Voices, The Peoples News
May 16, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
The Chinook people continue to fight for their sovereignty, but recently discovered documents reveal they should have won their freedom years ago. Federal recognition provides tribes with critical health care and education. But there are nations the U.S. refuses to recognize.
https://www.cascadepbs.org/environment/2021/04/chinook-indian-nations-120-year-fight-sovereignty
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
To end birthright citizenship, Trump is rewriting Civil War history. The case hinges on an 1868 amendment that has always covered ex-slaves, confederates, and migrants. The first sentence of the 14th Amendment, passed by Congress a year after the Civil War, is the Citizenship Clause: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States.” This is the phrase the government is asking the courts to reinterpret into a fictional absurdity.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-civil-war-history/
Trump refugee program backfires as Afrikaner immigrant’s antisemitic posts surface online: Antisemitic social media posts were discovered, and they were reportedly written by one of the first arrivals. This is interesting because the Trump administration has tried to block and deport immigrants for similar reasons, yet let white immigrants come through.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/trump-refugee-program-backfires-as-afrikaner-immigrants-antisemitic-posts-surface-online/
DHS launches investigation into California program aiding aged, blind, disabled immigrants. The probe will examine the program’s records going back to January 2021
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/05/13/DHS-investigation-California-immigrant-cash-program/2991747117659/
Trump administration threatens groups that distributed federal aid for migrants. Fema-run program withholds funds it owes service providers and claims they may have aided ‘illegal activities’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/15/migrant-service-providers-trump-administration
Episcopal Church Ends 40-Year Resettlement Relationship With U.S. Government Over White South African ‘Refugees.’ Episcopal Church leader says helping Afrikaners over other refugees is ‘unfathomable’
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/13/nx-s1-5395887/afrikaners-refugees-trump-episcopal-church
‘So we can neutralize them’: Trump admin allowed to use taxpayer info for ‘criminal’ immigration enforcement, judge rules
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/so-we-can-neutralize-them-trump-admin-allowed-to-use-taxpayer-info-for-criminal-immigration-enforcement-judge-rules/
Department of Homeland Security asks for 20,000 National Guard troops to help with deportations
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5399656/national-guard-immigration
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Fouride spill eats through concrete
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szL2Ofzvpcs
EPA delays PFAS water deadlines and drops limits for four chemicals
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/05/epa-dropping-drinking-water-limits-on-four-toxic-pfas/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Elon Musk’s DOGE Deletes Dozens of Claims of Cost-Cutting After Investigation Reveals They Are False
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/elon-musks-doge-deletes-over-40-claims-of-cost-cutting-after-investigation-reveals-they-are-false/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
A Chinese Network Is Making Millions Laundering Money For The Sinaloa Cartel In The U.S.: Report
https://san.com/cc/cartels-cash-and-cover-ups-how-drug-money-moves-through-us-banks/
Federal funding shortage freezes Section 8 vouchers
https://nlihc.org/news/nlihc-statement-trump-administrations-decision-freeze-federal-grants-and-loans
Amazon Reportedly Lobbies To Stop, Amend States’ Bills Targeting Government Contracts With Chinese Firms
https://www.aol.com/amazon-reportedly-lobbies-stop-amend-215336582.html
A protracted U.S.-China trade war would be a gift to Russia. Moscow could pick up some of the economic slack and forge closer relations with Beijing.
https://carnegieendowment.org/russia-eurasia/politika/2025/05/russia-china-trade-wars-opportunities?lang=en
Trump Signals US Will Inform Countries Of New Tariff Rates In Coming Weeks
https://thehill.com/business/5303496-donald-trump-new-tariff-rates-after-pause/
The United States Is Insolvent — Not Bankrupt, Yet: Insolvency is when you can’t pay your bills when they’re due. When you can’t pay your bills and you can’t borrow the money to cover them, then you are bankrupt.
https://dcjournal.com/the-united-states-is-insolvent-not-bankrupt-yet/
# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Big Tech rolling out technologies for mass surveillance of school kids. Tech firms have outfitted classrooms with data-gathering surveillance technologies that undermine education and privacy.
https://truthout.org/articles/school-surveillance-earns-tech-companies-billions-students-pay-the-price/
Several Scholarships Funding Black Medical Students In Cincinnati Are Under Review By The Trump Administration
https://afrotech.com/scholarships-funding-black-medical-students-in-cincinnati-being-reviewed
Parents push for school transfers after cancer concerns near cell tower in Missouri district
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cancer-fears-kc-area-parents-110000422.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions
‘Plainly unreasonable’: Judge halts Trump ‘retaliatory’ order stripping bargaining rights from federal unions that have challenged the administration
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/plainly-unreasonable-judge-halts-trump-retaliatory-order-stripping-bargaining-rights-from-federal-unions-that-have-challenged-the-administration/
Older people in crosshairs as government restarts Social Security garnishment on student loans
https://www.aol.com/older-people-crosshairs-government-restarts-022001754.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
China signs deal with Russia to build a power plant on the moon — potentially leaving the US in the dust. Agreement energizes plans for joint base, setting stage for long-term human presence on the moon
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3310315/china-and-russia-sign-nuclear-reactor-deal-fuel-lunar-research-station
Scientists discover clean energy under USA that could power earth for 170,000 years
https://bgr.com/science/scientists-may-have-found-a-clean-energy-source-hidden-under-the-earth/
Moderate Republicans call for fixes to energy tax credit cuts in House GOP megabill. More than a dozen House Republicans want changes to the Ways and Means Committee’s Inflation Reduction Act rollbacks.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/14/congress/moderate-republicans-call-for-fixes-to-energy-tax-credit-cuts-in-house-gop-megabill-00350139
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Polar sea ice loss beginning to affect the bottom of the food chain. Dramatic loss of sea ice due to global heating is changing the quality of light reaching algae at the base of the polar marine food chain. This could have potentially disastrous effects on polar marine ecosystems.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/marine-life/sea-ice-loss-affects-polar-ocean-light-quality-and-much-more/#:~:text=Dramatic%20loss%20of%20sea%20ice,effects%20on%20polar%20marine%20ecosystems
# General News
The law has spread its tentacles over protest, effectively making all of it illegal. redefining sincere, democratically engaged citizens as dangerous enemies of society who belong behind bars. This is serious.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/13/the-law-has-spread-its-tentacles-over-protest-effectively-making-all-of-it
# Gov / Politics
Price Tag for Trump’s Military Festival Could Reach $45 Million. The parade, to commemorate the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary, will be held June 14, the same day as President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday, and will include representation from all active Army divisions
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/us/politics/trump-parade-army-birthday-cost.html
The president has racked up more corrupt enterprises than most politicians manage in their whole careers. CREW is tracking Trump’s unprecedented corruption (again)
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/crew-is-tracking-trumps-unprecedented-corruption-again/
‘Trump has given away the game’: Attorney says president’s new move reveals his true goal. “We’re here because Donald Trump is intent on usurping as much of the power of government as he can into his own hands. And what is more fundamental than assigning citizenship?
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-gave-game-birthright-vance/
Trump’s Attempt to Unilaterally Control State and Local Funding Is Dangerous, Dumb, and Undemocratic
https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/trumps-attempt-to-unilaterally-control-state-and-local-funding-is-dangerous-dumb-and-undemocratic
Presidential ethics attorneys flag ‘even worse’ Trump violation than Qatar plane. They aren’t just talking about the $400 million from Qatar. The three believe “his crypto entanglements are just as bad — perhaps even worse.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-qatar-2672016835/
Democratic senators call for probe into whether Trump is ‘intervening’ to aid Musk’s Starlink
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/mo/st-louis/news/2025/05/15/democratic-senators-investigation-trump-administration-elon-musk-starlink-foreign-deals
White House ties to neo-Nazis exposes Trump’s fight against antisemitism as a sham: report
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4007432346173-white-house-ties-to-neo-nazis-exposes-trump-s-fight-against-antisemitism-as-a-sham-report
America Alone: How Isolationism Made the World More Dangerous — and the U.S. Less Respected by Losing the World Stage. There’s a difference between leading the world and leaving it.
https://libbysuethewriter.medium.com/america-alone-how-isolationism-made-the-world-more-dangerous-and-the-u-s-d29a827bdd60
Trump Thinks He’s All Powerful. He’s Got It All Wrong
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-thinks-hes-all-powerful-hes-got-it-all-wrong/
Trump used his first foreign trip to further isolate Iran, and forced Tehran to blink. If Trump’s peace proposals and partnerships with Syria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other Gulf nations congeal, it would mean unprecedented peace in the region and fewer American resources, lives and treasure expended there.
https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/trumps-four-dimensional-middle-east-diplomacy-isolating-iran
Trump to meet South African leader at White House next week
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-south-africa-refugees-meeting-b2751947.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel Fatally Shot 12-Year-Old Palestinian Boy Set to Testify Against IDF for Ambush on First Responders, Aid Workers. The boy was scheduled for a second testimony alongside pediatric psychologists before he was murdered.
https://www.latintimes.com/israel-fatally-shot-12-year-old-palestinian-boy-set-testify-against-idf-ambush-first-responders-583156
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Arrests by masked federal agents are “slippery slope,” former DHS attorney warns. The practice of federal agents wearing masks to shield their identity during arrests is becoming more common. But some critics say it undermines legal protections.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/arrests-by-masked-federal-agents-are-slippery-slope-former-dhs-attorney-warns/
‘No trace of alcohol’: Police thought Amazon worker’s stroke was a DWI, then threw him in jail for 7 hours and caused him to go blind, lawsuit says
https://lawandcrime.com/lawsuit/no-trace-of-alcohol-police-thought-amazon-workers-stroke-was-a-dwi-then-threw-him-in-jail-for-7-hours-and-caused-him-to-go-blind-lawsuit-says/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Sends Thinly Veiled Warning to Supreme Court Justices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f2JaAyxsww
Trump Rages at Comey ‘Calling for Assassination’ — says Justice Department Will ‘Handle It.’ President Donald Trump lit into former FBI Director James Comey for claiming he didn’t know a social media post would be construed as an assassination message.
https://www.newsbreak.com/mediaite-520570/4010658179805-trump-rages-at-comey-calling-for-assassination-says-justice-department-will-handle-it
Federal Judge Rules Department of Justice Likely Retaliated Against American Bar Association In Abruptly Cancelling Grants to Support Domestic and Sexual Violence Survivors
https://democracyforward.org/updates/federal-judge-rules-department-of-justice-likely-retaliated-against-american-bar-association-in-abruptly-cancelling-grants-to-support-domestic-and-sexual-violence-survivors/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Trump admin already selling off news agency’s home after DOGE’s ‘accelerated disposal’: The Trump administration is preparing to sell off the longtime home of Voice of America, marking the latest push to downsize the federal government and shut down the international news agency
https://www.rawstory.com/voice-of-america-2672025817/
# Medicare / Medicaid
GOP tax cuts for the rich advance as Republicans push record-breaking Medicaid and SNAP cuts
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/05/15/gop-tax-cuts-for-the-rich-advance-as-republicans-push-record-breaking-medicaid-and-snap-cuts/
Missouri Republican Tells Medicaid Recipients in His State: ‘Show Me Why You Should Be Using Taxpayer Money.’ After months of insisting they will not touch Medicaid, Republicans seem poised to do just that in their spending bill, under which 10.3 million recipients would lose coverage.
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/missouri-republican-tells-medicaid-recipients-in-his-state-show-me-why-you-should-be-using-taxpayer-money/
Sanders on GOP Medicaid cuts: ‘Thousands and thousands of low-income and working people will die.’ Morally wrong and politically suicidal.’ “If Congress cuts funding for Medicaid benefits, Missouri workers and their children will lose their health care. And hospitals will close. It’s that simple. And that pattern will be replicated in states across the country.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5302085-bernie-sanders-republican-medicaid-cuts/
House Panel Green-Lights Sweeping Cuts To Medicaid Despite Outcry From Disability Advocates. In a marathon session marked by the arrest of dozens of disability rights activists, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead with plans to drastically reduce Medicaid spending
https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2025/05/15/house-panel-green-lights-sweeping-cuts-to-medicaid-despite-outcry-from-disability-advocates/31455/
Andy Biggs wants to move Medicaid recipients to Obamacare — which he’s trying to repeal.
https://rumble.com/embed/v6r4sol/?pub=1d24rz
# Medical / Health News
Deranged Man Suddenly Says Sane Things; “I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.” – Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
https://futurism.com/neoscope/health-secretary-rfk-jr-medical-advice?utm_term=Futurism%20//%20051525&utm_campaign=Futurism_Actives_Newsletter&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email
4 Vaccines for Pregnant Women? Doctors and Scientists Explain Why CDC Recommendation Is Dangerous
https://www.infowars.com/posts/4-vaccines-for-pregnant-women-doctors-and-scientists-explain-why-cdc-recommendation-is-dangerous
# Medical Science / Research
Infant with rare, incurable disease is first to successfully receive personalized gene therapy treatment
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/infant-rare-incurable-disease-first-successfully-receive-personalized-gene-therapy-treatment
# Military / Militia / General News
Trump Touts ‘F-55’ Fighter: Is There a Twin-Engined F-35 in the Air Force’s Future?
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/trump-touts-f-55-fighter-is-there-a-twin-engined-f-35-in-the-air-forces-future/
Pentagon Will Use Health Screenings, Commanders to Ferret Out Trans Troops for Separations
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/05/15/pentagon-will-use-health-screenings-commanders-ferret-out-trans-troops-separations.html
# Military / General News / Global
Kim Jong-Un urges North Korean troops to make ‘full preparations for war.’ After he observed special forces exercises, the dictator said that his country had to be ready for “all levels of modern warfare”, according to state media.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndtNvNl_8E4
# NASA
China is sharing priceless moon samples with international partners, but NASA can’t be a part of it. A 2011 law prevents most cooperation between NASA and China’s space program.
https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/china-is-sharing-priceless-moon-samples-with-international-partners-but-nasa-cant-be-a-part-of-it
# Pharmaceuticals
A Devastating New Exposé of Johnson & Johnson Indicts an Entire System. An investigative history of the scandal-plagued company shines a light on a health care industry riddled with corruption and criminality.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/devastating-expos-johnson-johnson-indicts-100000964.html
# Security / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Lawmaker demands explanation for Trump administration’s ouster of intelligence analysts
https://wibqam.com/2025/05/14/lawmaker-demands-explanation-for-trump-administrations-ouster-of-intelligence-analysts/
# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
House Republicans’ proposal to cut SNAP spending would save roughly $300B. That gives the committee enough wiggle room to include a $60 billion farm bill package in reconciliation, according to CBO estimates.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/05/13/congress/house-republicans-reconciliation-proposal-snap-save-300-billion-00344403
# Space Technology / Global
China’s Space Projects on US Doorstep Have Military Worried
https://www.newsweek.com/chinas-space-projects-us-doorstep-have-military-worried-2073127
China has fired a warning shot at the Philippines following a close naval encounter with the U.S. defense treaty ally earlier this week near a contested feature in the South China Sea.
https://www.newsweek.com/china-warns-philippines-scarborough-shoal-south-china-sea-2073068
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Major Data Breach Exposes Social Security Numbers, Financial Records and Much More
https://dailysecurityreview.com/security-spotlight/data-breach-at-disa-impacts-3-3-million-compromising-social-security-numbers-and-financial-data/
A Software Engineer Was Replaced by AI and Forced to Live in a Trailer (After Getting Rejected from 800 Jobs) “I feel like I’m filtered out before a human is even in the chain.”
https://futurism.com/software-engineer-trailer-ai
U.S. Companies Honed Their Surveillance Tech in Israel. Now It’s Coming Home
https://theintercept.com/2025/04/30/israel-palestine-us-ai-surveillance-state/
# Transportation / Travel / Advisories
Veteran Air Traffic Controller Spills All on Trump-Era Safety Crisis
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wsj-veteran-air-traffic-controller-043146650.html
As crisis grows at U.S. airports, feds are buying replacement parts on eBay or 3D printing them. The nation’s airline traffic control system is blinking red with warning after a midair collision, several outages, a worker shortage and an antiquated computer system.
https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/crisis-grows-us-airports-feds-are-buying-replacement-parts-ebay-or
# Water
Trump EPA rolls back protections from toxic forever chemicals in drinking water
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/trump-epa-to-weaken-drinking-water-limits-on-toxic-forever-chemicals-00347905
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