Voices, The Peoples News
April 5, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Maryland man deported to El Salvador must be returned to US. The judge issued the order requiring the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia following an extraordinary hearing during which the government admitted that he’d been deported in violation of federal law.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/el-salvador-deportation-ruling-trump-administration-00272872
Florida is home to about 341,000 immigrants from Venezuela and Haiti who may soon lose residency, work permits
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-home-341-000-immigrants-121719862.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
The Affordable Car Is About to Go Extinct in the US. As President Donald Trump’s tariffs set in, it may well be time to say goodbye to the under-$30,000 car.
https://www.marketplace.org/2025/04/01/cheap-subcompact-car-may-soon-be-gone/
Republicans Are Trying to Pull a Fast One to Extend Trump’s Tax Cuts. They’re trying to use a clever accounting trick to pretend that their new tax legislation is costless.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/republicans-tax-cuts-current-policy-baseline-deficit-budget-economy.html?pay=1743859624011&support_journalism=please
Republicans Advance Trillion-Dollar Tax Cuts As Trump Threatens To Blow Up Economy. Tariffs? What tariffs? Senate Republicans are rushing to pass tax cuts while odds of an economic recession spike.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-tariffs-tax-cus_n_67f00f60e4b0bb67eb7add13
“He’s Not Listening to Anyone or Anything”: Why Wall Street Bent the Knee to Trump on Tariffs
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-wall-street-tariffs-silence?srsltid=AfmBOorOUMYpRNpm5KQCkzCXXjUJCS5Qx5XyM-D4dl2ARlN2zI151KIc
Trump Defends His Tariffs as They Tank Stocks Again. As markets around the world continued their violent reaction to the new U.S. tariffs unveiled this week, with the S&P 500 falling nearly 6% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging 5.5%
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20250404-Trump-Defends-His-Tariffs-Markets-Plunge-Again
Senate Moves Ahead on GOP Budget Plan as Fiscal Experts Cry Foul. Senate Republicans are on track to pass their revised budget blueprint after voting last night to kick off debate on the plan — a key step toward their goal of enacting trillions of dollars in tax and spending cuts.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/04/congress/budget-experts-of-all-stripes-howl-about-senate-republicans-price-tag-abuse-00271999
‘How do you negotiate with this?’ Rage as Trump suggests he’s crashing market on purpose
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-shares-video-claiming-hes-crashing-stock-market-purpose-2055675
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Global
Beijing responds to Trump’s aggressive new tariffs with 34% duties on all U.S. goods, rare-earth export controls, and sanctions on U.S. firms, signaling a major escalation in the global trade war
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/04/g-s1-58250/trade-war-escalates-as-china-hits-back-with-34-tariffs-on-all-u-s-goods
IRS plans to cut up to 25% of staff, starting with closing its civil rights office, AP sources say
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/irs-plans-to-cut-up-to-25-of-staff-starting-with-closing-its-civil-rights-office-ap-sources-say/articleshow/119997505.cms?from=mdr
Trump declares national emergency giving him power to regulate imports, announces new tariffs
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/3946663926055-trump-declares-national-emergency-giving-him-power-to-regulate-imports-announces-new-tariffs?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDM4NTc3MDY5MzU%3D
‘Everyone Is Terrified’: Business Leaders and Republicans Mum on Tariffs as Markets Crater
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/everyone-is-terrified-business-leaders-and-republicans-mum-on-tariffs-as-markets-crater/
Amid Trump Tariff Chaos, DOGE ‘Minions’ Infiltrate Federal Trade Commission. “Corporations get let off the hook, Musk gets insider information, and the American people get hosed.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/doge-infiltrates-ftc
New Projected Cost of Trump-GOP Tax Cuts for the Rich: ‘Staggering’ $7 Trillion. “What Republicans are trying to jam through Congress right now is a level of economic recklessness we’ve never seen before,” said a group of Democratic lawmakers.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cost-of-trump-tax-cuts
# Education / Schools
Head Start at risk of elimination after 58 years serving toddlers and children in low-income families
https://hechingerreport.org/head-start-is-turning-60-will-the-federal-child-care-program-make-it-to-61/
Trump is cracking down on universities just like Hitler targeted academics who didn’t bow to his will. Albert Einstein and Thomas Mann fled Nazi oppression; American intellectuals are feeling a sense of deja vu
https://forward.com/opinion/709612/trump-hitler-target-universities-columbia-tufts-einstein-brecht/
Trump sends list of demands to Harvard University — and if school doesn’t comply they’ll lose $9B
https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/usa/trump-threatens-9-bn-harvard-funding-over-anti-semitism-1105976
Supreme Court greenlights Trump administration’s controversial cuts to teacher-training funds amid legal battle. Trump administration’s plea to cut hundreds of millions of dollars in teacher-training money as part of its anti-DEI efforts,
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/supreme-court-lets-trump-administration-cut-teacher-training-money-for-now
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
The Energy Department identifies thousands of nonessential positions at risk of DOGE cuts
https://apnews.com/article/energy-federal-employees-layoffs-rif-doge-db7b6446928095c26bfe79c608e1e8e7
HHS fires entire LIHEAP staff and the program’s future is uncertain. Here’s what to know
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hhs-fires-entire-liheap-staff-141029029.html
Next Question: Why has the Department of Energy awarded a billion-dollar contract to a Colorado storage company?
https://www.gsa.gov/about-us/newsroom/news-releases/gsa-awards-183-million-contract-for-new-energy-conservation-measures-at-the-dfc-01132025
The Department of Energy (DoE) has awarded a $1.4 billion management and operating contract for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to “lesser-known entity” Strategic Storage Partners, LLC. Thoughts?
https://www.reddit.com/r/Whistleblowers/comments/1jr3zo2/the_department_of_energy_doe_has_awarded_a_14/?rdt=62523
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
U.S. to allow logging in national forest to spur timber production amid trade war. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced a new policy Friday that will allow logging in national forests. In a memo, Rollins said the move follows an executive order Trump signed last month to immediately expand U.S. timber production.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/environment/2025/04/04/usda-brooke-roling-national-forest-logging
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Judge orders Trump administration to resume FEMA grants — for real this time
https://san.com/cc/federal-judge-rules-for-trump-administration-to-release-fema-funds/
# General News
U.S. Peace Corps says Musk’s DOGE has arrived at its HQ
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-arrives-peace-corps-hq-070759979.html
# Gov / Politics
The legal profession is not resisting authoritarianism. It is formatting it. Coaching it. Polishing it for public consumption.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/paul-weiss-skadden-big-law-trump-fail.html
Where DOGE Is Taking Us, It just DOGEn’t make sense.
https://deepcast.fm/episode/where-doge-is-taking-us
Dem AGs sue Trump admin over order eliminating several federal agencies
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5232807-dem-ags-trump-executive-order-federal-agencies/
Mark Cuban Calls Out Government Trap for American Seniors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcCSGwqPLfw
‘Things will get bad’: Ex-GOP insider predicts Trump’s ‘mental illness’ is profound threat
https://www.rawstory.com/2671675971/
With 42% of Project 2025 Enacted in the United States, Heritage Foundation Puts Europe in Its Crosshairs as Next Conquest. Here’s a look at how Heritage and its partners say they want to make Europe “great again” by returning to “traditional family values.”
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2025/04/with-42-of-project-2025-enacted-in-the-united-states-heritage-foundation-puts-europe-in-its-crosshairs-as-next-conquest/
Congress considering limiting president’s power
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/04/congress/don-bacon-tariff-powers-bill-00273307
Schumer on Trump’s new tariffs: A ‘huge tax on American families’ to ‘help billionaires get a tax cut’
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5229140-schumer-trump-new-tariffs/
# Media
Facebook Announces Official End Date For Fact-Checking Program. Meta will close its fact-checking program across Facebook, Instagram and Threads on Monday, marking a major shift in the company’s content moderation strategy.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/meta-announces-officially-end-fact-checking-across-its-us-platforms
# Medical / Health News
Employees across the massive U.S. Health and Human Services Department received notices Tuesday that their jobs were being eliminated
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/layoffs-begin-at-hhs-agencies-responsible-for-research-tracking-disease-and-regulating-food
DOGE Cuts Shutter 50 Measles Clinics Amid Texas Outbreak. On Monday, the Trump Administration directed federal agencies to pause the disbursement of loans and grants.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/doge-cuts-shutter-50-measles-clinics-amid-texas-outbreak/
Trump Admin Guts Entire Teams Studying IVF, Maternal Health. Trump is dismantling the little-known Division of Reproductive Health. It was critical in helping pregnant people and pushing for better systems for IVF.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/hhs-ivf-trump-elon-cuts-reproductive-health-mass-firings-division-of-reproductive-health/
Reproductive health clinics are losing federal funding
https://newrepublic.com/post/193447/trump-cuts-planned-parenthood
# Military / DOD / General News
Trump Skips Honoring Soldiers Killed in Lithuania to Watch Golf. The president is hiding on the green as markets react to his tariff regime, and four fallen soldiers are returned to the United States
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-skips-transfer-soldiers-killed-lithuania-liv-golf-1235310901/
Vets and Spouses Outraged Over Trump Blowing Off Dignified Transfer of Slain Soldiers for Golf Event
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/vets-and-spouses-outraged-over-trump-blowing-off-dignified-transfer-of-slain-soldiers-for-golf-event/
Army Mulling a Dramatic Reduction of Tens of Thousands of Troops
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/03/army-mulling-dramatic-reduction-of-tens-of-thousands-of-troops.html
Air Force Academy superintendent proposes cutting civilian staff
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/military/air-force-academy-civilian-cuts/
Naval Academy removes close to 400 books linked to DEI following DoD order
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/naval-academy-dei-books
# Military / General News / Global
Russian Military Satellites Release Mystery Object Into Orbit After Acting Strangely. The classified Kosmos satellite trio has sparked intrigue in space-tracking circles
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/secretive-russian-military-satellites-release-mystery-object-into-orbit
# Other Stuff
‘Major disruption’ has caused Arctic polar vortex to slide off North Pole, scientists say. A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe
https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/polar-vortex/early-interesting-end-2024-25-polar-vortex-season
Winter isn’t over just yet. A major shift in the weather pattern could have millions across the United States once again reaching for their winter coats later this month before milder springlike air arrives for good.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/chain-reaction-could-unleash-polar-145333241.html
Shifting Winds: How a wavier polar jet stream causes extreme weather. The once relatively stable waves of the polar jet stream are now more often plunging deeper and climbing higher, leading to severe consequences for billions of people.
https://arctic-council.org/news/shifting-winds-how-a-wavier-polar-jet-stream-causes-extreme-weather-events/
# Security / Surveillance
NSA Chief Ousted Amid Trump Loyalty Firing Spree. US President Donald Trump acknowledged he has taken advice from a far-right media personality about who to fire.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/4/pentagon-confirms-four-star-generals-firing-amid-trump-security-purge
Trump fires NSC officials after far-right activist raises concerns to him about staff loyalty
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-fires-nsc-officials-day-040815827.html
# Social / Social Programs
Social Security Faces Thousands More Job Cuts Even With Service in Tailspin
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/04/politics/social-security-tech-team-layoffs/index.html
HUD moves to kill public housing assistance for ‘sanctuary’ cities and states. HUD Secretary Scott Turner Doubles Down on Ensuring HUD Resources Do Not Benefit Illegal Aliens
https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-051
# Veterans / VA
VA to shutter home loan bailout program for veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs will end a controversial mortgage bailout program that provides “last resort” assistance to veterans facing foreclosure and holding VA-backed loans, the agency announced.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-04-04/veterans-home-loans-bailout-17366974.html
# Water
‘Water Is the New Oil’ as Texas Cities Square Off Over Aquifers. Two cities and the Texas A&M University System are suing to stop a project that would pump up to 89 million gallons per day of groundwater 80 miles away to other boomtowns in Central Texas.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31032025/water-is-the-new-oil-as-texas-cities-square-off-over-aquifers/
# Weather
Map Shows Millions At Risk Of 115 mph ‘Jet Streak’ Tornadoes This Weekend
https://www.newsweek.com/map-shows-millions-risk-jet-streak-tornadoes-2055241
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