Voices, The Peoples News
April 21, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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Pope Francis dead at 88, sending Catholic Church into mourning,
Reflection as world speculates on possible successor
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
US government offers $8 million reward for cartel brothers. The Trump administration is now targeting the leaders of La Nueva Familia Michoacana. The brothers are currently fugitives and are believed to be hiding in Mexico, according to federal officials.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/cartels/us-government-8-million-reward-cartel-brothers/
‘Risk of deportation’ warning for thousands of Irish students on J1 visa in USA
Students are among the many groups being targeted by the Trump Administration for deportaations with student groups advising foreign nationals to be particularly careful
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/irish-students-j1-visa-deported-35080863
US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days. Hermosillo’s wrongful arrest and prolonged detention comes amid escalating attacks by the Trump administration on immigrants in the US.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/20/us-citizen-jose-hermosillo-border-patrol
Aurora soccer coach detained by Customs at airport after traveling internationally
https://www.newsbreak.com/9news-524542/3969157125221-aurora-soccer-coach-detained-by-customs-at-airport-after-traveling-internationally
# Border / Immigration / General News
Neenah man told to leave U.S. despite being a born-and-raised citizen
https://www.yahoo.com/news/neenah-resident-u-citizen-told-212124640.html
Legal group sues Costa Rica alleging the rights of 81 children deported by Trump were violated. A legal challenge aims to encourage Central American countries to push back against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/world/americas/costa-rica-migrants-lawsuit.html
The Supreme Court’s Late-Night Rebuke to Trump Is Extraordinary in More Ways Than One. The court didn’t even wait to let Alito write his dissent.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/supreme-court-blocks-deportations-donald-trump-alito-dissent.html?pay=1745152540568&support_journalism=please
After remarkable Supreme Court rebuke, Trump administration slams ‘meritless litigation.’ The White House’s statement comes as the Trump administration faces a firestorm of criticism from Democrats and legal experts over due process and the rule of law.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/19/supreme-court-trump-immigration-ruling-00299717
Trump-Appointed Judges Clear Path for Deportation Flights to Take Off. The Department of Homeland Security has said that no deportation flights are currently scheduled, but that it maintains the right to carry them out at any time.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-appointed-judges-clear-path-044701186.html
Donald Trump Is Defying The Supreme Court: In the case of the wrongfully removed immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Trump administration is defying, and lying about, a Supreme Court order.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-defy-supreme-court_n_67fd3ad6e4b0c8069e85c34e
Supreme Court will review Trump’s plan to ban birthright citizenship. Supreme Court keeps hold on Trump’s restrictions on birthright citizenship but sets May arguments
https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-trump-6f0cb929c4604ec1d9bf9fea99765b61
Alito lambastes Supreme Court for late night order to block Trump’s deportation plans. ‘Literally in the middle of the night, the Court issued unprecedented and legally questionable relief,” conservative judge wrote in dissent
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/alito-dissent-supreme-court-trump-deportations
MAGA Goes Into Full Meltdown Over SCOTUS Ruling on Deportations. Stephen Miller and others are adamant that Donald Trump can deport whomever he wants.
https://newrepublic.com/post/194065/donald-trump-deportations-due-process-stephen-miller
‘We’re removing public safety threats’: Trump’s border czar thinks tattoos are a crime
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/04/20/border_czar_tom_homan_no_ones_removed_just_because_of_a_tattoo.html
How all of Trump’s gang claims against wrongfully deported man boil down to one unnamed informant
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5358421/supreme-court-abrego-garcia-deportation-decision
A German-American from Nashua has been jailed for more than a month. It’s still unclear why. Schmidt has lived in the U.S. since he was a teenager and has legal permanent resident status, according to the family. Officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have not provided a justification for Schmidt’s detainment.
https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/04/15/a-german-american-from-nashua-has-been-jailed-for-more-than-a-month-its-still-unclear-why/
The Evidence Linking Kilmar Abrego Garcia to MS-13: A Chicago Bulls Hat and a Hoodie. What’s it take for Trump to label someone a gang member and deport them to a prison in El Salvador? Little more than a Chicago Bulls cap. “Wearing the Chicago Bulls hat represents that they are a member in good standing with MS-13.” Oh really?
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/18/trump-kilmar-abrego-garcia-ms13-gang-database/
Trump’s Power Feeds on White Demographic Fears. Paranoid about losing their majority status and the power it confers, white Americans keep backing Trump’s racist anti-immigrant policies.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/20/trump-racism-white-demographic-fears-immigration/
No-Bid ICE contract went to former ICE agents being sued for fabricating criminal evidence on the job. The $73 million deal for assisting with deportations went to company executives accused of retaliating against a fellow ICE worker.
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/17/ice-deportation-contracts-us-advisors/
# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
Blue States Are Keeping DEI On Life Support. Several states are promising to resist the Trump admin’s effort to root out divisive diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives from schools.
https://www.aol.com/blue-states-keeping-dei-life-145453310.html
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE is trying to outsource the US government — and Trump wants Big Law to make it happen
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doge-trying-outsource-us-government-112344031.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes
‘Surge’: Rich Americans dump money into Swiss banks as Trump chaos creates dollar anxiety
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-taxes-2671801768/
Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon want billionaires to pay their fair share to Uncle Sam. But a ‘millionaires tax’ would likely affect all the wrong people
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/warren-buffett-jamie-dimon-want-110500081.html
Make China great again? How Trump’s attacks on universities will backfire. In the name of saving 0.006 percent of the federal budget, we’re surrendering America’s technological leadership.
https://thebulletin.org/2025/04/make-china-great-again-how-trumps-attacks-on-universities-will-backfire/
How Trump Is Helping Price Gougers Exploit His Tariffs. Emboldened by the new administration’s regulatory reprieve, “price optimization” consultants are showing corporations how to weaponize import levies to fleece consumers.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/what-will-trumps-tariffs-do-for-u-s-consumers-workers-and-businesses/
# Education / Schools / Librarys
DHS threatens to ban Harvard from hosting international students unless school turns over records
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/4/17/dhs-harvard/
US revokes nearly 1,500 student visas: Who are the targets? Hundreds of students have had their visas cancelled and find themselves in limbo.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/4/18/us-revokes-nearly-1500-student-visas-who-are-the-targets
Student visas emerge as Washington’s leverage against foreign adversaries. As the U.S. struggles to attract concessions from adversarial nations, Washington appears ready to use those nations’ people within its borders on a visa as an apparent source of leverage.
https://tennesseestar.com/news/student-visas-emerge-as-washingtons-leverage-against-foreign-adversaries/jtnews/2025/04/16/
Chinese Students and Scholars Faced Targeting Before Trump, Now It’s Escalating. As the US and China jockey for dominance, anti-Chinese bigotry is driving visa denials for students and scholars.
https://truthout.org/articles/chinese-students-and-scholars-faced-targeting-before-trump-now-its-escalating/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Trump says career gov employees working on policy will be fired if they don’t adhere to his agenda. Remaking the federal workforce is part of a larger administration push to shrink the size of government and exert more control over it.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-invoke-schedule-f-easier-193243220.html
Critics Slam Trump’s Plan to Fill Federal Government With “Political Cronies”: Around 50,000 career civil servants would be reclassified as “at-will” employees and lose civil service protections.
https://truthout.org/articles/critics-slam-trumps-plan-to-fill-federal-government-with-political-cronies/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Repeal of the EPA endangerment finding vital to Trump’s unleashing American energy agenda: A panel of experts from the Heartland Institute, the Energy and Environment Legal Institute, the American Energy Institute, and the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow say there are a dozen reasons to repeal the EPA’s endangerment finding. And there are multiple ways to make it happen, none of which will be easy.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/energy/repeal-epa-endangerment-finding-vital-trumps-unleashing-american-energy
Toward more sustainable EVs: A British recycling company is turning shredded electric vehicle batteries into new power cells, offering a path toward cleaner supply chains
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250404-where-ev-batteries-go-to-die-and-be-reborn
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
EPA Deletes Pollution Tracking Tools as It Offers Exemptions to Polluters. A new lawsuit is challenging the Trump administration’s removal of environmental justice. A new lawsuit is challenging the Trump administration’s removal of environmental justice maps and datasets.
https://truthout.org/articles/epa-deletes-pollution-tracking-tools-as-it-offers-exemptions-to-polluters/
Melting Andes glaciers: water supply of 90 million people at risk
https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth/melting-andes-glaciers-water-supply-of-90-million-people-at-risk/
# Food General News
The FDA Buried an E. Coli Outbreak. Now It’s Scaling Back Food Safety. The Food and Drug Administration is reportedly considering shifting large swaths of its core function to states after mass DOGE layoffs
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/fda-food-inspections-e-coli-outbreak-1235320568/
# General News
The Connection Between Elon Musk’s Net Worth And The US Government Will Surprise You. According to a report, throughout the last two decades, as much as $38 billion dollars of Musk’s net worth has come from “government contracts, loans, subsidies and tax credits” to his various companies. However, it’s likely that in reality this number is far higher.
https://www.moneydigest.com/1836456/elon-musk-net-worth-funded-united-states-government/
Why Married Women Could Have Trouble Getting REAL IDs. The difficulties in obtaining a Real ID for some people comes because documentation of name changes—like a marriage certificate or a court order—is required.
https://www.newsweek.com/real-id-act-requirements-2025-deadline-travel-tsa-2029573
# Gov / Politics
Donald Trump and fascism: Critics of Trump have drawn comparisons between him and fascist leaders over authoritarian actions and rhetoric, while many have argued that Trump is not fascist but an authoritarian populist, or have accused critics of using the term as an insult rather than making legitimate comparisons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_fascism
What basis do the claims of Trump being a fascist and will turn dictator have?
https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDebate/comments/1ifercj/what_basis_do_the_claims_of_trump_being_a_fascist/
Trump has found in El Salvador a model for the repressive state he wants to build – and he’s just getting started. Nayib Bukele has shown how brutal control can be sustained not just through force, but by raising the cost of speaking out
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/19/el-salvador-donald-trump-model-nayib-bukele
Trump is throwing the rule of law out the window and imperiling our democracy. Murphy warned these moves send a dangerous signal that political violence will be excused if it serves Trump’s interests, undermining the rule of law and putting the country’s democratic institutions at risk.
https://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-donald-trump-is-throwing-law-and-order-out-the-window
Trump administration estimates 50,000 federal employees will lose civil service protections
Some experts warned that a new “Policy/Career” classification will create a chilling effect on the federal workforce and lead to incompetence and corruption.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/trump-administration-estimates-50000-federal-employees-will-lose-civil-service-protections/
Trump Slams Biden and Courts in Hate-Filled Easter Message
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-slams-biden-courts-hate-155809846.html
Trump’s ‘America first’ reveals a massive misunderstanding of international law
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5256206-international-law-sovereignty-trump/
Trump’s $239 Million Inauguration Haul Is Officially the Biggest Presidential Suck-Up in History
https://www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeast-513346/3971822426951-trump-s-239-million-inauguration-haul-is-officially-the-biggest-presidential-suck-up-in-history
Diplomats Freak Out Over Trump’s Leaked Executive Order. It calls for the elimination of dozens of positions and departments, slashing diplomatic operations in Canada, and closing ‘non-essential’ embassies and consulates in sub-Saharan Africa.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/20/bonkers-crazypants-american-diplomats-state-department-00300029
MSNBC’s Kumar Says Trump Using Deportations to Test U.S. Resistance Against Plan to ‘Tear Down’ Democracy
https://www.mediaite.com/news/msnbcs-kumar-says-trump-using-deportations-to-test-u-s-resistance-against-plan-to-tear-down-democracy/
Vietnam veteran Bob Hoeller says, “We are fighting an imperialistic, autocratic regime
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vietnam-veteran-bob-hoeller-says-we-are-fighting-an-imperialistic-autocratic-regime-that-seeks-to-undermine-our-four/vi-AA1DfuHA?ocid=sk216dhp
‘You Could Be Next’: House Democrat Tells MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace That Trump Could Disappear Anyone. Due process protections in the United States were under threat to such a degree that anyone could be sent away.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/you-could-be-next-house-democrat-tells-msnbcs-nicolle-wallace-that-trump-could-disappear-anyone/
Dem Rep. Agrees with MSNBC host that Trump will ‘whisk away’ any ‘people of color’ after Abrego Garcia
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dem-rep-americans-color-next-231517482.html
‘Delusional’ Trump vows to remove ‘millions of criminals’ from US but people spot issue
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/delusional-trump-vows-to-remove-millions-of-criminals-from-us-but-people-spot-issue/ar-AA1Dg7Vv
‘We Didn’t Even See the Border — Until Now’: How Trump Has Driven Canadians and Americans Apart
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/20/jim-diodati-niagra-falls-mayor-canada-00296892
‘Absolute nadir’: Experts fear US vulnerable to attack after latest Trump moves
https://www.rawstory.com/cybersecurity-2671802541/
Law firms, universities and now civil society groups are in Trump’s sights for punitive action
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tax-exempt-crew-environmental-groups-harvard-5e1e0ffacfa040ccdeaf4e43fb72b5fe
‘Infinite monkeys with infinite typewriters’: Leaked executive order draft stuns diplomats. A draft document from Donald Trump’s administration that details proposed cuts at the State Department has been leaked and it has set off a firestorm among diplomats who have been given an opportunity to review it.
https://www.rawstory.com/leaked-trump-document/
Monopoly Round-Up: Monopolies and Fascism. Centralization of economic power facilitates centralization of political power. That was once a hard-won lesson, and it’s a lesson we must re-learn. Plus, the end of big box tyranny.
https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-round-up-monopolies-and
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA
Suspects detained by police denied essential insulin, cancer and epilepsy drugs, damning report claims. One patient experienced such bad withdrawal symptoms that they admitted to crimes they did not commit so they could be remanded to prison where they would be allowed their prescription again, report claims
https://www.the-independent.com/news/health/police-custody-health-insulin-drugs-b2734154.html
# LGBTQ / Gender
Discrimination and Barriers to Well-Being: The State of the LGBTQI+ Community in 2022. A comprehensive new CAP study finds that many LGBTQI+ people continue to face discrimination in their personal lives, employment, housing, and health care, as well as in the public sphere.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/discrimination-and-barriers-to-well-being-the-state-of-the-lgbtqi-community-in-2022/
# Medical / Health News
Gretchen Whitmer’s bureaucrats sued for requiring ‘implicit bias’ training to keep medical license. Michigan’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs “lacks any statutory authority to impose these sweeping, one-size-fits-all mandates,” dentist’s suit says. Federal appeals court hears challenge to California law.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/whitmers-bureaucrats-sued-requiring-implicit-bias-training-keep-medical
Doctor, praised by RFK Jr as ‘extraordinary’ healer, treated children while infected with measles
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/apr/18/video-doctor-treating-kids-measles-praised-rfk-jr-extraordinary/
California Halts Medical Parole, Sends Several Critically Ill Patients Back to Prison
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20250421/California-halts-medical-parole-sends-several-critically-ill-patients-back-to-prison.aspx
Supreme Court hears ‘crucial’ case today on free preventive health care. Should plaintiffs prevail, over 150 million Americans could lose all free preventive benefits since the Affordable Care Act’s 2010 passage.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-supreme-court-hear-clash-over-obamacare-preventive-care-2025-04-21/
Will DOGE Destroy Rural Health Care?; Eliminating Mental Health Programs May Prove Deadly
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/viewpoints-will-doge-destroy-rural-health-care-eliminating-mental-health-programs-may-prove-deadly/
Labor Was Crucial in Building Public Health Institutions Trump Wants to Destroy. Labor leaders past and present have insisted on expanding the scope of what constitutes health.
https://truthout.org/articles/labor-was-crucial-in-building-public-health-institutions-trump-wants-to-destroy/
# Military / DOD / General News
Top Hegseth Aide Warns Even Bigger Bombshells Are Coming after Second Signal Chat
https://time.com/7278921/hegseth-second-signal-chat-wife-brother-lawyer-defense-reactions-resign/
Pentagon in Chaos After Hegseth Sheds Four Staffers in One Day
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/there-is-a-complete-meltdown-in-the-building-pentagon-reportedly-in-chaos-as-hegseth-loses-four-staffers-in-one-day/
Former top DOD spokesperson: Pentagon in ‘disarray’ under Hegseth
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5258195-john-ullyot-pentagon-disarray-hegseth/
# NATO
Russian attempt at smuggling nuclear plans sparks investigation in NATO country
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/russian-attempt-smuggling-nuclear-plans-1102038
# NASA / Space
NASA unsure ‘what to expect’ as probe set to uncover secrets of mysterious asteroid: ‘Not going to be a basic potato’
https://blogs.nasa.gov/webb/2025/04/02/nasas-webb-finds-asteroid-2024-yr4-is-building-sized/
# Nuclear
Atomic secrets: Recently released short but powerful documentary about Dmitry Kalmykov, a Ukrainian scientist dedicated to eliminating environmental disasters, first at Chernobyl and now in Kazakhstan, at a former Soviet testing site for nuclear weapons. Worth your time.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/apr/15/atomic-secrets-a-chornobyl-scientist-warns-of-a-toxic-future?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
US, Iran agree to enter next phase of nuclear negotiations. U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff held “indirect” negotiations with his Iranian counterpart
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/19/iran-us-nuclear-negotiations-00299713
# Pharmaceuticals
Trump admin launches probe into national security implications of importing certain pharmaceuticals. The Department of Commerce initiated what’s known as a Section 232 investigation targeting pharmaceuticals and related products April 1, according to a Federal Register filing (PDF).
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/trump-administration-launches-national-security-investigation-pharmaceuticals-paving-way
# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare. Countries around the world are preparing for greater digital conflict as increasing global tensions and a looming trade war have raised the stakes — and the chances that a cyberattack could cause significant economic damage or even escalate into military confrontation.
https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/04/21/countries-shore-up-their-digital-defenses-as-global-tensions-raise-the-threat-of-cyberwarf
# Veterans / VA
This company is spending millions to profit off veterans’ benefits. Why won’t lawmakers stop it?
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/18/company-spending-millions-profit-off-veterans-benefits-why-wont-lawmakers-stop-it.html
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