Voices, The Peoples News
August 7, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘No deeper insight’: Trump admin suffers double loss as dozens of additional sanctuary cities and counties join immigration lawsuit, win protection from funding cuts
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/no-deeper-insight-trump-admin-suffers-double-loss-as-dozens-of-additional-sanctuary-cities-and-counties-join-immigration-lawsuit-win-protection-from-funding-cuts/
‘We’ve been trapped!’ Democratic lawmakers say ICE ‘incarcerated’ them at detention center. “We were greeted by a masked agent who refused to give us his name, who refused to show his face, and who proceeded to lock the door, keeping us, in essence, incarcerated, because we cannot go in or out until we get further notice.”
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2673863764/
“I thought people were going to die”: Anti-ICE protesters say they were attacked by police. Supporters of detained chaplain Ayman Soliman say cops assaulted them at a recent protest, but they’re not deterred
https://www.salon.com/2025/08/06/police-brutality-wont-stop-ice-protests/
‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities. Report from senator Jon Ossoff’s office found 510 credible reports of human rights abuses since Trump’s inauguration
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/physical-sexual-abuse-pregnant-women-children-immigration-centers
510 ‘credible reports of human rights abuse’ against immigrant detainees: An investigation from Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) found 510 “credible reports of human rights abuse” of people held in immigration detention centers across the country.
https://thehill.com/homenews/5438618-human-rights-abuse-immigration/
A U.S. citizen detained by Border Patrol captured his arrest on camera (FULL VERSION)
https://www.wfsb.com/2025/07/30/border-patrol-violently-arrests-18-year-old-us-citizen-nonprofit-says/
Former ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Corrections Officer Describes ‘Inhumane’ Conditions: Like ‘An Oversized Kennel’
https://www.salon.com/2025/08/06/ex-alligator-alcatraz-worker-details-inhumane-treatment/
ICE has a new courthouse tactic: Get immigrants’ cases tossed, then arrest them outside. Even some legal asylum-seekers face detention and deportation.
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/07/ice-has-a-new-courthouse-tactic-get-immigrants-cases-tossed-then-arrest-them-outside/
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal. Without providing evidence, the U.S. government branded them all Tren de Aragua gang members, the “worst of the worst,” “sick animals” and “monsters.” Our reporting shows how the government knew a majority of them had not been convicted of a crime in the U.S.
https://www.propublica.org/article/venezuelans-cecot-el-salvador-trump-families-video
Parents of Westchester High School Grad Reveal ICE Agents Detained Daughter After Routine Visa Hearing
https://abc7chicago.com/post/westchester-high-school-grad-yeonsoo-go-detained-ice-routine-visa-hearing-family-says/17429447/
Pregnant Women Face Harrowing Abuses In Immigrant Detention, Democratic Report Says. They’ve been deprived of critical medical care and subject to overcrowded cells, per an investigation from Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pregnant-women-children-immigrant-detention-ossoff_n_6892983ae4b07e7958a0f46a
Trump Targets Spouses of US Citizens in Green Card Crackdown
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-targets-spouses-of-us-citizens-in-green-card-crackdown/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Donald Trump makes America lose billions and decides charging tourists $15k is the answer
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/donald-trump-makes-america-lose-billions-and-decides-charging-tourists-15k-is-the-answer/
Trump Doubles Tariffs On Major Ally For Buying Putin’s Oil. President Donald Trump doubled tariffs on India for refusing to cease importing Russian oil, the White House announced Wednesday.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-doubles-tariffs-on-india-to-50-why-the-big-issue-is-vladimir-putin-and-russian-oil-4028e441
Banks are quietly closing branches across the country. As hundreds of U.S. bank branches have been marked for closure this year, some concern has been raised as to what this means for Americans, particularly those with limited access to the internet and online banking.
https://www.newsweek.com/bank-closures-2025-money-implications-consumers-expert-view-2051281
Moody’s Downgrade Signals Deeper Risk: Is U.S. Debt Undermining Global Leadership? The Treasury is signaling deeper debt problems. The US Treasury has been signaling increased worry about the sustainability of the rising national debt and the potential for deeper problems.
https://www.csis.org/analysis/moodys-downgrade-signals-deeper-risk-us-debt-undermining-global-leadership
Treasury to begin ‘extraordinary measures’ as US approaches debt cliff. The breach of the debt ceiling officially starts the clock on how long Trump and Congress will have to act to avoid a financially catastrophic default.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/01/17/treasury-yellen-debt-cliff-00199113
Mark Zandi, the chief economist of Moody’s, has a grim prediction for the US economy. ‘On the precipice of recession’: A top economist warns that not even the Fed may be able to rescue the US from a downturn
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/precipice-recession-top-economist-warns-225757237.html
Trump says he will impose 100 percent tariff on semiconductors. Trump has already imposed tariffs on automobiles, copper, steel and aluminum.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/06/trump-says-he-will-put-100-percent-tariff-on-semiconductors-00496413
# Education / Schools
Judge issues temporary injunction against Trump administration cancellation of humanities grants
https://apnews.com/article/doge-humanities-grants-trump-1b692b8828141f57335cf701e5450722
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
Trump Administration Adds Key Mining Projects to FAST-41. Effort Aims to Expedite Critical Minerals and Secure Domestic Supply
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/trump-administration-adds-key-mining-projects-fast-41
Unleashing American Energy: It is the policy of the United States to encourage energy exploration and production on Federal lands and waters, including on the Outer Continental Shelf, in order to meet the needs of our citizens and solidify the United States as a global energy leader long into the future
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/unleashing-american-energy/
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Infrastructure policy of Donald Trump
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrastructure_policy_of_Donald_Trump
The U.S. Clean Energy Manufacturing Boom Is Sputtering. More than $30 billion of clean energy investments are now on ice since Trump took office, according to new data from Wellesley College’s Big Green Machine.
https://heatmap.news/economy/trump-manufacturing-boom-canceled
Grand Canyon Fire Is Now the Largest Burning in the Nation. A wildfire burning since July 4 has closed the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park for the rest of the season.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04082025/grand-canyon-fire-largest-in-nation/
# FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]
DHS transfers FEMA staff to ICE amid hurricane season. DHS is detailing roughly 100 people from FEMA’s human resources and security teams to help process applicants at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) amid a bid to hire 10,000 extra officers.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5439715-dhs-fema-ice-hurricane-season-noem-immigration-enforcement/
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
‘Left to rot’: Farmer reeling over decaying crops as workforce flees ICE raids. Not only have Trump’s mass deportations and raids eliminated a large part of the workforce, but they have also prevented those who remain from being willing to work at all, Chandler said.
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-farm-workers/
# General News / Gaza
The Week the World Woke Up to the Genocide in Gaza. Pressure is mounting against Israel in the U.S. and around the world. Will it mean anything on the ground in Palestine?
https://theintercept.com/2025/08/06/israel-palestine-gaza-war-politics/
An Unexpected Path to Hold War Criminals Accountable. It’s at the national courts, not the ICC or ICJ, where Palestinians have the best chance to see justice.
https://theintercept.com/2025/08/06/israel-palestine-war-crimes-icc-icj/
As Israel faces blame for the hunger crisis in Gaza, UN’s own data shows most of its aid is looted
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/israel-faces-blame-hunger-crisis-100019910.html
# General News / Epstein
Epstein Victim’s Family Releases Statement on JD Vance Holding a Scandal ‘Strategy Session’ at His Home
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/epstein-victims-family-releases-statement-on-jd-vance-holding-a-scandal-strategy-session-at-his-home/
The Democrats’ motion to subpoena the Epstein file has legal and historical basis
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/judicial/5435151-house-subpoena-epstein-file/
# Gov / Politics
Tim Burchett Signals He’d Take Blackburn’s Senate Seat If She Becomes Governor. Republican Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett signaled he would accept Sen. Marsha Blackburn’s seat if she wins the state’s gubernatorial race.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/06/tim-burchett-marsha-blackburn-tennessee-senate-governor/
‘Nobody believes you’: Library of Congress blames missing Constitution sections on ‘coding error’
https://www.axios.com/2025/08/06/constitution-missing-sections-coding-error
‘Swamp creature’: Gen Z voter says Trump-backing peers now think he ‘lied to us and deceived us’
https://www.alternet.org/gen-z-trump-epstein/
‘Major trouble’: Memo claims House Republicans being ‘eaten alive’ selling Trump’s new law. Republicans are facing “major trouble” garnering public support for the sweeping reconciliation bill, predicting that it will become “THE defining issue of the midterms.”
https://www.alternet.org/trump-bill-republicans-gop/
Trump Threatens DC Takeover after a Black Mob Assaults DOGE Employee ‘Big Balls.’ US president cites youth crime in call to strip the capital of local rule, despite declining violence and local opposition
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/06/trump-dc-doge-staffer-attack
Can Donald Trump take federal control of Washington, DC? US president has warned of a federal takeover of DC, citing violent incidents and the city’s crime problems.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/7/can-donald-trump-take-federal-control-of-washington-dc#:~:text=US%20president%20has%20warned%20of,takeover%20of%20the%20nation’s%20capital
Dangerous cracks in US democracy pillars. Three of the seven pillars of democracy outlined in the Democracy Playbook 2025—protect elections, defend rule of law, and fight corruption—are facing significant challenges, highlighting the growing threats to US democracy posed by the new Trump administration.
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/threats-to-us-democracy-dangerous-cracks-in-us-democracy-pillars/#:~:text=Over%20three%20weeks%20into%20the,and%20balances%20from%20being%20trampled
Ex-GOP leader calls party ‘epitome of heartless’ as he jumps ship to join Dems
https://www.rawstory.com/geoff-duncan-2673860370/
More Republicans clamor for changing Senate rules to bypass Dems’ obstruction. With Democrats still playing hardball over confirming the rest of President Donald Trump’s civilian nominees, Republicans are becoming increasingly vocal about changing Senate procedural rules to help fast-track the process.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ca30dcc2-29a1-49db-b49a-b9cfea3a1136.html
Texas Republican Accidentally Admits Truth About GOP’s Gerrymandering
https://newrepublic.com/post/198840/texas-republican-admits-truth-gerrymandering-map
Trump threatens city with National Guard and takeover of police force in bid to ‘tackle crime’
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-trump-mulls-sending-national-guard-to-washington-dc-after-assault-of/
# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Revealed: ‘Irresponsible’ Trump official published CIA’s ‘most closely guarded secrets’
https://www.alternet.org/trump-official-cia/?u=1602501a99a5758652052c0857f4beec9307dbfdcb75c1cebcb48b174fbab7bf&utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Aug.6.2025_8.36pm
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC]
The Supreme Court Prepares to End Voting Rights As We Know Them, And justices don’t want you to notice.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/08/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-2/
Rubio, Noem Slapped With Lawsuit Over ‘War’ on Free Speech Amid Crackdown on Student Visa Holders
https://www.newsbreak.com/mediaite-520570/4160072640613-rubio-noem-slapped-with-lawsuit-over-war-on-free-speech-amid-crackdown-on-student-visa-holders
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
President Donald Trump sent a chilling warning from the White House to late night TV hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, as well as radio icon Howard Stern, claiming “they are next.”
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jimmy-kimmel-fallon-stern-b2803584.html
Palestine Talks | In conversation with Max Blumenthal (Part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g53T-x1o4OU
‘Enemies of the people’- Max Blumenthal blasts media role in Gaza genocide (Part 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nuo4JU-qncM
Journalists demand access to Gaza as Israel begins full conquest and press blackout deepens. More than 600 journalists call the press restrictions in Gaza “the worst blackout in modern conflict” as Israel moves forward with plans to fully occupy the strip and restricts independent coverage of its escalating war.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2025/08/06/journalists-demand-access-to-gaza-as-israel-begins-full-conquest-and-press-blackout-deepens/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
Trump slashed Medicaid — now he’s got another health care crisis looming. Tax credits for the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, expire at the end of the year. But not all Republicans are on board with extending them
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-medicaid-affordable-care-act-health-care-b2803232.html
# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
New WV law repeals mandate that newborns receive eye ointment to prevent blindness. New WV law repeals mandate that newborns receive eye ointment to prevent blindness
https://www.herald-dispatch.com/_zapp/new-wv-law-repeals-mandate-that-newborns-receive-eye-ointment-to-prevent-blindness/article_cde0a2fe-9452-458b-9d78-0c71b396a31e.html
# Medical Science / Research / Technology
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. sparked swift backlash on Tuesday evening when the secretary of Health and Human Services announced the termination of nearly $500 million in federal funding and contracts supporting the development of mRNA-based vaccines. HHS said it would coordinate a wind-down of its mRNA vaccine development activities under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA.
https://www.msn.com/en-ca/health/medical/unforgivable-shocked-experts-warn-rfk-just-condemned-millions-to-death-and-illness/ar-AA1JYYAv
# Military / Militia / National Guard
Air Force moves F-16s closer to North Korea in new ‘super squadron.’ The U.S. Air Force has begun transferring F-16 Fighting Falcon warplanes from South Korea’s Kunsan Air Base to Osan Air Base, located about 80 miles closer to the North Korean border.
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/08/06/air-force-moves-f-16s-closer-to-north-korea-in-new-super-squadron/
# Military / Global
Cheap Ukrainian drones inflict costly damage to Russian war machine. War in Ukraine increasingly fought with drones. Underdog Ukraine has adapted, inflicting damage on Russia
https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/ukraine-drone-russia/
# NASA
NASA Supercomputers Take on Life Near Greenland’s Most Active Glacier. As Greenland’s ice retreats, it’s fueling tiny ocean organisms. To test why, scientists turned to a computer model out of JPL and MIT that’s been called a laboratory in itself.
https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-supercomputers-take-on-life-near-greenlands-most-active-glacier/
# Nuclear
Workers At A Nuclear Site In South Carolina Just Discovered 4 Radioactive Wasp Nests. The radioactive wasp nests were found at Savannah River Site near Aiken, South Carolina, where nuclear material was produced during the Cold War. Officials say there are no leaks and hazardous nests are from legacy contamination.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/08/radioactive-wasp-nests-spring-up-in-decadesold-nuclear-site-in-south-carolina/
# Social / Communities
Trump demands new U.S. Census and says non-citizens won’t be counted. President Donald Trump is calling for a new census of American households to be conducted and for migrants who did not enter the country legally to be excluded from the count.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/07/trump-new-us-census-only-citizens-counted/85555266007/
# Solar Activity
Three recent X-class solar flares, the strongest category, erupted from the sun in late October and early November 2004. These flares, along with numerous M-class flares, were associated with a period of intense solar activity.
https://www.space.com/astronomy/sun/3-powerful-solar-flares-erupt-in-less-than-24-hours-ending-weeks-of-calm-on-the-sun-video
While the sun’s activity doesn’t directly cause earthquakes, research suggests a potential link where solar activity can influence earthquake occurrences, specifically by affecting Earth’s surface temperature. This influence is not a primary cause, but rather a potential triggering mechanism, especially for shallow earthquakes
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-suns-activity-can-trigger-earthquakes-and-now-we-know-how
The Sun’s Activity Can Trigger Earthquakes, And Now We Know How. “Solar heat drives atmospheric temperature changes, which in turn can affect things like rock properties and underground water movement.” “Such fluctuations can make rocks more brittle and prone to fracturing
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-suns-activity-can-trigger-earthquakes-and-now-we-know-how
# Sports
Trump names himself chair of LA Olympics Task Force, sees role for military during games. In past Olympic Games held on American soil, sitting presidents have served in passive, ceremonial roles. President Donald Trump may have other plans
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-names-himself-chair-l-221638998.html
Trump creates task force to prepare for 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The executive order calls for the task force to coordinate security and planning for the Games, streamline visa processing and credentialing for the athletes, coaches, media and other visitors coming to the U.S.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-2028-summer-olympics-task-force-5751b5137a2576d2d6a26cb7bebd89e8
President Trump floats military use at L.A. Olympics, says there will be sex testing
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6538232/2025/08/06/president-trump-los-angeles-olympics-transgender-policy-military/
# Technology / Artificial Intelligence
Elon and Bezos have released humanoid robots into the wild — and no one’s ready for what happens next. The new Figure 02 robot can walk, talk, and see what’s going on with AI-enabled vision. The droids, made by Agility Robotics, are about the size of a person and can walk around the warehouse floor as well as squeeze into tight spaces
https://fortune.com/2024/09/26/robots-agility-amazon-openai-tesla-ai/
Silicon Valley has seen a noticeable shift to the right, with several tech leaders engaging more closely with the current administration, a trend Melinda French Gates views critically, especially when it comes to leaders not living by their stated values.
https://fortune.com/2025/06/23/melinda-french-gates-tech-titans-politics-value-history-books/?dicbo=v2-tgpGhgP
Tesla’s Optimus and the Humanoid Robot Race Nobody’s Ready For. Oftentimes, the future comes faster than we think. Companies like Amazon, Tesla, and Agility Robotics aren’t waiting on theory. From delivery and logistics to manufacturing and hospitality, humanoid robots are actively being tested and deployed today.
https://investorplace.com/hypergrowthinvesting/2025/06/teslas-optimus-and-the-humanoid-robot-race-nobodys-ready-for/
# Transportation
The Trump administration rescinded Obama-era guidance that disregarded 100-year-old law. Two seemingly foreign truck drivers were ticketed while driving transport trucks through rural Alabama. The Trump administration rescinded Obama-era guidance that disregarded 100-year-old law. ‘They can’t communicate, and they can’t read road signs.’
https://www.theblaze.com/news/truck-drivers-dekalkb-country-alabama
# Veterans / VA
VA drops contracts, says unions aren’t helping veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs canceled its contracts with most unions on Wednesday, saying the unions fight against the best interests of veterans.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3f5e544d-8193-468f-9657-aa8e27475c1c.html
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