Voices, The Peoples News
May 15, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Colorado tribe demands urgent action after pipeline leak contaminates land and threatens Animas River
https://www.southernute-nsn.gov/2025/05/05/for-immediate-release-tribe-calls-for-urgent-action-from-enterprise-products-to-address-pipeline-spill/
# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Recalls
De-extinction of the dire wolf is a dangerously deceptive publicity stunt. Colossal’s so-called dire wolf is not a resurrected species. It’s a genetically modified grey wolf. Its creation is a publicity stunt designed to generate profit, with serious consequences.
https://theconversation.com/colossal-biosciences-attempt-to-de-extinct-the-dire-wolf-is-a-dangerously-deceptive-publicity-stunt-255046
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments at 10 a.m. ET this morning in three cases challenging Trump’s attempt to end birthright citizenship via executive order…
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5395840/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court
For first time, U.S. charges Sinaloa Cartel leaders with narco-terrorism. Charges included material support of terrorism for trafficking fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ecc8533d-2adf-48e1-9a81-2fb170ffa81e.html
Pentagon Spent at Least $21 Million on Flights to Guantanamo, Which Currently Holds 32 Migrants
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-05-12/guantanamo-deportations-migrants-military-flights-17766772.html
‘Florida Men’ Arrested For Kidnapping Teens Turn Out To Be Illegal Immigrants. Two undocumented immigrants are facing kidnapping charges after authorities discovered them in Florida with two missing teenage girls from North Carolina.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/13/florida-men-arrested-kidnapping-ericson-leonel-ullo-flores-edwin-alberto-cardenas/
College student detained by ICE following a mistaken traffic stop: “My life is here.” “While local Dalton officials dropped her charges, the facts remain: she was driving illegally without a license and has no legal basis to remain in the United States.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e4ZuSOU884
College Student Faces Deportation Even After Cops Admit Mistake
https://www.yahoo.com/news/college-student-faces-deportation-even-175738308.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJzYK9V41NYE8q0FVhWhl_E3lwBSya7Z-9AeHkFo9U7eVG7Yxu4bQXOEYLv8fKAnpcVIh0JjmMPsUONVqut0tD6EYXPrwXkjTrNpfiB8he8k63_zI0gyBxWzxIcowt5iM64u3Qv3VpXRBMDPfBjHsi5nPh40W9eBOAJuXbVJUU1x
# Business / Industry / Corporations
AFRL Taps Rocket Lab for Space Cargo Experiment. An ambitious U.S. military program to explore using rockets to deliver cargo around the globe took another step forward with an announcement of an experimental mission planned for 2026.
https://news.satnews.com/2025/05/11/rocket-lab-partners-with-u-s-a-f-afrl-for-neutron-launch-for-rocket-cargo-missions/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Trump’s Budget Hawk Takes Over the DOGE Agenda. First Up: The Military. Russ Vought is picking up where Elon Musk is leaving off. He has already waded into a fight over military spending.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/doge-russ-vought-trump-elon-musk-0a1bbeb4
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump-GOP tax bill delivers $5 trillion to billionaires while slashing aid for working families. The legislation extends Trump-era tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy, adds new corporate giveaways, and revives controversial provisions targeting civil society, while gutting Medicaid and SNAP.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/05/13/trump-gop-tax-bill-delivers-5-trillion-to-billionaires-while-slashing-aid-for-working-families/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Energy Department pushes major rollback of appliance and energy efficiency rules. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5296169-energy-department-proposes-to-cut-47-rules-in-largest-deregulatory-effort-in-history/
Industry and consumers push back against moves to dismantle Energy Star program
https://www.dailyclimate.org/trump-administration-moves-to-dismantle-energy-star-program-despite-pushback-from-industry-and-consumers-2672016729.html
Texas Oil and Gas Companies Drill With River Water During Extreme Drought
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13052025/texas-rio-grande-pecos-river-fracking/
Trump administration seeks to open more public lands to oil, gas and mining under new Interior plan. President Trump’s “mine everywhere” executive order calls for a list of national public lands with potential mineral deposits and the prioritization of mining on those lands—a move that would cut off access to some of America’s most iconic places.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/inside-trumps-plan-to-sell-out-americas-public-lands-to-mining/
Texas oil companies drain billions of gallons from key rivers amid historic drought. Oil and gas companies have used billions of gallons of Rio Grande and Pecos River water for drilling in the past four years, according to an exclusive Inside Climate News analysis.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13052025/texas-rio-grande-pecos-river-fracking/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
The new African Rift: African rift stretches 2,000 miles, entire continent is splitting open and forming ‘an ocean basin’ like the Red Sea. GPS receivers reveal that the land itself is stretching.
https://www.earth.com/news/great-continental-rift-african-splitting-landmass-creating-ocean-basin/
EPA scientists told to reapply for new jobs amid reorganization push
https://www.ehn.org/epa-scientists-told-to-reapply-for-new-jobs-amid-trump-era-reorganization-push
Congress’ Tax Bill Is Selling Out America’s Public Lands and Waters
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/congress-tax-bill-is-selling-out-americas-public-lands-and-waters/
Scientists sound alarm on ‘silent killing machines’ that are devastating wildlife: ‘This is very serious.’ “We may be witnessing a defaunation [rapid extinction of wildlife] process along the canal,” Gallego-García said, “This is very serious for the conservation of wildlife species and a problem that has so far been kept silent.”
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/water-canal-deaths-animals-populations/
# General News
Trump’s Free Plane Is Not So Free
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/12/trump-qatar-air-force-one-taxpayer-costs-00342299
Trump’s Attempted Library of Congress Takeover Thwarted as Two of His Appointees Were ‘Escorted Off the Premises.’ Except the Library of Congress is not part of the executive branch — it’s under the legislative branch.
https://www.mediaite.com/news/trumps-attempted-library-of-congress-takeover-thwarted-as-two-of-his-appointees-were-escorted-off-the-premises-cbs-news/
Twin celebrations for Trump’s birthday and the Army’s 250th anniversary will include as many as 25 tanks rolling through Washington, D.C., in a celebration that will cost $25 million to $45 million.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cost-military-parade-trump-birthday_n_682582f9e4b0da44a3e0859f
# Gov / Politics
Trump’s Saudi corruption exposed by U.S. Senator who brings receipts. U.S. Senator Chris Murphy delivers a blistering condemnation of Trump’s foreign policy corruption, highlighting his use of the office to enrich himself while putting U.S. national security at risk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XCM7JSe_U0
Donald Trump Just Made A Move So Wild That Even His Most Loyal Followers Are Upset. “Corruption in plain sight.” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer added: “Nothing says ‘America First’ like Air Force One, brought to you by Qatar. It’s not just bribery, it’s premium foreign influence with extra legroom.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-latest-move-fury_n_68218edae4b09e4e8c343313
2 more Fetterman aides leave embattled senator’s office amid spiraling health fears
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14709733/John-Fettermans-aides-abandon-health-fears.html
‘Factually and legally nuts’: Trump Admin flirting with suspending due process has legal scholars seeing red
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/factually-and-legally-nuts-trump-admin-flirting-with-suspending-due-process-has-legal-scholars-seeing-red/
Trump Is “Unrestrained” in Use of Presidency for Pursuit of Personal Wealth. “These are conflicts on a scale that we’ve never seen before in American history,” says NYT reporter Eric Lipton.
https://truthout.org/video/trump-is-unrestrained-in-use-of-presidency-for-pursuit-of-personal-wealth/
Trump Struck Secret Deal with El Chapo’s ‘Terrorist’ Cartel. Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/13/el-chapo-family-ovidio-guzman-plea-deal
Dems demand military investigation into Qatar’s plane gift to Trump
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/05/14/dems-demand-military-investigation-into-qatars-plane-gift-to-trump/
New ruling cuts off key tool to protect minority voters. The ruling, which applies in seven states, further weakens the ability of the landmark civil rights law to protect voters, and could lead to the Supreme Court settling the issue.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-ruling-cuts-off-key-tool-to-protect-minority-voters/
‘Factually and legally nuts’: Trump Admin flirting with suspending due process has legal scholars seeing red
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/factually-and-legally-nuts-trump-admin-flirting-with-suspending-due-process-has-legal-scholars-seeing-red/
“These are the descendants of the people who created the most diabolical system of white supremacy in human history, apartheid,” said Richard Stengel. ‘Moral ugliness’: Ex-official shreds Trump move after hearing ‘worst lie I’ve ever heard.’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-south-africa/
Cruz introduces bill to use taxpayer funds to invest in savings accounts for U.S. children
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8ee943c6-b321-4ac3-a455-ab0f439f4c78.html
Lawmakers Frustrated by Lack of Details for Trump’s Defense Budget. Senior U.S. lawmakers expressed frustration that they are being cut out of some of the Trump administration’s most central decisions on military policy and spending.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/lawmakers-frustrated-lack-defense-budget-details-trump/
Trump Writes Congress out of the Constitution—and Congress Says Fine. Both of his biggest moves of the past week entail the evisceration of a constitutional role the Framers very plainly and expressly wanted Congress to play.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-writes-congress-constitution-congress-150027617.html
The Drafters of a Key 1940s Law Feared an American Dictator. Trump Is Blowing That Law Up.
https://www.reddit.com/r/law/comments/1klm98x/the_drafters_of_a_key_1940s_law_feared_an/
Link to website mentioned above Phillip Cooper has set up a website:
https://web.pdx.edu/~pcooper/publiclaw2-css.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
Germany bans the largest ‘Reich citizen’ group and arrests 4 leaders
https://apnews.com/video/germany-bans-the-largest-reich-citizen-group-and-arrests-4-leaders-7295608316dc49c3907ac5b36fcf41cc
Putin is a no-show in Turkey for peace talks, but Trump says he hopes Russia and Ukraine can ‘do something.’ Russian President Vladimir Putin has declined to take part in the talks he called for in Istanbul today, instead sending a low-level delegation headed by a former culture minister.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense/3411666/putin-is-a-no-show-in-turkey-for-peace-talks/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Judge Arrested by Trump Administration Fights Back With Trump’s Own Immunity Case
https://www.newsweek.com/judge-cites-trump-supreme-court-immunity-ruling-bid-dismiss-ice-case-2072333
Threats are rising against judges who rule against Trump. As Trump continues to rail against the judiciary, several federal judges have faced harassment or threats of violence after ruling against his extreme policies
https://newrepublic.com/post/194803/judges-rule-against-trump-target-maga-threats
Judiciary officials cite threats against judges as they make case to Congress for more security funding. The U.S. Judicial Conference is set to ask lawmakers to hike spending nearly 20% for programs to counter the rising risks facing federal judges and courthouses.
https://www.courthousenews.com/judiciary-officials-cite-threats-against-judges-as-they-make-case-to-congress-for-more-security-funding/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Bezos’ WaPo forgot its martyr, Trump embraced his killer: Memory fades. It has, unfortunately, at The Washington Post, which now seems to hardly remember a columnist who was the victim of a despicable act of state murder.
https://www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeast-513346/4008089193316-opinion-how-bezos-wapo-forgot-its-martyr-as-trump-embraced-his-killer
# Marijuana / Hemp
# Medicare / Medicaid
House GOP plows ahead on hundreds of billions in Medicaid cuts despite infighting
https://apnews.com/video/germany-bans-the-largest-reich-citizen-group-and-arrests-4-leaders-7295608316dc49c3907ac5b36fcf41cc
It’s Time To Dismantle The Medicaid State: “In no uncertain terms, millions of Americans will lose their health care coverage,” said Democratic Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey in a press release. “Hospitals will close, seniors will not be able to access the care they need, and premiums will rise for millions of people if this bill passes.”
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/13/elizabeth-warren-frank-pallone-house-republicans-medicaid/
Republicans advance bill with steep cuts to Medicaid as part of Trump agenda. Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced legislation Wednesday afternoon containing cuts to Medicaid and health care provisions
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5299154-republicans-advance-medicaid-bill-trump-agenda/
The House Republicans’ Budget Bill Guts Basic Needs Programs for the Most Vulnerable Americans to Give Tax Breaks to the Rich. The House Republican budget plan would eviscerate Medicaid and food assistance and shift resources toward the wealthiest Americans.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-house-republicans-budget-bill-guts-basic-needs-programs-for-the-most-vulnerable-americans-to-give-tax-breaks-to-the-rich/
# Medical / Health News
Hep B Vaccines Come With High Risk, Little Benefit — Why Does CDC Recommend Them for Every Newborn? So what led the CDC advisers to recommend that every baby get this vaccine on the day they’re born? Especially given the limited clinical trial data and lack of safety monitoring?
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/hep-b-vaccines-high-risk-little-benefit-cdc-recommends-every-newborn/
‘Only very sick kids should die’: Deadly measles outbreak exploding even as RFK Jr spews vaccine lies
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4003884079768-only-very-sick-kids-should-die-deadly-measles-outbreak-exploding-even-as-rfk-jr-spews-vaccine-lies?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NDcxNTQ2ODk0MzI%3
Wall Street Gutted Steward Health Care. Patients Paid the Price. One of America’s biggest for-profit hospital operators is bankrupt, broken, and responsible for countless mistreated patients—thanks to its private equity overlords.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/steward-health-care-medical-properties-trust-hospitals-bankruptcy-ralph-de-la-torre/
UnitedHealth CEO Steps Down as Luigi Trial Escalates. His departure was announced Tuesday as the company said he was leaving for ‘personal reasons’, without elaborating.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14706929/UnitedHealth-CEO-Andrew-Witty-resigns-Luigi-Mangione.html
# Military / Militia / General News
From North Carolina to Shooting Down Drones in 22 Hours: A Team Effort to Defend Israel from Iran
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/north-carolina-shooting-down-drones-22-hours-team-effort-defend-israel-from-iran/
Pentagon Taps 12 More Companies for Space Data Transport Network Demos
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2025/05/12/pentagon-taps-12-more-companies-for-space-data-transport-network-demos/
New 85th Fighter group trains first Polish F-35 pilots with more on the way from Poland, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore, and other partners.
https://www.aetc.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4180680/85th-fighter-group-reaches-initial-operational-capability/
USAF’s Planned E-7 Fleet on Trump’s Chopping Block
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/future-usaf-new-e-7-fleet-may-face-cuts/
Air Force Launching New Artificial Intelligence ‘Center of Excellence’
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-launching-new-artificial-intelligence-center-of-excellence/?src=dr
Helsing unveils Lura and SG-1 Fathom – autonomous mass to surveil and defend the depths
https://helsing.ai/newsroom/helsing-unveils-lura-and-sg-1-fathom-autonomous-mass-to-surveil-and-defend-the-depths
Hegseth’s plan to cut senior military jobs could hit more than 120 high-ranking officers
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-generals-admirals-cuts-b751b428db23e5da682eed5cfd3c44be
A Biotech arms race based on fear
https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-chinese-cyborg-soldiers-biotech-militarization/289559/
The F-47 Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter will have a combat radius of greater than 1,000 miles—nearly double that of the F-22—and the Air Force plans to acquire more than 185 of them
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-reveals-range-and-inventory-goals-for-f-47-ccas/#:~:text=The%20F%2D47%20Nex,the%20social%20media%20site%20X
US-Saudi $142 Billion Defense Deal Sparks Questions, Few Answers. The Trump administration called its $142 billion defense deal with Saudi Arabia “the largest defense sales agreement in history.” Critics aren’t so sure.
https://www.gazettextra.com/news/nation_world/us-saudi-142-billion-defense-deal-sparks-questions-few-answers/article_2c97617d-389e-59ac-bcbc-be8063840c64.html
F-35 Lots 18 and 19 May Be Combined; Award Now Expected Late June. The Air Force and Lockheed Martin are in talks to accelerate the contract award for Lot 19 of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter “potentially into the second quarter” by combining it with Lot 18, company Chief Financial Officer Evan Scott said
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/05/lockheed-expects-june-award-of-combined-f-35-production-deal/
# Military / General News / Global
Vladimir Putin’s troops spotted massing near NATO border sparking WW3 fears
https://www.themirror.com/news/world-news/vladimir-putins-troops-spotted-massing-1146858
# Nuclear
The US Nuclear Base Hidden Under Greenland’s Ice for Decades: “While flying above the Arctic Circle last spring, a team of NASA scientists testing a new radar system over northern Greenland detected something unusual,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
https://www.wsj.com/world/greenland-us-camp-century-nuclear-base-91e8abea?reflink=article_copyURL_share&st=cKVMT9
# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
House Republicans unveiled a new spending plan yesterday that would significantly restructure the food stamp program by linking federal funding to each state’s payment error rate.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/05/13/house-gop-food-stamp-states-high-error-rates/
# Veterans / VA
Some veterans accruing debt from overpayments in VA benefits. The audits uncovered underpayments and overpayments, which the VA attempts to collect from veterans when they are identified. Some veterans accruing debt from overpayments in VA benefits.
https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/veterans-benefits/2025/may/some-veterans-accruing-debt-from-overpayments-in-va-benefits#:~:text=Overpayments%20can%20result%20in%20the,the%20House%20Veterans’%20Affairs%20Committee
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