Voices, The Peoples News
June 5, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Trump Seeks 90% Cut for Already Underfunded Tribal Colleges. “This would basically be a knife in the chest,” said the president of one tribal college, “and I don’t know how we can survive these types of cuts.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-colleges-universities-trump-cuts-funding
Ontario First Nations resist new mining law that bypasses consultation and environmental protections. The bill intends to fast-track mining projects, especially around what is known as the Ring of Fire, located in Treaty 9 territory in northern Ontario.
https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-bill-5-indigenous-consultation/#:~:text=Ontario’s%20Bill%205%2C%20or%20the,9%20territory%20in%20northern%20Ontario
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
US immigration officers ordered to arrest more people even without warrants. Ice officers told to get ‘creative’ with arrests, including of undocumented people encountered by chance
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/immigration-officials-increased-detentions-collateral-arrests
A sweeping new ICE operation shows how Trump’s focus on immigration is reshaping federal law enforcement. Members of other agencies are getting detailed to assist ICE, while Justice Department personnel shift to immigration-focused teams and prioritize immigration-related cases.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ice-operation-trump-focus-immigration-reshape-federal-law-enforcement-rcna193494
Outrage after California fourth grader is detained by ICE agents during immigration hearing. Martir Garcia Lara was ordered into custody in Houston as federal agents target courthouses nationwide
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/california-ice-arrest-elementary-school-b2763614.html
Migrant deported to Mexico is returned to US by Trump administration after order by judge
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-deportation-guatemala-trump-return-64602344d97ef93529ef5f21b4fd5807
ICE operation calls for 5,000 federal agents and 21,000 National Guard troops to make deportation arrests
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-arrests-deportation-plans-national-guard-b2763749.html
ICE Invaded Child’s Birthday Party Claiming It Was a Gang Meeting: Months after detaining 47 people accused of being Tren de Aragua in Austin, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties. People at the raided house say they rented it for a birthday party and deny any connection to the gang. One man says law enforcement accused him of being in Tren de Aragua because of his tattoo.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/04/texas-immigration-raid-hays-county-austin-venezuelan-gang/
DHS Denies Claims ICE Used Zip-Ties on Children at Texas Court, Says Subject in Video is Over 18
https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2025-05-30/ice-agents-arrest-migrants-at-san-antonio-immigration-court
Video shows traffic stop near school that led to ICE sending family to Mexico. Federal authorities transported Omar Gallardo Rodriguez, his partner Denisse Parra-Vargas, and their three children, two of whom were born in the United States, to Mexico within a week after the traffic stop.
https://www.kxan.com/investigations/new-video-shows-traffic-stop-near-school-that-led-to-ice-sending-family-to-mexico/
Democrats are calling for ICE agents to lose their masks and have identities released. DHS says no way. Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican from Tennessee, wants to make it a crime to ‘doxx’ law enforcement
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-agents-mask-democrats-dhs-trump-b2763881.html
Doxing or doxxing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing
‘Sufficient facts to warrant discovery’: Judge orders Trump admin to reveal its deal with El Salvador after immigrant objects to his jailing in notorious CECOT prison
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/sufficient-facts-to-warrant-discovery-judge-orders-trump-admin-to-reveal-its-deal-with-el-salvador-after-immigrant-objects-to-his-jailing-in-notorious-cecot-prison/
‘More than it can afford’: Congress Angry over Trump’s ICE spending as White House demands ‘minimum’ 3,000 arrests daily
https://www.rawstory.com/lev-parnas-2672309642/
‘It is well established that the Fifth Amendment entitles aliens to due process’: The Supreme Court contradicts Nancy Mace’s citizenship claim
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/it-is-well-established-that-the-fifth-amendment-entitles-aliens-to-due-process-the-supreme-court-contradicts-nancy-maces-citizenship-claim/
‘America’s SS’: Trump demands Secret Service agents sign up to ICE ‘mass removal campaign’
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/americas-ss-trump-demands-secret-service-agents-sign-up-to-ice-mass-removal-campaign/
Trump Team Plots Rule Change to Stop Asylum-Seekers Getting Work in New Crackdown
https://sandhillsexpress.com/cbs_politics/trump-officials-weigh-rule-to-prevent-asylumseekers-from-getting-work-permits-cbsid13f168a4/
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Common U.S. herbicide may damage gut health and spark organ failure, scientists warn
https://www.ehn.org/common-u-s-herbicide-may-damage-gut-health-and-spark-organ-failure-scientists-warn
# Children / Youth
‘Invest In Us, Not Prison’: Brave 9-Year-Old Kaitlyn Peoples Delivers Powerful Rebuke Of Bill To Criminalize Kids. The bill is a controversial juvenile justice measure that critics say would further criminalise children rather than support their growth.
https://shinemycrown.com/invest-in-us-not-prison-brave-9-year-old-kaitlyn-peoples-delivers-powerful-rebuke-of-bill-to-criminalize-kids/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
‘We intend to use all of these tools’: White House threatens controversial pocket rescission to make DOGE cuts permanent
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/03/white-house-asks-congress-to-codify-9-4b-in-doge-cuts-to-foreign-aid-npr-pbs-00382872
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump Commerce Secretary Stuns Republican Senator By Undercutting Trump’s Justification For Sweeping Tariffs. Trump cabinet member appeared to undercut Trump’s stated goal for the tariffs – to bring down other countries’ trade barriers on the U.S.
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-commerce-secretary-stuns-republican-senator-by-undercutting-trumps-justification-for-sweeping-tariffs/
Lawmakers propose sweeping ban that will have major impact on retailers: ‘The time has come.’ In a big win for environmentalists, another state is considering a flat ban on plastic bags.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-cool-down-314855763/4038144854482-lawmakers-propose-sweeping-ban-that-will-have-major-impact-on-retailers-the-time-has-come
# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Harvard seeks end to US funding cuts, says national security, public health research in peril
https://www.aol.com/harvard-seeks-end-us-funding-233320743.html
Trump suspends visas for new Harvard International students, the latest attack on the Ivy League school. US president says it would jeopardize national security to allow university to keep hosting international students
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/04/trump-restricts-harvard-student-visas
Education Department claims Columbia University no longer meets standards for accreditation. “After Hamas’ October 7, 2023, terror attack on Israel, Columbia University’s leadership acted with deliberate indifference towards the harassment of Jewish students on its campus,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said. “This is not only immoral, but also unlawful.”
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-notifies-columbia-universitys-accreditor-of-columbias-title-vi-violation
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Labor unions demand ‘urgent’ status conference over Trump admin’s ‘noncompliance’ with judge’s injunction blocking federal firings
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/labor-unions-demand-urgent-status-conference-over-trump-admins-noncompliance-with-judges-injunction-blocking-federal-firings/
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dei-black-women-minorities-careers-jobs-dismissed?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump Is Canceling $3.7 Billion in Clean Energy Projects. The agency said the move came after it found the projects “failed to advance the energy needs of the American people, were not economically viable and would not generate a positive return on investment of taxpayer dollars.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/trump-is-canceling-3-7-billion-in-clean-energy-projects/ar-AA1FN0ft?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds&apiversion=v2&noservercache=1&domshim=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1&batchservertelemetry=1&noservertelemetry=1
New Mexico Bans Release of Treated Oil and Gas Wastewater. A draft rule would have allowed discharge of 84,000 gallons of treated produced water per day. The New Mexico Water Quality Control Commission backtracked to take a more cautious approach.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04062025/new-mexico-bans-release-of-treated-oil-gas-wastewater/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Dem governor ripped as ‘total disgrace’ after vetoing bill limiting Chinese land ownership near military bases. Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who is up for reelection next year, garnered backlash Tuesday after vetoing a bill aimed at preventing China from buying up land next to strategic assets, such as military bases.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/dem-governor-ripped-total-disgrace-221247537.html
EPA sheds hundreds of staffers as Trump administration pushes agency cuts
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/epa-trump-cuts-staffers/
Climate change is emptying forests of insects, even in places we thought were safe. A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoe
Federal judge upholds rule protecting wetlands from farm development. Swampbuster Case Dismissed by Federal Judge. Environmental intervenors celebrate the move to protect wetlands
https://www.agriculture.com/partners-swampbuster-case-dismissed-by-federal-judge-11746201
Farm Bill provision known as Swampbuster
https://www.iaenvironment.org/webres/File/Swampbuster%20Factsheet%2010_2_2024.pdf
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
States Left Without Aid After FEMA Was Not Told Trump Had Signed Off on Disaster Relief: FEMA officials warned the agency is “understaffed and underprepared” heading into hurricane season
https://www.latintimes.com/states-left-without-aid-after-fema-was-not-told-trump-had-signed-off-disaster-relief-report-584333
# Food / General News
Pennsylvania is suing the USDA over cutting funding to a $1 billion food aid program for states. The lawsuit comes three months after the USDA advised states that it was ending the pandemic-era assistance program
https://www.morningagclips.com/pennsylvania-is-suing-the-usda-over-cutting-funding-to-a-1-billion-food-aid-program-for-states/
Campbell’s says soup sales are soaring—and that’s actually a sign the U.S. economy is in a downturn, data shows
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/campbell-says-soup-sales-soaring-144634408.html
‘We’re going to starve’: Trump admin ushers in future famine with bone-headed research cuts
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/were-going-to-starve-trump-admin-ushers-in-future-famine-with-bone-headed-research-cuts/
# General News
Doctor Breaks 60-Year Silence on JFK’s Death—Says ‘Magic Bullet’ is a Myth and the Real Story is Different. Now, almost 62 years later, Curtis was asked to share his insight with the House Oversight Committee, at a hearing May 20. [Video on site.]
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/doctor-jfk-assassination-magic-bullet-theory-744808-20250603
# Gov / Politics
Trump Bans New Visas for Foreign Nationals From 12 Countries. The new ban includes Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-announces-travel-ban-on-citizens-of-12-countries-set-to-go-into-effect-monday
GOP Bill Would Legalize DOGE and Let Trump Dismantle Everything. The Reorganizing Government Act is a long shot in the Senate, but that could change — and so would the separation of powers
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-republican-bill-legalize-doge-dismantle-government-1235354830/
Trump Whines As Supreme Court Justices He Appointed Rule Against Him, Calling Them ‘Weak’: Justice Amy Coney Barrett has been the primary subject of these complaints after breaking with her right-leaning colleagues
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-whines-supreme-court-justices-he-appointed-rule-against-him-calling-them-weak-report-584323
Bernie Sanders nails ‘cruel’ truth of ‘what Trumpism is really about’ in new takedown. “Beyond cruel” that President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ has huge tax breaks for the wealthy while taking health care from millions of Americans.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-trumpism_n_68410962e4b00b2e94c59ff9
‘Rattled’: Former Trump associate claims MAGA stalwarts are starting to falter
https://www.rawstory.com/lev-parnas-2672309642/
Trump Faces Shocking Threat to His Presidency From ‘Brutus’ Musk
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-faces-shocking-threat-presidency-224712092.html
Trump Orders Probe Into Biden’s Presidential Actions. Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Wednesday evening directing a probe into “who ran” the U.S. during former President Joe Biden’s time in office.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-investigation-autopen-james-comer-ae7013baea1f3da5417d02a6e83811ec
Eight-Day ‘March To Gaza’ Will Attempt To Enter War Zone: Progressive International, a far-left-wing activist organization, prepares for an eight-day march where they will attempt to “break the Israeli blockade.”
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/04/march-to-gaza-attempt-war-zone/
# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Here We Go Again: Legally Armed Black Woman Shot By Houston Deputies Banging On Her Door
https://bossip.com/3076583/eboni-pouncy-shot-five-times-by-texas-deputies/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Continues Far-Right ‘Crusade Against Our Courts’ With Judicial Slate. “If confirmed,” said one watchdog leader, “these nominees would be expected to not only look the other way as the building blocks of America’s democracy are gutted, but to pave the way for Trump’s radical agenda.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trumps-judicial-nominees
How the US Justice System Is Being Remade: The United States incarcerates its citizens more than any other country. Mass incarceration disproportionately impacts the poor and people of color and does not make us safer. EJI is working to end our misguided reliance on over-incarceration.
https://eji.org/criminal-justice-reform/
How Project 2025 Plans for Trump to Have Unprecedented Power Over the Justice Department. The policy plan for a second Trump term would turn the department against progressive local prosecutors.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2024/07/20/trump-project-2025-crime-prosecutors
# LGBTQ / Gender
Corporations Are Pulling Financial Support From Pride, Even Beyond Trump’s Reach. Companies like Mastercard, Pepsi and Deloitte have pulled hundreds of thousands in Pride festival sponsorships after Trump declared DEI initiatives “illegal and immoral.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/corporate-america-pulls-funding-from-pride-festivals_n_683f834ae4b0cc376200a3b9
# Lost Civilizations / Archaeology
Dating the Dead Sea Scrolls to decode their place in biblical history. Some of the texts found do not form part of the accepted canon of the biblical scripture. Some of the scrolls bear dates on them in Aramaic and Hebrew. They date, roughly, to the 5th and 4th century BCE, and another lot from the late 1st and early 2nd century CE.
https://cosmosmagazine.com/history/archaeology/dead-sea-scrolls-dating/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
CNN anchor halts show to slam Trump’s decision to ‘erase women and people of color.’ https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/cnn-donald-trump-abby-phillip-1190090
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
House bill will leave millions without health insurance, mostly due to cuts to Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5332414-congressional-budget-office-estimate-health-insurance-losses-gop-megabill/
Who pays when Medicaid is cut? Children’s health, nursing home care, help for people with disabilities and insurance for 1 in 5 Americans are part of it. Congress is gearing up to cut hundreds of billions in funding for Medicaid.
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2025/mar/how-cuts-medicaid-snap-could-trigger-job-loss-state-revenue
# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
Texas hospital that discharged woman with doomed pregnancy violated the law, a federal inquiry finds. A new policy the Trump administration announced has thrown into doubt the federal government’s oversight of hospitals that deny women emergency abortions, even when they are at risk for serious infection, organ loss or severe hemorrhaging.
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-texas-hospital-doomed-pregnancy-discharge-308ea695a17f72500cbf31622fdb521a
# Military / Militia / General News
Senate Adds Billions for Air Force Programs to GOP Spending Bill
https://aviationweek.com/defense/budget-policy-operations/senate-reconciliation-plan-increases-air-superiority-spending
‘Wake-up call’: Ukraine drone strike exposes dangers to US aircraft. Kyiv’s devastating attacks on Russia underscore how easily cheap drones can cripple an air force, including America’s.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/04/ukraine-attacks-us-dangers-aircraft-00385666
# Nuclear
Meta has signed a 20-year agreement with a nuclear power plant in Illinois to supply clean energy for its expanding data infrastructure amid rising artificial intelligence energy demands. The partnership with Constellation energy provides long-term security.
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/meta-signs-multi-decade-nuclear-energy-deal-to-power-its-ai-data-centers-144916645.html
Why a nuclear weapons ban would threaten, not save, humanity
https://thebulletin.org/2024/01/why-a-nuclear-weapons-ban-would-threaten-not-save-humanity/
# Social Media / Internet
If You Thought Facebook Was Toxic Already, Now It’s Replacing Its Human Moderators with AI, “Dollars are dollars.” In spite of its immense influence, none of its internal algorithms can be scrutinized by public watchdogs. Its host country, the United States, has largely turned a blind eye to its dealings in exchange for free use of Meta’s vast surveillance capabilities.
https://futurism.com/meta-moderators-ai-lgbtq?utm_term=Futurism%20//%20060425&utm_campaign=Futurism_Actives_Newsletter&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Max Tegmark on AI Superintelligence: We’re Creating an ‘Alien Species’ That Would Replace Us. Few people understand artificial intelligence and machine learning as well as MIT physics professor Max Tegmark. Founder of the Future of Life Institute
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-06-04-0815/technology-max-tegmark-ai-superintelligence-we-re-creating-alien-species-would
FBI Director Christopher Wray warns of alarming hacking threat from China. FBI Director Christopher Wray told a House committee that hackers in China are focusing on American infrastructure and preparing to “wreak havoc and cause real-world harm to American citizens and communities.” He said the targets could include electrical grids, water treatment plants, gas pipelines and transportation systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH-2Ae5E1zE
# Tourism
US Embassy Warns Americans on Mexico Trend: Kidnappings tied to dating apps in Mexico, US embassy warns
https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2025/06/03/mexico-dating-app-kidnapping/84017670007/
# Veterans / VA
2 Veterans Tied to ‘Nazi White Nationalist Efforts’ Allegedly Stole Gear from Army Base, Beat Soldier with Hammer
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/04/2-veterans-tied-nazi-white-nationalist-efforts-allegedly-stole-gear-army-base-beat-soldier-hammer.html
VA budget tops $400 billion for 2025 from higher spending on mandated benefits, medical care
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-06-03/veterans-budget-benefits-health-care-staff-cuts-18000765.html
# Water / Lakes / Oceans
Marine heatwave found to have engulfed area of ocean five times the size of Australia. According to the Secretary-General of the World Oceans Organization, Prof. Celeste Saulo, ocean warming and acidification were combining to “cause long-term damage” to marine ecosystems and economies.
https://a2news.com/english/rajoni-bota/bota/vala-e-te-nxehtit-detar-ka-perfshire-nje-siperfaqe-oqeanike-pes-i1149797
The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in the South-West Pacific 2024 report warns of record-breaking ocean heat and sea-level rise threatening ecosystems, economies, and entire island nations
https://illuminem.com/illuminemvoices/ocean-heat-and-sealevel-rise-threaten-communities-in-the-southwest-pacific
Scientists call for urgent ocean protections as warming seas threaten ecosystems
https://www.ehn.org/scientists-call-for-urgent-ocean-protections-as-warming-seas-threaten-ecosystems
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