Voices, The Peoples News
April 6, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Venezuelan man released by ICE reunites with brother in need of kidney transplant. He came to Chicago to donate a kidney to his brother, Jose Alfredo Pacheco, who is in end-stage renal failure. Gonzalez was granted humanitarian parole and is now eligible to apply for a work permit.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/venezuelan-man-released-ice-reunites-224740575.html
Florida is home to about 341,000 immigrants from Venezuela and Haiti who may soon lose residency, work permits
https://theconversation.com/florida-is-home-to-about-341-000-immigrants-from-venezuela-and-haiti-who-may-soon-lose-residency-work-permits-251791#:~:text=The%20expiration%20of%20TPS%20potentially,Others%20will%20go%20underground
Ukrainian refugees in US received erroneous deportation threats. The Trump administration falsely ordered Ukrainian refugees residing under humanitarian parole to leave the US within seven days, causing significant distress among vulnerable immigrants who fled the war.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/04/05/ukrainian-refugees-in-us-received-erroneous-deportation-threats/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
MAGA activists are asking why no ‘arrests’ have been made over fraud sniffed out by DOGE
https://www.rawstory.com/why-no-arrests-doge-maga/
DOGE reportedly planning a hackathon to build ‘mega API’ for IRS data. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/05/doge-reportedly-planning-a-hackathon-to-build-mega-api-for-irs-data/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
U.S. Senate passed a major budget resolution after a rare overnight session. The budget framework supporting President Donald Trump’s agenda passed 51-48. It’s an important step for Congressional Republicans seeking to pass President Trump’s ambitious agenda on taxes, energy and the border. But the hard part is still to come.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/05/senate-republicans-vote-budget-resolution-trump-border-tax-cuts
Trump tariffs are weakening the dollar instead of boosting it, further adding to the price Americans will pay for costlier imports. That goes against what markets had anticipated before he launched his trade war. The weaker greenback makes imports more expensive, adding to the costs from Trump’s aggressive import taxes.
https://fortune.com/2025/04/05/trump-tariffs-us-dollar-import-prices-exchange-rates-economy-recession/
Mark Cuban warns that Trump’s tariff plan plus DOGE cuts could lead the country to ‘a far worse situation than 2008’
https://www.aol.com/mark-cuban-warns-trumps-tariff-034040151.html
Trump’s tariffs are not ‘common sense’—and they’re putting America’s credibility and ‘exorbitant privilege’ at risk
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-tariffs-not-common-sense-165210672.html
The S&P 500 fell almost 5 percent on Thursday, its worst drop since June 2020, as allies and adversaries alike criticized President Trump’s action and weighed their responses.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/03/business/trump-tariffs
Trump is a drunk driver taking the economy off the cliff into a needless recession—as we warned
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-drunk-driver-taking-economy-144530081.html
US International Trade Deficit Narrows in February. America’s trade deficit for February narrowed down month-over-month, with exports rising and imports registering a slight decline, according to latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/us-trade-deficit-narrows-february-2025-04-03/
# Education
Director Of The National Museum Of African American History And Culture Is Placed On ‘Indefinite Leave’ Amid Pressure Campaign. The Smithsonian declined to comment on personnel matters.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/director-national-african-american-museum-on-leave-2627356
New York Says It Won’t Comply With Order to Dismantle DEI in Schools. New York state officials have formally rejected the Trump administration’s order that public schools certify they have ended diversity, equity, and inclusion practices, potentially putting federal education funding on the line.
https://apnews.com/article/dei-trump-schools-federal-funding-ae605932fa7fa6605f89574906a346f7
# Food General News
New Jersey congressman proposes law after death of 21-year-old blamed on Panera Bread’s highly caffeinated ‘Charged Lemonade; drinks. It would require energy drink manufacturers to disclose the amount of caffeine on labels and push federal agencies to better study the effects of caffeine on certain communities, including adolescents and pregnant people.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2025/04/03/death-panera-charged-lemonade-caffeine-law/82795801007/
USDA cuts hit small farms as Trump showers billions on big farms. USDA’s local food programs specifically aided some of the nation’s most disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, including newcomers, small farmers and those who have faced racial discrimination.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/usda-cuts-hit-small-farms-090003692.html
# General News
Trump admin fired USAID workers in Myanmar earthquake zone: They were in Myanmar to assess damage from the earthquake and to report back on ways the U.S. could help
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5234643-trump-admin-fired-usaid-workers-myanmar-earthquake/
# Gov / Politics
‘Turbulence far away’: As everyday folks were checking in on their 401ks and worrying about losing their Social Security payments, Trump’s family was pushing numerous separate money-making schemes, the New York Times reported on Saturday.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-turbulence-market-meltdown-money/
Forget Expensive Eggs. Here’s the “Bigger Picture” of Trump’s Misrule. Cost-of-living issues are important, but there’s an even more critical story that’s crying out for Democrats’ attention.
https://newrepublic.com/article/193458/trump-immigration-backlash-legal-residents
Amid State Abductions, Trump’s Fascism Is No Longer Creeping — It’s Here. Masked plainclothes police abducted a graduate student without filing charges. Her apparent “crime”? Writing an op-ed.
https://truthout.org/articles/amid-state-abductions-trumps-fascism-is-no-longer-creeping-its-here/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Canadian ‘Freedom Convoy’ Leaders Convicted For Protesting COVID Lockdowns. The leaders of the anti-COVID lockdown “Freedom Convoy” in Canada were convicted on “mischief” charges Friday, according to multiple sources.
https://www.aol.com/canadian-freedom-convoy-leaders-convicted-154922418.html
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Justice Department suspends lawyer who criticized Trump over deporting Maryland man to a prison in El Salvador
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5234514-doj-lawyer-who-criticized-admin-over-maryland-mans-deportation-placed-on-leave/
# Medical / Health News
NHS hospitals plagued by rats, cockroaches and silverfish, staff say
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nhs-unison-rats-england-hospitals-b2727159.html
Trump administration eviscerates maternal and child health programs. Alarm over ‘the health of the nation’s children’ follows federal workforce cuts by health secretary RFK Jr
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/05/maternal-child-health-cuts
Republicans pass budget bill amendment aimed at protecting Medicaid, Medicare
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5233608-republicans-amendment-medicaid-medicare/
Judge Issues Permanent Block on Trump Admin’s Change to NIH Indirect Cost Rate. The order, supported by both sides, sets up next legal battle over NIH contracts
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/04/nih-indirect-costs-federal-permanent-injunction/
# Military / DOD / General News
‘Inexplicable’: Lawmakers condemn sudden firing of Cyber Command general
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-04-04/haugh-cyber-command-national-security-fired-trump-17367643.html
Hegseth is to travel to Panama for meetings following Trump’s demands for the canal. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama next week to meet its leaders following recent U.S. allegations of Chinese interference in the operations of the critical Panama Canal shipping lane
https://www.dnronline.com/associated_press/national/hegseth-is-to-travel-to-panama-for-meetings-following-trumps-demands-for-the-canal/article_140eced4-b4ea-57cb-8d35-865066c635a2.html
# Military / General News / Global
Putin deploys nuclear-capable bombers and missiles in terrifying attack on Ukraine
https://www.aol.com/mark-cuban-warns-trumps-tariff-034040151.html
# NASA / Space
Musk’s SpaceX receives multibillion-dollar US government contract. Musk’s company SpaceX is to use its rockets to launch military satellites into space. The contract is worth around $5.9 billion, the US military’s Space Force announced on Saturday.
https://www.tag24.com/entertainment/celebrities/elon-musk/elon-musks-spacex-receives-multibillion-dollar-us-government-contract-3374773
# Social / Social Programs
Protesters Across the Country Tell Trump and Musk: ‘Hands Off’ Our Country
https://time.com/7275249/protesters-across-us-global-rally-against-trump-musk/
Trump takes aim at black history in executive order. He says some exhibits and stories that are told are “anti-American.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usHCDZGmjfU
Doge’s attack on social security causing ‘complete, utter chaos’, staff says: Understaffed agency sent into ‘death spiral’ as employees warn Musk-led cuts will lead to structural collapse. “They have these ‘concepts of plans’ that they’re hoping are sticking but in reality, are really hurting American people,” said a longtime SSA employee and military veteran who requested to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation. “No one knows what’s going on. They’re just coming up with ideas at the top of their head.”
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220212644
# Veterans / VA
Defense officials considering cuts to military treatment facilities. “There will be some changes in services across the system,” he said. The process of evaluating the military treatment facilities started “many, many moons ago,” he added.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/04/03/defense-officials-considering-cuts-to-military-treatment-facilities/
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