Voices, The Peoples News
June 26, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
MS-13 migrants slaughtered members of their own gang on Long Island for being ‘disloyal:’ federal prosecutors. “The legal terms in the indictment cannot adequately describe the sheer savagery with which the defendants beat, strangled, and murdered Ramos-Moreno, and plotted to murder Lopez-Lopez,” Nocella said
https://www.newsbreak.com/daily-voice-525087/4073223207464-ms-13-members-murdered-snitch-second-man-over-gang-ties-in-suffolk-county-doj-says
Trump admin moves to drop charges against MS-13 leaders, cites other national security priorities. The Trump administration is willing to drop charges to MS-13 leaders despite promising to prosecute them during both of his terms.
https://www.latintimes.com/trump-admin-moves-quietly-drop-charges-against-ms-13-leaders-cites-other-national-security-585602
Trump immigration hardliner Stephen Miller reportedly profiting from ICE surveillance firm. Over a dozen Trump appointees in the White House and Department of Homeland Security have owned stock in the controversial company raising privacy concerns across the political spectrum.
https://www.pogo.org/investigations/stephen-miller-conflicts-of-interest
‘They’re Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls. Records of hundreds of emergency calls from ICE detention centers, including audio recordings, show a system inundated by life-threatening incidents, delayed treatment, and overcrowding.
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-detention-center-911-emergencies/
Trump’s Global Gulag Search Expands to 53 Nations. The Trump administration is seeking deals with more and more nations to hold deportees, now with the blessing of the Supreme Court.
https://theintercept.com/2025/06/25/trump-immigrant-deportations-supreme-court/
Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Most Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries. The abrupt pivot on an issue at the heart of Mr. Trump’s presidency suggested his broad immigration crackdown was hurting industries and constituencies he does not want to lose.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/us/politics/trump-ice-raids-farms-hotels.html
California City Official Calls for Cartels to Organize Anti-ICE Insurrection. The vice mayor of a small Southern California city is under fire after calling on street gangs to organize in the face of immigration sweeps by federal agents in and around Los Angeles.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/7/ice-operating-in-la-for-2nd-day-amid-protests-against-immigration-raids
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing. The 6-year-old boy has been diagnosed with leukemia and has missed a medical appointment to be treated for worsening symptoms, according to the lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in San Antonio by the Immigrant Rights Clinic and The Texas Civil Rights Project.
https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2025-06-25/ice-arrested-a-6-year-old-boy-with-leukemia-at-immigration-court-his-family-is-suing
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump Kills Youth Jobs. President Lyndon B. Johnson created the Job Corps sixty years ago. Trump wants to cut off funding for this vital workforce development program.
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-06-25-trump-job-corps-employment-training/
Lawsuit aims to stop closure of almost 100 Job Corps sites. A federal judge has temporarily halted the Trump administration’s order to close America’s 99 Job Corps centers, which provide residential training programs for 25,000 disadvantaged youth annually.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/16/nx-s1-5429647/lawsuit-aims-to-stop-closure-of-more-than-100-job-corps-sites
Walmart Permanently Ends Self-Checkout Lanes as Nationwide Decision Looms
https://www.yahoo.com/news/walmart-makes-sudden-self-checkout-075754868.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
China’s Li urges not to turn trade into a political or security issue. Chinese Premier Li Qiang was speaking at the World Economic Forum’s annual conference in China. Engaging in the international economy is a way of “reshaping the rules and order,” Li said. Li also maintained an upbeat view on the Chinese economy during the conference.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/25/chinas-li-urges-not-to-turn-trade-into-a-political-or-security-issue.html
Can Trump Lie His Way out of Economic Disaster? We’re Already Finding Out. The president’s attempts to undermine the Fed’s authority shouldn’t be taken lightly.
https://slate.com/business/2025/06/donald-trump-jerome-powell-feud-truth-social-tariffs-inflation.html?pay=1750943975724&support_journalism=please
How Pharma, Oil, And Wall Street Funded Trump’s Tax Scam
https://www.levernews.com/how-pharma-oil-and-wall-street-funded-trumps-tax-scam/
Trump Is Setting the US Economy Up for Another Great Financial Crisis. Trump and tech capitalists like Elon Musk are trying to become kingpins of a largely unregulated financial system.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-setting-the-us-economy-up-for-another-great-financial-crisis/
‘Unprecedented Handout’: Senate GOP Tax Bill Even More Regressive Than House Version. “Senate Republicans apparently saw the House Republican tax plan as a challenge, because their version of this bill is an even bigger rip-off,” said Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden.
https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/the-senate-republican-tax-plan-officially-worse-than-the-house-republican-tax-plan
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
VIDEO: Heavy rain causes extensive flooding in Trinity, Tx subdivisions
https://www.ketk.com/news/top-stories/video-heavy-rain-causes-extensive-flooding-in-trinity-subdivisions/
Disaster Recovery Centers Open in Harris, Liberty, Trinity Counties
https://www.fema.gov/fr/node/677731
Disaster Relief & Recovery ServicesDisaster Relief & Recovery Services
https://www.findhelp.org/care/disaster-response–trinity-tx
Africa is being torn apart as scientists detect deep pulses beneath the land: ‘Pulsing, like a heartbeat’: Rhythmic mantle plume rising beneath Ethiopia is creating a new ocean. Scientists have detected rhythmic pulses of molten rock rising beneath eastern Africa, threatening to pull the continent apart.
https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/pulsing-like-a-heartbeat-rhythmic-mantle-plume-rising-beneath-ethiopia-is-creating-a-new-ocean
# General News
Get Paid to Hunt Feral Pigs in Texas. First off, the counties that offer bounties are Caldwell and Hays counties. Because feral hogs are out of control and that is an understatement. Texas has hogs in 253 of its 254 counties. It’s estimated that well over 2.5 million hogs are living in the Lone Star State.
https://keanradio.com/texas-counties-pay-bounties-for-feral-hogs/?utm_source=tsmclip&utm_medium=referral
# Gov / Politics
House GOP moderates tell leadership they won’t back Senate tax bill over Medicaid cuts. More than a dozen House Republicans warned they won’t support the Senate’s version of the tax and spending bill because the proposed Medicaid cuts are too steep.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5367133-house-gop-moderates-senate-tax-bill-medicaid-cuts/
Trump Urged to Revoke Zohran Mamdani’s Citizenship, Deport Him Under Communist Control Act of 1954. New York Young Republican Club and far-right Republicans demand his removal and the return of Red Scare-era McCarthyism
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/zohran-mamdani-trump-deportation-citizenship-b2777570.html
Iran does not currently possess an actual nuclear weapon. Tulsi Gabbard said Iran not building nukes. One senator after another ignored her. Disregarding the Director of National Intelligence seems like an odd thing to do unless you really want to go to war
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/tulsi-iran-bomb/
Democrats Unveil War Powers Resolution That Gives Trump Leeway to Bomb Iran. “This Resolution has a loophole so big you could fly a B-2 through it,” one advocacy group said.
https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-unveil-war-powers-resolution-that-gives-trump-leeway-to-bomb-iran/
Examining Whether Trump Had the Constitutional Authority to Attack Iran. Constitutional experts told us those who are claiming the president’s decision was unconstitutional may be correct according to an originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/06/examining-whether-trump-had-the-constitutional-authority-to-attack-iran/
House Democratic veterans back moves to limit Trump’s military authority. Letter from 12 members demanding congressional approval for war follows Trump’s unauthorized bombing of Iran
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/23/war-power-resolution-iran-house-democrats
Zohran Mamdani’s Battle Against the Billionaire Class and Democratic Establishment Is Just Beginning. Noting that corporations, large landlords, developers, and donors “want to keep him out of the mayor’s office,” India Walton urged Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to “stay ahead of the messaging and stay on doors.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/can-zohran-mamdani-win
Democratic star Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett goes after MAGA First Lady Melania Trump for coming to America on an “Einstein visa” despite having no real achievements: “It doesn’t take an Einstein to see that the math ain’t mathin’ here.” This takedown has MAGA world howling with rage…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jasmine-crockett-fumes-over-melania-082551487.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
Costa Rican court orders release of migrants deported from US. About 200 people were brought to the country in February under an agreement with the Trump administration
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/25/costa-rica-court-deportations-trump
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump calls for Netanyahu’s trial to be canceled: President Donald Trump has called for Israel to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or cancel his corruption trial, saying the US would save him like it did his country. Netanyahu was indicted in 2019 in Israel on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust – all of which Netanyahu denies. The trial began in 2020 and involves three criminal cases.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/26/us-news/trump-calls-for-netanyahus-trial-to-be-canceled/
Netanyahu wants to meet Trump at White House after Iran war success
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/26/netanyahu-trump-white-house-meeting-israel-iran
# Marijuana / Hemp
The U.S. House of Representatives approved amendments to let Department of Veterans Affairs doctors recommend medical cannabis and to support research on the therapeutic benefits of psychedelics.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/congress-votes-to-let-va-docs-recommend-medical-cannabis-for-veterans-newsletter-june-26-2025/
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) filed a bill to triple the amount of THC that can legally be in hemp and to make other changes to federal rules for the crop to address industry concerns.
https://themarijuanaherald.com/2025/06/senator-rand-paul-introduces-bill-to-triple-legal-thc-limit-for-hemp-ease-testing-rules/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
NCRMCapitol Police Arrest Disabled Protesters In Wheelchairs With Zip Ties: Video
https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2025/06/capitol-police-arrest-disabled-protesters-in-wheelchairs-with-zip-ties-video/
# Medical / Health News / Covid / Biologicals
A pregnant teen was sent away to a place that promised to help. Then they took her baby. Tucked away on the campus of Liberty University is a maternity home where young, unwed mothers go for support.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/liberty-university-maternity-home-podcast-b2774458.html
# Military / Militia / National Guard / General News
Inside US military’s most terrifying new weapons from ‘AI-controlled’ drones to deadly laser that would be used in WW3. US Navy announced it tested a laser weapon that destroyed a floating target in the Gulf of Aden in the Middle East. The laser could be used to obliterate bomb-laden drone boats deployed by Houthi rebels backed by Iran in Yemen.
https://www.the-sun.com/news/4284269/us-new-weapons-ai-drones-lasers/
Air Force Leader Says Troops Must Be Ready to ‘Kill People and Blow Sh– Up’
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/06/25/air-force-leader-says-troops-must-be-ready-kill-people-and-blow-sh.html
Army Blocks Air Force’s AI Program Over Data Security Concerns
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/fearing-data-leaks-army-blocks-air-force-ai-program-from-its-networks/
# Military / General News / Global
China Military Unveils Mosquito-Sized Drones for ‘Special Missions’
https://www.newsweek.com/china-military-university-reveals-mosquito-drone-robot-2090342
# NOAA / Weather
Government Demands Money From Fired Employees It Rehired Then Fired Again. Some former employees say they have received debt notices from the federal government to pay it back for health care coverage they never had.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fired-rehired-fired-again-noaa-174219191.html
# Other Interesting Stuff / Lost Civilizations / Archaeology / Astronomy
Ancient DNA reveals mysterious Indigenous group from Colombia that disappeared 2,000 years ago. A new analysis of ancient DNA from hunter-gatherers who lived millennia to centuries ago has revealed a previously unknown genetic lineage of humans who lived in what is now Colombia.
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/ancient-dna-reveals-mysterious-indigenous-group-from-colombia-that-disappeared-2-000-years-ago
# Planetary / Earth
“Nobody Expected This”: Earth’s Rotation Will Speed Up In July And August
https://www.iflscience.com/nobody-expected-this-earths-rotation-will-speed-up-in-july-and-august-bucking-the-downward-trend-79757
Scientists Are Trying to Explain a Mysterious ‘Cold Spot’ South of Greenland in the Atlantic Ocean. Researchers say understanding how this slowing current, which results in a reduced salinity, or freshening, of polar ocean water, affects marine life and other ocean dynamics could be crucial when preparing societies for potential impacts like extreme weather events caused by the change.
https://thedebrief.org/scientists-are-trying-to-explain-a-mysterious-cold-spot-south-of-greenland-in-the-atlantic-ocean/
# Social Services / Programs
Trump poised to ‘make matters worse’ for 73M Americans: The president and his allies claim they want to target “waste, fraud and abuse.” Such targets either don’t add up or don’t exist at all.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/social-security-funding-shortfall-trump-rcna214505
March 17, 2025: Social Security ‘Clawback’ Change Could Bankrupt Seniors. Donald Trump’s Social Security Administration (SSA) announced a change in policy that could easily bankrupt some of the program’s senior beneficiaries. The agency will now revert back to a more punishing policy that some Republican members of Congress previously publicly opposed – a policy that makes seniors bear the costs of the government’s mistakes.
https://larson.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/social-security-clawback-change-could-bankrupt-seniors
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
We built an AI directed laser that destroys moving targets…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFMvesTUjAA
‘Tractor beam’ style manipulation moves objects without touching them
https://www.imeche.org/news/news-article/tractor-beam-style-manipulation-moves-objects-without-touching-them
# Transportation / Travel Advisories
See why pointing lasers at planes puts pilots in a terrifying situation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVZf24EVCZA
# Veterans / VA
Thousands of LGBTQ+ Veterans Were Supposed to Get Pardons. A Year Later, Only Four Have Succeeded
https://thewarhorse.org/pardons-for-lgbtq-veterans-falls-short/
“War Cry For Change”: Veterans Launch Campaign for Informed Consent and Safe Deprescribing at the VA. The Grunt Style Foundation leads a new phase in the movement to combat psychiatric drug harm.
https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/06/war-cry-for-change-u-s-veterans-launch-campaign-for-informed-consent-in-psychiatry/
House passes veteran affairs funding legislation as first 2026 appropriations bill. The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2026 was passed in a 218-206 vote.
https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-passes-first-fy26-bill-fully-funding-va-health-care-and-supporting
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