Voices, The Peoples News
June 13, 2025, No. 2
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
The Trump administration is suing the State of New York over a sanctuary law that dramatically restricts immigration enforcement actions at court houses.
https://apnews.com/article/courthouse-immigration-arrests-border-sanctuary-04de968ad7c408f52b7e06eb47914527
Chicago Mayor Urges City To ‘Resist’ Looming Trump Immigration Crackdown. Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson urged city residents to “resist” as the Trump administration escalates immigration enforcement operations nationwide.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/12/chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-resist-trump-immigration-crackdown/
Eyes in the Sky, Boots on the Ground: Surveillance and Military Force Meet U.S. Immigration Protests
https://thedebrief.org/eyes-in-the-sky-boots-on-the-ground-surveillance-and-force-meet-protest-in-los-angeles/
As Trump Sets Military Against Civilians, Service Members Have Duty to Disobey. The Marines are trained in combat, not crowd control. People are likely to get hurt.
https://truthout.org/articles/as-trump-sets-military-against-civilians-service-members-have-duty-to-disobey/
DeSantis Says Drivers Can Hit Anti-ICE Protesters With Their Cars. The Republican governor’s remarks come a day after a 26-year-old man was arrested for threatening to run over demonstrators.
https://thehill.com/video/ron-desantis-running-over-protesters-is-allowed-if-driver-feels-life-is-in-danger-rising/10804105/
# Consumer Product Safety
Recalls & Product Safety Warnings
https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
208 House Democrats vote against codifying DOGE cuts, not a single member of the party voting for the rescissions package.
https://www.aol.com/news/208-house-democrats-vote-against-202242200.html
House Republicans Pass DOGE Rescissions Package to Cut Funding for USAID, NPR, PBS
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/house-republicans-pass-doge-rescissions-package-to-cut-funding-for-usaid-npr-pbs/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Pete Ricketts Introduces 4 Bills To Stop China From ‘Disrupting American Prosperity’: Sen. Pete Ricketts introduced a legislative package on Thursday to protect America’s economic strength and tax benefits from Communist China.
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/pete-ricketts-china-economy/2025/06/12/id/1214678/
Trump’s tariffs have launched global trade wars. Here’s a timeline of how we got here
https://apnews.com/article/consumer-prices-inflation-trump-trade-6ea513a44876c2f4dc948a25c15b0eb0
Trump’s Secret China Gamble Could Make Investors Very Wealthy.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/expert-reveals-americas-secret-weapon-against-long-term-competition-china
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/energy-department-504-federal-disability-rights/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Senate Republicans want to sell 3 million acres of public land. The majority of public land is too fire prone and far away from communities to even make sense for housing, research shows.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/senate-republicans-want-to-sell-3-million-acres-of-public-land/
# Food / SNAP [Food Stamps] / General News
States restrict SNAP purchases; UN agency unveils new food safety strategy. The new rules in Arkansas, Idaho, and Utah are set to go into effect next year.
https://www.scrippsnews.com/life/food-and-drink/trump-admin-signs-waivers-for-3-states-to-ban-sugary-drinks-junk-food-from-snap
# Gov / Politics
Sanctuary Governors Dare Tom Homan To Arrest Them — But Tim Walz Doesn’t Seem Too Keen About Idea. Democrat Govs. Kathy Hochul of New York and J.B. Pritzker of Illinois dared border czar Tom Homan to arrest them on Thursday.
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/12/walz-hochul-pritzker-sanctuary-state-congressional-hearing
House passes rescission package that includes cutting billions in foreign aid, PBS funding. The package passed in a 214-212 vote.
https://arrington.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=3821#:~:text=In%20collaboration%20with%20House%20and,for%20Public%20Broadcasting%20(CPB)
Trump is trying to turn our army into a domestic army of occupation — into neo-redcoats.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-is-trying-to-turn-our-army-into-a-domestic-army-of-occupation-into-neo-redcoats/
Military Crackdown on LA Protests Portends Further Erosion of Everyone’s Rights. Governments at all levels from both parties have paved the way to an authoritarian response to dissent.
https://truthout.org/articles/military-crackdown-on-la-protests-portends-further-erosion-of-everyones-rights/
The Authoritarian Machine Is Growing — and It Won’t Stop at Immigrants. “Fascism and authoritarianism are deployed through law enforcement,” says author and organizer Silky Shah.
https://truthout.org/audio/the-authoritarian-machine-is-growing-and-it-wont-stop-at-immigrants/
It Seems Trump Knew of Israel’s Planned Attack on Iran All Along. Israeli officials claim that Trump was only pretending to oppose an Israeli attack in public—while greenlighting it in private.
https://newrepublic.com/post/196791/israeli-officials-say-trump-knew-attack-iran
Trump Praises Israel Attack, Warns Iran on Next Steps in Grim Message. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned Israel that it ‘must expect severe punishment.’
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/13/trump-urges-iran-to-make-a-deal-as-tehran-vows-response-to-israel-attacks
# Gov / Politics / Global
Netanyahu’s Iran War Trumps Trump: How Netanyahu and Trump fooled the media over the Iran strike. Netanyahu long urged US action on Iran, and despite media claims, Israel’s recent strike had full US backing after a final ultimatum.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-857635
Houthis Warn US and Israel of ‘War’ If Iran Attacked
https://maritime-executive.com/article/yemen-s-houthi-rebels-warn-of-war-if-iran-is-attacked
Gaza Tribunal in Sarajevo Documents How Genocide Has Eroded International Law. Gaza became a “graveyard of international law” not just for Palestinians but for all people, says a Palestinian lawyer.
https://truthout.org/articles/gaza-tribunal-in-sarajevo-documents-how-genocide-has-eroded-international-law/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Judge says Trump illegally deployed National Guard to LA
https://time.com/7293803/federal-judge-breyer-ruling-california-trump-national-guard-illegal-control/
Appeals court temporarily lifts judge’s block on Trump’s National Guard deployment
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5Appeals%20court%20temporarily%20lifts%20judge%E2%80%99s%20block%20on%20Trump%E2%80%99s%20National%20Guard%20deployment348353-appeals-court-temporarily-lifts-judges-block-on-trumps-national-guard-deployment/
Does the Supreme Court Really Believe in the Constitution? States are supposed to lose representatives in the House if they infringe on voting rights. So far the Court has ignored that part of the 14th Amendment
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-06-13-supreme-court-fourteenth-amendment-voting-rights/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
The mainstream media has enabled Trump’s war on universities. For the past decade, the US press has fueled a moral panic over leftists on campus while failing to report on the right’s assault
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/13/mainstream-media-trump-universities
# Military / Militia / National Guard / General News
‘We are preparing for war’ with China ‘threat’, says US military. US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered an extremely hawkish speech in which he demonized China as a “threat” and said, “We are preparing for war”. Ben Norton analyzes the top Trump admin official’s aggressive remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue 2025 summit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLOTTVI_LAA
# Military / General News / Global
Iran Says Israel Killed Its Top Terrorist Commander In Airstrikes. Iranian state media has confirmed that Israel killed the top Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander in airstrikes targeting Iran on Thursday night.
https://readlion.com/iran-says-its-top-commander-killed-in-airstrikes/
Iran launched a counterattack against Israel Friday afternoon after Israel’s comprehensive strike against Tehran’s leadership and nuclear assets
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/13/iran-strikes-israel-missiles-tel-aviv
# Nuclear
Iran pulls out of US nuclear talks after Israeli strikes, officials say
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5348689-iran-nuclear-deal-talks-suspended/
# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware
Trump Is Rapidly Expanding the Surveillance State as Protests Grow. Immigrants are only the first target of a rapidly expanding digital dragnet that can track our individual movements.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-admins-emerging-surveillance-state-121352825.html
# Sports
Antonio Brown Wanted On Attempted Murder Charges. The Miami-Dade County Police issued a warrant Wednesday for former NFL star Antonio Brown, relating to a May shooting at a celebrity boxing event.
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45503522/ex-wr-antonio-brown-sought-attempted-murder-charge-report-says
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Ukraine, NATO eye tech trials for intercepting Russia’s cabled drones. Drones operating via fiber-optic wires are a new military challenge globally, as they are largely immune to jamming and interception attempts
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/06/12/ukraine-nato-eye-tech-trials-for-intercepting-russias-cabled-drones/
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