Deggendorf Voices, The Peoples News
August 4, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
ICE Is Using Immigration Arrests to Build a Massive DNA Database. A new report accused the agency of “abusing” its power for policing.
https://newrepublic.com/post/213887/ice-building-massive-dna-database-fbi
ICE Collected Nearly 1 Million People’s DNA Last Year—Including Young Children: Internal documents show ICE’s DNA collection has skyrocketed in the second Trump administration. Now hundreds of thousands of people never convicted of a crime are in an FBI criminal database forever.
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-dna-collection-fbi-codis/
American Dragnet: Data-Driven Deportation in the 21st Century: ICE has built a sweeping surveillance dragnet—giving them the ability to track nearly every person in the U.S., seemingly at any time.
https://www.law.georgetown.edu/privacy-technology-center/research/american-dragnet-data-driven-deportation-in-the-21st-century/
ICE officers are increasingly making arrests at U.S. airports: ICE officers have doubled arrests at airports nationwide since the effort began last summer, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told NBC News.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-officers-are-increasingly-making-arrests-us-airports-rcna590637
ICE agents descended on a cannabis farm. The lives of an army vet, a farm worker and professor changed for ever. Raids on Glass House Farms in California became a ‘litmus test’ for how much violence agents could inflict during Trump’s deportation campaign
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/03/california-ice-immigration-raid
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Tariffs \ Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Capital One Says It Closed Trump Family Business’ Accounts for ‘Anti-Money Laundering Reasons,’ Not Politics. The bank’s response comes more than a year after the Trump Organization said in a lawsuit that its accounts were closed due to Capital One’s “woke” beliefs
https://people.com/capital-one-says-it-closed-trump-family-business-accounts-for-anti-money-laundering-reasons-not-politics-12032504
The Trump transaction tax. “The administration continues to take ownership in more and more companies, blatantly wielding executive power to reward or punish, all while badgering firms with business before the government to pay up, or else. That’s not free enterprise, it’s a shakedown economy.”
https://www.cato.org/blog/trump-transaction-tax
Trump-driven insider trading scandal ignites DOJ denial — as MAGA star comes unglued
https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/ranking-member-raskin-launches-investigation-into-trump-scheme-to-sell-insider-access-to-his-own-truth-social-posts
# Education / Schools / Libraries and Museums
Kindergarten girls targeted for invasive exams by new GOP-led ballot measure. Washington State voters will decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would require girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo sex-verification testing before playing school sports, a measure critics call most extreme in the country.
https://www.rawstory.com/anti-trans-sports-measure/#:~:text=Kindergarten%20girls%20targeted%20for%20invasive%20exams%20by%20new%20GOP%2Dled%20ballot%20measure
‘Every red flag’: School district’s gender identity mandate on teachers risks second SCOTUS rebuke. High court overturned Maryland district’s no-exceptions policy for LGBTQ “storybooks” a year ago. Legal scholars, states, parental rights activists say no-exceptions pronouns and secrecy policies have same problems.
https://justthenews.com/nation/free-speech/every-red-flag-school-districts-gender-identity-mandate-teachers-risks-second
# Environment / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands / Water / FEMA / USAID
At least 7 states report water systems cyberattacks to FBI. In some cases, water systems had to be shut down altogether. Authorities said cyberattacks targeted more than 30 water systems throughout Minnesota, including the city of Plymouth, just outside Minneapolis, with a population of nearly 80,000.
https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/7-states-water-cyberattacks-fbi/
Trump administration moves to block public from enforcing environmental protection laws. For decades, regular citizens and advocacy groups have filed suits that forced companies and the federal government to clean up the environment. Trump officials have moved to limit that power. Congress specifically wrote into those laws ways for citizens to enforce them through the courts when the government does not act to address the problem.
https://theconversation.com/trump-administration-moves-to-block-public-from-enforcing-environmental-protection-laws-288687
How President Trump and Utah leaders lied and misled on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase: Lies about the correct size of a monument, the history of the Antiquities Act, and hunting and fishing access were all used to justify the downsizing
https://westernpriorities.org/2026/07/how-president-trump-and-utah-leaders-lied-and-misled-on-bears-ears-and-grand-staircase/
# General News
The U.S. Government Has Already Prepared for the Worst: Inside America’s Emergency Plans. A Nation Built on Preparedness for Worst Case Scenarios. We report that the United States government maintains one of the most extensive emergency preparedness frameworks in the world, built on the assumption that crises are not hypothetical but inevitable.
https://www.newsbreak.com/easy-everyday-recipes-380399510/4741495246226-the-us-government-has-already-planned-for-the-worst-inside-america-s-national-preparedness-strategy
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
U.S. Congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act. A federal judge ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to produce the unredacted documents. The DOJ has refused to hand over Epstein files after a judge’s order. The deadline was July 2, 2026. Not a single arrest or investigation. ZERO.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5952687-justice-department-epstein-files-phang-suit/
GOP pair shamed by furious Epstein survivors after sending an ‘unmistakable message’: One Democratic lawmaker is fed up with how the GOP is handling the investigation into the crimes committed by disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.rawstory.com/gop-epstein-2677264206/
‘Unbelievable’: Epstein recruiter found dead secretly ran pro-Trump account: A Jeffrey Epstein-linked French modeling scout who was discovered dead at his home last month was quietly operating an anonymous online account devoted to praising President Donald Trump, according to two researchers who say they traced the account back to him, a finding they called “unbelievable.”
https://www.rawstory.com/daniel-siad/
# Gov / Politics / US
‘Bottomless pit of need’: Trump mocked after claiming victory at his own golf tournament
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-golf-2677647636/
GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno says GOP Rep. Max Miller ‘should not’ be serving in Congress: Moreno also said that he believes Miller needs professional help “to end the clear pattern of abuse he has left in his wake.”
https://time.com/article/2026/08/03/bernie-moreno-max-miller-ohio-abuse-allegations-congress/
Miller denies abuse allegations, says he’s ‘not getting out of’ reelection race in face of resignation calls. During court proceedings, Moreno has accused Miller of throwing hot water on her, holding a gun to her head and breaking their daughter’s collarbone.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/6004629-max-miller-denies-abuse-allegations/
Villarreal: You cannot ask for our support while simultaneously attacking our families and targeting our workforce
https://riograndeguardian.com/stories/villarreal-you-cannot-ask-for-our-support-while-simultaneously-attacking-our-families-and,79210
‘Knock her teeth out’: Inside the horror a MAGA congressman chose to make public. Republican Representative Max Miller of Ohio publicly released his own family’s sensitive domestic records, including medical files and police logs, to counter abuse claims. The published documents, aimed at defending his reelection campaign, contained disturbing details regarding a child’s broken collarbone and personal threats
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/max-miller-wife/
Trump’s arch to smack Arlington with years of construction noise beside active burials. National Park Service assessing ‘adverse’ impact of Trump arch on historic sites, and preservationists say that seems to be the point.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2677653900/
Trump’s Constitutional Dictatorship: A constitutional dictatorship unfolding before our eyes, chronicled by two journalists with White House access. “In service to his obsessions, the president is willing to take the country right up to the edge of catastrophe, and no one is willing to incur his ire by trying to stop him. Only the reality of the consequences of what he had done, the collapsing bond markets, persuaded him to reverse course.”
https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2026/08/20/trumps-constitutional-dictatorship-regime-change-haberman-swan/
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
‘I’m Reloading’: Texas Cops Continued to Shoot Black Teen as He Lay Dying on the Ground, But No Gun Was Found, Only a Water Bottle
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/29/us/austin-police-teen-shooting
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Humana to exit more Medicare Advantage plans in 2027. Just Announced 600,000 More Exits
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/humana-2027-medicare-advantage-plan-exits-q2-2026/826441/
Trump slashes Medicare drug subsidies, cutting against affordability message
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/6003940-trump-slashes-medicare-drug-subsidies-cutting-against-affordability-message/
‘Just cruel’: Medicaid halt in California and Minnesota plunges caregivers and disabled people into uncertainty. Shock and fury as Trump administration holds back Medicaid funding to states over alleged caregiving fraud
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/03/medicaid-cuts-minnesota-california
Medicaid Recipients Are Beginning to Lose Coverage as Nebraska Becomes First State to Enforce New Federal Work Requirements. States are entering the first phase of implementing new federal Medicaid work requirements, with Nebraska becoming the first state where some beneficiaries are beginning to lose coverage after failing to meet the reporting requirements.
https://www.benzinga.com/news/health-care/26/08/60870719/medicaid-work-requirements-rollout-begins-nebraska-coverage-losses
# Medical / Biologicals / Research / CDC / Recalls / Nursing / Medications / Hospitals / Pharma
WATCH: Bruce Willis’ wife advocates for passage of dementia bill: Emma Heming Willis, wife of movie star Bruce Willis, joined lawmakers in the California Capitol on Monday to push for passage of a bill that would track cases of frontotemporal degeneration, the type of dementia her husband has.
https://www.cbs19news.com/bruce-willis-wife-advocates-for-passage-of-dementia-bill/article_177a9f91-5198-5478-9def-402298ca9b6d.html
Emma Heming Willis: The Reality Of Bruce Willis’ Dementia & Caregiving
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9GRAj_IX5Q
Treviño: The Americans with Disabilities Act serves as a foundation for TWC’s mission, “every Texan deserves the chance to succeed.”
https://riograndeguardian.com/stories/trevio-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-serves-as-a-foundation-for-twcs-mission,79321
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD] / NATO / Boat Strikes
Hegseth’s wife to head commission helping military spouses and families
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6006186-trump-signs-military-spouse-commission/
It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico. “When those lights go out, man, you know you are in big trouble.”
https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/military-jamming-disrupted-a-medical-plane-s-gps-22311544.php
The Pentagon has put 155 wind projects on hold, and the reason is not the turbines but what military radars may fail to see. Wind turbines can confuse radar systems on ships and aircraft. Their massive rotating blades create a “blade flash” on radar screens, while their steel bases reflect electromagnetic waves, making it difficult to distinguish the turbines from aircraft or other objects. That’s a problem for the military, The Trump administration claims wind turbines pose a national security threat. The industry says it’s pure politics.
https://grist.org/energy/pentagon_wind/
‘Heckuva job Pete!’ Pete Hegseth Won’t Be ‘Honest’ About Iran War Because He’s ‘Afraid’ of President Donald Trump and Losing His Job, Republican Lawmaker Claims
https://okmagazine.com/p/pete-hegseth-not-honest-iran-war-afraid-donald-trump-losing-job/
Pentagon expands missile production with prices not yet set. The Department of War signed agreements Monday with Northrop Grumman to help triple production of PAC-3 interceptors and quadruple output of THAAD components, the latest move in the administration’s push to expand the nation’s missile-defense arsenal.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ff1d1554-a88f-44e2-9c56-54587793fed6.html
# Security / DHS / Communication / Surveillance / AI / Data Centers / Secret Service
85% of losses reported in the FBI’s 2025 IC3 report came from fraud: Social engineering drives most cybercrime damage, not technical failures. AI is making cyberattacks harder to catch: Voice cloning and deepfakes give social engineering a credibility upgrade.
https://ninjio.com/blog/fbi-why-85-of-cybercrime-losses-in-2025-point-to-a-human-problem/
Beyond the Code: The FBI’s 2025 Report and the Dominance of the Human Element in Cybercrime Losses. This article dissects why human vulnerability, amplified by advanced AI, poses the greatest threat, and outlines indispensable strategies for building resilient human defenses.
https://blog.securetrust.io/beyond-the-code-the-fbis-2025-report-and-the-dominance-of-the-human-element-in-cybercrime-losses/
Cryptocurrency and AI Scams Bilk Americans of Billions. FBI releases annual internet crime complaint report. The FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report shows cyber-enabled crimes defrauded Americans of nearly $21 billion, with cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence-related complaints among the costliest.
https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/cryptocurrency-and-ai-scams-bilk-americans-of-billions
# Technology / Robotics / Internet
$150,000. That’s the price tag on a humanoid robot built to carry the same rifle a soldier carries, walk at almost 4 mph, haul 44+ pounds of gear, clear a building before any person steps through the door. A US startup called Foundation already holds $24 million in contracts with the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Their stated goal: 50,000 units manufactured by the end of 2027, scaling from 50 units this year to 10,000 next year alone.
https://www.the-independent.com/tech/foundation-startup-military-robots-trump-b3024226.html
The Little Robot that Could … Fix Roads. World’s first pothole ROBOT can automatically find and repair damaged roads!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYSfVtRL0y4
Tyler uses robots to map sidewalks, identify accessibility issues. Tyler deploys Daxbot robots to scan 90 miles of sidewalks, identifying ADA accessibility barriers like cracks and steep slopes across the city.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6682CbidqI
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