Voices, The Peoples News
July 14, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
[Be honest, call them what they are, 1940’s & 50’s Concentration Camps.]
Noem looking at other states for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facilities
https://www.yahoo.com/news/noem-looking-other-states-alligator-000808913.html
ICE Raid Sparks Outcry After Agents Enter Surgery Center Without Warrant: ‘This is Really Scary.’
Denis Guillen-Solis, an Honduran national, is currently being held at a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles.
https://www.latintimes.com/ice-raid-sparks-outcry-after-agents-enter-surgery-center-without-warrant-this-really-scary-586565
’30 People Stuffed Into a Jail Cell?!’ NBC’s Kristen Welker Grills Kristi Noem On the ‘Inhumane’ Conditions at Alligator Alcatraz
https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/media/kristi-noem-clashes-with-nbc-over-inhumane-conditions-at-alligator-alcatraz/
Border czar Tom Homan lays into heckler and later admits US citizens are swept up in raids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GC6t4efnzw
Homeland Security’s Noem says in talks with five Republican-led states to build detention site. “We’ve had several other states that are actually using Alligator Alcatraz as a model for how they can partner with us,” Noem told a press conference in Florida.
https://www.investing.com/news/economy-news/homeland-securitys-noem-says-in-talks-with-five-republicanled-states-to-build-detention-site-4132739
Memo Says ICE may deport migrants to countries other than their own with just six hours notice, memo says
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/ice-may-deport-migrants-to-countries-other-than-their-own-with-just-six-hours-notice-memo-says
Inside the ICE offices where morale is ‘miserable’ and the deportation push has become ‘mission impossible’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-morale-trump-immigration-raids-b2786659.html
Judges are deporting record numbers of young children under Trump. Immigration judges broke records with the number of young children they have ordered removed from the US in April —with lawyers accusing Trump of “pumping up deportation numbers on the backs of kids
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-immigration-child-deportation-numbers-b2786626.html
House Democrat Calls on Kristi Noem To Resign Over ICE Lies. Bernie Sanders, Delia Ramirez, Ilhan Omar, Pramila Jayapal, and Rashida Tlaib reacted with outrage to The Intercept’s investigation.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/11/congress-outraged-ice-lies/
ICE Campaign of Violence Will Lead to More Deaths. Jaime Alanis’s death shows the horrific consequences of a secret police force behaving with utter impunity.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/12/ice-violence-deaths-jaime-alanis/
‘This is an Internment Camp’: Lawmakers Horrified by Inhumane Conditions in ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: “I saw 32 people per cage—about 6 cages in one tent. People were yelling, ‘Help me, help me’,” said Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/alligator-alcatraz-lawmakers-visit
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
A $100 billion mystery is unfolding on tariffs and inflation and economists are cracking the case. A tariff is a tax on consumers.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/100-billion-mystery-unfolding-tariffs-103200805.html
Lawmakers advance $27B funding bill tackling FDA funding, hemp, farm loans. Lawmakers are making slow headway on assembling a fiscal year 2026 package of 12 annual funding bills that provide money for federal agencies to spend on programs.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3b8dd5d7-1fd1-4b2e-86c9-d2796f08ba1d.html
Trump’s law of the jungle means U.S. trade deals aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on, trade expert warns
https://fortune.com/2025/07/12/trump-administration-trade-deals-law-of-the-jungle-wto/
# Education / Schools
Microsoft, OpenAI, and a US Teachers’ Union Are Hatching a Plan to ‘Bring AI into the Classroom.’ The National Academy for AI Instruction will make artificial intelligence training accessible to educators across the country.
https://www.wired.com/story/microsoft-openai-and-a-us-teachers-union-are-hatching-a-plan-to-bring-ai-into-the-classroom/
Federal government investigates 45 universities over Title VI. The U.S. Department of Education has launched investigations into 45 universities for alleged Title VI violations.
https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/office-civil-rights-initiates-title-vi-investigations-institutions-of-higher-education-0
# Employment / Labor / Unions
State Department lays off 1,350 employees: The department says the cuts, part of a reorganization that will see 3,000 total personnel reductions, will slash redundancy and walk back growth over the last 25 years.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/07/state-department-lays-1350-employees/406665/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Expert warns of irreversible threat looming over largest expanse of public land in US. The impact could be felt across the entire globe.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/national-petroleum-reserve-alaska-oil-gas-drilling/
Baltimore’s Wetlands Restoration Pushes Ahead Despite Federal Funding Setbacks. But critics caution that the efforts, as designed, cut off some historically Black and disadvantaged communities in South Baltimore from the promised benefits of shoreline restoration.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13072025/baltimore-wetlands-restoration-federal-funding-setbacks/
Scientists Stunned After Detecting Over 300 ‘Small Earthquakes’ Beneath Mount Rainier. New equipment gave the team clearer results, but that doesn’t mean similar events didn’t happen before the monitoring began.
https://knewz.com/news/scientists-stunned-after-detecting-over-300-small-earthquakes-beneath-mount-rainier/
The US Public Loves the National Park Service. Trump Is Destroying It Anyway. Trump is pushing for cuts that could require 350 of the 433 sites run by the National Park Service to shut down. Trump is pushing for cuts that could require 350 of the 433 sites run by the National Park Service to shut down.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-us-public-loves-the-national-park-service-trump-is-destroying-it-anyway/
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared. In theory, the maps enable homeowners, businesses and local officials to understand their flood risk and take appropriate steps to prepare and mitigate potential losses.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fema-flood-maps-often-miss-143440804.html
# General Recalls / Alerts
Recall alert: Bread sold in a dozen states by popular retailers, including Kroger and Walmart, is under a recall alert. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the Lewis Bake Shop Artisan Style 1/2 Loaf may contain undeclared hazelnuts and poses “the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions.”
https://www.localsyr.com/news/national/bread-sold-at-walmart-kroger-stores-recalled-over-undeclared-tree-nut/
Ritz cracker recall over possible ‘life-threatening’ issue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9Zh_wZ__Wo
Costco recalls tires, power banks, ACs and more
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/recalls/costco-recalls-power-bank-tires-ac/
Chocolate sold in 8 states recalled over ‘serious’ allergen risk
https://www.newsweek.com/chocolate-recall-nationwide-fda-issues-highest-risk-warning-2097137
# General News / Floods
Heavy rains in Texas pause search efforts for flood victims and damage homes elsewhere. Authorities went door-to-door to some homes after midnight early Sunday to alert people that flooding was again possible. Authorities also pushed phone alerts to those in the area.
https://apnews.com/article/texas-flooding-guadalupe-river-search-4c561ad81ee11c8a1fd586cac460c2fc
Texas Flood Victims Couldn’t Call FEMA After ICE Barbie’s Cuts. The Federal Emergency Management Agency didn’t answer thousands of phone calls after the Texas floods last week because it had fired call center contractors.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ice-barbie-delayed-flood-response-040134440.html
ICE Barbie Rages at Being Caught Failing Texas Flood Victims. The New York Times found that FEMA failed to answer nearly two-thirds of distressed calls as flooding engulfed Central Texas.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-barbie-kristi-noem-rages-at-nyt-over-missed-fema-calls/
ICE Barbie Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem lashed out at CNN after it reported she delayed signing off on vital federal aid for areas of Texas devastated by flash flooding.
https://www.newsbreak.com/thedailybeast-513346/4099208514415-ice-barbie-lashes-out-at-trash-who-revealed-her-delay-to-texas-flood-response
Doctor Said Texas Flood Victims “Got What They Voted For” — Now Netizens Aren’t Buying Her Apology
https://www.newsbreak.com/inquisitr-news-522568/4103519467521-doctor-said-texas-flood-victims-got-what-they-voted-for-now-netizens-aren-t-buying-her-apology
Pediatrician fired for vile post suggesting Texas flood victims were Trump supporters who got ‘what they voted for’
https://www.newsbreak.com/new-york-post-509648/4093062845574-pediatrician-fired-for-vile-post-suggesting-texas-flood-victims-were-trump-supporters-who-got-what-they-voted-for
Amid Deadly Floods, Lawmakers Left Gap In Warning System. Before the Texas disaster, Congress and successive presidents ignored demands to fully fund a nationwide system monitoring rivers for signs of flash floods.
https://www.levernews.com/amid-deadly-floods-lawmakers-left-gap-in-warning-system/
Texas Congressman calls for accountability after floods: ‘We can’t just allow girls to drown in the middle of the night’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/13/politics/video/texas-congressman-calls-on-accountability-for-floods-cannot-allow-girls-to-drown
# General News / Trump / Epstein
Jim Acosta Says Trump ‘Freaking Out’ Over Epstein Blowback, “He’s twisted himself into a pretzel on this.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/jim-acosta-says-trump-freaking-223121910.html
Her reporting exposed Epstein. She tells NPR why documents naming powerful men matter. Investigative journalist Julie K. Brown’s reporting for the Miami Herald in 2017 and 2018 lead to more charges for Epstein and identified nearly 80 of his victims.
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/04/1222857174/jeffrey-epstein-julie-k-brown-documents-clinton-trump-prince-andrew
Elon Breaks Silence on Trump’s Epstein File Demand to MAGA: Musk replied to a screen grab of Trump’s post and said: “Seriously. He said ‘Epstein’ half a dozen times while telling everyone to stop talking about Epstein. Just release the files as promised.”
https://www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-donald-trump-jeffrey-epstein-files-2098333
Trump Biographer Claims Tapes of Epstein Talking About Trump Are ‘Too Hot’ to Release
https://www.rawstory.com/michael-wolff-trump-tapes-hot/
Ghislaine Maxwell Willing to Testify to Congress about Epstein Files regarding the part she played in facilitating sex trafficking of underage girls.
https://kfoxtv.com/news/nation-world/ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-ex-girlfriend-said-she-would-speak-before-congress-sex-trafficking-department-of-justice
# Gov / Politics
‘Chaos’: Red‐state governor sounds the alarm over Trump’s agenda
https://www.alternet.org/trump-tariff-kentucky/
Ocasio-Cortez sparks backlash after calling Trump a “rapist” in Epstein tweet, prompting defamation claims and calls for a lawsuit. ‘Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?,’ Ocasio-Cortez wrote.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14901179/aoc-donald-trump-slur-epstein-files-release.html
Trump envoy arrives in Kyiv as US pledges more Patriot missiles to Ukraine
https://www.dailyherald.com/20250714/nation-and-world-politics/trump-envoy-arrives-in-kyiv-as-us-pledges-more-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine/
Eight Dirty Tricks Hiding In Trump’s Tax Bill: A vanity sculpture garden? A tax break for online bookies? Incentives for Wall Street to fire you? What actually passed in Trump’s sprawling “Big Beautiful Bill.”
https://www.levernews.com/eight-dirty-tricks-hiding-in-trumps-tax-bill/
Fact Check: Former Trump White House lawyer Ty Cobb said president is ‘worse than anyone in our history’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fact-check-former-trump-white-130000621.html
Trump’s Christian Nationalist Vision for America
https://time.com/7019236/trumps-christian-nationalist-america-essay/
White Christian nationalists are poised to remake America in their image during Trump’s second term, author says. Under Trump, Christian nationalists will have unprecedented access to the power of the federal government. Trump’s GOP has unified control of Congress. And a conservative supermajority, which has already blurred the line between separation of church and state in a series of decisions favoring Christian interests, controls the US Supreme Court.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/12/us/white-christian-nationalism-du-mez-cec/index.html
Trump has put Christian nationalists in key roles – say a prayer for free speech. Experts warn that a specific brand of Christianity will be prioritized and lead to a ‘further dismantling’ of institutions
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/16/christian-nationalists-trump-administration
Senator Chris Murphy Slams Donald Trump: ‘Deliberately Misleading the Public’ After Classified Briefing on Iran Strikes. ‘We Have Not Obliterated the Programs’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/senator-emerges-from-classified-briefing-and-promptly-accuses-trump-of-deliberately-misleading-the-public-we-have-not-obliterated-the-programs/
Virginia Democrat on possible shutdown: ‘It’s time to stand up for the American people’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5399053-virginia-democrat-on-possible-shutdown/
The Great American Heist You’re Paying For. Rep. Summer Lee, D-Pa., on how Trump’s megabill is the biggest wealth transfer in history and how money in politics is fueling America’s slide into plutocratic authoritarianism.
https://podmust.com/ep/?podcast=the-intercept-briefing&epis=VGhlIEdyZWF0IEFtZXJpY2FuIEhlaXN0IFlvdeKAmXJlIFBheWluZyBGb3LCoA==
Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections. Trump signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and demanding that all ballots be received by Election Day.
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022
From tariffs to universities, Trump’s negotiating style is often less dealmaking and more coercion
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-federal-reserve-harvard-tariffs-106cd7ab0713a0c09d8e016978ebfccc
# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin hit squad ‘eliminated’ after cold-blooded daylight assassination of Ukrainian special ops chief with silenced gun. The colonel is understood to have planned sensitive missions created to cripple Vladimir Putin’s war machine
https://www.the-sun.com/news/14696064/ukraine-kills-russian-assassin-sbu/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Fired DOJ official on Trump administration retribution at agency: “The rules don’t exist anymore”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/fired-doj-official-warns-rules-234144260.html
# LGBTQ / Gender
Trans People Have Disappeared From ICE Records, Against Congressional Orders. The Trump administration has made efforts to “erase” transgender people, who face violence and medical neglect behind bars.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/11/ice-transgender-immigrants-data-trump/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Judge rules Los Angeles police can’t use nonlethal weapons against journalists. “On some occasions, Los Angeles Police Department officers purportedly targeted individuals who were clearly identifiable as members of the press,” ruled US District Judge Hernán D. Vera.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/judge-orders-lapd-to-stop-shooting-journalists-with-non-lethal-weapons
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ is estimated to leave millions without health care. He insists ‘it’s not going to cause death’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-big-beautiful-bill-estimated-035410854.html
# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
‘Makes the law suspect’: Judge reaffirms order barring Trump admin from defunding Planned Parenthood
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/makes-the-law-suspect-judge-reaffirms-order-barring-trump-admin-from-defunding-planned-parenthood/
Republicans ignored those pleas, made even deeper cuts, and sent the legislation on July 3 to the White House, where Trump signed it the next day. The law’s passage marked a rare political loss for some of the health industry’s biggest players.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/trump-tax-spending-law-health-care-industry-lobbying/
Hospitals Ready Lobbying Efforts To Fight Big Cuts From Trump’s Megabill
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/hospitals-ready-lobbying-efforts-to-fight-big-cuts-from-trumps-megabill/
# Military / Militia / National Guard
Pentagon pulls all military speakers from ‘globalist’ Aspen Security Forum. A dozen top U.S. military commanders and officials was slated to participate in the eAspen Security Forum this week.
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/07/pentagon-pulls-speakers-from-aspen-security-forum-day-before-event/
# Other Interesting Stuff / Lost Civilizations / Archaeology / Astronomy
New Research Discovers Jews and Arabs to be Genetically Linked to Canaanites From Skeletal Remains. This finding, based on analysis of ancient DNA from skeletal remains, suggests a deep genetic connection between these communities and the people who lived in the region thousands of years ago.
https://english.tau.ac.il/news/canaanites
# Social Services / Programs
Americans must take action before huge Social Security change is rolled out in weeks – missing deadline could block cash. As part of a recent executive order, the United States Department of the Treasury is no longer sending out paper checks. Starting September 30, 2025, any federal disbursements like tax refunds and money from the Social Security Administration (SSA) will be strictly electronic.
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14697028/social-security-paper-checks-ending-september/
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Wi-Fi in the US Could Get Worse Under Trump’s New Law
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/trump-and-congress-finalize-law-that-could-hurt-your-wi-fi/
Elon Musk Puts His AI Company’s Employees Under Surveillance
https://allwork.space/2025/04/musks-doge-uses-ai-to-spy-on-federal-workers/
Grok Is the Latest in a Long Line of Chatbots to Go Full Nazi. Grok’s recent antisemitic turn is not an aberration but part of a pattern of AI chatbots churning out hateful drivel.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/11/grok-antisemitic-ai-chatbot/
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