Voices, The Peoples News
April 19, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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A religious person will do what he is told, no matter what is right.
A spiritual person will do what is right, no matter what he is told.
– Carlos Santana
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants
Trump Administration Deportation Flights Case Hits Turbulence. Donald Trump’s administration is currently dealing with a legal case surrounding those illegal deportations. However, things are about to get weird in court.
https://www.themarysue.com/donald-trump-deportation-case-judge-dc-ruling-explained/
South Florida man released from “Alligator Alcatraz” describes conditions inside. Late-night beatings. Pepper-spray “bombs.” Meager meals washed down with cloudy water sipped from moldy cups. These are the daily ordeals relayed by immigrants held inside the remote Everglades detention camp known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” where detainees say food is scarce, the cages where they sleep reek of urine and complaints can be met with chemical sprays or solitary confinement in cramped cells.
https://www.aol.com/articles/beatings-pepper-bombs-conditions-worsen-151340258.html
One Detainee in ICE Custody Dies Every 6 Days as Death Rate Nears Record Levels, Study Finds. Researchers said the findings point to “systemic weaknesses” rather than isolated incidents, adding that the current rate is the highest recorded in the 22-year period studied
https://www.latintimes.com/one-detainee-ice-custody-dies-every-6-days-death-rate-nears-record-levels-study-finds-596684
‘Government-coerced enforcement’: Trump admin violated First Amendment by forcing Facebook and Apple to remove ICE-tracking apps, district court issues injunction
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/government-coerced-enforcement-trump-admin-violated-first-amendment-by-forcing-facebook-and-apple-to-remove-ice-tracking-apps-district-court-issues-injunction/
Judge rules Trump administration violated the First Amendment in fight against ICE-tracking
https://www.theverge.com/policy/914619/trump-administration-violated-first-amendment-ice-tracking
Trump administration halts legal aid for migrant children, leaving some to navigate courts alone
https://apnews.com/article/trump-legal-aid-unaccompanied-children-immigration-court-5b5573cc022ebfdf8dc6b961bfcc0768
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Trump previously bragged about not paying taxes as White House unable to confirm if he has filed this year
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-previously-bragged-not-paying-120000586.html
The U.S. government is set to launch an online portal allowing businesses to request refunds for tariffs that the Supreme Court has deemed illegal. The program is aimed at companies, not individuals.
https://www.wtae.com/article/trump-tariff-refund-portal/71039199
Texas Property Tax Relief Is Being Offset by Rapidly Rising Appraisals: Two Property Tax Plans, One Fiscal Reality. Texas property owners pay the seventh-highest property taxes in the country.
https://everytexan.org/2026/04/08/two-property-tax-plans-one-fiscal-reality/
# Education / Schools / Children / Youth
Trump Order Halts Legal Aid for Migrant Youth as Colleges Partner With ICE: As more universities agree to immigration enforcement on campus, students are fighting back. Of the colleges that have entered into partnerships with ICE and CBP since last year, only St. John’s University in New York has backed out
https://prismreports.org/2026/04/14/universities-ice-cbp-st-johns-florida/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
US Mining Plan Will Sacrifice Mexico’s Environment for Weapons and Tech. A new mining agreement provides no benefits for Mexico and fails to address health and environmental impacts.
https://scheerpost.com/2026/04/19/us-mining-plan-will-sacrifice-mexicos-environment-for-weapons-and-tech/
# Gov / Politics
Battle for Texas intensifies as billionaire donors pour millions into super PACs targeting GOP strongholds ahead of high-stakes midterms. Groups funded by artificial intelligence industry leaders have spent more than $2.8 million in the state, mostly on U.S. House GOP candidates who favor a light regulatory touch.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/election-2026/2026/04/01/547787/texas-congress-ai-super-pacs-artificial-intelligence-regulation-2026-midterms/
“Rebuilding community is not a nostalgic project. It is a practical and necessary one.” What do Authoritarians fear most? People who stick up for each other. The most reliable form of resilience is not individual wealth or distant institutions, but solidarity.
https://truthout.org/articles/what-do-authoritarians-fear-most-people-who-stick-up-for-each-other/
Art of the deal: Trump Spent Years Attacking Obama Over ‘Pallets of Cash’ to Iran. He’s Now Reportedly Negotiating to Release $20 Billion to Tehran
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-spent-years-attacking-obama-174340369.html
Trump vs Pope: Iran disagreement just latest in long history of Vatican challenging world leaders. The recent war of words between Donald Trump and Pope Leo has earned global headlines. But it’s far from the first time a pontiff has squared off against a world leader.
https://justthenews.com/nation/religion/pope-vs-president-clash-centuries-history-behind-it?utm_source=news.google.com&utm_medium=news-app&utm_campaign=external-news-aggregators
Trump’s former top lawyer said president’s mental health decline has ‘accelerated’: ‘This is somebody who just is lost.’ Former White House counsel said Trump’s ‘malignant narcissism’ was more consequential than Joe Biden’s ‘benevolent grandpa losing his memory’
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mental-decline-ty-cobb-b2959984.html
Congresswoman Behind 25th Amendment Effort Says Trump ‘Has No Idea What He’s Doing’ as Iran Conflict Escalates: Donald Trump “has no idea what he’s doing” in Iran, Congresswoman Melanie Stansbury told MS NOW’s Alex Witt Sunday as the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz escalated.
https://share.newsbreak.com/i6atsx1m
Outrage grows as Texas joins GOP-led states in controversial stand against “red flag” laws, with critics warning the move could cost lives. Red flag laws are increasingly being used to protect gun owners in crisis
But gun safety advocates, law enforcement officers and health care workers think more lives could be saved.
https://stateline.org/2025/03/11/red-flag-laws-are-increasingly-being-used-to-protect-gun-owners-in-crisis/#:~:text=After%20considering%20evidence%20and%20hearing,of%20Columbia%20have%20such%20laws.
See also: In the United States, a red flag law, also known as a risk-based gun removal law, is a gun law that permits a state court to order the temporary seizure of firearms from a person who they believe may present a danger.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_flag_law
Trump threatens to continue bombing Iran if they don’t take ‘very fair and reasonable’ deal. The president told News Nation, The Hill’s sister network, on board Air Force One that if no deal is reached by Wednesday’s deadline, “we’ll have to start dropping bombs again.”
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5837535-donald-trump-warning-iran-ceasefire-end/
Two Congressmen resign after misconduct claims. Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California and Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas both stepped down from the House.
https://19thnews.org/2026/04/congress-eric-swalwell-tony-gonzales-sexual-misconduct-allegations/
Pope Leo says remarks about world being ‘ravaged by a handful of tyrants’ were not aimed at Trump, downplays feud with Trump, says ‘not in my interest’ to debate him
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/04/18/pope-leo-xiv-says-tyrants-comment-wasnt-directed-at-trump/89676087007/
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
“We’re All Just Waiting for the Word”: FBI Director Kash Patel Under Fire as Aides Fear His Tenure Is Nearing an Abrupt End
https://local.newsbreak.com/washington-dc/4599194386403-were-all-just-waiting-for-the-word-fbi-director-kash-patel-under-fire-as-aides-fear-his-tenure-is-nearing-an-abrupt-end?s=dmg_local_email_bucket_1.web2_fromweb&emailId=L69CIMX&uid=380210659&exp=nl_batch_exp_5-v1,nl_bucket_exp_26_2-v32,nl_cvr_model_2604_2-control
FBI chief Kash Patel threatens to sue The Atlantic over report on heavy drinking. But the Atlantic reporter who wrote the explosive story defended her reporting, telling MS NOW, “I stand by every word.”
https://www.ms.now/news/fbi-director-kash-patel-sue-the-atlantic-drinking
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations (UN)
The Trump Admin’s Lawyers Keep Giving The Same Troubling Answer in Court. As legal claims against the Trump administration stack up, several federal lawyers defending the U.S. government — and its repeated failures to follow court orders —have regularly fallen back on the same argument: They simply have no idea what’s going on.
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-admin-lawyers-keep-giving-163225047.html
The Department of Justice’s Broken Accountability System. The Trump administration has dismantled its internal checks on abuses of power, and courts are grappling with the consequences.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/department-justices-broken-accountability-system
Clarence Thomas praised after rare televised address warning of progressivism goes viral. “The willingness to do anything for our principles that has throughout American history been most indispensable. It is that devotion that we are missing today and that we must find in our hearts if this nation is to endure,” he added.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/clarence-thomas-praised-rare-televised-150307314.html
Code of Conduct for United States Judges. The Code of Conduct for United States Judges includes the ethical canons that apply to federal judges and provides guidance on their performance of official duties and engagement in a variety of outside activities.
https://www.uscourts.gov/administration-policies/judiciary-policies/ethics-policies/code-conduct-united-states-judges
# Medical Marijuana / Hemp
Trump Signs Executive Order to Establish Pathway for Psychedelic Drug Treatments. President signed executive order directing FDA to expedite review of psychedelic drugs including ibogaine
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/18/trump-psychedelic-drugs-executive-order
Cannabis leaves, often discarded during cultivation, contain a range of bioactive compounds including minor cannabinoids flavonoids, and terpenes that are being studied for their potential therapeutic properties.
https://zestapp.ai/share/249892875668237021-cannabis-leaves-often-discarded-during?s=a3&share_destination_id=MzgwMjEwNjU5LTE3NzY1NjQ4NDk2ODM=&pd=0PjK9z4G&hl=en_US&send_time=1776564849&actBtn=CommunityBottomBtn&_f=app_share&trans_data=%7B%22platform%22%3A1%2C%22cv%22%3A%2226.13.0%22%2C%22languages%22%3A%22en%22%7D&sep=sc_share_source_link_break_v1-v3%2Csc_d2d_share_26q2-control
# Medical / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry / FDA / CDC
Gabapentin, Pregabalin Tied to Higher Risks Early in Treatment. Risk of drug poisoning if gabapentinoid painkillers taken with other medications
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1124470
A recall of Xanax, one of the most popular prescription medications for anxiety, has been reclassified and expanded nationwide, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced.
https://country.iheart.com/content/2026-04-16-recall-of-top-prescription-medication-reclassified-expanded-nationwide/
$3 million prize goes to duo whose research led to first sickle cell CRISPR therapy. Their discoveries paved the way for now-approved therapy Casgevy
https://sicklecellanemianews.com/news/shaw-prize-awarded-2-scientists-work-scd-gene-therapies/
‘A healthy patient is a lost client.’ It highlights a conflict between profit-driven business models and ethical patient care, creating financial disincentives for curative medicine
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Fdz54XWzlB8
# Other Interestimg Stuff
Scientists Solve Mystery Of Why The Colorado River Disappeared From The Geological Record For 5 Million Years. Finally solving a long-term geological mystery, the geologists from UCLA traced the Colorado River’s path through an upstream lake and, likely, into the Grand Canyon, on its journey to becoming one of North America’s most important waterways.
https://thedebrief.org/5-million-year-old-mystery-of-the-colorado-rivers-disappearance-has-finally-been-solved/
A remarkable archaeological discovery in northern Germany is shedding new light on long-distance connections between the Roman world and Northern Europe. Several rare bronze cauldrons dating from the 3rd to 5th century AD have been unearthed in Schaalby, a municipality in Schleswig-Flensburg, according to the Archaeological State Office of Schleswig-Holstein.
https://arkeonews.net/archaeologists-discover-exceptionally-rare-1700-year-old-bronze-cauldrons/?shem=dsdf,sharefoc,agadiscoversdl,,sh/x/discover/m1/4
A New York cemetery is home to an estimated 5.6 MILLION bees living underground. These aren’t hive bees… most of them are solitary, ground-nesting bees that burrow beneath the surface. Scientists say this might be one of the largest and oldest bee aggregations ever recorded. The bees, identified as Andrena regularis, have reportedly been there for decades… possibly even longer than anyone realized. Experts say it’s actually a good thing for pollination
https://people.com/over-5-million-bees-discovered-living-under-new-york-cemetery-11952295
# Science / Research
Renowned physicist alarmed by ‘unheard of’ number of scientists dying or vanishing now on White House’s radar: Dr. Michio Kaku and federal officials are alarmed by the “unheard of” deaths or disappearances of at least 11 high-level scientists and researchers linked to U.S. nuclear, aerospace, and UFO research between 2024 and 2026. The White House, FBI, and intelligence agencies are investigating these cases for a common thread, such as foreign espionage or targeted attacks, as several victims possessed high-level security clearance
https://www.aol.com/news/renowned-physicist-alarmed-unheard-number-110015763.html
# Security / DHS / Communications
Trump pushes to extend a controversial spy program, says he’s ‘willing to risk rights as a citizen’: There’s a controversial law called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that allows the U.S. government to spy on individuals outside the country. It’s set to expire next week, but Donald Trump is urging Republicans to use their majority in Congress to renew it, even if it means risking the rights and privileges of Americans not currently within the U.S. And some people are just not having it.
https://share.newsbreak.com/i6aqtdtf
# Social / Communities
Homeless Texas Man Becomes An Internet Star After Drivers Notice His Edgy Sign: ‘Honesty Above All Else’
https://abc7chicago.com/post/homeless-man-with-giant-sign-seeking-better-things/5483215/
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