Voices, The Peoples News
June 9, 2025, PM
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Destroyer USS Cole joins mission at southern border. The destroyer USS Cole has joined U.S. Northern Command’s southern border operations meant to deter illegal crossing and drug trafficking.
https://news.usni.org/2025/06/06/uss-cole-headed-to-southern-border-replacing-uss-gravely
Homeland Security accelerates border wall construction in New Mexico and Arizona
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/national-media-release/dhs-issues-new-waivers-expedite-new-border-wall-construction-0
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Corporate bankruptcy surge signals trouble for the U.S. economy. U.S. corporate bankruptcies have risen to levels not seen since 2010.
https://www.thestreet.com/video/corporate-bankruptcy-surge-signals-trouble-for-the-u-s-economy
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
US, China hold trade talks in London amid high tensions over tariffs. Trade talks: President Donald Trump’s top trade advisers are set to negotiate with Chinese officials in London on Monday in the latest attempt to reach a deal and ease the friction with China.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/us-china-trade-talks-london-trump-xi/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Major Earthquake Could Cause a ‘Mega-Tsunami’ to Hit Parts of the US for the First Time in Over 300 Years: Warn Experts
https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/tsunami-earthquake-pacific-northwest-warning-225794-20250519
Pacific Northwest’s ‘unusual’ underwater volcano expected to erupt in 2025
https://san.com/cc/pacific-northwests-unusual-underwater-volcano-expected-to-erupt-in-2025/
EPA rollback plan threatens billions in savings and thousands of lives, analysis shows
https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2025/trump-epa-rollbacks-would-weaken-rules-projected-to-save-billions-of-dollars-and-thousands-of-lives/
Trump administration targets EPA’s environmental justice staff as chemical reviews lag
https://www.ehn.org/trump-administration-targets-epas-environmental-justice-staff-as-chemical-reviews-lag
Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to choke U.S. cities as climate patterns worsen. A blanket of smoke from Canadian wildfires drifted into the U.S. Midwest last week, signaling another season of toxic air driven by rising global temperatures.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/canadian-wildfire-smoke-chokes-eastern-173750154.html
Midwestern dust storms double as climate change and farming strip soil bare. A powerful dust storm swept through Illinois in May, part of a growing national trend tied to rising temperatures and land mismanagement
https://www.dailyclimate.org/midwestern-dust-storms-double-as-climate-change-and-farming-strip-soil-bare-2672333867.html
Park rangers issue warning after making unexpected discovery nearly 30 miles from ocean: ‘There are indeed changes in behavior.’ A park ranger and their group of tourists recently found something completely unexpected in the middle of the Chilean Patagonia: a fur sea
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-cool-down-314855763/4043085302688-park-rangers-issue-warning-after-making-unexpected-discovery-nearly-30-miles-from-ocean-there-are-indeed-changes-in-behavior
# Food / General News
What science says about how pesticides in food affect your health. A growing body of research links common pesticides to cancer, birth defects, and hormone disruption
https://www.ehn.org/what-science-says-about-how-pesticides-in-food-may-affect-your-health#:~:text=Scientific%20studies%20have%20flagged%20potential,neurodevelopmental%20disorders%2C%20and%20birth%20defects
# General News
‘We’re Not Scared’: Freedom Flotilla Crew Approaches Gaza Despite New Israeli Threats. “Israel’s Defense Minister has once again threatened unlawful force against civilians, attempting to justify violence with baseless smears,” the crew members said. “We will not be intimidated.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/freedom-flotilla-gaza-threats
Israel’s Seizure of Gaza Freedom Flotilla Called a ‘Blatant Act of International Piracy.’ Israeli forces early Monday boarded the Madleen, a United Kingdom-flagged vessel carrying humanitarian aid, and detained its crew members as they sought to deliver food, children’s prosthetics, and other supplies to Gaza’s besieged and starving population.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-seizes-madleen
The Real Reason for the Trump-Musk Feud Is Uglier Than You Think. When you strip away the trolling and shitposting, here’s what becomes clear: This is really a battle over how comprehensively to screw over poor and working people, largely to the benefit of the wealthy.
https://newrepublic.com/article/196246/real-reason-trump-musk-feud-uglier
# Gov / Politics
Making america backward again, President or Mad King? How Donald Trump and MAGAnomics are destroying the economy and waging war on the middle class and the poor
https://www.rollingstone.com/p/trump-destroy-economy-democracy-backward/
Supporters Rally Behind Political Prisoners Who Stopped White Supremacist Attack. Activists converged on Anderson, Indiana, to demand the release of two Black men who stood up to racist prison guards.
https://truthout.org/articles/supporters-rally-behind-political-prisoner-who-stopped-white-supremacist-attack/
Baghaei: Iran Will Not Respond to Board of Governors’ Confrontation with Increased Cooperation. Baghaei criticized the U.S. plan for failing to address three key issues: Limits on enrichment levels. Transfer or disposal of enriched uranium. Full and permanent sanctions relief.
https://en.isna.ir/news/1404031911862/Baghaei-Iran-Will-Not-Respond-to-Board-of-Governors-Confrontation
Trump signs order targeting ActBlue
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-orders-probe-against-democratic-fundraising-platform-actblue/
California sues Trump over National Guard deployment to Los Angeles. The state’s governor, Democrat Gavin Newsom, has argued that the deployment is “an illegal act, an immoral act, an unconstitutional act.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/09/california-newsom-trump-lawsuit-national-guard/
“That Would End Trump”: Elon Musk recently received an open letter from former NBA power forward, Etan Thomas, who asked the Tesla and SpaceX founder to reveal how he rigged the recent US elections to make Donald Trump the sitting president of the United States.
https://www.hardwoodheroics.com/elon-musk-to-reveal-how-he-rigged-election/
Democrat state rep admits she’s in the country ‘illegally’ in shocking floor confession
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/06/democrat-minnesota-state-rep-admits-being-illegal-alien/
Because Lawrence, Kansas had the unmitigated audacity to care about people who look different, it has been threatened with the full wrath of the federal government. So how did Lawrence end up on the list? Apparently because it didn’t spew enough hatred for the White House’s liking.
https://kansasreflector.com/2025/06/09/this-kansas-town-doesnt-hate-immigrants-enough-so-the-trump-administration-plots-vengeance/
President Donald Trump’s allies made a dash to try and take over the Bar Association for Washington, D.C. — but the effort failed badly.
https://www.rawstory.com/bar-association-2672335642/
We are witnessing the first stages of a Trump police state. The national guard’s deployment in Los Angeles sets the US on a familiar authoritarian pathway. History shows the results
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/09/trump-police-state-robert-reich
Trump’s Birthday Military Parade Just Took Another Sinister Turn. The Army shared a video on social media of a tank transporter festooned with graffiti reading “Hang Fauci & Bill Gates”
https://newrepublic.com/post/196290/trump-birthday-military-parade-anthony-fauci-bill-gates
# Gov / Politics / Global
As Trump silences Voice of America, Russia and China seize the opportunity to reshape Africa’s news ecosystem. Experts warn that the president’s decision to shut down the U.S. international broadcaster is leaving a void that authoritarian regimes are trying to fill.
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/04/as-trump-silences-voice-of-america-russia-and-china-seize-the-opportunity-to-reshape-africas-news-ecosystem/
Germany plans to revamp shelter system in case of Russian attack as fears of a major war rise
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/07/germany-plans-rapid-bunker-expansion-amid-fears-of-russian-attack
# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
14-Year-Old Arrested in Alleged Mass Shooting Plot after Talking to Undercover FBI Agent Online. ‘There’s no evidence this got any further than online communication. He wanted a place to fit in…’
https://headlineusa.com/14-year-old-arrested-in-alleged-mass-shooting-plot-after-talking-to-undercover-fbi-agent-online/?utm_source=HUSA_EMAIL_NSP1700&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HUSAemail
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Rubio, Trump Accused of Criminal Obstruction for Sanctioning ICC Judges. “Sanctioning ICC judges for doing their work on behalf of justice is a flagrant attack on the rule of law,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/rubio-icc-sanctions
DOJ charges 3rd Chinese researcher with smuggling ‘biological materials’ into US. The new case accuses Chinese researcher Chengxuan Han of trying to smuggle packages containing concealed biological material related to round worms into the country by sending multiple packages that contain the material to a lab in the U.S.
https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/third-chinese-national-smuggling-biological-materials-into-university-of-michigan-lab/
# Lost Civilizations / Archaeology / Astronomy
2,300-Year-Old Chinese Manuscript Found Is the World’s Oldest ‘Star Chart, Challenges Astronomical History. Chinese scientists analyzed astronomer Shi Shen’s record of the stars and found it to predate previously known Greek catalogues of the cosmos.
https://knewz.com/world/2-300-year-old-chinese-manuscript-found-is-the-worlds-oldest-star-chart-challenges-astronomical-history/
Archaeologists discover technologically advanced society across Philippine islands 35,000 years ago
https://www.earth.com/news/technologically-advanced-society-discovered-across-philippine-islands-35000-years-ago/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
We Need the Voice of America Now More Than Ever
Cutting off independent media abroad leaves the United States vulnerable at home.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/26/trump-voa-rfa-cuts-truth-russia-propaganda/
Media Panics About “Crime Waves” — But Downplays Crime Committed by Corporations
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-war-on-osha-could-spell-the-end-for-biden-era-heat-protections/
British photographer needed emergency surgery after he was shot by sponge bullet during LA protests
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14792383/British-photographer-shot-police-LA-riots-emergency-surgery.html
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
GOP lines up ‘excuses’ to cut Social Security after Medicaid slash: Trump has found a way to propose cuts to Medicare and Medicaid while pretending they aren’t cuts.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-social-security-2672334130/
# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
RFK Jr. Removes All Members of CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/09/rfk-scraps-vaccine-advisory-committee
# Medical Technology
Electric Fields Help Beat Brain Cancer’s Worst Form. The study finds that using Tumor Treating Fields therapy (TTFields), which delivers targeted waves of electric fields directly into tumors to stop their growth and signal the body’s immune system to attack cancerous tumor cells, may extend survival among patients with glioblastoma, when combined with immunotherapy
https://scienceblog.com/electric-fields-may-help-beat-brain-cancers-worst-form/
# Military / Militia / General News
A U.S. Space Force officer has been placed on administrative leave, pending separation, under the Defense Department’s new ban on transgender service members, ending her more than 22-year military career.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2025-06-07/dod-trans-ban-bree-fram-18048778.html#:~:text=A%20U.S.%20Space%20Force%20officer,than%2022%2Dyear%20military%20career
Air Force Ready to Deploy More Nukes Once Arms Control Treaty Ends. The Air Force is ready to add more nuclear warheads to its bomber aircraft and underground missiles if ordered to do so when a key arms control treaty expires next year, its top nuclear officer said June 5.
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-ready-to-deploy-more-nukes-once-arms-control-treaty-ends/
# Military / General News / Global
Israeli forces seize Gaza-bound aid boat, detain Greta Thunberg and other activists
https://apnews.com/article/mideast-wars-gaza-flotilla-greta-thunberg-b64e897fb37ee374e4494381304ff9be
# Nuclear
Trump’s nuclear orders revive a failed industry at the expense of public safety and clean energy. Executive orders to quadruple U.S. nuclear capacity ignore cost overruns, radiation risks, and a global shift toward cheaper, safer renewables, all while gutting the agency meant to protect the public
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/06/09/trumps-nuclear-orders-revive-a-failed-industry-at-the-expense-of-public-safety-and-clean-energy/
# OSHA
Trump’s War on OSHA Could Spell the End for Biden-Era Heat Protections. A proposed rule from the Biden administration would protect 36 million workers from the hazards of extreme heat.
https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-war-on-osha-could-spell-the-end-for-biden-era-heat-protections/
# Social / Communities
Trump orders National Guard troops to LA to quell immigration protests
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protests-raids-los-angeles-78eaba714dbdd322715bf7650fb543d7
L.A. protests stretch into third night after chaotic Sunday. Police scuffled with crowds protesting immigration crackdown. California leaders demanded that Mr. Trump withdraw National Guard troops from Los Angeles.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06/08/us/la-protests-national-guard
National Guard faces off with protesters hours after arriving in Los Angeles on Trump’s orders
https://apnews.com/video/national-guard-faces-off-with-protesters-hours-after-arriving-in-los-angeles-on-trumps-orders-b1f001668c8a45258d4722ceda7d40ad
# Space News
Inside Africa’s new space agency. The African Space Agency (AfSA), inaugurated in April, aims to co-ordinate the work of the continent’s more than 20 existing space programmes. The African Union will provide the core of the agency’s funding, with more likely to come from partnerships with China and other space big-hitters.
https://spacenews.com/africas-new-space-agency-presents-a-unified-space-front/
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Robots Now Run Better Than You! Evolution of Humanoids at the First Robots Half Marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QROvlhSZf-M
When will we start seeing humanoid robots doing services in the USA? 3-6 years? Humanoid robots will begin a mass adoption trend for commercial use as early as 2028, according to a new Bank of America research report. Annual shipments could hit 1 million by 2030, with a production cost of just $17,000 per unit
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2025/04/30/humanoid-robot-mass-adoption-will-start-in-2028-says-bank-of-america/
# Water / Lakes / Oceans
Scientists call on UN to adopt bold ocean policies to combat climate and biodiversity threats
https://www.ehn.org/scientists-call-on-un-to-adopt-bold-ocean-policies-to-combat-climate-and-biodiversity-threats#:~:text=In%20the%20lead%2Dup%20to,based%20on%20existing%20scientific%20evidence
EU ocean protection plan draws fire for weak enforcement and lack of binding goals
https://www.ifaw.org/international/press-releases/eu-ocean-pact-high-hopes-weak-commitments
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