V oices, The Peoples News
December 31, 2025
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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“The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.”
Confucius, “Analects”
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Construction Leaders in Texas Warn ICE Raids Are Driving Workers Underground: ‘There’s No Labor.’ Data show construction employment in the South Texas fell about 5% in the third quarter, the largest drop among major sectors
https://www.latintimes.com/construction-leaders-texas-warn-ice-raids-are-driving-workers-underground-theres-no-labor-593064
Newly-released body cam video raises questions over tactics used by federal immigration agents. Bodycam video shows feds’ aggressive tactics in vivid detail: ‘Deploy f—ing gas.’ The videos, released weeks after U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis’ historic order limiting agents’ use of force, offer a firsthand look at flashpoint incidents from suburban Broadview, and Chicago’s Little Village and East Side neigborhoods.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/public-safety/2025/11/28/border-patrol-bodycam-video-tactics
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
The Party of Fiscal Responsibility Has Been Bleeding America Dry for Fifty Years: There is an American amnesia that allows the Republican Party to present itself, election after election, as the guardian of fiscal responsibility, law and order, and national strength. The actual record tells a different story entirely.
https://www.newsbreak.com/the-powell-house-press-345986679/4418883325358-the-party-of-fiscal-responsibility-has-been-bleeding-america-dry-for-fifty-years
# Education / Schools
Parents back teaching civil debate in high schools. A majority of parents say it is important for high school students to learn civil debate skills, according to a new survey from EdChoice.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_78513b92-6df9-4259-a61c-e2666a689f74.html
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
The Doomsday Glacier Is Getting Closer and Closer to Irreversible Collapse
An analysis of the expansion of cracks in the Thwaites Glacier over the past 20 years suggests that a total collapse could be only a matter of time.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-doomsday-glacier-is-getting-closer-and-closer-to-irreversible-collapse/
The Doomsday glacier expedition has started. This ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is melting faster than anyone thought. Now Earth’s biggest cities are in danger. Antarctic expeditions and outlandish geoengineering schemes hope to slow sea level rise… but it might be too late
https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/doomsday-glacier-melting-thwaites-antarctica
# General News / Boat Strikes
New details emerge on Venezuelan strike. New details are emerging surrounding the U.S. strike on a suspected drug loading site in Venezuela, with multiple reports claiming a CIA drone carried it out.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_eac0c37f-46f3-4aed-ae21-8bd08c06e2ec.html
You Won’t Believe What One of the Boats Trump Struck Was Carrying: Marijuana, a drug synonymous with the “peace and love” movement of the 1960s, is about as far from a tool of war as you can get. Trump himself signed an executive order to expedite the process of reclassifying weed from a Schedule I drug—which are considered to have high abuse rates with little to no medical application—to a Schedule III drug under the Controlled Substances Act.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/won-t-believe-one-boats-211533167.html
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Senate Dems Want to Know How Trump’s Chief of Staff Got Access to Epstein Files. With the Justice Department under fire for how it’s handled the documents, the senators asked Susie Wiles to describe her “role in any process related to the review, redaction, withholding, or release of material.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/epstein-files-white-house
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Trump turned on her over Epstein survivors. The congresswoman revealed how and why she broke from Trump and Republican leadership.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-trump-turned-on-her-over-epstein-survivors/
# Gov / Politics
Trump admin freezes Minnesota child care funds, the latest in a series of moves against Gov. Tim Walz’s administration as it attempts to manage allegations of fraud.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/30/hhs-freezes-all-child-care-funding-for-minnesota-00708364
Fox Contributor Reminds Colleagues Minnesota Fraud Ringleader Is a ‘White Woman’ Who Is ‘Already in Prison’
https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/fox-contributor-reminds-colleagues-minnesota-fraud-ringleader-is-a-white-woman-who-is-already-in-prison/
29 US Ambassadors Get Recalled; EU Hit With Travel Ban for Violating US Free Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz24G9npGcs
Senate Democrats Demand Trump Reverse Unprecedented Recall of 30 Ambassadors
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5663073-trump-recall-ambassadors-senate-concern/
‘Big issue’: Analysts reveal Trump’s true intentions behind focus on Minnesota fraud. Trump and several MAGA voices have focused intently on the cases, using them to attack Trump’s political foes like Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674836105/
How a MAGA activist who reportedly admitted he had a ‘Nazi streak’ ended up with a key role in Trump’s administration. Some officials are reportedly questioning Paul Ingrassia’s qualifications after he was tapped for a key role at the General Services Administration
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/paul-ingrassia-trump-administration-gsa-b2892249.html
Trump’s Hope of Deporting Prince Harry Shut Downl. “Removal or deportation in the United States is governed by statute, not by presidential preference. Even a sitting president cannot personally order the removal of a specific individual. Deportation proceedings must be initiated by the Department of Homeland Security and adjudicated through established legal processes, often involving immigration courts.”
https://radaronline.com/p/trump-deporting-prince-harry-rejected-zero-authority-rogue-royal/
Like strongmen the world over, Donald Trump’s power grab required a crisis – and a scapegoat. Trump is not the first would-be autocrat to manufacture a crisis to seize extraordinary powers.
https://theconversation.com/like-strongmen-the-world-over-donald-trumps-power-grab-required-a-crisis-and-a-scapegoat-272064
Trump flings open the door for founder of firm that funneled Kremlin cash to GOP influence. The Trump administration is authorizing visas for the founders of an infamous company that facilitated payments from the Russian government to pro-Trump influencers
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674836009/
Kristi Noem demands emergency demolition of historic buildings in DC alarming preservationists. Kristi Noem cites threats from ‘malicious insiders’ in request to raze buildings on landmark property, some of which are more than 100 years old, arguing that there is no such evidence of an “emergency” beyond Noem’s “unilateral declaration” of one.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/kristi-noem-dhs-demolish-dc-buildings-b2892289.html
Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Plunges Further Into Chaos. More artists are abruptly canceling shows after the president’s deeply unpopular move to add his name to the center.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/trumps-kennedy-center-takeover-plunges-further-into-chaos/
Attorney General Bondi orders prosecutors to start grand jury probe into Obama officials over Russia investigation.
Trump’s Attorney General Confirms She’s Investigating ‘Lawfare’ and Accuses Both Former Presidents Of ‘Election-Meddling’
https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/04/politics/justice-department-russia-grand-jury
# Gov / Politics / Global
Canada’s 3,200-Mile Rail Pivot Just Cut U.S. Ports Out, And the Bill Is Exploding. This didn’t happen at the docks.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/22/g-s1-18831/labor-dispute-canada-rail-freight-us
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
DOJ Issues Sweeping New Domestic Terrorism Directive: The key message is unmistakable: federal law enforcement will target individuals, organizations, and funders whom the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) contends are “domestic terrorists,” under a definition that links political violence to “anti-fascist” ideologies.
https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/perspectives/blogs/enforcement-edge/2025/12/doj-issues-sweeping-new-domestic-terrorism-directive
Another ISIS sympathizer charged in Texas. Texas Man Charged with Providing Bomb Components and Funding to Individuals He Believed Were Involved with Foreign Terrorist Organization
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-charged-providing-bomb-components-and-funding-individuals-he-believed-were
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
Democrats are united in bashing GOP on Obamacare. Medicare for All could reopen a rift.
The single-payer health care system is again becoming a rallying cry for progressives in the midterms.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/21/democrats-have-been-united-in-bashing-the-gop-on-obamacare-medicare-for-all-could-reopen-a-rift-00701232
Republicans now have an answer for Democrats’ Medicare-for-all. Republicans, including President Trump, have repeatedly emphasized the need to improve affordability for Americans, and healthcare costs often hit families the hardest.
https://justthenews.com/government/congress/republicans-now-have-answer-democrats-medicare-all
# Medical / Science / Research
Superbug hits 27 states: Here’s where the deadly fungus is spreading. Deadly ‘Kissing Bug’ Disease Chagas on the Rise in the U.S., CDC Warns. Plus, what to do if you develop symptoms, per the CDC.
https://www.prevention.com/health/a66013990/deadly-kissing-bug-disease-chagas-spread-us/
AI Chatbots Linked to Psychosis, Say Doctors. People and their artificial-intelligence companions are entering into shared delusions, psychiatrists say; chatbots can be ‘complicit’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/doctors-ai-almost-certainly-linked-130000294.html
# Military / War Department
‘This Is an Act of War’: CIA Carried Out Drone Strike on Port Facility Inside Venezuela. One expert called the reported drone strike a “violation of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and the Take Care Clause of the Constitution.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/cia-drone-strike-venezuela
Trump Directs National Guard Units Across US to Train for Rapid Civil Disturbance Response by January 1st 2026
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/10/31/national-guard-each-state-ordered-create-quick-reaction-forces-trained-civil-unrest.html
Treasury sanctions Iran, Venezuela over combat drones, weapons trade. Sanctioned Company Linked to Sale of Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Combat Drones to Venezuela
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0347
Navy increases physical fitness tests to twice a year starting in January. This change, outlined in NAVADMIN 264/25, also introduces a sex-neutral waist-to-height ratio for body composition and brings combat roles a new Combat Fitness Assessment
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2025/12/30/navy-doubles-annual-pt-test-requirement-updates-failure-guidelines/
# Military / Global / NATO
Zelenskyy Discusses Establishing US Military Presence in Ukraine With Trump. “To be honest, this can only be confirmed by the President of the United States of America. These are U.S. troops, and therefore it is America that makes such decisions.
https://www.salon.com/2025/12/30/zelenskyy-trump-considering-us-troop-deployment-in-ukraine/
China Fires 27 Rockets Into Taiwan’s Waters in 2nd Day of Military Drills: China’s military exercises come less than two weeks after the US announced a record $11.1 billion arms package to Taiwan. Taipei condemned the drills as irresponsible but said it would not escalate tensions.
https://www.dw.com/en/china-fires-rockets-on-second-day-of-drills-around-taiwan/a-75338221
Panicking Ukrainian Territorials Fled Their HQ. Then The Russians Shattered The Southern Front Line.
https://www.trenchart.us/p/panicking-ukrainian-territorials
Saudi Arabia Bombs Port: Saudi Arabia reveals details of Yemen bombing, as UAE set to withdraw
Move comes after Riyadh accused Abu Dhabi of backing separatists in Yemen and bombed what it said was an Emirati-weapons shipment in the port of Mukalla.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/31/uae-to-pull-forces-out-of-yemen-as-tensions-rise-with-saudi-arabia
# Science / Science Engineers / Chemistry / Research
A game-changing innovation puts plastic waste to use in battery operations. Lead battery plastic: 100 percent recyclability of their plastic components is one of the best examples of a circular economy as recognized by the World Economic Forum. Here’s what the process looks like:
https://interestingengineering.com/science/scientists-turn-plastic-trash-into-battery-power
Scientists have developed a new, cleaner way of recycling used plastic using air moisture and catalysts to break down plastics like PET into valuable building blocks (monomers) for new products, reducing energy, eliminating harsh solvents, and creating a more circular economy with less waste and fewer greenhouse gases
https://www.plasticsindustry.org/articles/lsu-scientists-develop-efficient-plastic-recycling-method/
# Social Services / Programs
Social Security Administration ‘In Turmoil’ as New Reporting Details Damage Done by Trump Cuts. In-depth reporting from the Washington Post found the Social Security Administration is dealing with “record backlogs that have delayed basic services to millions of customers.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-social-security-administration-2674837440
‘Systemic fraud’: HUD secretary condemns $5.8 billion in ‘questionable’ payments
https://abc45.com/news/nation-world/hud-audit-reveals-58-billion-in-questionable-rental-assistance-payments-under-biden-biden-administration-scott-turner
Rep. Omar is center stage in massive Minnesota fraud scandal for her support of abused programs. Worse than Walz? Omar’s pandemic-era MEALS Act was later exploited by more than 70 defendants who stand accused of using meals program money for personal expenses or to send overseas.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/ilhan-omar-caught-middle-minnesota-fraud-concerns-support
# Technology
T-Mobile’s terrifying security nightmare continues as they leave every single customer phone number sitting in a visible drop-down menu
https://attackofthefanboy.com/tech/t-mobiles-terrifying-security-nightmare-continues-as-they-leave-every-single-customer-phone-number-sitting-in-a-visible-drop-down-menu/
T-Mobile Ripping People Off, How They Hide From the Accountability, Why They Won’t Fix It
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qitx-aVTJAc
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