Voices, The Peoples News
July 23, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
2,000 National Guard troops expected to be called up to assist at ICE detention facilities, sources say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/2000-national-guard-troops-expected-170727514.html
Military bases in New Jersey and Indiana will be expanded to detain immigrants
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/21/nx-s1-5475109/immigrant-detention-military-bases
Advocates demand closure of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’, citing appalling conditions. Non-profit groups say detained immigrants in Florida are denied medical care and living in ‘cages flooded with feces’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/22/florida-alligator-alcatraz-mexico
Alligator Alcatraz is overlit, mosquito-filled hell where inmates rarely get to shower, inmate says. The Cuban migrant said that he and 32 other people live in what he described as a cage and that they are only allowed to shower every three or four days.
https://www.newsbreak.com/daily-mail-560402/4125089650994-alligator-alcatraz-is-overlit-mosquito-filled-hell-where-inmates-rarely-get-to-shower-inmate-says
Another Migrant Dies Under ICE Custody After Experiencing ‘Seizures, Vomiting, And Unresponsiveness’: The 55-year-old had been detained at the Immigration Processing Center for seven weeks before being taken to a local hospital and later airlifted to a larger hospital. The cause of death is currently under investigation.
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/vietnamese-national-dies-ice-custody
Cartels targeting homes as smuggling profits dwindle. Del Rio resident loses over $60K in guns, jewelry, documents to break-in. Thieves dragged safe across border; Mexican officials guarded it. Residents now fortifying homes, buying weapons for protection
https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/border-coverage/cartels/cartels-targeting-homes/
DOJ Quietly Cuts Off Critical Services to Undocumented Communities Nationwide. Rescinded policy had protected access to shelters, food banks, and health clinics for two decades—nonprofits warn of widespread harm.
https://migrantinsider.com/p/doj-quietly-cuts-off-critical-services
There’s No Safe Place for Legal Immigrants in Trump’s America. As Trump’s deportation gangs continue snatching people after scheduled court hearings, more are opting to stay home. But that comes with its own dangers.
https://prospect.org/justice/2025-07-22-no-safe-place-for-legal-immigrants-trumps-america/
US appeals court allows Trump administration to remove deportation protections for Afghans, Cameroonians
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5413210-trump-admin-ends-afghan-cameroonian-tps/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
Trump announces trade deal with Japan, 15% tariff on Japanese imports. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he had reached a framework for a trade deal with Japan that will include a 15% tariff on imports from the island nation
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/23/financial-markets-rally-trump-tariff-deal-japan
Manufacturing Activity Sinks ‘Sharply’ as GM Blames Trump Tariffs for Profit Drop. Experts had expected a key manufacturing index number to tick upward, which makes the massive drop in July a significant and unpleasant surprise.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-tariffs-manufacturing
Conservative group sues Trump, claims tariffs are a ‘presidential power grab that usurps Congress’ right’: A conservative legal group is suing the Trump administration in Texas over the president’s tariffs on Chinese imports, alleging that they were unilaterally imposed through an “unlawful” use of an obscure emergency executive power.
https://www.newsbreak.com/law-crime-520571/4125225856218-someone-gave-the-president-very-bad-legal-advice-conservative-group-sues-trump-claims-tariffs-are-a-presidential-power-grab-that-usurps-congress-right
Trump lowers Japan tariffs to 15% after reaching trade deal with ally. Trump previously threatened to impose a 24% tariff rate on Japanese imports in April and 25% in a letter earlier this month. The agreement comes shortly before Trump’s Aug. 1 deadline.
https://www.reuters.com/business/trump-strikes-tariff-deal-with-japan-auto-stocks-surge-2025-07-23/
White House, Philippines make trade deal. U.S. exports to the Philippines will not face tariffs, Trump said.
https://apnews.com/article/marcos-trump-philippines-china-tariffs-3138d1d7f8368c022ab9242bebb4a2e2
# Education / Schools
Is Oklahoma Really Going to Interrogate Teachers From “Woke” States? Yes, Ryan Walters is a right-wing troll. No, you can’t afford to ignore him.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/07/oklahoma-woke-teacher-screenings-ryan-walters.html
Trump’s Mass Firings at Department of Education Are Already Harming US Students. Firing of 1,300 DOE workers is bad news for all student loan recipients and K-12 students alike.
https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5402571-education-department-trump-mcmahon-supreme-court/
# Employment / Labor / Unions / OSHA
Trump Labor Department Launches ‘Barrage of Attacks’ on Workers. “They’re showing their true colors as an anti-worker administration,” Andrew Stettner of the Century Foundation told Common Dreams.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-labor-department-attacks-workers
Labor Department to cut workplace regulations and home healthcare minimum wage requirements
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3478183/labor-department-workplace-regulations-home-healthcare-minimum-wage/#google_vignette
Trump administration aims to roll back more than 60 workplace safety rules
https://www.fox9.com/news/trump-labor-deregulation-rules
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
UN Chief Says Nations Clinging to Fossil Fuels Are ‘Sabotaging’ Their Own Economies. “The clean energy future is no longer a promise. It’s a fact,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. “No government, no industry, no special interest can stop it.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/guterres-green-energy-transition
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
Hunger Threatens to Plague “Golden Years” of Older Americans Due to Trump’s Cuts. Malnutrition and food insecurity are set to soar among vulnerable older populations due to aid cuts in Trump’s budget.
https://truthout.org/articles/hunger-threatens-to-plague-golden-years-of-older-americans-due-to-trumps-cuts/
# General News
Starbucks Denies Water To Black People In Sweltering Heat, This Time To A USPS Worker. A USPS worker in Texas passed out and died on a record-breaking 104 degree day.
https://www.blackenterprise.com/usps-driver-slams-starbucks-for-lack-of-humility/
New York City man charged with allegedly building, stashing IEDs around Manhattan. The DOJ claimed the suspect, Michael Gann, constructed and hid at least seven devices around the city, including at least five that were stored on the rooftops of residential buildings and one that was thrown onto subway tracks.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/new-york-man-charged-making-and-attempting-use-improvised-explosive-devices-manhattan
# General News / Floods
Although it had been only seven years since Hurricane Harvey, legislators now prioritized the state’s water and drought crisis over flooding needs.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/21/texas-hill-country-flooding-inaction-state-legislature/
# General News / Trump / Epstein
Federal Judge Wants More Information Before Ruling On Releasing Epstein Testimony. A federal judge is seeking more information before he decides on the Trump administration’s request to release Epstein grand jury testimony.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5414135-epstein-maxwell-transcripts-judges/
Massie Picks Another Fight With Trump, This Time Over Epstein. Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie is sparring with President Donald Trump in a fight to unseal the government’s Jeffrey Epstein files.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/massie-fights-release-epstein-files-152343703.html
Watch Trump Admit He’s Attacking Obama to Distract From Epstein. Donald Trump was asked a simple question on the Jeffrey Epstein case. He began spiraling about Obama instead.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198217/trump-admit-obama-attack-distract-epstein
House GOP Has ‘Shut Down Congress’ to Avoid Voting on Epstein Files: “Who’s he gonna pick?” Republican Thomas Massie asked of Speaker Mike Johnson. “Is he going to stand with the pedophiles and underage sex traffickers? Or is he gonna pick the American people and justice for the victims?”
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/22/jeffrey-epstein-house-republicans-vote-democrats
‘Donald certainly knew’: Trump biographer reveals new evidence of intimate ties to Epstein. “Epstein would often recount his experiences with women, hunting women, pursuing women, with Trump,” Wolff told Cohen. “Incuding, at one point, they shared a girlfriend for the better part of a year.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2673534192/
Ghislaine Maxwell breaks Epstein silence and vows to ‘uncover truth’ with Donald Trump. Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein, has officially broken her silence from prison, saying that she and her lawyer were working with the federal government
https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/ghislaine-maxwell-breaks-epstein-silence-1283089
‘Pardon watch starts now’: Analysts smell ‘witness tampering’ as DOJ meets Epstein partner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrO6CudlXdA
‘Trying to take Trump down’: Adam Kinzinger suggests Trump’s biggest Epstein threat is JD Vance
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/trying-to-take-trump-down-adam-kinzinger-suggests-trumps-biggest-epstein-threat-is-jd-vance/
Speaker Johnson Sends Congress Home Early to Avoid Vote on Epstein Files.
https://apnews.com/article/congress-jeffrey-epstein-trump-f2a03eca247268b14a9e38858338eded
Democrats are showing they’re ready to get dirty and hit President Trump where it hurts by stoking the Jeffrey Epstein controversy that’s severed his MAGA movement.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5414628-democrats-hardball-epstein-files/
Never-Before-Seen Photos of Trump and Epstein Unearthed. Trump and Epstein appeared together in at least one video among limited archival footage reviewed, according to exclusive report
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/jeffrey-epstein-went-trumps-wedding-001441555.html
# Gov / Politics
Podcast: Trump’s Rage at Obama Explodes, Unnerving Experts: “We’re in Trouble”: Ryan Enos, a professor of government at Harvard, put it very starkly, saying that authoritarianism is “right here in front of us.” He explains why “we’re in real trouble in the short term,” how Trump compares to other authoritarians around the globe, and why our only choices now are to fight the takeover or “accept that this is our future.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/198245/trump-rage-obama-explodes-unnerving-experts-were-trouble
‘Hell no, not on our watch’: Texas Democrat ready to break quorum to block redistricting. Leaders of Texas House Black Caucus are ready to do anything to stop it
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas-take/article/texas-democrats-ready-anything-block-redistricting-20779102.php
‘This Was Treason’: Trump Says He Wants DOJ To Target Obama Over Alleged 2016 Election Plot. Donald Trump called for his Department of Justice to target Barack Obama over allegations he was part of a plot to subvert Trump’s 2016 victory.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/22/trump-epstein-urges-doj-obama-00467514
House panels subpoena ActBlue CEO for documents in probe. The chairmen of the House committees on Administration, Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform requested that ActBlue CEO Regina Wallace-Jones provide the documents by Aug. 12
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/25/actblue-subpoena-house-gop-investigation-00424703
Speaker Johnson has ‘no concern’ about questioning Obama over Russia election interference hoax. “If it’s uncomfortable for him, he shouldn’t have been involved in overseeing this, which is what it appears to us has happened,” House Speaker Mike Johnson said
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/speaker-johnson-has-no-concern-about-questioning-obama-over-russia-election
‘Weak attachment to democracy’: Former Presidents on both sides just united to blast Donald Trump
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/trying-to-take-trump-down-adam-kinzinger-suggests-trumps-biggest-epstein-threat-is-jd-vance/
United States President Donald Trump has called for the arrest of former President Barack Obama, repeating unproven claims that the Democrat’s administration intentionally misled the public in its assessment of the 2016 election.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/22/donald-trump-accuses-barack-obama-of-treason-over-2016-election-claims
Obama Hits Back at Trump’s Treason Accusation: ‘Weak Attempt at Distraction’
https://time.com/7304820/trump-treason-obama-response-distraction-epstein-guilty-president-prosecution/
Republican Rep Randy Fine Says People In Gaza Can ‘Starve Away’ Until Hostages Are Released. Rep. Randy Fine took to X, endorsing that civilians should continue to starve in Gaza until the remaining hostages are released by Hamas.
https://www.aol.com/republican-rep-randy-fine-says-013101769.html
# Gov / Politics / Global
Famine Expert: Israel’s Starvation of Gaza Most ‘Minutely Designed and Controlled’ Since WWII. “This is preventable starvation,” said Alex de Waal. “It is entirely man-made.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/famine-expert-israel-s-starvation-of-gaza-most-minutely-designed-and-controlled-since-wwii
# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Police Use Busted Facial Recognition System, Arrest Random Man and Accuse Him of Horrible Crime. You think it can’t happen to you — until it does.
https://abc7ny.com/post/criminal-facial-recognition-racial-bias-in-technology-man-falsely-arrested-nijeer-parks/9197215/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Trump Lawyer Gets Replaced as U.S. Attorney by Her Assistant
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-lawyer-gets-replaced-as-us-attorney-by-her-assistant/
Judges reject Trump lawyer Alina Habba’s bid to serve as federal prosecutor. The Trump administration quickly acted to remove Habba’s replacement following a decision not to extend her term.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/22/judges-reject-trump-lawyer-alina-habbas-bid-to-serve-as-federal-prosecutor
DOJ Staffer Suddenly Fired After 10 Years Says It Was ‘Retribution’ For Husband’s Anti-ICE App
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14927553/DOJ-Carolyn-Feinstein-fired-husband-anti-ICE-app.html
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Tyrus Walks Into The View, Delivers One Sentence That Freezes the Room—Minutes Later, ABC Pulls the Plug in Total Panic as Hot Mic Chaos Erupts, Hosts Melt Down Off-Camera, and the Entire Show Mysteriously Disappears Without a Trace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yur_JHBblLY
“You don’t want conversation. You want obedience. I’m not here to kneel for champagne liberals pretending to be oppressed.” That was the moment the room cracked. Tyrus didn’t just say it—he threw it like a grenade across The View’s table
https://hellotinhay.com/kieutrang/you-dont-want-conversation-you-want-obedience-im-not-here-to-kneel-for-champagne-liberals-pretending-to-be-oppressed-that-was-the-moment-the-room-cracked-tyrus/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLswO1leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETE2ejlQeUtpclJOUm1tT1JoAR6IaQxaGhKg7_wa3MdCzo7CEE41kiuIoahqydYRnvwVqnKIDnYmHcH7PqDDJg_aem_nd46Co0NKIDJcPZqonuOGQ#goog_rewarded
Trump Sets His Sights on Two More TV Hosts as CBS Axes Stephen Colbert. Donald Trump is going to war with anyone in the media who dares criticize him.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198215/trump-two-more-tv-hosts-cbs-stephen-colbert
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Countdown Clock Begins for Giant Health Insurance Premium Increases. In around 90 days, millions of Americans will learn about out-of-pocket cost hikes of more than 75 percent on average.
https://prospect.org/health/2025-07-22-countdown-clock-begins-health-insurance-premium-increases/
# Military / Militia / National Guard / NATO
Space-Based Missile Interceptors For Golden Dome Being Tested By Northrop. Competition to supply parts of Golden Dome is heating up with Northrop Grumman stating they have begun ground testing orbital missiles.
https://www.twz.com/space/space-based-missile-interceptors-for-golden-dome-being-tested-by-northrop
Marines ordered home from immigration deployment to LA. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed 700 Marines sent to Los Angeles more than five weeks ago to help quell immigration protests to return to their California duty station.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2025-07-21/marines-los-angeles-immigration-18508873.html
# Military / Global
Ukraine Scrambling To Fight Against Growing Russian Shahed-136 Threat. Ukraine is frantically working to cope with increasing Russian Shahed-136 drone attacks that feature evolved tactics and capabilities.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-scrambling-fight-against-growing-223006145.html
# NASA
Nearly 3,000 people are leaving NASA. A Top NASA Official Is Among Thousands of Staff Leaving the Agency. Makenzie Lystrup’s departure from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center comes soon after the resignation of the director of JPL.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/09/nasa-staff-departures-00444674
# Social Services / Programs
Cuts to the Social Security Administration Threaten Millions of Americans’ Retirement and Disability Benefits. As the Social Security Administration cuts thousands of jobs and closes offices, families’ livelihoods are on the line.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/cuts-to-the-social-security-administration-threaten-millions-of-americans-retirement-and-disability-benefits/
# Sports
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
China-Backed Hackers Breach U.S. Nuclear Weapons Agency. China has denied any involvement in operations carried out by two cyber warfare groups, Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon, slamming the reports as “unfounded speculation.”
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/us-nuclear-agency-hit-microsoft-flaw-china
Rotten Apple: Dozens of Former Israeli Spies Hired by Silicon Valley Giant. Apple has made headlines in recent weeks for touting its commitment to privacy and human rights, rolling out tools to limit surveillance and spyware. But behind the corporate messaging lies a much darker reality.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/apple-israel-unit-8200-hiring/290226/
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