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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-15

Voices, The Peoples News

July 15, 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

# Indigenous
Funding Cuts to Corporation for Public Broadcasting May Gut Tribal Media. Without the funding, many communities, especially rural communities, could become isolated as public media stations and radio may go off the air.
https://truthout.org/articles/funding-cuts-to-corporation-for-public-broadcasting-may-gut-tribal-media/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
“No One Deserves to Be Treated Like This”: Judge Halts Racially-Targeted Immigration Raids in California
https://www.newsbreak.com/fort-worth-llc-333211895/4106430019564-no-one-deserves-to-be-treated-like-this-judge-halts-racially-targeted-immigration-raids-in-california

6-Year-Old Cancer Patient Detained By ICE For Months ‘Cried Every Night’ During Detention, Family Lawyer Says
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cried-every-night-ice-traumatizes-103026568.html

Border Patrol Agent Charged With Assaulting Police Officer. Isaiah Anthony Hodgson, 29, faces four felony and three misdemeanor charges related to the incident, which happened Monday at Shoreline Village.
https://ktla.com/news/california/border-patrol-agent-accused-of-assaulting-long-beach-police-officer-entering-womens-bathroom/

California professor accused of assault after he was ‘kidnapped’ during ICE protests at cannabis farm raid. According to witnesses, a tear gas canister had rolled under the wheelchair of a legal observer who struggled to breathe or move. Caravello had reportedly rushed over to help when he was tackled by agents.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-raid-farm-professor-arrested-b2788653.html

Woman with ‘No Criminal Record’ Self-Deports to Mexico After 36 Years in America, Seeking a Life Free from Fear for Her Family. Her daughter, Julie Ear tells PEOPLE that she and her siblings are “heartbroken that she felt so scared for her safety that she had to make this decision”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-self-deports-mexico-36-203000197.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
‘Unprecedented’: Republicans say Trump is withholding ‘basic information’ about spending
https://www.alternet.org/trump-congress-collins/

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE. ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations

# Education / Schools
‘Willfully blind’: Experts slam Supreme Court for letting Trump abolish Dept. of Education
https://www.alternet.org/supreme-court-trump-education/

Trump says Education Secretary McMahon will continue to gut department following SCOTUS victory. Trump said that the federal government had been running education into the ground.
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/secretary-mcmahon-statement-supreme-court-victory-future-of-american-education

George Mason Is the Latest University Under Fire From Trump. Its President Fears an “Orchestrated” Campaign. When university president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.” But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him.
https://www.propublica.org/article/george-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-trump

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump Vows to Create More Blackouts. Trump administration has followed through on the HFC’s request to implement the bill in a way to make it impossible for most clean-energy projects to get into production.
https://prospect.org/environment/2025-07-14-trump-vows-to-create-more-blackouts/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
The US Department of Agriculture is planning to drop millions of sterilized flies from planes over Texas and Mexico to combat a growing threat of New World screwworms, which are flesh-eating maggots. These
https://people.com/us-plans-produce-drop-millions-of-flies-fight-potential-flesh-eating-maggot-infestation-11769691

Trump administration eliminates U.S. climate diplomacy office amid State Department cuts. Friday’s mass firing included climate and energy staff, potentially thwarting U.S. global engagement as China grabs the reins on clean energy development.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/state-departments-gutting-of-climate-staff-hamstrings-us-agenda-former-diplomats-say/

Newest Volcano Notice Including Yellowstone Back – U.S. Geological Survey
https://volcanoes.usgs.gov/hans-public/volcano/wy1

Eruption at Yellowstone caught on camera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5IbuDX1-QM

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
Trump Admin to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food Meant for Children. The amount of food would be enough to feed every child in Gaza for a week.
https://www.aol.com/trump-administration-incinerate-500-tons-022123080.html

# General News / Floods
Fact Check: Clarifying claim ICE deported Mexican rescue workers who helped in Texas floods
https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/07/08/texas-flooding-camp-mexican-counselors/

# General News / Trump / Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre’s diary revealed, containing explosive account of how tragic sex trafficking victim was part of Honeypot blackmail spy ring. Following accuser Virginia Giuffre’s death by suicide in April 2025, excerpts from her diary have emerged
https://radaronline.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-accuser-virginia-giuffre-secret-diary-revealed-blackmailing-tapes-spy-ring/

Nearly 1,000 Jeffrey Epstein Victims are Missing, DOJ Memo Suggests
https://headlineusa.com/nearly-1000-jeffrey-epstein-victims-are-missing-doj-memo-suggests/?utm_source=HUSA_EMAIL_NSP2000&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HUSAemail

# Gov / Politics
GOP Senator Thom Tillis announces his RETIREMENT, opening up a CRUCIAL Senate seat!
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5397374-thom-tillis-retirement-senate-freedom/

Andrew Cuomo to mount independent mayoral bid after NYC primary loss. The former governor won’t have the same kind of institutional backing in the general election he had in the primary.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/14/cuomo-announces-uphill-general-election-bid-for-new-york-city-mayor-00451699

GOP’s Hamadeh calls on Fed Chairman Jerome Powell to resign. Last week, Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac Chairman William Pulte issued a similar statement amid reports that Powell was considering his resignation.
https://hamadeh.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-hamadeh-calls-federal-reserve-chairman-powell-resign

Former CNN commentator has ‘gut feeling’ Trump, Republicans cheated in 2024 and will rig 2026 midterm
https://www.aol.com/former-cnn-commentator-gut-feeling-110002361.html

Former US Attorney Warns Trump’s Threats Against Rosie O’Donnell Are ‘Claiming Powers of Full-Blown Dictator.’ “Lest anyone had missed the plot line, he is claiming the powers of a full-blown dictator for himself with this.”
https://www.latintimes.com/former-us-attorney-warns-trumps-threats-against-rosie-odonnell-are-claiming-powers-full-blown-586719

Trump Judicial Nominee Won’t Answer Question on Talk of Third Presidential Term. Trump nominee Emil Bove also faces questions relating to his staff suggesting that the DOJ should ignore court orders.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-judicial-nominee-wont-answer-question-on-talk-of-third-presidential-term/

Jon Stewart Hits ‘MAGA World’ With A Brutal Wake-Up Call About The Real Trump. The “Daily Show” host said Trump’s supporters are finally getting to see the other side of the president.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jon-stewart-trump-epstein_n_6875db69e4b084ccb1a9f8fe

Trump Threatens ‘Very Severe Tariffs’ on Russia if No Peace Deal. President Trump on Monday promised to enact punishing new tariffs on Russia if President Vladimir Putin doesn’t agree to end his war against Ukraine. The announcements on Monday marked a shift in US foreign policy as Trump’s endorsement of Ukraine comes just weeks after Washington announced it would pause weapons sales to Kyiv.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/15/trump-threatens-tariffs-in-50-days-what-harm-will-it-do-to-russia

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
FBI deputy director back at work after reports he threatened to quit. The source told NewsNation that Bongino is expected to stay on as deputy director of the FBI for now but said the situation is fluid.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/fbi-deputy-director-back-at-work/

Shackled for weeks: Federal report finds abuse of restraints in prisons. Federal prison officials violated their own rules, shackling prisoners to beds and chairs for hours, or even days, sometimes using restraints on both wrists and ankles. Additionally, they violated a separate rule that prohibits the use of restraints as punishment.
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5463749/prison-abuse-shackles-restraints

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Two-thirds of the U.S. Department of Justice attorneys tasked with defending President Donald Trump’s policies in court have walked off the job.
https://www.rawstory.com/federal-programs-branch/

The Justice Department has fired additional lawyers and support staff who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutions of President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the matter.
https://apnews.com/article/jack-smith-justice-department-fired-trump-af94503d10143f5464559fb503425f4f

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
‘Illegal interference’: Resurfaced Fox News clip shows network ‘deliberately edited’ Trump
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/illegal-interference-resurfaced-fox-news-clip-shows-network-deliberately-edited-trump/ar-AA1IAh9t?cvid=39FCC687B3694928A5C6F7207DEDE0A1&ocid=hpmsn

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Trump’s DOJ says EPA will appeal ;andmark fluoride ruling. A federal judge ruled against EPA, concluding water fluoridation at current levels poses an unreasonable risk to children’s health and ordering the EPA address the issue.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/trump-doj-epa-will-appeal-landmark-fluoride-ruling/

# Military / Militia / National Guard
More than 35,000 military personnel from 19 countries in the Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America have gathered in Australia for the Talisman Sabre exercise aimed at strengthening defense bonds amid rising tensions between China and the West.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2025/07/12/pacific_allies_are_training_to_fight_china_1122315.html

Pentagon withdraws senior military leaders from national security forum
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/14/pentagon-aspen-security-forum-defense-department-officials

Air Force: Test B-21s Could Fly Combat Missions, Northrop Can Expand Production at Plant 42
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-test-b-21s-could-fly-combat-missions-northrop-can-expand-production-at-plant-42/

Grok joins the army after Nazi breakdown. It was a week of lows and highs for the tech billionaire after the CEO of X resigned and its AI chatbot declared itself a super-Nazi – followed by scoring a contract of up to $200m
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/14/elon-musk-grok-ai-chatbot-x-linda-yaccarino

# Military / Global
Seven children killed in Israeli strike on Gaza water site amid growing evidence of deliberate deprivation
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/07/14/seven-children-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-gaza-water-site-amid-growing-evidence-of-deliberate-deprivation/

# NOAA / Weather
The private industry takeover of the National Weather Service. Project 2025 proposes that most government weather and climate functions be privatized if the balance of power shifts in the White House next year
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/project-2025-paywall-weather

Project 2025 calls for the ‘break up’ of NOAA, commercialized weather service forecasts. Project 2025 proposes to break up and downsize NOAA, describing it as a key part of the “climate change alarm industry.”
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4907338-heritage-foundation-plan-weather-service/

Fact-checking what Project 2025 says about the National Weather Service and NOAA
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2024/sep/26/jared-moskowitz/what-does-project-2025-say-about-the-national-weat/

# Social / Communities
Death by deadline: Trump’s HHS is making it impossible to protect homeless youth. These programs support thousands of youth annually through emergency shelter, transitional housing and supportive services for youth, young adults and young parents.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-death-deadline-trump-hhs-160000508.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
‘Feel as if you’re on fire’: 5G’s high-frequency waves penetrate skin. Here’s what researchers found
https://interestingengineering.com/science/skin-cells-zapped-with-5g-waves-study

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-14

Voices, The Peoples News

July 14, 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
[Be honest, call them what they are, 1940’s & 50’s Concentration Camps.]
Noem looking at other states for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facilities
https://www.yahoo.com/news/noem-looking-other-states-alligator-000808913.html

ICE Raid Sparks Outcry After Agents Enter Surgery Center Without Warrant: ‘This is Really Scary.’
Denis Guillen-Solis, an Honduran national, is currently being held at a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles.
https://www.latintimes.com/ice-raid-sparks-outcry-after-agents-enter-surgery-center-without-warrant-this-really-scary-586565

’30 People Stuffed Into a Jail Cell?!’ NBC’s Kristen Welker Grills Kristi Noem On the ‘Inhumane’ Conditions at Alligator Alcatraz
https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/media/kristi-noem-clashes-with-nbc-over-inhumane-conditions-at-alligator-alcatraz/

Border czar Tom Homan lays into heckler and later admits US citizens are swept up in raids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GC6t4efnzw

Homeland Security’s Noem says in talks with five Republican-led states to build detention site. “We’ve had several other states that are actually using Alligator Alcatraz as a model for how they can partner with us,” Noem told a press conference in Florida.
https://www.investing.com/news/economy-news/homeland-securitys-noem-says-in-talks-with-five-republicanled-states-to-build-detention-site-4132739

Memo Says ICE may deport migrants to countries other than their own with just six hours notice, memo says
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/ice-may-deport-migrants-to-countries-other-than-their-own-with-just-six-hours-notice-memo-says

Inside the ICE offices where morale is ‘miserable’ and the deportation push has become ‘mission impossible’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-morale-trump-immigration-raids-b2786659.html

Judges are deporting record numbers of young children under Trump. Immigration judges broke records with the number of young children they have ordered removed from the US in April —with lawyers accusing Trump of “pumping up deportation numbers on the backs of kids
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-immigration-child-deportation-numbers-b2786626.html

House Democrat Calls on Kristi Noem To Resign Over ICE Lies. Bernie Sanders, Delia Ramirez, Ilhan Omar, Pramila Jayapal, and Rashida Tlaib reacted with outrage to The Intercept’s investigation.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/11/congress-outraged-ice-lies/

ICE Campaign of Violence Will Lead to More Deaths. Jaime Alanis’s death shows the horrific consequences of a secret police force behaving with utter impunity.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/12/ice-violence-deaths-jaime-alanis/

‘This is an Internment Camp’: Lawmakers Horrified by Inhumane Conditions in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: “I saw 32 people per cage—about 6 cages in one tent. People were yelling, ‘Help me, help me’,” said Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/alligator-alcatraz-lawmakers-visit

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
A $100 billion mystery is unfolding on tariffs and inflation and economists are cracking the case. A tariff is a tax on consumers.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/100-billion-mystery-unfolding-tariffs-103200805.html

Lawmakers advance $27B funding bill tackling FDA funding, hemp, farm loans. Lawmakers are making slow headway on assembling a fiscal year 2026 package of 12 annual funding bills that provide money for federal agencies to spend on programs.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3b8dd5d7-1fd1-4b2e-86c9-d2796f08ba1d.html

Trump’s law of the jungle means U.S. trade deals aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, trade expert warns
https://fortune.com/2025/07/12/trump-administration-trade-deals-law-of-the-jungle-wto/

# Education / Schools
Microsoft, OpenAI, and a US Teachers’ Union Are Hatching a Plan to ‘Bring AI into the Classroom.’ The National Academy for AI Instruction will make artificial intelligence training accessible to educators across the country.
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-openai-and-a-us-teachers-union-are-hatching-a-plan-to-bring-ai-into-the-classroom/

Federal government investigates 45 universities over Title VI. The U.S. Department of Education has launched investigations into 45 universities for alleged Title VI violations.
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/office-civil-rights-initiates-title-vi-investigations-institutions-of-higher-education-0

# Employment / Labor / Unions
State Department lays off 1,350 employees: The department says the cuts, part of a reorganization that will see 3,000 total personnel reductions, will slash redundancy and walk back growth over the last 25 years.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/07/state-department-lays-1350-employees/406665/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Expert warns of irreversible threat looming over largest expanse of public land in US. The impact could be felt across the entire globe.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/national-petroleum-reserve-alaska-oil-gas-drilling/

Baltimore’s Wetlands Restoration Pushes Ahead Despite Federal Funding Setbacks. But critics caution that the efforts, as designed, cut off some historically Black and disadvantaged communities in South Baltimore from the promised benefits of shoreline restoration.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13072025/baltimore-wetlands-restoration-federal-funding-setbacks/

Scientists Stunned After Detecting Over 300 ‘Small Earthquakes’ Beneath Mount Rainier. New equipment gave the team clearer results, but that doesn’t mean similar events didn’t happen before the monitoring began.
https://knewz.com/news/scientists-stunned-after-detecting-over-300-small-earthquakes-beneath-mount-rainier/

The US Public Loves the National Park Service. Trump Is Destroying It Anyway. Trump is pushing for cuts that could require 350 of the 433 sites run by the National Park Service to shut down. Trump is pushing for cuts that could require 350 of the 433 sites run by the National Park Service to shut down.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-us-public-loves-the-national-park-service-trump-is-destroying-it-anyway/

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared. In theory, the maps enable homeowners, businesses and local officials to understand their flood risk and take appropriate steps to prepare and mitigate potential losses.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fema-flood-maps-often-miss-143440804.html

# General Recalls / Alerts
Recall alert: Bread sold in a dozen states by popular retailers, including Kroger and Walmart, is under a recall alert. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the Lewis Bake Shop Artisan Style 1/2 Loaf may contain undeclared hazelnuts and poses “the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions.”
https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/bread-sold-at-walmart-kroger-stores-recalled-over-undeclared-tree-nut/

Ritz cracker recall over possible ‘life-threatening’ issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Zh_wZ__Wo

Costco recalls tires, power banks, ACs and more
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/recalls/costco-recalls-power-bank-tires-ac/

Chocolate sold in 8 states recalled over ‘serious’ allergen risk
https://www.newsweek.com/chocolate-recall-nationwide-fda-issues-highest-risk-warning-2097137

# General News / Floods
Heavy rains in Texas pause search efforts for flood victims and damage homes elsewhere. Authorities went door-to-door to some homes after midnight early Sunday to alert people that flooding was again possible. Authorities also pushed phone alerts to those in the area.
https://apnews.com/article/texas-flooding-guadalupe-river-search-4c561ad81ee11c8a1fd586cac460c2fc

Texas Flood Victims Couldn’t Call FEMA After ICE Barbie’s Cuts. The Federal Emergency Management Agency didn’t answer thousands of phone calls after the Texas floods last week because it had fired call center contractors.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-barbie-delayed-flood-response-040134440.html

ICE Barbie Rages at Being Caught Failing Texas Flood Victims. The New York Times found that FEMA failed to answer nearly two-thirds of distressed calls as flooding engulfed Central Texas.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbie-kristi-noem-rages-at-nyt-over-missed-fema-calls/

ICE Barbie Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lashed out at CNN after it reported she delayed signing off on vital federal aid for areas of Texas devastated by flash flooding.
https://www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeast-513346/4099208514415-ice-barbie-lashes-out-at-trash-who-revealed-her-delay-to-texas-flood-response

Doctor Said Texas Flood Victims “Got What They Voted For” — Now Netizens Aren’t Buying Her Apology
https://www.newsbreak.com/inquisitr-news-522568/4103519467521-doctor-said-texas-flood-victims-got-what-they-voted-for-now-netizens-aren-t-buying-her-apology

Pediatrician fired for vile post suggesting Texas flood victims were Trump supporters who got ‘what they voted for’
https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york-post-509648/4093062845574-pediatrician-fired-for-vile-post-suggesting-texas-flood-victims-were-trump-supporters-who-got-what-they-voted-for

Amid Deadly Floods, Lawmakers Left Gap In Warning System. Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods.
https://www.levernews.com/amid-deadly-floods-lawmakers-left-gap-in-warning-system/

Texas Congressman calls for accountability after floods: ‘We can’t just allow girls to drown in the middle of the night’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/13/politics/video/texas-congressman-calls-on-accountability-for-floods-cannot-allow-girls-to-drown

# General News / Trump / Epstein
Jim Acosta Says Trump ‘Freaking Out’ Over Epstein Blowback, “He’s twisted himself into a pretzel on this.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jim-acosta-says-trump-freaking-223121910.html

Her reporting exposed Epstein. She tells NPR why documents naming powerful men matter. Investigative journalist Julie K. Brown’s reporting for the Miami Herald in 2017 and 2018 lead to more charges for Epstein and identified nearly 80 of his victims.
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/04/1222857174/jeffrey-epstein-julie-k-brown-documents-clinton-trump-prince-andrew

Elon Breaks Silence on Trump’s Epstein File Demand to MAGA: Musk replied to a screen grab of Trump’s post and said: “Seriously. He said ‘Epstein’ half a dozen times while telling everyone to stop talking about Epstein. Just release the files as promised.”
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-2098333

Trump Biographer Claims Tapes of Epstein Talking About Trump Are ‘Too Hot’ to Release
https://www.rawstory.com/michael-wolff-trump-tapes-hot/

Ghislaine Maxwell Willing to Testify to Congress about Epstein Files regarding the part she played in facilitating sex trafficking of underage girls.
https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-ex-girlfriend-said-she-would-speak-before-congress-sex-trafficking-department-of-justice

# Gov / Politics
‘Chaos’: Red‐state governor sounds the alarm over Trump’s agenda
https://www.alternet.org/trump-tariff-kentucky/

Ocasio-Cortez sparks backlash after calling Trump a “rapist” in Epstein tweet, prompting defamation claims and calls for a lawsuit. ‘Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?,’ Ocasio-Cortez wrote.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14901179/aoc-donald-trump-slur-epstein-files-release.html

Trump envoy arrives in Kyiv as US pledges more Patriot missiles to Ukraine
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250714/nation-and-world-politics/trump-envoy-arrives-in-kyiv-as-us-pledges-more-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine/

Eight Dirty Tricks Hiding In Trump’s Tax Bill: A vanity sculpture garden? A tax break for online bookies? Incentives for Wall Street to fire you? What actually passed in Trump’s sprawling “Big Beautiful Bill.”
https://www.levernews.com/eight-dirty-tricks-hiding-in-trumps-tax-bill/

Fact Check: Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said president is ‘worse than anyone in our history’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-former-trump-white-130000621.html

Trump’s Christian Nationalist Vision for America
https://time.com/7019236/trumps-christian-nationalist-america-essay/

White Christian nationalists are poised to remake America in their image during Trump’s second term, author says. Under Trump, Christian nationalists will have unprecedented access to the power of the federal government. Trump’s GOP has unified control of Congress. And a conservative supermajority, which has already blurred the line between separation of church and state in a series of decisions favoring Christian interests, controls the US Supreme Court.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/12/us/white-christian-nationalism-du-mez-cec/index.html

Trump has put Christian nationalists in key roles – say a prayer for free speech. Experts warn that a specific brand of Christianity will be prioritized and lead to a ‘further dismantling’ of institutions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/16/christian-nationalists-trump-administration

Senator Chris Murphy Slams Donald Trump: ‘Deliberately Misleading the Public’ After Classified Briefing on Iran Strikes. ‘We Have Not Obliterated the Programs’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/senator-emerges-from-classified-briefing-and-promptly-accuses-trump-of-deliberately-misleading-the-public-we-have-not-obliterated-the-programs/

Virginia Democrat on possible shutdown: ‘It’s time to stand up for the American people’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5399053-virginia-democrat-on-possible-shutdown/

The Great American Heist You’re Paying For. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., on how Trump’s megabill is the biggest wealth transfer in history and how money in politics is fueling America’s slide into plutocratic authoritarianism.
https://podmust.com/ep/?podcast=the-intercept-briefing&epis=VGhlIEdyZWF0IEFtZXJpY2FuIEhlaXN0IFlvdeKAmXJlIFBheWluZyBGb3LCoA==

Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections. Trump signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day.
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022

From tariffs to universities, Trump’s negotiating style is often less dealmaking and more coercion
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-federal-reserve-harvard-tariffs-106cd7ab0713a0c09d8e016978ebfccc

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin hit squad ‘eliminated’ after cold-blooded daylight assassination of Ukrainian special ops chief with silenced gun. The colonel is understood to have planned sensitive missions created to cripple Vladimir Putin’s war machine
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14696064/ukraine-kills-russian-assassin-sbu/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Fired DOJ official on Trump administration retribution at agency: “The rules don’t exist anymore”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fired-doj-official-warns-rules-234144260.html

# LGBTQ / Gender
Trans People Have Disappeared From ICE Records, Against Congressional Orders. The Trump administration has made efforts to “erase” transgender people, who face violence and medical neglect behind bars.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/11/ice-transgender-immigrants-data-trump/

# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Judge rules Los Angeles police can’t use nonlethal weapons against journalists. “On some occasions, Los Angeles Police Department officers purportedly targeted individuals who were clearly identifiable as members of the press,” ruled US District Judge Hernán D. Vera.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/judge-orders-lapd-to-stop-shooting-journalists-with-non-lethal-weapons

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is estimated to leave millions without health care. He insists ‘it’s not going to cause death’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-big-beautiful-bill-estimated-035410854.html

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
‘Makes the law suspect’: Judge reaffirms order barring Trump admin from defunding Planned Parenthood
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/makes-the-law-suspect-judge-reaffirms-order-barring-trump-admin-from-defunding-planned-parenthood/

Republicans ignored those pleas, made even deeper cuts, and sent the legislation on July 3 to the White House, where Trump signed it the next day. The law’s passage marked a rare political loss for some of the health industry’s biggest players.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-tax-spending-law-health-care-industry-lobbying/

Hospitals Ready Lobbying Efforts To Fight Big Cuts From Trump’s Megabill
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/hospitals-ready-lobbying-efforts-to-fight-big-cuts-from-trumps-megabill/

# Military / Militia / National Guard
Pentagon pulls all military speakers from ‘globalist’ Aspen Security Forum. A dozen top U.S. military commanders and officials was slated to participate in the eAspen Security Forum this week.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/07/pentagon-pulls-speakers-from-aspen-security-forum-day-before-event/

# Other Interesting Stuff / Lost Civilizations / Archaeology / Astronomy
New Research Discovers Jews and Arabs to be Genetically Linked to Canaanites From Skeletal Remains. This finding, based on analysis of ancient DNA from skeletal remains, suggests a deep genetic connection between these communities and the people who lived in the region thousands of years ago.
https://english.tau.ac.il/news/canaanites

# Social Services / Programs
Americans must take action before huge Social Security change is rolled out in weeks – missing deadline could block cash. As part of a recent executive order, the United States Department of the Treasury is no longer sending out paper checks. Starting September 30, 2025, any federal disbursements like tax refunds and money from the Social Security Administration (SSA) will be strictly electronic.
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14697028/social-security-paper-checks-ending-september/

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Wi-Fi in the US Could Get Worse Under Trump’s New Law
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/trump-and-congress-finalize-law-that-could-hurt-your-wi-fi/

Elon Musk Puts His AI Company’s Employees Under Surveillance
https://allwork.space/2025/04/musks-doge-uses-ai-to-spy-on-federal-workers/

Grok Is the Latest in a Long Line of Chatbots to Go Full Nazi. Grok’s recent antisemitic turn is not an aberration but part of a pattern of AI chatbots churning out hateful drivel.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/11/grok-antisemitic-ai-chatbot/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-13

Voices, The Peoples News

July 13, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘The Fourth Amendment is nothing new’: Judge torches Trump admin for using ‘apparent race or ethnicity’ to conduct immigration raids in California, issues injunctions
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-fourth-amendment-is-nothing-new/

‘Lacked any proper legal authority’: Trump admin violated ‘elementary constitutional protections’ in immigration student case, lawyers say in new $20M claim
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/lacked-any-proper-legal-authority-trump-admin-violated-elementary-constitutional-protections-in-immigration-student-case-lawyers-say-in-new-20m-claim/

‘Not hard to find!’ Trump official’s drug-dealing kin floated for deportation: “Here’s a tip, Tom Homan, Cuban born convicted narco-cartel drug dealer named Orlando Cicilia still in America. He’s not hard to find. He’s Marco Rubio’s brother-in law.”
https://www.rawstory.com/marco-rubio-2673068099/

Donald Trump tastes defeat again as his gazillionth attempt to break the law is thwarted. A president who has nothing better to do than insult the Constitution. President Trump signed an executive order that sought to bar certain children born in the U.S. from receiving automatic birthright citizenship. A federal court in New Hampshire has now moved to temporarily block the executive order.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/donald-trump-tastes-defeat-again-as-his-gazillionth-attempt-to-break-the-law-is-thwarted/

MSNBC contributor suggests masked ICE agents could face ‘lawful exercise’ of ‘right of self-defense’ against them
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/msnbc-contributor-suggests-masked-ice-agents-could-face-lawful-exercise-of-right-of-self-defense-against-them/

Portland mom, 4 kids who are US citizens detained by ICE for nearly 2 weeks: ‘This is what authoritarianism looks like. Citizen children abducted. Community members disappeared. If we allow this to become normal, we surrender who we are. We cannot look away. We cannot back down,’ said Dexter, a Democrat.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14900645/oregon-mom-four-kids-held-weeks-ICE-detention.html

Vile Alligator Alcatraz conditions exposed from ‘wall to wall humans’ to tiny toilets and ‘grey food’
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/alligator-alcatraz-conditions-exposed-florida-1262949

Volunteers are running a Meals-on-Wheels program to deliver food to migrants afraid to leave home amid ICE raids
https://www.scrippsnews.com/volunteers-deliver-food-to-farmworkers-afraid-to-leave-homes-amid-immigration-crackdown

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Decades of Neoliberalism Entrenched US Inequality. Trump’s Budget Made It Worse. Factoring in tariffs, the lowest 20 percent of income earners may lose $300; the top 1 percent will be $58,000 richer.
https://truthout.org/articles/decades-of-neoliberalism-entrenched-us-inequality-trumps-budget-made-it-worse/

Donald Trump’s erratic tariff war with America’s trading partners has reached the point where the editors of the normally Trump-supporting National Review are begging the courts to shut the whole thing down
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-tariffs-courts-national-review/

# General News / Floods
How Texas’ deep river tragedy exposes Trump’s shallow state. Trump looks to quash criticism on natural disaster response during Texas visit
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-looks-quash-criticism-natural-220137625.html

# General News / Trump / Epstein
The Trump Administration Is Fracturing Over the Epstein Files. FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino may quit his position as high-ranking figures bicker about the decision to not release more information about notorious sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein and his clients.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197892/trump-administration-fracturing-jeffrey-epstein-files-dan-bongino-laura-loomer-pam-bondi

There’s far more to Trump and Epstein’s relationship: The crimes and coverup demand a Congressional investigation — and perhaps this time, Democrats and a few courageous Republicans will dare to demand the truth from Trump.
https://www.alternet.org/epstein-trump/

Furor over Epstein files sparks clash between Bondi and Bongino at the Justice Department
https://apnews.com/article/epstein-files-dan-bongino-bondi-trump-fbi-0f02f67b6c97fc50e4d93bc4dbf4c4d0

‘A scandal that’s being covered up’: Trump ripped after claiming Dems ‘created’ Epstein files
https://www.alternet.org/trump-epstein-files-democrats/

Epstein Bro Drops Bomb When Don Lemon Straight-Up Asks If Trump ‘Had Your Brother Murdered?’
https://www.newsbreak.com/alternet-332687158/4104974707105-had-dirt-on-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-s-brother-says-white-house-had-motive

Bannon has ’16 hours’ of Epstein interviews — some about Trump — locked in vault: report
https://www.yahoo.com/news/where-did-steve-bannon-documentary-151720902.html

‘It’s extremely obvious’: Tucker Carlson drops Epstein bombshell mainstream media was afraid to touch for years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5DxKn3MqdI

MAGA Civil War Erupts Over Trump’s Epstein Files Flop
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5393110-democrats-maga-world-epstein-files/

# Gov / Politics
The Internet Calls Donald Trump A ‘Sick Man’ After He Threatens To Arrest NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani: ‘But A Felon Is Allowed To Be President?’
https://www.shefinds.com/collections/donald-trump-threatens-zohran-mamdani/

Trump warns Zelenskyy to quickly negotiate war’s end with Russia or risk not having a nation to lead
https://apnews.com/article/trump-zelenskyy-ukraine-russia-war-7d18400b935166773bbd3b3323c8aa5f

What Trump and Zelenskyy said during their heated argument in the Oval Office
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-trump-and-zelenskyy-said-during-their-heated-argument-in-the-oval-office

A Turning Point in Global Politics: US President Donald Trump met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House to discuss military aid and a mineral deal. Trump has cut off support, and told Zelensky to make peace with Russia. This abandonment undermines US credibility, shaking its allies and forcing them to reconsider their security relationships with Washington.
https://www.fairobserver.com/politics/the-trump-zelenskyy-confrontation-a-turning-point-in-global-politics/

A cult leader shows how Trump is taking America to a very dark place. Robert Jay Lifton, one of the first scholars to explore on what cults are and are not, says that a cult exhibits three main characteristics:
1. A charismatic leader.
2. A process.
3. Abuse.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trumps-movement-really-cult-130006362.html

Trump Guts State Department And Staff Warns People Should Be ‘Scared’
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-state-department-firing_n_6871a4d0e4b07a168b4798b6

The Arms Race to Kiss Trump’s Ass Has Never Been More Ridiculous. The more extravagant it becomes, the more contempt it secretly conveys. Will Trump ever care?
https://newrepublic.com/article/197843/trump-flattery-ridiculous-cabinet-senegal

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
FBI Director Kash Patel says he’s not leaving agency. “The conspiracy theories just aren’t true, never have been,” Patel says
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/kash-patel-shuts-down-conspiracy-theories-about-resigning-says-he-will-serve-trump-as-long-as-/articleshow/122411197.cms

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Little-Noted Trump-DOJ Move That Should Scare the Hell Out of You. The Justice Department is looking at criminal charges against local election officials who don’t “safeguard” their systems. And yes, it’s as bad as it sounds
https://www.yahoo.com/news/little-noted-trump-doj-move-154004864.html

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
The Trump Administration Is Planning to Use AI to Deny Medicare Authorizations
https://cepr.net/publications/denying-coverage-with-ai-cmss-new-medicare-model/

# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware
New report shows Secret Service had threat intelligence 10 days before Trump assassination attempt. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) report calls for stronger punishment for the failures leading up to the assassination attempt on Trump in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024: ‘Not a single person has been fired’
https://nypost.com/2025/07/12/us-news/top-secret-service-officials-were-aware-of-classified-threat-10-days-before-butler-assassination-attempt-and-failed-to-tell-agents-law-enforcement-guarding-trump/

# Social / Communities
Homelessness jumps again in Kentucky as Trump administration moves to cut housing funds
https://www.yahoo.com/news/homelessness-jumps-again-kentucky-trump-094507536.html

# Social Services / Programs
Social Security recipient ‘disturbed’ after finding little-known rule to claw back funds – others say it’s ‘impressive.’ Americans have complained about the SSA’s unfair process regarding another issue
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14693379/social-security-little-known-rule-benefits-death/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-12

Voices, The Peoples News

July 12, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Farm worker dies in California ICE raid, US citizens missing, Union says. ICE raids targeted two Glass House Farms in Camarillo and Carpinteria, that resulted in “at least 10 migrant children” rescued from “potential exploitation, forced labor, and human trafficking” and the arrest of approximately “200 illegal aliens.”
https://www.newsweek.com/camarillo-immigration-ice-farm-raid-missing-people-2098034

How a Bush-Appointed Judge Got Around SCOTUS to Protect Birthright Citizenship for All. U.S. District Judge Joseph LaPlante blocked Donald Trump’s assault on birthright citizenship in a ruling that applies nationwide.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/bush-judge-birthright-citizenship-scotus-lawsuit.html

Federal judge orders Trump admin to stop arresting people in California without probable cause merely because they looked Latino. Judge Maame E. Frimpong also issued a separate order barring the federal government from restricting attorney access at a Los Angeles immigration detention facility.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/judge-trump-california-immigration-stops-order/

Trump’s Border Czar Sparks Firestorm of Anger By Telling Fox News ICE Can Detain Based on ‘Physical Appearance’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5396985-trump-homan-immigration-detainments/

ICE handcuffs 71-year-old grandmother, a U.S. citizen, at San Diego immigration court
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/ice-agents-handcuff-and-detain-71-year-old-u-s-citizen-243022405810

Farmworker in Critical Condition After 30 foot Fall From Greenhouse During California ICE Raid. “ICE is out of control,” said one Democratic congresswoman. “This is not law enforcement. It is state violence.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/farmworker-dies-after-ice-raid?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=e29e522d82-Week+in+Review%3A+Sat.+7%2F12%2F25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-92d116fef0-600473715

Trump Mass Deportations Will Cause ‘Immense Pain’ for Workers and Destroy Millions of Jobs: “The Trump administration’s deportation goals will cause a major blow to the U.S. labor market,” according to a new analysis by the Economic Policy
https://www.epi.org/publication/trumps-deportation-agenda-will-destroy-millions-of-jobs-both-immigrants-and-u-s-born-workers-would-suffer-job-losses-particularly-in-construction-and-child-care/

# Consumer Product Safety
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is on life support, and consumer scam complaints are surging as a result. The Trump administration wants to pull the plug.
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-07-11-hardly-workin-cfpb-doge-trump/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
US sanctions Cuban leader for human rights violations on anniversary of country’s uprising, which were also levied against Cuban Defense Minister Álvaro López Miera, and Interior Minister Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article310412200.html

Trump announces 30% tariffs against EU, Mexico starting August 1. “Our relationship has been, unfortunately, far from Reciprocal,” Trump told the EU
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-eu-mexico-66bf84d97dcd69bbd1f1108e42283afd

# Employment / Labor / Unions
State Department Begins Sending Bureaucrats To The Unemployment Line. Deputy Secretary of Management and Resources Michael Rigas notified officials the “Reduction in Force” would soon be underway
https://www.aol.com/state-department-begins-sending-bureaucrats-221017889.html

State Department is firing over 1,300 employees under Trump administration plan
https://apnews.com/article/layoffs-diplomats-state-department-trump-rubio-bfdb86767b7bd5b6570819d404a7782e

UAW President Denounces Trump-GOP Budget Law as ‘Total Betrayal’ of American Working Class. “This bill isn’t governance,” said United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain. “This is a class war waged from Capitol Hill.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/shawn-fain-republican-budget

Days after giving big tax cuts to billionaires, Trump to hit workers with $2 trillion tax increase. Trump insists other countries will pay the tariff, Who knows what Trump actually believes, but in reality-land we pay the tariffs.
https://cepr.net/publications/trump-to-hit-workers-with-2-trillion-tax-increase/

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
California Farmers Reject USDA Secretary’s Claim That Immigrant Workers Can Be Replaced: ‘Uninformed and Out of Touch.’ “I can confidently say that most farmers in the country either laughed out loud or were just deflated by those comments,” said a citrus and avocado grower in Ventura County
https://www.latintimes.com/california-farmers-reject-usda-secretarys-claim-that-immigrant-workers-can-replaced-uninformed-586409

# General News
How state law could force priests to choose between jail or excommunication
https://www.aol.com/bishop-robert-barron-state-law-090006191.html

# General News / Floods
Trump speaks from Texas after deadly floods: ‘Filled with grief and devastation’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AV6rryFNtw

How Republicans Rejected A Texas Flood Warning System. Before Tragedy, Texas Repeatedly Rejected Pleas for Flood Alarm Funding. Kerr County failed to secure a warning system, even as local officials remained aware of the risks and as billions of dollars were available for similar projects.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/us/politics/texas-flood-alarm-system.html

FEMA removed Camp Mystic structures from 100-year flood map years before deadly flooding. That designation means an area is likely to be inundated during a 100-year flood, one severe enough that it only has a 1% chance of happening in any given year
https://apnews.com/article/texas-flood-camp-mystic-map-records-investigation-e12bee8d5f88301363861ca12c19b929

Conspiracy Theories About the Texas Floods Lead to Death Threats. Disinformation around a “weather weapon” and cloud seeding is being widely promoted by everyone from anti-government extremists to GOP influencers leading to real-world consequences.
https://www.wired.com/story/texas-floods-conspiracy-theories-geoengineering-weather-weapon/

Far-right conspiracy theories spread online in aftermath of the Texas floods. Some social media users falsely claimed that the extreme weather was being controlled by the US government, blurring the lines of what’s true and untrue.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/texas-floods-conspiracy-theories

Texas cloud seeding operation triggers conspiratorial outrage after deadly floods.
Claim: Cloud seeding operation is responsible for Texas floods
Claimed by: Multiple sources
Fact check by AFP Fact Check: Misleading
https://factcheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.66FC863

Texas county where campers died was denied money to boost warning systems: Spokespeople for Kerr County did not respond to requests for comment. Phone and email messages attempting to reach Moser and Dub Thomas, Kerr County’s deputy sheriff and emergency management coordinator, went unreturned.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/07/texas-flooding-kerr-county-flood-warning-money-denial/84499153007/

Texas Flooding Tragedy: State And Local Officials—And Partisan Politics—Face Blame For No Alarm Systems. Texas state officials repeatedly rejected requests from Kerry County to pay for such a warning system, estimated to cost about $1 million, and turned away the county’s applications at least three times between 2017 and 2024 for various reasons
https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryroeloffs/2025/07/11/texas-flooding-tragedy-state-and-local-officials-and-partisan-politics-face-blame-for-no-alarm-systems/

Trump defends federal flood response in Texas visit
https://www.axios.com/local/san-antonio/2025/07/11/trump-visit-texas-flooding-fema-abbott

Trump Claims Texas Flood Victims Were Fully Funded ‘Within Minutes’ Despite 72-Hour FEMA Delay
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-heads-texas-after-catastrophic-flooding-avoiding-criticism/story?id=123650032

‘Horrific’: Thousands of flood survivors called for aid, but FEMA didn’t answer, hundreds of call center contractors were let go the previous day
https://www.rawstory.com/fema-2673142115/

‘Embarrassing’ Trump implies floods have ‘never happened’ before and sirens don’t exist. President Donald Trump seemingly implied during a news conference in Texas that floods had “never happened before” and that sirens to alert people do not exist.
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/embarrassing-trump-implies-floods-never-1261752

After Delaying FEMA Response for Three Days, Noem Calls to ‘Eliminate’ Agency Due to Slow Texas Response. Congressional Democrats want investigations “at every level of government of what went wrong” and to “stop the dismantling of federal agencies.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/noem-fema-delays

# Gov / Politics
The Take: Can Trump strip Musk, Mamdani and others of their US citizenship? As US President Donald Trump ramps up efforts to revoke citizenship from some naturalised citizens, who is at risk?
https://www.aljazeera.com/podcasts/2025/7/11/the-take-can-trump-strip-musk-mamdani-and-others-of-their-us-citizenship

Trump’s Threats Against Mamdani Put a Target on the Back of All Immigrants. By using denaturalization as a threat, Trump shifts the goal posts of citizenship to further his political agenda.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-threats-against-mamdani-put-a-target-on-the-back-of-all-immigrants/

‘Radical ideology: How Marco Rubio is helping Trump purge the ‘enemy from within’
https://www.alternet.org/marco-rubio-glasser/

Trump hands Congress a ‘weapon’ he once warned would do ‘grave damage’ to presidency. Executive privilege normally keeps White House communications secret. But both Trump and Biden waived the privilege during investigations of each other.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/10/trump-biden-executive-privilege-00447732

‘Acted to defy the Constitution’: Trump admin violating FOIA by refusing to release documents about judicial nominee and current DOJ official Emil Bove, watchdog says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/acted-to-defy-the-constitution-trump-admin-violating-foia-by-refusing-to-release-documents-about-judicial-nominee-and-current-doj-official-emil-bove-watchdog-says/

Israeli Settlers Beat American to Death in Illegally Occupied West Bank: Family, Health Ministry, “If President Trump will not even put America first when Israel murders American citizens, then this is truly an Israel First administration,” said one U.S. group.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/settler-violence-west-bank

Progressives, Democrats Vow Fight as Senate GOP Aims to Claw Back Billions in Federal Funding.
Republicans plan to utilize a rare process called “rescission” to skirt Congress’ power of the purse and illegally allow Trump to withhold hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding to critical programs.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/senate-gop-rescissions-bill

In ‘Lawless, Vile Act,’ Trump Admin Sanctions UN Expert Critical of Israeli Genocide in Gaza. One critic said Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s “crude effort” to sanction Francesca Albanese “only serves to establish that the U.S. is an international outlaw.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-sanctions-albanese

# Gov / Politics / Global
Brazil’s President Delivers Warning to US. Lula stated that Brazil will retaliate with its own reciprocal tariffs if the U.S. imposes the increased tariffs. He emphasized that Brazil is a sovereign nation and will not accept being treated as a subordinate.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5394178-brazil-president-retaliation-trump-tariffs/

Subverting America From Within: How CCP Is Manipulating US Media and Legal System to Target Its Critics
https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/subverting-america-from-within-how-the-ccp-is-manipulating-us-media-and-legal-system-to-target-its-critics-5885748

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
What Trump’s CIA Director Is Doing Right Now Is Dishonest and Dangerous. James Comey’s name is back in the news for a very unwelcome reason.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/russia-trump-james-comey-john-brennan-cia-john-ratcliffe-russiagate.html

Dan Bongino Considers Leaving FBI Following Clash w/ AG Bondi
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/11/epstein-files-dan-bongino-pam-bondi-trump

Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified. “The file appears to have been assembled from at least two source clips, saved multiple times, exported, and then uploaded to the DOJ’s website,” the magazine wrote.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/full-raw-epstein-clip-released-205910653.html

Black man seeks help from police, instead, he was shackled and left to die after 8-minute delay in response. He did everything right. He realized he needed help, so he approached the police. He didn’t over react or cause anyone harm. All he did was ask for help, yet he didn’t get it at the right time.
https://www.newsbreak.com/inquisitr-news-522568/4098541273404-black-man-seeks-help-from-police-instead-he-was-shackled-and-left-to-die-after-8-minute-delay-in-response

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Justice Department Whistleblower Warns of Trump Administration’s Assault on the Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZAwwFq6G5g

‘Pay attention’: Supreme Court justice gives dire warning about ‘state of our democracy’
https://www.alternet.org/ketanji-brown-jackson-trump/

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Arizona resident dies of pneumonic plague in Flagstaff emergency room
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/07/11/coconino-county-resident-dies-plague-flagstaff-emergency-room/

Under U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration is being gutted by mass firings, conflicting policies, and political theater — threatening decades of public health safeguards.
https://www.ehn.org/kennedys-war-on-the-fda-leaves-public-health-in-the-crosshairs

# Science / Science Engineers / Chemistry/ Research
Trump administration yanks $15m in research into Pfas on US farms: ‘not just stupid, it’s evil.’ Pfas-laden pesticides and sewage sludge used as fertilizer move into crops and nearby water sources
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/11/trump-pfas-research-funding-farms

# Social Media / Internet
The Big Beautiful Bill’s Ugly Choice: Internet or Food? The Republican budget bill cuts food assistance benefits to households that pay for internet access.
https://prospect.org/health/2025-07-11-big-beautiful-bills-ugly-choice-internet-or-food/

# Social Services / Programs
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is reassigning up to 1,000 employees from its field offices to answer calls to its national 1-800 number. Phones have been ringing off the hook at the Social Security Administration prompting the agency to use a temporary solution for a growing problem
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/social-security-customer-service-phone-workers-b2786824.html

# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Apple committing a colossal $500 billion to build new U.S. factories. Teams and facilities to expand in Michigan, Texas, California, Arizona, Nevada, Iowa, Oregon, North Carolina, and Washington
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/02/apple-will-spend-more-than-500-billion-usd-in-the-us-over-the-next-four-years/

Microsoft injecting $80 billion into domestic manufacturing, with over half of the funds earmarked for U.S.-based projects.
https://redmondmag.com/articles/2025/01/06/microsoft-committing-80-billion-to-ai-datacenter-investments.aspx

Nvidia has announced plans to manufacture some of its AI supercomputers in the United States for the first time, a move aimed at diversifying its supply chain and addressing geopolitical concerns.
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nvidia-manufacture-american-made-ai-supercomputers-us/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-11

Voices, The Peoples News

July 11, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
National Native Organizations and Tribal Leaders Respond to Ann Clouter’s ‘We Didn’t Kill Enough
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/national-native-organizations-and-tribal-leaders-respond-to-ann-clouter-s-we-didn-t-kill-enough-indians-remark

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Donald Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ hit with disgusting problem days after launch. Migrants detail disgusting conditions including no showers, toilets that don’t flush – and lots of bugs
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/alligator-alcatraz-florida-giant-bugs-1257545

From Maine to Texas, federal agents continue to arrest MS-13 gang members. Across the country, federal agents are arresting members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) U.S.-Salvadoran transnational gang designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Trump administration.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_57478298-f55e-40c0-98cd-e0683f6b67b5.html

Taxpayers will no longer fund illegal aliens’ education. The department said “it will end taxpayer subsidization of illegal aliens in career, technical, and adult education programs.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_d08af510-f83b-4340-bd71-ddd714583554.html

ICE Could Be Sending Migrants To Overcrowded Detention Centers To Benefit Private Operators, Report Suggests
https://www.latintimes.com/ice-could-sending-migrants-overcrowded-detention-centers-benefit-private-operators-report-586516

ICE detains Children’s Chaplain after revoking his asylum, leaving community furious: Community members and politicians expressed outrage about detainment of a former chaplain for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital who sought asylum after being tortured and detained in Egypt for the reporting he did there as a journalist.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ice-detains-former-children-chaplain-030726971.html

ICE Morale Plummeting Under Stephen Miller’s “Impossible” Orders. “Morale is in the crapper,” one former ICE agent said of what it’s like to work under the Trump administration.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197814/ice-agents-miserable-stephen-miller

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Cut National Weather Service Jobs. Trump’s NOAA Pick Now Says He Wants To Fill Them. His statements come amid fierce scrutiny of staffing shortages following the Texas floods
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-weather-service-cuts-neil-jacobs_n_686f204ae4b0d01c494c6c87

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump threatens to hit Canada with 35% tariff next month if country does not help with fentanyl: “If Canada works with me to stop the flow of Fentanyl, we will, perhaps, consider an adjustment to this letter,” Trump wrote to Carney. “These Tariffs may be modified, upward or downward, depending on our relationship with your Country.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/trump-to-impose-35-tariff-on-goods-from-canada-mcy2ve5f

Trump plans 35% tariff for Canada. Here are the other countries that received tariff letters. President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to impose blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on most trade partners, dismissing concerns that further tariffs could negatively affect the stock market or drive inflation.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-tariffs-inflation-hasbro-ukraine-patriot-missiles-nato-russia-rcna218125

Republicans are calling for another major tax cut. Fresh off passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” some anti-tax advocates hope to push the administration to change how taxable capital gains are calculated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/10/trump-tax-cut-capital-gains/

US Senators Push For ‘Bone-Crushing’ Sanctions On Putin
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-senators-push-for-bone-crushing-sanctions-on-putin/vi-AA1Imtra

Graham’s ‘bone crushing’ Russia sanctions bill could freeze US trade with the world’s largest economies. The proposed 500 percent tariffs on countries that buy Russian energy could cut the U.S. off from major trade partners.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/07/lindsey-graham-russia-sanctions-bill-trade-embargo-00393297

# Education / Schools
Federal government investigates 45 universities over Title VI
https://www.thecentersquare.com/issues/education/article_e103051a-487e-4bf5-90f0-079ff4dabdba.html
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance
https://www.justice.gov/crt/fcs/TitleVI

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Supreme Court greenlights layoffs: What it means for federal employees
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5393097-trump-layoffs-implementation-supreme-court-ruling/

Philadelphia strike ends: Race & inequality at center of municipal workers’ fight for a fair wage
https://www.isidewith.com/discuss/5456913897

Tim Walz’s state under the microscope for potentially discriminatory hiring practices. DOJ opening an investigation into Minnesota’s allegedly racist hiring practices, which would violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/10/trump-doj-investigates-minnesota-00447779

Trump administration moves forward with federal layoffs after Supreme Court ruling
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-clears-way-for-trump-to-downsize-the-federal-workforce

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Melting Glaciers Will Lead to More Volcanic Eruptions, Study Suggests. Now, All Eyes Are On Antarctica. New research from the Chilean Patagonia has identified a link between glacial retreat and underground volcanic activity
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/melting-glaciers-will-likely-lead-to-more-volcanic-eruptions-study-suggests-now-all-eyes-are-on-antarctica-180986945/

The Texas flood is a preview of chaos to come. Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flash-flood-camp-mystic-climate-change-trump-noaa-fema

USDA: 45M acres of American land owned by foreign entities. Foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land, which includes timberland, remains a widely debated and often controversial topic, fueled by concerns about the implications of foreign investments
https://www.fb.org/market-intel/foreign-footprints-trends-in-u-s-agricultural-land-ownership

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Noem demanding to sign off on all FEMA expenditures over $100K and staff says it’s impacting emergency response
https://www.yahoo.com/news/noem-demanding-sign-off-fema-183417809.html

FEMA is not shutting down but ‘rebranding’ to highlight local leaders’ roles in disaster response. In January, Trump floated the idea of minimizing FEMA if not getting rid of it as a whole – a position he has softened his stance on
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/fema-rebrand-local-response-trump-b2787309.html

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is under fire after posting a hostile and defensive social media statement lashing out at damning CNN reporting that exposed FEMA’s delayed response
https://www.alternet.org/kristi-noem-2673065293/

FEMA sends under 100 staffers to Texas flooding disaster as state rolls out nearly 1,800 responders
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/trump-fema-response-texas-floods-b2785617.html

Kristi Noem slammed for delaying Texas rescue teams for 72 hours as calls for her to resign grow
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/kristi-noem-texas-floods-response-35531843

# General News
Elon Musk has disrupted Silicon Valley, the electric car industry, and the U.S. government. What is his next target: democracy? There are always worse political figures waiting in the wings.
https://ips-dc.org/a-new-far-right-american-party/

Things Are Looking a Lot Like They Did Before the Civil War. The parallels between today and the antebellum period are concerning. The debate over who is entitled to rights and freedoms, including voting rights, echoes the pre-Civil War debates about slavery and citizenship
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/ice-public-opinion-civil-war-trump-revolt.html?pay=1752242939044&support_journalism=please

Jeffrey Epstein sent ominous final ‘hanging’ message hours before he was found dead in prison. Author Michael Wolff claims he was the last person to receive a message from Jeffrey Epstein. “So how do you think he died?” Coles asked. “I have no idea,” said Wolff. “And we’re clearly not going to find out anything more from the Department of Justice.”
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/jeffrey-epstein-final-message-b2786549.html

# General News / Floods
Trump visits Texas to survey flooding devastation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/11/trump-texas-flood-damage-fema

Trump has declared the Texas floods a major disaster, making federal funding available to support emergency operations.
https://www.fema.gov/fr/node/699484

13 states have reported flooding in the last week. Map of flood and high flow condition (United States)
https://waterwatch.usgs.gov/?id=ww_flood

After Week Of Serious Flash Floods, It’s A Reminder That Mid-Summer Is Peak Time For This Threat. The country has suffered several major flash flooding events since July Fourth. Here’s what’s happened and why flooding is so common this time of year.
https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2025-07-10-week-of-flash-flooding-united-states-summer-peak-time

Piers Morgan CONFRONTS Destiny Over Grotesque Texas Flood Tweet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb0_kJy_iHY

# Gov / Politics
The President’s Sole Authority: The United States places nuclear launch authority solely in the hands of the President. No other individual—not the Secretary of Defense, not the Joint Chiefs, not Congress—has the legal power to authorize a nuclear strike.
https://outrider.org/nuclear-weapons/articles/presidents-sole-authority

The attorney for one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims drops the bombshell allegation that Donald Trump’s Justice Department and FBI are sitting on a “treasure trove” of information that must be released.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5394281-epstein-victims-attorney-doj-fbi-documents/

Musk says Trump is in the ‘Epstein files.’ Here’s where the president has shown up in unsealed records. The president’s name has cropped up repeatedly in Epstein-related court documents. Trump’s name is included in Epstein’s contact book and flight records.
https://www.aol.com/musk-says-trump-epstein-files-170024402.html

Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims Call For A Government Investigation Into The FBI’s Failure To Arrest Late Billionaire
https://radaronline.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-victims-demand-government-investigation-into-fbi-failure/

Why is MAGA angry with Trump, Pam Bondi over Epstein files? Right-wing conspiracy theorists have raised questions about a new government memo and video about Epstein.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/9/why-is-maga-angry-with-trump-pam-bondi-over-epstein-files

‘Those people are destroyed’: Bill O’Reilly reveals what Trump told him about Epstein. “He said, and I agree, there are a lot of names associated with Epstein that had nothing to do with Epstein’s conduct,” O’Reilly said in the interview. “They maybe had lunch with him or maybe had some correspondence for one thing or another,” he added. “If that name gets out, those people are destroyed because there’s not going to be any context.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-epstein-destroy-people-bill-o-reilly-2097131

Trump and Epstein: the history of their messy friendship: Mr Trump and Epstein’s friendship stretched back decades. The two wealthy businessmen would fly from New York to Palm Beach together. They would party at Mar-a-Lago Club and dine together at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion. “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy”, Mr Trump told New York magazine in 2002.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-epstein-history-messy-friendship-231157590.html

Pam Bondi claims ‘no knowledge’ of Epstein being intel asset — but evidence is overwhelming. Questions persist over mounting evidence of Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to intelligence agencies, despite Attorney General Pam Bondi’s denial.
https://www.aol.com/pam-bondi-claims-no-knowledge-170815322.html

Trump’s shakedown of big law firms ‘likely to get a lot messier’ for him: ex-prosecutor. Things could get worse for Trump, and for the law firms that capitulated to him.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/10/trump-law-firms-deals-mess-column-00445259

Whistleblower exposes the secret DOJ exchanges that prove what many suspected about Donald Trump’s true intentions
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/whistleblower-exposes-the-secret-doj-exchanges-that-prove-what-many-suspected-about-donald-trumps-true-intentions/

Dershowitz claims he’s seen Epstein files, docs suppressed to protect elites. Dershowitz asserted he had seen the relevant materials due to the accusations he faced from the late Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre and that he was bound to secrecy by court order.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5395597-dershowitz-says-he-knows-epstein-client-list-names-but-im-bound-by-confidentiality/

‘Will get much worse’: Trump’s corruption giving foreign regimes a ‘window of opportunity’: America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This. Trump’s Qatari jet was just the beginning.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-foreign-corruption/

GOP senator compares Dems who oppose Trump policies to ‘agents of foreign adversaries’
https://www.alternet.org/gop-senator-foreign-adversaries/

‘Wut?’: Donald Trump says Chinese spies near military bases are fine because tariff money is flowing in
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/wut-donald-trump-says-chinese-spies-near-military-bases-are-fine-because-tariff-money-is-flowing-in/

‘You’ve not even done your homework’: Senator embarrasses ‘unqualified’ Trump nominee
https://www.alternet.org/senator-embarrasses-trump-nominee/

Marco Rubio claims US, Russia have come up with a ‘new’ approach for Ukraine peace talks. The comment comes after Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Malaysia, while attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit this week.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/11/us-russian-top-diplomats-hold-fresh-talks-on-ukraine-at-asean-meeting

Trump Is Getting Away With Much More Than Murder. Trump boasted in 2016 that he could get away with murder. In the 4 years since, his administration has been responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-coronavirus-covid/

Democrats Are at a Historic Low Point. A Certain Kind of Advice Brought Them Here: But the problem is bigger than that. For more than 30 years, Democrats have been taking advice from the same small circle of people who were never chosen by voters, are never accountable to them, and haven’t worked in government in decades.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/donald-trump-news-democrats-elections-strategist-brain.html?pay=1752242639870&support_journalism=please

John Fetterman Throws His Family Under the Bus to Suck Up to Trump. Senator John Fetterman, whose wife is a formerly undocumented immigrant, is suddenly a big fan of ICE. Fetterman has betrayed his own voter base time and time again by supporting Trump’s efforts to target and deport undocumented immigrants, even his own wife, Gisele
https://newrepublic.com/post/197831/john-fetterman-donald-trump-immigration-ice

Trump Picks Annoying Hooters-Obsessed Troll as U.S. Ambassador. A right-wing commentator who has possibly tweeted about Hooters more times than anyone is now Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Malaysia.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-picks-most-annoying-far-152502233.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
South America Explores Building 2,800-Mile Transcontinental Railroad with China
https://www.newsweek.com/south-america-transcontinental-rail-2097141

# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
FBI Agent’s Ominous Warning About Epstein’s Death Revealed. Tina Brown is lifting the lid on years of secrets about the sex offender in a must-read Substack post.
https://www.newsbreak.com/trending/top/epstein’s-death-mirrors-spy-assassinations

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Dead man walking’: DOJ lawyer claims he was fired after refusing to ‘lie.’ “They’re putting attorneys who have dedicated themselves to public service in the impossible position of fealty to the President or fealty to the Constitution—candor to the courts or keeping your head low and lying if asked to do so,” Reuveni told the outlet
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2673068459/

‘Disqualifying’: ‘Trove of e-mails and text messages’ bolster DOJ whistleblower’s claim. A fired Justice Department attorney has provided Congress with a trove of emails and text messages to corroborate his claims that a controversial Trump judicial nominee — top DOJ official Emil Bove — crudely discussed defying court orders.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/internal-doj-messages-bolster-claim-130000138.html

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
‘Entitlement or not’: Rand Paul wants to slash Social Security and Medicare
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4099546056620-entitlement-or-not-rand-paul-wants-to-slash-social-security-and-medicare

House Democrat Tells Scott Jennings, Medicaid Recipients ‘Are Working Much Harder Than You Are.’ Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) got into a heated debate with the Republican CNN pundit during a discussion Wednesday on the GOP cuts to Medicaid.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ritchie-torres-scott-jennings-debate-medicaid-work-requirements_n_686fb0dce4b0d01c494cd707

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
‘Concerning and Bewildering’: FDA Grants Full Approval of Moderna COVID Vaccine for ‘At-Risk’ Infants and Children
https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2025/Moderna-Receives-Full-U-S–FDA-Approval-for-COVID-19-Vaccine-Spikevax-in-Children-Aged-6-Months-Through-11-Years-at-Increased-Risk-for-COVID-19-Disease/default.aspx

CDC staff dedicated to birth control safety eliminated by HHS: Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception for millions of women with underlying medical conditions
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4092818253858-cdc-staff-dedicated-to-birth-control-safety-eliminated-by-hhs

# Military / Militia / National Guard
Fighter pilots integrate drones into air combat training. The drones served in a “loyal wingman” role to the pilots, marking “a major leap in human-machine teaming,” the Air Force said
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-fighters-control-semi-autonomous-drones-crucial-test/

Hegseth calls for extensive reforms to Pentagon drone-buying practices. The memo directs the military services to create active duty formations by September, built for the sole purpose of scaling the use of drones across DOD.
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/07/10/hegseth-calls-for-extensive-reforms-to-pentagon-drone-buying-practices/

US Launches Massive Air Force Drills with Eye on Pacific War with China
https://www.newsweek.com/us-japan-news-air-force-pacific-air-war-china-2089266

# Military / Global
France, UK join forces in step toward European nuclear deterrent. The British and French say that they can launch a joint nuclear response to a range of “extreme threats,” as fears that U.S. interest in Europe is waning.
https://www.twz.com/nuclear/uk-and-france-to-join-forces-for-nuclear-deterrence

France, UK Suggest Nuclear Protection Could Extend to European Allies
https://www.reuters.com/world/france-britain-unveil-nuclear-weapons-cooperation-counter-threat-europe-2025-07-10/

# NASA
“Save NASA”: Scientists Protest Deep Cuts to Agency’s Science Programs
https://thedebrief.org/save-nasa-scientists-protest-deep-cuts-to-agencys-science-programs/

# NOAA / Weather
Trump’s NOAA nominee backs deep budget cuts amid rising disaster toll. Neil Jacobs, nominated to head NOAA, voiced support for proposed 30% budget cuts despite recent catastrophic floods in Texas, North Carolina, and New Mexico
https://www.ehn.org/trumps-noaa-nominee-backs-deep-budget-cuts-amid-rising-disaster-toll

NOAA budget cuts could impact hurricane forecasting, former officials and lawmakers say
https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-lawmakers-scientists-warn-noaa-cuts-could-have-major-impacts-during-hurricane-season/65356488

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-10

Voices, The Peoples News

July 10, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous / Global
Sand Mining Is a Booming Industry. This Mexican Community Is Paying the Price. Fifty-six residents of an Indigenous Oaxaca community face 200 trumped-up charges for resisting mining in their rivers.
https://truthout.org/articles/sand-mining-is-a-booming-industry-this-mexican-community-is-paying-the-price/

# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Migrants deported to South Sudan were deceived, told they were being sent from Texas to Louisiana. An Intercept investigation shows that immigration officials deceived the men now expelled to South Sudan.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/08/ice-deportation-louisiana-south-sudan/

‘We Will Not Be Intimidated’: Federal Prosecutor Says Those Who Assault ICE Agents ‘Will Go To Federal Prison.’ Interim United States Attorney Bill Essayli of the Central District of California vowed Wednesday to prosecute anyone who assaulted ICE agents.
https://www.aol.com/not-intimidated-federal-prosecutor-says-193048824.html

New Hampshire judge to hear arguments on class action against Trump’s birthright citizenship order
https://apnews.com/article/birthright-citizenship-classaction-lawsuit-055227e3f219fd890c78cd21c89fd5d0

Documenting ICE Agents’ Brutal Use of Force in LA Immigration Raids. Video analysis reveals federal agents regularly use force against unarmed individuals, many of them U.S. citizens. Federal agents have embarked on a militarized rampage and terror campaign across the greater Los Angeles area. “They are hunting us like animals.”
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/07/ice-raids-la-violence-video-bystanders/

“Are We At Risk?” Wave of ICE Arrests Strikes Fear in Iranian Communities. Iranian immigrants to the U.S. already faced higher scrutiny. After the U.S. waded into Israel’s war on Iran, ICE seems to be targeting them.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/04/are-we-at-risk-wave-of-ice-arrests-strikes-fear-in-iranian-communities/

Former MSNBC host says with straight face ICE sends illegals to ‘concentration camps’: A former MSNBC host has accused the Trump administration of detaining undocumented immigrants in “concentration camps”. This claim refers to the treatment of immigrants in detention facilities operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
https://www.aol.com/former-msnbc-host-says-straight-132613111.html

# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
This Is DOGE 2.0: Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency is continuing its wholesale assault on federal agencies—even without Musk in government.
https://www.wired.com/story/next-stage-doge-elon-musk/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Pricing data shows Trump’s tariffs are making some US-made products more expensive
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tariffs-are-making-some-us-products-more-expensive-data-2025-7

Trump to Impose 50% Brazil Tariff, Citing Bolsonaro Trial
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/americas/brazil-trump-bolsonaro-lula-coup-tariff.html

Brazil will respond to Trump’s 50% tariff with ‘reciprocity,’ says da Silva
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/world/americas/brazil-trump-bolsonaro-lula-coup-tariff.html

Senegalese President Resorts to Bribing Trump in Trade Meeting. Foreign leaders are now just openly bribing the president of the United States.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197757/senegal-president-bribes-trump-resort-trade-meeting

President Trump announced a new batch of tariffs Wednesday, including a 50% levy on goods coming to the U.S. from Brazil. This tariff is set to take effect on August 1, 2025.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-09/trump-unveils-latest-tariff-rates-with-the-philippines-at-20

Brazil draws up plans to retaliate against Trump’s 50% tariff threat. Brazilian president convened country’s ministers to discuss how his government should address US duties
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/10/brazil-trump-tariff-threat

# Education / Schools
American Teachers in Red States Are Walking Away for Good. The predictable consequences of the right wing’s war on public schools are being felt as educators leave their communities—and their profession.
https://newrepublic.com/article/196744/red-state-teacher-exodus-shortage

# Employment / Labor / Unions
Philadelphia Union Ends Largest Municipal Workers’ Strike in Decades
https://apnews.com/article/philadelphia-labor-strike-ends-trash-pool-services-4f0687603189776d89b241f59e6e66f2

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
DOE defies Congress by shifting funds from wind, solar, EVs. The cuts represent another front in the Trump administration’s battle to exert more control over congressionally approved spending.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/07/08/congress/doe-defies-congress-by-shifting-funds-from-wind-solar-evs-00443190

Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland’s coast is a breakthrough for tidal energy. Keeping a large, or grid-scale, turbine in place in the harsh sea environment that long is a record that helps pave the way for bigger tidal energy farms and makes it far more appealing to investors,
https://apnews.com/article/tidal-energy-turbine-marine-meygen-scotland-ffff3a7082205b33b612a1417e1ec6d6

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Southern Ocean current reverses for first time, signalling risk of climate system collapse: A major ocean current in the Southern Hemisphere has reversed direction for the first time in recorded history, in what climatologists are calling a “catastrophic” tipping point in the global climate system.
https://www.intellinews.com/southern-ocean-current-reverses-for-first-time-signalling-risk-of-climate-system-collapse-389540/

Mount Rainier Volcano in Washington. There have been over 250 tremors since this began. Mount Rainier is on the Top Ten list of Volcanoes to watch for catastrophic eruptions. Heavy snow pack in and around the caldera could produce deadly lahars threatening neighbouring villages and towns.
https://mynorthwest.com/local/400-earthquakes-beneath-mount-rainier/4107939

31 trapped workers rescued after tunnel collapses in Los Angeles
https://www.aol.com/31-workers-rescued-tunnel-collapse-062315264.html

# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
US emergency agency FEMA should be ‘eliminated as it exists today,’ Noem says: Noem doubles down on call to axe FEMA, then recreate it to support states
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5393277-noem-fema-elimination-texas-flooding/

# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
‘Effectively dead’: Kansas farmers reeling as Trump slashes wheat program
https://www.rawstory.com/effectively-kansas-farmers-reeling-after-trump-cut-wheat-surplus-program/

RFK Jr. promotes Medicaid meal provider that uses ultraprocessed ingredients, including chemical additives. An Associated Press review of Mom’s Meals menu, including the ingredients and nutrition labels, shows that the company’s offerings are the type of heat-and-eat, ultraprocessed foods that Kennedy routinely criticizes for making people sick.
https://apnews.com/article/rfk-jr-ultraprocessed-foods-diet-maha-trump-018a808efcf059eadfab2f8fc93fad4d

# General News / Floods
Satellite Images Show Devastation Of Texas Floods
https://weather.com/safety/floods/video/flash-flood-emergency-warning-mobile-alerts

Texas flooding response under scrutiny as death toll rises to 119 with over 160 people still missing. The flooding, particularly severe in the Hill Country, is raising questions about the state’s emergency response and whether officials were adequately prepared.
https://www.newsbreak.com/newsnation-2045693/4098768643709-texas-flooding-response-under-scrutiny-as-death-toll-grows

Policies implemented by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem may have slowed the federal response to the recent devastating floods in Texas.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbies-new-spending-rule-delayed-fema-response-to-texas-floods-cnn/

Thousands Of People Are Thinking The Same Thing After Seeing A Viral Clip Of The Floodwaters In Texas. “We should not have to beg for better warning systems.”
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thousands-people-thinking-same-thing-195000003.html
You can watch the full video here: https://www.tiktok.com/@kelseycrowder_/video/7523388671349787934

‘Our hearts are heavy with grief’: Fort Bliss soldier’s children die in New Mexico flash flood. Two children of a Fort Bliss soldier, ages 4 and 7, died in flash flooding Tuesday night in New Mexico, and the soldier and his wife remain hospitalized with serious injuries.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2025-07-09/fort-bliss-soldier-floods-children-killed-18388880.html

Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas: DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state’s weekend flood risk.
https://www.newsweek.com/doge-cuts-texas-floods-noaa-vacancy-2096151

Trump ‘Congratulates’ Texas on ‘Great’ Flood Response as Death Toll Passes 100: ‘You Could’ve Lost Triple’
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-congratulates-texas-great-flood-response-death-toll-passes-100-you-couldve-lost-586366

# Gov / Politics
First, a massive Medicaid attack, then come the midterms, then Republican annihilation. Is this country under attack by an authoritarian enemy?
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/07/08/first-a-massive-medicaid-attack-then-come-the-midterms-then-republican-annihilation/

Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-lifts-order-that-blocked-trumps-mass-federal-layoffs-2025-07-08/

Chuck Schumer Lays Groundwork For Government Shutdown. ‘Implicitly threaten to shut down the government’
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/chuck-schumer-lays-groundwork-for-government-shutdown/

Rubio Slaps Sanctions On UN Palestine Envoy After ICC ‘Lawfare’ Stunt. Rubio slapped sanctions on UN Palestine envoy Francesca Albanese, saying her bid to drag American and Israeli officials before the ICC crossed a red-line.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/07/09/marco-rubio-icc-un-palestine-francesca-albanese/

The Echoes of Hitler That Make Trump the World’s Most Dangerous Man
https://apnews.com/article/trump-hitler-poison-blood-history-f8c3ff512edd120252596a4743324352

Max Blumenthal: Netanyahu’s real agenda with Trump
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQhHhiQl_So

Don’t believe Trump’s new disinfo campaign about Social Security
https://www.alternet.org/trump-social-security-2673045697/

Prison-Bound George Santos Blames Speaker Johnson for Blocking Trump Pardon. “The statistics around what happens to gay men in BOP custody are horrifying, and that’s exactly why I’m putting this out there now. So if something does happen, there’s no confusion,” he added. “I did NOT kill myself.”
https://www.rawstory.com/george-santos-2673042413/

The Epstein Files anticlimax is exposing Trump for who he really is. Donald Trump does not want to talk about Jeffrey Epstein. Unfortunately for Trump, many of his staunchest backers want to talk about Epstein
https://www.yahoo.com/news/epstein-files-anticlimax-exposing-trump-193142447.html

Trump Discusses Economic Investment With African Leaders at White House Meeting. The administration is aiming to strike deals to expand the United States’ access to critical minerals and to counter China’s rising influence in Africa.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/trump-african-leaders-china.html

Whistleblower Emails Expose Fresh Trump Abuses in Abrego Garcia Case. Newly released communications show the lengths the Trump administration went to in order to label Kilmar Abrego Garcia an MS-13 leader. They show in how officials sought to create the impression that Abrego Garcia was a dangerous criminal before having any evidence to back up the claim, which has since proven to be unsupported.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/whistleblower-emails-expose-fresh-trump-130000891.html

FedNow won’t give agency power to seize bank accounts for political beliefs:
CLAIM: The Federal Reserve is launching a new program that will give it the power to monitor, freeze and even seize private bank accounts based on a person’s behavior or political beliefs.
AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. Fed officials and banking experts say the new FedNow service does not give the agency additional surveillance and enforcement authorities. They say the service simply replaces the agency’s outdated system for banks to process checks and electronic payments.
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-banking-federal-reserve-fednow-429714320991

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia vows to refill Iran’s uranium stocks, as Netanyahu warns that enriched supply was unscathed during the war
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-ready-to-assist-tehran-in-refilling-uranium-stockpiles-foreign-minister-says/

# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Ripe for adjudication’: Judge Cannon nudged to hurry up and rule on whether group can help bring Jack Smith’s full Mar-a-Lago report to light
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/ripe-for-adjudication-judge-cannon-nudged-to-hurry-up-and-rule-on-whether-group-can-help-bring-jack-smiths-full-mar-a-lago-report-to-light/

# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
The GOP’s New Lie After Cutting $1 Trillion From Medicaid: We Gave It More Money! House Republicans who voted to pass President Donald Trump’s tax bill last week know it’s going to slash the federal Medicaid program by $1 trillion and kick millions of people off of their health care.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-republicans-cut-medicaid-damage-control_n_686d96a0e4b041f69cfd6636

# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Can One Angry Dad Fix The Drug Industry? Bil Schmidtknecht blames pharmacy benefit managers for the death of his son. He won’t rest until he holds them accountable.
https://www.levernews.com/can-one-angry-dad-fix-the-drug-industry/

Nebraska’s Billionaire Senator Voted for Hospital Carnage. Now independent union leader Dan Osborn, who nearly won a U.S. Senate race in 2024, is vying for his seat.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-07-09-nebraskas-billionaire-senator-voted-for-hospital-carnage-dan-osborn/

# Military / Militia / National Guard
Is This ‘What They Signed Up For?’ New Military Missions Ignite Interest in Conscientious Objectors. Increased interest in conscientious objection is occurring due to recent military engagements. This is despite the fact that enlistees must sign an affidavit stating they don’t have objections to war when they join the all-volunteer force
https://thewarhorse.org/military-conscientious-objectors-interest-surge/

# Military / Global
Ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels sinks in the Red Sea with only 6 of 25 aboard found
https://apnews.com/article/mideast-wars-yemen-houthis-israel-eternity-c-0ada222883158dd248b0d844543736c7

# NASA
Trump names Duffy as interim NASA administrator. It will likely be 2026 before a permanent administrator is confirmed to lead the space agency.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/trump-names-transportation-secretary-sean-duffy-as-interim-nasa-administrator

Every living NASA science chief unites in opposition to unprecedented budget cuts. Seven former leaders of NASA’s Science program urge Congress to reject the wasteful 47% cuts proposed in the White House’s FY 2026 budget proposal
https://www.planetary.org/press-releases/nasa-science-chiefs-letter-press-release

# NOAA / Weather
Top Democrat Sounds the Alarm on 3,000 Vacant Positions at Weather Forecasting Agency: We Lost ’24/7 Local Coverage’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/top-democrat-sounds-the-alarm-on-3000-vacant-positions-at-weather-forecasting-agency-we-lost-24-7-local-coverage/

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is filing federal legislation banning the use of chemicals to engineer or modify the weather.
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-weather-modification-bill-2095076

Trump administration moves to shut down critical storm research lab in Oklahoma: The Trump administration has proposed closing more than two dozen federally funded meteorological labs, sparking bipartisan concern over public safety and economic consequences.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/trump-administration-moves-to-shut-down-critical-storm-research-lab-in-oklahoma-2673045604.html

Trump’s Commerce Secretary Will Get Rich Off These Budget Cuts. Howard Lutnick has ties to companies that gather weather data.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-commerce-sec-rich-off-183339853.html

# Nuclear
It just got easier to build nuclear power plants in Wisconsin. A new bipartisan bill speeds up the timeline for building new nuclear reactors in Wisconsin, which state leaders say will be key to powering new data centers.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10072025/inside-clean-energy-wisconsin-nuclear-power-bill/

Why the US must protect the independence of its nuclear regulator. Three former chairs of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission explain how Trump’s executive orders could have unintended safety consequences.
https://thebulletin.org/2025/07/why-the-us-must-protect-the-independence-of-its-nuclear-regulator/

# Pharmaceuticals
Drugmakers’ Secret Weapon To Keep Your Meds Overpriced. Big drugmakers are abusing the drug patent process to generate extra revenue at the cost of patients, according to a new report.
https://www.levernews.com/drugmakers-secret-weapon-to-keep-your-meds-overpriced/

More Than 33,000 Blood Pressure Drugs Have Been Recalled Nationwide. The FDA said the reason for the recall is that the “product failed to meet dissolution acceptance criteria in the stability studies at the 6th month.”
https://www.thehealthy.com/news/metoprolol-recall-july-2025/

# Science / Science Engineers / Chemistry
Scientists warn US will lose a generation of talent because of Trump cuts. Political interference and chaotic cuts to staff, programs and grants at the National Science Foundation are producing ‘devastating consequences.’ The future of atmospheric science is going to be shaped by the youth who are seeing the United States abdicate its role in advancing science and discovery.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/03/national-science-foundation-trump-cuts

# Social / Communities
Connecticut Pilots a Better Way for Unhoused Kids and Caregivers to Access Homes. Connecticut’s “Head Start on Housing” program could serve as a blueprint for other states nationwide.
https://truthout.org/articles/connecticut-pilots-a-better-way-for-unhoused-kids-and-caregivers-to-access-homes/

As Fires Consumed California, Small Towns Organized Their Own Defense. Faced with abandonment from the state, rural residents built their own fire lines, shelters, and support systems.
https://truthout.org/articles/as-fires-consumed-california-small-towns-organized-their-own-defense/

# Veterans / VA
Furious backlash forces Veterans Affairs to slash brutal layoff plan by more than half. The Veterans Affairs Department has signifcantly scaled back on its layoffs after fierce criticism, though some experts warn it will still cause issues.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5388851-trump-administration-scales-back-cuts/

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July 9, 2025
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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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# 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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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2025-07-07

Voices, The Peoples News

July 7, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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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

July 6, 2025
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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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