Voices, The Peoples News
July 11, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
National Native Organizations and Tribal Leaders Respond to Ann Clouter’s ‘We Didn’t Kill Enough
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/national-native-organizations-and-tribal-leaders-respond-to-ann-clouter-s-we-didn-t-kill-enough-indians-remark
# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Donald Trump’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ hit with disgusting problem days after launch. Migrants detail disgusting conditions including no showers, toilets that don’t flush – and lots of bugs
https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/alligator-alcatraz-florida-giant-bugs-1257545
From Maine to Texas, federal agents continue to arrest MS-13 gang members. Across the country, federal agents are arresting members of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) U.S.-Salvadoran transnational gang designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Trump administration.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_57478298-f55e-40c0-98cd-e0683f6b67b5.html
Taxpayers will no longer fund illegal aliens’ education. The department said “it will end taxpayer subsidization of illegal aliens in career, technical, and adult education programs.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_d08af510-f83b-4340-bd71-ddd714583554.html
ICE Could Be Sending Migrants To Overcrowded Detention Centers To Benefit Private Operators, Report Suggests
https://www.latintimes.com/ice-could-sending-migrants-overcrowded-detention-centers-benefit-private-operators-report-586516
ICE detains Children’s Chaplain after revoking his asylum, leaving community furious: Community members and politicians expressed outrage about detainment of a former chaplain for Cincinnati Children’s Hospital who sought asylum after being tortured and detained in Egypt for the reporting he did there as a journalist.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ice-detains-former-children-chaplain-030726971.html
ICE Morale Plummeting Under Stephen Miller’s “Impossible” Orders. “Morale is in the crapper,” one former ICE agent said of what it’s like to work under the Trump administration.
https://newrepublic.com/post/197814/ice-agents-miserable-stephen-miller
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE Cut National Weather Service Jobs. Trump’s NOAA Pick Now Says He Wants To Fill Them. His statements come amid fierce scrutiny of staffing shortages following the Texas floods
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-weather-service-cuts-neil-jacobs_n_686f204ae4b0d01c494c6c87
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump threatens to hit Canada with 35% tariff next month if country does not help with fentanyl: “If Canada works with me to stop the flow of Fentanyl, we will, perhaps, consider an adjustment to this letter,” Trump wrote to Carney. “These Tariffs may be modified, upward or downward, depending on our relationship with your Country.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/trump-to-impose-35-tariff-on-goods-from-canada-mcy2ve5f
Trump plans 35% tariff for Canada. Here are the other countries that received tariff letters. President Donald Trump said Thursday he plans to impose blanket tariffs of 15% or 20% on most trade partners, dismissing concerns that further tariffs could negatively affect the stock market or drive inflation.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-tariffs-inflation-hasbro-ukraine-patriot-missiles-nato-russia-rcna218125
Republicans are calling for another major tax cut. Fresh off passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” some anti-tax advocates hope to push the administration to change how taxable capital gains are calculated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/10/trump-tax-cut-capital-gains/
US Senators Push For ‘Bone-Crushing’ Sanctions On Putin
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-senators-push-for-bone-crushing-sanctions-on-putin/vi-AA1Imtra
Graham’s ‘bone crushing’ Russia sanctions bill could freeze US trade with the world’s largest economies. The proposed 500 percent tariffs on countries that buy Russian energy could cut the U.S. off from major trade partners.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/07/lindsey-graham-russia-sanctions-bill-trade-embargo-00393297
# Education / Schools
Federal government investigates 45 universities over Title VI
https://www.thecentersquare.com/issues/education/article_e103051a-487e-4bf5-90f0-079ff4dabdba.html
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance
https://www.justice.gov/crt/fcs/TitleVI
# Employment / Labor / Unions
Supreme Court greenlights layoffs: What it means for federal employees
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5393097-trump-layoffs-implementation-supreme-court-ruling/
Philadelphia strike ends: Race & inequality at center of municipal workers’ fight for a fair wage
https://www.isidewith.com/discuss/5456913897
Tim Walz’s state under the microscope for potentially discriminatory hiring practices. DOJ opening an investigation into Minnesota’s allegedly racist hiring practices, which would violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/10/trump-doj-investigates-minnesota-00447779
Trump administration moves forward with federal layoffs after Supreme Court ruling
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-clears-way-for-trump-to-downsize-the-federal-workforce
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Melting Glaciers Will Lead to More Volcanic Eruptions, Study Suggests. Now, All Eyes Are On Antarctica. New research from the Chilean Patagonia has identified a link between glacial retreat and underground volcanic activity
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/melting-glaciers-will-likely-lead-to-more-volcanic-eruptions-study-suggests-now-all-eyes-are-on-antarctica-180986945/
The Texas flood is a preview of chaos to come. Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-flash-flood-camp-mystic-climate-change-trump-noaa-fema
USDA: 45M acres of American land owned by foreign entities. Foreign ownership of U.S. agricultural land, which includes timberland, remains a widely debated and often controversial topic, fueled by concerns about the implications of foreign investments
https://www.fb.org/market-intel/foreign-footprints-trends-in-u-s-agricultural-land-ownership
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
Noem demanding to sign off on all FEMA expenditures over $100K and staff says it’s impacting emergency response
https://www.yahoo.com/news/noem-demanding-sign-off-fema-183417809.html
FEMA is not shutting down but ‘rebranding’ to highlight local leaders’ roles in disaster response. In January, Trump floated the idea of minimizing FEMA if not getting rid of it as a whole – a position he has softened his stance on
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/fema-rebrand-local-response-trump-b2787309.html
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is under fire after posting a hostile and defensive social media statement lashing out at damning CNN reporting that exposed FEMA’s delayed response
https://www.alternet.org/kristi-noem-2673065293/
FEMA sends under 100 staffers to Texas flooding disaster as state rolls out nearly 1,800 responders
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/trump-fema-response-texas-floods-b2785617.html
Kristi Noem slammed for delaying Texas rescue teams for 72 hours as calls for her to resign grow
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/kristi-noem-texas-floods-response-35531843
# General News
Elon Musk has disrupted Silicon Valley, the electric car industry, and the U.S. government. What is his next target: democracy? There are always worse political figures waiting in the wings.
https://ips-dc.org/a-new-far-right-american-party/
Things Are Looking a Lot Like They Did Before the Civil War. The parallels between today and the antebellum period are concerning. The debate over who is entitled to rights and freedoms, including voting rights, echoes the pre-Civil War debates about slavery and citizenship
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/ice-public-opinion-civil-war-trump-revolt.html?pay=1752242939044&support_journalism=please
Jeffrey Epstein sent ominous final ‘hanging’ message hours before he was found dead in prison. Author Michael Wolff claims he was the last person to receive a message from Jeffrey Epstein. “So how do you think he died?” Coles asked. “I have no idea,” said Wolff. “And we’re clearly not going to find out anything more from the Department of Justice.”
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/jeffrey-epstein-final-message-b2786549.html
# General News / Floods
Trump visits Texas to survey flooding devastation
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/11/trump-texas-flood-damage-fema
Trump has declared the Texas floods a major disaster, making federal funding available to support emergency operations.
https://www.fema.gov/fr/node/699484
13 states have reported flooding in the last week. Map of flood and high flow condition (United States)
https://waterwatch.usgs.gov/?id=ww_flood
After Week Of Serious Flash Floods, It’s A Reminder That Mid-Summer Is Peak Time For This Threat. The country has suffered several major flash flooding events since July Fourth. Here’s what’s happened and why flooding is so common this time of year.
https://weather.com/news/weather/news/2025-07-10-week-of-flash-flooding-united-states-summer-peak-time
Piers Morgan CONFRONTS Destiny Over Grotesque Texas Flood Tweet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb0_kJy_iHY
# Gov / Politics
The President’s Sole Authority: The United States places nuclear launch authority solely in the hands of the President. No other individual—not the Secretary of Defense, not the Joint Chiefs, not Congress—has the legal power to authorize a nuclear strike.
https://outrider.org/nuclear-weapons/articles/presidents-sole-authority
The attorney for one of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims drops the bombshell allegation that Donald Trump’s Justice Department and FBI are sitting on a “treasure trove” of information that must be released.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5394281-epstein-victims-attorney-doj-fbi-documents/
Musk says Trump is in the ‘Epstein files.’ Here’s where the president has shown up in unsealed records. The president’s name has cropped up repeatedly in Epstein-related court documents. Trump’s name is included in Epstein’s contact book and flight records.
https://www.aol.com/musk-says-trump-epstein-files-170024402.html
Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims Call For A Government Investigation Into The FBI’s Failure To Arrest Late Billionaire
https://radaronline.com/p/jeffrey-epstein-victims-demand-government-investigation-into-fbi-failure/
Why is MAGA angry with Trump, Pam Bondi over Epstein files? Right-wing conspiracy theorists have raised questions about a new government memo and video about Epstein.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/9/why-is-maga-angry-with-trump-pam-bondi-over-epstein-files
‘Those people are destroyed’: Bill O’Reilly reveals what Trump told him about Epstein. “He said, and I agree, there are a lot of names associated with Epstein that had nothing to do with Epstein’s conduct,” O’Reilly said in the interview. “They maybe had lunch with him or maybe had some correspondence for one thing or another,” he added. “If that name gets out, those people are destroyed because there’s not going to be any context.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-epstein-destroy-people-bill-o-reilly-2097131
Trump and Epstein: the history of their messy friendship: Mr Trump and Epstein’s friendship stretched back decades. The two wealthy businessmen would fly from New York to Palm Beach together. They would party at Mar-a-Lago Club and dine together at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion. “I’ve known Jeff for 15 years. Terrific guy”, Mr Trump told New York magazine in 2002.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-epstein-history-messy-friendship-231157590.html
Pam Bondi claims ‘no knowledge’ of Epstein being intel asset — but evidence is overwhelming. Questions persist over mounting evidence of Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to intelligence agencies, despite Attorney General Pam Bondi’s denial.
https://www.aol.com/pam-bondi-claims-no-knowledge-170815322.html
Trump’s shakedown of big law firms ‘likely to get a lot messier’ for him: ex-prosecutor. Things could get worse for Trump, and for the law firms that capitulated to him.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/10/trump-law-firms-deals-mess-column-00445259
Whistleblower exposes the secret DOJ exchanges that prove what many suspected about Donald Trump’s true intentions
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/whistleblower-exposes-the-secret-doj-exchanges-that-prove-what-many-suspected-about-donald-trumps-true-intentions/
Dershowitz claims he’s seen Epstein files, docs suppressed to protect elites. Dershowitz asserted he had seen the relevant materials due to the accusations he faced from the late Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre and that he was bound to secrecy by court order.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5395597-dershowitz-says-he-knows-epstein-client-list-names-but-im-bound-by-confidentiality/
‘Will get much worse’: Trump’s corruption giving foreign regimes a ‘window of opportunity’: America Has Never Seen Corruption Like This. Trump’s Qatari jet was just the beginning.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-foreign-corruption/
GOP senator compares Dems who oppose Trump policies to ‘agents of foreign adversaries’
https://www.alternet.org/gop-senator-foreign-adversaries/
‘Wut?’: Donald Trump says Chinese spies near military bases are fine because tariff money is flowing in
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/wut-donald-trump-says-chinese-spies-near-military-bases-are-fine-because-tariff-money-is-flowing-in/
‘You’ve not even done your homework’: Senator embarrasses ‘unqualified’ Trump nominee
https://www.alternet.org/senator-embarrasses-trump-nominee/
Marco Rubio claims US, Russia have come up with a ‘new’ approach for Ukraine peace talks. The comment comes after Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Malaysia, while attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit this week.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/11/us-russian-top-diplomats-hold-fresh-talks-on-ukraine-at-asean-meeting
Trump Is Getting Away With Much More Than Murder. Trump boasted in 2016 that he could get away with murder. In the 4 years since, his administration has been responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths.
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-coronavirus-covid/
Democrats Are at a Historic Low Point. A Certain Kind of Advice Brought Them Here: But the problem is bigger than that. For more than 30 years, Democrats have been taking advice from the same small circle of people who were never chosen by voters, are never accountable to them, and haven’t worked in government in decades.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/donald-trump-news-democrats-elections-strategist-brain.html?pay=1752242639870&support_journalism=please
John Fetterman Throws His Family Under the Bus to Suck Up to Trump. Senator John Fetterman, whose wife is a formerly undocumented immigrant, is suddenly a big fan of ICE. Fetterman has betrayed his own voter base time and time again by supporting Trump’s efforts to target and deport undocumented immigrants, even his own wife, Gisele
https://newrepublic.com/post/197831/john-fetterman-donald-trump-immigration-ice
Trump Picks Annoying Hooters-Obsessed Troll as U.S. Ambassador. A right-wing commentator who has possibly tweeted about Hooters more times than anyone is now Trump’s nominee for U.S. ambassador to Malaysia.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-picks-most-annoying-far-152502233.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
South America Explores Building 2,800-Mile Transcontinental Railroad with China
https://www.newsweek.com/south-america-transcontinental-rail-2097141
# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
FBI Agent’s Ominous Warning About Epstein’s Death Revealed. Tina Brown is lifting the lid on years of secrets about the sex offender in a must-read Substack post.
https://www.newsbreak.com/trending/top/epstein’s-death-mirrors-spy-assassinations
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
‘Dead man walking’: DOJ lawyer claims he was fired after refusing to ‘lie.’ “They’re putting attorneys who have dedicated themselves to public service in the impossible position of fealty to the President or fealty to the Constitution—candor to the courts or keeping your head low and lying if asked to do so,” Reuveni told the outlet
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2673068459/
‘Disqualifying’: ‘Trove of e-mails and text messages’ bolster DOJ whistleblower’s claim. A fired Justice Department attorney has provided Congress with a trove of emails and text messages to corroborate his claims that a controversial Trump judicial nominee — top DOJ official Emil Bove — crudely discussed defying court orders.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/internal-doj-messages-bolster-claim-130000138.html
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
‘Entitlement or not’: Rand Paul wants to slash Social Security and Medicare
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4099546056620-entitlement-or-not-rand-paul-wants-to-slash-social-security-and-medicare
House Democrat Tells Scott Jennings, Medicaid Recipients ‘Are Working Much Harder Than You Are.’ Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) got into a heated debate with the Republican CNN pundit during a discussion Wednesday on the GOP cuts to Medicaid.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ritchie-torres-scott-jennings-debate-medicaid-work-requirements_n_686fb0dce4b0d01c494cd707
# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
‘Concerning and Bewildering’: FDA Grants Full Approval of Moderna COVID Vaccine for ‘At-Risk’ Infants and Children
https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2025/Moderna-Receives-Full-U-S–FDA-Approval-for-COVID-19-Vaccine-Spikevax-in-Children-Aged-6-Months-Through-11-Years-at-Increased-Risk-for-COVID-19-Disease/default.aspx
CDC staff dedicated to birth control safety eliminated by HHS: Trump administration eliminated the CDC team that developed national guidelines for prescribing contraception for millions of women with underlying medical conditions
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/4092818253858-cdc-staff-dedicated-to-birth-control-safety-eliminated-by-hhs
# Military / Militia / National Guard
Fighter pilots integrate drones into air combat training. The drones served in a “loyal wingman” role to the pilots, marking “a major leap in human-machine teaming,” the Air Force said
https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-fighters-control-semi-autonomous-drones-crucial-test/
Hegseth calls for extensive reforms to Pentagon drone-buying practices. The memo directs the military services to create active duty formations by September, built for the sole purpose of scaling the use of drones across DOD.
https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2025/07/10/hegseth-calls-for-extensive-reforms-to-pentagon-drone-buying-practices/
US Launches Massive Air Force Drills with Eye on Pacific War with China
https://www.newsweek.com/us-japan-news-air-force-pacific-air-war-china-2089266
# Military / Global
France, UK join forces in step toward European nuclear deterrent. The British and French say that they can launch a joint nuclear response to a range of “extreme threats,” as fears that U.S. interest in Europe is waning.
https://www.twz.com/nuclear/uk-and-france-to-join-forces-for-nuclear-deterrence
France, UK Suggest Nuclear Protection Could Extend to European Allies
https://www.reuters.com/world/france-britain-unveil-nuclear-weapons-cooperation-counter-threat-europe-2025-07-10/
# NASA
“Save NASA”: Scientists Protest Deep Cuts to Agency’s Science Programs
https://thedebrief.org/save-nasa-scientists-protest-deep-cuts-to-agencys-science-programs/
# NOAA / Weather
Trump’s NOAA nominee backs deep budget cuts amid rising disaster toll. Neil Jacobs, nominated to head NOAA, voiced support for proposed 30% budget cuts despite recent catastrophic floods in Texas, North Carolina, and New Mexico
https://www.ehn.org/trumps-noaa-nominee-backs-deep-budget-cuts-amid-rising-disaster-toll
NOAA budget cuts could impact hurricane forecasting, former officials and lawmakers say
https://www.wpbf.com/article/florida-lawmakers-scientists-warn-noaa-cuts-could-have-major-impacts-during-hurricane-season/65356488
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