Voices, The Peoples News
April 16, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
MSNBC’s Maddow shreds Trump White House for labeling 13-year-old immigrant a ‘terrorist.’ Maddow noted that one Washington Post source warned the Trump administration could “do this to anyone.”
https://www.rawstory.com/rachel-maddow-show-2671768762/
Trump Admin Raids DHS Civil Rights Funds for His Anti-Immigrant Propaganda Ads. Trump’s Homeland Security Department shuttered its Civil Rights and Civil Liberties office. Now, it’s funding Trump’s $200 million propaganda campaign
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-dhs-civil-rights-funds-anti-immigrant-ads-1235317959/
ICE Detains Minnesota Father And Former Protestor At Hospital Days After Student Visas Revoked
https://www.blackenterprise.com/ice-detains-minnesota-father-former-protestor-hospital-student-visa-revoked/
New bill seeks to prohibit police stops based on immigration status
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/new-bill-seeks-prohibit-police-stops-based-immigration-status#:~:text=Lawmakers%20are%20set%20to%20consider,state%20cooperation%20regarding%20undocumented%20residents.
Trump’s Border Czar Has Chilling Threat for Every Democratic Leader. Tom Homan won’t let anyone stop him from deporting immigrants.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194039/donald-trump-border-czar-tom-homan-democratic-leader-immigration
‘This is human trafficking’: Civil rights attorney sounds alarm at Trump’s latest antic
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3962726245107-this-is-human-trafficking-civil-rights-attorney-sounds-alarm-at-trumps-latest-antic?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDQ3NjE3NDA2NTQ%3D
House Democrats demand briefing after immigration agents try to enter L.A. elementary schools
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-14/house-democracts-demand-briefing-immigration-agents-enter-la-elementary-schools
ICE Intensifies Worksite Enforcement, Arrests Over 1,000 Undocumented Workers, and Proposes $1M in Employer Fines
https://www.newsbreak.com/nepyork-288847545/3964478936085-ice-intensifies-worksite-enforcement-arrests-over-1-000-undocumented-workers-and-proposes-1m-in-employer-fines
Judge: ‘Probable cause’ to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/16/g-s1-60696/judge-probable-cause-to-hold-u-s-in-contempt-over-alien-enemies-act-deportations
They fled Haiti and work America’s most dangerous jobs. Trump plans to deport them. After being recruited by the world’s largest meatpacker, they faced grueling conditions on the line. Is the worst yet to come?
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2025/03/haiti-migrant-meatpacking-jbs-labor-deportation/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-04-15-2025
ICE says its job is to stop illegal ‘ideas’ crossing the border in since-deleted X post
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/10/ice-speech-censorship-007886
# Border / Immigration / General News
The battle against federal ownership of New Mexico’s public lands. An anti-regulatory movement is surging
https://sourcenm.com/2025/04/14/the-battle-against-federal-ownership-of-new-mexicos-public-lands/
Secretary of the Interior Transfers Federal Lands Along New Mexico Border to the Army to Protect Resources
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-interior-transfers-federal-lands-along-new-mexico-border-army-protect
The Sad, Cruel Saga of Kilmer Abrego García
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/us/politics/el-salvador-deportation-migrant-trump.html
Democrats planning El Salvador trip to bring Abrego Garcia Home. “A massive congressional delegation should join him with international human rights lawyers,” said one state lawmaker. “This moment absolutely requires this.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/congressional-democrats-trip-el-salvador-00292252
The Next Person in a Cell With No Charges Could Be You. We are now in the midst of a outright coup against the Constitution, against the United States, and against our founding ideals.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/kilmar-abrego-garcia
Trump Announces Free Flights, Possible Stipends for Self-Deportees
https://apnews.com/article/trump-selfdeportation-immigration-b20ea807dff533d325b5ac87f60e2e70
Judge rebukes Trump officials for not securing return of wrongly deported man. Administration will have to share under oath, how it’s trying to get Kilmar Ábrego García back to US. A federal judge said she will order sworn testimony by Trump officials to determine if they complied with her orders to facilitate the repatriation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/trump-administration-kilmar-abrego-garcia-deportation
Congressman Warns ‘Any American’ Could Be ‘Abducted,’ Deported, and ‘Tortured’ Under Trump
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/congressman-warns-any-american-could-be-abducted-deported-and-tortured-under-trump-due-to-his-contempt-of-due-process/
‘May never get out of these prisons’: Judge orders Trump admin to ‘not remove’ Venezuelans after ACLU says they were ‘persecuted’ as criminals
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/may-never-get-out-of-these-prisons-judge-orders-trump-admin-to-not-remove-venezuelans-after-aclu-says-they-were-persecuted-as-criminals/
‘Unheard of and improper’: Trump admin refuses to produce high-ranking official to testify about controversial use of ‘death master file’ in pressuring migrants to self-deport
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-social-security-migrants-death-list-b2734065.html
“Obviously a Lie”: El Salvador’s Bukele Claims He Can’t Return Abrego García. El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, sitting next to Donald Trump, said he is powerless to return the Maryland man.
https://truthout.org/articles/obviously-a-lie-el-salvadors-bukele-claims-he-cant-return-abrego-garcia/
Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s lawyer says no proof of MS-13 affiliation
https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/abrego-garcias-lawyer-no-proof-ms13/
JD Vance’s Lies About Wrongly Deported Man Get Even More Blatant. The vice president is lying about Kilmar Abrego Garcia—and starting petty internet fights about it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jd-vance-lies-wrongly-deported-165006631.html
Why is Trump sending immigrant university scholars to Louisiana and Texas?
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/08/nx-s1-5351645/ice-detention-louisiana-university-scholars
# Communications / Censorship
Addressing Risks from Chris Krebs and Government Censorship. In recent years, elitist leaders in Government have unlawfully censored speech and weaponized their undeserved influence to silence perceived political opponents and advance their preferred, and often erroneous, narrative about significant matters of public debate.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/04/addressing-risks-from-chris-krebs-and-government-censorship/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
Ready to punish the poor in their districts, 7 out of 10 GOP lawmakers set to benefit from Trump tax scam. “Put simply, Congressional Republicans aren’t focused on making their constituents’ lives better,” said one watchdog.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/accountable-tax-day-gop-tax-bill
Tax Day Report Exposes Six US Corporate Giants Responsible for Dodging $278 Billion. Analysis finds Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, Netflix, Apple and Microsoft averaged 18.8%, compared with 29.7% US average
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/15/silicon-six-accused-of-avoiding-almost-278bn-in-us-corporation-taxes-over-10-years
Joe Scarborough: China, Europe ‘Can’t Believe Their Luck’ as Trump’s ‘Dumb’ Cuts ‘Destroy’ U.S. And Give Rest of World An Edge
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/joe-scarborough-china-europe-cant-believe-their-luck-as-trumps-dumb-cuts-destroy-u-s-and-give-rest-of-world-an-edge/
DOGE’s IRS cuts will cost the average American a fortune
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5248491-irs-doge-taxpayer-impacts/
Trump-Musk plan to gut the IRS could cost US public $30 million per day in unpaid taxes. Analysis shows dismantling IRS enforcement would benefit wealthy tax evaders, burden working families, and deepen inequality.
https://www.oxfamamerica.org/press/trump-and-musks-proposed-irs-cuts-would-allow-ultra-rich-tax-cheats-to-steal-30-million-per-day-through-unlawful-tax-evasion/
Anthony Scaramucci Rips Trump’s Tariffs as ‘Stupidest’ Economic Policies in U.S. History
https://politicalwire.com/2025/04/15/scaramucci-rips-trumps-tariff-policy/
Elon Musk’s DOGE Isn’t Stopping Fraud. It’s Making It Easier. A scathing whistleblower report suggests that DOGE coders may have pilfered troves of personal data that would be extremely valuable to business leaders.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-doge-isn-t-100000802.html
Musk’s Latest Fraud Finding Isn’t What It Seems. His team found cases of seemingly fake people receiving unemployment benefits. But that fake data exists for a reason.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/upshot/musk-doge-fraud-claims.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Elon Musk’s DOGE is claiming victory after uncovering $382 million in unemployment fraud—but the government already found it years ago: ‘I don’t think it’s news to anyone’
https://fortune.com/2025/04/15/elon-musk-doge-unemployment-fraud-claims/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Texas Oil Drillers Can Bury Toxic Waste on Private Property Without Telling the Landowner. A New Bill Seeks to Change That. House Bill 4572 would introduce new requirements for pits where drillers bury oil and gas waste. Supporters of the bill gave testimony this week at the state capitol.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15042025/texas-bill-would-introduce-new-oil-gas-waste-pit-requirements/
If Trump & Musk Cut Energy Aid For Low-Income Households, Heatwaves Will Become Even Deadlier. Some $380 million is now in limbo after Trump laid off staff that run a program helping low-income people pay their energy bills.
https://grist.org/energy/trump-energy-assistance-liheap-rising-heat/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Environmental groups sue Trump administration over shutdown of climate and pollution data tools
https://environmentalintegrity.org/news/environmental-groups-sue-trump-administration-over-removal-of-climate-and-environmental-justice-websites-and-data/
# Food General News
Arkansas, Indiana Request Soda, Candy Be Removed From Food Stamps
https://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-indiana-request-soda-candy-ban-snap-benefits-2060315
USDA Cancels Biden Era Climate Slush Fund, Reprioritizes Existing Funding to Farmers. USDA is cutting bureaucratic red tape, streamlining reporting, lowering the paperwork burden on producers and putting farmers first.
https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/press-releases/2025/04/14/usda-cancels-biden-era-climate-slush-fund-reprioritizes-existing-funding-farmers
# Gov / Politics
Johnson’s $32 million quarter. And what is the Trump W.H. saying on tariffs?
https://punchbowl.news/article/finance/economy/johnson-q1-32-million/
Trump’s New Plan for Deep Foreign Aid Cuts ‘Will Plunge Millions’ Into Hunger, Disease
https://www.reuters.com/world/remaining-afghanistan-yemen-aid-hit-by-new-trump-administration-cuts-sources-say-2025-04-07/
U.S. Slashes Many of the Aid Programs It Had Promised to Keep. The U.N. food program said the new cuts “could amount to a death sentence” for millions of desperate people.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/usaid-cuts.html
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum to expedite his deregulatory agenda in an action that has already prompted promises of legal challenges.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/04/trump-directive-aims-speed-deregulation-nixing-public-input/404474/
If Republicans have their way, North Carolina is just the beginning of authoritarian push to end free and fair elections
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-coming-attack-on-free-and-fair-elections/
Trump’s Latest Executive Orders Seek To Punish Former Allies Who Called Out Election Lies
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-probe-krebs-taylor-officials-opposed-election-lies/
Trump literally wants these 2 men arrested for criticizing him
https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-trump-literally-wants-2-163000975.html
‘The beginning of American state terror’ is here: historian. Donald Trump had crossed a dangerous line.
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-state-terror/
‘This is the crisis moment’: Political scientist says Trump crossed a crucial red line
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportation-2671767128/
Senator Has A Warning For ‘Every American’ As Trump Defies Courts
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senators-to-visit-el-salvador-while-trump-defies-courts_n_67fec1c6e4b051f6e26e0eda
Trump is unleashing Hobbesian anarchy. Without an all-powerful government, Thomas Hobbes argued, humans would exist amid savage anarchy — a “war of all against all.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5247305-trump-is-unleashing-hobbesian-anarchy/
President Trump says he wants to deport US citizens convicted of crimes
https://san.com/cc/trump-admin-exploring-deporting-us-citizens-convicted-of-violent-crime/
The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate on Israeli PM Netanyahu’s aggressive campaign to compel the US to bomb Iranian nuclear sites, and prevent progress in US-Iranian negotiations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7QXfNhi9GM
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
DOJ Wants to Give Capitol Rioters a Refund for Damage They Caused
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jan-6-rioters-pardoned-by-president-donald-trump-may-get-refund-on-restitution-for-damage-caused-to-capitol/
White House Tells MAGA Justice Department Staff to STFU Online
https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-tells-maga-justice-210131604.html
# Media / Press / Mail
Report Details Who Will Pay the Highest Price for Trump’s Postal Service Privatization Push. The 102 million Americans who live in suburbs, small towns, and remote areas who already pay more for private package delivery.
https://inequality.org/article/price-of-postal-privatization/
Defenders of Public Media Vow Fight Against Trump Assault on ‘Cherished’ NPR and PBS. The White House is starting the process to eliminate funding for public media
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/npr-national-news/2025-04-15/the-white-house-is-starting-the-process-to-eliminate-funding-for-public-media
# Medicare / Medicaid / SNAP [Food Stamps]
Republicans’ Claims of “Fraud” Are a Pretext for Unpopular and Drastic Medicaid Cuts
https://www.cbpp.org/blog/republicans-claims-of-fraud-are-a-pretext-for-unpopular-and-drastic-medicaid-cuts
Congress Moves to Cut Medicaid. Medicaid is a massive federal and state-funded program that provides health and long term care coverage to low-income people. It covers one in five people nationwide. Senate Republicans released a budget resolution that sets the stage for significant program cuts. The House and Senate are still negotiating policy specifics, but Medicaid, Medicare, the Affordable Care Act, and SNAP remain under threat.
https://www.medicarerights.org/medicare-watch/2025/04/03/congress-moves-to-cut-medicaid
Trump order backs change to Medicare negotiation pushed by drug industry. The order applies to what the industry calls the Inflation Reduction Act’s “pill penalty.”
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/trump-order-seeks-changes-medicare-drug-price-negotiation-program-pbm-reform
# Medical / Health News
CT Scans May Account for 5 Percent of US Cancers–Doctors Say the Story Is More Complex. The estimates are small and uncertain, but balancing risks and benefits is critical.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/ct-scans-could-cause-5-of-cancers-study-finds-experts-note-uncertainty/
My Partner Was In A Study For Dementia Patients. Then The Trump Administration Did The Unthinkable. “If we fail to demand accountability, we risk losing not only progress, but a piece of our collective soul.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-cuts-dementia-study-funding-brain-health-research_n_67fa9f7fe4b0493abe65eae7
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick Supports the GOP Budget Which Will Decimate Nursing Homes and Home Care
https://buckscountybeacon.com/2025/04/congressman-brian-fitzpatrick-supports-the-gop-budget-which-will-decimate-nursing-homes-and-home-care-in-bucks-county/
# Military / DOD / General News
U.S. officials tracking Russian aircraft in U.S. territory
https://www.aol.com/u-military-tracks-russian-warplanes-130046426.html
Russian war planes detected flying off coast of America, NORAD says no threat
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-04-15/russia-aircraft-alaska-adiz-norad-17474214.html
Elite Pentagon Unit Resigns En Masse After Clashing With DOGE. Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/15/pentagons-digital-resignations-00290930
Pentagon’s ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse. Nearly the entire staff of the Pentagon’s elite tech unit will resign by the end of April after being sidelined by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE),
https://www.aol.com/pentagon-geek-squad-resigns-en-225600863.html
Pete Hegeth Adviser in Signal Group Chat Suddenly Put on Leave. Dan Caldwell, who was in that war plans group chat on Signal alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was just escorted out of the Pentagon.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194042/pete-hegeth-adviser-signal-chat-dan-caldwell-leave-defense
# Military Weaponry / Biological Weapons
There’s a ‘deeply dangerous’ arms race emerging on global stage. The U.S. and China are locked in an AI arms race as Chinese systems rapidly catch up to their U.S. counterparts in a high-stakes bid for dominance.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/there-s-a-deeply-dangerous-arms-race-emerging-on-global-stage/ar-AA1CVdNk?apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
# Military / General News / Global
Warning Quantitative Arms Race Appears Imminent, High Representative Tells Disarmament Commission Session’s Opening Pursuing Nuclear Weapons Won’t Guarantee State Security
https://press.un.org/en/2024/dc3872.doc.htm
Israel is About to Empty Gaza: Israel is poised to carry out the largest campaign of ethnic cleansing since World War II. March 2 it blocked all food and humanitarian aid and cut off electricity, so the last water desalination plant no longer functions. The Israeli military has seized half the territory, Gaza is 25 miles long and four to five miles wide, and placed two-thirds of Gaza under displacement orders, rendered “no-go zones,” including the border town of Rafah, which is encircled by Israeli troops.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/israel-gaza-ethnic-cleansing-displacement-egypt/289389/
# NASA / Space
Push to privatize NASA and NOAA climate research sparks backlash from Maryland lawmakers
https://www.ehn.org/trumps-push-to-privatize-nasa-and-noaa-climate-research-sparks-backlash-from-maryland-lawmakers
# Pharmaceuticals
‘Trump Just Caved to Big Pharma—Again’: New Order Aims to Delay Drug Price Negotiations
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-prescription-drug-prices
Trump signs executive action to lower drug prices
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/15/nx-s1-5366067/trump-medicare-lower-drug-prices
# Security / Surveillance
White Paper Report: From Video Surveillance to Vision Intelligence
https://ptnet.com/wp-content/uploads/Vintra-White-Paper-AI-the-Future-of-Video-Surveillance.pdf
# Social / Social Programs
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has rolled out “enhanced technology” to detect suspicious activity in telephone claims or banking changes. The new technology will strengthen identification verification, preventing fraud.
https://ebs.publicnow.com/view/93C607A2221B9F3F81E7538FB84B9D0CABE5985D
Social Security is under attack. Gutting it is a broken promise. We shouldn’t be cutting Social Security services and threatening Americans’ benefits — we should be making the program stronger
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-elizabeth-warren-social-security-under-attack-gutting-broken-promise
Elon Musk is creating Social Security waste, fraud and abuse
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/us/politics/elon-musk-social-security-fraud.html
# Solar Activity
Rare double solar blast unleashes 2 CMEs towards Earth. A rare double solar eruption fueled a spectacular display of the northern lights overnight — and more auroras could be on the way.
https://www.space.com/rare-double-solar-blast-incoming-cmes-aurora-alert
# Veterans / VA
VA plans to cut hundreds of payroll jobs at regional medical sites
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2025/04/15/va-plans-to-cut-hundreds-of-payroll-jobs-at-regional-medical-sites/
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