Voices, The Peoples News
August 3, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Gaps in Melania Trump’s immigration story raise questions
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/melania-trump-immigration-donald-226648
‘They played by the rules’: Judge compares Trump admin to ‘oppressive regimes’ and bars ICE from fast-tracking summary deportations for immigrants on parole
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/they-played-by-the-rules-judge-compares-trump-admin-to-oppressive-regimes-and-bars-ice-from-fast-tracking-summary-deportations-for-immigrants-on-parole/
ICE New Orleans detaining mostly immigrants with no criminal convictions
https://www.kalb.com/video/2025/08/02/ice-new-orleans-detaining-mostly-immigrants-with-no-criminal-convictions/
Justice Department fired official whose husband operated controversial ICEBlock app. Carolyn Feinstein, who worked as a DOJ forensic accountant in Austin, Texas, alleges she was terminated last Friday as “retribution” for her spouse’s radical alert system, in which she has minority shares.
https://nypost.com/2025/07/22/us-news/doj-staffer-claims-she-was-fired-over-husbands-controversial-anti-ice-app/
Kristi Noem’s DHS is posting 1800s-style ‘fascist propaganda’ art to encourage Americans to ‘Protect the Homeland.’ Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has embraced new tactics — and bizarre memes and historical references — as it carries out its mass deportation campaign, writes Josh Marcus
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/dhs-trump-kristi-noem-paintings-thomas-kinkade-b2800005.html
Private Prison Giant to Ramp Up Production of Ankle Monitors After ICE Announced Plan to Shackle 180,000 Immigrants. The company that makes the ankle monitors donated at least $1.5 million to Trump.
https://gizmodo.com/ice-plans-to-track-over-180000-immigrants-with-ankle-monitors-report-2000634109
Scientist Trying to Stop Lyme Disease Arrested by Immigration After Brother’s Wedding. Officials Blame Old Drug Conviction. Will Kim, a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M University, has lived in the United States since he was 5 years old
https://people.com/scientist-with-green-card-detained-years-after-minor-drug-charge-11782867
Senate bill looks to box out future presidents who may try to skirt immigration enforcement laws
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/senate-bill-looks-box-future-165353833.html
Leaked memo from Hegseth’s brother calls for US army to help with deportations nationwide ‘for years to come’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/memo-leak-pete-hegseth-military-deportations-b2800978.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump Ends Tariff Exemption for Small Packages. Starting in September, US buyers on sites like Etsy and eBay may face higher tariffs on goods from abroad
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/07/31/president-trump-ends-unfair-de-minimis-tariff-exemption-major-victory-securing
Trump Sets Global Tariffs as Consumers Brace for Price Hikes. Consumers across the country are bracing for higher prices on everything from coffee to cars as President Donald Trump’s full suite of “Liberation Day” tariffs go into effect next week. Some public companies had previously delayed price hikes, but that could change as more tariffs become effective.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_64ae40ee-1980-49ad-a2f9-a30a635c03ba.html
# Education / Schools
Efforts to Ground Physics in Math Are Opening the Secrets of Time. By proving how individual molecules create the complex motion of fluids, three mathematicians have illuminated why time can’t flow in reverse.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/epic-effort-to-ground-physics-in-math-opens-up-the-secrets-of-time-20250611/
Several Texas school staff members, including superintendent, charged after video captures horrific abuse of special needs children
https://www.yahoo.com/news/millsap-isd-superintendent-teachers-arrested-032941213.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
‘Stupid damage’: ‘Terrorized’ Republicans complain to Dem about Trump. A senior Democratic senator slammed President Donald Trump as trying to realize the “wet dream of the dirtiest players in the fossil fuel industry.”
https://www.alternet.org/terrorized-republicans-fume-to-dem-about-stupid-damage-done-by-trump/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Troubling Scenes From an Arctic in Full-Tilt Crisis. Air temperatures climbed above freezing for 14 of the 28 days of February, reaching 40 degrees Fahrenheit, when the average temperature at this time of year is 5 degrees.
https://grist.org/climate/troubling-scenes-from-an-arctic-in-full-tilt-crisis/
Representatives of 170 countries gathered in Zimbabwe last week for the Convention on Wetlands, a global environmental protection treaty aimed at saving Earth’s fastest-disappearing ecosystem. Geopolitics quickly took over.
https://www.wetlands.org/as-world-gathers-for-wetlands-cop15-hosts-zimbabwe-commit-to-major-wetland-restoration-and-protection/
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
Food earmarked for millions of people languishes in warehouses after Trump shuttered USAID. There are concerns millions of dollars’ worth of food aid at risk of spoiling or expired as a result of the administration dismantling USAID
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/usaid-trump-food-aid-waste-b2800939.html
# General News
New Dunkin’ ad mentioning ‘genetics’ follows Sydney Sweeney ad in triggering social media. TikTok users question why brands are suddenly obsessed with genetics references in advertising
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/new-dunkin-ad-mentioning-genetics-follows-sydney-sweeney-ad-triggering-social-media
# General News / Floods
Coast Guard hero who helped save 165 lives in Texas floods recounts his training ordeals. In his first mission, Petty Officer Scott Ruskan evacuated scores of survivors from Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/scott-ruskan-coast-guard-texas-flooding/
# General News / Epstein
‘She wasn’t stolen, she was preyed upon.’: Giuffre’s brother destroys Trump’s Mar-a-Lago story with brutal truth. His admission that he bragged about keeping underage ‘staff’ has raised new disturbing questions about what he knew.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/she-wasnt-stolen-she-was-preyed-upon-giuffres-brother-destroys-trumps-mar-a-lago-story-with-brutal-truth/
A newly uncovered photograph is raising more questions about Donald Trump’s past ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his social circle, potentially undermining the president’s repeated claims of severing ties with the convicted predator more than two decades ago.
https://www.newsbreak.com/knewz-1594593/4151457159532-unearthed-photo-shows-trump-with-epstein-and-andrew
Office of Special Counsel to probe potential Hatch Act violations by former Special Counsel Jack Smith. The Justice Department has turned its focus to Democrats and former Biden officials as it grapples with the fallout of its handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/02/jack-smith-hatch-act-probe-00490405
Ghislaine Maxwell Dodges Congress Again As James Comer Postpones Deposition. House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer indefinitely postponed the scheduled deposition for Ghislaine Maxwell.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/08/01/congress/maxwell-hearing-postponed-00489019
Epstein Victims Issue Statement Condemning Trump After Maxwell Moved To Cushy New Prison. Victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell slammed the federal government Friday for transferring Maxwell to a cushy minimum-security prison.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/2/epstein-victims-claim-cover-up-as-accomplice-moved-to-low-security-prison
Team Trump delivers another slap in the face
https://www.alternet.org/trump-todd-blanche-2673838822/
Trump’s Epstein Fiasco Worsens as Dems Suddenly Find Big New Weapon. Senate Democrats are using a 1928 law to pressure Trump to release the Epstein files. The White House will ignore them. Here’s what could happen next.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-epstein-fiasco-worsens-dems-174049617.html
# Gov / Politics
Fuming Trump Trashes Republican for Refusing to Do His Bidding. He advised other lawmakers in his party to vote in the “the exact opposite” way of his new target.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fuming-trump-trashes-republican-refusing-085641686.html
Senators leave town without deal on nominees after Trump tells Schumer to ‘go to hell’
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-senate-confirmations-trump-schumer_n_688ecf61e4b01556427055ae
Trump tells Schumer to ‘GO TO HELL’ over Senate nominee deal after negotiations blow up
https://nypost.com/2025/08/02/us-news/trump-tells-schumer-to-go-to-hell-over-senate-nominee-deal-funding-demands-after-negotiations-collapse/
Cory Booker’s message to the Democratic Party: Don’t bend the knee to Trump. Booker’s criticism of Democrats highlights deep divide on fighting Trump
https://www.aol.com/booker-criticism-democrats-highlights-deep-100000863.html
Ex-CIA Director John Brennan Accuses Trump of Using Same ‘Political Theories’ as Nazis as President Targets Him
https://www.mediaite.com/media/podcasts/ex-cia-director-john-brennan-accuses-trump-of-using-same-political-theories-as-nazis-as-president-targets-him/
Kansas joins multistate lawsuit against Trump administration over termination federal grant
https://www.kwch.com/2025/08/01/kansas-joins-multistate-lawsuit-against-trump-administration-over-termination-federal-grant/
Trump’s mental decline is undeniable — so what now? Confabulation is sometimes called “honest lying,” because the person doing it genuinely believes what he’s saying, even if it is obviously and patently false.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5429516-trump-confabulation-dementia-signs/
Republicans steamroll Senate Democrats, confirm Trump’s pick for Vatican ambassador who illuminated Harris’ bigotry
https://www.theblaze.com/news/republicans-steamroll-senate-dems-confirm-trumps-pick-for-vatican-ambassador-who-illuminated-harris-bigotry
‘Everything makes sense if you get that most of the MAGA base are members of a cult’: critic
https://fair.org/home/everything-makes-sense-if-you-get-that-most-of-the-maga-base-are-members-of-a-cult/
Analyst traces Trump from high school ‘bully’ to the White House. Donald Trump has turned a campaign ethos of division — “us” vs. “them” — into a governing strategy premised on fear and control.
https://www.alternet.org/the-right-wing/trump-lawyers-courts/?u=1602501a99a5758652052c0857f4beec9307dbfdcb75c1cebcb48b174fbab7bf&utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Aug.3.2025_12.34pm
Texas AG Ken Paxton has chilling threat to Democrats trying to stop GOP redistricting efforts
https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-war-witkoff-hostage-tel-aviv-b90fe087e8254179667e0cd6094cd438
On Planet Earth, Obama Can’t Be Indicted. But We Live on Planet Trump. The attempted persecution of a former president is both a dangerous line to cross and an expression of this failed administration.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198484/trump-obama-tulsi-russia-indictment
Transcript: Krugman Wrecks Trump’s Europe Deal: “Scam on His Voters.” As the emerging details of Trump’s trade agreement with Europe puncture his hype, economist Paul Krugman explains at length why it’s actually a big loss for our country—and especially for his MAGA base.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198586/transcript-krugman-wrecks-trump-europe-deal-scam-voters
# Gov / Politics / Global
‘This Is The Grave I Think I’m Going To Be Buried In’: Hamas Releases Video Of Emaciated Hostage. Hamas released a video of Israeli hostage Evyatar David, visibly starving and digging his grave, sparking global outrage and calls for his release. It is the third time Hamas and affiliated groups have released videos of what appear to be starving hostages in recent days.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/08/03/hamas-orders-starving-hostage-dig-his-own-grave/
Israeli fire again kills Gaza aid-seekers as US envoy meets with hostages’ families
https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-war-witkoff-hostage-tel-aviv-b90fe087e8254179667e0cd6094cd438
Beijing Pays Influencers in Africa to Spread Anti-US Messaging. Beijing and Moscow are financing social media campaigns against the United States, according to media experts and insiders.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/beijing-turns-influencers-fresh-chinese-090000721.html
# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
The Senate has confirmed former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as the top federal prosecutor for the nation’s capital, filling the post after President Donald Trump withdrew his controversial first pick, conservative activist Ed Martin Jr.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/03/nx-s1-5491473/senate-confirms-ex-fox-news-host-pirro-as-top-federal-prosecutor-for-nations-capital
6 now charged in Cincinnati mob attack; mayor says man who issued ‘slap’ prior to beatdown is being ‘actively investigated’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/6-now-charged-in-cincinnati-mob-attack-mayor-says-man-who-issued-slap-prior-to-beatdown-is-being-actively-investigated
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Emil Bove Saga Isn’t Over Yet. Republicans just confirmed Trump’s former personal attorney to a lifetime seat as a federal judge. But that won’t erase the multiple scandals he’s embroiled in.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198632/emil-bove-confirmed-scandals
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Jon Stewart Slams Right-Wingers For Trying To ‘Create Rules That They Would Never Follow.’ The “Daily Show” host pointed out the reason why one late-night host is so “popular” among conservatives.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jon-stewart-weekly-show-conservative-media-left-wing-bias_n_688d40fee4b022c2fddf1a07
‘Low IQ’: Trump lashes out at Charlamagne after radio host slammed president on Fox News. Radio host Charlamagne tha God, whose real name is Lenard Larry McKelvey, delivered a scathing critique of President Donald Trump on Saturday, saying that people are “hurting” under his administration.
https://www.alternet.org/trump-charlamagne-tha-god/
# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ai-rfk-jr-health-tech-fa73703bd1fd557c787ef0b590e151f1
RFK Jr. says cancer screenings are too ‘woke’ now. As an actual doctor, I disagree. Even if he doesn’t go through with this purge, RFK Jr. is instilling a distrust in our expert medical and scientific institutions.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/08/02/kennedy-health-panel-recommendations-preventive-disease/85422460007/
# Space Technology
We just made a laser call… 265 million km away
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM43IQyNgoP/
# Veterans / VA
$455B VA spending bill clears final hurdle in Senate. The Senate on Friday night adopted a $455 billion spending bill for the VA that invests in recruiting clinicians at hospitals, increases the toxic exposures fund and sets minimum funding levels for rural health care and other critical programs.
https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2025-08-02/veterans-senate-spending-bill-18640539.html
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