Voices, The Peoples News
May 24, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Salvadoran Prison Chief Overseeing Trump Deportees Has Been Sanctioned By The U.S. For Negotiating With Gangs: Osiris Luna has overseen the imprisonment of over 80,000 people in El Salvador over the past three years
https://www.latintimes.com/salvadoran-prison-chief-overseeing-trump-deportees-has-been-sanctioned-us-negotiating-gangs-583691
Officer at Texas ICE Facility Faces Federal Charges for Allegedly Choking Handcuffed Detainee. Another officer who was present at the time of the alleged assault said the victim was not resisting in any manner.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/geo-group-officer-choked-migrant-ice-detained_n_683091d0e4b0a3c83b17e6be?origin=top-ad-recirc
# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Will Trump deport Belgium’s future queen? She’s caught up in Harvard foreign student ban and situation is uncertain. Princess Elisabeth, who is currently studying at Harvard, now faces an uncertain academic future as a result of the Donald Trump administration’s controversial decision.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/will-trump-deport-belgiums-future-queen-shes-caught-up-in-harvard-foreign-student-ban-and-situation-is-uncertain/articleshow/121381186.cms?from=mdr
Federal Judge Takes One Look At Harvard Lawsuit, Blocks Trump Order Almost Instantly. A Federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to revoke Harvard University’s ability to host foreign students.
https://www.aol.com/federal-judge-takes-one-look-182222264.html
Judge Orders Education Department To Rehire 1,300 Workers Cut Under Trump Plan. Schools welcomed the decision, which will bring back droves of staffers on which they rely to deliver key services. But it’s not clear how many employees are even willing to return.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2025/05/22/judge-blocks-trump-education-department-plan-workers-reinstated/83340824007/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
No sick time, no contracts, no breaks: domestic laborer protections fail in state legislature. Organizers vow to fight even harder after failure of bill to extend state labor protections to over 100,000 Washington domestic workers.
https://rangemedia.co/domestic-laborer-bill-fails/#:~:text=Organizers%20vow%20to%20fight%20even,over%20100%2C000%20Washington%20domestic%20workers
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Historic new law could change how millions of Americans power their homes: ‘It’s just a good thing’
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-business/utah-balcony-solar-portable-plug/
Working in the Permian Basin comes at a high cost. Oil workers in New Mexico are subjected to harrowing conditions that lead to death, injury, disease and terrible tolls on mental health and family life.
https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/texas-workers-face-mounting-dangers-heart-americas-greatest-oil-boom
Trump’s New Executive Order Promotes Deep Sea Mining in US and International Waters While Bypassing International Law. Critics call for an industry moratorium until more scientific data can be obtained about fragile deep sea ecosystems.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18052025/trump-promotes-deep-sea-mining-bypassing-international-law/
‘This is just the beginning’: Greenland shows Trump what rejection feels like, hands Europeans 30-year minerals deal instead
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/this-is-just-the-beginning-greenland-shows-trump-what-rejection-feels-like-hands-europeans-30-year-minerals-deal-instead/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM
In late April, the Trump administration told hundreds of scientists and experts that they were no longer needed to compile the next national climate assessment
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-the-dismissal-of-hundreds-of-scientists-means-for-a-flagship-climate-report
No one voted for more pollution — so why is the EPA trying to cut half its budget?
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5309554-epa-funding-cuts-pollution/
# Food / General News
Privacy and hunger groups sue over USDA attempt to collect personal data of SNAP recipients
https://apnews.com/article/doge-data-collection-lawsuit-trump-food-stamps-100f6be4c03a6f2b726684e1768fb5b4
# General News
Karens, Klans And Caucasian Tears: The Grift Of Racism In America: A white man walked into a bar and started yelling the n-word at Black patrons. Police are investigating his beating as a hate crime.
Racism: Let’s start things off by saying, there is a world of difference between a hate crime and the consequences of being a racist in public. But in today’s America, fueled by Donald Trump’s culture of grievance and white victimhood, the lines are being intentionally blurred. And as usual, Black people are paying the price.
https://newsone.com/6176715/the-grift-of-racism-in-america/
Former FBI boss gives 2-word verdict on Trump – and predicts what will happen when he leaves office. James Comey, the FBI boss who took down the infamous Gambino crime family says he sees eerie similarities between Trump’s inner circle and the feared Cosa Nostra
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/former-fbi-boss-gives-2-35281458
# Gov / Politics
Trump has NO IDEA what he’s signing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qtrvr5GfeI
Who’s the guy handing Trump those binders of executive orders? Meet Will Scharf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2f3DcoQ2aI
Why Republicans are angry about Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’: President’s signature legislation moves to Senate after narrowly passing House but could face a raft of further objections on everything from tax cuts to Medicaid
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/senate-republicans-big-beautiful-bill-trump-b2756542.html
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” is the cruelest and most irresponsible piece of domestic legislation to be seriously proposed
What Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is Really Doing (Part 1) | The Ezra Klein Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAF8vJQeMmQ
What Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Is Really Doing (Part 2) | The Ezra Klein Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIB-8dvkL8I
“Fact-Checked in real time”: Trump met with Canada’s new Prime Minister, and things went downhill so quickly: Here are a few moments in which Trump seemed to have absolutely zero clue about Canada:
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/people-losing-trump-seemed-prove-233954872.html
Trump’s drive for power threatens local sovereignty. We are accustomed to Trump flouting and subverting the law, but perhaps less observed are the ways in which his administration seems determined to shut down local sovereignty.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trumps-drive-for-power-threatens-local-sovereignty/
The Key to Understanding Trump’s Chaotic Foreign Policy: In less than two months in office, Trump has fractured the United States’ relationship with Europe, called into question Washington’s commitment to NATO, blamed Ukraine for Russia’s aggression, frozen military aid to Kyiv, withdrawn from key United Nations institutions, initiated a global tariff war, interrupted the global delivery of American aid and humanitarian assistance, and signaled that the United States could break the central tenet of the postwar global order
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/18/understanding-trump-chaotic-foreign-policy-us-democracy-autocracies/
Trump’s “red tape cutting” exposed as massive scam to make your taxes, healthcare, and voting harder than ever
https://attackofthefanboy.com/culture/trumps-red-tape-cutting-exposed-as-massive-scam-to-make-your-taxes-healthcare-and-voting-harder-than-ever/
Trump Instructs Republicans to ‘Erase’ January 6 Riots From History, Congressman Says
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-instructs-republicans-erase-january-6-riots-history-congressman-says-583747
Trump Used Presidential Seal At Meme Coin Dinner—A Potential Violation Of Federal Law
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-meme-coin-federal-law-2076682
Trump’s Campaign apparatus paid his company $18 million for flights after getting $13 million from the Secret Service
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/05/23/trump-campaign-secret-service-airfare-payments/
‘I wouldn’t go even if it was free’: Trump-era United States now paying Canadians to vacation here
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/i-wouldnt-go-even-if-it-was-free-trump-era-united-states-now-paying-canadians-to-vacation-here/
Lawmaker Who Beat AOC for Top Democratic Role Becomes Third Democrat to Die in Office This Term
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/lawmaker-who-beat-aoc-for-top-democratic-role-becomes-third-democrat-to-die-in-office-this-term/ar-AA1Fdupv
Trump’s Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt “Just Took Away His Presidential Immunity Defense” Says Prosecutor. President Donald Trump spent “personal time” with cryptocurrency investors at a dinner on Thursday, which his spokesperson described as not being “a White House dinner.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-uses-personal-time-meet-163400325.html
Trump Venezuela envoy Ric Grenell in hot water over unapproved jet trip to pick up US detainee
https://nypost.com/2025/05/23/us-news/trump-venezuela-envoy-ric-grenell-in-hot-water-over-unapproved-jet-trip-to-pick-up-us-detainee/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Florida court awards Mexican government massive civil judgment against former security chief
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-civil-judgment-garcia-luna-35da0643b5b9c7b1dc97a4bb07eb94e4
Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces ‘poised to launch major new Ukraine offensive’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/vladimir-putins-russian-forces-poised-to-launch-major-new-ukraine-offensive/ar-AA1FiMdE
The Real Reason El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele Cozied Up to Trump. The self-described “coolest dictator” has big secrets to hide, according to one journalist who spoke to Al Letson.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/el-salvador-nayib-bukele-trump-deportation/
China has an off-switch for America, and we aren’t ready to deal with it. This scenario is digital darkness, caused by China’s ‘off-switch’ for America. China’s strategy to defeat America before gunning for global control.
https://thehill.com/opinion/5313034-china-off-switch-america-threat/
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Britain, France, Canada of siding with Hamas: Earlier this week, the three leaders issued a joint statement condemning what they said was Israel’s “egregious” military actions in Gaza and warning that they would take “concrete actions” if Netanyahu didn’t change course.
https://www.euronews.com/2025/05/23/netanyahu-accuses-macron-starmer-and-carney-of-siding-with-hamas-after-gaza-operation-crit
How Microsoft became a hub for Israeli intelligence. Microsoft’s collaboration with Tel Aviv, including its employment of over 1,000 Israelis, strongly undermines the tech giant’s claim that no Palestinians have been harmed by its services.
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/05/23/microsoft-hub-israeli-intel/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Supreme Court Just Rewarded Trump for Brazenly Breaking the Law. The conservative justices seem ready to give Trump near-total control over the executive branch—with one notable exception.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/05/supreme-court-trump-humphreys-executor.html
Attorney warns of Trump Emoluments Clause violations in Qatar jet acceptance. Critics argue that accepting the gift from Qatar could create foreign influence and compromise U.S. decision-making in critical areas.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/the-president/attorney-warns-of-trump-emoluments-clause-violations-in-qatar-jet-acceptance#google_vignette
SCOTUS yesterday permitted President Donald Trump to fire two independent board members without just cause as litigation continues. The decision clears the way for challenges to 90 years of legal precedent on agency independence.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/scotus-allows-trump-to-fire-two-independent-federal-board-members/
Neo-Nazi cult leader who plotted NYC attack on minorities using Santa costume hauled to US for justice. Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 21-year-old man from the Republic of Georgia, was indicted on four charges, including soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Justice. It wasn’t known if he has an attorney.
https://apnews.com/article/chkhikvishvili-maniacs-murder-cult-poisoned-candy-plot-brooklyn-862c224e809c98a3907ee848aa580808
“Theft from On High”: Trump’s Budget Bill Guts Medicaid, Medicare & More to Pay for Tax Cuts. The legislation would trigger massive cuts to Medicare and Medicaid over the next 10 years, denying coverage to an estimated 7.6 million Americans, according to the Congressional Budget Office.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHaNPGaYefs
Fact Check: Clarifying claim that DOGE, RFK Jr. found 8M people fraudulently on Medicaid. There is no publicly available documented proof of the double enrollment numbers, for both multiple states and multiple plans, and the enrollees who do not have legal immigration status are on Medicaid through state-sanctioned and -funded programming, not federal funding
https://www.yahoo.com/news/clarifying-claim-doge-rfk-jr-013000828.html
# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
Twin Babies Die a Week After Receiving 3 Vaccines, Police Interrogate Parents: On May 1, Dallas and Tyson, fraternal 18-month-old twins, were found dead by their mother after receiving the Hepatitis A, flu and DTaP vaccines on April 23.
https://tdefender.substack.com/p/twin-babies-die-week-after-3-vaccines-idaho?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
How a health care giant became a symbol of systemic betrayal: 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://newrepublic.com/article/194726/johnson-and-johnson-investigation-crimes-health-care-system
‘Outright murder’: UnitedHealth pressured nurses to DNR [Do Not Resusitate] patients who didn’t want to die. The for-profit insurance company has ruined (and ended!) countless lives, been embroiled in many controversial denials of care, has faced SEC investigation for fraud, fought legal action for overbilling Medicare, and routinely humiliates those who rely on it for medical treatment.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/outright-murder-unitedhealth-pressured-nurses-to-dnr-patients-who-didnt-want-to-die/
# Medical Science / Research
USGS’ biological research arm could vanish next week. Trump is on a multipronged mission to eliminate a science agency that conservationists, toxicologists, universities and more call irreplaceable.
https://truthout.org/articles/an-important-arm-of-this-agency-could-vanish-next-week-if-trump-has-his-way/
# Military / Militia / General News
May 23, 2025: A picture has emerged showing a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle loaded with at least three seven-shot 70mm rocket pods under its left wing. If the jet had three more pods on the right side, this would amount to a whopping 42 rockets, which could be carried together with eight traditional air-to-air missiles. Such a loadout would turn the F-15E in a flying counter-drone and cruise missile arsenal ship capable of an incredible 50 engagement opportunities, minus the gun.
https://www.twz.com/air/f-15e-spotted-packing-big-laser-guided-rocket-arsenal-ideal-for-drone-hunting
Pentagon Ukraine hub could see downgrade in policy office reshuffle. The shift would demote an office that until earlier this year had become one of the most important in the Pentagon
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/05/23/pentagon-ukraine-hub-could-see-downgrade-in-policy-office-reshuffle/
# Military / General News / Global
Vladimir Putin overnight launched a massive blitz targeting Ukraine’s capital city Kyiv in one of the war’s heaviest airstrikes. Dozens were injured after the Russian forces launched some 250 drones and 14 Iskander-M ballistic missiles in one of the biggest combined aerial attacks to date.
https://www.newsbreak.com/trending-story/massive-russian-drone-and-missile-attack-on-kyiv-6831a556d36e2877ec4037dd
# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity
Trump Admin Fires National Security Council Staff In Droves. The NSC, created during the Truman administration, is an arm of the White House tasked with advising and assisting the president on national security and foreign policy and coordinating among various government agencies.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-security-council-nsc-50ac71e10b9700a0c0e4266afc958cc3
# Space Technology / Global
China Is Building an AI-Powered Supercomputer Network in Space, when it’s complete, it’ll rival anything we’ve got on Earth.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/china-ai-orbital-supercomputer
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Brian Eno, creator of the Windows 95 startup sound, calls on Microsoft to sever ties with Israel: ‘If you knowingly build systems that can enable war crimes, you inevitably become complicit in those crimes’
https://www.theverge.com/news/671864/brian-eno-windows-95-chime-microsoft-israel-palestine-statement
# Transportation / Travel Advisories
Air traffic controller warns ‘people will pay with their lives’ & admits she won’t fly out of own airport due to danger. The incident left her so rattled that she was placed on stress-trauma leave
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14307205/newark-new-jersey-air-traffic-controller-warning/
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