mpenadmin – MPEN

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-06-01

Voices, The Peoples News

June 1, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Jelly Roll’s powerful testimony to Senate on fentanyl crisis.
Country singer and rapper Jelly Roll spoke to Congress on
Thursday, pleading with U.S. lawmakers to take action to stop the
fentanyl crisis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDSekKuG44E
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
Indigenous leaders demand Vatican return property held for over a century. Leaders of various indigenous tribes have demanded that Pope Leo XIV give back various artifacts from their people, which are currently being housed in the Vatican
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/indigenous-leaders-demand-vatican-return-35309022

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘There will be repercussions’ Homeland Security official targets Nashville mayor over immigration. Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell continued to serve as a social media target for federal officials Thursday over his response to the mass detainments of immigrants in Nashville earlier this month.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/repercussions-homeland-security-official-targets-100054623.html

Louisiana’s Immigration Bills Evoke Apartheid. We Cannot Remain Silent. Louisiana isn’t just passing bad policy. It’s laying bricks in a pathway toward fascism.
https://truthout.org/articles/louisianas-immigration-bills-evoke-apartheid-we-cannot-remain-silent/

‘Improper and imminent removal’: Federal judge issues standing order automatically barring deportations for habeas petitioners – citing ‘scheduling difficulties’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/improper-and-imminent-removal-federal-judge-issues-standing-order-automatically-barring-deportations-for-habeas-petitioners-citing-scheduling-difficulties/

An immigration raid at a San Diego restaurant leads to a chaotic scene. A chaotic scene from a federal immigration raid on a popular San Diego restaurant is drawing new attention to government tactics in the push to fulfill President Trump’s promise to deport millions in a historic crackdown.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/31/nx-s1-5418970/san-diego-immigration-raid-restaurant

Feds Uncover Global Money Laundering Network Tied to Sinaloa Cartel, Syrian Regime, and Colombian Guerrillas. The intricate scheme, spanning four continents, appears to justify concerns that the military arsenal of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed Syrian dictator, could fall into dangerous hands.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/world/middleeast/syria-eln-cocaine-weapons.html

Federal Indictment Alleges Alliance Between Sinaloa Cartel and Money Launderers Linked to Chinese Underground Banking. China and Mexico Took Law Enforcement Actions Following Justice Department’s Investigation of Alleged Scheme to Violate U.S. Drug and Money-Laundering Laws
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/federal-indictment-alleges-alliance-between-sinaloa-cartel-and-money-launderers-linked

A Chinese Network Is Making Millions Laundering Money For The Sinaloa Cartel In The U.S.: The network allegedly purchased dollars at a discount from the cartel and sold them at a premium to Chinese citizens looking to circumvent the country’s currency restrictions
https://www.latintimes.com/chinese-network-making-millions-laundering-money-sinaloa-cartel-us-report-583187

Treasury Sanctions Criminal Operators and Money Launderers for the Notorious Sinaloa Cartel: The Sinaloa Cartel is responsible for a significant portion of the illicit fentanyl and other deadly drugs trafficked into the United States and has exploited multiple ports of entry along the southern border for its criminal activities.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0064

ICE calling law enforcement in all counties to help with deportation efforts
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_efdabd74-5fba-4c22-a3ec-1f8fef4ef79d.html

ICE Detains Dozens in Florida, Including a US Citizen, Despite Judge Blocking New Immigration Law. A judge blocked Florida’s immigration law. Police arrested 25 anyway. Most were arrested after being stopped by Florida Highway Patrol for minor traffic violations. Some ended up in ICE custody.
https://www.tampabay.com/investigations/2025/05/28/judge-blocked-floridas-immigration-law-police-arrested-25-anyway/

These Texas law enforcement agencies have ICE 287(g) agreements. They represent only 25% of Texas’ 254 counties
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_84221fad-efb6-422e-855a-993bbe9ceffe.html

The laws propping up Trump’s masked deportation army. Unidentifiable law enforcement agents are snatching unsuspecting people off the streets where they live. But just because it’s beyond the pale doesn’t make it illegal
https://newrepublic.com/article/195378/trump-masked-ice-deportation-immigration

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Is This The End Of DOGE? The inside scoop on what happened to Musk and what kinds of ticking time bombs he and DOGE may have left inside the federal government.
https://www.levernews.com/is-this-the-end-of-doge/

Judge Says Musk’s Role at DOGE Is “Continuous and Permanent”
https://www.newsbreak.com/dmr-news-321522575/4030059717677-judge-says-musk-s-role-at-doge-is-continuous-and-permanent

Mayor Brandon Johnson tags DOGE cuts as ‘act of war,’ draws parallels between Trump’s policies and Nazi Germany
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-mayor-calls-doge-act-200750368.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Get Ready To Pay In ZuckBucks. The GENIUS Act isn’t just a crypto giveaway — it could turn tech giants into unregulated banks.
https://popularresistance.org/get-ready-to-pay-in-zuckbucks/

‘Clean Up on Aisle Six’: Karl Rove Predicts Trump Will Pay Heavy Price for ‘Muddled Mess’ Tariff Policy
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/clean-up-on-aisle-six-karl-rove-predicts-trump-will-pay-heavy-price-for-muddled-mess-tariff-policy/

I grew up in poverty – but lifting the 2 child benefit cap for all families is not fair on taxpayers. David Blunkett risks sparking a massive Labour row as he warns that tearing up the 2 child benefit cap risks sparking fury with hardworking taxpayers
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14368991/david-blunkett-benefit-cap-child/

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Mark Carney’s daughter could be among international students caught in Harvard-Trump fight. Another high-profile student who may be impacted is Princess Elisabeth, heir to the Belgian throne.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/mark-carneys-daughter-and-belgian-princess-could-be-among-international-students-caught-in-fight-between-harvard-and-trump

Harvard chooses Chinese student as a commencement speaker in face of student visa crackdown: Harvard Chinese student’s graduation speech strikes a chord as Trump leads crackdown. First Chinese woman selected student speaker at a Harvard graduation sparks heated discussion on both Chinese and American social media
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3312655/harvard-chinese-students-graduation-speech-strikes-chord-trump-leads-crackdown

College Legacy Program For Black Women Halted After Losing Critical Grant. Participants would have received mentorship from tech leaders at companies like Intel, along with hands-on instruction in coding and computing.
https://newsone.com/6191722/college-legacy-program-for-black-women-halted-after-losing-critical-grant/

Harvard’s Laurence Tribe Draws Brutal Parallel Between Trump And A Ruthless Royal Tyrant
https://www.yahoo.com/news/harvards-laurence-tribe-draws-brutal-072631781.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
First round of layoff notices go out to state workers with budget still incomplete. Although nurses received the first layoff notices warning of a government shutdown, lawmakers say there will be a budget in place before then.
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/first-round-layoff-notices-state-workers-budget-still-incomplete/89-b0990b3b-e523-42d2-ba98-78c1f575961a

9th Circuit Court Finds Trump’s Mass Federal Firings Violated Constitution. The coalition behind the lawsuit challenging Trump welcomed the ruling and slammed the assault on the federal workforce.
https://truthout.org/articles/9th-circuit-court-finds-trumps-mass-federal-firings-violated-constitution/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
$14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled in the US this year, analysis says
https://apnews.com/article/climate-clean-energy-investments-trump-solar-wind-349e80c0d9c2cc768e63de9d48813d31

Analysts Say Trump Trade Wars Would Harm the Entire US Energy Sector, From Oil to Solar. US renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries
https://cosmicmeta.io/2025/05/31/analysts-say-trump-trade-wars-would-harm-the-entire-us-energy-sector-from-oil-to-solar/

America’s energy revolution goes from boom to bust after Trump’s tariffs and sneaky move by Saudi Arabia. Trump’s aggressive trade policies have pushed up the prices of vital materials needed for oil production such as steel, aluminum and casing. At the same time, oil prices are tumbling because the OPEC cartel has decided to flood the market by increasing production.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/yourmoney/article-14757637/america-shale-boom-bust-trump-tariffs-opec.html

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Massive volcano eruption is imminent amid earthquake surge, leaving major US city on high alert, scientists fear. Seismic activity levels on Alaska’s Mount Spurr soared earlier this week, sparking fear that an eruption could be on the horizon. “Earthquake activity beneath Mount Spurr remains elevated,” the Alaska Volcano Observatory warned
https://nypost.com/2025/05/30/science/massive-volcano-eruption-is-imminent-amid-earthquake-surge-leaving-major-us-city-on-high-alert-scientists-fear/

Officials sound alarm over catastrophic threat swallowing coastal nations: ‘A perfect storm of vulnerability.’ By 2050, climate scientists expect significant portions of the Maldives to become uninhabitable.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/maldives-islands-climate-change-sea-levels/

# Food / General News
Missouri has agreed to abide by a request from the federal government to turn over personal data about anyone receiving food assistance, the state social services agency confirmed to The Independent Tuesday.
https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-will-hand-over-personal-data-of-food-aid-recipients-to-feds/#:~:text=Missouri%20has%20agreed%20to%20abide,confirmed%20to%20The%20Independent%20Tuesday

# General News
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company town is reportedly notifying residents they may ‘lose the right to continue’ using their property amid zoning push
https://futurism.com/elon-musk-spacex-company-town-rights

President Trump’s historical 34-count felony conviction. This is the first time a former or sitting U.S. president has been convicted of criminal charges.
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/30/g-s1-1848/trump-hush-money-trial-34-counts

# Gov / Politics
Karoline Leavitt declares courts should ‘have no role’ since Donald Trump can’t function under the same rules as everyone else
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5324277-white-house-court-tariff-rulings/

Musk criticizes Trump bill over abrupt end to energy tax credits
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5323536-musk-trump-gop-budget-bill-biden-green-energy-tax-credits/

‘Anyone paying attention?’: Outrage after Linda McMahon’s ‘attack’ on colleges. The account of investment banker @odinikaeze called McMahon’s statement “deeply troubling, and fundamentally un-American.” “In a free democracy, university research is not supposed to be ‘in sync’ with any administration’s political agenda. That’s not academic inquiry, it’s propaganda.”
https://www.rawstory.com/linda-mcmahon-2672222877/

‘No MAGA left behind’: Trump pardons loyal rapper, potential allies, and gang leader in last-minute clemency blitz. This week’s outburst suggests that America now has a two-tiered justice system.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/05/31/trump-pardons-maga-supporters/

What Just Happened: The Trump Administration’s Dismissal of Voting Rights Lawsuits. Congress created the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in 1957 and authorized the federal government to seek court injunctions against efforts to interfere with the right to vote.
https://www.justsecurity.org/113745/wjh-trump-dismissal-voting-rights-lawsuits/

22 young Americans sue Trump on climate actions: ‘A death sentence for my generation’
https://san.com/media-miss/22-young-americans-sue-trump-on-climate-actions-a-death-sentence-for-my-generation/

A Palestinian UN envoy broke down in tears over children dying in Gaza, delivering an emotional address to the Security Council on Wednesday (28 May) as he described the “unbearable” suffering of Palestinian children
https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/national/palestinian-un-envoy-cries-out-over-deaths-of-children-in-gaza/video/474c04de8c4400d835a6039dd65dce39

China thought it had a truce with the US. Then Trump dropped two bombshells
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/29/china/china-us-truce-chips-student-visa-intl-hnk

Fact Check: Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ does not give president power to delay or cancel elections
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-trumps-big-beautiful-230000550.html

Ten Sneaky Sleeper Provisions in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: Yet more horrors are hidden in the fine print. Here are ten of the worst: Crippling Courts, Bonus for the Tax Prep Industry, More Savaging of Migrants, Terminating the Tax Status of Nonprofits. Blocking State Regulation of AI, Gutting the Estate Tax, Weakening the Child Tax Credit, Expanding School Vouchers, Stealth Cuts in the Affordable Care Act, And … Support for Gun Silencers
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-05-23-ten-sneaky-sleeper-provisions-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/

GOP lawmakers serve notice they won’t save Trump with a ‘stupid vote’: analyst
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-stupid-vote/

John Kennedy says Supreme Court must address judges interfering with Trump’s power
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3425576/john-kennedy-supreme-court-address-judges-interfering-trump-power/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Mexican President Demands U.S. Explain Deals With ‘Terrorist’ Cartel Figures Amid Extradition Push for ‘El Mini Lic’: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday questioned the U.S. government for striking plea deals with Damaso Lopez Serrano, a member of a cartel the United States itself has labelled as “Foreign Terrorist Organization.”
https://english.news.cn/20250530/24f8efa35f914e8bae3c2300d4803a0c/c.html

Africa terror group ramping up ability to strike inside the US, general says: The U.S. military’s top general in Africa said terrorist factions in the Sahel region have increased their presence so much in the past three years that they soon may be able to launch attacks within the United States.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5326324-terrorist-threat-sahel-region-us/

Despite Anti-Trump Mandate, Canada’s New PM Pushes “Golden Dome” Missile System. Organizers protested the Canadian government’s planned investment into militarization at a weapons fair this week.
https://truthout.org/articles/9th-circuit-court-finds-trumps-mass-federal-firings-violated-constitution/

For Palestinians, Seeking Food at a US-Israeli Aid Site Means Risking Your Life. The “aid” seems to empower Israel to prolong its war while attempting to deflect mounting international pressure.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-hostages-aid-06-01-2025-67688833abb96fc068c42d10da90a0a4

House GOP Secretly Votes to Undermine Supreme Court
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iMoXjMxUTGM

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
FBI’s Kash Patel and Dan Bongino face MAGA fury over Jeffrey Epstein and ‘deep state’ conspiracies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fbi-kash-patel-dan-bongino-184544903.html

3 BSO deputies facing charges for 2022 brutal beating of female inmate
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/exclusive-video-shows-alleged-jailhouse-beating-that-led-to-arrests-of-bso-detention-deputies/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
DOJ undercuts Trump, tells judge the admin does ‘not have the power’ to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to US
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/doj-undercuts-trump-tells-judge-the-admin-does-not-have-the-power-to-return-kilmar-abrego-garcia-to-us/

DC Circuit shuts down Texas probe over Media Matters roast of Elon Musk. A D.C. Circuit panel found there was “uncontested evidence” that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton retaliated against Media Matters for its reporting on Elon Musk’s social media site X.
https://www.courthousenews.com/dc-circuit-shuts-down-texas-probe-over-media-matters-roast-of-elon-musk/

Federal courts ruled against the Trump administration 96% of the time in May. GOP-appointed judges join an unprecedented judicial pushback against executive overreach. The data is stunning—but will it matter when cases reach higher courts?
https://data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-96-rebellion-district-courts

# LGBTQ / Gender
Trump’s Administration Wants to Erase Queer History. An Unconventional Book Club Is Fighting Back. Drag Race star Miss Peppermint is co-leading Queer History 101, a virtual book club merging stories of queer resistance with community.
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-wants-to-erase-queer-history-this-unconventional-book-club-is-fighting-back/

# Lost Civilizations / Archaeology
A shoe-print fossil discovered in a seam of coal in Fisher Canyon, Nevada is believed to be about 15 million years old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD_8EvdJsXU

Archaeologists found a strange red mark on rock. More than a fingerprint on a pebble: A pigment-marked object from San Lázaro rock-shelter in the context of Neanderthal symbolic behavior
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/a-red-dot-a-43000-year-old-fingerprint-and-a-stone-out-of-place-potential-evidence-of-neanderthal-pareidolia/ar-AA1FDSSD

Archaeologists in Arizona discovered evidence of canals dug by an advanced civilization thousands of years old. In the foothills of Mount Graham in Arizona lies a network of mysterious canals believed to have come from an ancient civilization that existed thousands of years ago.
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-archaeology/ancient-canals-arizona-show-signs-advanced-engineering-00202

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
MSNBC panel stunned to silence over report on deaths linked to Elon Musk’s DOGE
https://www.rawstory.com/doge-deaths-breaking-news-msnbc/

Trump Calls for MSNBC to Be Shut Down. Trump’s post comes at a tumultuous time for MSNBC, which has been the subject of headlines in recent months amid on-air controversies, ratings struggles, and line-up changes.
https://www.tvinsider.com/1172250/trump-msnbc-shut-down-truth-social/

‘Our Constitution and laws forbid the president’: PBS sues Trump over executive order attempting to defund network, says efforts ‘transgress’ First Amendment
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/pbs-suing-trump-administration-over-defunding-three-days-after-npr-filed-similar-case

Fox’s Maria Bartiromo Asks House Republican if He’s Really Willing ‘to Break the Constitution’ for Trump to Get a Third Term
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/foxs-maria-bartiromo-asks-house-republican-if-hes-really-willing-to-break-the-constitution-for-trump-to-get-a-third-term/

# Medicare / Medicaid
‘Well, we all are going to die’: Sen. Joni Ernst defends Medicaid cuts at Iowa town hall
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/30/joni-ernst-town-hall-00376747

House Republicans Unite Around Sweeping Medicaid Cuts. The health care section of the GOP mega-bill has advanced to the House floor, bringing millions of Americans one step closer to losing their health insurance.
https://prospect.org/health/2025-05-21-house-republicans-unite-sweeping-medicaid-cuts/

The cruelest cut in the Republican budget bill, explained. Why people who work could still lose their health insurance.
https://www.vox.com/health/414045/big-beautiful-bill-congress-trump-medicaid-cuts

# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
‘Life and death contradictions’: Lawmakers demand answers on whether ‘heartbeat law’ is keeping brain-dead pregnant woman alive so her fetus can be delivered. “That any law in Georgia could be interpreted to require a brain-dead woman’s body to be artificially maintained as a fetal incubator is not only medically unsound — it is inhumane.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/21/nx-s1-5405542/a-brain-dead-womans-pregnancy-raises-questions-about-georgias-abortion-law

HHS slams ‘under-tested’ mRNA technology as Trump cuts Moderna’s H5N1 vaccine funding
https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/hhs-cancels-millions-in-pandemic-influenza-mrna-vaccine-development-grants

# Military / Militia / General News
Hegseth gutted Pentagon office that said it would oversee testing of Golden Dome missile defense system. The move may reduce the quality of DOT&E’s second opinions, but may not affect safety, former officials said.
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/05/hegseth-halves-pentagons-testing-oversight-office/405659/

Trump’s “Golden Dome” Won’t Work—but It’ll Make Elon Musk Richer. For 40 years, missile defense has never been about keeping America safe. It’s all about the contracts.
https://newrepublic.com/article/195608/trump-golden-dome-elon-musk-richer

# Military / General News / Global
China targets US military members in overseas spy operations, former CIA station chief warns. A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) station chief recently warned that U.S. military members and employees of the federal government are in the “crosshairs” of China’s spy operations as China tries to access information related to the U.S. military.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/05/china-targeting-us-military-members-for-spy-operations-fmr-cia-chief-warns/

Chinese stealth fighters just pierced Taiwan’s airspace in a terrifying low-altitude formation. Taiwan’s defence ministry says it warned off several Chinese fighter jets that briefly entered island’s airspace.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/6/9/chinese-fighters-jets-briefly-enter-taiwans-airspace

14,000 troops, 100 ballistic missiles and millions of munitions: What North Korea has sent to Russia, report finds
https://www.aol.com/news/14-000-troops-100-ballistic-080729116.html

China deploys NUKE bombers to strategic sea bases as fears of full scale Taiwan invasion grow
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14365687/china-attack-taiwan-us/

# NASA
President Trump withdraws Isaacman nomination for NASA Administrator days before confirmation vote. The withdrawal of Jared Isaacman, an entrepreneur and commercial astronaut, came less than a day after NASA published its proposed budget, which fleshes out the deep cuts forecast in the “skinny budget” previously released.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/05/31/president-trump-withdraws-isaacman-nomination-for-nasa-administrator-days-before-senate-confirmation-vote/

# Planetary
What China Found on The Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY9dnrbQano

# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware
National Security Council staffers put on administrative leave. A significant number of staff members of the White House National Security Council were dismissed from their positions on May 23 as the Trump administration carried out a major restructuring of the agency.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/23/trumps-national-security-council-slashed-amid-large-scale-firings/83827207007/

Data firm is building ‘detailed portraits of Americans’ on Trump’s order: Palantir is apparently helping Trump develop a database of Americans’ private information, scraped from various government agencies, that could theoretically be used to track or persecute them.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-appears-building-unprecedented-spy-202529728.html

# Social
DOJ: Mistreatment of Homeless People Is Not Our Issue. The Department of Justice has moved to dismiss its civil rights lawsuit against the Phoenix Police Department for the mistreatment of homeless people—just as homelessness is rising and encampment sweeps resume across the city.
https://www.propublica.org/article/phoenix-police-homelessness-doj

HUD choked funding to enforce fair-housing laws. Legal aid groups may not survive. Most housing discrimination claims are handled by local nonprofits around the country. They say the Trump administration has hobbled them, and are challenging the cuts as unlawful.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/npr/2025/03/15/nx-s1-5325936/hud-choked-funding-to-enforce-fair-housing-laws-legal-aid-groups-may-not-survive/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
How the Loudest Voices in AI Went From ‘Regulate Us’ to ‘Unleash Us.’ Two years after Sam Altman pitched Congress on AI guardrails, he’s back in Washington with a new message: To beat China, invest in OpenAI.
https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-sam-altman-ai-regulation-trump/

How to Make AI Faster and Smarter—With a Little Help from Physics
https://www.quantamagazine.org/improving-deep-learning-with-a-little-help-from-physics-20250423/

# Transportation / Travel Advisories
U.S. ATC in dire straits: Over 1,200 employees resign amid busy summer travel, leaving flights at risk
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/u-s-atc-in-dire-straits-over-1200-employees-resign-amid-busy-summer-travel-leaving-flights-at-risk/articleshow/121523878.cms?from=mdr

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Attention Readers:

Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.

NOTE: Material appearing here is distributed without profit or monitory gain to those who have expressed an interest in receiving the material for research and educational purposes. At any point, you can select the link in every email to subscribe, unsubscribe, or send news items: j.selman.1234@livingston.net

All content is owned by author exclusively. Expressed opinions are not necessarily the views of Voices, The Peoples News, other authors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors, partners or technicians. Some content may be satirical in nature. All images within are full responsibility of author and not Voices, The Peoples News. Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of International Copyright Law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

This email cannot be considered spam as long as we include: Contact information & a Remove Link. Reprinted under the Fair Use Law: Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-05-31

Voices, The Peoples News

May 31, 2025
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 / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
J.D. Vance’s campaign plane carried anti-immigrant rhetoric. Now it carries shackled deportees. The VP campaigned on mass removals aboard aircraft that’s now shipping out immigrants as part of ICE Air
https://ncnewsline.com/2025/05/29/j-d-vances-campaign-plane-carried-anti-immigrant-rhetoric-now-it-carries-shackled-deportees/

Trump’s Proposal for Office of Remigration Evokes Ethnic Cleansing, Critics Say.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-proposal-for-office-of-remigration-evokes-ethnic-cleansing-critics-say/

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is the Same Old Cruel Policy of Family Separation. Families with mixed immigration status are being torn apart as Trump advances his mass deportation agenda.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-immigration-crackdown-is-the-same-old-cruel-policy-of-family-separation/

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Is Busier Than Ever—and Trump Says Elon Musk Is ‘Really Not Leaving’
https://www.wired.com/story/doge-elon-musk-really-not-leaving/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump Issues Deranged Threat to China Over “Stalled” Tariff Talks. Donald Trump warned that he was done being “Mr. NICE GUY.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/195900/donald-trump-threat-china-stalled-tariff-talks

Are Trump’s tariffs blocked? Where levies stand in legal saga. A slew of court rulings this week first blocked a majority of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs before allowing them to carry on, at least temporarily.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-tariffs-court-rulings-blocked-latest/

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
O’Leary bashes Trump’s ‘stupid’ Harvard foreign student crackdown
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5326797-oleary-trump-harvard-foreign-students/

Trump’s Fury at Harvard Gets More Deranged—and Exposes a Big MAGA Scam: Trump says he’s attacking foreign students because they’re taking places reserved for American kids. But the House GOP budget bill would hurt countless American students from the working class.
https://newrepublic.com/article/195766/trump-fury-harvard-maga-scam

McCarthy Attacked Individual Professors. Trump Is Going After Entire Campuses. The target then was the nonexistent threat of Communist teachers; today, it’s the supposed radicalism of the academy and its alleged failure to fight antisemitism.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/mccarthyism-universities-trump-attacks/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump doubles tariffs on steel, aluminum to 50% to protect their industry, a dramatic increase that could further push up prices for a metal used to make housing, autos and other goods.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-us-steel-nippon-pennsylvania-7d8a252934abef553ca9ea7e9e8febc2

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Why Mich. became a test case for Trump’s coal revival. Republicans in southwestern Michigan rallied the president to intervene before the J.H. Campbell coal plant closes. Now they’re hoping for more.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/why-mich-became-a-test-case-for-trumps-coal-revival/

Chinese kill switches found in American energy infrastructure: Chinese “kill switches” that could allow Beijing to cripple power grids and trigger blackouts across the West were found in equipment at US solar farms earlier this month
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/what-is-chinese-kill-switch-found-in-equipment-at-us-solar-firms-trigger-national-security-fears-/articleshow/121440168.cms?from=mdr

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
1,700 sheep grazing under solar panels are experiencing unexpected changes that could reshape farming. The surprising benefits go beyond simple shelter, hinting at something much bigger.
https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/05/22/1700-sheep-installed-between-solar-panels-a-surprising-change-observed-in-the-animals/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Millions of honeybees abuzz after truck overturns in Washington state. There was a buzz in the air Friday in northwestern Washington state as about 250 million honeybees escaped a commercial truck that overturned.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/millions-of-bees-escape-after-truck-overturns-in-washington-state/ar-AA1FOBfD?cvid=CA6FFE11E7F24C9893B203AF3DFB1202&ocid=hpmsn

The Economic Consequences of Ignoring Climate Change: It is clear that climate change will reduce income in all countries and across all sectors, affecting industries ranging from transport to manufacturing and retail, not only agriculture and other sectors commonly associated with nature. Kamiar Mohaddes
https://www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/the-huge-economic-impact-of-inaction-on-climate-change/

# Gov / Politics
Authoritarians don’t rise in a vacuum. They rise when people give up. An Article of the Modern Survival Guide
https://allen-faulton.medium.com/what-authoritarian-takeover-looks-like-afaa0fc02452

Republicans Snuck a Provision Into Their Megabill That Would Let Trump Defy the Courts
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/big-beautiful-bill-donald-trump-judges-courts-contempt.html

GOP State Lawmakers Are Attempting to Undermine Ballot Measures Passed by Voters. Republican elected officials are trying to roll back passed measures and place restrictions on citizen-led initiatives.
https://www.propublica.org/article/red-state-ballot-initiatives-gop-republicans-florida-missouri

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Attorney General Targets Bar Association. Attorney General Pam Bondi has ended the role of the American Bar Association (ABA) in vetting people nominated by the president to serve as judges. The letter marks the latest escalation in a protracted legal fight between Republicans and the nation’s largest legal organization.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/justice-department-tells-american-bar-association-no-longer-comply-ratings-judicial-nominees

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Supreme Court just rendered “constraints of law irrelevant”—Justice Jackson. One immigration lawyer wrote that the order “simply ignores the human costs and blesses the Trump admin’s stripping of status of hundreds of thousands of people who entered the country legally.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ketanji-brown-jackson-chnv-program

Over 130 retired judges file brief supporting Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan. Dugan was arrested in April over the obstruction of an immigration arrest operation and has been charged. Dugan has pleaded not guilty to the charges. In the newly filed brief, the former judges say that the idictment raises questions about judicial immunity and public trust in the judicial process
https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2025/05/30/former-judges–hannah-dugan–ice–milwaukee–brief–charges

# Lost Civilizations / Archaeology
Massive Stone Wall, Believed By Some To Be An Ancient Megastructure, Discovered in Montana, USA. The Sage Wall in Montana, a possible ancient stone structure, could challenge historical timelines, suggesting advanced engineering and astronomical knowledge by prehistoric North American civilizations.
https://unofficialnetworks.com/2024/06/24/ancient-megastructure-believed-to-be-discovered-in-montana-usa-sage-wall/

Scientists Found Evidence of Our Ancient Human Ancestors Underwater, Suggesting a Sunken World
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scientists-found-evidence-ancient-human-130000435.html

Egyptian archaeologists discovered three tombs in Luxor from Egypt’s New Kingdom. Each tomb came with an inscription to give clues as to the name and position of its inhabitant. Some of the tomb architecture was impressively expansive.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-egyptians/3-ancient-egyptian-tombs-dating-to-the-new-kingdom-discovered-near-luxor

New discovery beneath Khafre Pyramid reignites theories that Egypt’s iconic monuments served as ancient energy hubs.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2535663/massive-underground-structures-found-beneath-giza-pyramids–

# Military / Militia / General News
Pilot-optional F-35 Joint Strike Fighters could be coming in the future as Lockheed Martin looks for ways to ensure the jets remain relevant for decades to come.
https://www.twz.com/air/what-we-just-learned-a-more-advanced-ferrari-f-35-could-include

Everything We Learned About Lockheed’s QuadStar Missile Aimed At Replacing FIM-92 Stingers. Lockheed’s QuadStar and a design from Raytheon are vying to win the Army’s Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor competition.
https://www.twz.com/land/everything-we-learned-about-lockheeds-quadstar-missile-aimed-at-replacing-fim-92-stingers

# Military / General News / Global
China Will Launch an Invasion of Taiwan In Next Few Months: Intel sources believe an attempt by China to invade Taiwan is no less than six months away. The grey zone-type harassment it faces is nearly identical to the actions taken by both the PRC and Russia against other nations in Europe and Asia.
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2025/04/china-will-launch-an-invasion-of-taiwan-in-next-few-months-intel-sources/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Trump Taps Palantir to Create Master Database on Every American. Trump’s dystopian plan is already underway.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/technology/trump-palantir-data-americans.html

Elon’s Final Move: The AI Investment Secret Set to Disrupt Entire Industries. Starting July 6th, Elon’s new AI venture could create 10 times more American millionaires than Tesla did.
https://www.thedailyworld.com/health/elons-final-move-the-ai-investment-secret-set-to-disrupt-entire-industries/

# Veterans / VA
Veterans Launch 40-Day Fast to Protest Israel’s Starvation of Gaza/ “Having seen what war does … I simply have to do more than hold a sign at a demonstration,” said one veteran organizer.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/veterans-fast-for-gaza

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Attention Readers:

Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-05-30

Voices, The Peoples News

May 30, 2025
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 / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
The Trump Administration Wants to Create an ‘Office of Remigration’ to Kick Immigrants Out of the Country. “Remigration”—a far-right European plan to expel minorities and immigrants from Western nations—may soon have a dedicated office following a Trump administration reorganization of the State Department.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-remigration-office-immigration-deportations-1235350960/

Trump scrambles to reverse illegal deportation after judge finds it ‘lacked any semblance of due process.’ The deported man got kidnapped and assaulted after the process.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/trump-scrambles-to-reverse-illegal-deportation-after-judge-finds-it-lacked-any-semblance-of-due-process/

Head Of ICE Branch In Charge Of Arrests And Deportations To Leave Post As Trump Officials Push For Expanded Enforcement. The White House is putting intense pressure on law enforcement agencies across the government to meet a goal of a million deportations a year.
https://www.latintimes.com/head-ice-branch-charge-arrests-deportations-leave-post-trump-officials-push-expanded-584001

White House pressure for increased immigration arrests strains law enforcement agencies
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-pressure-increased-immigration-200004326.html

Surge of ICE agreements with local police aim to increase deportations, but many police forces have found they undermine public safety
https://theconversation.com/surge-of-ice-agreements-with-local-police-aim-to-increase-deportations-but-many-police-forces-have-found-they-undermine-public-safety-255937

Venezuelans Deported To El Salvador Are Getting Cases Dismissed And Advocates Say It’s To ‘Complete Their Disappearance’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNQvIObkLC4

Gatekeeper Countries — Key to Stopping Illegal Immigration: Wealthy Countries Are Outsourcing Border Operations to Restrict Immigration. A migrant detention deal between Italy and Albania is part of a global trend that tramples on the right to asylum.
https://cis.org/Report/Gatekeeper-Countries-Key-Stopping-Illegal-Immigration

Supreme Court lets Trump revoke temporary legal status of 500,000 immigrants granted by Biden.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-supreme-court-lets-trump-revoke-parole-status-for-over-500000-migrants/articleshow/121519721.cms?from=mdr

# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Study Finds High Levels of Roundup-Type Weedkiller in Tampons. About 300 pesticides are used in cotton production globally and roughly a third of these are toxic
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/toxic-pesticide-found-tampons-b2760706.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk’s Chief Lieutenant at DOGE Leaves Agency. Steve Davis had been handling day-to-day operations at the Department of Government Efficiency
https://www.wired.com/story/nicole-hollander-top-musk-lieutenant-leaving-doge/

In addition to Musk, multiple top DOGE officials leaving Trump administration: Special government employees are limited to 130 days of service.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/addition-musk-multiple-top-doge-officials-leaving-trump/story?id=122321780

Another Top Musk Lieutenant Appears to Be Leaving DOGE. Nicole Hollander, who previously slept in Twitter’s offices while assisting Elon Musk’s takeover of the company, appears to be stepping away from a key role in the General Services Administration.
https://www.wired.com/story/nicole-hollander-top-musk-lieutenant-leaving-doge/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Fortunately, Trump Has Trouble Achieving His Goals. A federal court has struck down most of his tariffs, mainly because he didn’t follow readily available procedures to impose them
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-05-29-fortunately-trump-has-trouble-achieving-his-goals/

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Trump’s Crackdown on Foreign Student Visas Could Derail Critical AI Research. The US says it will “aggressively revoke” Chinese student visas and has paused interviews for all student visa applicants. Experts warn the moves could weaken American leadership in STEM.
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-administration-foreign-student-visa-brain-drain/

Harvard University President Gets Standing Ovation After Taking Dig at Trump During Graduation Speech. Speakers during the university’s commencement ceremony on May 29 defended Harvard’s value following relentless attacks by the Trump administration
https://people.com/harvard-university-president-standing-ovation-trump-dig-11744860

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
Schoolchildren struggling with headaches and vomiting from oil and gas plant pollution. Oil and gas have boomed in New Mexico. Its schools are contending with pollution’s effects
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/new-mexico-gas-pollution-health-b2759893.html#:~:text=In%202024%2C%20scientists%20affiliated%20with,spiking%20during%20school%20hours%2C%20to

Officials spark backlash with controversial plan to drill 500 feet in search of underground energy: ‘What a horrible day.’ Known as the Grassy Mountain project, this endeavor was first rejected in 2021 due to the potential environmental impacts on fish and water quality.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/grassy-mountain-coal-project-alberta/#:~:text=Known%20as%20the%20Grassy%20Mountain,that%20it%20offers%20public%20benefits

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
FEMA changes leave lower-income communities more exposed
https://theconversation.com/hurricane-season-is-here-but-femas-policy-change-could-leave-low-income-areas-less-protected-256985

# General News
‘Treating them differently’: Deaf Americans say Trump admin violating Constitution by ‘inexplicably’ ending ASL interpretation. A 2020 court ruling mandated the White House provide real-time translations via American Sign Language. President Trump halted their use in January.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/29/deaf-americans-sue-trump-asl-translators-briefings/83924322007/

# Gov / Politics
Rubio outlines plans to drastically cut human rights offices in State. The cuts are part of a Trump administration plan to overhaul State, outlined in internal documents.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/29/rubio-human-rights-state-00374606

Rubio spearheads massive State Dept reorganization set to eliminate, merge more than 300 offices
https://www.aol.com/news/rubio-spearheads-massive-state-dept-141117520.html

Rambling Donald Trump’s speeches tells expert one thing about his health – it’s not good. Mr Trump’s official physician, Dr Sean Barbabella, has insisted the US President “exhibits excellent cognitive and physical health.”
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2061579/rambling-donald-trump-speeches-cognitive-decline

“The Federal Government Is Gone”: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States. With the federal government largely retreating from focusing on extremist dangers, prevention advocates say the threat of violent extremism is likely to increase.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-domestic-terrorism-extremism-states-michigan

Death, sexual violence and human trafficking: Fallout from US aid withdrawal hits the world’s most fragile locations. Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while undermining anti-terrorism initiatives.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking

# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel Killed UN Worker in “Summary Execution” in Gaza Paramedic Massacre. Israel killed the UNRWA employee, sent to respond to the massacre of 15 paramedics, via a blow to the back of the head.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-killed-un-worker-in-summary-execution-in-gaza-paramedic-massacre/

Trump administration urges South Korea to embrace ‘democratic resilience’ ahead of tense election. There have been rising concerns that communist China has been meddling inside South Korea
https://justthenews.com/world/asia/trump-administration-urges-south-korea-embrace-democratic-resilience-ahead-tense

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Justice Department tells American Bar Association it will no longer comply with ratings for judicial nominees
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5324916-doj-american-bar-association-judicial-nominees/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Judge Steals 1 Of Trump’s Moves To Emphasize How Dumb His Executive Order Is. One of President Donald Trump’s executive orders, targeting law firms he doesn’t like for incredibly petty reasons, was struck down. A frustrated U.S. district judge lambasted one of the president’s pettier executive orders in a way that even Trump could understand.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sassy-judge-exclamation-marks_n_68373882e4b04e6c907772ae

# Medicare / Medicaid
Outrage as House Republicans advance ‘cruel and reckless’ Medicaid cuts. “President Trump repeatedly promised Republicans were not going to cut Medicaid, but that was a lie since Republicans just voted for the largest Medicaid cut in history,” noted one Democratic lawmaker.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-medicaid-cuts-advance

# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
CDC told health providers not to treat after East Palestine train derailment: 2023 derailment and burn released hydrogen chloride, phosgene into the air. Residents have long complained of lingering health problems. Some say they were denied medical care
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/midwest/ohio-train-derailment/cdc-health-providers-east-palestine-lawsuit/

‘Make America Healthy Again’ Report Cites Nonexistent Studies. The original report misinterprets some studies and cites others that appear to be AI-generated fabrications.
https://undark.org/2025/05/29/maha-report-studies/

“Make America Healthy Again” Aims to Make Public Health Your Responsibility: The message coming from the Trump administration is: “Take care of yourselves — because we won’t.”
https://truthout.org/articles/make-america-healthy-again-aims-to-make-public-health-your-responsibility/

Texas cops search license plate cameras across US to find woman who had abortion. Johnson County Sheriff’s Office says use of tool called Flock was to protect health of mother
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/texas-abortion-license-plate-camera-b2760411.html

At troubled UnitedHealth Group, a highly unusual pay package—potentially worth $60 million to its boomerang CEO—heads to a June vote
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/troubled-unitedhealth-group-highly-unusual-210000317.html

American doctors look to relocate to Canada to avoid the Trump administration
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4319912/posts

‘There simply isn’t enough justice to go around’: Controversial ‘free kill’ law to survive with Governor’s veto. A bill to repeal the unique Florida restriction derisively dubbed ‘free kill’ passed overwhelmingly in both legislative chambers. The Governor vetoed it Thursday.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/740088-there-simply-isnt-enough-justice-to-go-around-controversial-free-kill-law-survives-after-governors-veto/
What is the ‘free kill’ law? Florida’s wrongful death statute specifies who can sue for medical malpractice and recover damages. Section 8 of that law specifies that only spouses and minor children of a decedent may pursue damages for pain and suffering in medical malpractice cases. A minor child is defined by statute as under 25 years old.
https://www.hpslegal.com/news/floridas-medical-malpractice-free-kill-law/#:~:text=Florida’s%20wrongful%20death%20statute%20specifies,as%20under%2025%20years%20old

# Military / Militia / General News
DOGE can now review most unclassified Pentagon contracts
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/05/29/doge-can-now-review-most-unclassified-pentagon-contracts/

The U.S. and its NATO allies in Europe would dominate the airspace in a potential conflict with Russia and enjoy a decisive battlefield advantage, a new Air Force-commissioned report says.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-05-29/nato-russia-air-war-17946309.html

# Military / General News / Global
Israel accepts a US proposal for a temporary Gaza ceasefire: Hamas ‘thoroughly reviewing’ Israel’s response to US ceasefire proposal. Draft reportedly includes release of 28 hostages in first week, 60-day ceasefire and aid for Gaza when deal signed off
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/30/hamas-us-ceasefire-plan-accepted-israel-does-not-meet-demands-end-war-gaza

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
CEO of Anthropic Warns That AI Will Destroy Huge Proportion of Well-Paying Jobs. This isn’t a fringe opinion held by some tech blogger—the dude runs a $30-40 billion AI company.
https://mashable.com/article/anthropic-ceo-warns-white-collar-unemployment-ai

# Transportation / Travel Advisories
House Republican Introduces Bill to Block Washington Rail Project Unless It’s Called the ‘Trump Train’
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/29/donald-trump-bill-dc-wmata-metro-republican

# Tourism
U.S. risks $12.5B tourism loss as Trump administration’s travel policies haunt global visitor spending. Experts are pointing to policy missteps and inaction rooted in the Donald Trump administration as a driving cause.
https://www.newsbreak.com/face2face-africa-1703358/4029387960965-u-s-risks-12-5b-tourism-loss-as-trump-administration-s-travel-policies-haunt-global-visitor-spending

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Attention Readers:

Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-05-29, PM

Voices, The Peoples News

May 29, 2025, PM
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 / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Venezuelan High Schooler Legally Entered the US to Seek Asylum. Then ICE Detained Him at Immigration Court. The Bronx high school student from Venezuela was trying to do everything right.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/05/27/bronx-high-school-student-detained-by-immigration-ice-agents/

Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem demand ICE agents increase arrests to 3,000 per day: report
https://www.newsweek.com/ice-agents-ordered-triple-number-daily-arrests-2078305

DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow rapid deportations to countries where immigrants have no ties
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/trump-supreme-court-deportations-south-sudan-00371595

Trump asks US Supreme Court to intervene in deportations to third countries. The DOJ filing represents its latest trip to the Supreme Court as it seeks a freer hand to pursue President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/05/27/trump-supreme-court-deportations-third-countries/83884916007/

State Department to begin pulling visas for Chinese college students. The State Department is also expected to revise its visa approval process to enhance the scrutiny of all visa applications from the Chinese government.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/student-visas-china-us-rubio

Thanks To Donald Trump, The American Dream Is Dead. Donald Trump’s so-called “voluntary deportation” program is yet another example of how he is killing the alleged “American Dream.”
https://newsone.com/6186778/thanks-to-donald-trump-the-american-dream-is-dead/

We Are US Citizens. My Children Are Still Terrified of Being Deported. The Trump administration’s attacks on undocumented and legal immigrants alike are spreading fear and uncertainty.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/19/deportation-child-trump-ice-00299403

The US Is Storing Migrant Children’s DNA in a Criminal Database. Customs and Border Protection has swabbed the DNA of migrant children as young as 4, whose genetic data is uploaded to an FBI-run database that can track them if they commit crimes in the future.
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-dna-migrant-children-fbi-codis/

ICE just ordered $30 million worth of new technology from Palantir to track immigrants
https://www.businessinsider.com/ice-palantir-new-technology-30-million-visa-overstays-self-deportation-2025-4

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk Made Your Life Worse: The billionaire may be on the outs with Trump. But the damage, much of it cruel and at times life-ruining, will continue to unfold.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/elon-musk-made-your-life-worse/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
The U.S. debt crisis is worse than you think. We’re sitting around $40 trillion in debt, and we’re running close to a 7% deficit right now.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4027349320969-the-us-debt-crisis-is-worse-than-you-think?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDg1MTc0NjQzNDA%3D

US International Trade court strikes down Trump’s tariffs
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8xgdj9kyero

Why has a US court blocked Donald Trump’s tariffs – and can he get round it? Challenge to president’s policies raises questions about his trade and economic plans
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/why-has-a-us-court-blocked-donald-trumps-tariffs-and-can-he-get-round-it

Top Trump economic adviser predicts legislative agenda will make American families $10,000 richer. [I don’t believe this. Too many lies already.]
https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/economic-adviser-predicts-trumps-policies-will-generate-10000-increase-american

State taxpayers may be on the hook for millions after Trump deals them shortfall
https://www.rawstory.com/food-stamps-snap-cuts-2672224932/

Stephen Miller Leads MAGA Meltdown as Judges Tear Down Trump Tariffs
https://www.yahoo.com/news/stephen-miller-leads-maga-meltdown-032002077.html

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Trump Finds a New Way to Attack Education: Cutting Aid for Students Who Are Parents. The Trump administration proposed eliminating CCAMPIS, a vital child care program for lower-income parenting students.
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/28/trump-aid-student-parents-college-child-care/

Judge blocks Trump from stopping Harvard international admissions. The move follows Harvard suing the administration last week in response to a message from the Department of Homeland Security revoking their Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP) certification.
https://apnews.com/article/harvard-international-students-judge-70a69446b265877b801e91b250547cb4

Judge says US acted improperly in stripping Harvard researcher of visa for smuggling in bio samples
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/judge-rules-us-acted-improperly-stripping-harvard-researcher-visa-smuggling?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

Trump Education Sec. Says Universities Should ‘Be Able to Do Research’ if They Go Along With ‘What the Administration Is Trying to Accomplish’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/trump-education-sec-says-universities-should-be-able-to-do-research-if-they-go-along-with-what-the-administration-is-trying-to-accomplish/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
The Trump administration’s ever-changing policies on tariffs and trade have injected chaos into the global energy economy. What Will Tariffs Do to the Energy Economy? U.S. renewables stand to lose big in a trade war, but the sting extends to oil and other energy industries, analysts say.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29052025/inside-clean-energy-tariffs-economy/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Announces Over $1.5 Billion to Repair Roads and Bridges Damaged by Natural Disasters, Including Hurricane Helene
https://highways.dot.gov/newsroom/us-transportation-secretary-sean-p-duffy-announces-over-1-billion-repair-roads

SCOTUS limits judicial authority to block infrastructure projects over environmental concerns. “Courts should afford substantial deference and should not micromanage those agency choices so long as they fall within a broad zone of reasonableness,” Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote.
https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/scotus-limits-judicial-authority-block-infrastructure-projects-over?utm_source=breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter

Supreme Court Limits Scope of Nation’s Bedrock Environmental Law: Today’s ruling relieves federal agencies of the obligation to review all foreseeable environmental harms and grants them more leeway to decide what potential environmental harms to analyze, despite what communities may think is important.
https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/supreme-court-limits-scope-of-nations-bedrock-environmental-law-2025-05-29/

Despite backlash, more states are considering laws to make Big Oil pay for climate change. After Vermont and New York passed “climate Superfund” legislation, 11 states have introduced similar bills this year.
https://grist.org/accountability/climate-superfund-law-maryland-california-vermont-new-york-trump-lawsuits/

Terrifying Glacier Collapse Buries Mountain Village in ‘Major Catastrophe.’ Harrowing video footage captured a vast field of debris racing toward the settlement. 90 percent of the Swiss village is buried or destroyed.
https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/glacier-collapse-buries-iconic-alpine-village-of-blatten

# Food / General News
Silence on E. Coli Outbreak Highlights How Trump Team’s Changes Undermine Food Safety
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/food-safety-foodborne-illness-trump-health-agency-cuts-e-coli-outbreak-silence/

# General News
Trump sparks more fears of cognitive decline after fumbling answer on student visas. “Trump doesn’t know what is going on. He is president by tweet only.”
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/trump-sparks-more-allegations-cognitive-35302887

# Gov / Politics
What’s Happened to Our Country? Where is the American soul? How did we become this divided? Has America lost its soul? Did we become too focused on self and individual liberties that we have forgotten how far we have come? Forgotten what we fought for and what is ours to cherish as a nation? Freedom.
https://www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/local-columns/2022/07/whats-happened-to-our-country/

Town Hall Erupts After GOP Congressman Admits To Not Knowing What He Voted For. Nebraska Representative Mike Flood was booed relentlessly at his own town hall Tuesday as he admitted to a roomful of constituents that he had simply not read some parts of Trump’s big, beautiful budget bill.
https://newrepublic.com/post/195777/republican-town-hall-mike-flood-budget

Trump Admin Accused Of Dismissing Charges Against Another MS-13 Leader To Prevent Him From Revealing Pact Between Bukele And The Gang. The man in question is Vladimir Antonio Arevalo-Chavez. A similar accusation was made in the case of Henry Villatoro Santos
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/23/trump-administration-ms-13-leaders-criminal-charges-deportation

Trump administration agrees to return ‘wrongfully’ deported immigrant for first time after battling court orders
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/world/trump-administration-agrees-to-return-wrongfully-deported-immigrant-for-first-time-after-battling-court-orders/ar-AA1FFwsI?cvid=9159F313C16F4C719FF4369D6FDE703C&ocid=hpmsn

Trump’s new ‘wildly unhinged’ assault is exposing MAGA’s ‘deeper scam.’ President Donald Trump’s assault on Harvard “is a wildly unhinged abuse of power in every way.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-harvard-2672221552/

Tulsi Gabbard’s move accused of opening door to new wave of ‘domestic terrorism’
https://www.rawstory.com/tulsi-trump-domestic-ttero/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Columbia Trustee Got Sued for Securities Fraud — Then Left Her Pharma Firm Under a Cloud. Shoshana Shendelman is reportedly part of a hard-line pro-Israel faction on the Columbia board of trustees.
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/27/columbia-university-trustee-shendelman-sued-pharma/

The Rising Death Toll of the U.S.–Israel Aid Distribution Plan in Gaza. Since a joint U.S.–Israel plan put a nonprofit in charge of aid distribution in Gaza, at least nine people have been killed and 47 injured. “This is what happens when you try to replace the humanitarian system with a political agenda,”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/28/heinous-crime-authorities-say-ten-aid-seekers-killed-in-gaza-in-forty-eight-hours

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump is weaponizing the Justice Department to advance his voter suppression plans
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/donald-trump-justice-department-voting-rights-north-carolina/

Trump’s pardon attorney considers full clemency for Oath Keepers and founder Stewart Rhodes over Jan. 6 crimes. Ed Martin is reviewing requests to pardon far-right militia members charged with treason-related crimes
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-pardons-stewart-rhodes-jan-6-ed-martin-b2759341.html

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Termination notices expected to go out to all remaining Voice of America employees this week. The move would add to the grueling battle between the network and Trump administration.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/28/voice-of-america-rif-terminations-trump-00372238

# Medicare / Medicaid
Trump’s Medicaid Cuts Will Gut a ‘Medical Lifeline’ for Millions
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-republicans-medicaid-cuts-home-health-care-1235348787/

# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
UnitedHealth Group faces lawsuit claiming it used ex-employees’ 401(k) funds to defray its own costs
https://www.ainvest.com/news/unitedhealth-group-faces-lawsuit-alleged-401-fund-misuse-2505/

The Aids crisis was set to end by 2030 – now Trump’s cuts will mean 4 million more deaths. HIV infections and deaths from Aids are set to skyrocket in the next five years if US-funded programmes are not reinstated
https://www.the-independent.com/news/health/trump-aid-cuts-hiv-aids-deaths-b2759143.html

Trump blames Europe as deadly impact of US cuts on Aids pandemic grows. Trump lashes out at France and Germany amid growing evidence that HIV patients are being denied life-saving drugs.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-hiv-aids-cuts-treatment-europe-b2757501.html

# Medical Science / Research
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit aimed at stopping the National Science Foundation from cutting off critical research funding at universities across the state and country.
https://www.newsbreak.com/golden-gate-media-1351221/4028495375871-with-millions-at-risk-california-files-lawsuit-to-stop-trump-s-cuts-to-research-grant-funding

# Military / Militia / General News
Warren, Sheehy Announce Bipartisan Fight to Guarantee Military Right to Repair Its Equipment. “On both sides of the aisle, many of us agree that waste, fraud, and abuse are real problems in our government, and it’s worse when it threatens our military readiness. It’s time to show servicemembers we’ve got their backs and restore their right to fix their own equipment.”
https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/in-fox-news-op-ed-warren-sheehy-announce-bipartisan-fight-to-guarantee-military-right-to-repair-its-equipment

Hypersonic Flight and AI Dogfights: U.S. Defense Startups Set to Redefine Air Power
https://thedebrief.org/hypersonic-flight-and-ai-dogfights-u-s-defense-startups-set-to-redefine-air-power/

Speed Meets Autonomy: Hermeus and Anduril Unveil the Future of Military Aviation
https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/27/quarterhorse-mk-1-first-flight/

# Military / General News / Global
US Marine and Iraq War vet who volunteered to fight for Ukraine killed by a Russian drone strike
https://nypost.com/2025/05/27/world-news/us-marine-and-iraq-war-vet-who-volunteered-to-fight-for-ukraine-killed-by-a-russian-drone-strike/

# Pharmaceuticals
Trump administration cancels $766 million Moderna contract to fight pandemic flu
https://www.thederrick.com/ap/business/trump-administration-cancels-766-million-moderna-contract-to-fight-pandemic-flu/article_713954a2-526d-54de-98dc-4ce5e522bb0d.html

# Science / Science Engineers
New York and New Jersey’s attorneys general have joined a coalition of 16 states suing the Trump administration over what they call unlawful cuts to scientific research and diversity efforts in STEM fields. This will ‘devastate scientific research’: 16 states sue the Trump administration over National Science Foundation directive
https://gothamist.com/news/ny-nj-attorneys-general-sue-trump-administration-over-cuts-to-science-diversity-in-research

Scientists make jaw-dropping breakthrough that transforms human urine into futuristic energy source: ‘Unprecedented momentum.’ Researchers have discovered an efficient, low-carbon way to generate green hydrogen by using urea that’s found in urine and wastewater.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/green-hydrogen-urea-electrolysis-sewage/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Spyware
Vladimir Putin says Russia needs to ‘strangle’ Western tech companies still operating in his country. He was responding to a gripe from a Russian IT provider about competition from Microsoft and Zoom
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/27/russia_chokehold_tech_firms/

# Transportation / Travel Advisories
Security Alert: Do Not Travel to Venezuela for any reason and Avoid Venezuelan Borders with Colombia, Brazil, and Guyana. The U.S. government warns U.S. citizens against travel to Venezuela for any reason.
https://co.usembassy.gov/security-alert-do-not-travel-to-venezuela-for-any-reason-and-avoid-venezuelan-borders-with-colombia-brazil-and-guyana/

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Attention Readers:

Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-05-29, AM

Voices, The Peoples News

May 29, 2025, AM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
“If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well,
and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to
function, no amount of money will save us.”
– David Suzuki
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
ICE ‘Grabbing People Out of Their Cars’ on Martha’s Vineyard. Immigration agents reportedly rounded up around 40 people in the course of several traffic stops on Tuesday.
https://vineyardgazette.com/news/2025/05/27/federal-officers-make-arrests-island

‘No one voted to deport moms’: Pro-Trump town regrets its choice
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportation-2672224399/

Trump immigrant crackdown escalates: Suicide of detained Chinese woman, workplace raids, visas for South Sudanese immigrants and college students revoked
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/07/afxq-a07.html

Masked ICE raid at federal building in Manhattan arrests seven including pastor. The outlet stated that nearly two dozen federal agents dressed in masks and plainclothes staked out in the lobby. Others searched the building for people trying to escape via elevator, the outlet added.
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/masked-ice-raid-federal-building-1176968

After the Vietnam War ended, Republican and Democratic administrations shielded refugees from deportation. Donald Trump is changing that. ICE crackdown is rounding up refugees.
[Note: A repeat of WW2 internment camps and deportations for all Japanese Americans? Now it’s Mexicans and anyone who is not a white American! Sad, sad times for the U.S.]
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/05/28/trump-administration-detains-refugees-post-war-vietnam/83753627007/

Arizona politicians demand answers over ICE courthouse detainments. “People were actually being told they could leave the courthouse, so they were driving off of the property and then being stopped and detained down the street. Someone relayed to me that a toddler was detained. This is just horrible, and this is inhumane,” said Ortiz.
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/05/29/arizona-lawmakers-demand-answers-over-phoenix-immigration-court-arrests/

Ethics Watchdog Raises Flags Around Border Czar’s Ties to Private Detention Giant: Border Czar’s Security Detail Costs Taxpayers $1 Million a Month. One administration official described the amount as “extravagant,” adding they “sucked resources away from other senior leadership, including other cabinet members”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/27/border-czar-ethics-consulting-fees/

Migrants Held in ICE El Paso Detention Center Decry Human Rights Violations: ‘This Is Very Horrible.’ El Paso ICE processing center detainees face ‘widespread human rights violations,’ Amnesty International report finds
https://elpasomatters.org/2025/05/14/el-paso-ice-detention-center-human-rights-violations-amnesty-international/

# Business / Industry / Corporations
Alliance of Four Major Qatari Companies Signs Strategic Agreement with Chinese Giant Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., one of China’s largest and most innovative automotive manufacturers, to expand Chery’s presence in the global automotive market through a new Qatari-led platform.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250528176705/en/Alliance-of-Four-Major-Qatari-Companies-Signs-Strategic-Agreement-with-Chinese-Automotive-Giant-Chery

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Judge rules suit challenging DOGE and Elon Musk’s power over government can continue
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/28/nx-s1-5414191/musk-lawsuit-doge-trump-spending-bill

Musk commits to stay as Tesla CEO for another five years. Elon Musk has claimed a turnaround in Tesla sales after a slump even as Starlink, the internet service provider that he owns, is growing.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/5/20/musk-commits-to-staying-tesla-ceo-for-another-five-years

Doge employees hold stock in firms set to benefit from cuts, Democrats allege. Elizabeth Warren and others urge investigation over ‘clear conflict of interest and potential criminal violation’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/democrats-doge-elon-musk

Judge spares Trump from massive DOGE lawsuit — leaving Elon Musk holding the bag for ‘unauthorized role’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-spares-trump-massive-doge-173544629.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
How the national debt ballooned to more than $36 trillion: The US has $36 trillion in debt. What does that mean, and who owns it? The US has the highest national debt in the world, a quarter of which is owned by other countries.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/20/the-us-has-36-trillion-in-debt-what-does-that-mean-and-who-owns-it

Trade Court Strikes Down Trump’s Global Tariffs, Trump doesn’t have the power to impose tariffs unilaterally. Businesses and states had sued the government, saying the president didn’t have the authority to impose the levies. Trump doesn’t have the power to impose tariffs unilaterally
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/29/court-strikes-down-trump-reciprocal-tariffs.html

Trump’s tariffs are failing, the old model won’t save us either. Trade wars won’t save workers, economic order can.
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/5/18/trumps-tariffs-are-failing-but-the-old-model-wont-save-us-either

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Trump Education Secretary Offers Chilling Warning to Universities. Linda McMahon revealed how the administration intends to rein in universities
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-foreign-student-enrollment-arne-duncan/

Expansive school choice measure tucked into ‘big, beautiful bill’ could bring vouchers to every state
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/3423160/expansive-school-vouchers-tucked-into-big-beautiful-bill/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
White House is terminating $400 million in funds for states meant to modernize unemployment insurance systems.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/unemployment-states-fraud-labor

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
A coal plant was set to close in Michigan to transition to cleaner energy. Trump just ordered it to stay open.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/28/trump-administration-vietnamese-refugees-detains-black-april/83475733007/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Scientists issue stark warning about crisis looming over islands: ‘Already irreversibly lost their natural adaptive capacity’
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/atoll-islands-losing-natural-defenses-irreversibly/

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
NC becomes second state to be denied FEMA funding under Trump administration. Under President Donald Trump, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has denied federal assistance for tornadoes in Arkansas, flooding in West Virginia and a windstorm in Washington state. It also has refused North Carolina’s request for extended relief funding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
https://www.floods.org/news-views/fema-news/trump-denies-disaster-aid-tells-states-to-do-more/

# Gov / Politics
House plans to codify DOGE cuts into law of the land after conservative frenzy
https://nypost.com/2025/05/28/us-news/speaker-johnson-lays-out-game-plan-to-make-doge-cuts-law-of-the-land-after-conservative-frenzy/

Republican Town Hall Erupts After Damning Confession on Budget Bill. Representative Mike Flood sparked fury after telling his constituents more about his vote on the budget.
https://newrepublic.com/post/195777/republican-town-hall-mike-flood-budget

Trump Considering Pardons for Men Who Tried to Kill Gretchen Whitmer.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-considering-pardons-men-tried-203251615.html

Senate Democrats Have Been Handed a Tool to Stop the Big Beautiful Bill
https://www.realclearpolicy.com/2025/05/28/senate_dems_handed_a_tool_to_stop_the_big_beautiful_bill_1112977.html

Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-usaid-malawi-state-department-crime-sexual-violence-trafficking

The richest Republicans in Congress push tax cuts for themselves while slashing food, healthcare, and aid for millions.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/05/28/the-richest-republicans-in-congress-push-tax-cuts-for-themselves-while-slashing-food-healthcare-and-aid-for-millions/

Trump Has Dropped the Pretense of Ethics. Free plane, crypto dinner, foreign deals: the first family doesn’t seem to care how corrupt it looks. Do Donald Trump and his family “actually give a fuck” about appearing to profit from his presidency? Evidence is mounting that they don’t.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/trump-jet-crypto-qatar-corruption-ethics/

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a new visa restriction targeting authorities and individuals accused of being “complicit in censoring Americans.”
https://time.com/7289265/visa-restrictions-foreign-officials-censorship-rubio/

‘Not a fun place to work’: Lawmakers reportedly ditching dysfunctional Congress
https://www.rawstory.com/lawmakers-bailing-on-congress-because-it-s-not-a-very-fun-place-to-work-now/

Vance and Musk attack judicial authority as Trump’s agenda gets pushback from courts
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/vance-and-musk-attack-judicial-authority-as-trumps-agenda-gets-pushback-from-courts

‘We will not be silenced’: 192 Democratic officials vow to resist Trump’s ‘intimidation tactics’
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/we-will-not-be-silenced-192-democratic-officials-vow-to-resist-trumps-intimidation-tactics/

Bernie Sanders shares detail he noticed from Donald Trump’s inauguration. “Sitting right beside him where the three wealthiest people in America, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. Seated beside them, were 13 billionaires who were nominated by Trump to head up major government agencies, making it clear from the start that money would play a crucial role in his presidency. Trump made no bones about who would be running the United States.
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-innauguration-35299289

Hegseth mocked for wearing American flag suits made in Thailand: ‘Nothing says America more than overseas labor’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/hegseth-mocked-for-wearing-american-flag-suits-made-in-thailand-nothing-says-america-more-than-overseas-labor/ar-AA1FB4pW

Nancy Mace Staffers Forced To Make ‘Burner Accounts’ To Defend and Boost Congresswoman Online: According to former staffers and a deposition, Nancy Mace has allegedly used her tech background to deploy bots across social media—and asked staffers to surreptitiously post on her behalf.
https://www.wired.com/story/nancy-mace-former-staff-burner-accounts/

Republicans wage war on century-old watchdog after it calls out Trump. The Government Accountability Office (GAO), known for investigating wrongdoing and maintaining oversight of federal agencies, has recently become the target of multiple attempts to undermine its authority and independence.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/republicans-wage-war-on-century-old-watchdog-after-it-calls-out-trump/

# Gov / Politics / Global
New Israeli Law Allows Palestinians as Young as 12 to Be Imprisoned for Life. UN experts said that the law is explicitly written to target Palestinian children.
https://truthout.org/articles/new-israeli-law-allows-palestinians-as-young-as-12-to-be-imprisoned-for-life/

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
When will the Supreme Court hold police responsible for lethal use of force? The largest number of police shootings have involved an unarmed suspect.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5320390-supreme-court-decision-on-police-shootings/

Keeping Cops Accountable: Supreme Court Issues Decision in Barnes v. Felix. This decision is a crucial step forward, but qualified immunity still casts a dark shadow.
https://www.cato.org/commentary/keeping-cops-accountable-supreme-court-issues-decision-barnes-v-felix

Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ Budget Bill Also Includes This Measure to Kneecap Federal Judges’ Power. “One paragraph, on pages 562 and 563 of the 1,116-page bill, raised alarms for reasons that have nothing to do with America’s budget or safety-net programs or debt.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trumps-big-beautiful-budget-bill-also-includes-this-measure-to-kneecap-federal-judges-power/

‘Unfaithful to the judgment and vision of the Founding Fathers!’: Federal judge slaps down Trump’s latest revenge fantasy with a U.S. history lesson
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-trump-law-firms_n_683634f1e4b0362038795f47

Man’s 378-year prison sentence overturned after judge rules accuser may have falsified charges. A trial setting conference and motion hearing date has been scheduled for Friday, June 13. There was strong evidence his adopted daughter made up the accusations to punish him and improve her prospects of remaining in the U.S
https://people.com/california-man-378-year-prison-sentence-overturned-after-judge-rules-accuser-may-have-falsified-charges-11744051

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Exasperated Judge Smacks Down Trump Executive Order by Dropping 26 Exclamation Marks in Ruling
https://newrepublic.com/post/195786/judge-26-exclamation-points-donald-trump-executive-order

Ex-Trump defense lawyer Emil Bove, a top Justice Department official, is picked to be federal judge
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/28/emil-bove-judge-nomination-trump-00373123

‘A meaningful burden’: Judge gives Trump huge win, says deposing DOGE staff cannot stop government from enacting ‘permanent’ USAID ‘shutdown’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/a-meaningful-burden-judge-gives-trump-huge-win-says-deposing-doge-staff-cannot-stop-government-from-enacting-permanent-usaid-shutdown/

Judge Rips Trump Administration Over Failure to Give Deportees Due Process
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/judge-rips-trump-administration-over-failure-to-give-deportees-due-process/

# LGBTQ / Gender
16-year-old transgender girl in harm’s way so Trump can score points with his base: If you don’t think that’s a threat to her physical safety, if you can’t imagine how Trump’s screed might encourage one of his followers to take matters into his or her own hands, you must have been under a rock on Jan. 6, 2021.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2025/05/28/trump-puts-teenager-risk-california-track-meet/83885094007/

HHS letter tells health care providers to disregard treatment protocols for trans people, adhere to report by unnamed authors
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/28/health/transgender-care-letter-kennedy

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
NPR sues Trump alleging right to free speech is being violated
https://apnews.com/article/npr-trump-lawsuit-public-radio-f320314b30df6934238a5b6af47c5067

Fox News stars want Scott Pelley arrested and ‘60 Minutes’ canceled over anti-Trump free speech defense. . eteran TV journalist delivered an impassioned commencement speech targeted at president that called on graduates to defend democracy and speak truth to power
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/fox-news-60-minutes-scott-pelley-anti-trump-b2759331.html

# Medicare / Medicaid
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is staking out his spot as a populist defender of Medicaid in opposition to the steep cuts contained in the House-passed megabill to fund President Trump’s domestic agenda.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5320629-josh-hawley-medicaid-reform/

Philly protesters urge Sen. McCormick to vote against Medicaid cutting bill
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/philadelphia-protesters-medicaid-cuts-mccormick/

Local reps defend Medicaid reforms in federal budget bill
https://www.newsbreak.com/kero-23-bakersfield-563644/4026560690045-local-reps-defend-medicaid-reforms-in-federal-budget-bill

LAC Opposes House-Passed Budget Reconciliation Bill and Urges Senate to Protect Medicaid and SNAP. The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation early this morning that, if enacted, would effectuate the largest cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the history of these programs.
https://www.lac.org/news/lac-opposes-house-passed-budget-reconciliation-bill-and-urges-senate-to-protect-medicaid-and-snap

Missouri advocates warn of coverage losses from Medicare and Medicaid cuts
https://abc17news.com/news/missouri/2025/05/22/missouri-advocates-warn-of-coverage-losses-from-medicare-and-medicaid-cuts/

# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
Predatory Lenders in the Operating Room. Medical credit cards have gone mainstream, preying on sick people at their most vulnerable
https://prospect.org/health/2025-05-28-predatory-lenders-operating-room-medical-credit-cards/

New Covid variant spreading from Asia now surges across US — what is it and where is it spreading
https://www.aol.com/covid-variant-surging-asia-now-155618168.html

# Medical Science / Research
Japanese Scientists Create Artificial Blood That Could Save Millions in Emergencies. This discovery could be a major breakthrough in emergency care, battlefield medicine, and areas without access to proper medical facilities
https://thebrewnews.com/thebrew-news/world/universal-artificial-blood/#:~:text=TOKYO%3A%20A%20team%20of%20Japanese,access%20to%20proper%20medical%20facilities

Japan to Begin Clinical Trials for Artificial Blood in 2025. Japan stands on the brink of a medical breakthrough; the development of artificial blood that could transform emergency medicine and save countless lives.
https://mededgemea.com/japan-to-begin-clinical-trials-for-artificial-blood-in-2025/

# Military / Militia / General News
Hegseth cuts Pentagon’s testing office in half, appoints new leader
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/05/28/hegseth-directs-reorg-of-pentagon-testing-office-appoints-new-leader/

Marines, Army deploying missile systems to Luzon Strait. Segments of the training area where the systems will operate are less than 90 miles from Taiwan
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2025/05/28/marines-army-deploying-missile-systems-to-luzon-strait/

Official who posted antisemitic rhetoric becomes Pentagon press secretary
https://apnews.com/article/npr-trump-lawsuit-public-radio-f320314b30df6934238a5b6af47c5067

# Military / General News / Global
Israeli Military Opens Fire on Palestinians at Privatized Food Distribution Site. Dozens were wounded at a hub of the Israel- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which aid groups have boycotted.
https://truthout.org/articles/israeli-military-opens-fire-on-palestinians-at-privatized-food-distribution-site/

Germany vows to underwrite Ukraine’s long-range missile production. Investing in Ukraine will enable Kyiv to have a “substantial” number of long-range weapons this year, the German defense ministry said in a statement.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/05/28/germany-vows-to-underwrite-ukraines-long-range-missile-production/

# NOAA / Weather
NOAA: 2025 Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted to Be Above Normal With 13 to 19 Named Storms
https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-predicts-above-normal-2025-atlantic-hurricane-season

# Planetary
Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate. A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-cuts-are-killing-a-tiny-office-that-keeps-our-measurements-of-the-world-accurate/

# Social
Outrage after Florida nursing home accused of booting residents to convert facility into luxury apartments. Oasis Living Quarters, Fort Lauderdale, is being fined over conversion work that is being carried out without permits
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/florida-oasis-nursing-home-evictions-b2759356.html

Investigating why elderly and disabled residents were forced to leave their homes
https://www.newsbreak.com/news10nbc-whec-rochester-ny-317609583/4028104053754-investigating-why-elderly-and-disabled-residents-were-forced-to-leave-their-homes

Some nursing homes are illegally evicting elderly and disabled residents who can’t afford to pay. “You’re just a piece of garbage,” one evicted nursing home resident said. “They’ll kick you right out on the curb.” Moore became one of thousands of Americans discharged against their wishes or evicted from nursing homes each year.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/some-nursing-homes-are-illegally-evicting-elderly-disabled-residents-who-n1087341

How are elderly people forced into nursing homes by their kids? Do they not get a say in the decision? No person who can take care of themselves and are of sound mind can be forced into a nursing home.
https://www.quora.com/How-are-elderly-people-forced-into-nursing-homes-by-their-kids-Do-they-not-get-a-say-in-the-decision

Department of Justice Launches a National Nursing Home Initiative. This initiative is focusing on some of the worst nursing homes around the country and the Department already has initiated investigations into approximately thirty individual nursing facilities in nine states as part of this effort.
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/department-justice-launches-national-nursing-home-initiative

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Concerns raised in Florida over proposed SNAP cuts
https://www.newsbreak.com/10-tampa-bay-524568/4026359280018-it-s-a-necessity-for-me-concerns-raised-in-florida-over-proposed-snap-cuts

# Space
Astronomers discover mystery cosmic body bursting with X-rays: ‘This object is unlike anything we have seen before.’ “This discovery could indicate a new type of physics or new models of stellar evolution.”
https://www.space.com/astronomy/mystery-deepens-cosmic-energy-lpt-askap-j1832-0911

# Transportation / Travel Advisories
UK, Italy, Spain, France, and Germany Issued Level Two Travel Alerts by US as Terror Threats Prompt Heightened Caution for Tourists This Year. Americans in Italy this summer should be more alert at tourist sites and other public venues because of the risk of terrorism, the State Department said in raising its threat assessment for the country.
https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/uk-italy-spain-france-and-germany-issued-level-two-travel-alerts-by-us-as-terror-threats-prompt-heightened-caution-for-tourists-this-year/

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Attention Readers:

Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-05-28

Voices, The Peoples News

May 28, 2025
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 / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump’s Deportation Efforts Are About to Kill a 4-Year-Old. Doctors for the child, who has a life-threatening medical condition, say that stopping her treatment could prove fatal “within a matter of days.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/195741/donald-trump-deportation-kill-four-year-old

Trump Border Czar’s Cash-In With Key ICE Contractor Unmasked: President Trump’s border czar Tom Homan was cashing checks from one of the private prison giants now poised to profit from the immigration crackdown he’s overseeing.
https://www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeast-513346/4026330904253-trump-border-czar-s-cash-in-with-key-ice-contractor-unmasked

‘Quintessential contempt of court’: Immigration advocates want to throw book at Florida AG for defying federal judge’s order halting immigration arrests
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/quintessential-contempt-of-court-immigration-advocates-want-to-throw-book-at-florida-ag-for-defying-federal-judges-order-halting-immigration-arrests/

‘Sick and very dangerous for our country’: Judge accuses Trump administration of ‘evasion’ in deportation case. Judge pleads with Trump administration for reason over rhetoric in deportation case. A Biden appointee issued a withering order Monday night rejecting the Trump administration’s demand that he reconsider or delay a ruling granting deportees bound for South Sudan certain protections.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/judge-trump-south-sudan-deportation-case-00369946

The Laws Propping Up Trump’s Masked Deportation Army. Across the country, unidentifiable law enforcement agents are snatching unsuspecting people off the streets where they live. But just because it’s beyond the pale doesn’t make it illegal.
https://newrepublic.com/article/195378/trump-masked-ice-deportation-immigration

A Danish father who came into the United States legally and was in the process of becoming a U.S. citizen has now spent well over a month in immigration detention after he was taken into custody at his citizenship interview in April.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dad-4-detained-final-citizenship-182717527.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE can access sensitive Treasury payment systems, judge rules. The ruling found that the Trump administration had shown it set up a process to appropriately vet and train the employees.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/judge-treasury-doge-access-data-payment-systems-00371969

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump’s Trade War is a Major Economic and Strategic Blunder. Despite proclaiming it “liberation day,” the Trump administration’s tariffs are hurting the U.S. economy, increasing inflation, and leaving America isolated on the world stage.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trumps-trade-war-is-a-major-economic-and-strategic-blunder/

‘Higher than any other sustained stretch in U.S. history’: GOP bill threatens to make America two-thirds of global deficit problem. The market disturbance has caught the attention of economists and financial experts who previously dismissed debt concerns but are now sounding alarm bells.
https://www.newsbreak.com/we-got-this-covered-313382434/4025530978706-higher-than-any-other-sustained-stretch-in-u-s-history-gop-bill-threatens-to-make-america-two-thirds-of-global-deficit-problem

Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo quietly planning new ‘digital dollar’ after US penny set to disappear
https://cryptobriefing.com/joint-stablecoin-project-us-banks/

Walmart price hikes exposed as staff leak photos showing shocking increases. In a string of posts across Reddit, self-identified staffers say they’ve seen prices jump as much as 80 percent on popular items.
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/walmart-price-hikes-exposed-as-staff-leak-photos-showing-shocking-increases/ar-AA1FBAVk

Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ major step in dismantling the regulatory state with REINS Act. The regulatory state hamstrings everything from cosmetology to bridge placement. Reeling it in with the REINS Act may unleash billions in prosperity and remove the regulatory yokes from American manufacturers, business owners and consumers.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/polling/poll-48-likely-us-voters-say-country-right-track-how-republicans-can-screw

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Trump’s Fury at Harvard Gets More Deranged—and Exposes a Big MAGA Scam. Trump says he’s attacking foreign students because they’re taking places reserved for American kids. But the House GOP budget bill would hurt countless American students from the working class.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-fury-harvard-gets-more-100000595.html

Trump administration moves to cut federal contracts with Harvard. In another blow to Harvard University, the Trump administration has moved to cancel federal contracts with the Ivy League school. A letter from the U.S. General Services Administration, which is dated Tuesday, tells agencies to submit a list of contracts they have terminated with the university by June 6.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/27/nx-s1-5413188/trump-harvard-federal-funds

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Federal Budget Proposal Calls for Elimination of Job Corps Program, Threatening Excelsior Springs Center and Hundreds of Local Jobs
https://excelsiorcitizen.com/federal-budget-proposal-calls-for-elimination-of-job-corps-program-threatening-excelsior-springs-center-and-hundreds-of-local-jobs/

Former Chick-fil-A employee says he faced monstrous racial abuse from coworkers and was fired after he complained. ‘Shut Up, Ape, Before I Put You In a Cage!’: Black Chick-fil-A Worker In Idaho Filed 30 Complaints But Was Forced to Endure the Racist Abuse Because Harassers ‘Couldn’t Be Fired,’ Lawsuit Claims
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ape-monkey-worse-former-chick-135416077.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Erupts Again, Spewing Lava 1,000 Feet High
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/hawaiis-kilauea-erupts-again-lava-soars-over-1-000-feet-in-fiery-spectacle-watch-11748290902452.html

A Seabird Chick With 778 Pieces of Plastic in Its Body Shows How Bad Marine Pollution Has Gotten. A new analysis found that ingesting plastic can disrupt proteins that facilitate key functions in seabirds—the latest in a series of unsettling discoveries about marine plastic pollution.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27052025/todays-climate-plastic-pollution-seabird-health-ocean/

Whales Are Dying With Stomachs Full of Plastic. Once ingested, the plastic piles up in the whale’s stomach. It can then obstruct bowels, preventing whales from digesting food and leading them to starve to death.
https://environmental-action.org/articles/whales-are-dying-with-stomachs-full-of-plastic/

# Gov / Politics
Trump threatens new ‘Dark Age’ with policy of ‘deliberate destruction’: Adam Serwer: “The warlords who sacked Rome did not intend to doom Western Europe to centuries of ignorance. It was not a foreseeable consequence of their actions. The same cannot be said of the sweeping attack on human knowledge and progress that the Trump administration is now undertaking, a deliberate destruction of education, science, and history, conducted with a fanaticism that recalls the Dark Ages that followed Rome’s fall.”
https://politicalwire.com/2025/05/27/the-new-dark-age/

‘Traitor!’ Onlookers appalled at Trump’s latest admission. The Bulwark’s Sam Stein expressed his incredulity on X, posting, “Trump just casually telling everyone he’s been helping out Putin?” while anti-Trump Republican group The Lincoln Project declared, “There it is. Trump confirms what we’ve said all along – he’s been protecting Putin this entire time.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-putin-2672214883/

JD Vance has warned of a ‘real conflict’ if the courts are not ‘extremely deferential’ to the president, as the Trump administration grows frustrated over legal setbacks to their immigration agenda
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/jd-vance-message-courts-trump-35291981

Trump terrified House Republicans ‘jumping ship’ will cause impeachment: report
https://www.rawstory.com/how-trump-plans-to-keep-the-house-red-in-2026-over-fears-of-a-third-impeachment/

‘No court may enforce contempt’: GOP slips Trump protection clause into spending bill that would let him ignore judges
https://www.newsweek.com/hidden-provision-trump-bill-court-2075769

Trump Administration Tightens Immigration Rules for Cubans, Signaling End of Decades-Long Exception. As federal authorities target former Cuban officials for deportation, long-standing protections for the country’s migrants face rollback
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-administration-tightens-immigration-rules-cubans-signaling-end-decades-long-exception-583809

Trump’s intelligence director peddles new conspiracy theory that stokes MAGA extremism — and even violence
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/18/978463364/u-s-intelligence-agencies-warn-of-heightened-domestic-extremism-threat

American soft power is evaporating in the Age of Trump. Even for our billionaire president, it’s never enough. It’s much easier to exercise world leadership with willing followers won over by the form of diplomacy scholars have dubbed “soft power.” As the progenitor of the concept, Harvard Professor Joseph Nye, put it: “Seduction is always more effective than coercion. And many of our values, such as democracy, human rights, and individual opportunity, are deeply seductive.”
https://www.salon.com/2025/05/28/american-soft-power-is-evaporating-in-the-age-of/

This One SCOTUS Ruling Unleashed the Trump Chaos We’re Living in Now. The Supreme Court’s 6–3 decision granting Trump sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution looked disastrous from the moment it was released in July 2024.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-second-term-shows-john-094000610.html

Trump Reverts Back to Vision of U.S. as Hermit Country of People Who Make Screws for Each Other in Sweatshops. It was nice to be part of the global economy for a few weeks, wasn’t it?
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/trump-economy-tariffs-harvard-big-beautiful-bill-deficit.html

President Donald Trump is escalating his attacks on free speech and freedom of expression — this time demanding that the Federal Election Commission investigate musicians Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé, and Bono.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/19/trump-celebrity-investigations-feud-taylor-swift-beyonce-bruce-springsteen

35 Richest Republicans Set to ‘Line Their Own Pockets’ While Taking Food, Healthcare From Millions. “The Trump tax scam is a grift for the ultrarich, including those who are in charge of passing this legislation themselves, and a betrayal to hardworking Americans everywhere,” said the head of Accountable.US.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/big-beautiful-bill

# Gov / Politics / Global
Why Putin Ignores (and Insults) Trump. The Kremlin has brushed aside Trump’s recent criticism. It has little incentive not to.
https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2025-05-27/why-putin-ignores-and-insults-trump

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Report: State and local cops doing license plate lookups for ICE. “If ICE can use a nationwide network of license plate readers for its purposes, what’s stopping the government from using it?” asked one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-license-plate-reader

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Hidden’ Provision in Trump’s Big Bill Could Disarm US Supreme Court
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/us-news-hidden-provision-in-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-might-undermine-us-supreme-court-authority/articleshow/121344844.cms?from=mdr

The Supreme Court Wants to Crush Regulation—but Not the Fed. The legal reasoning on this point is unbelievably sloppy—even for this court.
https://newrepublic.com/article/195765/supreme-court-trump-federal-reserve

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Donald Trump’s Media Conglomerate Is Becoming a Bitcoin Reserve. Trump Media and Technology Group, the parent company to Truth Social, has announced plans to buy up billions of dollars’ worth of bitcoin.
https://www.wired.com/story/donald-trumps-media-conglomerate-is-becoming-a-bitcoin-reserve/

# Medicare / Medicaid
Fact Check: Yes, 13.7M in US may lose health insurance as Democrats claim — but GOP bill isn’t only culprit. According to a Congressional Budget Office preliminary estimate, about 13.7 million people would lose health insurance by 2034 due to what it described as the “combined effects of certain actions.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-yes-13-7m-220400809.html

House Republicans Just Touched the Third Rail. Medicaid was once a little-regarded program. It is now a policy heavyweight—and with an enrollment larger than Medicare’s, it’s very, very popular.
https://timothynoah.substack.com/p/house-republicans-touched-the-third

# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
The top health authorities of the U.S. and Argentina are launching what they call an “alternative international health system” separate from the World Health Organization (WHO).
https://thehill.com/homenews/5320168-us-argentina-launch-alt-health-system/

‘Lie-laden rhetoric’ is hiding MAGA plot to make America’s poor sicker: “Looking away from Kennedy’s empty, lie-laden rhetoric to his actions, however, and another narrative emerges: He’s taking away health care, with a special emphasis on limiting access for women, minorities, children, and working people.”
https://www.rawstory.com/rfk-health/

# Medical Science / Research
RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals. The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/27/rfk-jr-nih-scientists-medical-journals-jama-lancet-nejm-00371349

‘Corrupt’ medical journals have to change, RFK Jr. says, or the NIH will publish in-house. The health secretary said The Lancet, NEJM, and JAMA have been influenced by the pharmaceutical industry
https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/rfk-jr-says-medical-journals-corrupt-so-nih-may-publish-in-house/

# Military / Militia / General News
Bombers, Fighters Unite in Rare 7-Plane Flyover
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/f-22-b-52-memorial-day-flyover/

About Time: Former Black Navy SEAL To Be Reinstated, Racist Team Members Will Be Disciplined
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2025/05/20/navy-seals-face-disciplinary-action-after-racist-memes-investigation/

World’s Most Secretive 737 Just Made A Very Rare Appearance. RAT55, a highly modified Air Force NT-43A, bounces around between secretive test bases and is used to collect radar data on stealthy aircraft in-flight.
https://www.twz.com/air/worlds-most-secretive-737-rat55-just-made-a-rare-public-appearance

Pentagon gets first hypersonic missile defense radar in bid to keep pace with adversaries’ arsenals
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-05-27/hypersonic-missile-radar-17925049.html

# Military / General News / Global
China’s New KJ-3000 Airborne Early Warning Radar Jet Seen In Detail In New Image. The KJ-3000 will be the crown jewel in China’s rapidly expanding armada of airborne early warning and control aircraft.
https://www.twz.com/air/chinas-new-kj-3000-airborne-early-warning-radar-jet-seen-in-detail-in-new-image

# NOAA / Weather
Expert sounds alarm over concerning weather phenomenon brewing in Atlantic waters: ‘Be prepared for the hazards.’ “This information is important for early preparation and awareness.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/2025-hurricane-season-activity-forecast/

# Pharmaceuticals
What the Walgreens buyout could mean for the future of pharmacy care
https://theconversation.com/public-health-and-private-equity-what-the-walgreens-buyout-could-mean-for-the-future-of-pharmacy-care-253598

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
House Republicans Push to Drop SNAP Dependent ‘Exemption’ Age From 18 To 7: Under current SNAP regulations, adults classified as ABAWD (able-bodied adult without dependents) are exempt from having to meet SNAP work requirements—80 hours a month—if they have someone under 18 years of age in their household. But under the new definition touted in the legislation, this would be lowered to 7 years old.
https://www.newsweek.com/snap-benefit-rules-change-children-aged-7-above-2072111

# Veterans / VA
VA employees are ‘fearful, paranoid, demoralized’ as officials share few specifics to axe 83,000 employees
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/veterans-affairs-job-cuts-trump-musk-collins-b2758505.html

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Attention Readers:

Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-05-27

Voices, The Peoples News

May 27, 2025
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 / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
A Bronx high schooler showed up for a routine immigration court date. ICE was waiting.
https://www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/05/27/bronx-high-school-student-detained-by-immigration-ice-agents/

Venezuelan woman’s shock as she’s deported to Mexico after living in Florida for 20 years
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14740797/Venezuela-migrants-deported-US-Mexico.html

Border K-9s: Man’s best friend is joining America’s fight against fentanyl. NewsNation correspondent Ali Bradley reports that for the first time, Border Patrol K-9s are being trained at a Texas facility to detect fentanyl. The K-9s are undergoing training to detect drugs that are being concealed and people who are being smuggled into the U.S

# Communications / Censorship
Microsoft Says It’s Censoring Employee Emails Containing the Word “Palestine.” When workers send emails including words related to Israel’s war on Gaza, messages are delayed by hours or never arrive at all.
https://www.theverge.com/tech/672312/microsoft-block-palestine-gaza-email

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
An Analysis Says DOGE’s Billions in Cuts Will Cost Americans Billions — What That Means for Your Wallet
https://www.aol.com/analysis-says-doge-billions-cuts-110351332.html

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
‘Whatever it takes,’ Fed chair defends universities, calls on Princeton students to save democracy in Trump swipe. President Donald Trump has been insulting Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for weeks because the national banking head won’t lower interest rates
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/fed-chair-trump-princeton-university-b2758165.html

A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut Q&A with Scott Delaney: Lost grants represent ‘a life’s worth of work’
https://www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/nih-cuts-tracked-in-grant-watch-database-q-and-a-with-harvard-researcher-scott-delaney/

Trump’s Harvard ban backfires as China extends ‘unconditional offers’ to international students
https://www.the-independent.com/asia/china/hong-kong-harvard-ban-university-trump-b2757807.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘There are no words to describe how difficult this has been’: Federal workers face health insurance nightmare after Trump layoff chaos
https://attackofthefanboy.com/culture/there-are-no-words-to-describe-how-difficult-this-has-been-federal-workers-face-health-insurance-nightmare-after-trump-layoff-chaos/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
States taking action on their own can cut half of U.S. emissions. States around the country are forging ahead on reducing carbon emissions, even when national policies seem stuck in a holding pattern.
https://www.earth.com/news/states-taking-action-on-their-own-can-cut-half-of-u-s-emissions/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Here’s what a Texas oil executive from DOGE is doing inside the Interior Department. Before joining DOGE, Hassen spent nearly two decades as an executive at Basin Holdings, an enterprise involved in the manufacture, sale and servicing of oil rigs worldwide.
https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/international/2025/05/27/fes5-us-doge.html

It’s no secret that global sea levels have been rising steadily in the past few years, but a recent CNN report reveals the situation is even more alarming than previously understood. New research reveals troubling phenomenon threatening coastlines: ‘It will be very, very difficult to adapt to’
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/rising-sea-levels-accelerating-nasa-data/

Scientists are highly concerned that so many bee hives have disappeared. His team hopes that a closer look at pollen, wax, and bees will offer tangible clues about what’s hurting these crucial pollinators.
https://www.earth.com/news/scientists-are-highly-concerned-that-so-many-bee-hives-have-disappeared/

A Double Whammy for Scientists: Big Budget Cuts, Big Climate Consequences. The Trump administration is pulling NASA scientists from a historic research facility amid broader budget cuts.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23052025/todays-climate-nasa-trump-cuts-research-anxiety/

Scientists are taking it upon themselves to inform the public about climate change impact after cuts. Research projects hit with Trump administration funding cuts include two major government reports that tell where things stand with nature and climate here in the United States.
https://www.weku.org/the-commonwealth/2025-05-27/scientists-are-taking-it-upon-themselves-to-inform-the-public-about-climate-change-impact-after-cuts

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
NC Gov. Josh Stein: FEMA is broken as we brace for a new hurricane season. We don’t want FEMA eliminated. We need to fix it. If we do it now – if we reduce red tape and focus on getting help to people – we’ll be that much more prepared to help the victims of the next storm
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/25/fema-relief-north-carolina-hurricane-season/83769062007/

# General News
The ‘breathtaking’ ways the Trumps have earned millions in office. You Won’t Believe How Much Richer the Trumps Have Gotten This Year. How in the hell does he get away with this? “I think we essentially have become a kleptocracy that would make Putin blush. I mean, keep in mind that in the first three months, the Trump family has become $3 billion wealthier, so that’s a billion dollars a month.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/195068/trump-family-corruption-crypto-memecoin-richer

# Gov / Politics
A hidden measure in the Republican budget bill would crown Trump king. The bill could stop federal courts from enforcing their rulings, eliminating any restraint on Trump. Trump has been trying to act like a king by ignoring court rulings against him.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/27/a-hidden-measure-in-the-republican-budget-bill-would-crown-trump-king

‘Roadmap for corruption’: Trump dive into cryptocurrency raises ethics alarm
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/25/trump-crypto-corruption-ethics

Turning Point USA: A case study of the hard right in 2024: Several weeks after the 2024 presidential election, Charlie Kirk, founder and president of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), proudly embraced a white nationalist conspiracy theory while celebrating then-President-elect Donald Trump’s plans for mass deportation.
https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/turning-point-usa-case-study-hard-right-2024/
Turning Point USA: https://www.tpusa.com/

Trump accused of ‘most blatant show of white supremacy in America in history.’ “As long as he’s on top, he’s the bully,” Welch said. The Afrikaner policy is an example of Trump “changing inherent policies to pick who’s going to vote for him,” said Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4025412519573-trump-accused-of-most-blatant-show-of-white-supremacy-in-america-in-history?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDgzNDY0NTQ0OTY%3D

Killing the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg: Why America’s Wealthy Are Playing Themselves. If history has taught us anything, it’s that billionaires who cozy up to authoritarian rulers are about as wise as a turkey voting for Thanksgiving. Figures like Elon Musk and other Trump-aligned billionaires have convinced themselves that democracy is an inconvenience to their bottom line. They see taxation and regulations as a burden, failing to realize that in an authoritarian state, their entire fortune becomes a line item in the dictator’s personal budget.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AOC/comments/1jbafon/killing_the_goose_that_laid_the_golden_egg_why/

Trump’s alleged corruption shouldn’t be investigated because ‘it’s out in the open,’ Mike Johnson says. Brushing off Trump corruption concerns, Johnson instead took aim at the “Biden crime family.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-alleged-corruption-shouldn-t-154004416.html

The Intercept Briefing: She Exposed Government Abuse. Now She’s Locked Up in an El Salvador Prison. From El Salvador to South Sudan, inside America’s global prison pipeline.
https://shows.acast.com/intercept-presents/episodes/exporting-detention-inside-americas-global-prison-pipeline?

Global Anxiety Mounts Over Possibility of World War III. A recent survey of Western European nations reveals that a growing number of citizens believe a large-scale global conflict is likely within the next five years. Public opinion reflects a wider trend of anxiety around rising military expenditures, deteriorating diplomacy, and eroding trust in multilateral agreements.
https://studyfinds.org/america-verge-of-world-war-iii/

Are we heading towards World War Three? US-China tensions, stalled Ukraine peace deal, and renewed strikes on Gaza among the flashpoints for global conflict
https://theweek.com/92967/are-we-heading-towards-world-war-3

# Gov / Politics / Global
China & Russia will use drones ‘size of insects’ to spy on West & commit untraceable murders. “The big question is what’s the payload on these drones, what are you actually attaching to the drone?
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14295752/china-russia-insect-drones-spy-uk-murder/

In Gaza, Famine Is the Weapon and So Is Aid. Amid Israel’s blockade on Gaza, death can come from the lack of food or from trying to find food. Evidence Indicates Civilians Deliberately Denied Access to Food, Water
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/18/israel-starvation-used-weapon-war-gaza

Russia dismisses Trump’s criticism of Putin as ’emotional overload.’ “We are really grateful to the Americans and to President Trump personally for their assistance in organizing and launching this negotiation process,” Russian spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/26/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-airstrike-crazy-emotional

4th Democrat Politician Dies in Span of 2 Months. Connolly, who most recently held a prominent position as the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, served in Congress for more than 16 years.
https://apnews.com/article/gerry-connolly-dies-congress-virginia-44d5c141f417ca966850e4ffaa27c1b9

MAGA Divided as Trump Turns on Putin. After Russia launched one of its deadliest attacks in years—killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more—Trump turned sharply on Putin, saying he’s “not happy with what Putin is doing,” accusing him of “killing a lot of people.” “I don’t know what the hell happened to Putin,” he said on Sunday.
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-divided-trump-turns-putin-2077211

# Law Enforcement / Global
As Ukrainian POWs die in Russian prisons, autopsies point to a system of brutality
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-pows-torture-autopsies-0615fd4fd7a2c5ce5b395e45f9bc372e

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Suffers Three Legal Defeats in One Day
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-suffers-triple-legal-defeat-hours-2076684

Supreme Court ‘distraught’ as Trump uses ruling to emasculate justices: The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to grant Donald Trump sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution already looks even worse than when it was handed down last summer
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-immunity-ruling-2672212719/

‘Unconstitutional under any view’: Judge enjoins entire Trump executive order targeting law firm that previously employed top Mueller lieutenant
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/unconstitutional-under-any-view-judge-enjoins-entire-trump-executive-order-targeting-law-firm-that-previously-employed-top-mueller-lieutenant/

Democratic Lawmakers Push to Relocate U.S. Marshals Service Away from Trump to Protect Judiciary
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/22/g-s1-68433/judges-security-marshals-democrats

Trump fumes as Supreme Court says it won’t favor ‘the president over our precedent.’ The Supreme Court doesn’t like where this power grab is going.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/trump-fumes-as-supreme-court-says-it-wont-favor-the-president-over-our-precedent/

# Lost Civilizations / Archaeology
They Thought It Was Trash—What They Discovered in a Mexican Cave Was a 500-Year-Old Treasure. A perilous cave dive in Mexico led to the unexpected discovery of a 500-year-old ritual treasure from a long-forgotten Indigenous culture.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trash-found-deep-inside-mexican-130000012.html

Mysterious Million-Year-Old Tunnels Found in African That Shouldn’t Exist—Scientists Say Something Lived Inside. Beneath Namibia’s desert, scientists have stumbled upon bizarre ancient tunnels etched deep into solid rock. Their origin remains unexplained, defying both natural forces and known biology. Evidence hints at something once alive—and possibly still lurking
https://indiandefencereview.com/mysterious-million-year-old-tunnels-found-in-african-that-shouldnt-exist-scientists-say-something-lived-inside/

140,000-year-old city found at bottom of ocean in ‘first physical evidence’ of lost world: This is the first discovery of ancient human fossils between the islands of Indonesia. The bones belong to Homo erectus – the longest surviving of all our human relatives. Until now, the only evidence of H. erectus in the region was confined to the island of Java. But as it turns out, this population was not so isolated after all.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/underwater-fossils-surface-reveal-lost-150036323.html

Archaeologists Unveil Three New Mysterious Egyptian Tombs. The newly discovered tombs date back to 1550–1070 B.C. The burial sites belonged to prominent statesmen and follow a series of high-profile finds in Egypt this year
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/egyptian-archaeologists-discover-3-tombs-in-luxor

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Wall Street Journal Shatters Core Trump Fantasy In Editorial Urging GOP ‘Revolt’: “Trump and his advisers fancy themselves” as one thing, but on Russia, they are something totally different, warned the newspaper’s conservative editorial board.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wall-street-journal-donald-trump-putin_n_68356aafe4b034e8d0515eca?ncid=NEWSSTAND0001

# Medicare / Medicaid
Republicans target a tax that keeps state Medicaid programs running. For years, Missouri has been taxing health care providers to draw down additional federal funds for their Medicaid programs
https://missouriindependent.com/2025/05/27/republicans-target-a-tax-that-keeps-state-medicaid-programs-running/

# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
‘They won’t help me’: Sickest patient face insurance denials despite policy fixes
https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/they-wont-help-me-sickest-patient-face-insurance-denials-despite-policy-fixes

Handing NHS staff police powers to detain mental health patients would have dangerous consequences
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/nhs-mental-health-detention-police-b2757561.html

Sponsor of Georgia abortion ban spared trauma of watching brain dead loved one carry fetus. Fetus of brain-dead Georgia woman kept alive due to abortion ban is growing, says family. Hospital plans to keep Adriana Smith on life support until August, when doctors will deliver baby via C-section
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/20/pregnant-georgia-woman-brain-dead

Trump FDA commissioner complains about ‘throwing insulin” to diabetics. Trump’s FDA chief suggests diabetics should take cooking classes under MAHA agenda
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-fda-chief-suggests-diabetics-212942736.html

NIH staff stage walkout during director’s town hall as tensions persist over research cuts, ideology
https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/innovation/nih-staff-stage-walkout-during-directors-town-hall-tensions-persist-over-research-cuts

# Medical Science / Research
US woman dies from prion disease after being given an infected injection 50 years earlier. A 58-year-old woman has died of a rare neurological condition. The cause of death? Being injected with hormones taken from a corpse.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/58-old-woman-died-rare-164722600.html

# Medical Technology
Superbug that can feed on plastic is spreading in hospitals, living on the stuff used in sutures, stents, and surgical mesh.
https://www.sciencealert.com/microbe-from-mans-wound-able-to-feed-on-hospital-plastic

# Military / Militia / General News
Trump’s dystopian anti-woke military ad features footage of a war crime that killed innocents. The Pentagon revealed that, from now on, the Department of Defense will be focused on delivering death rather than being woke.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/trumps-dystopian-anti-woke-military-ad-features-footage-of-a-war-crime-that-killed-innocents/

U.S. Conducts “Largest Airstrike in the History of the World” (Sort Of). The U.S. launched 16 jets from the USS Harry S. Truman to drop 125,000 pounds of bombs on a cave complex in Somalia, killing 14.
https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/22/mass-us-airstrike-against-isis-truman/

# Military / General News / Global
China reviving World War II airfield in America’s backyard, just 400 miles from Guam in power move near US shores
https://interestingengineering.com/military/china-reviving-wwii-airbase-near-us

Disturbing footage shows Putin’s troops torturing own soldiers for ‘letting down’ Russia. A soldier is seen tied to the back of a pick-up truck with a rope before being driven across rough ground.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13904035/moment-russian-bombs-solider-surrender-ukraine.html

‘Dying a slow death’: Russia mocks Trump’s peace plan as Putin ally threatens to seize all of Ukraine
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/dying-a-slow-death-russia-mocks-trumps-peace-plan-as-putin-ally-threatens-to-seize-all-of-ukraine/

North Korea ‘arrests three over humiliating warship disaster’ after Kim Jong-un’s vow to punish those behind mishap. North Korea has arrested three shipyard bosses after a humiliating warship launch flop that Kim Jong-un called a “criminal act”.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-us-sun-513995/4022698966244-north-korea-arrests-three-over-humiliating-warship-disaster-after-kim-jong-un-s-vow-to-punish-those-behind-mishap

North Korea warns Trump’s Golden Dome missile shield could ‘turn outer space into a nuclear war field,’ President Trump has promised a “Golden Dome” that will protect the United States. But America’s rivals see the announcement last week of the plans for a new space-based missile defense system as provocation.
https://time.com/7288728/golden-dome-trump-north-korea-russia-china-response-space-militarization/

Ukraine free to strike any Russian military facility after West lifts all range restrictions, Germany says
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-83/

India-Pakistan US-Mediated Ceasefire: A Tactical Pause or the First Step Toward Peace? We enumerate ten pointed questions that everyone is asking—yet no one is willing to answer, on record or unequivocally.
https://kbssidhu.substack.com/p/india-pakistan-us-mediated-ceasefire

What Led to the Recent Crisis Between India and Pakistan? The crisis between the two nuclear-armed countries indicates how rapidly tensions can escalate to dangerous levels. The intensity of the conflict exceeded that of past episodes, with several rounds of retaliation that undermined strategic stability in South Asia.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-led-recent-crisis-between-india-and-pakistan

Russia Fielding Nuclear Air-to-Air Missiles, U.S. Intelligence Warns: In a new intelligence assessment, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded that Russia is deploying nuclear-capable air-to-air missiles, a dramatic shift in strategic doctrine. The weapons, believed to be modified R-37M variants, are deployable from advanced Russian fighters such as the MiG-31BM and Su-35S.
https://www.twz.com/air/russia-fielding-new-nuclear-armed-air-to-air-missiles-us-intel

Iran Nuclear Talks Stalled Despite Diplomatic Outreach. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has publicly affirmed that his country will not collapse under continued sanctions, even if talks with the United States fail. Despite President Trump’s optimistic framing of recent negotiations as “very good,” Iran has refused proposals to freeze uranium enrichment or accept an interim arrangement.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/20/iran-nuclear-negotiations-trump-uranium-enrichment-khamenei-talks/

Video Shows Girl Trying to Escape Inferno as Gaza Family ‘Burned Alive’ in Israeli Massacre. “What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” said former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ward-al-sheikh-khalil

# NOAA / Weather
As NOAA braces for more cuts, scientists say public safety is at risk. NOAA is now tasked with cutting an estimated 10 percent of its workforce, or 1,029 jobs, current and former employees told PBS News. If plans for these latest cuts move forward, nearly 20 percent of NOAA’s 13,000-person workforce would be cut.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/as-noaa-braces-for-more-cuts-scientists-say-public-safety-is-at-risk

National Weather Service struggles after DOGE staff cuts as hurricane season arrives, ‘Our worst nightmare’: The National Weather Service (NWS) is under strain after losing hundreds of employees over the past few months. With so many people gone, offices that usually run 24/7 are now shorthanded and some have reduced their hours or services.
https://upolitics.com/news/national-weather-service-struggles-after-doge-staff-cuts-as-hurricane-season-arrives-our-worst-nightmare/

# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Trump axes 100 national security staffers in shock purge as Rubio takes charge. President Trump is drastically reducing the number of national security and foreign policy experts employed by the National Security Council.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/24/nx-s1-5409628/trump-dismisses-dozens-of-national-security-council-staff-in-major-shakeup

# Social
In April, President Donald Trump laid off the team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention responsible for tracking and publicizing drownings. That team also worked with partners like the YMCA and the American Red Cross to get at-risk children into swimming lessons. That collaboration has halted.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/26/the-pools-open-trumps-laid-off-the-team-that-helps-protect-swimmers-00363426

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
A House GOP-backed proposal that would cut billions in federal dollars from the SNAP program, the nation’s largest food assistance program, is drawing concerns from Republicans in the upper chamber.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-gop-snap-proposal-sparks-210000209.html

Donald Trump’s Budget Breaks His Promise to Protect Social Security; The following is a statement from Nancy Altman, President of Social Security Works, on the Trump administration’s FY 2026 budget blueprint: “Donald Trump ran for President on a promise to protect Social Security. This budget breaks that promise.
https://socialsecurityworks.org/trumps-budget-breaks-promise-to-protect-social-security/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Spyware
Elon Musk’s Grok AI Use in US Gov Sparks Ethics, Security Alarms. DOGE to deploy cutsomised version of Grok to analyse govt data, reproduce internal report
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2547584/musks-grok-ai-use-in-us-govt-sparks-privacy-ethics-concerns

Fears North Korean spies posing as IT workers to infiltrate Western companies & earn cash for Kim’s warped regime
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14325926/brit-spies-north-korea-it-workers-kim-regime/

U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal Data. The government wants to build a centralized platform where spy agencies can more easily buy private info about millions of people.
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/22/intel-agencies-buying-data-portal-privacy/

# Veterans / VA
Veterans slam Trump’s VA cuts as a ‘slap in the face’ that puts lives at risk in Memorial Day post. “Gutting VA will result in delayed appointments and substandard care, leading directly to more veteran deaths. In fact, as reports and internal documents now prove, Elon Musk’s wrecking ball is causing systems to fail, putting veterans at risk,” Kayla Williams, Iraq Veteran and senior policy advisor at VoteVets, said. “It’s a slap in the face to all who have worn the uniform in defense of our nation.”
https://www.newsweek.com/veterans-group-attack-trump-cuts-memorial-day-message-2076986

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Attention Readers:

Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-05-25

Voices, The Peoples News

May 25, 2025
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
Tribes say the U.S. misappropriated funds to pay for Native American boarding schools
https://apnews.com/article/native-american-boarding-schools-lawsuit-720ba4df74e011ddf7b9d371252f2d34

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘Banal horror’: Judge orders Trump administration to return Guatemalan rape survivor ‘wrongfully’ deported to Mexico
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-guatemala-mexico-wrongful-deportation-ruling-b2757240.html

US citizen detained by immigration officials who dismissed his Real ID as fake. Authorities wrestled a US-born citizen to the ground, cuffed him and dismissed his so-called Real ID as “fake” during an arrest operation targeting undocumented people
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/24/us-citizen-detained-ice-real-id

‘It’s not fair’: Other refugees in limbo as US welcomes white South Africans
https://www.aol.com/not-fair-other-refugees-limbo-231049104.html

Georgia Teen Detained During Traffic Stop Excited to Sleep ‘Without Getting Woken Up by Screaming’ After ICE Release
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/ximena-arias-cristobal-georgia-college-student-ice-detention-homecoming/85-28e96a39-98aa-4a9f-af7a-884b1b31cbbf

ICE Has a New Strategy To Deport Migrants More Quickly: End Their Court Cases
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-ending-migrants-court-cases-arrest-move-to-deport-them/

ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrests. A spate of arrests at immigration courts across the United States this week has rattled people showing up for hearings and may signal a coordinated attempt at deportations.
https://www.wusf.org/courts-law/2025-05-24/ice-agents-wait-hallways-immigration-court-trump-seeks-deliver-mass-arrest-pledge

Trump administration planning to send hundreds of border agents to support ICE arrests in U.S. interior
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-ice-arrests-border-agents/

Trump’s $5m ‘gold card’ visa set to launch in the coming days to help fast track rich immigrants
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-gold-card-visa-b2756266.html

# Communications / Censorship
FCC Commissioner Wants Regulatory ‘Cows’ Lined Up ‘For The Slaughterhouse’: FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington outlined the regulatory “cows” he’s “lining up for the slaughterhouse” as part of its “Delete, Delete, Delete” initiative.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/24/fcc-commissioner-regulatory-cows-slaughterhouse/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
The Trump administration is seeking to cancel Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 Venezuelans. But experts say it could devastate U.S. economy.
https://www.latintimes.com/economists-warn-deporting-hundreds-thousands-venezuelans-could-devastate-us-economy-583704

Hidden Threat to Democracy Slipped Into Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill: Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is the cruelest and most irresponsible piece of domestic legislation to be seriously proposed in my lifetime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAF8vJQeMmQ

Senators Probe Cash Funneled To Trump IRS Nominee: Citing The Lever’s reporting, top Senate Dems say ‘unusually timed contributions” to Trump’s stalled IRS nominee Billy Long “potentially violate federal bribery laws.’
https://www.levernews.com/senators-probe-cash-funneled-to-trump-irs-nominee/

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Palace breaks silence on Princess’ future amid shocking Trump administration decision. The palace’s communications head, Xavier Baert, said: “We are looking into the situation, to see what kind of impact this decision might have on the princess, or not. It’s too early to say right now, we’ll have to see what happens next [school] year,” he said.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/834000/palace-breaks-silence-on-princess-future-shocking-trump-decision/

UPenn Prof. Suggests Using ‘Second Amendment’ to Stop Trump. UPenn professor Michael Mann made the controversial call to action in a now-deleted Bluesky post…
https://headlineusa.com/upenn-prof-suggests-using-second-amendment-to-stop-trump/?utm_source=HUSA_EMAIL_NSP2000&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HUSAemail

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Labor secretary shuts down testimony about ‘racial abuse’ at Elon Musk’s company. “Black employees at this Tesla facility were allegedly subject to routine racial abuse, pervasive stereotyping and hostility,” he noted. “The epithets range from the N-word to monkey to boy to other insults I can’t say in this committee.”
https://www.rawstory.com/lori-chavez-deremer-elon-musk/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Interior Department Green Lights Utah Uranium Mine Under Expedited 14-Day Environmental Review
https://www.mining.com/web/us-approves-utah-uranium-mine-after-two-week-environmental-review/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
A massive industrial development is underway in Indonesia, and it’s threatening to displace Indigenous communities and destroy vital rainforests in the name of “green” energy. The $20 billion plan includes clearing massive amounts of forests for five dams, expected to generate 9,000 megawatts of electricity to power a sprawling new industrial park.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/borneo-indonesia-hydroelectric-project-dams/

Officials stunned as massive reservoirs make nearly full recovery after brutal drought: ‘On track to reach 100% capacity’
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/california-reservoirs-full-capacity-drought-shasta-oroville/

# Gov / Politics
‘This needs to be a bigger story’: White House racing to scrub records of Trump’s cognitive free fall before anyone notices
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/this-needs-to-be-a-bigger-story-white-house-racing-to-scrub-records-of-trumps-cognitive-free-fall-before-anyone-notices/

‘This ruling is deranged’: Trump admin escalates war on judiciary after federal judge says DHS ‘unquestionably’ violated court order
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/this-ruling-is-deranged-trump-admin-escalates-war-on-judiciary-after-federal-judge-says-dhs-unquestionably-violated-court-order/

‘This was a message’: Bloody ‘massacre’ said to be ‘direct result’ of Trump move. “Last night, the skies over Kyiv lit up with fire. Missiles, Drones, Death, in one of the most intense aerial assaults since the war began. Trump has spoken at length about wanting peace between Ukraine in Russia, but his recent choices resulted in a bloody incursion in Ukraine
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-message-massacre-kyiv-parnas/

$500M Trump Hotel Project In Serbia Paused After Government Official Admits To Forging Key Document
https://uinterview.com/news/daily-digest/500m-trump-hotel-project-in-serbia-paused-after-government-official-admits-to-forging-key-document/

10 Former GOP Congressmen Call Arrest Of Rep. LaMonica McIver At ICE Facility ‘Outrageous’
https://www.newsweek.com/former-republicans-congress-trump-lamonica-mciver-criminal-charges-2076092

LA deputy mayor pleads guilty to calling in fake, anti-Israel bomb threat. Brian Williams, who was charged by federal prosecutors, faces up to 10 years in federal prison
https://www.thecentersquare.com/california/article_e19f35cf-df6a-4562-a7f0-2adba447ec35.html

Gun Control Advocates Say Trump Administration Has Effectively Legalized Machine Guns With New Policy. The settlement allows further sales of a trigger device that enables semiautomatic weapons to fire more rounds in less time. This settlement benefits the gun industry, circumvents gun laws, and paves the way for mass violence
https://www.bradyunited.org/press/trump-administrations-secret-deal-to-legalize-machine-gun-conversion-devices

Longtime reporters ‘almost speechless’ over Trump’s ‘transparent bribery’ plot. “It’s not just even this cryptocurrency thing, although hundreds of millions of dollars have gone to the president’s family and businesses in fees because of this coin, which is basically, just a reminder, there’s nothing to it.”
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/longtime-reporters-almost-speechless-over-trumps-transparent-bribery-plot/ar-AA1FlILt

Trump wants to destroy fundamental rights that have existed for 800 years: The foundations of due process and habeas corpus trace back to Magna Carta, the “Great Charter” that the English barons imposed on King John at Runnymede in 1215. Chapter 39 of Magna Carta proclaimed, “No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we [King John] proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land.”
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4020726203412-opinion-trump-wants-to-destroy-fundamental-rights-that-have-existed-for-800-years?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDgxMzkzNTU2NDU%3D
Magna Carta: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta

# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
NYC Criminal Sucker-Punches Girl After Release, All Caught on Video. Local prosecutors in New York City arrested a man allegedly caught on video sucker-punching a 9-year-old girl.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/04/14/stranger-punches-girl-at-nyc-grand-central-station-days-after-release-in-similar-attack/

Trump’s prison officials visited Alcatraz this week to assess reopening it, superintendent confirms. BOP director William Marshall told Fox News that engineering teams are already surveying the site. “We’ve got engineering teams out there now that are doing some assessments, and so I’m just really excited about the opportunity and possibilities,” he said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/23/trump-alcatraz-prison

Chemical castration is ethically dubious – and simply won’t work: Chemical castration of prisoners risks violating the Nuremberg Code, says Alexis Paton, a trustee of the Institute of Medical Ethics. But more crucially, without addressing what causes someone to commit sexual violence, it risks diverting that violence into new forms
https://www.the-independent.com/voices/alexis-paton-chemical-castration-prisoners-b2755885.html

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
CNN’s Daniel Dale Calls BS on Trump Over Big Beautiful Bill: ‘Trump Supporters May Lose Coverage’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/cnns-daniel-dale-calls-bs-on-trump-over-big-beautiful-bill-trump-supporters-may-lose-coverage/

# Medicare / Medicaid
House passes controversial Medicare work requirement bill despite concerns from healthcare advocates
https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/05/22/house-passes-bill-that-would-devastate-health-coverage-for-millions-in-medicaid-and-medicare

# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
State Supreme Court Votes 5–0 for 6-Week Abortion Ban. Legislators clearly intended the law to take effect with electrical impulses that begin at six weeks into a pregnancy, justices wrote
https://myclintonnews.com/stories/sc-supreme-court-ruling-keeps-abortion-ban-at-6-weeks,105115

# Military / Militia / General News
Lost for over 100 years, World War 1 era US submarine found along with bomber that sank in same area in 1950
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/lost-for-over-100-years-world-war-1-era-us-submarine-found-along-with-bomber-that-sank-in-same-area-in-1950/articleshow/121383019.cms?from=mdr

Experts are still debating whether to leave or recover a Mark 15 nuclear bomb located on the ocean floor in Wassaw Sound. The bomb was dropped from 7, 200 feet, over the shores of Tybee Island. The pilot and crew reported no explosion upon it meeting the water
https://www.newsbreak.com/war-history-online-1745274/4022574484330-experts-are-still-debating-whether-to-leave-or-recover-a-mark-15-nuclear-bomb-located-on-the-ocean-floor-in-wassaw-sound

Naval Academy midshipmen going ‘underground’ to avoid Trump and Hegseth scrutiny
https://www.yahoo.com/news/military-schools-quietly-bucking-trump-223318571.html

Navy SEALs Caught Sharing Racist Memes Of Black Sailor As Slave. Two Navy SEALs are facing disciplinary action after they were caught spreading racist memes of a fellow Black sailor. A lawyer for the Black sailor said the memes depicted his client as a slave and a monkey.
https://www.iheart.com/content/2025-05-22-navy-seals-caught-sharing-racist-memes-of-black-sailor-as-slave/

US unveils world’s first supersonic artillery shell that can hit targets 100 miles away at a blistering 2,700mph speeds
https://www.the-sun.com/tech/14315295/us-unveils-worlds-first-supersonic-artillery-shell/

# Military / General News / Global
Vladimir Putin goes back to Cold War for new nuclear-tipped missiles
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-nuclear-weapons-missiles-cold-war-2075853

‘Take the commander and kill everyone else’: Listen to intercepted Russian radio transmissions: Ukrainian intelligence intercepted orders from Russian commanders to execute surrendering soldiers, revealing systematic war crimes. Investigations show a rise in suspected executions, attributed to direct orders from Russian leadership.
https://www.livemint.com/news/capture-the-commander-kill-the-rest-growing-evidence-of-russian-orders-to-execute-surrendering-ukrainians-troops-11747835650126.html

Israeli soldiers and former detainees tell AP Israel’s use of human shields in Gaza is widespread. The only time the Palestinian man wasn’t bound or blindfolded, he said, was when he was used by Israeli soldiers as their human shield.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-army-human-shields-80f358dd2c87a1123f26ffada159701c

All The Unusual Design Features Of China’s New J-36 Fighter Jet. The J-36 is not just another stealth plane with a design that throws out decades of fighter-jet convention.
https://www.slashgear.com/1862451/china-j36-fighter-jet-design-features/

Russia announces 3 more settlements captured in east Ukraine. The Trump administration has been working with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to reach a peace deal to end the war
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-says-forces-capture-three-213331528.html

North Korea fires ‘multiple cruise missiles’ to Japan as Kim Jong Un reels from disaster. Senior members of the military are sounding the alarm after North Korea launched several cruise missiles towards Japan, in line with the isolated nation’s recent show of major lethal firepower.
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/172502/north-korea-fires-multiple-cruise-missiles-towards-japan-kim-jong-un-reels-from-disaster

Russia ‘burn Ukraine’s dogs to death’ in brutal overnight attack
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/172791/russia-burn-ukraines-dogs-death

Taiwan to mass produce ‘destructive’ missile as tensions with China reach boiling point
https://www.themirror.com/news/uk-news/taiwan-readies-mass-produce-destructive-1165250

# Pharmaceuticals
$67 in France and $798 in US–Why Prescription Drug Prices Are so High in US. Prescription drugs cost more in the United States than anywhere else in the world. President Donald Trump and some bipartisan senators want to change that
https://prescottenews.com/2025/05/24/67-in-france-and-798-in-us-why-prescription-drug-prices-are-so-high-in-us-the-epoch-times/

# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
‘Unprofessional!’ Over 100 national security staffers given minutes to clear out
https://www.rawstory.com/national-security-council/

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Social Security Chief Says He Didn’t Know What the Job Was When Trump Nominated Him: ‘So I’m Googling…’ Donald Trump’s pick to run the Social Security Administration said he had to google the job after the president tapped him for the position.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/frank-bisignano-social-security-googled-job_n_682fd496e4b097a9e0440b91

Anti-hunger advocates urge lawmakers to reconsider cuts to SNAP funding
https://www.agingresearch.org/news/alliance-urges-lawmakers-to-reject-cuts-to-federal-nutrition-programs/

Elon Musk embarrassed as Social Security ‘fraud’ claim debunked by new data
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/elon-musk-embarrassed-as-social-security-fraud-claim-debunked-by-new-data/ar-AA1FlCAz?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

GOP lawmakers ‘gave Democrats fodder’ by ignoring profane Trump demand: “Republicans’ reconciliation bill dismantles the American Dream and strips health care, food assistance, and more away from millions of hardworking Americans,” Senate Minority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., fumed in a Thursday statement.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dems-call-budget-bill-bureaucratic-160041816.html

New Social Security Change Means You Could Owe Money. If the SSA determines an individual has been overpaid, it will send a notice requesting a full and immediate refund. If the individual does not respond within approximately 90 days, the SSA will begin withholding 50% of their monthly benefits until the overpayment is fully recovered.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/new-social-security-change-means-you-could-owe-money#:~:text=A%20recent%20policy%20update%20means,monthly%20benefit%20to%20recover%20overpayments

# Space Technology / Global
Bacteria found on Chinese space station has never been seen on Earth. This odd finding has prompted more investigation into whether the microbe was originally part of Earth’s enormous microbial pool
https://www.earth.com/news/mysterious-bacteria-found-on-chinese-space-station-has-never-been-seen-before/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Lee Hedgepeth as they discuss controversial plans to build a massive data center in the piney woods outside Birmingham, Alabama
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICSrvQ7meow

# Transportation / Travel Advisories
‘Novel situation’: GOP leader Thune admits Senate just made up new rules to overturn California’s clean car requirements
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/novel-situation-gop-leader-thune-admits-senate-just-made-up-new-rules-to-overturn-californias-clean-car-requirements/

# UFO / UAP Disclosure / Ancient Civilizations
Alien Sarcophagus Uncovered in Tula, Mexico – Forbidden Discovery Entire Lost Civilization!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szgw9PCB7vg

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Attention Readers:

Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-05-24

Voices, The Peoples News

May 24, 2025
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 / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Salvadoran Prison Chief Overseeing Trump Deportees Has Been Sanctioned By The U.S. For Negotiating With Gangs: Osiris Luna has overseen the imprisonment of over 80,000 people in El Salvador over the past three years
https://www.latintimes.com/salvadoran-prison-chief-overseeing-trump-deportees-has-been-sanctioned-us-negotiating-gangs-583691

Officer at Texas ICE Facility Faces Federal Charges for Allegedly Choking Handcuffed Detainee. Another officer who was present at the time of the alleged assault said the victim was not resisting in any manner.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/geo-group-officer-choked-migrant-ice-detained_n_683091d0e4b0a3c83b17e6be?origin=top-ad-recirc

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Will Trump deport Belgium’s future queen? She’s caught up in Harvard foreign student ban and situation is uncertain. Princess Elisabeth, who is currently studying at Harvard, now faces an uncertain academic future as a result of the Donald Trump administration’s controversial decision.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/will-trump-deport-belgiums-future-queen-shes-caught-up-in-harvard-foreign-student-ban-and-situation-is-uncertain/articleshow/121381186.cms?from=mdr

Federal Judge Takes One Look At Harvard Lawsuit, Blocks Trump Order Almost Instantly. A Federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke Harvard University’s ability to host foreign students.
https://www.aol.com/federal-judge-takes-one-look-182222264.html

Judge Orders Education Department To Rehire 1,300 Workers Cut Under Trump Plan. Schools welcomed the decision, which will bring back droves of staffers on which they rely to deliver key services. But it’s not clear how many employees are even willing to return.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/05/22/judge-blocks-trump-education-department-plan-workers-reinstated/83340824007/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
No sick time, no contracts, no breaks: domestic laborer protections fail in state legislature. Organizers vow to fight even harder after failure of bill to extend state labor protections to over 100,000 Washington domestic workers.
https://rangemedia.co/domestic-laborer-bill-fails/#:~:text=Organizers%20vow%20to%20fight%20even,over%20100%2C000%20Washington%20domestic%20workers

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Historic new law could change how millions of Americans power their homes: ‘It’s just a good thing’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/utah-balcony-solar-portable-plug/

Working in the Permian Basin comes at a high cost. Oil workers in New Mexico are subjected to harrowing conditions that lead to death, injury, disease and terrible tolls on mental health and family life.
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/texas-workers-face-mounting-dangers-heart-americas-greatest-oil-boom

Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law. Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained about fragile deep sea ecosystems.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18052025/trump-promotes-deep-sea-mining-bypassing-international-law/

‘This is just the beginning’: Greenland shows Trump what rejection feels like, hands Europeans 30-year minerals deal instead
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/this-is-just-the-beginning-greenland-shows-trump-what-rejection-feels-like-hands-europeans-30-year-minerals-deal-instead/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
In late April, the Trump administration told hundreds of scientists and experts that they were no longer needed to compile the next national climate assessment
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-the-dismissal-of-hundreds-of-scientists-means-for-a-flagship-climate-report

No one voted for more pollution — so why is the EPA trying to cut half its budget?
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5309554-epa-funding-cuts-pollution/

# Food / General News
Privacy and hunger groups sue over USDA attempt to collect personal data of SNAP recipients
https://apnews.com/article/doge-data-collection-lawsuit-trump-food-stamps-100f6be4c03a6f2b726684e1768fb5b4

# General News
Karens, Klans And Caucasian Tears: The Grift Of Racism In America: A white man walked into a bar and started yelling the n-word at Black patrons. Police are investigating his beating as a hate crime.
Racism: Let’s start things off by saying, there is a world of difference between a hate crime and the consequences of being a racist in public. But in today’s America, fueled by Donald Trump’s culture of grievance and white victimhood, the lines are being intentionally blurred. And as usual, Black people are paying the price.
https://newsone.com/6176715/the-grift-of-racism-in-america/

Former FBI boss gives 2-word verdict on Trump – and predicts what will happen when he leaves office. James Comey, the FBI boss who took down the infamous Gambino crime family says he sees eerie similarities between Trump’s inner circle and the feared Cosa Nostra
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/former-fbi-boss-gives-2-35281458

# Gov / Politics
Trump has NO IDEA what he’s signing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qtrvr5GfeI

Who’s the guy handing Trump those binders of executive orders? Meet Will Scharf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2f3DcoQ2aI

Why Republicans are angry about Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’: President’s signature legislation moves to Senate after narrowly passing House but could face a raft of further objections on everything from tax cuts to Medicaid
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/senate-republicans-big-beautiful-bill-trump-b2756542.html

Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is the cruelest and most irresponsible piece of domestic legislation to be seriously proposed
What Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is Really Doing (Part 1) | The Ezra Klein Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAF8vJQeMmQ
What Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is Really Doing (Part 2) | The Ezra Klein Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIB-8dvkL8I

“Fact-Checked in real time”: Trump met with Canada’s new Prime Minister, and things went downhill so quickly: Here are a few moments in which Trump seemed to have absolutely zero clue about Canada:
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/people-losing-trump-seemed-prove-233954872.html

Trump’s drive for power threatens local sovereignty. We are accustomed to Trump flouting and subverting the law, but perhaps less observed are the ways in which his administration seems determined to shut down local sovereignty.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trumps-drive-for-power-threatens-local-sovereignty/

The Key to Understanding Trump’s Chaotic Foreign Policy: In less than two months in office, Trump has fractured the United States’ relationship with Europe, called into question Washington’s commitment to NATO, blamed Ukraine for Russia’s aggression, frozen military aid to Kyiv, withdrawn from key United Nations institutions, initiated a global tariff war, interrupted the global delivery of American aid and humanitarian assistance, and signaled that the United States could break the central tenet of the postwar global order
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/18/understanding-trump-chaotic-foreign-policy-us-democracy-autocracies/

Trump’s “red tape cutting” exposed as massive scam to make your taxes, healthcare, and voting harder than ever
https://attackofthefanboy.com/culture/trumps-red-tape-cutting-exposed-as-massive-scam-to-make-your-taxes-healthcare-and-voting-harder-than-ever/

Trump Instructs Republicans to ‘Erase’ January 6 Riots From History, Congressman Says
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-instructs-republicans-erase-january-6-riots-history-congressman-says-583747

Trump Used Presidential Seal At Meme Coin Dinner—A Potential Violation Of Federal Law
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-meme-coin-federal-law-2076682

Trump’s Campaign apparatus paid his company $18 million for flights after getting $13 million from the Secret Service
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/05/23/trump-campaign-secret-service-airfare-payments/

‘I wouldn’t go even if it was free’: Trump-era United States now paying Canadians to vacation here
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/i-wouldnt-go-even-if-it-was-free-trump-era-united-states-now-paying-canadians-to-vacation-here/

Lawmaker Who Beat AOC for Top Democratic Role Becomes Third Democrat to Die in Office This Term
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lawmaker-who-beat-aoc-for-top-democratic-role-becomes-third-democrat-to-die-in-office-this-term/ar-AA1Fdupv

Trump’s Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt “Just Took Away His Presidential Immunity Defense” Says Prosecutor. President Donald Trump spent “personal time” with cryptocurrency investors at a dinner on Thursday, which his spokesperson described as not being “a White House dinner.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-uses-personal-time-meet-163400325.html

Trump Venezuela envoy Ric Grenell in hot water over unapproved jet trip to pick up US detainee
https://nypost.com/2025/05/23/us-news/trump-venezuela-envoy-ric-grenell-in-hot-water-over-unapproved-jet-trip-to-pick-up-us-detainee/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Florida court awards Mexican government massive civil judgment against former security chief
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-civil-judgment-garcia-luna-35da0643b5b9c7b1dc97a4bb07eb94e4

Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces ‘poised to launch major new Ukraine offensive’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vladimir-putins-russian-forces-poised-to-launch-major-new-ukraine-offensive/ar-AA1FiMdE

The Real Reason El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele Cozied Up to Trump. The self-described “coolest dictator” has big secrets to hide, according to one journalist who spoke to Al Letson.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/el-salvador-nayib-bukele-trump-deportation/

China has an off-switch for America, and we aren’t ready to deal with it. This scenario is digital darkness, caused by China’s ‘off-switch’ for America. China’s strategy to defeat America before gunning for global control.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5313034-china-off-switch-america-threat/

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Britain, France, Canada of siding with Hamas: Earlier this week, the three leaders issued a joint statement condemning what they said was Israel’s “egregious” military actions in Gaza and warning that they would take “concrete actions” if Netanyahu didn’t change course.
https://www.euronews.com/2025/05/23/netanyahu-accuses-macron-starmer-and-carney-of-siding-with-hamas-after-gaza-operation-crit

How Microsoft became a hub for Israeli intelligence. Microsoft’s collaboration with Tel Aviv, including its employment of over 1,000 Israelis, strongly undermines the tech giant’s claim that no Palestinians have been harmed by its services.
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/05/23/microsoft-hub-israeli-intel/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Supreme Court Just Rewarded Trump for Brazenly Breaking the Law. The conservative justices seem ready to give Trump near-total control over the executive branch—with one notable exception.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/supreme-court-trump-humphreys-executor.html

Attorney warns of Trump Emoluments Clause violations in Qatar jet acceptance. Critics argue that accepting the gift from Qatar could create foreign influence and compromise U.S. decision-making in critical areas.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/the-president/attorney-warns-of-trump-emoluments-clause-violations-in-qatar-jet-acceptance#google_vignette

SCOTUS yesterday permitted President Donald Trump to fire two independent board members without just cause as litigation continues. The decision clears the way for challenges to 90 years of legal precedent on agency independence.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/scotus-allows-trump-to-fire-two-independent-federal-board-members/

Neo-Nazi cult leader who plotted NYC attack on minorities using Santa costume hauled to US for justice. Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old man from the Republic of Georgia, was indicted on four charges, including soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice. It wasn’t known if he has an attorney.
https://apnews.com/article/chkhikvishvili-maniacs-murder-cult-poisoned-candy-plot-brooklyn-862c224e809c98a3907ee848aa580808

“Theft from On High”: Trump’s Budget Bill Guts Medicaid, Medicare & More to Pay for Tax Cuts. The legislation would trigger massive cuts to Medicare and Medicaid over the next 10 years, denying coverage to an estimated 7.6 million Americans, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHaNPGaYefs

Fact Check: Clarifying claim that DOGE, RFK Jr. found 8M people fraudulently on Medicaid. There is no publicly available documented proof of the double enrollment numbers, for both multiple states and multiple plans, and the enrollees who do not have legal immigration status are on Medicaid through state-sanctioned and -funded programming, not federal funding
https://www.yahoo.com/news/clarifying-claim-doge-rfk-jr-013000828.html

# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
Twin Babies Die a Week After Receiving 3 Vaccines, Police Interrogate Parents: On May 1, Dallas and Tyson, fraternal 18-month-old twins, were found dead by their mother after receiving the Hepatitis A, flu and DTaP vaccines on April 23.
https://tdefender.substack.com/p/twin-babies-die-week-after-3-vaccines-idaho?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

How a health care giant became a symbol of systemic betrayal: A Devastating New Exposé of Johnson & Johnson Indicts an Entire System. An investigative history of the scandal-plagued company shines a light on a health care industry riddled with corruption and criminality.
https://newrepublic.com/article/194726/johnson-and-johnson-investigation-crimes-health-care-system

‘Outright murder’: UnitedHealth pressured nurses to DNR [Do Not Resusitate] patients who didn’t want to die. The for-profit insurance company has ruined (and ended!) countless lives, been embroiled in many controversial denials of care, has faced SEC investigation for fraud, fought legal action for overbilling Medicare, and routinely humiliates those who rely on it for medical treatment.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/outright-murder-unitedhealth-pressured-nurses-to-dnr-patients-who-didnt-want-to-die/

# Medical Science / Research
USGS’ biological research arm could vanish next week. Trump is on a multipronged mission to eliminate a science agency that conservationists, toxicologists, universities and more call irreplaceable.
https://truthout.org/articles/an-important-arm-of-this-agency-could-vanish-next-week-if-trump-has-his-way/

# Military / Militia / General News
May 23, 2025: A picture has emerged showing a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle loaded with at least three seven-shot 70mm rocket pods under its left wing. If the jet had three more pods on the right side, this would amount to a whopping 42 rockets, which could be carried together with eight traditional air-to-air missiles. Such a loadout would turn the F-15E in a flying counter-drone and cruise missile arsenal ship capable of an incredible 50 engagement opportunities, minus the gun.
https://www.twz.com/air/f-15e-spotted-packing-big-laser-guided-rocket-arsenal-ideal-for-drone-hunting

Pentagon Ukraine hub could see downgrade in policy office reshuffle. The shift would demote an office that until earlier this year had become one of the most important in the Pentagon
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/05/23/pentagon-ukraine-hub-could-see-downgrade-in-policy-office-reshuffle/

# Military / General News / Global
Vladimir Putin overnight launched a massive blitz targeting Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv in one of the war’s heaviest airstrikes. Dozens were injured after the Russian forces launched some 250 drones and 14 Iskander-M ballistic missiles in one of the biggest combined aerial attacks to date.
https://www.newsbreak.com/trending-story/massive-russian-drone-and-missile-attack-on-kyiv-6831a556d36e2877ec4037dd

# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Trump Admin Fires National Security Council Staff In Droves. The NSC, created during the Truman administration, is an arm of the White House tasked with advising and assisting the president on national security and foreign policy and coordinating among various government agencies.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-security-council-nsc-50ac71e10b9700a0c0e4266afc958cc3

# Space Technology / Global
China Is Building an AI-Powered Supercomputer Network in Space, when it’s complete, it’ll rival anything we’ve got on Earth.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/china-ai-orbital-supercomputer

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Brian Eno, creator of the Windows 95 startup sound, calls on Microsoft to sever ties with Israel: ‘If you knowingly build systems that can enable war crimes, you inevitably become complicit in those crimes’
https://www.theverge.com/news/671864/brian-eno-windows-95-chime-microsoft-israel-palestine-statement

# Transportation / Travel Advisories
Air traffic controller warns ‘people will pay with their lives’ & admits she won’t fly out of own airport due to danger. The incident left her so rattled that she was placed on stress-trauma leave
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14307205/newark-new-jersey-air-traffic-controller-warning/

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Attention Readers:

Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-05-23

Voices, The Peoples News

May 23, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
“Until man learns to respect nature and understand the language
of animals, he will never realize his rightful place on Earth.”
Legendary Italian diver Enzo Mallorca
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
Native Tribes to Sue U.S. Over Abuse and Deaths at Boarding Schools
https://pechanga.net/native-tribes-sue-us-over-abuse-and-deaths-at-boarding-schools-p61202-257.htm

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump supporter snatched, shackled and imprisoned by ICE after forgetting to fill out form 10 years ago. Back in 2015 Eriksen failed to complete Form I-751, “Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence,” just one of the countless steps on his legal path to getting full U.S. citizenship.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/trump-supporter-snatched-shackled-and-imprisoned-by-ice-after-forgetting-to-fill-out-form-10-years-ago/

More than 1,100 troops have been approved to deploy to the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. Northern Command announced May 22. Some of the duties for the approximately 1,115 service members with Joint Task Force-Southern Border will include coordinating logistics, providing food and water to personnel in the field and constructing mobility routes and force protection infrastructure.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-05-22/more-us-troops-deploy-border-17880015.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
GOP Budget Prioritises the Wealthy Over Working Families: Wealthy gain, low-income people lose from GOP megabill, analysis finds. The report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is already fueling Democratic accusations that the legislation is a giveaway to the rich.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/21/cbo-wealthy-gain-low-income-people-lose-from-gop-megabill-00361987

Trump Is Slowly but Surely Killing U.S. Economy, Experts Warn
https://newrepublic.com/post/195520/donald-trump-tariffs-killing-us-economy-experts-warn

The Wall Street Journal Nails Trump Over Crypto Scheme Designed to ‘Enrich’ His Family
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/the-wall-street-journal-nails-trump-over-crypto-scheme-designed-to-enrich-his-family/

Japan Bonds Surge Sparks Wall Street Bear’s Warning Of ‘Global Armageddon,’ Calls JGB Long End ‘Most Important Thing’ For Investors To Track
https://www.benzinga.com/markets/bonds/25/05/45583866/japan-bonds-surge-sparks-wall-street-bears-warning-of-global-armageddon-calls-jgb-long-end-most-important-thing-for-investors-to-track

Trump recommends 50% tariff on EU starting June 1. Trump, who last month imposed sweeping tariffs on countries around the world, also argued in recommending the EU tariffs that the group was formed “primarily” to take collective economic advantage of the U.S.
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/23/trump-tariffs-european-union

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Dismantle Education Department; “The White House is not above the law.”
https://rollcall.com/2025/05/22/judge-blocks-trumps-efforts-to-shutter-education-department/

DHS Revokes Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says move is response to university’s refusal to comply with Trump’s demands.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/22/trump-blocks-harvards-ability-to-enroll-international-students-nyt-report

Kristi Noem Tells Fox News Her Ban On All of Harvard’s Foreign Students is a ‘Warning to Every Other University’
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5315551-kristi-noem-harvard-university-ban-international-enrollment-warning/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Global
U.S. backs plan to explore deep-sea mining near American Samoa amid legal and environmental concerns. The move comes after an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at quickening access to critical seabed resources in the interest of national security and economic development.
https://www.benzinga.com/25/05/45583320/trump-administration-opens-door-to-seabed-mining-in-american-samoa-despite-experts-estimating-only-11-of-required-scientific-knowledge-is-available

As glaciers vanish, salmon gain new habitat and mining companies race for gold. At the foot of the glacier sits a silty, gray lake, a reservoir of glacial runoff. The lake is vast, deeper than Seattle’s Space Needle is tall. But it didn’t exist a few decades ago, before 2 miles of ice had melted.
https://alaskapublic.org/news/environment/2025-05-21/as-glaciers-melt-salmon-and-mining-companies-are-vying-for-the-new-territory

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Tornadoes tear through Black neighborhoods in St. Louis as FEMA delays and warning systems fail. Just weeks before, Trump slashed nearly $1B in disaster aid meant for Black and low-income neighborhoods.
https://capitalbnews.org/st-louis-tornado-black-communities/

# Food / General News
Federal funding cuts are starving food banks
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/03/31/funding-cuts-food-banks-farmers/82705776007/

# Gov / Politics
‘This Dinner Is Corruption Embodied’: Protest Planned as Trump Dines With Crypto Investors. “Offering special access to the president in exchange for a scheme that enriches the president borders on bribery.” Chinese crypto billionaire Justin Sun and other moguls, spent nearly $400 million combined to obtain access to the president, who has openly solicited purchases of the crypto token $TRUMP.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-crypto-dinner

Senate Republicans Bypass Filibuster to Advance ‘Brazenly Corrupt Handout to Big Polluters’
https://www.commondreams.org/news/senate-republicans-filibuster-2672188259

The Curious Case of the Republican Medicaid Turncoats. Six House Republicans opposed Medicaid cuts, then voted for them. It turns out that will grant them a big tax break
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-05-22-republican-medicaid-turncoats-congress-reconciliation-bill/

Trump administration violated ‘impoundment’ law by freezing electric vehicle funding, GAO finds
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/22/trump-administration-violated-impoundment-law-gao-finds-00365728

“This Is A Sad Day For America” — MAGA Supporters Have A LOT To Say About Trump’s “Big, Beautiful” Tax Bill, And It’s Not What I Was Expecting
https://www.yahoo.com/news/sad-day-america-maga-supporters-212731345.html

Trump’s White House Goes From Hiding 80% Of His Transcribed Remarks To Hiding 99.5%
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-transcript-purge_n_682f797de4b0e1fe96d64b10?origin=top-ad-recirc

George Latimer: We must stand up for America and its pillars of democracy, now. Rep. George Latimer argues that recent political actions in the U.S. mirror authoritarian tactics seen in other countries. He criticizes the undermining of the free press, cuts to public education and arts funding, and the targeting of judges. Latimer calls for courage and action to protect democratic principles and institutions.
https://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/2025/05/20/george-latimer-american-democrays-pillars-are-under-threat-opinion/83670179007/

Trump claims autism is ‘artificially induced’ in unhinged rant on childhood diseases
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/trump-claims-autism-is-artificially-induced-in-unhinged-rant-on-childhood-diseases/ar-AA1Fj5XU

‘They don’t serve the people’: Jasmine Crockett exposes the ugly reality of Republicans’ ‘beautiful’ bill — and she’s not holding back
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/they-dont-serve-the-people-jasmine-crockett-exposes-the-ugly-reality-of-republicans-beautiful-bill-and-shes-not-holding-back/

Trump officials could face criminal contempt over South Sudan deportations, judge says. It’s the latest rebuke in an escalating clash over Trump’s deportation agenda. Several judges have now accused the administration of defying the courts.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/21/trump-deportations-south-sudan-00362919

New law would stop foreign adversaries from ‘buying up our country’ while Americans can’t afford homes
https://harrigan.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-pat-harrigan-introduces-real-estate-reciprocity-act-block-foreign

Trump photo of dead ‘White farmers’ is from Congo, not South Africa, Reuter’s video shows: Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo. Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/trumps-evidence-of-south-africa-white-genocide-contains-images-from-democratic-republic-of-congo

# Gov / Politics / Global
Haiti calls for urgent regional gang-fighting support as US shies off funding. The plea came as the United States signaled it would not continue funding a U.N.-backed security mission aimed at stabilizing the country.
https://anewz.tv/world/world-news/7603/haiti-urges-regional-action-against-gangs-as-us-signals-wi/news

Systematic Starvation: Genocide and the Engineered Collapse of Gazan Society. The deliberate destruction of food systems, water infrastructure, medical systems, and communal cohesion is not incidental, it is an intentional form of warfare aimed at inducing despair, division, and eventual displacement.
https://qoshe.com/common-dreams-us/yoav-litvin/systematic-starvation-genocide-and-the-engineered-collapse-of-gazan-society/182730262

Trump’s military parade includes a dog and pony show. And the dog is named Doc Holliday
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-military-parade-dog-pony-show-dog-named/story?id=122078998

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Four Supreme Court Justices Refuse to Read the First Amendment
https://newrepublic.com/post/195621/supreme-court-justices-first-amendment-religious-charter-schools-ruling
First Amendment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Judge holds Trump DHS ‘in contempt’ after ‘deeply disturbing’ move: legal expert
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-contempt-deeply-disturbing-vance/

Bragg: New discovery law removes judges’ handcuffs — so my prosecutors will try more cases
https://nypost.com/2025/05/22/opinion/bragg-with-new-discovery-law-my-office-will-try-more-cases/

# Medicare / Medicaid
‘Call This What It Is—Theft’: Republicans Approve Largest Medicaid, SNAP Cuts in US History. “The people stealing from Americans are not folks with tattoos and hoodies—it’s people wearing suits and ties and congressional pins, sitting in this Capitol right now,” said Rep. Maxwell Frost.
https://www.alternet.org/big-beautiful-bill-passes-house/

‘We’re talking about nearly 14M people’: Hakeem Jeffries exposes the truth of the Medicaid cuts
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/were-talking-about-nearly-14m-people-hakeem-jeffries-exposes-twisted-logic-behind-gops-new-medicaid-gutting-scheme/

# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
WHO is finalizing a new treaty that prepares for the next pandemic − but the US isn’t signing
https://theconversation.com/who-is-finalizing-a-new-treaty-that-prepares-for-the-next-pandemic-but-the-us-isnt-signing-256191

The orchestrated autism cover-up from 25 years ago continues today. It’s time the truth is revealed. CHD will expose what happened behind closed doors at the secret Simpsonwood meeting in June of 2000, where CDC, FDA, WHO and pharma officials reviewed explosive data linking vaccines with autism and neurological damage… and then buried it. [Definate must see!]
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/simpsonwood-2025/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=marketing&utm_id=20250523

# Military / Militia / General News
A Single Server Holds All Navy Pay and Promotion Data. DOGE Canceled a Contract to Upload It to the Cloud.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/05/22/single-server-holds-all-navy-pay-and-promotion-data-doge-canceled-contract-upload-it-cloud.html

The Pentagon’s IT agency will lose nearly 10 percent of its total staff as part of the Trump administration’s push to slash the federal workforce, the agency’s director told senators May 21.
https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/05/dods-tech-agency-braces-10-workforce-cut/405512/

Army air defense systems deploy to the Arctic, Africa for first time. The Sgt. STOUT and Avenger, both mobile air defense systems, deployed for major European and African exercises
https://www.defensenews.com/news/your-army/2025/05/21/army-air-defense-systems-deploy-to-the-arctic-africa-for-first-time/

# NASA
NASA shutters iconic New York climate lab as Trump slashes Earth science budget
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/17/trump-nasa-goddard-office

# NOAA / Weather
NOAA is predicting up to 19 named storms, 10 hurricanes, and five major hurricanes affecting the US this year. Graham urged people to begin stocking up on emergency supplies, including gas and other essentials, before long lines form during an actual emergency.
https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/other/millions-of-americans-told-to-stock-up-on-supplies-now-as-killer-hurricanes-set-to-start-in-days/ar-AA1Fi1Ws?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

# Pharmaceuticals
Trump Wants Pharmaceutical Tariffs Soon — Here’s Which Drugs Could Disappear From Hospitals First. From epidurals to life-saving cancer treatments, the results could be disastrous.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pharmaceutical-drug-tariff-disappearance_l_682ccc5de4b0bf653cd67449

Pfizer, Moderna Must Add Stronger Warnings About Possible Heart Damage From COVID Vaccines, FDA Says
https://www.biospace.com/fda/fda-asks-pfizer-biontech-moderna-to-add-myocarditis-risk-to-covid-19-vaccines

‘This Is Going to Be a Slog’: Senate Hearing on Cover-Up of COVID Vaccine Risks Just the ‘Tip of the Iceberg,’ Johnson Tells Committee
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/ron-johnson-senate-hearing-covid-vaccine-risks-cover-up/

FDA Vaccine Advisers Vote on New COVID Vaccine Formula Amid Calls to Pull Shots From the Market
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-vaccine-advisers-vote-new-covid-vaccine-formula-amid-calls-pull-shots/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20250522

# Planetary
Researchers think the Earth may be spinning slower because of China’s massive Three Gorges Dam.
https://www.uniladtech.com/science/news/nasa-huge-man-made-structure-slowing-earths-rotation-139079-20250430

# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
‘No Taxes on Social Security’ Modified for 2 Reasons. ‘The President and House Republicans are providing much needed tax relief to middle and low-income seniors,’ says Jim Martin, 60 Plus Association chairman.
https://www.thestreet.com/retirement/social-security-income-tax-deduction-clears-critical-hurdle

Seniors Choosing Between Food and Rent As Social Security Reclaims Funds
https://www.newsbreak.com/money-talks-news-2283881/4018858048696-seniors-choosing-between-food-and-rent-as-social-security-reclaims-funds

Some Social Security Benefit Recipients Told They’re Not Getting Payments. The disruption came amid sweeping job cuts and downsizing efforts at SSA under directives from the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which recently cut 50,000 jobs from the agency.
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-benefit-recipients-suddenly-told-theyre-not-getting-payments-2056926

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
CIA Says Winning Tech War With China Top Priority, Citing ‘Existential Threat’ to US
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/21/deputy-cia-director-ellis-china-spying

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Attention Readers:

Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.