V oices, The Peoples News
January 9, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but
no one thinks of changing himself.”
– Leo Tolstoy
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Armed and untouchable: ICE’s history of deadly force: History shows that ICE agents rarely face repercussions for use of force; they are generally immune from state prosecution while carrying out their official duties. An analysis reveals a rogue force whose officers sometimes recklessly fire their weapons.
https://www.typeinvestigations.org/investigation/2024/08/01/armed-and-untouchable-ices-history-of-deadly-force/
Federal immigration agents shoot two people in Portland: Mayor Keith Wilson urged ICE to end its immigration crackdown and remain calm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1ab_fZkI80
ICE detentions hit record high: Nearly 69,000 people are being held across over 212 immigration detention facilities as of Jan. 7 data. The data, which comes out every two weeks, shows that as of 14 December 2025, ICE held more than 68,400 people. This many people in immigration detention is a new record, breaking the previous high set at the beginning of December.
https://www.lawsb.com/ice-detention-surges-to-record-levels-in-2025-legal-concerns-policy-shifts-and-immigration-attorney-support/
[Long Read] Americans by Name, Punished for Believing It: American Samoans, who are legally U.S. ‘nationals,’ not citizens, have become new targets for the policing of voter fraud in a small town in Alaska.
https://boltsmag.org/prosecuted-for-voting-american-samoans-alaska/
Federal law enforcement community seeks more patience in response to ICE shooting. “It’s going to hurt the public trust,” head of federal law enforcement group says of Trump administration’s rhetoric.
https://www.govexec.com/management/2026/01/federal-law-enforcement-community-seeks-more-patience-response-ice-shooting/410564/
ICE shooting comes after bombshell probe finds new recruits ‘can barely read or write’
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-shooting-2674862836/
FBI shuts down Minnesota’s investigation into ICE shooting and blocks access to evidence
https://www.kvue.com/article/news/nation-world/minneapolis-ice-shooting-fbi-cuts-off-state-official-access/507-828c3722-f64b-4699-9982-4efef3ccc164
# Communications / Censorship
It’s the end of an era. After 58 years, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting shuts down, closing a chapter in the history of education and entertainment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_otCkubaJc
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump calls for $1.5 trillion military budget in 2027, up from $901 bln in 2026
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-us-military-budget-2027-should-be-15-trillion-2026-01-07/
# Education / Schools
Preschool Teacher, 22, Arrested on TV After Condemning Trump. A preschool teacher was arrested on camera as soon as she finished a TV interview criticizing Donald Trump, fueling the debate over protest policing and free speech.
https://www.the-independent.com/tv/news/trump-venezuela-protest-arrest-teacher-b2895378.html
# Employment / Labor / Unions / Business / Industry / Corporations
Trump’s return-to-office mandate exempted feds with disabilities. For employees with disabilities, these mandates are not just inconvenient. They are exclusionary, legally questionable and operationally unsound
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/11/return-to-office-mandates-are-undermining-federal-workforce-readiness-especially-for-employees-with-disabilities/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
The parent company of Truth Social, President Donald Trump’s social media platform, is merging with a nuclear energy company. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) will combine with TAE Technologies, a nuclear fusion business, in a deal worth more than $6 billion
https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/truth-social-media-parent-trump-technology-merging-with-nuclear-energy-company-tae
Oil Companies Are Key Partners in Trump’s Imperial Plans for Latin America. Stocks in ExxonMobil, Halliburton, and ConocoPhillips surged the day after Trump’s illegal attack on Venezuela.
https://truthout.org/articles/oil-companies-are-key-partners-in-trumps-imperial-plans-for-latin-america/
# FEMA / USAID
New emails show how Kristi Noem plans to slash the number FEMA disaster responders in half this year
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/fema-staff-cuts-trump
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USDA
One government is taking plastic bans to a new level — can others follow suit? As plastic slowly breaks down, it turns into microplastics that end up in our waterways and food and pose risks of serious health complications. Several areas in the U.S. are also looking to phase out plastics used with food
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/australian-state-plastic-waste-new-south-wales/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&utm_campaign=01KEDQ7EFEYGDSDAVED95DVC42&utm_id=01K2W29RSZZS5N96NWWDZ2SY6A
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Lawmakers Ask Judge to Force Epstein Files Release: ‘We Do Not Believe the DOJ Will’ Do It
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/08/epstein-files-doj-special-master-khanna-massie
‘They’re not in compliance with the law’: Rep. Massie on why a special master is needed to oversee the Epstein files
https://www.local3news.com/regional-national/theyre-not-in-compliance-with-the-law-rep-massie-on-why-a-special-master-is/video_a186c16a-b2f6-522a-bf8c-5da2fe6624f2.html
MAGA rep sides with Dems to fire off major new Epstein subpoenas: ‘No one more important’
https://www.rawstory.com/epstein-subpoenas/
# Gov / Politics
Trump announces US withdrawal from 66 international organizations
https://earth.org/trump-withdraws-us-from-66-international-organizations-including-pivotal-climate-treaties/
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries shreds Kristi Noem’s disgusting lies about the innocent woman who was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis. This victim deserves to have her good name defended…
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5677895-jeffries-slams-noem-ice-shooting-minneapolis/amp/
Democratic lawmaker moves to impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem: U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.)introduced three articles of impeachment against Noem following the Minneapolis shooting. Illinois democrats says Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has got to go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n50sYtPqLe0
‘Comrade’ Singham to face House subpoena. American billionaire Neville Roy Singham is currently facing a congressional investigation and a potential House subpoena regarding his alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and his funding of domestic groups involved in renewed anti-ICE protests and civil unrest
https://waysandmeans.house.gov/2025/09/04/chairman-smith-exposes-u-s-nonprofit-as-likely-ccp-funded-propaganda-arm-operating-under-tax-exempt-status/
Trump eyes striking Mexican cartels. President Donald Trump says he will be expanding the war on drugs in Latin America, striking targets south of the border.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2026/01/06/after-venezuela-trumps-cartel-threats-put-mexico-on-edge-00711703
Jesse Ventura says Republicans are “Domestic Enemies to Our Constitution,” Calls America a “Third World Country”
https://www.bodyslam.net/2026/01/08/jesse-ventura-says-republicans-are-domestic-enemies-to-our-constitution-calls-america-a-third-world-country/
Why Trump wants to take Greenland – and how his ‘remarkably stupid’ plan could unfold: The president’s apparent pressure campaign appears designed to force Denmark into negotiations to sell the island or make a deal that lets the United States exploit its resources — which experts have compared to Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian aggression and Mafia-like extortion.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-greenland-control-military-plan-b2896442.html
Sen. Mark Kelly: ‘Pete Hegseth’s threats aren’t going to stop me from doing my job — he can go take a hike.’ “I’m not going to go away. I’m going to continue to do my job,” the Arizona Democrat told MS NOW, after Hegseth accused him of “reckless misconduct.”
https://www.ms.now/news/mark-kelly-pete-hegseth-trump-censure-military-unlawful-orders
Trump faces Republican defections as war powers debate heats up. Five Republican Senators Join Democrats To Pass Resolution That Would Limit Trump’s Ability To Conduct Further Strikes In Venezuela
https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5680912-trump-venezuela-military-limits/
Trump says Republicans who voted for War Powers Resolution should ‘never be elected’ again
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-republican-senators-venezuela-war-powers/
U.S. accused of causing ‘historic rupture’ as Donald Trump turns the world into a ‘den of robbers’
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-republican-senators-venezuela-war-powers/
“Torture Is the Way to Go”— Stephen Miller’s High School Video Returns to Haunt Him Amid Fresh Public Scrutiny
https://www.inquisitr.com/torture-is-the-way-to-go-stephen-millers-high-school-video-returns-to-haunt-him-amid-fresh-public-scrutiny
Polls Show Democrats Shouldn’t Avoid the Issue of Impeaching Trump in Midterms. Democratic strategists are telling swing district candidates to focus on the economy and to avoid discussing Trump.
https://truthout.org/articles/polls-undercut-dem-strategy-to-avoid-discussing-trump-impeachment-in-midterms/
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-venezuela-greenland-international-law-b2897367.html
Senate Advances Venezuela War Powers Resolution. The resolution narrowly advanced with a vote of 52-47.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/another-venezuela-war-powers-resolution?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=096aba3f4c-Top+News+%7C+Thu.+1%2F8%2F26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0
The Trump Doctrine: Violence Is Us. The message is clear—be afraid. Unsettling message from Donald Trump and his crew: Violence is ours to use, at home and abroad, to get what we want.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/trump-doctrine-violence-ice-minneapolis-venezuela/
Miller, Once a White House Joke, is Now its Heart and Soul…And we better listen to what he’s saying
https://michaelwolffnyc.substack.com/p/miller-once-a-white-house-joke-is
Trump Ally Makes Stunning Declaration That Disobeying Feds Means You Can Be Killed: Obey and ‘You Get to Keep Your Life’
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-ally-makes-stunning-declaration-141655471.html
‘Likely scenario’: Congressman says Trump is starting wars in hopes of cancelling midterms
https://www.alternet.org/trump-2026-midterms-2674859898/
# Gov / Politics / Global
Austrian NATO official threatens to seize all US bases in Europe if US invades Greenland
https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/195332/nato-official-slams-us-greenland
Colombia leader makes chilling WW3 war crime warning, compares Trump to Hitler. In a fiery exchange, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has drawn a controversial parallel between Trump’s actions and those of the Nazi leader of WW2 Germany
https://www.the-express.com/news/us-news/195209/colombia-leader-chilling-ww3-war-crime-warning
The Prime Minister of Denmark calls Trump’s bluff and threatens to invoke NATO’s Article 5 in SCORCHING response to Trump
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-greenland-trump-2b12bb104faaaafda2ed270febfb0522
Russia Rejects Ukraine Peace Proposals, Condemns ‘Axis of War’
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-war-nato-security-guarantees-peace-deal-11328705
Russia Says U.S. Seizure of Tanker Violated Maritime Law, Local Lawmaker Calls it ‘Outright Piracy’
https://www.latintimes.com/russia-says-us-seizure-tanker-violated-maritime-law-local-lawmaker-calls-it-outright-piracy-593338
Danish Politicians Propose Inviting German and French Troops to Greenland as US Deterrent
https://www.newsbreak.com/altitude-post-361905032/4432361283894-danish-politicians-propose-inviting-german-and-french-troops-to-greenland-as-us-deterrent
Denmark and Greenland seek talks with Rubio over U.S. interest in takeover of island
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/denmark-and-greenland-seek-talks-with-rubio-over-u-s-interest-in-takeover-of-island
Danish forces will ‘shoot first and ask questions later’ if Greenland is invaded amid US threats
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/denmark-greenland-us-invasion-trump-b2896721.html
German President Says US Is Destroying World Order: “There Is the Breakdown of Values by Our Most Important Partner, the USA, Which Helped Build This World Order”
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/german-president-says-us-is-destroying-world-order
Europe’s failure to condemn Trump’s illegal aggression in Venezuela isn’t just wrong – it’s stupid
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/europe-venezuela-donald-trump-vladimir-putin
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court
Ex-DOJ Prosecutor Alleges Staggering Trump Corruption at Hearing on Somali Fraud: ‘Millions Stolen and Hundreds Killed’
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/ex-doj-prosecutor-alleges-staggering-trump-corruption-at-hearing-on-somali-fraud-millions-stolen-and-hundreds-killed/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=threads
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits
WATCH: U.S. House votes to extend ACA subsidies, heads to Senate. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for another three years.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/in-a-rebuke-of-gop-leadership-house-heads-toward-vote-to-extend-health-care-subsidies
‘He’d rather design a ballroom’: People furious as Trump says he didn’t find healthcare to be of ‘tremendous interest’
https://www.themarysue.com/hed-rather-design-a-ballroom-people-furious-as-trump-says-he-didnt-find-healthcare-to-be-of-tremendous-interest/
# Social Services / Programs
Trump administration freezes billions in assistance for low-income families in 5 states
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/09/trump-child-care-funding-freeze-lawsuit-five-blue-states
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