Voices, The Peoples News
July 28, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Trump DOJ propping up ‘incorrect’ and ‘contrary’ new arguments in ICE raid case that are ‘based on a misreading’ of a judge’s order and applicable law, ACLU says
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/trump-doj-propping-up-incorrect-and-contrary-new-arguments-in-ice-raid-case-that-are-based-on-a-misreading-of-a-judges-order-and-applicable-law-aclu-says/
ICE arrests 56 Irish nationals in US under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Approximately 35 men and 21 women were taken into custody by ICE in Irish American strongholds of Boston, New York and New Jersey
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/ice-arrests-56-irish-nationals-35628004
Nancy Mace Shares Her Love of ICE Detention Videos: ‘I Can Think of Nothing More American’
https://www.aol.com/nancy-maces-perverse-migrant-dream-160140740.html
Reports of masked ICE agents sweeping neighborhoods, raiding worksites and making arrests have sparked protests and debates across the country. “We haven’t seen this type of the volume of interactions between ICE officers and…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyEpqlK3hdQ
Trump pick rages as grand juries reject ICE protest cases over false claims
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-appointee-2673755083/
US Citizenship and Immigration Services reinforces rule to bring your own interpreter
https://www.fox5vegas.com/2025/07/24/us-citizenship-immigration-services-reinforces-rule-bring-your-own-interpreter/
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
EPA prepares to approve dicamba weedkillers despite history of crop damage. A controversial chemical that has wreaked havoc across farm country, sparked years of litigation and twice drawn court-ordered bans.
https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/07/epa-move-dicamba/
# DEI [Department of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion]
‘Sanitized view of our history’: Judge blows up Trump’s plans to scrap ‘DEI-related’ grants and history projects that do not conform to ‘preferred, triumphalist version of the past’
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/sanitized-view-of-our-history-judge-blows-up-trumps-plans-to-scrap-dei-related-grants-and-history-projects-that-do-not-conform-to-preferred-triumphalist-version-of-the-past/
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
DOGE plans to use AI to identify 50% of 200,000 federal regulations that can be eliminated by January
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/26/doge-ai-tool-delete-list-federal-regulations
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS
IRS Developing System to Share Taxpayer Addresses with ICE, Raising Legal and Privacy Alarms
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations
Americans encouraged to Venmo and Paypal the government to pay off $36.72tn national debt
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/25/venmo-americans-us-government-debt
# Education / Schools
Tennessee School District Won’t Accept Doctor’s Notes For Absences: Tennessee district bans doctor’s notes to exempt kids from school to teach them good work ethic. Lawrence County Board of Education says ‘absences are not excused’ in most circumstances, even illness
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/tennessee-school-district-doctors-notes-ban-b2796653.html
Middle School Cheerleaders Made a TikTok Video Portraying a School Shooting. They Were Charged With a Crime. Social videos, memes and retweets are becoming fodder for criminal charges in an era of heightened responses to student threats. Authorities say harsh punishment is necessary, but experts say the crackdown has unintended consequences.
https://www.propublica.org/article/social-media-arrests-school-threats-law-tennessee
Districts brace for growing costs as cyber criminals target schools. When hackers stole a rural school district’s computer system last year, students in the middle of midterm exams were left frustrated, but concerns went far beyond testing.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2ef87b38-e109-479f-a1e7-4da2e7c436ae.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
The European Union has agreed to purchase $750 billion worth of energy from the U.S., and invest an additional $600 billion more into the U.S.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5422634-trump-eu-trade-deal-tariffs/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Right now several volcanoes across the United States are waking up and showing signs of serious activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/07/13/us-volcanoes-rumbling-explained/84629488007/
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
Farmers fear migrant worker crackdown threatens U.S. food supply. A sharp reduction in the number of agricultural workers could have devastating impacts on the food supply chain and farm-belt economies
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/los-angeles-ice-raids-trump-food-supply-b2779475.html
# General News / Floods
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has announced legal action against President Donald Trump after the Trump administration denied Maryland’s request for federal disaster assistance following devastating floods in May 2025.
https://twincities.binnews.com/content/2025-07-25-gov-wes-moore-vows-legal-action-after-trump-denies-flood-aid/
# General News / Trump / Epstein
The FBI’s Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Had Nearly 3 Minutes Cut Out. Metadata from the “raw” Epstein prison video shows approximately 2 minutes and 53 seconds were removed from one of two stitched-together clips. The cut starts right at the “missing minute.”
https://www.wired.com/story/the-fbis-jeffrey-epstein-prison-video-had-nearly-3-minutes-cut-out/
‘The Fact That He Keeps Lying…’ Trump Roasted For Claiming He Wasn’t Told He’s In the Epstein Files
https://www.yahoo.com/news/epstein-ex-says-trump-had-175301523.html
Melania Trump Was ‘Very Involved’ in Jeffrey Epstein’s Social Circle Before Meeting Husband Donald
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/melania-met-trump-through-epstein-social-circle-trump-biographer-michael-wolff-drops-bombshell-claim-11753629553117.html
Trump Losing It as Epstein Scandal Fractures His MAGA Base
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-losing-epstein-scandal-fractures-132509593.html
Top Dem Addresses Going After Bannon’s Secret Epstein Tapes. The footage was recorded in 2019, before Epstein’s arrest on sex-trafficking charges later that year, for a documentary that has yet to see the light of day titled, “The Monsters: Epstein’s Life Among the Global Elite.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/epstein-brother-demands-steve-bannon-162452073.html
The Epstein Files Timeline Raises Real Questions for Trump. The administration’s rhetoric has shifted in notable ways.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/07/25/trump-epstein-files-timeline-column-00475334
President Donald Trump’s niece believes that while the Jeffrey Epstein files crisis might weaken him, her uncle “isn’t the problem anymore.” “Even if it implicates him, nobody’s going to indict him,” Mary said, alluding to both the fierce loyalty Trump, 79, has cultivated within his administration and the Supreme Court’s 2024 ruling that presidents cannot be criminally prosecuted for “official acts.” She then theorized, “if it did kind of end his reign of power, J.D. Vance becomes president.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mary-trump-says-uncle-donald-023549935.html
# Gov / Politics
‘Guess where the money came from?’ Outrage sparked as cost of ‘free’ Air Force One is revealed
https://www.alternet.org/trump-plane-qatar-cost/
‘The United States committed human trafficking’: Lawyer slams Trump’s prisoner swap
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2673765935/
Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022
Also: Preserving and Protecting the Intrgrity of American Elections
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/
Executive Order 14196—A Plan for Establishing a United States Sovereign Wealth Fund
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/executive-order-14196-plan-for-establishing-united-states-sovereign-wealth-fund
‘Bloated, braindead, blithering idiot’: Outlandish fight between lawmakers rages in public
https://www.rawstory.com/randy-fine-2673759057/
‘Kicked a hornet’s nest’: Backlash follows red state Republicans’ repeal of voter-approved laws
https://www.alternet.org/missouri-republicans/
Trump defies the skeptics and conquers Europe
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5371579-trump-defies-the-skeptics-and-conquers-europe/
‘Thuggery From Trump and Vance’: World Reacts to Oval Office Meltdown With Zelenskyy. “Donald Trump is treating the destruction of a democracy as a political show—throwing Ukraine to the wolves and doing a favor for Putin,” said one Senate Democrat.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-zelenskyy
An unprincipled bully is now basically ruling the world. Arguably for the first time in US history, a president has broken diplomatic etiquette and insulted a head of state live on television. This sets a very bad precedent.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250303-an-unprincipled-bully-is-now-basically-ruling-the-world/
Will America call Trump’s bluff — or fall for the con? The world is now better positioned to call Trump’s bluff as allies and markets push back
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/et-commentary/the-world-is-now-better-positioned-to-call-trumps-bluff-as-allies-and-markets-push-back/articleshow/122282860.cms?from=mdr
Trump just revealed his total contempt for the rule of law. The ruling from U.S District Judge James E. Boasberg, whom President Donald Trump has said should be impeached, marks a dramatic battle between the judicial and executive branches of government over the president’s powers to carry out key White House priorities.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-deportees-el-salvador-contempt-boasberg-da282511ac6f5c8dd19af620995ca440
‘Bizarre place to be’: ‘Shocked’ former official fires back following Trump ‘retribution’
https://www.alternet.org/trump-retribution/
Graham suggests Israel take Gaza by force and ‘start over’ like US did in Tokyo and Berlin
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/27/lindsey-graham-israel-gaza-by-force-00479406
Top State Dept. official who once attended conference with White nationalists picked to lead US Institute of Peace
https://apnews.com/article/darren-beattie-us-institute-of-peace-trump-8765ed564a138836de72c9dd7534f027
United States Institute of Peace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Institute_of_Peace
Maddow Blog | Why the Trump administration’s choice to lead the U.S. Institute of Peace is so ridiculous
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maddow-blog-why-trump-administration-124140955.html
Trump and Melania slammed for ‘tacky’ White House rose garden redesign as new images reveal concrete
https://www.newsbreak.com/inquisitr-news-522568/4136371589916-donald-trump-and-melania-slammed-over-white-house-rose-garden-redesign-as-new-images-reveal-a-tasteless-makeover
# Gov / Politics / Global
‘A dark day’: EU condemned after giving ‘bully’ Trump ‘biggest victory he could hope for’
https://www.alternet.org/trump-eu/
Why Europe must stand up to Trump’s bullying
https://medium.com/enrique-dans/why-europe-must-stand-up-to-trumps-bullying-a6ad57d2d40f
Jordan and UAE begin aid drops into starving Gaza after Israel pauses attacks
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgj270grkxo
Taliban fighters ‘have been brought to the UK on secret airlift flights’ after Afghanistan data breach
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14944011/Taliban-fighters-brought-UK-secret-airlift-flights-Afghanistan-data-breach-cover-revealed-Mail.html
Elite police unit to monitor social media for anti-migrant posts – UK: Reports indicate that the UK’s Home Office is establishing a dedicated police unit to monitor social media for signs of potential anti-migrant disorder and civil unrest
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/police-social-media-migrant-immigration-b2796646.html
Israeli Parliament Votes for Making Apartheid Official. Fetterman: “I Haven’t Been Following It.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-share-tax-records-ice-dhs-deportations
# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Why did Trump target the law firm Susman Godfrey? The answer is shocking. One seemingly obscure aspect of the case deserves more attention, as it suggests a broader threat to America’s system of free expression. The Susman executive order was the odd one out from the start.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5420259-why-did-trump-target-the-law-firm-susman-godfrey-the-answer-is-shocking/
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
International Criminal Court refers Hungary to its oversight body for failing to arrest Netanyahu
https://apnews.com/article/hungary-netanyahu-icc-hague-gaza-israel-a7419dd89ae5a05c04cf25117e99acf5
The Rule of Law Finally Comes for Donald Trump. A court of law held a president of the United States, Donald Trump, in criminal contempt. In 235 years of American presidents, this has never happened before. Sadly, it’s probably going to happen again
https://www.yahoo.com/news/rule-law-finally-comes-donald-222903353.html
Judge Swallows Prosecutors’ Discredited Arguments to Keep Richard Glossip in Jail. Mere months ago, Glossip seemed close to exoneration. Now he’s facing a third murder trial.
https://theintercept.com/2025/07/24/richard-glossip-bond-denied/
ProPublica Updates Supreme Connections Database With Previously Missing Disclosures. We’ve added more information about the Supreme Court justices’ finances, including newly uncovered filings from Clarence Thomas from the 1990s and Samuel Alito’s latest disclosure.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-supreme-connections-database-new-filings
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Fox News Host Wants Child Labor to Replace Deported Immigrants
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-news-host-wants-child-182835870.html
Trump cowed Paramount. Now he’s targeting ABC and NBC. Paramount’s $16M settlement seems to have emboldened him, and now he’s turning his attention to NBC and ABC with more threats of retaliation
https://www.poynter.org/commentary/2025/trump-attacks-abc-nbc-news/
# Marijuana / Hemp
Kentucky Governor Sends Letter to President Trump Urging Him to Oppose Move To Block Rescheduling of Cannabis. This is about helping people. Rescheduling would provide suffering patients the relief they need,” the governor said. “It would ensure communities are safer because legal medical products reduce the illicit market.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/kentucky-governor-urges-trump-to-oppose-bill-blocking-marijuana-rescheduling-thats-advancing-in-congress/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Texas Removes 1.8 Million People From Health Care Plan. These Americans have lost their health insurance as part of the unwinding process happening nationwide after Medicaid coverage was expanded following the COVID pandemic. Four states together accounted for 36 percent of Medicaid enrollment and subsequently accounted for 31 percent of the drop in the unwinding period between 2020 and 2025
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-removes-1-8-million-people-health-care-plan-2103928
Medical Debt Expected to Grow as Premiums Rise and Trump Slashes Regulations. The Trump administration has gutted rules and programs meant to protect people from ever-increasing health care costs.
https://truthout.org/articles/medical-debt-expected-to-grow-as-premiums-rise-and-trump-slashes-regulations/
Medicaid Cuts And Work Rules Will Be Catastrophic, Hospital Group CEO Says
https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/medicaid-cuts-and-work-rules-will-be-catastrophic-hospital-group-ceo-says/
# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Airborne pollutants tied to rising dementia risk, Cambridge study finds. A large review of more than 29 million people links fine particulate matter and soot from traffic and wood burning to higher dementia risk
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/long-term-exposure-to-outdoor-air-pollution-linked-to-increased-risk-of-dementia
# NOAA / Weather
5 tropical cyclones brew in Atlantic at the same time, only 2nd time on record. This year’s hyperactive hurricane season continues to smash records, as the Atlantic Ocean experiences high activity. The Atlantic currently has five active tropical cyclones spinning simultaneously for only the second time in history.
https://www.fox13news.com/weather/5-tropical-cyclones-brew-in-atlantic-at-the-same-time-only-2nd-time-on-record
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft Used China-Based Support for Multiple U.S. Agencies, Potentially Exposing Sensitive Data
https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-tech-support-government-cybersecurity-china-doj-treasury
# Water / Lakes / Oceans / Rivers
Global Water Supplies Threatened by Overmining of Aquifers: Earth’s freshwater resources are disappearing at an alarming rate. This unsustainable depletion, driven largely by the “overmining” of underground aquifers, poses a significant threat to global water supplies.
https://www.propublica.org/article/water-aquifers-groundwater-rising-ocean-levels
8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater
https://www.propublica.org/article/groundwater-fresh-water-depletion-research-science-advances-takeaways
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