Voices, The Peoples News
August 10, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs / Drugs
‘At least I’m safe’: A Kenyan immigrant opts to leave the U.S. on his own terms, leaving children and wife behind. Kangethe is from Kenya, and has been living in Michigan for more than 16 years. He first came here as a student visa-holder. He now has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Northwood University and a master’s degree in finance from Central Michigan University.
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/09/nx-s1-5438412/kenyan-immigrant-opts-leave-us-his-own-terms-self-deport
A Nicaraguan immigrant and his family have been barricaded at home for days after he outran ICE agents
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14976251/Nicaraguan-mirgrant-ICE-deportation-california-illegal.html
Fate Of ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detainee Prompts ‘Proof of Life’ Plea, DHS Statement Rejecting He Was Dead. Attorneys for influencer Luis Manuel Rivas Velásquez confirmed he had been hospitalized and returned to the ICE facility after 48 hours of confusion regarding his wellbeing
https://www.latintimes.com/fate-alligator-alcatraz-detainee-prompts-proof-life-plea-dhs-statement-rejecting-he-was-dead-588157
ICE Begs Supreme Court for Right to Racially Profile Immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to question anyone who speaks Spanish “to support reasonable suspicion that the person is here illegally.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/198933/ice-supreme-court-racial-profiling-trump
Former ‘Superman’ actor Dean Cain says he’s joining ICE ‘ASAP’ to ‘save America.’ The 59-year-old actor said he’s joining the agency after age limitations for new hires were waived as part of its recruitment effort.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/dean-cain-joins-ice-trump-mass-deportation-superman-rcna223724
Trump Authorized Military Operations on Foreign Soil to Target Latin American Cartels
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/8/trump-signs-order-authorising-military-action-against-cartels-reports
A Fight Is Brewing in the Midwest Over Immigrant Mass Detention. As ICE expands its presence across the Midwest, activists fight the reopening of private prisons to jail migrants.
https://truthout.org/articles/a-fight-is-brewing-in-the-midwest-over-immigrant-mass-detention/
‘What Could Possibly Go Wrong?’: Trump’s ICE Is Now Recruiting Teenagers: “ICE opening up recruiting to teenagers because they can’t find enough adults willing to be their racist storm troopers is some real dystopian shit,” said one critic.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-says-teenagers-can-now-ice-agents-2109816
# DOGE [Department of Government Efficiency]
Democrats trying to stop DOGE workers from getting permanent roles. All remaining DOGE staff are in political positions, despite concerns of ‘burrowing in.’ No DOGE personnel have converted to permanent, career roles.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/08/all-remaining-doge-staff-are-political-positions-despite-concerns-burrowing/407301/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
‘Who Writes That Check?’ MSNBC Host Finally Gets Treasury Secretary To Admit Trump’s Tariffs Are Paid by Americans. Trump’s tariffs will raise prices on importers, and those importers will pass those prices on to consumers.
https://newrepublic.com/post/198915/scott-bessent-truth-trump-tariff-costs
IRS begins sharing sensitive taxpayer data with immigration authorities to find undocumented migrants
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/irs-to-share-personal-data-with-immigration-agents-to-aid-deportation-efforts
# Employment / Labor / Unions / OSHA
US Job Cuts Surge 140% to 62,075 in July 2025 Amid AI Shift. In July 2025, U.S. job cuts surged 140% to 62,075, the highest since the pandemic, with nearly half attributed to AI and technological updates, hitting tech and government sectors hardest. Critics warn of long-term regrets from prioritizing efficiency over innovation. Companies must invest in upskilling to balance AI’s benefits with workforce stability.
https://www.webpronews.com/us-job-cuts-surge-140-to-62075-in-july-2025-amid-ai-shift/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil
‘Unfathomable:’ Arizona, Wisconsin Governors Speak Out Against Trump Administration For Scrapping $7B Solar Grant. The Environmental Protection Agency moved to scrap the program approved under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 after Trump’s tax bill slashed the funding for it.
https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/arizona-wisconsin-governors-speak-out-against-trump-administration-for-scrapping-7-b-solar-grant/chrVxZZRd3Y
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Planetary / Earth
The Dragon Bravo fire, which started in early July after a lightning strike, has led to the closure of the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park for the remainder of the 2025 season
https://www.nps.gov/grca/northrimstatus.htm
A new volcanic island, named Niijima, formed near Iwo Jima, Japan, after an underwater eruption in October 2023. The island, initially about 100 meters in diameter, is primarily composed of rock chunks ejected during the eruption. The continued growth of the island shows that the underwater volcanic activity that birthed the island off the southern coast of Iwo Jima is continuing.
https://www.space.com/satellites-japan-new-island-still-growing
Geoengineering is a Weapon That’s Been Rebranded as Climate Science. There’s a Better Way To Heal the Earth.
https://www.ciel.org/why-geoengineering-is-a-false-solution-to-the-climate-crisis/
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USAID
$93 million in aid to fight malnutrition headed to 12 African countries, Haiti, State Dept says
https://www.aol.com/93-million-aid-fight-malnutrition-202500882.html
Commercial fishing in a vast Pacific nature area is halted after a judge blocks a Trump order
https://apnews.com/article/trump-fishing-pacific-islands-4202a5a746b7d6a1dd4e76cd41dd7297
# General News
Sunday thought: Working for the Good. The damage Trump is doing can create a mental and emotional prison, if we allow it to. That prison can be suffocating
https://robertreich.substack.com/p/seeking-the-good
# General News / Epstein
‘Makes no sense’: Epstein victims’ lawyer slams House GOP for ignoring this key witness
https://www.alternet.org/epstein-lawyer-house-gop/
Judge Detested by Trump Will Oversee Epstein Files Case
https://newrepublic.com/post/198937/judge-chutkan-trump-hates-epstein-files-case
Former Fox News Host Warns Trump of ‘Insurrection’ If He Pardons Maxwell
https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4165829471654-there-will-be-an-insurrection-trump-warned-by-ex-fox-host-over-epstein-meddling
A Maxwell pardon further cheapens the rule of law under Trump. America has watched Trump pardon criminals before. Clemency for Jeffrey Epstein’s co-conspirator would do irreparable harm to our justice system.
https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/trump-ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-pardon-rcna223475
New lawsuit on Epstein case seeks records of Trump administration communications
https://apnews.com/article/epstein-files-trump-justice-department-lawsuit-77748e5801d9278ecead678bd0852d46
Oversight Democrats call for hearing with Epstein victims
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5442466-congress-hearing-epstein-maxwell-victims/
# Gov / Politics
Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship
https://apnews.com/article/voting-elections-trump-executive-order-4e9edb53f47e61e241a43ceef8164022
Also: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/preserving-and-protecting-the-integrity-of-american-elections/
Donald Trump on Saturday was accused of committing “unprecedented treachery” as he displays “disdain” for his own supporters.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-supporters-garbage-steve-schmidt/
Tammy Bruce, State Department spokesperson, tapped for UN role. Bruce has been one of the State Department’s most public figures in the first six months of Trump’s second term.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/09/tammy-bruce-united-nations-00501346
‘Trump is a wrecking ball’: behind the president’s $200m plan to build a White House ballroom. Trump, who made his money in construction, launches biggest White House project in a century on paved-over Rose Garden. This will be just the latest step in a radical architectural overhaul intent on making the 225-year-old executive mansion less redolent of stuffy Washington and more evocative of Mar-a-Lago, his gaudy palace in Palm Beach, Florida.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/trump-white-house-ballroom
‘He gets mixed up’: Former Ambassador worries ‘erratic’ Trump unprepared for Putin meetings. Former U.S. ambassador Michael McFaul tells MSNBC he’s alarmed by how quickly President Donald Trump keeps changing his mind about Russian leader Vladimir Putin as he prepares to negotiate an end to war in Ukraine
https://www.alternet.org/donald-trump-putin-ukraine/
‘A travesty’: Outrage grows as leak shows Trump admin scrubbing out human rights violations. The secretary’s instructions were to cut everything not legislatively mandated, but the leaked documents appear to show effort to narrow the scope of what the world hears about human rights abuses around the world.
https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/leaked-u-s-state-department-human-rights-report-reveals-alarming-omissions-on-global-violations/
Democrats respond to FBI agreement to locate Texas lawmakers: ‘We will not be intimidated’ – live updates
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5442191-fbi-texas-redistricting-democrats/
Federal court says Alabama must use map that creates 2nd Black majority district. The state is expected to appeal the decision, which comes as both parties move to draw new districts for partisan advantage.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/07/federal-court-alabama-must-use-map-black-majority-district-00499369?nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nname=playbook&nrid=1df78d6a-15f3-440b-b64a-0c5daab19873
Texas House Speaker Drops Hammer On Runaway Dems. The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives announced new measures targeting Democrats who fled the state to deny the body a quorum for redistricting.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/08/08/texas-house-speaker-drops-hammer-on-runaway-dems/
White House is currently considering inviting Zelensky to Alaska summit with Putin: A senior Ukrainian official said it would be “the right thing to do”
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-volodymyr-zelensky-russia-vladimir-putin-meeting-donald-trump-alaska-ceasefire-2111362
In Swipe at UK, Huckabee Cites Allied Bombing of Dresden to Defend Israel’s Gaza Genocide. “Justifying today’s atrocities by pointing to yesterday’s doesn’t make it moral,” said one critic. “It makes it monstrous.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/08/mike-huckabee-gaza-dresden-00499711
‘Cowards’: Ramirez Hits Back at Republicans Who Threatened Her With Deportation. “We will continue to stand up for our rights, and we will continue to call out the terrorist organization that is ICE,” the congresswoman said in a speech at Netroots Nation.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/delia-ramirez-hits-back
Trump Slammed for Letting Netanyahu Carry Out ‘What Amounts to Ethnic Cleansing’ in Gaza. “Biden was wrong about his support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Trump is even worse,” said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-netanyahu-gaza-occupation
# Gov / Politics / Global
Europe rallies behind Ukraine after defiant Zelensky rejects any peace plan that gives up land to Russia. Labour foreign secretary David Lammy and US vice-president JD Vance hosted a meeting of national security advisers on Saturday, as Donald Trump prepares to meet Vladimir Putin next week
https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/politics/david-lammy-jd-vance-ukraine-zelensky-trump-russia-land-b2804969.html
Zelenskyy rejects formally ceding Ukrainian territory, says Kyiv must be part of any negotiations
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-putin-trump-summit-zelenskyy-a01a6dbae85b10cc710c48f1558c1401
Leaked Transcript Confirms Netanyahu Chose to Starve Gaza as a Method of War. Cabinet meeting minutes show how Netanyahu chose to create famine in Gaza over securing release of Israeli hostages. Cabinet meeting minutes show how Netanyahu chose to create famine in Gaza over securing release of Israeli hostages.
https://truthout.org/articles/leaked-transcript-confirms-netanyahu-chose-to-starve-gaza-as-a-method-of-war/
‘Horrifying Escalation’: Global Outcry as Israeli Cabinet Approves Military Takeover of Gaza City. The United Nations’ human rights chief warned the move would “result in more massive forced displacement, more killing, more unbearable suffering, senseless destruction, and atrocity crimes.”
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-faces-backlash-home-abroad-over-gaza-war-escalation-plan-2025-08-08/
# Law / Law Enforcement / ATF / FBI / CIA / DEA
Trump FBI Director Fires Combat Vet Whose Wife Died Last Month. Patel’s signature under scathing language accusing Giardina of “poor judgment” and a “lack of impartiality,” leading to the “political weaponization of the government.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/maga-shill-patel-purged-fbi-144242566.html
Thug who mercilessly mauled elderly pro-life worker in front of Planned Parenthood gets his sentence. In June, a judge acquitted Patrick Brice of first-degree assault over a brutal assault he carried out against 73-year-old pro-life worker Mark Crosby in front of a Baltimore Planned Parenthood
https://www.theblaze.com/news/thug-who-mercilessly-mauled-elderly-pro-life-worker-in-front-of-planned-parenthood-gets-his-sentence
‘Need not spend much time on this’: Judge sarcastically blocks Trump admin from using ‘gender ideology’ executive order to cut domestic violence prevention funds
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/need-not-spend-much-time-on-this-judge-sarcastically-blocks-trump-admin-from-using-gender-ideology-executive-order-to-cut-domestic-violence-prevention-funds/
All 6 Cincinnati mob attack suspects indicted, hit with more charges — and could get decades behind bars. Police also released bodycam video showing the moments after the attack.
https://www.theblaze.com/news/all-6-cincinnati-mob-attack-suspects-indicted-hit-with-more-charges-and-could-get-decades-behind-bars
# LGBTQ / Gender
Trans people in Georgia prisons are being forced to detransition. Now they’re suing. A class action lawsuit representing nearly 300 incarcerated people says the state’s refusal to allow gender-affirming care constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
https://19thnews.org/2025/08/trans-inmates-georgia-prisons-gender-affirming-care-lawsuit/
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
U.S. Postal Service Announces Temporary Price Change for 2025 Holiday Shipping Season. The rate hikes are intended to offset the increased costs associated with the holiday shipping surge.
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2025/0808-usps-announces-temporary-price-change-for-2025-holiday-shipping-season.htm
‘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
# Medicare / Medicaid / Obamacare / ACA
People who get ‘Obamacare’ health insurance are set to see premiums jump by 18%, study finds
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/obamacare-health-insurance-premiums-increase-b2804106.html
Trump DOJ Gives Monopolist UnitedHealth a Green Light to Swallow Yet Another Competitor. “As a result, Big Medicine will profit at the expense of vulnerable hospice patients, some of whom will pay with their lives, and the workers who care for them.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-doj-gives-monopolist-unitedhealth-green-light-to-swallow-yet-another-competitor
UnitedHealth Group confirms DOJ is probing its Medicare business. The health care giant said it reached out to the DOJ after reviewing media reports about the investigation into its billing practices.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/07/unitedhealth-group-confirms-doj-is-probing-its-medicare-business-00474271
# Medical / Health / Covid / Biologicals
Physician-Scientist, Neeta Thakur, Is Taking on Trump on Behalf of Disadvantaged Communities
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/9/2337090/-This-physician-scientist-is-taking-on-Trump-on-behalf-of-disadvantaged-communities
CVS and Walgreens are ‘in big trouble’ as Walmart is told to ‘do better’ after they all scrap four critical services. Experts have warned of the risk posed to rural communities and those with less money. The three major retailers have all launched operational changes that will strip many customers of vital healthcare services.
https://www.the-sun.com/money/14943480/cvs-walgreens-walmart-do-better-end-healthcare-services/
Everything to know about the ‘really sinister’ legal supplement RFK Jr. is cracking down on, kratom
https://www.aol.com/rfk-jr-launches-crackdown-kratom-182520929.html
National Library of Medicine: Kratom
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK585120/
Amid Hospital Closures, Many Rural Parents Have No Place Left to Give Birth. Doctors worry impending Medicaid cuts will force many pregnant people to drive hundreds of miles for care.
https://truthout.org/articles/amid-hospital-closures-many-rural-parents-have-no-place-left-to-give-birth/
# Medical Science / Research / Technology
‘Impossible to rebuild’: NIH scientists say Trump cuts will imperil life-saving research. Researchers say scientific community is in state of whiplash and accuse president of trying to ‘destroy’ vital work
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/07/nih-scientists-trump-cuts
‘A disaster for all of us’: US scientists describe impact of Trump cuts
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/science-trump-funding-cuts-layoffs
RFK Jr Drops a BOMBSHELL On Pro-VAX Agenda. US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, has removed all 17 members of a committee that issues official government recommendations on immunisations.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyge27y2g9o
# Military / Militia / National Guard
Navy plan would build West Coast dry dock for largest carriers and submarines operating in Pacific. The Navy plans to build a new dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard that can accommodate its largest aircraft carriers and nuclear-powered submarines into the 22nd century.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2025-08-08/navy-shipyard-construction-carriers-submarines-18704229.html
# Military / Global
US, Gulf pressure to fully disarm Hezbollah puts Lebanon on edge
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-09/us-gulf-pressure-to-fully-disarm-hezbollah-puts-lebanon-on-edge
New Zealand and Australia seek closer military ties following Chinese live-fire naval exercise
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/zealand-australia-seek-closer-military-070823040.html
# Social / Communities
Trump signs executive order to remove homeless people. The order signed Thursday calls for changes to make it easier for states and cities to remove outdoor encampments and get people into mental health or addiction treatment. That includes involuntary civil commitment for those “who are a risk to themselves or others.”
https://www.npr.org/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5479139/trump-homelessness-executive-order-civil-commitment-camping
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