Voices, The Peoples News
May 19, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Many on Navajo Nation Blindsided by Hydrogen Pipeline Change. Pipeline company touts helping the nation; letter writing campaign raises questions. Critic says, “Just pipe the natural gas.”
https://sourcenm.com/2025/05/15/many-on-navajo-nation-blindsided-by-hydrogen-pipeline-change/
Canada’s melting ice roads leave First Nations stranded, sparking fights over mining and road funding. Indigenous peoples are navigating the slow collapse of winter roads — and an even slower pace of help.
https://grist.org/indigenous/ice-road-canada-truck-northern-ontario-first-nations-mining/
# Border / Immigration / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Supreme Court grants Trump authority to revoke protected status of over 300,000 Venezuelans. Litigation will happen in the lower courts.
https://time.com/7286645/supreme-court-temporary-protected-status-venezuelans/
Trump Is Building a Global Gulag for Immigrants Captured by ICE. The U.S. is in talks with 19 nations, including Libya, Kosovo, Rwanda, and Moldova, to accept deportees from other countries.
https://theintercept.com/2025/05/15/trump-ice-immigrants-deport-prisons-cecot-libya/
# Children / Youth
Tom Homan On Trafficked 14-Year-Old Girl Found Pregnant: ‘This Sh*t Is Happening Every Day.’ Tom Homan recounted the recent rescue of a 14-year-old girl who had been trafficked and was found pregnant.
https://www.aol.com/tom-homan-trafficked-14-old-164706074.html
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Has Gutted AmeriCorps. What Happens When the Next Disaster Strikes? The loss of staffing and programs is one more blow to the US’s ability to respond to and recover from disasters.
https://www.theenergymix.com/doge-hollows-out-americorps-undermines-disaster-relief-across-u-s/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Senators Probe Cash Funneled To Trump IRS Nominee. Citing The Lever’s reporting, top Senate Dems say “unusually timed contributions” to Trump’s stalled IRS nominee Billy Long “potentially violate federal bribery laws.”
https://www.levernews.com/senators-probe-cash-funneled-to-trump-irs-nominee/
Rule change would allow Trump to ‘cook the books’ and hide collapsing economy: There is a new move afoot to make it permissible to fire federal financial analysts if their reports don’t paint the pretty picture the president demands
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-employee-purge/
Trump-tied World Liberty Financial Rebuffs U.S. Senator’s Probe. World Liberty Financial rebuts Senate Democrat’s probe into USD1 stablecoin and Trump’s crypto ties
https://www.theblock.co/post/354624/world-liberty-financial-rebuts-senate-democrats-probe-usd1-stablecoin-trump-crypto-ties
Social Security Income Could Rise as House Pushes $14.8 Trillion Tax Elimination Plan. Several lawmakers in Congress have recently introduced legislation that aims to accomplish the same goal.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2025/05/13/trump-eliminate-social-security-taxes/83594521007/
Virginia Dem: “GOP tax cuts would be on ‘backs of millions of Americans.’ This budget is going to make the tax cuts permanent on the backs of millions of Americans losing their health care and access to SNAP benefits.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/5306387-gop-budget-proposal-mcclennan-critique/
Trump Is Furious That His Tariffs Are Doing Exactly What Economists Said They’d Do. Walmart announced it would raise prices due to tariffs. A Trumpian meltdown ensued.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/trump-walmart-tariffs-bessent/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Scientists make breakthrough with underground tunnels harnessing little-known energy source: ‘One of the most critical steps’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/geothermal-energy-cement-casing-well-integrity/
Satellites reveal global oil rigs leaking hundreds of thousands of gallons into oceans. A groundbreaking investigation led by SkyTruth has plotted and ranked the world’s most polluting offshore oil and gas facilities using advanced satellite technology to highlight the worst persistent oil slicks and greenhouse gas emissions around the world.
https://oceanographicmagazine.com/news/offshore-oil-platform-pollution-exposed-in-world-first-for-ocean/
Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/25/nx-s1-5376482/trump-seabed-mining-executive-order
Experts alarmed over Trump’s promotion of deep-sea mining in international waters. Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/experts-alarmed-over-trumps-promotion-of-deep-sea-mining-in-international-waters/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
Every person, in every country in every continent will be impacted in some shape or form by climate change. There is a climate cataclysm looming, and we are underprepared for what this could mean.
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/climate-change/
Seabirds on remote Australian island found filled with plastic waste. One bird was found to have ingested nearly 800 pieces. The seabirds have become so full of plastic they crackle and crunch.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-15/birds-crunch-full-plastic-losing-war-waste/105221266
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
New FEMA chief says states must take the lead on disaster recovery this hurricane season
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/fema-hurricane-season-no-plan-39042ee6
# General Recalls / Alerts
Walmart announces nationwide recall and shoppers are surprised by the list of affected items.
https://corporate.walmart.com/recalls
# General News
A gun deemed too dangerous for cops, fine for civilians. Police reselling their SIG Sauer P320 pistols to the public.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/05/a-gun-deemed-too-dangerous-for-cops-but-fine-for-civilians/
Squatters Can Legally Take Your Home In These 8 States
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ6P_WwFpr8
# Gov / Politics
Even Donald Trump’s MAGA Backers are Getting Sick of Him Using Presidency to Make Himself and Family Billions. Donald Trump’s National Golf Club just outside Washington, D.C., is set to transform into the ultimate playground for cryptocurrency moguls. The star-studded event isn’t about honoring contributions to the United States or charity. Instead, it’s about growing the Trump family’s private bank account.
https://radaronline.com/p/donald-trump-maga-backers-sick-using-presidency-himself-family-billions/
Trump just undermined America’s strategic partnership with India. Islamist gunmen had deliberately targeted Hindu tourists, exemplifying the persistent cross-border terrorism that India has long endured. Yet few anticipated that the decisive external actor to intervene, President Trump, would seek not to de-escalate tensions impartially, but to tilt the scales in favor of the state sponsor of terror.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5304742-trump-just-undermined-americas-strategic-partnership-with-india/
Al Green suggests military coup coming under Trump, refuses to pivot from attacks. The Texas lawmaker’s latest comments to Newsweek defy warnings from Democratic colleagues to step back from provocative actions and inflammatory impeachment talk and instead focus on policy.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/3415221/al-green-military-coup-trump-attacks-democratic-warnings/
“I feel like I’ve lost my country”: Americans who oppose Trump are now looking for the exits. Professional relocation consultants say they’re fielding more calls from Americans trying to leave the country https://www.salon.com/2025/05/18/i-feel-like-ive-lost-my-country-americans-oppose-are-now-looking-for-the-exits/
Senator Says The Country Is ‘Stuck With A Madman’ In The White House Because Of Dems. “It was absolutely a mistake for the party to not listen to those voters,” Sen. Chris Murphy said.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-murphy-democrats-2024-loss-trump_n_682a2884e4b0bccd40f52677?origin=top-ad-recirc
Republicans resist Trump’s takeover at Library of Congress as party question unrestrained power. Quiet resistance from top Republicans has kept Trump officials out — for now. GOP congressional leaders have stood aside the past four months as President Donald Trump has attacked legislative branch prerogatives — shuttering agencies, canceling federal grants and imposing sweeping tariffs. Now he’s meddling in their actual back yard.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/14/library-of-congress-trump-takeover-carla-hayden-00349275
Trump’s own words are being thrown back in his face after his latest threat. Author James Surowiecki said, “But Trump has said over and over again that foreign countries pay tariffs, not US businesses or consumers. If that’s true, why would Walmart have to eat anything?” he then asked.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-own-words-walmart-threat/
Trump’s Threats to Defy Courts Go Nuclear as MAGA Rages at New Losses. As Trump’s hints that he will override the courts get worse, a close observer of MAGA lawlessness explains why the Trump-MAGA game plan here is more dangerous than it appears.
https://newrepublic.com/article/195387/trump-threats-defy-courts-go-nuclear-maga-rages-new-losses
# Gov / Politics / Global
Council of Europe denounces ‘deliberate starvation’ in Gaza. The Council warned that Israel’s actions risk fueling future conflict, while the UN rights chief condemned the escalating offensive and blockade as tantamount to ethnic cleansing.
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2025/05/16/council-of-europe-accuses-israel-of-deliberate-starvation-in-gaza_6741353_4.html
Iran’s blunt 12-word promise as it plans to deport 2 million illegal migrants. The extremist regime said it had no more room for refugees.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2056630/iran-deport-2million-illegal-migrants
# Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA / DHS
Trump Administration Dismantles Protections Against Law Enforcement Abuses
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trump-administration-dismantles-protections-against-law-enforcement-abuses/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump DOJ plan would let it indict lawmakers who opposed him with no oversight. The Department of Justice under Attorney General Pam Bondi is considering a plan that would let federal prosecutors investigate and indict members of Congress, unfettered by traditional oversight designed to stop political persecution.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-doj-considers-making-easier-172521167.html
Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers. The fact that GOP lawmakers are including it shows how much those in power in the nation’s capital are thinking about the consequences of defying judges as the battle between the Trump administration and the courts escalates.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-restraining-order/
# Medicare / Medicaid
GOP lawmakers pushed a sweeping bill forward in a rare Sunday vote after cutting a backroom deal with far-right Republicans to fast-track deeper Medicaid cuts and slash food aid—while offering permanent tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/05/19/house-republicans-advance-massive-budget-bill-with-medicaid-cuts-and-tax-breaks-after-secret-weekend-deal/
Federal judge blocks $11B in public health cuts. The Health and Human Services Department said the move was on the grounds that the pandemic was over. But it cast doubt on states’ ability to contain infectious diseases, ensure access to vaccines and continue substance use disorder programs, among other efforts.
https://www.axios.com/2025/04/04/judge-halts-hhs-plan-to-kill-11b-in-public-health-grants
# Medical Science / Research
Trump administration defunds autism research in DEI and ‘gender ideology’ purge
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/politics/universities-medical-research-funding-frozen-trump-diversity-purge
# Military / Militia / General News
Pentagon silent, aviation experts baffled by Trump’s fighter comments
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/05/16/pentagon-silent-aviation-experts-baffled-by-trumps-fighter-comments/
Air Force F-15 Fighters Deploy to Protect Diego Garcia as B-52s Rotate In. Multiple U.S. Air Force F-15 fighters have deployed to the strategic outpost of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to protect the myriad of assets deployed there, including B-52 strategic bombers.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-f-15-fighters-deploy-protect-diego-garcia-b-52s/
EA-37 Compass Call Electronic Warfare Jet Completes First Training Mission
https://theaviationist.com/2025/05/15/ea-37b-compass-call-first-mission-training-sortie/
# Military / General News / Global
Israel Just Launched Its Expanded Ground Invasion to Permanently “Conquer” Gaza. A resident says the army is firing deadly missiles into crowded neighborhoods without warning or evacuation notice.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-just-launched-its-expanded-ground-invasion-to-permanently-conquer-gaza/
# NOAA / Weather
New storms pound the South as families mourn lost lives and homes. A string of deadly tornadoes has devastated parts of Kentucky and Missouri, and more severe storms are on the way
https://apnews.com/article/severe-storms-plains-kentucky-tornado-weather-407499784e8562419f2770ff31d5d207
# Nuclear
Trump aims to tighten White House grip on nuclear regulation. The White House is considering executive orders that would reshape nuclear oversight by curbing the independence of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and expanding control through the Department of Energy.
https://www.dailyclimate.org/trump-aims-to-tighten-white-house-grip-on-nuclear-regulation-2672110690.html
# Other Stuff
A bit of history about the White House. Best at full screen: Secret passage under Lincoln Room floorboard inside US Capitol revealed by congressman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP5IVXR7FxQ
What’s the deal with the drones? A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over New Jersey and across the eastern U.S., sparking speculation and concern over where they came from and why.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/whats-the-deal-with-the-drones-heres-what-we-know
Federal report reveals the cause of mysterious drone sightings — but major mystery remains
https://nypost.com/2025/05/17/us-news/feds-knew-in-december-drones-were-airplanes-but-said-nothing/
# Pharmaceuticals
New Powerful Antibiotic That Kills Superbugs Found Hiding Deep In A Chinese Mine. “We were excited to find that saarvienin A doesn’t fit into any known category. Its unique structure could pave the way for antibiotics that bacteria have never encountered before.”
https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/novel-antibiotic-from-rare-earth-mine-fights-superbugs-with-unique-strategy-399640#:~:text=Saarvienin%20A%20was%20isolated%20from,such%20as%20vancomycin%20and%20rifamycin
# Social Media / Internet
Al-Qaeda and Hezbollah leaders among terrorists who pay Elon Musk for X subscriptions, study finds
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/alqaeda-hezbollah-x-elon-musk-b2753354.html
# Social Services / Programs / SNAP [Food Stamps]
As Costs and Temperatures Rise, Trump Moves to Gut Low-Income Energy Assistance. Looking ahead to another hot summer, we can only hope that cuts don’t foreshadow a growing yet preventable death toll.
https://truthout.org/articles/as-costs-and-temperatures-rise-trump-moves-to-gut-low-income-energy-assistance/
# Transportation / Travel Advisories
Denver airport loses all air traffic control communications for 90 seconds after equipment failure. Controllers have multiple frequencies, so operators turned to their backup frequency in this case, he said. This backup went down “for approximately two minutes,” McIntosh said.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/15/nx-s1-5399623/denver-airport-air-traffic-control-outage
# Water / Lakes / Oceans
EPA move to narrow water protections could leave small streams and wetlands exposed
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/05/epa-clean-water-act-wotus/
Consequences of the Trump administration’s attempts to weaken PFAS drinking water protections. The Environmental Protection Agency is rolling back rules limiting forever chemicals in drinking water.
https://www.theverge.com/news/667349/forever-chemicals-pfas-drinking-water-rules-epa-trump-rollback
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