4, 2025, cuts more than $900 billion from Medicaid through 2034 to fund broader tax reductions. By the Numbers: Harmful Republican Megabill Will Take Health Coverage Away From Millions of People and Raise Families’ Costs
https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/by-the-numbers-harmful-republican-megabill-will-take-health-coverage-away-from
Oz freezes more Medicaid funding. California expanded coverage of nonmedical services
https://share.newsbreak.com/jx96m63f
# Medical / Biologicals / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Programs
Startup Deploys AI-Engineered Virus on Human Patient: “If it works, that’s incredible.” On Tuesday, the company called Radical Numerics published a technical paper on its website, explaining the process by which they trialed an AI-engineered viral treatment on a human subject.
https://futurism.com/health-medicine/startup-human-patient-ai-engineered-virus
# Science / Research
# Surveillance / DHS / Communication / Security / Flock Cameras / Secret Service
Flock Cameras Helped Put a Texas Man Away for 60 Years—Now a Federal Court Must Decide If Police Needed a Warrant. Defense lawyers asked a federal appeals court to void the conviction, arguing the cameras give police more power than the Constitution allows.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/19/texas-flock-cameras-fifth-circuit-search/
# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Texas governor said data centers ‘dug their own grave,’ then took $9 million from data center-linked donors. The money kept coming even as Abbott’s criticism of the industry intensified.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/abbott-data-centers-donors-oversight/
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