Voices, The Peoples News
July 9, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Ann Coulter Draws Outrage Over Vile Post About Killing Native Americans. “We didn’t kill enough Indians,” Coulter wrote in the since-deleted post.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ann-coulter-draws-outrage-over-013656786.html
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
200 Marines deploy to Florida as Pentagon approves more support to ICE. The Marines will be assigned tasks related to transportation, logistics and administrative functions. They’re not authorized to make arrests
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/07/08/first-wave-of-200-marines-sent-florida-support-ice-operations.html
The 911 Calls Inside ICE Detention Centers. On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we unpack WIRED’s recent investigation of 911 calls made from the facilities where Immigration and Customs Enforcement detains migrants.
https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-the-911-calls-inside-ice-detention-centers/
Dems propose law requiring ICE agents to show ID, remove face coverings: The long-shot proposal comes following images of masked, heavily armed immigration agents snatching people off the streets and taking them away in unmarked cars have shocked many Americans.
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/08/ice-agents-masks-democrats-id-bill
El Salvador officials say deported migrants in notorious jail are Trump’s problem, not theirs. El Salvador’s government has directly contradicted Donald Trump’s administration when it comes to who, exactly, is responsible for the deported migrants locked up in that country’s prisons.
https://www.aol.com/el-salvador-officials-deported-migrants-185538324.html
Ex-Trump Prison Official Questions ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Design: ‘Not How We Would Run a Facility’: The former director of the Bureau of Prisons described the new budget for border efforts “astronomical”
https://www.latintimes.com/ex-trump-prison-official-questions-alligator-alcatraz-design-not-how-we-would-run-facility-586341
ICE leaves cars abandoned, lawn mowers running when it arrests workers: A new push to secure property
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-07-08/ice-abandonded-items
ICE’s Latest: A Military Sweep Through a Park with Little Kids. On horseback, with armored vehicles, Trump’s troops stomp through L.A.’s MacArthur Park.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-07-08-ices-latest-military-sweep-macarthur-park-los-angeles/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
MAGA’s Gift to China: Trump’s tariffs aren’t helping America. President Trump’s self-imposed 90-day pause before he raises “reciprocal” tariffs through the roof expires on Wednesday, July 9. Only most of it may not expire at all.
https://prospect.org/economy/2025-07-08-magas-gift-to-china-trump-tariffs/
‘Let’s be clear, tariffs are a tax’: Economist predicts US households will lose over $2,000 a year
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/08/Tv/video/amanpour-golodryga-tedeschi-trump-tariffs#:~:text=Former%20Biden%20economic%20adviser%20Ernie,and%20cost%20American%20households%20money.
Taxpayers face higher monthly payments under new law in ‘dangerous attack’ on Americans, expert claims
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14647387/taxpayers-student-loan-payments-one-big-beautiful-bill/
Trump’s tax law by the numbers: $1 trillion less for Medicaid, $75 billion more for ICE: The new law extends tax breaks for the wealthy, slashes Medicaid and food aid and expands immigration enforcement — threatening health care, nutrition and safety nets for millions.
https://19thnews.org/2025/07/trump-big-beautiful-tax-law-numbers/
# Employment / Labor / Unions
The Trump administration has begun garnishing wages of student loan borrowers in default. These are the benefits businesses can offer employees to help with their debt
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-begun-garnishing-wages-100000876.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
New Report Documents Racist Rot at the Core of the Petrochemical Industry. Economist Michael Ash shares new data on racial disparities in the industry — a major purveyor of environmental racism.
https://truthout.org/articles/new-report-documents-racist-rot-at-the-core-of-the-petrochemical-industry/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
‘Could become a death spiral’: scientists discover what’s driving record die-offs of US honeybees. It developed into the largest US honeybee die-off on record, with beekeepers losing on average 60% of their colonies, at a cost of $600m
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/08/record-us-bee-colony-dieoffs-climate-stress-pesticides-silent-spring-aoe
USDA will ban farmland purchases by Chinese nationals. Chinese nationals and other foreign adversaries will no longer be allowed to purchase United States farmland, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced, citing national security threats. According to the agency, China owns more than 265,000 acres of U.S. agricultural land.
https://san.com/cc/us-bans-farmland-purchases-by-chinese-nationals-and-foreign-adversaries/
EPA workers stand up for public health. Then Trump officials sent them home. The document criticizes the agency for “undermining the public trust.”
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/epa-workers-speak-up-for-public-health-then-trump-officials-sent-them-home/
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
‘People are going to die’: A malnutrition crisis looms in the wake of USAID cuts
https://www.wired.com/story/usaid-rutf-state-department-supplies-warehouses/
‘Essential isn’t a strong enough word’: Loss of foreign workers begins to bite US economy. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins suggested Medicaid participants who don’t yet meet the work requirements passed in Republicans’ megabill could supplement labor shortages in the agriculture industry.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/08/essential-isnt-a-strong-enough-word-loss-of-foreign-workers-begins-to-bite-us-economy-00443021
Dairy farm worker speaks out after one of Vermont’s largest-ever immigrant raids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2tDViVcT1g
# General News
“This Is The Final Straw”: Elon Musk Has Logged On, Seen The Epstein Memo, And Entered Full Chaos Mode. This is not the first time Musk has publicly criticized the Trump administration regarding the Epstein case.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-back-online-stirring-212434012.html
See also: Jeffrey Edward Epstein (/ˈɛpstiːn/ ⓘ EP-steen;[3] January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender.[4][5]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein
# General News / Texas Floods
Mexican rescue teams help search for Texas flood victims as Leavitt denies Trump cuts caused deaths
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/mexican-rescue-teams-help-search-35517013
Flood rescuers blindsided as Texas gov reveals new toll. The number of missing had increased to more than 170
https://www.rawstory.com/cnn-2672978729/
Timelapse shows how Texas river swelled 30ft in 45 minutes
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/timelapse-shows-how-texas-river-swelled-30ft-in-45-minutes/vi-AA1I5JGu?cvid=315E64EA4FBE4EF7A57DD9EDEA2A328D&ocid=hpmsn
‘Nowhere to be found’: Disaster workers slam Trump’s ‘slow-walking’ after flood. “But according to sources within FEMA, ‘barely any staff’ have been deployed, and the Acting Administrator David Richardson ‘is nowhere to be found.'”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-fema-texas/
Abbott: 109 dead, at least 171 known missing from July 4 flood. A total of 109 people have been confirmed dead in six Texas counties, 161 remain missing in Kerr County, and an additional 10 are confirmed missing in Travis County from July 4 flooding,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLWz1_52uc4
California has deployed an additional 18 Urban Search and Rescue Team members to Texas to assist with ongoing response efforts related to severe flooding impacts. The scale of devastation Texas is experiencing right now is unfathomable, and we’re proud to lend a helping hand.
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/07/governor-newsom-announces-deployment-of-urban-search-and-rescue-task-force-teams-to-texas/
Amid Deadly Floods, Lawmakers Left Gap In Warning System: Before the Texas disaster, The vast majority of America’s waterways are not being monitored by water level gauges that help identify impending disasters. Lawmakers have long declined to fully fund the federal government’s program supporting a nationwide flood warning system, according to government documents reviewed by The Lever.
https://www.levernews.com/amid-deadly-floods-lawmakers-left-gap-in-warning-system/
Texas summer camp near Camp Mystic had ‘no warning’ about rising waters but were able to safely evacuate 70 before deadly flooding: ‘Saw it coming’
https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york-post-509648/4095573808304-texas-summer-camp-near-camp-mystic-had-no-warning-about-rising-waters-but-were-able-to-safely-evacuate-70-before-deadly-flooding-saw-it-coming
Houston Texans, Dallas Cowboys team up to commit $1.5 million for Central Texas flood victims
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/07/08/525882/houston-texans-dallas-cowboys-commit-1-5-million-for-central-texas-flood-victims/
The Real Reason the Texas Flood Turned So Deadly. This time, a changing climate and irresponsible land use weren’t the main culprits. The deadly Texas floods were a result of a convergence of factors, including heavy rainfall, the region’s unique topography, and the impact of climate change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy20fDZs2SE
Democrats Should Say Who’s Really to Blame for the Flooding in Texas. They’ve got the wrong guys; despite grappling with deep cuts imposed by the Trump administration, the NWS put out early and increasingly urgent warnings about the coming deluge. There’s plenty of blame to go around, though.
https://newrepublic.com/article/197662/democrats-should-say-who-really-blame-flooding-texas?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_ticker_rss
State inspection two days before deadly floods found Camp Mystic had emergency plan in place
https://apnews.com/article/camp-mystic-floods-state-inspection-ef17d51dc7868fa9cc5c3076c31ed98a
# Gov / Politics
Why you should be worried about a new Trump-appointed commission you probably haven’t heard of, White House Religious Liberty Commission on Faith and Religious Freedom, Part 1
https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/white-house-religious-liberty-commission-meeting-on-faith-and-religious-freedom-part-1/661258
5 questions about the Democrats’ Tea Party moment. What’s happening in the Democratic Party? A Vox reporter explains. The movement that I’m talking about started before Obama was elected. It was a mostly libertarian, grassroots, localized, not-that-big movement — a reaction to the bailouts at the end of the Bush administration.
https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/418824/democratic-party-tea-party-moment-zohran-mamdani-explained
Inside the new Christian movement that venerates Trump — and inspired the MN shooter
https://www.alternet.org/christ-for-the-nations-institute/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Jul.9.2025_11.47am
‘We have tremendous power’: Trump hints at using federal authority against local officials
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-interview-running-cities-dc-new-york-2096226
Trump floats federal takeover of New York City and Washington DC, amid mayoral election fears
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/trump-floats-federal-takeover-of-new-york-city-and-washington-dc-amid-mayoral-election-fears/articleshow/122333552.cms?from=mdr
Democrats threaten government shutdown if GOP passes $9.4 billion rescissions bill.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8111c292-70f2-4511-b1dc-011885a3d497.html
Schumer draws line in government funding fight
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/08/schumer-government-funding-republicans-trump-bill
Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce. The justices overrode lower court orders that temporarily froze the cuts, which have been led by the Department of Government Efficiency.
https://www.inquirer.com/politics/nation/supreme-court-trump-layoffs-federal-workforce-20250709.html
Republicans Just Sold Out Their Own Supporters. One Senator’s Vote Shocks Me More Than Most. It’s a striking example of just how monolithic the once ideologically heterogenous Republican Party has become.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/big-beautiful-bill-lisa-murkowski-republicans-donald-trump.html
Top Trump Aide Finally Confirms He Was Born a Soviet Citizen. The birthplace of U.S. President Donald Trump’s director of personnel has been the subject of media speculation — fuelled by his refusal to answer the question.
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/exclusive-top-trump-advisor-sergio-gor-was-born-in-the-soviet-union
Trump Finally Gets the Police State He’s Been Craving for Years: The president’s increasingly aggressive immigration raids and arrests drew protests in L.A. — and gave him an excuse for a militarized crackdown
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-police-state-troop-deployment-los-angeles-1235360655/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Haitian Vigilantes Fighting Gangs Have Become a ‘Significant Source Of Human Rights Abuses.’ Some gangs include current and former police officers
https://www.latintimes.com/haitian-vigilantes-fighting-gangs-have-become-significant-source-human-rights-abuses-586262
Mexican Attorney General Will Demand Israel Turn Over Evidence Related To $25 Million Bribe In Spyware Deal. “We’ll ask Israeli authorities that this information can be added to a file so we can move forward,” said Alejandro Gertz Manero
https://www.latintimes.com/mexican-attorney-general-will-demand-israel-turn-over-evidence-related-25-million-bribe-spyware-586362
# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
FBI Reportedly Launches Criminal Investigations into James Comey and John Brennan. The two men are being investigated in connection with a previous probe centering on potential connections between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and the Russian government.
https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/fbi-reportedly-launches-criminal-investigations-into-james-comey-and-john-brennan/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release former special counsel Jack Smith’s report on the Mar-a-Lago investigation as well as any of the Epstein files that reference President Trump, accusing Attorney General Pam Bondi of shielding potentially damaging information.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5390159-raskin-epstein-files-trump-jack-smith/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
House votes to kill funding for public media, it did so at the direct request of President Trump, who has accused NPR and PBS of bias against conservative viewpoints as part of his broader attacks on the mainstream media.
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/12/g-s1-72223/public-media-funding-up-in-the-air-as-house-prepares-to-vote-on-claw-backs
# Marijuana / Hemp
Buying Cannabis in Texas? Yes it’s legal. Yes it’s the same weed from where ever you’re coming from. I keep seeing misinformation and it’s annoying me so here’s a post for all of y’all.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TexasEclipse/comments/1buvx1k/buying_cannabis_in_texas_yes_its_legal_yes_its/
Texas cannabis laws: Dallas Freedom Act decriminalizes weed. Here’s what it means if you get stopped by police
https://www.statesman.com/story/news/state/2025/01/13/marijuana-decriminalization-law-dallas-police-department-dallas-freedom-act/77666073007/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Hassett issues vicious three-word statement to those worried about losing healthcare, “get a job.”
https://www.newsbreak.com/irish-star-1693764/4093968212909-hassett-issues-vicious-three-word-statement-to-those-worried-about-losing-healthcare
“The Congressional Budget Office has indicated that because the deficits and debt is going above a certain threshold, there may be automatic cuts to Medicare,” Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) warned. “So we have to activate our seniors as well on this particular topic.”
https://www.rawstory.com/harm-activate-seniors-medicare-cuts/
Retired workers to see frustrating change to Medicare in 2026. Tucked deep inside the 267-page 2025 Medicare Trustees report is a projection that the standard monthly Medicare Part B premium could rise to $206.50 in 2026.
https://www.thestreet.com/retirement/retired-workers-to-see-shocking-change-to-medicare-in-2026
# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Heartbreaking story of lonely hospital patient who nobody knows or wants: A man found unconscious on a California street been lying in a hospital bed for more than three weeks and no one knows who he is, where he came from, or whether anyone is even looking for him.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14886757/unidentified-california-hospital-patient-long-beach.html
Chinese spy arrested on Texas university COVID research theft charges. Indicted in Houston in 2023, a Chinese spy has finally been arrested for allegedly hacking a Texas university to steal COVID research on behalf of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/chinese-state-sponsored-hacker-arrested-us-warrant
# Medical / Health / Global
How the World Bank Left African Hospital Patients “Detained” and in Crushing Debt. It promised to improve health care for the poor through its investments with private equity firms.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/how-the-world-bank-left-african-hospital-patients-detained-and-in-crushing-debt/
# Military / Militia / National Guard
Hegseth set off a ‘scramble’ after making major decision behind Trump’s back: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved a stoppage of weapons shipments to Ukraine without notifying the White House beforehand
https://www.alternet.org/hegseth-trump-policy/
Trump Burned Through Stockpile of Patriot Missiles at Alarming Rate. The U.S. no longer has enough missiles for all of the Pentagon’s projects.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197696/donald-trump-military-stockpile-patriot-missiles
Pentagon provided $2.4tn to private arms firms to ‘fund war and weapons’, report finds. Most of defense department’s discretionary spending from 2020 to 2024 went to military contractors
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/08/pentagon-military-spending
# Military / Global
Denmark to rent air defenses as it rushes to rebuild missile shield
https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2025/07/08/denmark-to-rent-air-defenses-as-it-rushes-to-rebuild-missile-shield/
PIRATE BLITZ Israel bombs hijacked Brit ship Galaxy Leader seized by Houthis in devastating wave of airstrikes against terror group. The Galaxy Leader is owned by a British company, which is partially owned by Israeli tycoon Abraham Ungar
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14650485/israel-bombs-brit-ship-houthis/
# NOAA / Weather
Fact Check: Did Donald Trump Defund NOAA, the Service That Helps With Weather Predictions and Alerts? “While the administration has not defunded the NWS or NOAA, it is proposing in 2026 to cut significant research arms of the agency. “Multiple labs that produce forecasting tools and research used to improve forecasting would also be impacted. The reorganization that’s proposed would decimate NOAA’s research capability.”
https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jul/08/social-media/national-weather-service-noaa-cuts-texas-flood/
# Planetary / Earth
The Earth’s Rotation Is About to Spin Up So Much That Tomorrow Will Be Much Shorter Than Today. Yes, today, July 9, is predicted to be one of the shortest days in recorded history due to the Earth’s faster-than-usual rotation.
https://www.iflscience.com/nobody-expected-this-earths-rotation-will-speed-up-tomorrow-bucking-the-downward-trend-79905
# Space Force / Starlink
Space Force picks Boeing for $2.8B strategic communications program. The new satellites will have improved resilience and cyber capabilities and provide polar coverage, a capability not featured on the legacy satellites
https://www.defensenews.com/space/2025/07/03/space-force-picks-boeing-for-28b-strategic-communications-program/
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
OpenAI Poaches 4 High-Ranking Engineers From Tesla, xAI, and Meta. The new hires are joining OpenAI’s scaling team, according to an internal Slack message sent by cofounder Greg Brockman.
https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-xai-executives-poached-openai/
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