Voices, The Peoples News
August 6, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
Can the U.S. deport someone who’s lived here for 30 years without an immigration hearing?
https://www.aol.com/news/ice-attempt-quickly-deport-arizona-225116940.html
Trump officials are reopening old immigration cases, even for dead people. ‘They don’t do their homework,’ lawyers say
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/deportation-proceedings-were-closed-years-100000079.html
Supreme Court allows Trump to restart swift deportation of migrants to locations that are not their home countries
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-restart-swift-deportation-of-migrants-to-locations-that-are-not-their-home-countries
ICE Is Enticing New Recruits With Student Loan Forgiveness. Trump has weaponized student loan forgiveness to advance his agenda.
https://truthout.org/articles/ice-is-enticing-new-recruits-with-student-loan-forgiveness/
Civil Rights Groups Sue to Stop ICE Abductions in New York Courthouses. Masked officers have been gathering in courthouses to look for people attending mandatory immigration appointments.
https://truthout.org/articles/civil-rights-groups-sue-to-stop-ice-abductions-in-new-york-courthouses/
Immigrants and their legal advocates are suing to stop unlawful Trump administration policies that have resulted in the arrest, detention, and fast-track deportation of potentially thousands of people who appeared for their scheduled hearings at immigration courts across the country in recent months.
https://immigrantjustice.org/press-release/unlawful-ice-arrests-at-immigration-courthouses-prompt-lawsuit-by-advocates-and-immigrants/
US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/05/us-citizens-jailed-ice-los-angeles
Everglades detention camp sits in hurricane alley, raising safety fears
https://www.dailyclimate.org/everglades-detention-camp-sits-in-hurricane-alley-raising-safety-fears-2673860985.html?vgo_ee=n1hQCGqkMUHea3LloW4jJT8XgCsews5W20pXcozU543QM9QNOKPgtAk4QWU%3D%3AYQRJC6%2BL8xmiUD48sKWF%2F%2F%2BF2gClsxFF
Supreme Court used wrong statute to make monumental birthright citizenship ruling: Conservative legal scholar Jack Goldsmith revealed that the U.S. Supreme Court relied on an incorrectly cited statute to justify its shocking birthright citizen ruling.
https://www.rawstory.com/supreme-court-amy-coney-barrett/
ICE seizes 11-year-old to force dad’s deportation — despite torture risk
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-deportation-2673860882/
ICE transfers Waco man to detention center north of Houston days after having charges dropped
https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/ice-transfers-waco-man-noe-guerrero-detention-center-conroe-texas/500-be4f50f4-7ee6-4767-976c-58dd3670eb4a
# Business / Industry / Corporations
Silicon Valley Enlists in the Business of War. In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists—many of whom had once forsworn involvement in war—have embraced the military industrial complex.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/google-meta-openai-military-war.html
# Chemicals / Herbicides / Pesticides / Bugs
Report finds everyday toxic chemicals drive cancer, dementia, and fertility decline worldwide
https://www.ehn.org/report-finds-everyday-toxic-chemicals-drive-cancer-dementia-and-fertility-decline-worldwide
Artificial turf’s hidden costs: Heat, toxic chemicals, and disposal worries swirl around youth sports fields. As schools swap grass for plastic, scientists warn that the heat-soaked, tire-filled surfaces may expose young athletes to toxic chemicals. Synthetic turf can reach dangerous temperatures on hot days and should not be used in these conditions.
https://www.ehn.org/artificial-turfs-hidden-costs-heat-toxic-chemicals-and-disposal-worries-swirl-around-youth-sports-fields
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
President Trump plans to impose tariffs on pharmaceutical imports as soon as next week as part of his effort to boost domestic manufacturing, with the levies potentially reaching as high as 250%.
https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/trump-threatens-pharmaceutical-tariffs-250-percent-semiconductors/756829/
CBO: Extending Trump’s tax relief could add $5T to deficit
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5435415-cbo-trump-tax-provisions-deficit/
# Employment / Labor / Unions / OSHA
Sick should work on farms to avoid losing Medicaid: Trump’s agriculture secretary
https://www.rawstory.com/brooke-rollins-2673859928/
By firing the Bureau of Labor Statistics chief, the Trump administration raises concerns that it may further restrict the flow of essential government information
https://theconversation.com/by-firing-the-bureau-of-labor-statistics-chief-the-trump-administration-raises-concerns-that-it-may-further-restrict-the-flow-of-essential-government-information-259760
Universal Basic Income Has Been Tried Over and Over Again. It Works Every Time. As AI threatens jobs, policy advocates for UBI see it as a potential way to cushion the blow from a changing economy.
https://gizmodo.com/universal-basic-income-has-been-tried-over-and-over-aga-1851255547
If AI Puts Everyone Out of Work, Is UBI the Solution? The company behind ChatGPT funded a three-year research program on the impacts of universal basic income. It found that the extra income allowed participants to be more selective about career choices and have more time for leisure.
https://www.governing.com/finance/if-ai-puts-everyone-out-of-work-is-ubi-the-solution
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Dakota Access Pipeline Company Is Top Fossil Fuel Donor to Trump’s War Chest. Energy Transfer is battling a federal pipeline safety agency after being fined $2.5 million for a deadly accident.
https://truthout.org/articles/dakota-access-pipeline-company-is-top-fossil-fuel-donor-to-trumps-war-chest/#:~:text=Best%20known%20as%20the%20company,pipeline%20worker%20dead%20in%202020
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
The world is demanding action over plastic pollution: UN environment chief. “We know that plastic is in our nature, in our oceans, and yes, even in our bodies. What is sure is that no one wants to live with the plastic pollution.”
https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165574
Delegates from more than 170 countries around the world kicked off the sixth round of global plastic negotiations today in Geneva, where they will attempt to hammer out a treaty to curb plastic pollution
https://apnews.com/article/plastic-pollution-treaty-negotiations-united-nations-geneva-615d096e211daa1593c7d0f16745f1ff
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
DHS denies tying FEMA funds to Israel stance
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/04/trump-dhs-fema-relief-israel-boycotts
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
‘Living in a Fantasy World’: Critics Pounce as Trump’s CNBC Interview Goes Off the Rails. “The racism here is on steroids,” said one critic about Trump’s statements on immigrant farmworkers.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-cnbc-interview
House Republican booed at town hall after saying SNAP cuts due to US not having ‘unlimited money’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHGMTEjMkd4
# General News / Gaza
‘Stain On Humanity’: Journalist Stunned by ‘Apocalyptic’ Destruction in Gaza After Capturing Rare Footage
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/stain-on-humanity-journalist-stunned-by-apocalyptic-destruction-in-gaza-after-capturing-rare-footage/
The War in Gaza as Told Through Dead Journalists: Documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald talks to Jacobin about the targeted killing of journalists in his harrowing new film Gaza: Journalists Under Fire.
https://jacobin.com/2025/07/robert-greenwald-gaza-genocide-documentary-targeted-journalists
Saudi Arabia aims to reassert its regional influence by pressing Hamas and Israel to resolve their ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.
https://www.newsweek.com/saudi-arabia-making-power-play-against-hamas-gaza-2108852
# General News / Epstein
Ghislaine Maxwell Reportedly Cleared Trump’s Name in DOJ Interview. Ghislaine Maxwell reportedly told the Justice Department in a recent interview that she never observed President Donald Trump doing anything around her that “caused concern.”
https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-administration-considers-releasing-transcripts-doj-interview-ghislaine/story?id=124383957
# Gov / Politics
‘Kick her off’: The GOP is now so lost, they want to deport a congresswoman because her parents are Guatemalan
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/kick-her-off-the-gop-is-now-so-lost-they-want-to-deport-a-congresswoman-because-her-parents-are-guatemalan/
DHS Stoops to Shocking Low in Racist Attack on Latina Congresswoman. The Trump administration and MAGA world are attacking Representative Delia Ramirez over a bad-faith translation. Ramirez, who began her speech in English, saying she wanted to conclude her remarks with a few words in Spanish (“…quiero terminar diciendo unas palabras en español…”), because she is “very proudly Guatemalan” (“…porque yo soy guatemalteca con mucho orgullo…”). But, she continues, “Primero que soy americana”—which translates roughly to “First, I am American.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/198824/dhs-attacks-democratic-lawmaker-delia-ramirez-spanish
‘Direct attack’: Inside Trump’s plan to upend free and fair elections. the Trump administration, backed by Republican legislators and allied state actors, is mounting what one civil‑rights coalition calls a “coordinated scheme” to rig voter rolls
https://www.alternet.org/election-trump-vote/
ACLU Responds to Trump’s Anti-Voter Executive Order. This directive represents a significant overreach of executive power and poses a direct threat to the fundamental right to vote.
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-responds-to-trumps-anti-voter-executive-order
This new report is a mortal threat to a desperate Trump. Trump’s action signaled he will try to cook the books, killing reliable economic data. What other numbers would he try to fake?
https://www.alternet.org/trump-jobs-report/
Who’s Trump REALLY working for? You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist to believe at least one of them is sufficiently credible to merit more investigation.
https://www.alternet.org/who-trump-is-really-working-for/
‘Open civil war’: Retired federal judge calls Trump a ‘tyrant’ and MAGA ‘anti-rule of law.’ One longtime conservative federal judge is not mincing words about President Donald Trump and his MAGA base, and is arguing that they present a severe threat to both the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law itself.
https://www.newsbreak.com/alternet-332687158/4158399516405-open-civil-war-retired-federal-judge-calls-trump-a-tyrant-and-maga-anti-rule-of-law
A Texas Democrat Just Absolutely Destroyed Governor Greg Abbott, And People Are Eating It Up. As we’ve been talking about for days now, Texas is trying to eliminate five Democratic House seats.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/texas-democrat-going-viral-brutal-163450881.html
Texas Democrats Who Fled Respond to Greg Abbott’s Legal Warning. “Threatening legal action against lawmakers for standing up to protect our democracy is not leadership, it’s intimidation. We have every right to fight. Fighting for fair representation is not running from a fight, it’s standing up.”
https://www.newsweek.com/texas-democrats-who-fled-response-greg-abbott-2108565
Arnold Schwarzenegger is no fan of Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ‘partisan gerrymandering,’ and is ‘ready to campaign’ against it. The Republican who helped pass California’s independent line-drawing commission wants to defend his legacy.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/04/schwarzenegger-newsom-redistricting-00493418
Court Upholds Texas Voter ID Law. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday to uphold a Texas act which requires voter ID for mail-in ballots.
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/08/05/texas-voter-id-mail-in-ballot-ruling/
Trump: Vance ‘probably favored at this point’ for 2028 nomination. Thus far, no Republican has announced their campaign for the Republican nomination in 2028.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5437504-trump-vance-2028-gop-nominee/
Trump Celebrates as Pam Bondi Begins Revenge Crusade Against Obama. The Justice Department is opening a grand jury probe into Obama officials—and Trump is cheering it on.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-celebrates-pam-bondi-doj-142445790.html
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has asked the state Supreme Court to remove this powerful state Democrat from office, calling him the “ringleader” in his party’s strategic effort to block a GOP-friendly redistricting vote.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abbott-texas-supreme-court-gene-wu_n_68928ff3e4b07e7958a0f333
Donald Trump and the deconstruction of America. This is their purposeful goal and an obvious one, if you look past the daily barrage of absurdity, indecency, corruption, wrongdoing, and
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/donald-trump-deconstruction-america/
Texas Republicans: It’s about power, yes—but also their radical agenda. Of course this gerrymandering plan is about keeping power. But it’s about keeping power to a specific end: to pass laws people hate and block ones they want.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198821/texas-republicans-gerrymandering-radical-agenda
# Gov / Politics / Global
Trump envoy meets with Putin ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace deadline. President Donald Trump has warned that he would impose sanctions on Russia if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/6/us-envoy-witkoff-in-russia-ahead-of-sanctions-deadline-over-ukraine-war
What you’re not being told about Israel, Gaza, and the UN
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/levintv/what-youre-not-being-told-about-israel-gaza-and-the-un?utm_source=theblaze-breaking&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Afternoon%20Trending%20-%20August%205&utm_term=ACTIVE%20LIST%20-%20TheBlaze%20Breaking%20News&tpcc=email-breaking
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
Bondi’s Obama Grand Jury: The Authoritarian Moment We’ve All Feared. It’s officially happening: the use of the machinery of justice to go on fishing expeditions about political predecessors. Absolute madness.
https://newrepublic.com/article/198818/pam-bondi-obama-grand-jury-authoritarian
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Rachel Maddow Delivers Discombobulated ‘Dictatorship’ Diatribe For Half Her Weekly Show. Rachel Maddow spent almost a half-hour delivering a diatribe accusing President Donald Trump of turning the United States into an “authoritarian country.”
https://www.aol.com/rachel-maddow-delivers-discombobulated-dictatorship-154042833.html
# Marijuana / Hemp
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Army plans to grow Patriot battalions, plus one for Guam. The Army is planning to grow a force stretched thin to meet today’s air and missile defense demands
https://www.defensenews.com/land/2025/08/04/army-plans-to-grow-patriot-battalions-plus-one-for-guam/
# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
They Were Paid to Kill Us – Hospitals, COVID and the Dirty Money Trail in Illinois. Illinois Review reported: Well, well, well. It turns out the “trust the science” crowd forgot to mention that the science came with a financial incentive package — and Illinois hospitals were first in line at the trough.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/gnw-paid-to-kill-us-hospitals-covid-dirty-money/
# Military / Militia / National Guard
Trump caught off guard by Pentagon’s abrupt move to pause Ukraine weapons deliveries, AP sources say
https://apnews.com/article/trump-ukraine-weapons-pentagon-15694071ddb6f7040273e9ef090e84c4
Hundreds of Marines Called Off ICE Mission that Required Interacting with Migrants. Governors are being asked to provide National Guard troops instead.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2025-08-04/troops-guard-marines-migrants-ice-18664990.html#:~:text=Hundreds%20of%20Marines%20slated%20to,close%20contact%20with%20detained%20migrants
The Army Reserve Is Gutting Aviation Units. Thousands of Soldiers Are Being Left in the Lurch. Thousands of Army Reserve soldiers scramble for new assignments after the service abruptly ordered the dismantling of its helicopter units, a sweeping move that has caught commanders off guard and upended aviation operations across the country.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/07/31/army-reserve-gutting-aviation-units-thousands-of-soldiers-are-being-left-lurch.html
Far-Right Militias Adored the Constitution. Then Came Trump. Right-wing activists have long warned of the coming federal invasion. Where are they now that it’s happened?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/ammon-bundy-richard-mack-far-right-militias-adored-the-constitution-then-came-trump/
# NASA
White House Orders Shutdown of NASA Satellites Monitoring Climate Change From Space. “This is illegal.”
https://futurism.com/white-house-orders-nasa-destroy-important-satellite
Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5453731/nasa-carbon-dioxide-satellite-mission-threatened
NASA Planning for Unauthorized Shutdown of Carbon Monitoring Satellites
https://eos.org/research-and-developments/nasa-planning-for-unauthorized-shutdown-of-carbon-monitoring-satellites
Trump orders NASA to kill 2 satellites that can function for many more years – the reason will shock all. The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
https://news.azpm.org/p/trump/2025/8/4/225859-why-a-nasa-satellite-that-scientists-and-farmers-rely-on-may-be-destroyed-on-purpose/
# NOAA / Weather
Weather Service is now hiring back hundreds of positions that got cut in the DOGE chaos
https://www.aol.com/weather-now-hiring-back-hundreds-155619017.html
# Social / Communities
Social Movements Are Physically Reclaiming Spaces to Replace the State. More than a way of protest, social movements are occupying spaces to challenge authority and fight against oppression.
https://truthout.org/articles/social-movements-are-physically-reclaiming-spaces-to-replace-the-state/
# Veterans / VA
VA Gives Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties. The move allows veterans to get 12 months of private treatment without having to request a reauthorization.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/08/04/va-give-veterans-one-year-authorizations-seek-care-private-providers-30-specialties.html
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