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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-09

Voices, The Peoples News

July 9, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Ann Coulter Draws Outrage Over Vile Post About Killing Native Americans. “We didn’t kill enough Indians,” Coulter wrote in the since-deleted post.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ann-coulter-draws-outrage-over-013656786.html

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
200 Marines deploy to Florida as Pentagon approves more support to ICE. The Marines will be assigned tasks related to transportation, logistics and administrative functions. They’re not authorized to make arrests
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/07/08/first-wave-of-200-marines-sent-florida-support-ice-operations.html

The 911 Calls Inside ICE Detention Centers. On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we unpack WIRED’s recent investigation of 911 calls made from the facilities where Immigration and Customs Enforcement detains migrants.
https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-the-911-calls-inside-ice-detention-centers/

Dems propose law requiring ICE agents to show ID, remove face coverings: The long-shot proposal comes following images of masked, heavily armed immigration agents snatching people off the streets and taking them away in unmarked cars have shocked many Americans.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/08/ice-agents-masks-democrats-id-bill

El Salvador officials say deported migrants in notorious jail are Trump’s problem, not theirs. El Salvador’s government has directly contradicted Donald Trump’s administration when it comes to who, exactly, is responsible for the deported migrants locked up in that country’s prisons.
https://www.aol.com/el-salvador-officials-deported-migrants-185538324.html

Ex-Trump Prison Official Questions ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Design: ‘Not How We Would Run a Facility’: The former director of the Bureau of Prisons described the new budget for border efforts “astronomical”
https://www.latintimes.com/ex-trump-prison-official-questions-alligator-alcatraz-design-not-how-we-would-run-facility-586341

ICE leaves cars abandoned, lawn mowers running when it arrests workers: A new push to secure property
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-08/ice-abandonded-items

ICE’s Latest: A Military Sweep Through a Park with Little Kids. On horseback, with armored vehicles, Trump’s troops stomp through L.A.’s MacArthur Park.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-07-08-ices-latest-military-sweep-macarthur-park-los-angeles/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
MAGA’s Gift to China: Trump’s tariffs aren’t helping America. President Trump’s self-imposed 90-day pause before he raises “reciprocal” tariffs through the roof expires on Wednesday, July 9. Only most of it may not expire at all.
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-07-08-magas-gift-to-china-trump-tariffs/

‘Let’s be clear, tariffs are a tax’: Economist predicts US households will lose over $2,000 a year
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/Tv/video/amanpour-golodryga-tedeschi-trump-tariffs#:~:text=Former%20Biden%20economic%20adviser%20Ernie,and%20cost%20American%20households%20money.

Taxpayers face higher monthly payments under new law in ‘dangerous attack’ on Americans, expert claims
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14647387/taxpayers-student-loan-payments-one-big-beautiful-bill/

Trump’s tax law by the numbers: $1 trillion less for Medicaid, $75 billion more for ICE: The new law extends tax breaks for the wealthy, slashes Medicaid and food aid and expands immigration enforcement — threatening health care, nutrition and safety nets for millions.
https://19thnews.org/2025/07/trump-big-beautiful-tax-law-numbers/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
The Trump administration has begun garnishing wages of student loan borrowers in default. These are the benefits businesses can offer employees to help with their debt
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-begun-garnishing-wages-100000876.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
New Report Documents Racist Rot at the Core of the Petrochemical Industry. Economist Michael Ash shares new data on racial disparities in the industry — a major purveyor of environmental racism.
https://truthout.org/articles/new-report-documents-racist-rot-at-the-core-of-the-petrochemical-industry/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees. It developed into the largest US honeybee die-off on record, with beekeepers losing on average 60% of their colonies, at a cost of $600m
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/08/record-us-bee-colony-dieoffs-climate-stress-pesticides-silent-spring-aoe

USDA will ban farmland purchases by Chinese nationals. Chinese nationals and other foreign adversaries will no longer be allowed to purchase United States farmland, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced, citing national security threats. According to the agency, China owns more than 265,000 acres of U.S. agricultural land.
https://san.com/cc/us-bans-farmland-purchases-by-chinese-nationals-and-foreign-adversaries/

EPA workers stand up for public health. Then Trump officials sent them home. The document criticizes the agency for “undermining the public trust.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/epa-workers-speak-up-for-public-health-then-trump-officials-sent-them-home/

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
‘People are going to die’: A malnutrition crisis looms in the wake of USAID cuts
https://www.wired.com/story/usaid-rutf-state-department-supplies-warehouses/

‘Essential isn’t a strong enough word’: Loss of foreign workers begins to bite US economy. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested Medicaid participants who don’t yet meet the work requirements passed in Republicans’ megabill could supplement labor shortages in the agriculture industry.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/08/essential-isnt-a-strong-enough-word-loss-of-foreign-workers-begins-to-bite-us-economy-00443021

Dairy farm worker speaks out after one of Vermont’s largest-ever immigrant raids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2tDViVcT1g

# General News
“This Is The Final Straw”: Elon Musk Has Logged On, Seen The Epstein Memo, And Entered Full Chaos Mode. This is not the first time Musk has publicly criticized the Trump administration regarding the Epstein case.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-back-online-stirring-212434012.html
See also: Jeffrey Edward Epstein (/ˈɛpstiːn/ ⓘ EP-steen;[3] January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender.[4][5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein

# General News / Texas Floods
Mexican rescue teams help search for Texas flood victims as Leavitt denies Trump cuts caused deaths
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/mexican-rescue-teams-help-search-35517013

Flood rescuers blindsided as Texas gov reveals new toll. The number of missing had increased to more than 170
https://www.rawstory.com/cnn-2672978729/

Timelapse shows how Texas river swelled 30ft in 45 minutes
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/timelapse-shows-how-texas-river-swelled-30ft-in-45-minutes/vi-AA1I5JGu?cvid=315E64EA4FBE4EF7A57DD9EDEA2A328D&ocid=hpmsn

‘Nowhere to be found’: Disaster workers slam Trump’s ‘slow-walking’ after flood. “But according to sources within FEMA, ‘barely any staff’ have been deployed, and the Acting Administrator David Richardson ‘is nowhere to be found.'”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fema-texas/

Abbott: 109 dead, at least 171 known missing from July 4 flood. A total of 109 people have been confirmed dead in six Texas counties, 161 remain missing in Kerr County, and an additional 10 are confirmed missing in Travis County from July 4 flooding,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLWz1_52uc4

California has deployed an additional 18 Urban Search and Rescue Team members to Texas to assist with ongoing response efforts related to severe flooding impacts. The scale of devastation Texas is experiencing right now is unfathomable, and we’re proud to lend a helping hand.
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/07/governor-newsom-announces-deployment-of-urban-search-and-rescue-task-force-teams-to-texas/

Amid Deadly Floods, Lawmakers Left Gap In Warning System: Before the Texas disaster, The vast majority of America’s waterways are not being monitored by water level gauges that help identify impending disasters. Lawmakers have long declined to fully fund the federal government’s program supporting a nationwide flood warning system, according to government documents reviewed by The Lever.
https://www.levernews.com/amid-deadly-floods-lawmakers-left-gap-in-warning-system/

Texas summer camp near Camp Mystic had ‘no warning’ about rising waters but were able to safely evacuate 70 before deadly flooding: ‘Saw it coming’
https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york-post-509648/4095573808304-texas-summer-camp-near-camp-mystic-had-no-warning-about-rising-waters-but-were-able-to-safely-evacuate-70-before-deadly-flooding-saw-it-coming

Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys team up to commit $1.5 million for Central Texas flood victims
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/08/525882/houston-texans-dallas-cowboys-commit-1-5-million-for-central-texas-flood-victims/

The Real Reason the Texas Flood Turned So Deadly. This time, a changing climate and irresponsible land use weren’t the main culprits. The deadly Texas floods were a result of a convergence of factors, including heavy rainfall, the region’s unique topography, and the impact of climate change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy20fDZs2SE

Democrats Should Say Who’s Really to Blame for the Flooding in Texas. They’ve got the wrong guys; despite grappling with deep cuts imposed by the Trump administration, the NWS put out early and increasingly urgent warnings about the coming deluge. There’s plenty of blame to go around, though.
https://newrepublic.com/article/197662/democrats-should-say-who-really-blame-flooding-texas?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_ticker_rss

State inspection two days before deadly floods found Camp Mystic had emergency plan in place
https://apnews.com/article/camp-mystic-floods-state-inspection-ef17d51dc7868fa9cc5c3076c31ed98a

# Gov / Politics
Why you should be worried about a new Trump-appointed commission you probably haven’t heard of, White House Religious Liberty Commission on Faith and Religious Freedom, Part 1
https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/white-house-religious-liberty-commission-meeting-on-faith-and-religious-freedom-part-1/661258

5 questions about the Democrats’ Tea Party moment. What’s happening in the Democratic Party? A Vox reporter explains. The movement that I’m talking about started before Obama was elected. It was a mostly libertarian, grassroots, localized, not-that-big movement — a reaction to the bailouts at the end of the Bush administration.
https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/418824/democratic-party-tea-party-moment-zohran-mamdani-explained

Inside the new Christian movement that venerates Trump — and inspired the MN shooter
https://www.alternet.org/christ-for-the-nations-institute/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Jul.9.2025_11.47am

‘We have tremendous power’: Trump hints at using federal authority against local officials
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-interview-running-cities-dc-new-york-2096226

Trump floats federal takeover of New York City and Washington DC, amid mayoral election fears
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/trump-floats-federal-takeover-of-new-york-city-and-washington-dc-amid-mayoral-election-fears/articleshow/122333552.cms?from=mdr

Democrats threaten government shutdown if GOP passes $9.4 billion rescissions bill.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8111c292-70f2-4511-b1dc-011885a3d497.html

Schumer draws line in government funding fight
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/08/schumer-government-funding-republicans-trump-bill

Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce. The justices overrode lower court orders that temporarily froze the cuts, which have been led by the Department of Government Efficiency.
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/supreme-court-trump-layoffs-federal-workforce-20250709.html

Republicans Just Sold Out Their Own Supporters. One Senator’s Vote Shocks Me More Than Most. It’s a striking example of just how monolithic the once ideologically heterogenous Republican Party has become.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/big-beautiful-bill-lisa-murkowski-republicans-donald-trump.html

Top Trump Aide Finally Confirms He Was Born a Soviet Citizen. The birthplace of U.S. President Donald Trump’s director of personnel has been the subject of media speculation — fuelled by his refusal to answer the question.
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/exclusive-top-trump-advisor-sergio-gor-was-born-in-the-soviet-union

Trump Finally Gets the Police State He’s Been Craving for Years: The president’s increasingly aggressive immigration raids and arrests drew protests in L.A. — and gave him an excuse for a militarized crackdown
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-police-state-troop-deployment-los-angeles-1235360655/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Haitian Vigilantes Fighting Gangs Have Become a ‘Significant Source Of Human Rights Abuses.’ Some gangs include current and former police officers
https://www.latintimes.com/haitian-vigilantes-fighting-gangs-have-become-significant-source-human-rights-abuses-586262

Mexican Attorney General Will Demand Israel Turn Over Evidence Related To $25 Million Bribe In Spyware Deal. “We’ll ask Israeli authorities that this information can be added to a file so we can move forward,” said Alejandro Gertz Manero
https://www.latintimes.com/mexican-attorney-general-will-demand-israel-turn-over-evidence-related-25-million-bribe-spyware-586362

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
FBI Reportedly Launches Criminal Investigations into James Comey and John Brennan. The two men are being investigated in connection with a previous probe centering on potential connections between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/fbi-reportedly-launches-criminal-investigations-into-james-comey-and-john-brennan/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release former special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the Mar-a-Lago investigation as well as any of the Epstein files that reference President Trump, accusing Attorney General Pam Bondi of shielding potentially damaging information.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5390159-raskin-epstein-files-trump-jack-smith/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
House votes to kill funding for public media, it did so at the direct request of President Trump, who has accused NPR and PBS of bias against conservative viewpoints as part of his broader attacks on the mainstream media.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/12/g-s1-72223/public-media-funding-up-in-the-air-as-house-prepares-to-vote-on-claw-backs

# Marijuana / Hemp
Buying Cannabis in Texas? Yes it’s legal. Yes it’s the same weed from where ever you’re coming from. I keep seeing misinformation and it’s annoying me so here’s a post for all of y’all.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TexasEclipse/comments/1buvx1k/buying_cannabis_in_texas_yes_its_legal_yes_its/

Texas cannabis laws: Dallas Freedom Act decriminalizes weed. Here’s what it means if you get stopped by police
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2025/01/13/marijuana-decriminalization-law-dallas-police-department-dallas-freedom-act/77666073007/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Hassett issues vicious three-word statement to those worried about losing healthcare, “get a job.”
https://www.newsbreak.com/irish-star-1693764/4093968212909-hassett-issues-vicious-three-word-statement-to-those-worried-about-losing-healthcare

“The Congressional Budget Office has indicated that because the deficits and debt is going above a certain threshold, there may be automatic cuts to Medicare,” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) warned. “So we have to activate our seniors as well on this particular topic.”
https://www.rawstory.com/harm-activate-seniors-medicare-cuts/

Retired workers to see frustrating change to Medicare in 2026. Tucked deep inside the 267-page 2025 Medicare Trustees report is a projection that the standard monthly Medicare Part B premium could rise to $206.50 in 2026.
https://www.thestreet.com/retirement/retired-workers-to-see-shocking-change-to-medicare-in-2026

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Heartbreaking story of lonely hospital patient who nobody knows or wants: A man found unconscious on a California street been lying in a hospital bed for more than three weeks and no one knows who he is, where he came from, or whether anyone is even looking for him.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14886757/unidentified-california-hospital-patient-long-beach.html

Chinese spy arrested on Texas university COVID research theft charges. Indicted in Houston in 2023, a Chinese spy has finally been arrested for allegedly hacking a Texas university to steal COVID research on behalf of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/chinese-state-sponsored-hacker-arrested-us-warrant

# Medical / Health / Global
How the World Bank Left African Hospital Patients “Detained” and in Crushing Debt. It promised to improve health care for the poor through its investments with private equity firms.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/how-the-world-bank-left-african-hospital-patients-detained-and-in-crushing-debt/

# Military / Militia / National Guard
Hegseth set off a ‘scramble’ after making major decision behind Trump’s back: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved a stoppage of weapons shipments to Ukraine without notifying the White House beforehand
https://www.alternet.org/hegseth-trump-policy/

Trump Burned Through Stockpile of Patriot Missiles at Alarming Rate. The U.S. no longer has enough missiles for all of the Pentagon’s projects.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197696/donald-trump-military-stockpile-patriot-missiles

Pentagon provided $2.4tn to private arms firms to ‘fund war and weapons’, report finds. Most of defense department’s discretionary spending from 2020 to 2024 went to military contractors
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/pentagon-military-spending

# Military / Global
Denmark to rent air defenses as it rushes to rebuild missile shield
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/07/08/denmark-to-rent-air-defenses-as-it-rushes-to-rebuild-missile-shield/

PIRATE BLITZ Israel bombs hijacked Brit ship Galaxy Leader seized by Houthis in devastating wave of airstrikes against terror group. The Galaxy Leader is owned by a British company, which is partially owned by Israeli tycoon Abraham Ungar
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14650485/israel-bombs-brit-ship-houthis/

# NOAA / Weather
Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Defund NOAA, the Service That Helps With Weather Predictions and Alerts? “While the administration has not defunded the NWS or NOAA, it is proposing in 2026 to cut significant research arms of the agency. “Multiple labs that produce forecasting tools and research used to improve forecasting would also be impacted. The reorganization that’s proposed would decimate NOAA’s research capability.”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jul/08/social-media/national-weather-service-noaa-cuts-texas-flood/

# Planetary / Earth
The Earth’s Rotation Is About to Spin Up So Much That Tomorrow Will Be Much Shorter Than Today. Yes, today, July 9, is predicted to be one of the shortest days in recorded history due to the Earth’s faster-than-usual rotation.
https://www.iflscience.com/nobody-expected-this-earths-rotation-will-speed-up-tomorrow-bucking-the-downward-trend-79905

# Space Force / Starlink
Space Force picks Boeing for $2.8B strategic communications program. The new satellites will have improved resilience and cyber capabilities and provide polar coverage, a capability not featured on the legacy satellites
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2025/07/03/space-force-picks-boeing-for-28b-strategic-communications-program/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Poaches 4 High-Ranking Engineers From Tesla, xAI, and Meta. The new hires are joining OpenAI’s scaling team, according to an internal Slack message sent by cofounder Greg Brockman.
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-xai-executives-poached-openai/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-08

Voices, The Peoples News

July 8, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
2 officers shot in Texas near federal immigration facilities. Border Patrol agents and federal immigration officers continue to be targeted for violence, two targeted attacks occurred in Texas within a few days, resulting in local police officers being shot.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/issues/border/article_b9515cb7-9ee1-492b-bb4c-090caf7c2db8.html

DHS revokes Temporary Protected Status for two more Latin American countries. After decades of extensions, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will not renew Temporary Protected Status for Honduran and Nicaraguan citizens residing in the U.S., per new agency announcements.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b3a1e1f4-ef40-41d2-a299-22f900313e6c.html

Trump Creates Dozens of New ICE Facilities as Immigration War Expands, And ICE just got its hands on an influx of cash, thanks to Trump’s budget. This will mean more intimidation, more masked ICE officers raiding places of work, more racial profiling, and more innocent people in ICE custody.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197635/trump-new-ice-detenion-centers

Trump Accidentally Reveals Core Problem With ICE Fiasco, Angering MAGA. As Trump triggers MAGA influencers by saying he might suspend the deportation of farmworkers, Garrett Graff explains how Trump exposed major political vulnerabilities that will now get worse.
https://newrepublic.substack.com/p/trump-accidentally-reveals-core-problem

The ICE Sweeps Are Classic Racial Profiling. Trump’s ‘post-racial’ war on DEI notwithstanding
https://prospect.org/civil-rights/2025-07-07-ice-sweeps-classic-racial-profiling/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
WATCH: Trump announces tariffs, Aug. 1 deadline for 14 countries. President Donald Trump sent letters to 14 nations Monday announcing tariffs on imported goods from their countries will start Aug. 1.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_dbe44006-ea4b-49f2-aaa9-04d519fcf2db.html

Trump announces 25 percent tariffs coming for Japan, South Korea
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5387890-trump-announces-25-percent-tariff/

# Education / Schools
Here’s How Schools Are Catering To Illegal Immigrants While Avoiding Federal Scrutiny. Schools are trying to fly under the radar with programs meant to teach illegal immigrants despite the Trump administration cutting funding for such initiatives.
https://www.aol.com/news/schools-catering-illegal-immigrants-while-194425856.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America? The new law includes $170 billion for immigration enforcement: about $50 billion to build a wall on the southern border, $30 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and $45 billion for detention camps.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/labor-camps-united-states-america-100000044.html

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
The Environmental Protection Agency reports Mexico still owes the United States $88 million toward the treatment of millions of gallons of raw sewage from Tijuana that continues to flow into San Diego
https://www.aol.com/mexico-owes-88m-tijuana-sewage-000000834.html

Trump EPA move could allow chemical plants to bypass pollution limits, increasing cancer risk
https://www.dailyclimate.org/trump-epa-move-could-allow-chemical-plants-to-bypass-pollution-limits-increasing-cancer-risk-2672942643.html

# General News / Texas Floods
‘Fake Weather, Fake Flooding’: Republicans Are Spreading A Bizarre Conspiracy Theory After The Deadly Texas Floods. The conspiracy comes as Texas works to recover from one of its deadliest floods.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/weather-manipulation-conspiracy-theory-texas-floods_n_686c0c45e4b0082b3c90c01c

MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) was deployed by the Texas Air National Guard to aid in the search for flood survivors in Texas. This drone is unarmed and equipped with powerful surveillance capabilities to gather detailed imagery of the flooded areas. It provides a valuable “eye in the sky” for search and rescue teams.
https://www.flyingmag.com/military-drones-support-lone-star-state-flood-recovery/#:~:text=(@TXMilitary)%20July%206%2C%202025,situational%20awareness%20for%20rescue%20units.

Texas Guardsmen Rescue Over 520 Flood Victims
https://www.ngaus.org/newsroom/texas-guardsmen-rescue-over-520-flood-victims

The death tally in Kerr County alone has topped 106 as more bodies continue to be found and more rain on the way.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/me/maine/ap-top-news/2025/07/08/texas-county-deflects-mounting-questions-over-actions-before-deadly-flood

Ted Cruz blasted for defending Trump and dodging questions on flood warning system failures
https://www.newsbreak.com/alternet-332687158/4093590757658-ted-cruz-blasted-for-defending-trump-and-dodging-questions-on-flood-warning-system-failures

White House pushes back on criticism of weather service around Texas flooding
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-pushes-back-nws-194000532.html

After Hill Country Tragedy, Questions Mount Over Texas Lawmakers’ Failure to Fund Rural Flood Alerts
https://www.newsbreak.com/jane-myer-334418980/4092397273410-after-hill-country-tragedy-questions-mount-over-texas-lawmakers-failure-to-fund-rural-flood-alerts

Texas GOP representative rethinks vote after lawmakers failed to pass bill to improve local flood warning systems. As the death toll from flash flooding in Texas Hill Country continues to rise, questions are swirling about the role that government inaction and past policy decisions may have contributed to the severity of the disaster.
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/texas-gop-rejected-a-bill-improving-disaster-warnings-ahead-of-floods/

Drones, search dogs, volunteers search for survivors and victims of Central Texas flooding
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/drones-search-dogs-volunteers-search-for-survivors-and-victims-of-central-texas-flooding/

Central Texas braces for more rain, death toll expected to rise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoHiBdlwUVs

Search teams facing more rain as they mourn dozens of dead at Texas girls’ camp
https://energynews.oedigital.com/environment/2025/07/07/search-teams-facing-more-rain-as-they-mourn-dozens-of-dead-at-texas-girls-camp

# Gov / Politics
‘Truly pathetic’: Trump official slammed for call to punish private citizen’s free speech
https://www.alternet.org/larry-summers-bessent/

President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have been underwater since February — but it’s not just within America that his image is struggling. Around the globe, his behavior has caused a rapid deterioration of the entire country’s global image
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/arrogant-trump-sinks-us-popularity-in-new-global-survey/ar-AA1Gx0cP?ocid=ML236B

Why Did Trump Rush To Pass The Tax Cut Bill? Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro explains what Republicans don’t want you to know about their legislation — and how it “screws over the people who voted for this president.”
https://www.levernews.com/why-is-trump-rushing-to-pass-the-tax-cut-bill/

Watch Live: Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu has already met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/7/7/donald-trump-live-us-president-to-host-israeli-pm-benjamin-netanyahu

Can Trump Deport U.S. Citizens Like Elon Musk and Zohran Mamdani? “The President of the United States just threatened to have me arrested, stripped of my citizenship, put in a detention camp and deported. Not because I have broken any law but because I will refuse to let ICE terrorize our city.”
https://time.com/7300082/trump-denaturalization-deportation-musk-mamdani-us-citizenship-history-legal-explainer/

Elon Musk Is Back in Politics With the New America Party. “This will be super fun!”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/elon-musk-is-back-in-politics-with-the-new-america-party/

Could Musk Really Create a Viable Third Party? Building a new political party to rival the Democrats and Republicans is enormously difficult and expensive. Small wonder it hasn’t been done.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/us/politics/elon-musk-third-party.html

Kristi Noem ‘Bragging’ About Using FEMA Funds for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Resurfaces After Deadly Texas Flood
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/07/a-dedicated-fema-fund-will-pay-for-alligator-alcatraz/

Transcript: Trump’s Use of Secret Police Takes “Shocking” Darker Turn: Trump’s bill gives him vast new law enforcement resources. Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg reflects on what the coming wave of militarized arrests will do to America—and how Democrats should fight it.
https://newrepublic.com/article/197622/transcript-trump-use-secret-police-takes-shocking-darker-turn

Trump Just Went Absolutely Nuclear in Screwing Over MAGA Voters: He has persuaded the media and many voters that he’s different from earlier Republicans on economics—but he’s now doubled-down on the GOP’s plutocratic agenda. Now that Congress has passed President Trump’s big budget bill, all three cons are alive and well—and have even been supercharged into something more venal and deceptive.
https://newrepublic.com/article/197600/trump-republican-budget-bill-screwing-maga-voters

People Are Saying We Might Not Even Make It To The Midterm Election After Elizabeth Warren Tried To Give Hope About Republicans Having To “Face The Voters” In 2026
https://www.yahoo.com/news/warren-senate-passing-gop-megabill-173104492.html

Trump demands Republicans be ‘absorbed into the Borg’ or face purge from the GOP: conservative
https://www.alternet.org/destroying-the-gop-to-get-a-pack-of-nodding-bobble-heads-conservative-blasts-trump-purge/

‘Trump’s most lawless excesses’ are only getting worse — thanks to the Supreme Court: expert
https://www.alternet.org/scotus-stern-trump-slate/

Ten Bizarre Things Hidden in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: Incentivizing SNAP Fraud, The Mass Shooter Subsidy, The Spaceport Sweetener, No Tax on Oil Drillers, and more.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-07-ten-bizarre-things-hidden-in-trumps-big-beautiful-bill/

# Gov / Politics / Global
‘They threw us out like garbage’: Iran rushes deportation of 4 million Afghans before deadline
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/07/iran-rushes-deportation-4-million-afghans-deadline-women-repression

Ukraine says Russia took 20,000 children during war. Will some be returned? Moscow says it has received a list from Kyiv, demanding the release of hundreds of children as ceasefire talks stumble.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/10/russia-ukraine-children-war

Russian deportation of thousands of Ukrainian children could amount to genocide
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/world/3464454/russian-abductions-ukrainian-children-genocide/

Trump admin ‘exposed as liars’ after El Salvador makes major admission to United Nations
https://www.alternet.org/trump-el-salvador-un/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
A New Supreme Court Case Could Give the Wealthy Even More Political Power. A GOP court challenge could lead to the biggest erosion in campaign spending limitations since Citizens United.
https://truthout.org/articles/a-new-supreme-court-case-could-give-the-wealthy-even-more-political-power/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
States Scramble to Protect Hospitals Ahead of Republicans’ Medicaid Cuts. Hospitals stand to lose hundreds of millions of dollars under the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
https://stateline.org/2025/07/07/states-scramble-to-shield-hospitals-from-gop-medicaid-cuts/

Families Steel for Fight After GOP Health Care Cuts. The parents of medically complex children said that despair is not an option after Republicans passed deep cuts to home care.
https://prospect.org/health/2025-07-07-families-steel-fight-gop-health-care-cuts-medicaid/

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Federal judge blocks Planned Parenthood defunding in Big, Beautiful Bill
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5388912-judge-temporarily-blocks-planned-parenthood-defunding-megabill/

# Military / Militia / National Guard
Trump says U.S. will resume sending weapons to Ukraine after pausing last week
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/08/nx-s1-5460768/trump-ukraine-weapons-zelenskyy-putin-war

# Military / Global
Israeli Defense Minister Orders Plan To Build Concentration Camp for Gaza’s Civilian Population: Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity.’ Military ordered to turn ruins of Rafah into ‘humanitarian city’ but experts call the plan an internment camp for all Palestinians in Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/07/israeli-minister-reveals-plan-to-force-population-of-gaza-into-camp-on-ruins-of-rafah

Dutch, Norwegian F-35s to guard Ukraine supply lines in Poland. The jets will operate under direct NATO command following a transfer of authority for the duration of the deployment
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/07/07/dutch-norwegian-f-35s-to-guard-ukraine-supply-lines-in-poland/

# Pharmaceuticals
Pfizer Pushes Deadline for Study of Myocarditis in Kids and Adults Under 21. Recent updates indicate that the FDA has required Pfizer and Moderna to expand warnings on their COVID-19 vaccine labels regarding the rare risk of heart inflammation, specifically myocarditis and pericarditis, in adolescents and young adults
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9538893/

# Space Technology
The MethaneSAT satellite, worth $88 million, designed for revolutionary monitoring of methane emissions from human activities, has suddenly disappeared.
https://universemagazine.com/en/fighter-against-evil-important-satellite-disappears-in-space-for-unknown-reasons/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
After 9,000 Layoffs, Microsoft Boss Has Brutal Advice for Sacked Workers. “l’d be remiss in not trying to offer the best advice I can under the circumstances.”
https://futurism.com/microsoft-boss-ai-advice

# Veterans / VA
VA expects 30K voluntary job cuts by October, erasing need for layoffs
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2025/07/07/va-expects-30k-voluntary-job-cuts-by-october-erasing-need-for-layoffs/

Veterans disaster relief group rushes to Texas after floods: Team Rubicon, a veterans-led disaster response organization, has sent reconnaissance teams to central Texas and established a quick reaction force there to help people dealing with the aftermath of recent devastating floods
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/veterans-texas-flooding/

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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Rural Trump country will be hit hard — impacting the health of the whole U.S. economy
https://www.alternet.org/rural-hospitals-trump/

Trump’s plan to create a sovereign wealth fund that’s the world’s envy remains undefined. While all sovereign wealth funds carry risks, those with poor governance structures and weak institutional guardrails are at increased risk of corruption. Executive control of a sovereign wealth fund can risk subverting constitutional spending powers.
https://protectdemocracy.org/work/trumps-sovereign-wealth-fund-plan-explained/

Consulting giants get DOGE’d. As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s push to clean up the federal bureaucracy, Trump officials are putting pressure on consulting firms to justify their billions of dollars in federal contracts,
https://www.wsj.com/business/trump-administration-asks-mckinsey-bcg-to-justify-consulting-contracts-0e5fec73?mod=e2tw

# Education / Schools
ICE agents seen urinating on grounds of California school, officials say: Surveillance video captured about ten ICE agents urinating near storage containers in the school’s parking lot on June 17, 2025. This location is adjacent to a preschool playground and a nearby elementary school where summer classes were in session. The school district stated that the agents were on school grounds without permission
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5383709-ice-agents-urinated-california-school-grounds-dhs-noem-trump-immigration/

Colleges will soon have to fork over millions of dollars as Trump’s bill extends a tax on their endowments. Universities use their endowments to fund critical operations and to provide services, such as tuition assistance to low-income students
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tax-bill-colleges-endowment-b2783063.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump Admin Quietly Accelerates Massive Crude Oil Project on Colorado River. Trump is using emergency powers to rush environmental review of a crude oil railway along the already-endangered river.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admin-quietly-accelerates-massive-crude-oil-project-on-colorado-river/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
[Note: Death toll is now at 90, including children.] Texas floods live updates: At least 90 dead or missing, including Camp Mystic campers and counselors, as storms continue. Forecasters warn slow-moving thunderstorms could cause more flash flooding over Texas today.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/texas-floods-live-updates-search-for-survivors-rcna217165

Matthew McConaughey Leads Emotional Tributes to Texas Flood Victims
https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/matthew-mcconaughey-texas-flood-statement-1249529

“He Got Every Last Girl Across.” Camp Mystic Director Dies Saving Campers: Twenty-four hours after flash floods tore through the Guadalupe River on July 4, the community is reeling—not just for the lives lost, but for the man who gave everything to protect others.
https://www.newsbreak.com/jane-myer-334418980/4091698727274-he-got-every-last-girl-across-camp-mystic-director-dies-saving-campers

Harvesting the Texas Skies in 2022 – A Summary of Rain Enhancement Operations in Texas. In early May 2025, several reports emerged online about a phenomenon of “blue rain” or “purple rain” in Texas and other southern states. This unusual occurrence sparked concern and curiosity among residents.
https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/weather/summary.htm

Cloud Seeding Programs in Texas: South Texas Weather Modification Association (STWMA), the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District (PGWCD), and the Trans Pecos Weather Modification Association (TPWMA). A more detailed look at some of the major programs:
https://www.google.com/search?q=7+major+cloud+seeding+programs+in+texas&rlz=1C1SQJL_enUS924US924&oq=7+major+cloud+seeding+programs+in+texas&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRigATIHCAIQIRigATIHCAMQIRigATIHCAQQIRigATIHCAUQIRifBTIHCAYQIRifBTIHCAcQIRifBdIBCTE3MjU1ajBqNKgCCLACAfEFWGjqt_MQnLI&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Blue rain is becoming a trend throughout the states. Where will it pop up next?
https://www.tiktok.com/@expenzive_taste/video/7502194991339441438
See also: https://www.tiktok.com/@itsnickholiday/video/7501156875715628334

Evacuations urged in Kerr County amid flash flood warning, officials say. Evacuations urged in Kerr County amid flash flood warning, officials say
https://www.booking.com/searchresults.html?aid=1607597&label=v3.cmct2jjj2gnfx0830o0l6xeo1&latitude=29.9791272&longitude=-99.14561529999999&ss=Kerrville%2C%20TX%2078028%2C%20USA

Harrowing Tales Emerge in Texas as Rescuers Keep Up Search for Missing. More than 80 people were killed in the disastrous floods that roared through Central Texas on Friday. Dozens, including 10 young campers, were still unaccounted for.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07/06/us/texas-floods

Bush releases statement on Texas flooding: ‘Heartbroken by the loss of life’: “We are grateful to the first responders and volunteers who are working to find the missing and comfort the grieving at Camp Mystic and along the Guadalupe. We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will,” Bush says
https://www.bushcenter.org/newsroom/statement-by-president-george-w-bush-on-flooding-in-texas

Death toll rises to at least 69 in Texas floods as frantic search for missing children continues. Officials in Kerr County said they are still looking for children who were attending an all-girls camp
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/search-texas-flood-victims-enters-third-day-with-more-rain-forecast-2025-07-06/

Trump declares major disaster in Texas as rescue operations continue
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_209f09e3-6dab-4e2e-9df1-1abe3f6172a5.html

Earth Is Trapping Way More Heat Than Forecasted — and Its Energy Imbalance Has Doubled in 2 Decades. Recent research indicates that Earth is trapping significantly more heat than previously forecast, with its energy imbalance more than doubling in the last two decades.
https://knewz.com/news/earth-is-trapping-way-more-heat-than-forecasted-and-its-energy-imbalance-has-doubled-in-2-decades/

‘Geoengineering’ Suspected of Causing Deadly Texas Flood. ‘No person, company, entity, or government should ever be allowed to modify our weather by any means possible!’
https://headlineusa.com/geoengineering-suspected-of-causing-deadly-texas-flood/

Texas flooding: What happened, what went wrong and what’s the death toll? The deaths and destruction caused by the floods have brought the government’s response and warning systems under scrutiny. A warning for flash floods in parts of Texas remains in place through Monday, and the search for missing people continues.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/7/texas-flooding-what-happened-what-went-wrong-and-whats-the-death-toll

Texas officials question scaled-back Weather Service’s flood forecasts – but experts say the agency did all it could
https://www.aol.com/texas-officials-weather-warning-amid-210836211.html

Weather Service Staffing ‘Clearly a Concern’ Ahead of Deadly Texas Floods
https://www.newsweek.com/weather-service-staffing-clearly-concern-deadly-texas-floods-2095053

Trump answers critics on responsibility for flood deaths and fired meteorologists. Speaking to reporters in Morristown, New Jersey, the president revealed that his administration was not planning on rehiring them despite the devastating floods in Texas.
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/trump-answers-critics-responsibility-flood-35511129

Trump says ‘I can’t hear you’ as Texas flood death toll rises to 78
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/trump-says-i-cant-hear-35511086

Two different moisture sources were aimed at Texas creating the devastating flooding.
https://abc11.com/post/texas-flooding-what-circumstances-caused-deadly-severe-weather-central/17001778/#:~:text=KERR%20COUNTY%2C%20Texas%20%2D%2D%20Heavy,Texas%20creating%20the%20devastating%20flooding.&text=The%20jet%20stream%20sent%20moisture,Ocean%20eastward%20across%20the%20state

History repeats itself: Remembering the 1987 Guadalupe River flash flood that killed 10 after
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/history/guadalupe-river-flash-flood-teens-killed-1987-comfort-texas/269-e92dd375-b461-4ce7-8723-188a9de6a03a

‘These Deaths Are on Trump’s Hands’: Texas Flooding Spotlights Assault on Climate Science: Deadly flooding caused by torrential rain in central Texas late last week called attention to U.S. President Donald Trump’s full-scale assault on the climate research and monitoring agencies tasked with studying and predicting such weather catastrophes, as well as his ongoing attacks on disaster preparedness and relief.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-texas-flooding

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
FEMA Activates in Texas Following President Trump’s Major Disaster Declaration Announcement. FEMA will partner with Texas state and local authorities to provide resources and assist in recovery efforts
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/06/fema-activates-texas-following-president-trumps-major-disaster-declaration

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
Trump’s megabill slashes food aid while boosting subsidies for industrial farms
https://www.ehn.org/trumps-new-tax-bill-slashes-food-aid-while-boosting-subsidies-for-industrial-farms

# Gov / Politics
‘Retaliation is real’: Why senators who stood up to Trump caved to his ‘needlessly cruel agenda.’ “The arc of Republican lawmakers in the Trump era bends toward complete submission. That’s the posture in which Hawley and other Senate Republicans granted the president his financially reckless and needlessly cruel agenda.”
https://www.alternet.org/trump-hawley-murkowski-bruni/

‘More like a reality TV show’: Expert worried by new development in US politics, prioritizing chaos and inflammatory rhetoric.
https://www.northjersey.com/story/opinion/readers/2025/03/24/trump-is-running-america-like-its-a-tv-show-letter/82363183007/

Inside the second, and worse, stage of Trump’s agenda
https://www.alternet.org/trump-stage-2/

‘Worst thing Trump could imagine’: Ex-aide warns of president’s ‘ferocious’ plan. According to the former insider, “Now is the time to turn our fear into power.” “Because even in the chaos, I promise you, there are cracks forming. I told you they would come. And they’re here. Inside the Republican Party. Inside MAGA itself,” he wrote.
https://www.rawstory.com/worst-thing-trump-musk-ferocious/

Trump says he will probably visit Texas on Friday to survey flood damage. “I would have done it today, but we’d just be in their way. Probably Friday,” Trump says
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5387111-trump-probably-visit-texas-friday/

Trump administration’s decision to gut government agencies can hurt everyday Americans.
https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release-trumps-attack-on-independent-agencies-hurts-everyday-americans/

Elon Musk Sends MAGA Into A Meltdown Over Bombshell Claim About Trump And The Epstein Files. According to the tech mogul, Trump is named in the files, seemingly suggesting that he may be involved in the delay.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-sends-maga-meltdown-221521925.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced the country is prepared to resume uranium enrichment and “make up for lost time,” following recent military strikes on its nuclear infrastructure.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/29/iran-could-resume-uranium-enrichment-within-months-says-iaea-chief

Israel army bulldozers plough through homes at West Bank camps
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/07/israel-army-bulldozers-plough-through-homes-west-bank-camps

Mexicans protest against gentrification and US migration. Affluent foreigners, particularly Americans, are increasingly working remotely in Mexico City due to its lower cost of living. This trend has sparked backlash because many Americans can stay in Mexico for up to 180 days without a visa, choosing to leave when they reach the six-month limit.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexicans-protest-against-gentrification-us-095048138.html

Protests against overtourism in Mexico City turn violent against visitors
https://apnews.com/video/protests-against-surging-mass-tourism-in-mexico-city-end-in-vandalism-harassment-of-tourists-885633c8871f4a8dafc3a8f0d5638166

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Ghislaine Maxwell May Be Helping Feds Expose Epstein’s Elite Network: Author
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ghislaine-maxwell-may-helping-feds-041530321.html

# Marijuana / Hemp
While VA doctors cannot prescribe cannabis, which is banned under federal law, a measure in the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act would let them discuss it as an alternative health care treatment in states that have legalized medical marijuana.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/house-votes-to-let-va-doctors-recommend-medical-marijuana-to-military-veterans-and-to-support-psychedelics-research/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Republicans praise ‘big, beautiful bill’s’ work requirement for Medicaid: ‘We’ve got to get back to work’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-praise-big-beautiful-bills-work-requirement-medicaid-weve-got-get-back-work

Trump Officials Are Doing Everything They Can To Obscure The Actual Fallout Of His Tax Bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-officials-doing-everything-obscure-012358934.html

‘Attack on rural America’: Kentucky governor hits Medicaid cuts in Trump’s megabill
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/06/beshear-trump-medicaid-cuts-attack-rural-america/84484222007/

Enormous cuts to Medicaid and food stamps. Republicans just cut Medicaid. Will it cost them control of Congress? The final bill, passed by the House on Thursday, delivered a $1 trillion-plus cut to health care programs and could lead to an estimated 11.8 million people losing their insurance.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/06/republican-medicaid-cuts-midterms-big-beautiful-bill-00440023

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Trump-voting Nebraska county loses sole clinic to president’s ‘anticipated federal budget cuts’
https://www.newsweek.com/nebraska-hospital-trump-district-closes-medicaid-cuts-2094487

# Military / Militia / National Guard
Pentagon sparks outrage with decision that could leave US more vulnerable to hurricanes: ‘Likely to create situations where we are unprepared.’ “It’s a very useful dataset for getting a lot of detail, and it works at night.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/satellite-hurricane-tracking-data/

While the US Air Force is actively working to accelerate the production of the B-21 Raider stealth bomber, the exact pace and duration of this increase remain unclear.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/b-21-production-speeding-up-how-much/

# NOAA / Weather
As Flood Deaths Rise, Texas Officials Blast Faulty Forecast by DOGE-Gutted National Weather Service. “Experts warned for months that drastic and sudden cuts at the National Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability and endanger lives during the storm season,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/nws-cuts-texas-floods

Meteorologists issue warning as data reveals dire threat that will impact entire continent: ‘Will have major repercussions.’ In a year defined by prolonged land and ocean heatwaves, severe floods, vanishing glaciers, and unseasonal droughts, the message is clear: This is no longer a future threat — it’s here.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/asia-climate-report-warmest-years-human/

‘Call a thing what it is’: Trump biographer says president caused Texas flood deaths. “I have no difficulty saying that Trump and Musk caused some of the 50+ flood deaths in Texas,” Abramson wrote. “And here’s why: these two men with no expertise in disaster preparedness were told not to cut the positions they cut, and were told people would die if they did. And then people died,” he said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/call-a-thing-what-it-is-trump-biographer-says-president-caused-texas-flood-deaths/ar-AA1I43v6

‘DOGE has consequences’: Fingers pointed at Trump admin after Texas flood deaths: “NWS was among the government agencies targeted by the Trump administration in its effort to gut the federal bureaucracy, losing approximately 600 staffers. After the cuts, the agency—which was already understaffed—began to prepare to offer ‘degraded’ forecasting services, facing ‘severe shortages’ of meteorologists, according to an internal document obtained by The New York Times in April.”‘
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4090950274933-doge-has-consequences-fingers-pointed-at-trump-admin-after-texas-flood-deaths?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NTE4NTQzMjUzNzg%3D

New report reveals worsening crisis that could force thousands of Americans out of their homes: ‘Now on the front lines.’ “Already eroding foundational assumptions.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/climate-related-mortgage-risk-flood-insurance-repossession/

Pentagon will no longer share satellite data that tracks hurricanes overnight. Scientists were initially given less than a week to prepare for the loss of microwave observations that are key in detecting rapid intensification of storms.
https://www.kadn.com/news/investigates/pentagon-to-halt-hurricane-data-sharing-from-3-satellites-experts-worried/article_762eb737-61a6-4a31-97a4-98f430b1b7d6.html

US efforts to predict weather hit by staffing cuts: ex-NOAA chief
https://www.newsbreak.com/reuters-555486/4091819491198-us-efforts-to-predict-weather-hit-by-staffing-cuts-ex-noaa-chief

# Pharmaceuticals
Pharma got some wins, and avoided a big loss, in the megabill. Drugmakers were pleased GOP lawmakers did not require them to lower prices to what other nations pay as Trump has demanded.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/07/pharma-got-some-wins-and-avoided-a-big-loss-in-the-megabill-00436314

# Recreation
Trump’s cuts at the agency have saddled these federally run beaches with a lifeguard shortage.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/the-week-in-brief-trump-national-park-service-cuts-lifeguards-public-beaches/

# Science / Science Engineers / Chemistry
Terrence Howard: “This is The Best Kept SECRET in The ENTIRE WORLD!” Howard argues that the conventional periodic table, typically presented as a rectangular grid, should instead be organized in a spiral pattern, reflecting the interconnectedness of elements through sound frequencies and color patterns, akin to musical octaves.
https://newstangail24.com/this-is-the-best-kept-secret-in-the-entire-world/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLXbRtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFoZExiSVdRT3pxS3hrbFJnAR7CO3mMnAmM4MNtz8b7WR1kLk8hQ58e0ZQbW0f020YDSnuCbEDitqs9YsBwSA_aem_66ZqtBA_2PGoO7FeDkMomA

# Social / Communities
New ‘liability law’ adds additional fee to insurance bills from this July – it hits ‘inexperienced’ drivers the worst. Plus, eight more laws are coming into effect
https://www.the-sun.com/motors/14620440/liability-law-car-insurance-north-carolina-surcharge/

# Social Services / Programs
Key Trump claim about Social Security taxes raises eyebrows. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is sending mixed messages about whether most Americans are required to pay federal income taxes on their Social Security benefits.
https://thehill.com/business/personal-finance/5386758-social-security-no-taxes-message-rump-bill/

# Sports
“This Country Is An Embarrassment” — People Can’t Help But Be Frustrated With Donald Trump’s Planning To Host A UFC Fight At The White House
https://www.yahoo.com/news/internet-cant-help-clown-donald-183947505.html

UFC confirms Trump’s plan to host a fight at White House in 2026
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ufc-confirms-trumps-plan-host-193418554.html

# Veterans / VA
Trump doesn’t know what it means to be a veteran. His budget bill punishes us. And, based on his policies, he doesn’t care to learn from those of us who do.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/07/04/trump-budget-bill-veteran-healthcare-va/84446523007/

‘Dances With Wolves’ actor Wes Studi became an advocate for veterans following his service in Vietnam
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/vietnam-war/wes-studi.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-06

Voices, The Peoples News

July 6, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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249 Years Ago, America Rejected a King and Declared Independence:
249 years ago, on July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress
adopted the Declaration of Independence, officially declaring the
13 American colonies’ separation from Great Britain. It asserted the
fundamental right of the people to alter or abolish a government
that becomes destructive of their rights.
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
In Birthright Citizenship Decision, the Supreme Court Expanded Trump’s Power
https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/in-birthright-citizenship-decision-the-supreme-court-expanded-trumps-power/

‘Children born on US soil are citizens’: Mothers urge court to issue injunction and reject Trump admin arguments in birthright citizenship merits case
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/children-born-on-us-soil-are-citizens-mothers-urge-court-to-issue-injunction-and-reject-trump-admin-arguments-in-birthright-citizenship-merits-case/

How the Supreme Court’s Ruling on ‘Universal Injunctions’ May Affect Birthright Citizenship. Trump’s executive order says that the amendment’s citizenship clause does not apply to individuals born to parents who are in the U.S. illegally or on a temporary visa.
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/06/how-the-supreme-courts-ruling-on-universal-injunctions-may-affect-birthright-citizenship/

Fate of birthright citizenship order unresolved after Supreme Court limits nationwide injunctions. The ruling was a partial victory for President Donald Trump who has made immigration his signature issue.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/27/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-donald-trump-texas/

“They Arrested Them in the Hallway”: Boy With Leukemia Freed From ICE Custody After Public Outcry
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4090257881582-they-arrested-them-in-the-hallway-boy-with-leukemia-freed-from-ice-custody-after-public-outcry

“They Could Die There”: Migrants Plead for Safety as U.S. Moves Forward With South Sudan Deportation
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4090589328976-they-could-die-there-migrants-plead-for-safety-as-u-s-moves-forward-with-south-sudan-deportation

Family plans to reunite with 2-year-old left in Indianapolis after parents’ deportation
https://www.newsbreak.com/wthr-524564/4088576661882-family-plans-to-reunite-with-2-year-old-left-in-indianapolis-after-parents-deportation

Immigrants with no criminal convictions represent sharpest growth in ICE detention population
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/03/nx-s1-5456246/immigrants-no-criminal-convictions-growth-ice-detention-population

Joe Rogan Condemns Trump’s Mass ICE Raids as ‘Insane’: ‘Not Cartel Members, Just Construction Workers’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5383761-trump-ice-worksite-raids-reaction/

U.S. Expands Militarized Zones to 1/3 of Southern Border. The move places long stretches of the border under the supervision of nearby military bases, empowering U.S. troops to detain people who enter the country illegally
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2025/07/05/us_expands_militarized_zones_to_13_of_southern_border_1120870.html

A Utah man is speaking out after spending nearly 50 days in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Texas, despite being a lawful U.S. resident. His attorney says the federal government got it wrong — and taxpayers footed the bill
https://www.yahoo.com/news/utahn-speaks-being-detained-texas-030912088.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump-GOP Budget Bill Will Give Top 1% Over $1 Trillion in Tax Breaks: The amount set to flow to a “tiny sliver of affluent families” over the next decade is roughly equal to the Medicaid cuts included in the Republican bill, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trillion-tax-cut-for-rich

# Education / Schools
Alabama schools to lose $68 million in federal grants under Trump freeze
https://alabamareflector.com/2025/07/04/alabama-schools-to-lose-68-million-in-federal-grants/

Trump administration freezes $6 billion in education grants, citing “radical leftwing agenda”
https://www.aol.com/trump-administration-pauses-6b-education-191900496.html

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
New Law Banning Foreign Ownership of Texas Land Goes into Effect Sept. 1
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_8d37c950-c8cf-416f-aa4b-6b033b6d47b2.html

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
Trump ‘loses it’ as he claims 2 billion farms have been rescued then outright lies over taxes. Trump’s ‘2 billion farms’ gaffe at Iowa event raises mental clarity concerns amid tax bill claims
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news/trumps-2-billion-farms-gaffe-35498388

# General News
As flood deaths rise, Texas officials blast faulty forecast by DOGE-gutted National Weather Service. “Experts warned for months that drastic and sudden cuts at the National Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability and endanger lives during the storm season,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/nws-cuts-texas-floods

Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape. The destructive, fast-moving waters rose 26 feet (8 meters) on the Guadalupe River in just 45 minutes before daybreak Friday, washing away homes and vehicles. The area is especially popular around the July Fourth holiday, making it more difficult to know how many are missing.
https://apnews.com/article/texas-floods-missing-hill-country-5044c169b59921b2b4f65a2568c354c0

# Gov / Politics
Sunday thought: A national reckoning As we slide further into a dysfunctional police state
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-a-national-reckoning

‘Worst is yet to come’: Ex-GOP insider floats ‘massive’ claim about Trump’s bill. Trump’s bill will build a massive police and surveillance state,” political strategist Steve Schmidt wrote.
https://www.rawstory.com/worst-yet-to-come-trump/

Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill will be seen as ‘mass extinction event’ as voters reel from brutal cuts. The spending bill will strip millions of Americans of healthcare and food security, and will add $3 trillion to the national deficit over the next decade
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-seen-35505337

MAGA Congressional Candidate Calls Texas Floods ‘Fake’: It’s ‘Murder’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-congressional-candidate-calls-texas-215509077.html

GOP cringes over Trump’s vow to wield military against opponents. Trump’s comments about deploying the military to handle the “enemy from within” and “radical-left lunatics,” have put Republican candidates in an awkward spot
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4937655-trump-comments-down-ballot-republicans/

A national reckoning is coming for America
https://www.alternet.org/america-reckoning/

Musk declares war on the two major political parties, forming his own America Party. As a foreign-born U.S. citizen, Musk cannot run for president but he can support third-party candidates. It is rare for third-party candidates to break through significantly.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/6/elon-musk-launches-the-america-party-as-feud-with-trump-escalates

A plan to take human rights off the table at the State Department. 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

Red States Follow DOGE’s Lead, Slashing Services to Fund Giveaways to the Rich. A handful of states are using DOGE initiatives to push ahead with cuts conservatives have been wanting for decades.
https://truthout.org/articles/red-states-follow-doges-lead-slashing-services-to-fund-giveaways-to-the-rich/

U.S. Rep Mark Green, R-Tenn. Officially Resigns from Congress
https://www.kake.com/green-officially-resigns-from-congress/article_bc111531-c20a-5ce9-9fb2-5270c11dfa48.html

Sanders Says Every Republican Who Backed Trump-GOP Budget ‘Must Pay a Price at the Ballot Box,’ “They do not deserve to be re-elected and they must be defeated,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-republicans-midterms

# Gov / Politics / Global
The world is increasingly distancing itself from the United States, both politically and culturally, rather than a literal declaration of independence
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2025/jul/04/independence-day-america-decline

Mexicans protest Americans moving into their neighborhoods
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QlKaQs0lcA

In Gaza, Aid Is a Tracking Device Distributed by People With Guns and Drones. Hunger in Gaza isn’t accidental — it’s managed. It’s enforced. And now, aid is being militarized.
https://truthout.org/articles/in-gaza-aid-is-a-tracking-device-distributed-by-people-with-guns-and-drones/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
The House of Representatives has approved President Trump’s request to cut funding for PBS. They’re claiming that Sesame Street brainwashes viewers and children with “communist” agendas and promotes “anti-American” views
https://apnews.com/article/trump-budget-cuts-npr-pbs-global-health-2844a884091dce5255a3f4ad70f3a1c6

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
‘People Will Suffer, People Will Die’: GOP Nears Final Passage of Largest Medicaid Cuts in US History. “The top 1% are salivating over getting an extra $300,000 a year because of this dangerous bill,” said one House Democrat. “Billionaires win.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/republicans-pass-reconciliation-bill

GOP Lawmaker Caught ‘Selling’ Stock in Healthcare Group That Accepts Medicaid as ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Passes House, Trade Insider Says
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-bresnahan-medicaid-stock-trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-2094672

Overseas criminal group bought US companies to defraud Medicare, feds say. A total of 15 defendants charged with health care schemes in the eastern district of New York as part of national health care fraud takedown
https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/11-defendants-indicted-multi-billion-health-care-fraud-scheme-largest-case-loss-amount

States sue Trump admin for secretly sharing Medicaid data with ICE, DHS. 20 states are suing the Trump administration for allegedly giving Medicaid data to immigration officials. They say it violated federal laws.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/states-sue-trump-admin-for-secretly-sharing-medicaid-data-with-ice-dhs/vi-AA1HSwbN

Colorado joins 19 other states in lawsuit to stop sharing of Medicaid data with ICE, such data sharing violates federal laws and privacy protections. The states allege that the federal government is using Medicaid data for immigration enforcement purposes, which they say is not permitted under the law.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5453885/medicaid-data-immigration-dhs-lawsuit

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Foreign medical residents fill critical positions at US hospitals, but are running into visa issues. Some hospitals in the U.S. are without essential staff because international medical residents set to start their training this week were delayed by the Trump administration’s travel and visa restrictions
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2025-07-04/foreign-medical-residents-fill-critical-positions-at-us-hospitals-but-are-running-into-visa-issues

Judge gives way for abortion care to resume in Missouri
https://www.yahoo.com/news/missouri-resumes-abortion-services-judge-000323350.html

New research suggests the conservative mental health advantage is a myth. Across dozens of countries, scientists are uncovering the psychological mechanisms that drive political behavior, from affective polarization to the appeal of authoritarianism.
https://www.psypost.org/scientists-are-uncovering-more-and-more-unsettling-facts-about-our-politics/

# Military / Militia / National Guard
American veterans attacked, injured while distributing aid in Gaza with US-backed group
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2025/07/05/Gaza-Humanitarian-Foundation-workers-wounded/5211751739501/

Calls to GI Hotlines Rise as Service Members Consider Defying Trump’s Orders. Conscientious objector applications surge under Trump as military members fear becoming “the saber that he’s rattling.”
https://truthout.org/articles/calls-to-gi-hotlines-rise-as-service-members-consider-defying-trumps-orders/

U.S. military’s attempt to retain strategic land for training runs into Native Hawaiian opposition
https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/international/2025/07/04/fes8-us-hawaii-military-lands.html

# Military / Global
Dutch intelligence services say Russia has stepped up use of banned chemical weapons in Ukraine
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-chemical-weapons-netherlands-26a1bea82a7d1a57b581c60683628712

Ukraine, Denmark ink landmark deal to produce weapons on Danish soil: ‘Paramount for security and investment’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/05/world-news/ukraine-denmark-ink-landmark-deal-to-produce-weapons-in-europe/

# NOAA / Weather
Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas. DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, experts say the agency accurately predicted the flood risk in Texas.
https://www.wired.com/story/meteorologists-say-the-national-weather-service-did-its-job-in-texas/

# Science / Science Engineers / Chemistry
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts

# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware
Department of Homeland Security to cut 75% of intelligence office staff
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/07/dhs-plans-shed-most-its-intel-office-workforce/406466/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-05

Voices, The Peoples News

July 5, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Supreme Court OKs Trump ‘Third Country’ Deportation of Men Held in Desert Shipping Container. Justice Sonia Sotomayor warned in a dissent to a previous ruling on the case that the decision exposes “thousands to the risk of torture or death.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/supreme-court-south-sudan-deportation

‘That’s… unusual’: Donald Trump orders Marines into Florida, says they’re now under ICE command. The release noted that the Marines are just the “first wave” of service members to help ICE in its deportation efforts, with other deployments expected in Louisiana and Texas.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/200-marines-deployed-florida-help-232101915.html

Battle over Alligator Alcatraz detention site intensifies as political, legal fights escalate in Sou. A controversial migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” is drawing fierce political and legal scrutiny, with critics calling for its shutdown over environmental and human rights concerns, while supporters defend its operations ahead of a possible federal court ruling next week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6xuJUITg7E

A 6-year-old Honduran boy with leukemia has been in immigration detention with his mother and 9-year-old sister since May when federal agents arrested them as they left an immigration hearing. “To subject this family — with a 6-year-old who has a leukemia diagnosis, to arrest and detention is illegal, unconstitutional and unconscionable.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/03/boy-leukemia-immigration-detention-trump-administration/84433220007/

Canada increases border security with United States. The Bill will keep Canadians safe by ensuring law enforcement has the right tools to keep our borders secure, combat transnational organized crime, stop the flow of illegal fentanyl, and crack down on money laundering.
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-canada/news/2025/06/government-of-canada-strengthens-border-security.html

Fact Check: Laura Loomer posts about feeding ‘illegals’ to alligators are real. [Rating: Correct Attribution]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-laura-loomer-posts-214800620.html

Florida Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over Plans ‘To Send Pregnant Women & Children’ to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/florida-lawmakers-sound-alarm-over-plans-to-send-pregnant-women-children-to-alligator-alcatraz/ar-AA1HZyQZ

Florida state lawmaker claims Alligator Alcatraz would not be evacuated in the event of hurricanes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXgLSsQZaRo

One Third Of The Border Is Now Covered By Military Zones Allowing Troops To Detain Migrants
https://apnews.com/article/border-military-trump-national-defense-area-89f046e09809fe5b5071c6b9e1f48da9

Homeland Security official says ‘big beautiful bill’ will provide border wall funding, more agents. The bill includes components of Trump’s agenda, such as no taxes on tips, increased border security funding and extending his 2017 tax cuts.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/homeland-security-official-big-beautiful-bill-will-provide-border-wall-funding

Trump bill gives ICE $45 billion for detaining immigrants – more than it received in the last 15 years combined
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/45-billion-beautiful-bill-ice/

Joy Reid reveals how Melania could be deported under Trump’s system. Trump said he’s open to deporting citizens. “They’re not new to our country. They’re old to our country. Many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here, too, if you want to know the truth,” he said. “So maybe that will be the next job.”
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/joy-reid-warns-trump-that-denaturalizing-citizens-could-lead-to-melanias-deportation-shes-outta-here/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump-GOP budget bill would give top 1% over $1 trillion in tax breaks, analysis finds
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trillion-tax-cut-for-rich

U.S. Imposes More Sanctions on Iran, the First Round Since 12-Day War Ceasefire
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/3/us-issues-first-wave-of-iran-sanctions-after-ceasefire-in-12-day-war

# Education / Schools
French University compares US to Nazi Germany as it welcomes American refugees. Amid fears of funding cuts and political pressure under Trump’s presidency, US researchers have opted to flee America
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/first-batch-of-american–scientific-refugees–arrives-in-fra

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Truckers Say Oil and Gas Companies Are Violating Hazardous Materials Transport Regulations: Truckers Petition Feds to Enforce HAZMAT Rules on Oil and Gas Waste.Truckers join environmentalists to demand safer conditions, proper training and fair pay for truckers hauling hazardous materials from oilfields
https://earthjustice.org/press/2025/truckers-petition-feds-to-enforce-hazmat-rules-on-oil-and-gas-waste

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
At least 24 people dead from Texas flooding, 23 children missing from all-girls camp. ‘No one knew this kind of flood was coming.’ Heavy rain fell in a matter of hours on Texas Hill Country, leaving 24 people dead and many more unaccounted for Friday, including more than 20 girls attending a summer camp, as search teams conducted boat and helicopter rescues in fast-moving floodwaters.
https://apnews.com/article/thunderstorms-texas-deaths-camp-mystic-trees-hail-e8a4c85c77f714c9a974e50f3cd1fca1

Alaska’s Wilderness At Risk As Trump Opens “Up To 82 Percent” Of National Reserve To Drilling. Oil and gas leases could soon hit the National Petroleum Reserve and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
https://www.iflscience.com/alaskas-wilderness-at-risk-as-trump-opens-up-to-82-percent-of-national-reserve-to-drilling-79868

More than 60 scientists issue dire warning that the Earth is careening toward catastrophe: ‘Things are all moving in the wrong direction.’ “We’re seeing some unprecedented changes.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/unprecedented-climate-change-warning-global-temperatures/

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
Trump set to ‘put farmers in charge’ of migrant workers, aiming to shield some of them from his administration’s deportation efforts. His administration is working on legislation that would permit some migrants without authorization to stay in the country and keep working on farms.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5385223-trump-farmers-immigration-undocumented-workers/

Lawmakers pass controversial new law banning sale of entire food category: Texas is now the seventh state to ban lab-grown meat sales. Many claims in support of such a ban have been debunked.
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/texas-lab-grown-meat-ban-law/

# General News
George Takei is 88 years old and will never stop fighting for equality. He talked about being held as a five-year-old child with his family in an internment camp for Japanese Americans by the US government during World War II.
https://keyt.com/news/2025/07/03/george-takei-is-88-years-old-and-will-never-stop-fighting-for-equality/

# Gov / Politics
Trump signs One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law, cementing his agenda in a July 4 celebration. A triumphant Trump cements his second term agenda into law as the nation celebrates its independence.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/president-trump-signs-republican-megabill-cementing-legislative-agenda/

Trump’s troop deployment is a warning sign for what comes next, legal scholars fear. Trump has cited a provision of U.S. law that allows the president to use the National Guard to suppress the “danger
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/09/trump-national-guard-deployment-legal-00394387of a rebellion.”

As Trump Sets Military Against Civilians, Service Members Have Duty to Disobey. The Marines are trained in combat, not crowd control. People are likely to get hurt.
https://socialistaction.org/2025/06/11/as-trump-sets-military-against-civilians-service-members-have-duty-to-disobey-2/

Trump’s Expanded Domestic Military Use Should Worry Us All. President Donald Trump’s use of the military domestically is dangerous and deeply misguided.
https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/trumps-expanded-domestic-military-use-should-worry-us-all

Suggesting More Troops in More Cities, Trump Bends Military’s Role. President Trump has expanded domestic use of the armed forces, testing the limits on involving troops at protests and the border.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/us/politics/trump-domestic-military-expansion.html

By Ruling Against Nationwide Injunctions, SCOTUS Affirms the Imperial Presidency. SCOTUS stripped federal judges of their authority to protect people throughout the US when the president breaks the law.
https://truthout.org/articles/by-ruling-against-nationwide-injunctions-scotus-affirms-the-imperial-presidency/

Inside The New Group Remaking The Trump-Rubio State Department. Benjamin Franklin Fellowship fellows hold leadership posts in the State Department, including half of the leading posts in the Bureau of Consular Affairs.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/04/benjamin-franklin-fellowship-state-department-bureau-consular-affairs-trump/

‘Flatly inconsistent with our democratic system’: Trump DOJ eyes anti-Nazi law to expel Americans
https://www.alternet.org/trump-targets-students-immigration/

‘Flatly inconsistent with our democratic system’: U.S. Department of Justice is looking to repurpose an old anti-Nazi law to ensnare targets of the Trump administration.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-targets-students-immigration/

‘This ruling is condoning lawlessness’: Supreme Court hands Trump disturbing new authority – the precedent this creates is chilling
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/this-ruling-is-condoning-lawlessness-supreme-court-hands-trump-disturbing-new-authority-the-precedent-this-creates-is-chilling/

It’s Trump’s America now: Republicans’ new definition of Christianity says ‘starve babies’ for a signed hat
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/its-trumps-america-now-republicans-new-definition-of-christianity-says-starve-babies-for-a-signed-hat/

RNC Sues Arizona To Block Voting Access for Overseas U.S. Citizens
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/rnc-sues-arizona-to-block-voting-access-for-overseas-u-s-citizens/

DOJ Sides With Wyoming in Proof of Citizenship Voting Lawsuit
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-files-statement-interest-wyoming-case-defend-documentary-proof

GOP Lawmakers in Swing States Are Still Working To Suppress Voting
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/alec-sets-sights-on-new-anti-voting-bills-in-states/

Republicans slammed online for celebrating children going hungry and millions losing Medicaid from Trump’s bill
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/republicans-celebrate-trump-spending-bill-b2782865.html

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
House Republican revels in people losing Medicaid: ‘Just some Americans that aren’t Americans’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/house-republican-revels-in-people-losing-medicaid-thanks-to-trumps-bill-just-some-americans-that-arent-americans/

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
# Medical Science / Research
NIH cancels sickle cell research grant to study Sickle Cell Disease, which mostly impacts Black people.
https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-condemns-nih-funding-cut-for-sickle-cell-disease-research-citing-dei-and-divisiveness/

# Military / Militia / National Guard / General News
Calls to GI Hotlines Rise as Service Members Consider Defying Trump’s Orders. Conscientious objector applications surge under Trump as military members fear becoming “the saber that he’s rattling.”
https://truthout.org/articles/calls-to-gi-hotlines-rise-as-service-members-consider-defying-trumps-orders/

Soldiers Are Taking a Stand Against Trump’s Abuses. On the Fourth of July, members of the military are calling on Congress to protect service members who disobey the president’s immoral or unlawful orders.
https://newrepublic.com/article/197545/soldiers-military-right-refuse-trump-unlawful-orders

# Social Services / Programs
Social Security Chief Celebrates Budget Bill That Could Slash Program’s Finances. The bill will accelerate depletion of Social Security and Medicare’s trust funds by a year, according to an analysis.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/experts-warn-senate-tax-bill-accelerates-medicare-social-security-insolvency-dates

The claim that 90% of Social Security recipients will be affected by the “Megabill” is misleading. While the Republican tax and spending bill aims to eliminate or reduce taxes on Social Security benefits for many seniors, it doesn’t impact all recipients equally.
https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/jul/03/social-security-tax-break-impact-solvency/

# Veterans / VA
Trump Celebrates Fourth of July by Deporting Veterans and Their Families. Trump’s second administration has included veterans and their families in his cruel immigration crackdown
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-veterans-immigration-deportations-fourth-of-july-1235378979/

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Voices, The Peoples News

July 4, 2025
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Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian ultra nationalist political ideology
and movement characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression
of opposition, and strong regimentation of society and the economy. It
typically involves a powerful, exclusionary nationalism centered on a
charismatic leader, and a belief in the nation’s or race’s superiority.
Fascism also involves the suppression of individual rights in favor of
perceived national interests, and the use of violence and militarism
to achieve its goals
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump Officials Want to Prosecute Over the ICEBlock App. Lawyers Say That’s Unconstitutional. The platform, which allows users to anonymously share the locations of ICE agents, is currently the third-most-downloaded iPhone app.
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-officials-want-to-prosecute-over-the-iceblock-app-lawyers-say-thats-unconstitutional/

CBP Wants New Tech to Search for Hidden Data on Seized Phones. Customs and Border Protection is asking companies to pitch tools for performing deep analysis on the contents of devices seized at the US border.
https://smartphones.gadgethacks.com/news/cbp-wants-new-tech-to-search-for-hidden-data-on-seized-phones/

The Supreme Court Might Be About to Turbocharge ICE Even More Than Trump’s Big Bill. The court will not write Trump’s deportation policy. But it may write the rule that makes it unstoppable.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/supreme-court-ice-trump-big-bill-deportations.html?pay=1751633041785&support_journalism=please

Sonia Sotomayor Puts It Clearly: None of Our Rights Are Safe
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/06/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-sonia-sotomayor-dissent.html

DHS Suddenly Pulls Weird 180 on “Alligator Alcatraz” After Trump Visit. The Department of Homeland Security is suddenly washing its hands of the Everglades ICE detention facility. The construction of the new ICE detention center is made up of tents on a defunct airstrip in Miami-Dade County.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dhs-suddenly-pulls-weird-180-154653794.html

U.S. Supreme Court allows Trump to send migrants to South Sudan. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday granted a Trump administration request to deport eight noncitizens to South Sudan, a country where they have no ties.
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-immigration-trump-south-sudan-5070ecbebf896a4010998d0b30d238ea

DeSantis Races to Open Immigrant Detention Camp in Swamp Amid Hurricane Season. Even before ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ Ron DeSantis had defined his political legacy by gleeful cruelty against immigrants.
https://truthout.org/articles/desantis-races-to-open-immigrant-detention-camp-in-swamp-amid-hurricane-season/

‘Star Trek’s’ George Takei likens US internment camps of Japanese to Trump detaining illegal immigrants
https://nypost.com/2025/07/03/media/star-treks-george-takei-compares-us-internment-camps-of-japanese-to-trump-detaining-illegal-immigrants/

As “Alligator Alcatraz” opens, critics call detention center an environmental hazard, safety issue. The facility’s location in the Big Cypress National Preserve and Everglades National Park raises concerns about the impact on wildlife and the delicate freshwater resources.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVCWRfPbof4

CNN commentator suggests investigating Trump children’s citizenship status. A CNN political commentator thinks an investigation should be launched into the citizenship status of four of President Donald Trump’s five children.
https://www.newsbreak.com/independent-journal-review-318184036/4087592535922-cnn-commentator-suggests-probing-trump-children-s-immigration-status

First group of detainees arrive at “Alligator Alcatraz,” Florida says
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/first-immigration-detainees-arrive-at-alligator-alcatraz-in-florida-everglades

Florida lawmakers denied entry to Alligator Alcatraz after walking in, demanding inspection. Five Democratic state lawmakers were denied entry Thursday to Florida’s newest migrant detention site, a remote facility that has drawn national attention and concern over conditions inside.
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/regional/florida/alligator-alcatraz-lawmakers-barred-entry-police-confrontation/77-08467b3a-6c4a-45f6-94df-75ec9529dd4d

ICE Raids Spark Legal Showdown After 1,600+ Arrests: ‘They’re Detaining People for Looking Latino’
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4086907957175-ice-raids-spark-legal-showdown-after-1-600-arrests-they-re-detaining-people-for-looking-latino

The worst ‘invaders’ in history. MAGA’s demonization of immigrants is preposterous.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5381706-maga-invasion-immigration-reality/

‘Homegrowns are next’: Trump hopes to deport and jail U.S. citizens abroad. President Trump says his administration is actively exploring a proposal to detain U.S. citizens and send them to prisons in El Salvador.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/nx-s1-5366178/trump-deport-jail-u-s-citizens-homegrowns-el-salvador

Violent criminal gangs have ‘near-total control’ of world nation’s capital, UN says: Violent criminal gangs have ‘near-total control’ of nation’s capital, UN says. UN officials call for increased international action to prevent complete government breakdown
https://www.foxnews.com/world/violent-criminal-gangs-have-near-total-control-nations-capital-un-says

Famous Mexican Boxer Julio César Chávez Jr. Arrested by ICE for Deportation. He was arrested in California after allegedly overstaying his tourist visa and making fraudulent statements on a green card application. Additionally, he has an active arrest warrant in Mexico for alleged involvement in organized crime and weapons trafficking.
https://apnews.com/article/mexican-boxer-julio-cesar-chavez-arrested-deportation-e8f600abb9c7e5adfe60de8739fd12df

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
How Trump’s Trade Deal With Vietnam Is Really About China. Let’s talk a bit about the Vietnam arrangement Trump announced this week (and Hanoi largely confirmed).
https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2025-07-03/how-trumps-trade-deal-with-vietnam-is-really-about-china

China criticises Donald Trump’s trade deal with Vietnam. US president’s focus on punishing ‘trans-shipment’ of goods draws Beijing’s ire
https://www.ft.com/content/2bccd9db-bc8f-4563-a5da-7ca1fe7e9596

# Education / Schools
MAGA Rep Literally Cheers for Budget Taking Away Free School Lunch. Representative Derrick Van Orden is apparently excited for all the benefits Donald Trump’s budget strips away.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197614/maga-representative-donald-trump-budget-medicaid-free-school-lunch

Posh Virginia private school that allegedly praised Hitler expelled three Jewish students who faced antisemitic bullying
https://nypost.com/2025/07/01/us-news/posh-virginia-private-school-that-allegedly-praised-hitler-expelled-three-jewish-students-who-faced-antisemitic-bullying-complaint/

School children put in detention because parents can’t afford uniform. 42 per cent of parents said school uniform was not more affordable this school year
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/school-uniform-pupils-cost-problems-b2781319.html

Summer Programs for Thousands of Low-Income Kids at Risk After Trump Freezes Education Funds
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4086795914742-summer-programs-for-thousands-of-low-income-kids-at-risk-after-trump-freezes-education-funds

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
‘Astounding’: Experts stunned as EPA staff ousted for calling out misinformation: EPA puts 139 employees on leave who criticized administration. The staff were put on administrative leave after signing a “declaration of dissent.”
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/03/epa-puts-139-employees-on-leave-who-criticized-administration-00439120

# Gov / Politics
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
—The Declaration of Independence, 1776
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RNC Veteran Warns Republicans: Trump ‘Doesn’t Care’ About What’s About to Happen to You
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rnc-veteran-warns-republicans-trump-140730208.html

French mural depicts Lady Liberty covering her face in shame over U.S. policies. Dutch artist Judith de Leeuw painted the mural, titled “The Statue of Liberty’s Silent Protest.”
https://imgur.com/gallery/new-mural-france-depicting-lady-liberty-covering-her-face-shame-was-unveiled-day-before-americas-independence-day-iexf3bh

WATCH: Against odds, GOP’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ passes House, heads to Trump’s desk
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0000b183-fc4d-4f26-b600-3dd62984e978.html

Trump to sign ‘big, beautiful bill’ at July 4 White House picnic. Trump touted the bill as a “birthday gift” to the United States. Critics warn rules could strip coverage from millions of Americans
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/trump-bbb-signing-white-house-july-4/

ROOKE: Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Contains A Special Present For Americans. While President Donald Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill addresses a wide variety of issues, there’s a massive gift for Americans nestled inside.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/03/rooke-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-contains-a-special-present-for-americans/

MAGA Rep Admits Trump Scammed People With Budget Bill. Representative Mike Lawler, who is in a swing district, seemed unbothered by the potential consequences of his admission.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197610/maga-representative-donald-trump-budget-bill-tax-tips

Republican Lawmaker Dumped Medicaid-Related Stock Before Voting to Gut Program. Elizabeth Warren said Robert Bresnahan protected his stock portfolio while ripping away health care from 17 million people.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-votes-budget-dumping-medicaid-193332653.html

House sends Trump megabill with $150B boost to defense, tighter rules for food aid for veterans
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-07-03/house-vote-big-beautiful-bill-18326972.html

This is Fascism. Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is fascist, not only in what it does and authorizes, but in how it got enacted
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/this-is-fascism?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=365422&post_id=167470666&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=thu6w&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

‘Travesty’: Ex-presidents issue rare rebuke of Trump as major agency axed. The former US presidents said the dismantling of USAID was a ‘mistake’ on the last day of the agency’s operations.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/30/obama-bush-decry-travesty-of-trumps-gutting-of-usaid-on-its-last-day

Carville warns Trump could declare martial law to keep Democrats from winning in 2026
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3462450/james-carville-martial-law-trump-2026-midterm-elections/

Elizabeth Warren Calls for Bribery Investigation Into Paramount-Trump Settlement as Blowback Widens. Warren argues that the settlement, which comes as Paramount seeks the Trump administration’s approval for its merger with Skydance Media, could be considered ‘bribery in plain sight.’
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/paramount-trump-settlement-bribery-investigation-requested-1236304746/

Trump removes video referencing ‘unified Reich,’ but his Nazi allusions are long-standing. There are alarming echoes of the notorious Nazi-organised exhibition in America today—but we also need to acknowledge the differences between the world today and 1930s Europe
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/28/the-1930s-all-over-again-trump-and-entartete-kunst-revisited

Should Washington Be Reconsidering Its Position on Iranian Regime Change? David Petraeus and Karim Sadjadpour discuss the perils and possibilities.
https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/07/iran-us-nuclear-weapons-airstrikes-next-steps?lang=en

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Humiliates Trump With Unprecedented Attack Right After Their Phone Call
https://www.thedailybeast.com/putin-humiliates-trump-with-unprecedented-attack-right-after-their-phone-call/

Europe Puts Social Programs on Chopping Block to Appease Trump on NATO Funding. Fawning for Trump’s favor, European leaders are ramping up military spending at the expense of public benefits. Fawning for Trump’s favor, European leaders are ramping up military spending at the expense of public benefits.
https://truthout.org/articles/europe-puts-social-programs-on-chopping-block-to-appease-trump-on-nato-funding/

Israel says Trump’s plan to resettle nearly two million Palestinians from Gaza is ‘still active.’ The White House did not deny that president’s plan to transfer nearly 2 million Palestinians out of Gaza was still a possibility when asked by The Independent
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/israel-trump-gaza-plan-netanyahu-b2782230.html

North Korean operatives and American accomplices accused in massive fraud that infiltrated the Fortune 500 and stole millions. Nine charged with alleged scheme to generate revenue for North Korean government and its weapons of mass destruction program
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/nine-charged-alleged-scheme-generate-revenue-north-korean-government-and-its-weapons

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Ketanji Brown Jackson Did Something Brilliant and New in Her Biggest Dissent of the Term. This move was an astonishing corrective to a term drowning in calculated political maneuvering over legitimate judging.
https://www.courthousenews.com/in-dissent-justice-jackson-steals-the-spotlight/

‘There Were Like 15 Cop Cars.’ Cops Arrest Two Black Women With Kids at Gunpoint—Only to Find They Did Nothing Wrong
https://seattle.binnews.com/content/2025-07-02-black-family-arrested-after-being-falsely-accused-of-stealing-their-own-car/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Federal Court Shuts Down Trump Asylum Rule: ‘President Can’t Override Congress’
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/federal-court-blocks-trump-administration-efforts-to-completely-shut-down-asylum-at-the-border

16 Attorneys Generals are taking Donald Trump to court over his billion-dollar theft from America’s most fragile citizens
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/16-attorneys-generals-are-taking-donald-trump-to-court-over-his-billion-dollar-theft-from-americas-most-fragile-citizens/

‘The full rigor of the Court’s resources’: Judge warns Trump against witness ‘retribution’ in First Amendment case over threatened deportations
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-full-rigor-of-the-courts-resources-judge-warns-trump-against-witness-retribution-in-first-amendment-case-over-threatened-deportations/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Trump DHS Secretary Says CNN Journalists ‘Could Be’ Prosecuted for Reporting: Attorney General ‘Is Looking Into It’
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/01/trump-cnn-prosecuted-reporting-ice-app/84432559007/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Trump Apparently Didn’t Know His Own Bill’s Extreme Medicaid Plan. House Republicans had to tell the president that his “big, beautiful bill” was indeed slashing Medicaid.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-had-tell-trump-medicaid-132037607.html

MAGA Rep Makes Wild Claim About Why It’s OK People Will Lose Medicaid. Representative Randy Fine admitted that only one thing matters in fighting for Donald Trump’s budget bill.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197580/maga-representative-donald-trump-budget-bill-fight

Republican Governors Quiet Amid Plans to Slash Medicaid Spending in Their States
https://www.opb.org/article/2025/07/03/medicaid-cuts-would-affect-states-led-by-gop-governors-but-they-re-silent/

Trump’s Medicaid cuts are coming for rural Americans: ‘It’s going to have to hit them first’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/04/rural-americans-medicaid-cuts-trump-bill

Protest Against Medicaid Cuts
https://www.yahoo.com/news/protest-against-medicaid-cuts-232535003.html

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Nursery for drug-dependent babies closes after Washington governor cuts funding. The Pediatric Interim Care Center (PICC) in Kent, which has treated more than 3,500 babies born with drug dependencies since its founding, closed its nursery to new admissions after DCYF canceled its contract and Gov. Bob Ferguson eliminated state funding.
https://www.newsbreak.com/king-5-524536/4083182292628-nursery-for-drug-dependent-babies-closes-after-washington-governor-cuts-funding

Jewish therapists fired from Texas clinic for pushing to help client with trauma from antisemitism: lawsuit
https://nypost.com/2025/07/03/us-news/jewish-therapists-fired-from-texas-clinic-for-pushing-to-help-client-with-trauma-from-antisemitism-lawsuit/

# Medical Science / Research
The Impact of NIH Cuts Ripples Beyond U.S. Borders. Cuts to science funding in the U.S. have devastated American institutions, but they also affect a raft of international collaborations and scientists based at institutions abroad. Projects receiving funds from the National Institutes of Health have been terminated or stalled due to recent budget cuts.
https://undark.org/2025/03/10/nih-funding-cuts-universities/

# Military / Militia / National Guard / General News
Guardsmen Help Operate ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ as Trump Increasingly Leans on Military for Immigration Crackdown
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/07/03/guardsmen-help-operate-alligator-alcatraz-trump-increasingly-leans-military-immigration-crackdown.html

Army to end contract for longtime mental health program for military kids and families overseas
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2025-07-03/army-eliminating-mental-health-support-children-18324233.html

‘There are innocent people being hurt. Badly. Needlessly’: American contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food. Two U.S. contractors, speaking to AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal operations, said they were coming forward because they were disturbed by what they considered dangerous and irresponsible practices.
https://apnews.com/article/palestinians-israel-gaza-contractors-aid-distribution-fe27f3ea83e06a09d66424eed7a5d56f

“A national disgrace”: Republicans blast Pentagon’s “unacceptable” Ukrainian weapons freeze
https://www.salon.com/2025/07/02/a-national-disgrace-republicans-blast-pentagons-unacceptable-ukrainian-weapons-freeze/

A Tiny Israeli Firm Just Armed the U.S. Military: This contract allows the army to expand its use of Smartshooter’s high-tech system, the Smash 2000L (also known as the SMASH 3000).
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/06/israels-smartshooter-says-us-army-expanding-use-of-high-tech-fire-control-system/

# Military / General News / Global
China has also made strides in laser weapon technology, including a portable laser weapon capable of operating in extreme temperatures. This portable laser can disable drones and cut through materials, offering advantages for military and industrial applications.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/ai-weapons-in-chinas-military-innovation/

North Korea sends thousands of soldiers to Ukraine after Russian commanders assassinated
https://www.yahoo.com/news/north-korea-sending-putin-30-094530036.html

Russian soldiers drag Ukrainian PoW to death behind motorbike in new horrifying footage. Russia is facing mounting accusations of war crimes in Ukraine after harrowing footage emerged showing a Ukrainian prisoner of war being dragged to death
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/176445/russian-soldiers-drag-ukrainian-pow-death-behind-motorbike-new-horrifying-footage

Ukrainian prisoner of war branded with words ‘Glory to Russia’ reveals horror ordeal. Ukrainian soldier Andriy Pereverzev said his Russian torturers used a technique they referred to as “Calling Putin” which involved them taking wires from Soviet-era phones and using them to electrocute their prisoners
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/ukrainian-prisoner-war-branded-words-35475241

Between Gaza and Iran, Israel’s Hidden War in the West Bank Is Flaring Up. Violence is surging in the West Bank, undermining hopes for future Israeli-Palestinian peace and tearing at the already frayed fabrics of Israeli society.
https://www.newsweek.com/israel-palestine-west-bank-settler-violence-2093936

# Social Media / Internet
Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies. Newly disclosed records show Attorney General Pam Bondi gave cover to not only Apple and Google, but also several other companies that help TikTok operate in the US
https://www.wired.com/story/pam-bondi-trump-tiktok-letters-google-apple-microsoft/
Who owns TikTok? TikTok is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TikTok#:~:text=TikTok%2C%20known%20in%20mainland%20China,three%20seconds%20to%2060%20minutes

# Social Services / Programs
# Solar Activity
# Space News
NASA Confirms Arrival of New Interstellar Object in Our Solar System: Here’s What We Know
https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/nasa-confirms-that-mysterious-object-shooting-through-the-solar-system-is-an-interstellar-visitor-and-it-has-a-new-name

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
The Person in Charge of Testing Tech for US Spies Has Resigned. IARPA director Rick Muller is departing the R&D unit that invests in emerging technologies of potential interest to agencies like the NSA and the CIA, WIRED has learned.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:7B471A9E

# Transportation
Probe Launched After Part Falls Off Delta Air Lines Boeing Mid-Flight. The part landed in a person’s driveway in North Carolina.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/airline-news/2025/07/02/delta-air-lines-boeing-737-wing-flap/84450143007/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-02

Voices, The Peoples News

July 2, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Can you lose your citizenship? Immigration attorney explains DOJ effort
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRInyTwbE4I

A Colorado grandfather who has been in the U.S. since 1980 is taken into ICE custody
https://www.yahoo.com/news/colorado-grandfather-u-since-1980-041415156.html

Alligator Alcatraz branded ‘cruel and inhumane’ as inmates to be forced into tents. The facility, surrounded by pythons, alligators, and mosquitos, will begin operations soon.
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/alligator-alcatraz-branded-cruel-inhumane-1238495

California Community Leader Reportedly Taken To The Border And Held At a Warehouse Until She Self-Deports
https://www.yahoo.com/news/l-mother-taken-u-border-224645316.html

Trump’s justice department issues directive to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship for criminal offenses
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/trump-birthright-citizenship-naturalized-citizens

DOJ directs US attorneys to seek to revoke citizenship of naturalized Americans over crime
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5445398/denaturalization-trump-immigration-enforcement

Father detained by immigration agents while shopping at Home Depot in Burbank
https://www.yahoo.com/news/father-detained-immigration-agents-while-060641219.html

Florida lawmaker accuses Trump of building modern-day ‘concentration camps’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2672527435/

Former Trump Official Says ‘We’re All Going To’ Die When Asked About Man Who Died in ICE Custody. He’s the fifth detained person to die in ICE custody
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/former-trump-official-says-were-all-going-to-die-when-asked-about-man-who-died-in-ice-custody/

Judge orders detained journalist to be released from ICE custody
https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2025/07/01/journalist-mario-guevara-ice-custody-released-atlanta

Lawmakers demand answers after Georgetown scholar detained by ICE
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/lawmakers-demand-answers-after-georgetown-scholar-detained-by-ice/

Mentally ill immigrants now fight deportation alone after Trump-era cuts to legal aid
https://www.aol.com/mentally-ill-detained-alone-trump-100245524.html

More than half of Americans – and 83% of Democrats – say ICE has gone ‘too far’ in arresting migrants
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-arrests-democrats-republicans-poll-b2780678.html

Ron DeSantis plans to ‘deputize’ Floridians as ‘judges’ of immigrant detainees
https://www.rawstory.com/alligator-alcatraz/

Trump OKs using National Guard as immigration judges at Florida detention center
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article309792865.html#storylink=cpy

Trump sickeningly confesses new Alcatraz concept is for escaped immigrants to be ‘eaten by alligators’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/alligator-alcatraz-trump-florida-immigrants-b2780986.html

Trump says only way out of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ is deportation. President says detention center will soon host ‘some of the most menacing migrants’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-says-only-way-out-alligator-alcatraz-deportation

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Donald Trump suddenly develops interest in financial enforcement now that it can’t interfere with his business dealings
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/donald-trump-suddenly-develops-interest-in-financial-enforcement-now-that-it-cant-interfere-with-his-business-dealings/

Senator sounds alarm over secretive tax change discovered last minute in ‘Big Beautiful Bill’: ‘It will create uncertainty and freeze the markets’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/clean-energy-bill-senate-provision-fossil-fuels/

Trump announces trade deal with Vietnam, securing ‘TOTAL ACCESS’ to markets. The announcement marks one of the first major trade deals with a key American trading partner since Trump paused his “Liberation Day” tariffs to pursue long-term agreements with foreign partners.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/vietnam-to-pay-20-pc-tariff-on-all-goods-exported-to-us-after-trade-deal/articleshow/122209057.cms?from=mdr

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs and more
https://apnews.com/article/trump-education-summer-school-english-language-grants-fac670e8f60fab397fbd68dfed866ea1

Trump administration tells states it’s freezing $6.8 billion for K-12 school programs
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3448d9ca-ef1e-48aa-a767-cd50ea0d3134.html

# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘Not free to do as it pleases’: Judge says Trump admin lacks authority to unilaterally shutter ‘lifeline’ youth job training program
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/not-free-to-do-as-it-pleases-judge-says-trump-admin-lacks-authority-to-unilaterally-shutter-lifeline-youth-job-training-program/

‘Only the beginning’: Trump admin releases data showing federal workforce slashed since January
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/only-beginning-trump-admin-releases-data-showing-federal-workforce-slashed-since-january

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
President Donald Trump’s budget would kill off tax credits for wind and solar, raising costs for new clean energy projects and blowing up valuable investment in those already in the pipeline.
https://www-allsides-com.webpkgcache.com/doc/-/s/www.allsides.com/news/2025-07-01-1100/environment-senate-just-put-clean-energy-ai-crosshairs

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
EPA employees sign ‘declaration of dissent’ over agency moves under Trump. More than 170 EPA employees signed letter, with about 100 more signing anonymously out of fear of retaliation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/epa-employees-declaration-dissent-trump

85,000 acres of Tennessee’s national forests open for logging under Trump administration plan
https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/06/30/85000-acres-of-tennessees-national-forests-open-for-logging-under-trump-administration-plan/

Public land sale provision removed from the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’
https://www.newsweek.com/plans-sell-millions-acres-federal-land-dropped-2092375

Facing Rising Seas, Thousands in Tuvalu Seek an Escape Through Australia. Tuvalu, a small island nation located in the west-central Pacific, could be the first to disappear as a result of climate change.
https://gizmodo.com/facing-rising-seas-thousands-in-tuvalu-seek-an-escape-through-australia-2000620904

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID / General News
Rubio hails end of USAID as study says its elimination could contribute to 14 million deaths in next 5 years. The administration says the agency has misspent billions in funds and “has little to show since the end of the Cold War.”
https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5452513/trump-usaid-foreign-aid-deaths

USAID Formally Ceases to Exist—Obama and Bush Bid a Heartfelt Goodbye to 63 Years of Legacy
https://www.newsbreak.com/inquisitr-news-522568/4084039097542-usaid-formally-ceases-to-exist-obama-and-bush-bid-a-heartfelt-goodbye-to-63-years-of-legacy

# Gov / Politics
Elon Musk Is Threatening to Start a New Political Party—and Take Down the Entire GOP While He’s At It. The billionaire’s outrage over Trump’s signature legislation fuels a pledge to rejoin the political fray
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/30/media/elon-musk-bill-primary-threat

Trump escalates feud with Musk, threatens Tesla, SpaceX support
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/elon-musk-renews-criticism-trump-spending-bill-calls-new-political-party-2025-06-30/

Trump mused about deporting Elon Musk and canceling his government contracts. President Donald Trump said he would look at having Elon Musk deported to his native South Africa as their rift reignited and reached new heights
https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/politics/2025/07/01/president-donald-trump-talks-deporting-elon-musk-ev-mandate/84429812007/

‘Student has become the master’: Chinese writer warns MAGA is making US more like China
https://www.alternet.org/maga-authoritarian-trump/

Governor Ron DeSantis signs 25 Bills as Florida prepares for changes on July 1
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2025/07/01/here-are-25-new-florida-laws-that-will-go-into-effect-on-july-1/

Our elected officials are bankrupting the government
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5377620-us-national-debt-federal-spending/

Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem
https://time.com/7299343/americans-democracy-threats-political-violence/

Trump Admin Dropped Charges Against MS-13 Leaders Following Pact Between Gang And Bukele Admin. Bukele administration agreeing to accept over 200 migrants deported from the U.S. into the CECOT prison. These reports appear to be in contrast with Trump’s past promises to crack down on MS-13
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/us/politics/takeaways-trump-bukele-ms-13.html

‘We should take it seriously’: Critics blast Trump’s latest idea as ‘straight up fascist’
https://www.alternet.org/trump-latest-idea-fascist/

Senate Republicans’ big ugly bill is even worse than the earlier cruelty passed by the House.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/senate-gop-big-ugly-bill

Elon Musk just humiliated Donald Trump in front of millions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL0PBtVbuSk

# Gov / Politics / Global
“Delay, Interfere, Undermine:” How El Salvador’s Government Impeded a U.S. Probe of MS-13
https://www.propublica.org/article/bukele-trump-el-salvador-ms13-gang-vulcan-corruption-investigation

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
83-year-old woman spent hours in jail for drug trafficking as her name was one letter away from being the actual suspect, family says
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/georgia-drug-trafficking-wrong-arrest-b2780449.html

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
DOJ quietly gives lawyers new powers to strip away citizenship from naturalized Americans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfwTDJUyWo8

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘That’s not true and you know that’: CNN host shuts down MAGA guest in front of viewers
https://www.alternet.org/cnn-host-maga-guest/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
‘Panic button’: JD Vance blasted after calling $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts ‘minutiae’
https://www.alternet.org/send/jd-vance-medicaid/

Mayors, doctor groups sue over Trump’s efforts to restrict Obamacare enrollment. Trump administration rules that give millions of people less time to sign up for the Affordable Care Act’s coverage, and bar some immigrants from buying the health care coverage, are facing a legal challenge from Democratic mayors
https://www.ottumwacourier.com/news/national_news/mayors-doctor-groups-sue-over-trumps-efforts-to-restrict-obamacare-enrollment/article_3918b607-ab47-527d-8a48-18e982fe6441.html

Medicaid cuts in spending bill spark alarm for millions of nursing home residents. Medicaid funding could be cut by $930 billion over the next 10 years by the massive spending bill approved by the Senate. Among concerns is the impact on nursing homes nationwide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcGDcXMZXmA

Rick Scott Demands More Cuts to Medicaid, Which His Company Allegedly Scammed. Scott proposes slashing $313 billion more from Medicaid, a safety-net program his hospital company was accused of fraudulently billing
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rick-scott-medicaid-scam-trump-big-beautiful-bill-1235375383/

The Political Blowback to GOP’s Medicaid Cuts Has Already Begun. Senate Republicans passed a budget package with the deepest cuts to health care in decades on Tuesday.
https://www.twz.com/air/about-to-be-retired-a-10-has-capability-to-use-laser-guided-rockets-to-shoot-down-drones

‘Utter Betrayal’: With Help From Vance, Senate GOP Votes to Decimate Medicaid to Fund Tax Cuts for Rich. “Historians—and voters—will look back at this as a dark day in U.S. history.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/utter-betrayal-with-help-from-vance-senate-gop-votes-to-decimate-medicaid-to-fund-tax-cuts-for-rich

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
‘Not only cruel, it is illegal’: Trump admin unlawfully slashed over $1B in youth mental health funding, breached grant agreements and violated federal regulations, states say
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/not-only-cruel-it-is-illegal-trump-admin-unlawfully-slashed-over-1b-in-youth-mental-health-funding-breached-grant-agreements-and-violated-federal-regulations-states-say/

Tens of thousands of United Healthcare cancer patients could lose treatment access by midnight across Hudson Valley
https://www.newsbreak.com/news-12-1587832/4083206039365-tens-of-thousands-of-united-healthcare-cancer-patients-could-lose-treatment-access-by-midnight

# Military / Militia / National Guard / General News
US Air Force will shift funds from a nuclear missile program for $400 million refit on Trump’s Qatar jet
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/06/30/us-air-force-uses-leftover-icbm-funds-to-revamp-qatar-plane/

Army Secretary Fires Entire Corps of Civilian Advisers from Communities Across US
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/07/01/army-secretary-fires-entire-corps-of-civilian-advisers-communities-across-us.html

US won’t send some weapons pledged to Ukraine following a Pentagon review of military assistance
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-us-weapons-shipments-halt-review-48229eb7c814419631a16067a38d6a1d

About To Be Retired A-10 Has Capability To Use Laser-Guided Rockets To Shoot-Down Drones. The A-10s could be uniquely capable drone hunters and they already have the ability to use APKWS rockets to do it, but its career is set to end before it gets the chance.
https://www.twz.com/air/about-to-be-retired-a-10-has-capability-to-use-laser-guided-rockets-to-shoot-down-drones

# Military / General News / Global
New pictures have emerged showing work being done on the Japan Self-Defense Forces’ prototype electromagnetic railgun currently installed on the test warship JS Asuka. The turreted prototype installed on a testbed surface combatant is the latest step forward in Japan’s work on railguns, something the U.S. Navy shelved years ago.
https://www.twz.com/sea/railgun-installed-on-japanese-warship-seen-in-new-photos

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence / Global
A Pro-Russia Disinformation Campaign Is Using Free AI Tools to Fuel a ‘Content Explosion.’ Consumer-grade AI tools have supercharged Russian-aligned disinformation as pictures, videos, QR codes, and fake websites have proliferated.
https://aitopics.org/doc/news:5E3988B8

# Transportation
New rules to remove safety devices from semi-trucks could let them zoom down the nation’s highways at top-speed: Yes, there are new rules regarding speed limiters on semi-trucks that have been withdrawn, according to recent reports.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/sean-duffy-trump-truck-speed-rules-highways-b2779731.html

# Tourism / Travel Advisories
U.S. Issued Highest Travel ‘Warning’ for 6 Countries This Summer. Americans have been warned.
https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/u-s-issued-highest-travel-warning-for-6-countries-this-summer

10 Countries Just Issued Travel Warnings for the U.S.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bghc0gAms0s

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-01

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Afghan ally who was detained by ICE Now facing fast-tracked deportation. An Afghan man who helped the U.S. military during America’s longest war is now being fast-tracked for deportation after being arrested by immigration officials earlier this month, his lawyer and supporters said Monday.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/30/afghan-ally-who-was-detained-ice-now-facing-fast-tracked-deportation.html

Mayor: Recent ICE raids ‘extremely shameful, un-American.’ Fears of ICE arrests led the city of Bell Gardens to cancel July 4 celebrations. Mayor Jorgel Chavez accused federal agents of inciting fear. Other predominantly Latino communities canceled their events
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/ice-raids-bell-gardens-mayor/

Family Sues Trump Admin After ICE Arrest of 6-Year-Old With Leukemia at Immigration Court. Attorneys challenge immigration arrest, detention of child treated for cancer. As attorneys try to free a 6-year-old boy treated for cancer, as well as his mother and sibling, they’re challenging the Trump administration’s immigration court arrests.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/immigrant-child-cancer-detained-courtroom-arrest-rcna215330

Federal judge seeks clarity on whether birthright citizenship order means babies could be deported
https://apnews.com/article/trump-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-dec3f7359c83615b3edbc2f2b45f09c1

The U.S. Department of Justice has begun to prioritize stripping naturalized Americans of their citizenship when charged with crimes, according to a recent memo.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/30/trump-naturalized-citizenship-doj-immigration

Kids Left ‘Haunted’ After ICE Shattered Car Window During Dad’s ICE Arrest Despite Pleas ‘Not to Use Violence,’ Mom Says
https://www.latintimes.com/kids-left-haunted-after-ice-shattered-car-window-during-dads-ice-arrest-despite-pleas-not-use-585899

Paul Feig Donates $100K to National Immigration Law Center, Calls Trump ICE Policy ‘Unconscionable and Unacceptable’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/paul-feig-donates-100k-national-010514196.html

People Are Shocked By The Story Of This 18-Year-Old Who Was In ICE Detention For Six Days — Because They Were Looking For His Father. “He’s a student, he’s not a threat. But this is how our system treats young people who’ve grown up here, as if they’re disposable.”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/sienaegiljum/teenager-ice-detention-conditions

Texas Lawmaker Urges Trump to Ease Immigration Crackdown Citing Harm to Small Businesses. An analysis published earlier this year found that immigrants make up nearly a quarter of Texas’s labor force—more than 3.7 million workers
https://www.latintimes.com/texas-lawmaker-urges-trump-ease-immigration-crackdown-citing-harm-small-businesses-585654

Trump Administration to Ramp Up U.S. Citizenship Revocation, Sets 10 Priorities
https://www.latintimes.com/texas-lawmaker-urges-trump-ease-immigration-crackdown-citing-harm-small-businesses-585654

Trump’s deal that got migrants shipped to notorious El Salvador prison is only making MS-13 gang stronger
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-el-salvador-cecot-ms13-b2779881.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
President Trump on Monday shared a handwritten note to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell urging him to lower interest rates, his latest attempt to push the central bank to do so.
https://thehill.com/business/5377145-trump-jerome-powell-note/

Trump’s tax bill would add $2.4tn to US debt, says non-partisan analysis. The Congressional Budget Office warns Trump’s ‘one big, beautiful bill’ will leave 10.9 million uninsured by 2034
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/trump-tax-bill-debt

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Trump administration concludes Harvard in ‘violent violation’ of Civil Rights Act
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5376797-harvard-trump-civil-rights-act-title-vi-campus-antisemitism/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump’s EPA announces major rollbacks to power plant pollution limits. More than 200 health experts say regulatory proposals will lead to biggest increase in pollution in decades
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/trump-administration-epa-pollution

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Judge says Trump cuts to environmental grants were illegal, restores funding to Minneapolis Foundation
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/18/epa-termination-environmental-justice-grants-unlawful-00411906

Massive Force ‘Pulsing’ Beneath Earth Triggers Continent-Wide Rift
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-just-found-earths-pulse-and-its-tearing-a-continent-apart/

Earth’s Magnetic Poles Are Once Again Starting to Shift: Yes, Earth’s magnetic poles are shifting, and the north magnetic pole is currently moving towards Siberia at an accelerated rate. This movement is not a new phenomenon, but the speed and direction of the shift have recently changed
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/earth-s-magnetic-poles-are-once-again-starting-to-shift/ss-AA1GdsC0

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA /General News
HARVEST INTERRUPTED: Farmworkers in Ventura County living in fear after ICE raids [Video]
https://www.newsbreak.com/abc-10-news-kgtv-563645/4083170908963-harvest-interrupted-farmworkers-in-ventura-county-living-in-fear-after-ice-raids

ICE raids leave crops to rot, California farms at risk
https://patch.com/california/across-ca/ice-raids-impact-ca-farms-leave-crops-unharvested-report

# Gov / Politics
Full argument: Trump-Zelensky White House meeting descends into shouting match [Video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_kTNIYsFnQ

Israel Controls Trump’s Inner Circle — Max Blumenthal Exposes Iran Disinfo Ops [Video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh3OxlEDL0I

Lawrence: Trump humiliated globally while Musk live-tweets Trump’s Oval Office ‘stupidity festival’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5vvjXZK08s

Trump, Musk, Republicans, and the Empathy Bug, The real crisis we are living through
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-musk-and-the-empathy-bug

Bette Midler reveals what GOP senators are hiding in their bill — and it’s worse than you thought
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/bette-midler-reveals-what-gop-senators-are-hiding-in-their-bill-and-its-worse-than-you-thought/

GOP senators shocked by what’s in their bill: ‘Don’t know where it came from’
https://www.rawstory.com/lindsey-graham-2672504175/

The Supreme Court’s injunctions decision returns America to the constitutional horrors of Dred Scott
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5376627-supreme-court-universal-injunctions-ruling/

Oregon joins 45 other states in allowing the governor to make appointments to vacant U.S. Senate seats
https://news.ballotpedia.org/2025/06/30/oregon-joins-45-other-states-in-allowing-the-governor-to-make-appointments-to-vacant-u-s-senate-seats/

MAGA Civil War Explodes Over Trump Support for Israel
https://www.yahoo.com/news/maga-civil-war-takes-ugly-064254601.html

‘Big, beautiful bill’ narrowly passes Senate, faces tough crowd in House. The sprawling domestic policy measure now heads to the House, with Republicans hustling to get it to the president’s desk by July 4.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/01/senate-passes-big-beautiful-bill-00434918?_hsmi=369397941&utm_content=369397941&utm_medium=email&utm_source=hs_email

Why Is Trump Rushing To Pass The Tax Cut Bill? Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro explains what Republicans don’t want you to know about their legislation — and how it “screws over the people who voted for this president.”
https://www.levernews.com/why-is-trump-rushing-to-pass-the-tax-cut-bill/

# LGBTQ / Gender
NYC Pride ends in chaos after teen girl shot in the head near Stonewall Inn hours after 50 hurt by bear spray attack
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14591586/nyc-pride-stonewall-teens-shot/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Voice of America channels fall silent as Trump administration guts agency
https://jcpost.com/posts/2b65be5b-0a4d-40a6-a088-155177d6800a

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Republicans are pushing a Medicaid work requirement. Here’s what happened when Georgia tried it. Georgia’s example shows that this could threaten health care for nearly 16 million Americans and cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-medicaid-work-requirement-big-beautiful-bill

FBI Uncovers ‘Largest Health Care’ Scheme: The investigation encompassed 50 federal districts and 12 state attorneys general, according to the DOJ. State and federal law enforcement agencies also took part, according to the FBI.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/30/nx-s1-5451736/doj-health-care-fraud-medicaid

# Medical / Health / COVID / Biological
Miscarriage Is Increasingly Dangerous for Women in Texas. A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-blood-transfusions

HHS Eliminates CDC Staff Who Made Sure Birth Control Is Safe for Women at Risk
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hhs-cdc-staff-birth-control-safety-women-at-risk/

# Medical Science / Research
HHS Renews Funding For States’ Cancer Prevention, Tracking Programs
https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/30/hhs-resumes-funding-cancer-screening-state-level-tracking/

# Medical Technology
Microsoft Says Its New AI System Diagnosed Patients 4 Times More Accurately Than Human Doctors
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-medical-superintelligence-diagnosis/

# Military / Militia / National Guard / General News
Military requests pulling 200 troops back from California protest duty
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/06/30/military-requests-pulling-200-troops-back-from-california-protest-duty/

# Military / General News / Global
Israel intensifies Gaza attacks ahead of Netanyahu’s White House visit
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/war-in-israel/israel-gaza-attacks-trump-ceasefire-netanyahu/

# Social / Communities
No Jews allowed: White supremacists are building a segregated community in Arkansas, but is it legal? ‘Return to the Land’ is one of the most established white supremacist residential communities in the US, according to the ADL
https://forward.com/news/733168/return-to-the-land-arkansas-jews-eric-orwoll/
The ADL, or Anti-Defamation League: https://www.adl.org/about/who-we-are

# Social Services / Programs
Sweeping Changes Hit Social Security: Recent changes to the Social Security Administration (SSA) include staffing cuts, office closures, and a shift towards digital and in-person service, potentially impacting benefit access for some individuals.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5320263/social-security-administration-changes-identity-office

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Senator Blackburn Pulls Support for AI Moratorium in Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Amid Backlash.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/30/congress/blackburn-yanks-support-for-ai-moratorium-00434635

U.S. Arrests Facilitator in North Korean IT Worker Scheme; Seizes 29 Domains and Raids 21 Laptop Farms
https://thehackernews.com/2025/07/us-arrests-key-facilitator-in-north.html

# Veterans / VA
‘We won’t be able to make ends meet’: Congress proposes tighter rules for food assistance for veterans
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-06-30/veterans-congress-legislation-snap-food-18296520.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-06-30

Voices, The Peoples News

June 30, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Canada demands answers after a citizen dies in ICE custody
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/27/canadian-citizen-dead-ice-custody-foreign-minister

At least 11 people have died in ICE detention under Trump, as administration on pace for deadliest year in decades
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-administration-ice-detention-death-b2779192.html

Dallas family refuses ICE agents
https://www.newsbreak.com/2-on-your-side-524555/4081385397748-dallas-family-refuses-ice-agents

Miami-Dade Mayor Denounces Trump Administration’s “Devastating” Decision to End TPS for Haitians. “Ending TPS for Haitians is cruel and dangerous, and a continuation of President Trump’s racist and anti-immigrant practices,” said Amnesty International USA.
https://floridianpress.com/2025/06/cava-criticizes-trump-administration-ending-tps-for-haitians/

Republican Senator Mullin says babies born in US should be deported if parents are
https://www.newsweek.com/children-deportees-should-go-parents-senator-markwayne-mullin-2092197

Witness of ICE arrest in Mission Valley speaks out. A video circulating social media shows two men handcuffing a screaming woman in a Hotel Circle parking lot Thursday morning.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/witness-ice-arrest-mission-valley-213910851.html

ICE Rolls Out Facial Recognition Tools to Officers’ Phones. More government agencies are using facial recognition for enforcement than ever before.
https://reason.com/2025/06/27/how-dhs-facial-recognition-tech-spread-to-ice-enforcement/

Another stretch of federal land along the Rio Grande River in South Texas is being transferred to the Air Force, creating the largest militarized border area to date as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to issue harsher legal punishments to migrants who cross into the U.S.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/27/largest-military-border-zone-yet-be-created-texas-part-of-air-force-base.html

ICE Has Been Making Life Hell for Local Communities. Now People Are Making Life Hell for Them. As ICE continues their raids, people are fighting back in increasingly creative ways
https://slate.com/life/2025/06/ice-immigration-raids-los-angeles-donald-trump-sleep-protest.html

Outrage as 75-year-old Cuban man dies in ICE custody after 60 years living in America. A Cuban man who had lived in the US for 60 years has died while in the custody of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Miami, only days after the death of another ICE detainee in the city.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-mirror-us-1900780/4082800557375-outrage-as-75-year-old-cuban-man-dies-in-ice-custody-after-60-years-living-in-america

Trump Border Czar Has Gruesome Response to Man Dying in ICE Custody. According to Tom Homan, it’s normal for people to die in federal custody.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197451/donald-trump-border-czar-tom-homan-man-dying-ice-custody

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump on tariff deadline: ‘We can do whatever we want.’ (The Center Square) – President Donald Trump appears unconcerned about an upcoming tariff deal deadline after abruptly ending all trade talks with Canada as his bid to overhaul world trade continues.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/we-can-do-whatever-we-want-trump-sows-confusion-on-his-summer-tariff-timeline-182901280.html

Trump Tax Cut Magic Wand Kicks Off Vote-a-Rama. After the Senate made $3.76 trillion in tax cuts go away, amendments will determine if there are enough votes to pass the Big Beautiful Bill.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-06-30-big-beautiful-bill-tax-cuts-senate/

# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
ICE video near schools sparks fear among Dallas ISD community. Concerns heightened after social media photos circulated showing ICE agents near Dallas campuses, an ICE spokesperson denied agents were on school property.
https://www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-isd-ice-school-campus

Texas has asked schools to identify which students are in the country illegally. Texas is asking public colleges and universities to identify which of their students are living in the United States illegally so they can start paying out-of-state tuition, as required by a court ruling earlier this month
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/23/texas-undocumented-students-in-state-tuition/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Environmental groups sue to block migrant detention center rising in Florida Everglades. Environmental groups filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a migrant detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” now being built on an airstrip in the heart of the Florida Everglades.
https://apnews.com/article/florida-alligator-alcatraz-history-immigration-detention-activism-796d5fae66d28de45c647241aa02d7bd

As USDA announces plans to repeal ‘roadless’ rule, ND has 250,000 acres that could be affected. More than 250,000 acres of federal land in North Dakota are categorized Inventoried Roadless Areas.
https://northdakotamonitor.com/2025/06/27/usda-secretary-in-santa-fe-announces-agency-intends-to-repeal-clinton-era-roadless-rule/

Trump’s Attack on CA Environmental Law Brings Us Closer to Climate Catastrophe. Trump wants to destroy the ability of states to chart their own course on combating climate change. Trump wants to destroy the ability of states to chart their own course on combating climate change.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-attack-on-ca-environmental-law-brings-us-closer-to-climate-catastrophe/

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA /General News
Senate Parliamentarian OKs GOP Cuts To Federal Food Assistance. The changes would put a burden on states and create a strong incentive for state governments to kick people off federal food benefits.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/snap-food-assitance-gop-bill_n_685de608e4b0bb5044ffd788

# Gov / Politics
Rep. Jasmine Crockett Questions How Melania Trump Received Her ‘Einstein’ Visa: ‘The Math Ain’t Mathing.’ “Since we’re talking about integrity, I’m confused as to why my Republican colleagues aren’t talking about the lack of integrity when it comes to the president’s family’s visas,”
https://people.com/jasmine-crockett-questions-melania-trump-einstein-visa-11762074

Throwing their bodies on the gears: the Democratic lawmakers showing up to resist Trump. Republicans may literally own social media platforms, but some Democrats are buying back legitimacy with protests
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/30/democrats-trump-resistance

‘A rotting fish’: Critics say new version of Trump’s big bill will ‘make America 1850 again’
https://www.alternet.org/trump-big-bill-senate/

“No Right Is Safe”: SCOTUS Bars Judges From Reining in Trump. The Supreme Court halted courts from issuing national injunctions, forcing “judges to shrug and turn their backs to intermittent lawlessness.”
https://theintercept.com/2025/06/27/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-injunction/

‘No right is safe’: Sotomayor accuses SCOTUS greenlighting Trump’s ‘solemn mockery’ of law
https://newrepublic.com/post/197363/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-sotomayor-dissent

Two Advocates Detained After Vermont Passes Law of Housing Access for Immigrants
https://www.newsbreak.com/century-homes-america-322339187/4080994269693-two-advocates-detained-after-vermont-passes-law-of-housing-access-for-immigrants

Senate GOP and Fetterman Block Effort to Stop Trump’s War on Iran. “The current cease-fire is fragile—and the only path to lasting peace is diplomacy, not another cycle of American military escalation,” one campaigner stressed after lawmakers refused to advance the resolution.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/iran-war

Tillis will not seek reelection to Senate. North Carolina’s senior senator says he is done with the partisan gridlock of Washington and will not seek reelection in the 2026 midterms.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/29/congress/thom-tillis-slams-megabill-trump-00432290

Tillis: Projected Medicaid costs to North Carolina budget too much
https://www.thecentersquare.com/north_carolina/article_0f1115f6-1c24-456b-8f77-96b48b171648.html

“This war is not about nuclear weapons. It is about U.S. hunger for unbridled control, and that should terrify every other country.” The US and Israel’s war of aggression against Iran offers more proof that the “rules-based” world order has ended.
https://truthout.org/articles/us-war-on-iran-is-not-about-nuclear-threats-its-about-us-power-and-domination/

The Worst Bill in History: Trump’s giant budget-busting, Medicaid-shattering, shafting-the-poor-and-working-class, making-the-rich-even richer bill is a travesty. Senate Republicans over the weekend decided to move forward on the big, ugly bill to rip healthcare coverage from 17 million people, deprive millions of food assistance, and use that money to pay (only partially!) for gigantic tax cuts for the super-rich.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/the-worst-bill-in-modern-history

According to new estimates by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the Senate bill would add at least $3.3 trillion to the already out-of-control national debt over a decade. That’s nearly $1 trillion more than the House-passed version.
https://apnews.com/article/cbo-trump-tax-bill-republicans-senate-5f591bea21bd95eec45ba90c93c50687

A Buffett-Lee-Musk Amendment Can Hold Congress Accountable for Inflationary Overspending. Elon Musk Supports Warren Buffett’s Idea to Ban All Members of Congress from Re-election if the Deficit Exceeds 3% of U.S. GDP
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/BRK-A-N/pressreleases/32743262/elon-musk-supports-warren-buffetts-idea-to-ban-all-members-of-congress-from-re-election-if-the-deficit-exceeds-3-of-us-gdp/

Musk floats new party in signal he could torch GOP. “Is it time to create a new political party in America that actually represents the 80% in the middle?” The richest man in the world is publicly feuding with the most powerful man in America, whom he spent record-setting sums to elect. We’re about to find out what Musk is prepared to do about it.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/05/elon-musk-new-party-poll-trump

Second Intelligence Leak Obliterates Trump’s Iran Claim. “Intercepted audio captured Iranian officials describing damage at three nuclear sites as ‘less devastating than expected’”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/un-watchdog-intercepted-iran-call-220438987.html

The Power of The President Is About To Become Uncontainable. The Roberts Court just handcuffed judges trying to check Trump’s lawlessness. This statement suggests a potential threat to the rule of law and the constitutional republic
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/the-supreme-court-just-gave-the-president-more-power.html

Elon Musk Tears Into Trump Over Budget in Infuriated Posting Spree. Elon Musk’s opposition to the budget is what prompted his very public breakup with Donald Trump.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197421/elon-musk-donald-trump-budget-fight

The Unbelievable Reason Trump Is Threatening to Cut Aid to Israel. Donald Trump is trying increasingly unhinged methods to come to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s aid.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197436/donald-trump-threatens-cut-aid-israel-benjamin-netanyahu-corruption

Sanders: GOP Budget Bill Is “Most Dangerous” Legislation in Modern US History. The Vermont senator warned that Republicans’ budget bill is a ‘death sentence.’
https://newrepublic.com/post/197414/bernie-sanders-warns-trump-budget-bill-death-sentence-medicaid

‘A Declaration of War’: Trump Sends National Guard to LA Over Anti-ICE Protests. “The Trump administration’s baseless deployment of the National Guard is plainly retaliation against California, a stronghold for immigrant communities,” one advocate said.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-national-guard-la

# Gov / Politics / Global
At least 35K Ukrainian children abducted since start of war, forced into Putin’s ‘Russification’ programs. As territories shift and divide families, desperate parents are travelling to Russia to find their children, many of whom have been moved into military camps or orphanages
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/27/russia-ukrainian-children-abduction-war-crime

Iran Leaders Claim Trump’s Bombs Did Nothing, Damning Report Reveals. New information continues to throw Donald Trump’s claims about the effect of the strikes into doubt.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197428/iran-officials-donald-trump-bombs-damning-report

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
At least 2 shot dead as snipers ambush firefighters and police in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, after ‘blaze set as bait’
https://apnews.com/article/coeur-dalene-idaho-shooting-57e4143642c5a0e98d134051a7147a89

Top Scientists Debunked the Arson Case Against Michelle Taylor. She’s in Prison Anyway. The only evidence suggesting Michelle Taylor set the fire that killed her son was repeatedly undercut by expert witnesses in a Florida courtroom.
https://theintercept.com/2025/03/31/florida-michelle-taylor-arson-fire-murder-trial/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Rick Scott Pushes Amendment to GOP Budget Bill That Could Kick Millions More Off Medicaid
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rick-scott-medicaid-cuts

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Mike Johnson Warned By “Every Major Health System in Louisiana” To Vote Against Senate GOP Bill. Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state’s congressional delegation that the Senate GOP’s planned Medicaid cuts “would be historic in their devastation.”
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/06/28/congress/louisiana-hospitals-warn-mike-johnson-of-devastation-from-megabill-00431385

Newsom accuses GOP of ‘literally throwing seniors out on the street’ with bill: “NEW: Donald Trump and the GOP are literally throwing seniors out on the street,” Newsom claimed. He added that, “1 in 4 nursing homes say they’ll be forced to SHUT DOWN if Trump’s Big Beautiful Betrayal becomes law.”
https://www.rawstory.com/newsum-accuses-gop-throwing-seniors/

On Top of Everything Else, Trump’s Tax Bill Would Break Direct Pay: “NEW: Donald Trump and the GOP are literally throwing seniors out on the street,” Newsom claimed. He added that, “1 in 4 nursing homes say they’ll be forced to SHUT DOWN if Trump’s Big Beautiful Betrayal becomes law.”
https://www.rawstory.com/newsum-accuses-gop-throwing-seniors/

Rural hospitals warn that cuts to Medicaid could end services for everyone
https://www.newsweek.com/children-deportees-should-go-parents-senator-markwayne-mullin-2092197

States That Have Banned Abortion Are Now Criminalizing Midwives. In March, police arrested a midwife named Maria, marking the first targeted provider arrest under Texas’s abortion ban.
https://truthout.org/articles/states-that-have-banned-abortion-are-now-criminalizing-midwives/

How viability limits end up criminalizing pregnancy. Pregnancy Justice’s legal director, Karen Thompson, warns: “We are in dangerous territory. This is our reality now.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/pregnancy-justice-karen-thompson-viability-limits-fetal-personhood-criminalizing-pregnancy/

A Doctor Challenged the Opinion of a Powerful Child Abuse Specialist. Then He Lost His Job. A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired.
https://www.propublica.org/

Security Experts Are Raising The Alarm Over RFK Jr.’s Proposal To Put Health-Tracking Devices On Every American
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4080905970156-security-experts-are-raising-the-alarm-over-rfk-jr-s-proposal-to-put-health-tracking-devices-on-every-american

# Military / Militia / National Guard / General News
‘Conduct Unbecoming’: Veteran group leader rips Hegseth for ‘politicizing the Military’ with wild attack on the media
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/conduct-unbecoming-veteran-group-leader-rips-hegseth-for-politicizing-the-military-with-wild-attack-on-the-media/

Pete Hegseth Is Mad the Media Won’t Celebrate U.S. War With Iran. “How about we talk about how special America is?” Hegseth asked. He’s not the first U.S. official to demand pro-war propaganda.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcfe_r2L-c4

Pete Hegseth is like his boss — a crybully who thinks the media should be nicer to him
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-pete-hegseth-boss-crybully-100000064.html

# Military / General News / Global
Israeli Soldiers Killed at Least 410 People at Food Aid Sites in Gaza This Month. Israeli soldiers and officers have said they were ordered to shoot at unarmed civilians waiting for food in Gaza.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/06/1164846

Finland partners with ICEYE to develop national satellite surveillance system. ICEYE will provide SAR satellites to the Finnish Defense Forces. Timely and reliable Earth observation data from space is a strategic asset that supports a wide range of decisions.
https://www.iceye.com/newsroom/press-releases/finland-ministry-of-defense-selects-iceye-for-space-based-intelligence-and-surveillance-capabilities

# Science / Science Engineers / Chemistry
Meta removes scientist’s Facebook page after discussion about tornadoes and climate change, he claims
https://www.aol.com/meta-removes-scientist-facebook-page-210231006.html

# Social / Communities
Congress Takes Aim At Criminalization Of Homelessness with Housing Not Handcuffs Act. Bill comes amid historic homelessness and one year after SCOTUS ruling that spurred 320+ laws making it a crime to be homeless.
https://www.splcenter.org/presscenter/congress-introduces-housing-not-handcuffs-act/

# Social Services / Programs
Social Security benefits are already being clawed back from retirees across the country. Starting March 27, 2025, the SSA will withhold 100% of a recipient’s monthly check for new overpayment cases until the debt is repaid
https://larson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/social-security-clawback-change-could-bankrupt-seniors

# Veterans / VA
Senate Republicans are hiding shameful downgrades to veterans’ SNAP benefits. Congress is hurtling toward a budget deal that will have devastating consequences for millions of low-income people across the country. Many Americans, and perhaps even some policymakers, have no idea how destructive it really is.
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5373188-snap-cuts-congress-budget-deal/

SNAP work requirement carve-outs for vets, homeless caught in crosshairs of Trump bill
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5358468-snap-work-requirements-exemptions/

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Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Indigenous
‘You’re No Indian’ Doc Exposes the Human Rights Crisis Behind Tribal Disenrollment: ‘Our People Are Being Erased by Systems With No Accountability.’ Tribal disenrollment has stripped over 11,000 Native American people of their tribal membership, thereby erasing their identities, rights and connections to their communities.
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/youre-no-indian-doc-tribal-disenrollment-dances-with-films-1236443434/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
ICE seizes 6-year-old with cancer outside L.A. court. His mom is fighting for his release
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14856853/boy-cancer-ice-Texas-courtroom.html

Supreme Court Paves Way for Trump Mission to End Birthright Citizenship. The Supreme Court effectively blocked the judiciary’s ability to stop Trump from implementing a huge range of policies
https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-paves-way-for-trump-mission-to-end-birthright-citizenship/

‘Are you from California?’ Political advisor said he was detained at airport after confirming he’s from L.A.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14856429/Rick-Taylor-detained-political-message-shirt-Turks-caicos.html

After Supreme Court ruling, some Alaskans could be denied or lose U.S. citizenship
https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-ruling-alaskans-could-023110524.html

Federal agents blast way into California home of woman and small children. Security footage shows agents setting off explosive device and shattering window of family home in Huntington Park
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/27/california-home-raid-huntington-park

A list of celebrity birthright citizens; Marco Rubio, Nikki Haley, Bruce Lee, and more.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/06/28/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-celebrities/84387876007/

Ice arrests of US military veterans and their relatives are on the rise: ‘a country that I fought for.’ As Trump urges more deportations, veterans are seeing their parents, children and even themselves detained
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/us-military-veterans-detained-trump

Purple heart recipient from Hawaii deported after 48 years in U.S
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5371507-army-vet-purple-heart-self-deports-ice-immigration-crackdown/

Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling a ‘Major Win’ for Trump, But a ‘Blow to the Rule of Law’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-ruling-151829918.html

U.S. Citizen. No Crime. Still Arrested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNjVD9dppuk

US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/28/civilians-impersonating-ice-officers

Venezuelan who had rare, major surgery was deported to El Salvador prison, and his family has no idea how he is. Wladimir Vera Villamizar, a 33-year-old welder, had a whole lung removed — an uncommon procedure that requires months of intensively managed recovery, according to doctors.
https://www.newsbreak.com/nbc-news-510074/4078387113860-venezuelan-who-had-rare-major-surgery-was-deported-to-el-salvador-prison-and-his-family-has-no-idea-how-he-is

Woman Never Missed an Immigration Check-In. Now She’s Facing Deportation to a Country Trump Just Bombed
https://www.latintimes.com/woman-never-missed-immigration-check-now-shes-facing-deportation-country-trump-just-bombed-585793

DOGE’s Next Mission: Cutting ATF Regulations
https://gizmodo.com/doge-gets-the-green-light-to-slash-gun-regulations-at-atf-2000621322

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
The Headmaster Of The AI Apocalypse. Backed by tech money and Donald Trump’s executive orders, MacKenzie Price is out to replace teachers everywhere with AI.
https://www.levernews.com/the-headmaster-of-the-ai-apocalypse/

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Musk condemns latest Senate bill that would ‘destroy millions of jobs,’ raise taxes on wind, solar projects
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/elon-musk-says-senate-bill-would-destroy-jobs-harm-us-2025-06-28/

Trump Administration Moves to Rehire Key Federal Workers After DOGE Layoffs
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/06/06/doge-staff-cuts-rehiring-federal-workers/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Why Is BlackRock Gunning to Take Over a Minnesota Electric Utility? Opponents say the deal would leave ratepayers and regulators at the mercy of far-off financial profiteers.
https://truthout.org/articles/why-is-blackrock-gunning-to-take-over-a-minnesota-electric-utility/

‘Outright Massacre’: Senate GOP Takes Sledgehammer To Biden’s Green Energy Subsidies. The Senate dealt a series of blows to solar and wind energy in the latest version of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/28/senate-gop-biden-green-energy-big-beautiful-bill/

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA /General News
Senate Republicans make last-minute SNAP changes in Trump bill ahead of vote
https://thehill.com/business/budget/5374926-senate-republicans-snap-gop-spending-bill-changes/

# General News
‘The Beach Boys should sue’: Two weeks after Brian Wilson’s death Donald Trump posts video featuring grossly offensive ‘Barbara Ann’ parody
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/the-beach-boys-should-sue-two-weeks-after-brian-wilsons-death-donald-trump-posts-video-featuring-grossly-offensive-barbara-ann-parody/

The billionaire civil war nobody saw coming: One in three chance of ‘civil war,’ warns billionaire investors
https://www.aol.com/brink-one-three-chance-civil-203029112.html

The Real Reason Elon Musk Turned Against Trump And It’s Bigger Than Politics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU5CgSMfK1A

Professor issues chilling prediction about Trump targeting ‘every right’ we have
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13810051/Columbia-University-professor-Jeffrey-Sachs-issues-chilling-warning-Trump-assassination.html

# Gov / Politics
Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022

The One Branch of Government that Trump Wants to Keep Alive While eviscerating the two others. Trump and his lackeys want there to be only one branch of government — the executive branch, under Trump.
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-trump-wants-only-one

If You Thought Donald Trump Would Never Do This, You’re an Idiot. The most pernicious delusion of this era has been the idea that Trump is “the peace president.” His decision to bomb Iran shatters this myth.
https://newrepublic.com/article/197079/trump-iran-war-bombing-idiot

A second Trump administration threatens to use executive authority to further limit First Amendment freedoms, surveil Americans and undermine democracy.
https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/how-trumps-proposed-radical-expansion-of-executive-power-will-impact-our-freedoms

Trump Praises Supreme Court for Fixing Birthright Citizenship ‘Scam’ Originally Meant for the ‘Babies of Slaves.’ “It wasn’t meant for people trying to scam the system and come into the country on a vacation,” the president says of the 14th Amendment
https://www.thewrap.com/trump-praises-supreme-court-ending-birthright-citizenship/

Donald Trump’s latest reveals his intentions and the judiciary may never recover from this damage
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/two-classes-of-justice-donald-trumps-latest-move-his-intentions-and-the-judiciary-may-never-recover-from-this-damage/

Lev Parnas, a former “trusted operative” of the president, over the weekend reported on a secretive global power shift involving Trump and other world leaders.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dont-know-power-shift/

“We can’t be indifferent”: Former Supreme Court justice warns Americans’ “freedom is at risk”
https://www.salon.com/2025/06/27/we-cant-be-indifferent-former-supreme-court-justice-warns-americans-freedom-is-at-risk/

Former CIA director says people must understand ‘how dangerous a world we live in right now’ in the wake of Trump’s Iran strike
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-cia-director-says-people-104932221.html

Panetta: Trump contradicting intelligence assessments ‘a very scary prospect’
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/panetta-trump-contradicting-intelligence-assessments-141715506.html

‘Ultimate Betrayal’: White House Issues Stark Warning For GOP Holdouts On Trump Bill. Trump is intensifying his public pressure campaign for Senate GOP holdouts to back the upper chamber’s version of the “big, beautiful” bill.
https://www.aol.com/ultimate-betrayal-white-house-issues-174141048.html

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Supreme Court Picks Trump Over the Rule of Law. The high court has dealt a savage blow to due process and has rewarded the administration for defying court orders.
https://newrepublic.com/article/197186/supreme-court-rewarding-trump-deportation

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Congressman calls on Noem, Dr. Oz with plan to ‘swiftly remove’ 1.4 million illegal migrants on Medicaid
https://www.aol.com/congressman-calls-noem-dr-oz-172058569.html

# Military / Militia / National Guard / General News
Pentagon requests $961B budget for ‘China fight’ with cuts to civilian workforce, Ukraine assistance and diversity programs
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-06-26/defense-department-2026-budget-18254514.html

Marine Corps budget seeks billions of dollars for aircraft, new tech, housing
https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2025-06-26/marines-budget-2026-18253650.html

Did U.S. Smart Laser Score First Ever Drone Kill? First real engagement of AI-guided laser warfare.
https://www.twz.com/air/air-launched-laser-guided-rockets-shown-shooting-down-houthi-drones-for-first-time

# Military / General News / Global
Russia and Ukraine trade long-range drone attacks as Putin says Moscow is ready for new peace talks
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drones-8bc387e15ef93e33d2fda9dec920a0d2

# NOAA / Weather
Defense Department to end satellite data programs used for storm forecasts
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2025/06/28/Defense-Department-ends-satellite-data-hurricane-experts/7881751141308/

Vital hurricane satellites to go dark weeks into Atlantic storm season— and NOAA rips media for causing panic
https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york-post-509648/4078779540945-vital-hurricane-satellites-to-go-dark-weeks-into-atlantic-storm-season-and-noaa-rips-media-for-causing-panic

# Social Services / Programs
Starmer’s welfare cuts could leave thousands of disabled women trapped with abusers, campaigners warn
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/welfare-cuts-starmer-domestic-violence-women-b2777621.html

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