Voices, The Peoples News
June 19, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Local Police Departments Are Enabling ICE’s Deportation Machine. Even in cities where police decline to work with ICE, local law enforcement still bolster Trump’s deportation agenda. Advocates warn such agreements come at a high cost to communities
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-deportation-police-287g-program-expansion
California Migrants Paid Not To Work in Order To Avoid Ice Raids. The Gist of It: Several groups have begun paying street vendors in California to temporarily stop working in public areas to avoid ICE raids.
https://www.newsweek.com/california-migrants-paid-not-work-ice-raids-2087148
Video shows ICE agents handcuffing Afghan man who helped U.S. troops: An Afghan man who helped U.S. troops in Afghanistan was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers last week in San Diego.
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/video-shows-ice-agents-handcuffing-afghan-man-who-helped-us-troops/
Immigration crackdown leaves US home health workforce at risk. 40% of eldercare workers in several states are immigrants. Advocates warn some patients can’t switch caregivers easily
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/immigration-home-health-workforce-crisis/
# Communications / Censorship
“I have not been quiet”: Federal official urges Americans to fight censorship.
https://www.alternet.org/push-back-against-trump-to-protect-precious-liberties-lone-democrat-on-fcc-urges-kentuckians/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Fake ‘populism’: Donald Trump is portrayed as a “populist” committed to average working-class people. His administration includes 13 billionaires, including Elon Musk, and he is cutting taxes on the rich and corporations while imposing a consumption tax on the poor through tariffs.
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/03/30/populism-trump-rich-billionaires-taxes/
Republican budget shifts wealth to the top as workers pay the price, report finds. New congressional analysis reveals massive tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans while working families shoulder cuts, tariffs, and rising costs under GOP economic plans.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/06/18/republican-budget-shifts-wealth-to-the-top-as-workers-pay-the-price-report-finds/
# Education / Schools / Libraries / Museums
Campus Police Are Using Israeli Spy Tech to Crack Down on Student Protest. Israeli-made surveillance technologies are accelerating the militarization of campus police departments across the US.
https://truthout.org/articles/campus-police-are-using-israeli-spy-tech-to-crack-down-on-student-protest/?utm_source=campaign_email&utm_campaign=061925am&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-df72203684-650262369
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Demetriev says Russia , US and Saudi Arabia could act jointly to stabilize oil market
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/exclusive-russias-dmitriev-says-russia-us-and-saudi-arabia-could-act-jointly-to-stabilise-oil-markets/articleshow/121950017.cms?from=mdr
Trump allies with fossil fuel billionaires as Sunrise launches campaign to end the oligarchy. New youth-led movement confronts Trump’s climate rollbacks and Big Oil’s influence while pushing for state-level accountability and mass mobilization.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-climate-protest-oligarchy
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Activists fight against sale of public lands in proposed budget bill, ‘If we lose access to these lands they’re gone forever’
https://www.azfamily.com/2025/06/19/activists-fight-against-sale-public-lands-proposed-budget-bill/
# Food / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA /General News
FDA halts new clinical trials that export Americans’ cells to foreign labs in hostile countries for genetic engineering. Trials failed to inform participants about the international transfer.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/fda-halts-new-clinical-trials-export-americans-cells-foreign-labs-hostile-countries-genetic-engineering
# Gov / Politics
Trump Gives Netanyahu Green Light to Continue His Reckless Wars. Donald Trump just encouraged the Israeli prime minister to continue with his attacks in Iran and Gaza.
https://newrepublic.com/post/196966/trump-israel-netanyahu-green-light-iran-gaza-keep-going
Republican Senator Warns Trump Against Entering Israel’s War on Iran. Who knew Josh Hawley would be leading the Republican resistance on this?
https://newrepublic.com/post/196970/josh-hawley-warns-trump-israel-iran-us
America Is at a Terrifying Turning Point—and There’s No Going Back. Why the events of this past weekend should worry everyone who wants a peaceful democracy
https://www.yahoo.com/news/america-terrifying-turning-point-no-100000728.html
Trump’s use of the military in Los Angeles is “unprecedented.” It could be just the beginning. The DOJ argued Trump has the power to take control of state National Guard units whenever he wants — a chilling preview of what could happen in cities across the U.S.
https://theconversation.com/the-use-of-federal-troops-to-quell-los-angeles-protests-recalls-militarized-law-enforcement-during-the-civil-rights-movement-258866
Trump would not say Wednesday whether he has decided to order a U.S. strike on Iran, a move that Tehran warned anew would be greeted with stiff retaliation if it happens.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-nuclear-us-strike-israel-eeaad923bb2df019b05f31f2e11d486c
Trump slammed for ‘cruel’ joke as he warns White House worker’s lives ‘will be destroyed.’ Donald Trump took his crackdown on illegal immigration to a new level as he targeted construction workers at the White House with a ‘cruel’ joke by quizzing them about their status
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/demented-trump-slammed-cruel-joke-35418244
Florida attorney general James Uthmeier called for the deportation of a U.S congresswoman for criticizing President Trump’s military parade.
https://www.axios.com/local/miami/2025/06/18/florida-attorney-general-calls-for-deportation-of-u-s-congresswoman
5 U.S. Elected Officials Who Have Been Arrested or Approached by Authorities While Protesting Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
https://time.com/7295823/elected-officials-arrests-confrontations-immigration-protests/
Democrats accuse Trump administration of weaponizing law enforcement to silence political foes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-trump-administration-weaponizing-law-enforcement-silence-political-foes/
If Justice Dept. Can’t Prosecute Trump’s Foes, It Will ‘Shame’ Them, Official Says. Prosecutors have long spoken only through court filings, to investigate crimes, not people. That’s changing as President Trump demands his administration target enemies, with little evidence of criminality.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-ed-martin-weaponization.html
Congress Has One Way to Stop Trump From Going to War With Iran. A War Powers Resolution would prohibit the “United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
https://theintercept.com/2025/06/17/iran-war-powers-resolution-congress-israel-trump-massie-khanna/
AIPAC Demands Democrats ‘Stand With Israel.’ The pro-Israel lobbying group has sent a flurry of communications to members of Congress, citing specific language for them to parrot in support of Israel’s strikes on Iran.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2025/06/19/aipac_demands_democrats_stand_with_israel_648721.html
AIPAC: AIPAC is a national organization with more than 5 million grassroots members who want to strengthen and expand the U.S.-Israel relationship.
https://www.aipac.org/about
Trump S Nuclear Warning Shocks Europe, Middle East | FULL SPEECH
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJR4QoAFsf8
Trump’s World War III: Ex-Russian President warns Trump after Putin’s criticism. The threat came as Trump said he would “absolutely” consider new sanctions on Moscow amid missile and drone bombardment in Ukraine
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/world-war-iii-ex-russian-president-warns-trump-after-putins-criticism-8528001
Trump’s crackdown is expanding to the political opposition. Images of Handcuffed Democrats Start to Pile Up in Trump’s Crackdown
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/us/politics/democrats-arrested-lander-padilla-trump.html
Trump’s immigration crackdown collides with political reality
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2025/06/18/trumps-immigration-crackdown-collides-with-political-reality-00413899
Targeting of Dem officials is no longer a pattern, it’s an epidemic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaNgOhT-v6s
Trump Reportedly Greenlights Plan for US Attack on Iran Without Congressional Approval
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-approves-iran-attack
Martial Law in the United States. Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.
https://nationofchange.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d8c536d78fef3dd6b12305a66&id=78780c40b6&e=9569279063
# Gov / Politics / Global
U.S. Intel Says Iran Isn’t a Nuclear Threat. Israel Wants the U.S. to Bomb It Anyway. The U.S. is helping Israel wage war on Iran over its nuclear program. But U.S. intelligence says Iran is not building a bomb.
https://theintercept.com/2025/06/17/iran-nuclear-israel-us-intel/
Iran Calls on UN To Halt Israel’s Attacks and Stop Trump From Joining War
https://www.newsweek.com/iran-calls-un-halt-israels-attacks-stop-trump-joining-war-2087523
With the Israel-Iran war, Russia is learning to become irrelevant
https://thebulletin.org/2025/06/with-the-israel-iran-war-russia-is-learning-to-become-irrelevant/
Tensions Escalate as Israel Strikes Iran; U.S. and Europe Seek to Contain Conflict
https://thedebrief.org/tensions-escalate-as-israel-strikes-iran-u-s-and-europe-seek-to-contain-conflict/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
US Appeals Court Questions Lower Court Judge. Members of a federal appeals court on June 17 questioned what role courts should have in reviewing President Donald Trump’s authority
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5355754-appeals-panel-scrutinizes-judges-block-on-trump-national-guard-deployment/
See also: https://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/court-role-and-structure/about-us-courts-appeals
# LGBTQ / Gender
Supreme Court Deals Another Major Blow To Transgender Rights. Amid all the upheaval of the second Trump administration, this week held a particularly brutal shock.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=renyrRc88bA
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
PBS funding cuts: A blow to children who need it most. “We want high-quality public media that’s accessible to kids.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/06/pbs-funding-cuts-a-blow-to-children-who-need-it-most/
Journalist covering the LA protests; ” Here are the shocking things I witnessed police do. Because we were part of the press, bearing witness to what was happening, we initially assumed that we couldn’t possibly be the intended targets.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/journalists-los-angeles-ice-protests-police-attack_n_68529febe4b038d013e30fd2
# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
Republicans Threaten a Hospital Apocalypse. Experts warn of potentially hundreds of hospital closures, which would degrade the entire medical system. “The cuts would threaten the health and well-being of millions of Americans and harm the essential hospitals that serve as community lifelines.”
https://prospect.org/health/2025-06-13-hospitals-senate-republicans-senate/
Kennedy’s picks for vaccine advisory panel raise concerns about anti-vaccine bias. A few of the new members Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed to the federal panel have promoted misinformation about vaccines and public health.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rfk-jr-advisory-panel-concerns-anti-vaccine-bias-rcna213496
# Military / Militia / National Guard / General News
USS Gerald Ford to deploy to 6th Fleet, moving a 3rd carrier group closer to Israel-Iran conflict
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-06-18/ford-carrier-europe-iran-israel-18165558.html
U.S. Bases in Europe Go to Higher State of Alert. Amid the conflict, the U.S. military has undertaken a series of precautionary measures to defend assets across the Middle East.
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3823705/us-bases-in-europe-go-to-higher-state-of-alert/
Trump reportedly greenlights Iran attack plans as military buildup expands. Reports reveal trump’s private approval of attack plans as U.S. forces deploy across Europe and Middle East amid rising pressure from Israeli and GOP war hawks.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/06/19/trump-reportedly-greenlights-iran-attack-plans-as-military-buildup-expands/
# Military / General News / Global
Israel Kills Over 70, Wounds Hundreds as Tanks Open Fire on Aid Seekers in Gaza
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N0MlpCqPHY
Israel Kills Over 70, Wounds Hundreds as Tanks Open Fire on Aid Seekers in Gaza. “The people are dying, they are being torn apart, to get food for their children,” one eyewitness said
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-kills-over-70-wounds-hundreds-as-tanks-open-fire-on-aid-seekers-in-gaza/
# NOAA / Weather
Trump cuts to NOAA, NASA ‘blinding’ farmers to risks, scientists warn. The Trump administration’s cuts to climate research and federal weather forecasting agencies are “blinding” the U.S. to oncoming threats to its food supply and kneecapping efforts to protect it.
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/5357564-trump-cuts-noaa-nasa-farmers-climate-change-food-supply/
# Nuclear
Nuclear Tensions Surge as Report Warns of New Arms Race and Global Security Crisis
https://thedebrief.org/nuclear-tensions-surge-as-report-warns-of-new-arms-race-and-global-security-crisis/
# Social Services / Programs
Social Security, Medicare funding outlook worsens bringing funding cliffs sooner. The latest projections come amid bitter political and legal fights over the Trump administration’s early efforts to crack down on alleged fraud in Social Security programs.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/18/social-security-medicare-funding-cliff-00412879
# Space News
2 Chinese spacecraft met 22,000 miles above Earth, What were they doing? A space situational awareness company spied satellite close approaches in geosynchronous orbit.
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/satellites/2-chinese-spacecraft-just-met-up-22-000-miles-above-earth-what-were-they-doing
# Space Force / Starlink
Honda launches and lands its 1st reusable rocket. This test marked the first launch and landing test conducted by Honda with an aim to demonstrate key technologies essential for rocket reusability, such as flight stability during ascent and descent, as well as landing capability.
https://global.honda/en/topics/2025/c_2025-06-17ceng.html
# Veterans / VA
Thousands of medically retired veterans qualify for retroactive combat disability pay after Supreme Court ruling
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2025/06/16/supreme-court-ruling-gives-extra-payouts-to-some-combat-wounded-vets/
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