Voices, The Peoples News
April 10, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Her husband is trapped in a Salvadoran prison. She has no idea how to get him back. Ripped apart by Trump, one Venezuelan family endures another hell: silence.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/el-salvador-tattoos-trump-venezulea-ice-bukele-tattoos-zambrano-perez-cecot/
Trump Refuses to Bring Back Those Wrongly Detained in El Salvador. You Could Be Next. Will the Supreme Court allow permanent disappearances?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/abrego-garcia-supreme-court-alien-removal-act/
Trump Appears to Be Targeting Muslim and “Non-White” Students for Deportation. Students from Muslim-majority countries as well as Asia and Africa are having their visas revoked with little or no explanation.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/08/trump-immigration-international-student-visas-deport/
Soccer-Loving Father of Four Caught Up in El Cajon Immigration Raid. The operation included dozens of officers, some with guns in hand, as they moved through a paint business.
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-04-09-soccer-loving-father-of-four-el-cajon-immigration-raid/
Department of Homeland Security revokes legal status for migrants who entered the US on CBP One app
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/g-s1-58984/cbp-one-app-migrants-dhs-border
Trump administration prepares to send more deported migrants to notorious El Salvador prison
https://www.aol.com/trump-administration-prepares-send-more-211309677.html
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Blowing Up in His Face in One Big Way. He promised manufacturing jobs would come flocking back to America—but the opposite is happening.
https://slate.com/technology/2025/04/trump-news-tariffs-killing-manufacturing-jobs.html
# Children / Youth
Scores of child-care centers at risk after Trump officials gut federal office. “It’s an assault on people with small children being able to work,” said one childcare facility board member.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-childcare
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk’s DOGE ‘auditors’ finally getting audited by federal Government Accountability Office
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-government-accountability-office-b2730692.html
US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission. The unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service and the Department of Labor provides significant insight into DOGE’s work with federal agencies.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-doge-government-accountability-office-b2730692.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Markets cratered. Allies were angered. Americans disapproved. And Trump blinked.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/04/us/tariffs-us-canada-mexico-china
US companies are adding tariff surcharges to customer bills: ‘New norm in Trump economy.’ A customer paid 7.8% of the bill as a tariff surcharge while buying clothes from an American e-commerce website after Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs that have sent shockwaves across global markets.
https://www.financialexpress.com/trending/us-companies-are-adding-tariff-surcharges-to-customer-bills-new-norm-in-trump-economy/3802867/
Trump’s Team Has No Idea What to Say About His Sudden Tariffs Reversal. Members of Trump’s inner circle are struggling to explain his pivot on tariffs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193808/trump-team-cant-explain-reversal-tariffs
Donald Trump’s moves are making people who actually understand the economy very nervous. The worldwide ripple effects from President Donald Trump’s tariffs have been so widespread that one analyst says some in the business world fear the issue may go beyond Trump simply taking a political stand.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fund-managers-worry-trump-might-174000541.html
Trump’s Tariffs Whiplash Is Open Corruption. He Admitted It Himself. Trump posted a message to his followers just before pausing the bulk of his tariffs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193823/trump-tariffs-corruption-insider-trading
Trump has ‘hours’ to prevent ‘catastrophic results for ordinary Americans’ as tariffs rock global economy
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/richard-branson-trump-warning-economy-1078941
Trump’s tariff war cost Americans $115 million in essentials and wiped out $4 trillion in stocks
https://www.themirror.com/money/trumps-tariff-war-cost-americans-1082839
Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Larry Ellison lose more than $10 billion each as Trump’s tariffs trigger a stock market bloodbath
https://fortune.com/2025/04/07/billionaire-wealth-loss-stock-market-trump-tariffs-elon-musk-jeff-bezos-warren-buffett/
# Education
At Least 50 Arizona State Students Have Now Had Visas Revoked, Lawyer Says. The statewide student union organization is calling on UA and NAU to also release the numbers of international students with revoked visas
https://azluminaria.org/2025/04/08/at-least-50-asu-students-have-now-had-their-visas-revoked-lawyer-says/
Panic Spreads Among Parents of Disabled Kids as Trump Targets Education Department
https://www.vox.com/policy/403596/what-dismantling-the-education-department-means-for-kids-with-disabilities
# Employment / Labor / Unions
US Supreme Court clears way for Trump to remove two Democratic members of labor boards for now
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-asks-us-supreme-court-let-him-remove-democratic-members-labor-boards-now-2025-04-09/
Trump Is Trying to Axe Collective Bargaining for 1 Million Federal Employees. If Trump’s order withstands the legal challenges against it, two-thirds of the federal workforce will lose union rights.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-trying-to-axe-collective-bargaining-for-1-million-federal-employees/
‘Psychological Warfare’: Veterans Fired from Federal Government Speak Out at Informal Hearing. When Sen. Richard Blumenthal announced the unofficial hearing, he said it was necessary because Republican lawmakers who lead the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs committees have yet to schedule a formal hearing on the federal layoffs and their impact on veterans’ jobs, benefits and services.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/03/psychological-warfare-veterans-fired-federal-government-speak-out-informal-hearing.html
Appeals court clears way for Trump to restart mass firings of probationary workers. A three-judge panel said the Democratic attorneys general who brought the case appeared to lack the legal standing to do so.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/09/trump-federal-worker-firing-court-case-00281834
Jobs Aren’t Coming Back — And the Government Knows It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1K8EKRq3lc
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Another rupture: Keystone pipeline shutdown threatens fuel prices and exposes pattern of failure. Safety record of ‘safest pipeline in the world’ comes under renewed scrutiny.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/04/09/another-rupture-keystone-pipeline-shutdown-threatens-fuel-prices-and-exposes-pattern-of-failure/#:~:text=The%20Keystone%20oil%20pipeline%20was,long%20history%20of%20mechanical%20failures
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Scientists issue urgent warning as Arctic data reveals alarming trends: ‘Overwhelming amount of change happening’
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/arctic-sea-ice-decline-2020-trends/#:~:text=%22There’s%20just%20an%20overwhelming%20amount,as%20polar%20bears%20and%20walruses
Assault on climate laws exposes Trump’s hypocrisy on states’ rights, critics say. Governors push back as Trump directs the Justice Department to go after state climate laws
https://www.eenews.net/articles/assault-on-climate-laws-exposes-trumps-hypocrisy-on-states-rights-critics-say/
Trump order opens all WA national forests for logging: National forests face the hatchet as Trump administration boosts logging. A new policy opens 58% of U.S. national forests to logging by rolling back environmental protections.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/04/08/national-forests-logging-forest-service-order/82974502007/
# Environment / Climate / Global
Indonesia Plans World’s Largest Deforestation Project for Production of Bioethanol Fuel and Food Crops
https://www.ecowatch.com/indonesia-deforestation-bioethanol-agriculture.html
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Trump administration shutters FEMA resiliency program; $700 million in funds on the line for Louisiana
https://www.wbrz.com/news/trump-administration-shutters-fema-resiliency-program-700-million-in-funds-on-the-line-for-louisiana/
# General News
The Trump Resistance Is Here—Whether Democrats Want It or Not. Political, cultural, and economic figures might be too scared to stand up to the president. Millions of Americans are not.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-being-normalized-worst-possible-100000575.html
Max Blumenthal: Banning Protests Against Israel With Glenn Diesen: The Zionist war on academic freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9CfYay-eeM
The US establishment is forfeiting free speech for Israel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bX6a8Qfffc
# Gov / Politics
Fact Check: Investigating rumor Trump will declare martial law on April 20 after invoking Insurrection Act of 1807. The Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security and the White House did not yet respond to emailed requests for comment. As of this writing on April 9, this rumor existed more as a prediction than a provable claim.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/investigating-rumor-trump-declare-martial-231400192.html
Trump Tells GOP Congressmembers Who Disagree With Him to ‘Close Your Eyes and Get There!’
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-tells-gop-congressmembers-who-disagree-with-him-to-close-your-eyes-and-get-there/
Trump in 2018 pulled the U.S. out of an international agreement brokered under former President Barack Obama and also agreed to by China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and the European Union.
https://2009-2017.state.gov/e/eb/tfs/spi/iran/jcpoa/
Cognitive Decline? Trump Goes on Bizarre Rant About His Enemies. Donald Trump dominated a Republican event by airing his political grievances.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-visits-justice-department-e9091e3721adda4d3ed39bd15119a0d4
AIPAC leader boasts of special ‘access’ to top Trump natsec officials in leaked audio. During an off-the-record panel, AIPAC’s CEO detailed his organization’s grooming of Trump’s top national security officials, and how his group’s “access” ensures they continue to follow Israel’s agenda.
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/04/09/aipac-access-trump-natsec-officials-leaked/
James Carville Warns Americans Should Be On ‘High Alert’ — After Listeners Suggest Trump Will ‘Rig’ Midterms and Declare ‘Martial Law’
https://www.aol.com/news/james-carville-warns-country-high-183724255.html
Donald Trump is “burning down the house” with his economic policy, according to the former chair of the United States Council of Economic Advisers.
https://www.rawstory.com/ex-white-house-economic-adviser/
Documentary Filmmakers Reeling After Trump Administration Kills Humanities Grants “In Furtherance Of The President’s Agenda”
https://deadline.com/2025/04/trump-grant-cancellations-devastate-documentary-filmmakers-1236364946/
# Gov / Politics / Global
China Floats Possibility Of Killing More Americans In Response To Tariffs. Two bloggers linked to the Chinese government floated the idea of upping the flow of deadly fentanyl into the US in retaliation to President Trump’s tariffs
https://dailycaller.com/2025/04/09/china-ccp-killing-americans-tariffs-trump-trade-war-fentanyl/
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Idaho teen with cerebral palsy shot 9 times in the back by police left fighting for his life
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3956151669508-idaho-teen-with-cerebral-palsy-shot-9-times-in-the-back-by-police-left-fighting-for-his-life?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDQyODY1NDI3NjM%3D
The Clear and Present Danger to the American Rule of Law. Trump’s attacks on the courts and Big Law are an existential threat to the legal system. Expect a reckoning.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/08/trump-big-law-firms-paul-weiss-courts/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Justice Department Lawyers Ditch Rather Than Defend Trump in Court. The lawyers who would defend Trump before the Supreme Court are choosing to leave their jobs.
https://newrepublic.com/post/193790/justice-department-lawyers-leave-jobs-trump
The House passed legislation Wednesday that would limit the power of lower court judges to issue orders with broad national implications amid a rash of rulings to halt the Trump administration’s agenda.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/04/09/congress/house-passes-national-injunction-bill-00282914
# Media / Press
Press Coalition challenges Trump’s executive order threatening press freedom and legal representation. Sixty-one media organizations and press freedom advocates filed an amicus brief warning of the chilling effect on First Amendment rights.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/09/trump-press-freedom-defense-fund/
Trump orders probe into ‘Anonymous’ New York Times editorial writer
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5241574-trump-miles-taylor-chris-krebs/
# Medicare / Medicaid
Mike Johnson’s constituents nervous as he eyes Medicaid cuts
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-medicaid-2671695048/
# Medical / Health News
Death of five children during gruelling hospital trek blamed on Trump’s ‘America First’ aid cuts. Charity hits out at ‘decisions made by powerful people in other countries that have led to child deaths’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/trump-aid-cuts-south-sudan-b2730357.html
Trump administration plans to remove all members of HIV advisory council
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/trump-administration-plans-remove-all-members-hiv-advisory-council-2025-04-09/
# Military / DOD / General News
Trump: Israel would be ‘leader’ of Iran strike if Tehran doesn’t give up nuclear weapons program
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/israel-would-be-leader-of-strike-if-iran-doesnt-give-up-nuclear-weapons-program-trump-warns
The Defense Department is reportedly considering the removal of thousands of troops from Eastern Europe as part of an effort to cut costs and prioritize the Indo-Pacific and other regions. Members of the House Armed Services Committee are urging the administration to reconsider.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/08/house-republicans-and-democrats-say-us-must-maintain-its-troop-totals-europe.html
# Military / General News / Global
Israel now occupies over half of Gaza as expanded buffer zone razes entire communities. Systematic destruction of homes, farmland, and infrastructure in Gaza buffer zone reveals deeper plan for permanent Israeli control, soldiers and experts say.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-now-occupying-over-half-of-gaza-after-expanding-bulldozed-buffer-zone/
# Science / Science Engineers
Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that make it a true dire wolf?
Startup Colossal Biosciences has edited the DNA of a gray wolf to produce what it says is a de-extincted animal. Does that make it a true dire wolf?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/04/08/dire-wolf-extinction-gene-editing-colossal/
[Note: I find nothing on Snopes.com, or Fact Check.org to verify this claim.]
Scientists sound alarm after making disturbing discovery while studying human brains: ‘This stuff is increasing in our world exponentially.’ Plastic pollution isn’t just an ocean issue anymore — it is a lot closer to home than you might think.
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/microplastics-human-brain-study-scientists/
# Social / Social Programs
Untested new software installed by DOGE employees crashing Social Security servers: Retirees and other beneficiaries of funds distributed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) are having major problems accessing their online accounts since staffers from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have assumed control of the agency
https://www.rawstory.com/social-security-trump/
Prof. Leighton Ku on how federal cuts to Medicaid and SNAP could trigger the loss of a million jobs
https://ncnewsline.com/2025/04/07/prof-leighton-ku-on-how-federal-cuts-to-medicaid-and-snap-could-trigger-the-loss-of-a-million-jobs/
Social Security Implements Significant Changes Amid Administrative Challenges
https://www.newsweek.com/social-security-changes-march-2025-2044324
# Veterans / VA
Bernie Sanders says firing 83,000 VA employees “prelude to privatizing VA”: Elon Musk is a chainsaw approach to essentially destroy the Veterans Administration. They want to fire 83,000 employees.” Sanders said such action will result in a decline of quality healthcare for veterans and a delay in benefits.
https://www.newsbreak.com/2paragraphs-news-308815884/3955987850904-bernie-sanders-says-firing-83-000-va-employees-prelude-to-privatizing-the-va
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