Voices, The Peoples News
October 9, 2026
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Immigrants
Stephen Miller Wants ICE Facilities to Be Intentionally Inhumane. The cruelty is the point.
https://newrepublic.com/post/216414/stephen-miller-shot-down-ice-facilities-humane
ICE suffers double policy blow: Judge rules agency can’t detain people at immigration court anymore, while ICE boss shuts down high-speed chases
https://knewz.com/ice-suffers-double-policy-blow-judge-rules-agency-cant-detain-people-immigration-court-boss-shuts-down-high-speed-chases/
Mamdani calls to abolish ICE after NYC shooting. Leading New York Democrats expressed anger and demanded curbs on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violence after a federal officer shot a man in a car where a five-year-old child was sitting, sparking fierce protests. Children were coming home from school in the busy Marble Hill neighborhood of the south Bronx in New York City.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/09/abolish-ice-mamdani-aoc-new-york-shooting
ICE amassed millions of voter records in sweeping fraud hunt, documents reveal: ICE tabs millions for analytics help to comb through voter data. The Department of Homeland Security component plans to spend up to $5 million on procuring services to support its “fraud detection” and “data segmentation” efforts.
https://fedscoop.com/ice-voter-data-dhs-procurement-plan-fraud-detection/
ICE keeps some children in hotels and other locations where advocates and loved ones cannot find them.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2026/10/08/ice-trump-children-hotels-detain-families
ICE wrongfully arrested him. Will his lawsuit change how courts hold agents accountable? According to the federal lawsuit filed against them, they smashed his window, dragged him out of his car while pointing a Taser at him, cuffed him, forced him into the back of an unmarked SUV and drove him across state lines. Officers released him from an ICE facility in Massachusetts around 9 p.m. that evening, when they realized they had no reason to hold him. He was left stranded in a different state with sore wrists, a broken car window, and the unshakeable fear that it could happen again.
https://knsiradio.com/2026/10/07/ice-wrongfully-arrested-him-will-his-lawsuit-change-how-courts-hold-agents-accountable/
ICE Turned a Manhattan Immigration Courthouse Into a Trap — And a 6-Year-Old Girl Asked Where Her Father Went. The July 2025 detention of Jefferson Velazquez at a Manhattan immigration court — with his 6-year-old daughter and wife present — exposed a deliberate shift in ICE enforcement targeting families with active, pending asylum claims, a pattern that a May 2026 federal court order has yet to fully stop.
https://www.latintimes.com/ice-turned-manhattan-immigration-courthouse-trap-6-year-old-girl-asked-where-her-father-went-599978
Border Patrol Unleashes Violence on Protesters Over Trump’s Border Wall. Activists say federal agents dragged protesters across a barbed wire and used “extreme pain compliance” tactics.
https://truthout.org/articles/border-patrol-unleashes-violence-on-protesters-over-trumps-border-wall/
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants / Fuel / Nuclear
Switzerland has found a clever solution to increase solar power without sacrificing space. As a solution, a pilot project there has placed solar panels between the rails on a live train line. The project has been so successful that other countries have shown interest in doing the same
https://www.ediweekly.com/power-on-the-rails-switzerlands-unconventional-solar-experiment/
You’re not imagining it. Data shows utilities are requesting record rate hikes. Gas and electricity bill increases proposed across the country set a record in the third quarter of 2026, a new report found. Record second-quarter filings could affect the future bills of more than 56 million utility customers nationwide.
https://powerlines.org/utilities-request-18-6-billion-in-rate-increases-in-first-half-of-2026/
# Food / Farming / FDA / Agriculture / Ranching / SNAP [Food Stamps] / USDA / FEMA / USAID
Record farm payouts come as subsidies projected to top 30% of net farm income. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a record near $14 billion payout through two farmer safety net programs – not the first time the Trump administration has announced record amounts of taxpayer funding to America’s farmers.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_5bca61cb-6cf6-460d-9843-03b98101ddd1.html
Food Aid enrollment tanks after SNAP rule changes. Rising prices and hunger, millions of Americans have lost food assistance, often on procedural grounds. It’s been more than a year since President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and SNAP enrollment is down by more than 20% in Louisiana. Anti-hunger groups say far more people could lose access if states are required to cover more of the program’s cost.
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/food-aid-enrollment-tanks-after-snap-rule-changes/
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Epstein ‘Evidence’ Points to ‘Potential Struggle’ as Doctor Says Predator’s Suicide Cause of Death Is ‘Problematic.’ Dr Michael Freeman will ‘dispute the official cause’ of the late paedophile’s death at a University College London law-faculty event next month
https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/jeffrey-epstein-suicide-brother-cause-death-6nqsgm2lm
# Gov / Politics / US
Smirking Trump’s slip into honesty may have doomed the longest con in American history
https://www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-2678058291-2678058291
Trump suggests Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISCCmw6KDuI
Trump calls El-Sayed a ‘terrible candidate’: El-Sayed, who is Muslim, was born in Michigan to Egyptian immigrants. He is the former director of the Wayne County Department of Health, Human and Veterans Services and defeated centrist Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) in the Democratic primary earlier this year.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6135783-donald-trump-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-race-criticism/
Fury as American diplomat accused of ‘covering up’ US deaths for foreign nation: ‘Traitor.’ US Embassy Aide Suppressed Report on Israeli Killings of Americans in West Bank. David Milstein, top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee, has wielded enormous power in US-Israel policy decisions.
https://truthout.org/articles/us-embassy-aide-suppressed-report-on-israeli-killings-of-americans-in-west-bank/
Trump’s bombshell signals a horrific October Surprise is in the works. “While he is not on the ballot, he has sought to make this election a referendum on his performance—and that’s worrying GOP candidates as Trump 2.0 is not popular and is dragging the party down in the polls.”
https://www.newsweek.com/could-trump-drop-an-october-surprise-5-possibilities-12541322
Trump administration’s quiet move makes it harder for some US citizens abroad to vote, lawsuit says
https://www.audacy.com/kdawn/news/world/trump-hegseth-overseas-voters-form-midterms-5922e7bdef92bfcbed5993209fa2cf5f
Frantic push mobilizes millions of long-dormant overseas voters enraged by Trump
https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/voting-in-midterms-from-abroad/
Trump rules out Iran strikes before midterms as US sends more forces. Trump says the U.S. is having “productive discussions” with Iran and has ruled out further strikes before Election Day.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/trump-rules-iran-strikes-midterms-130026046.html
Former President Barack Obama is back on the campaign trail. Democrats are bringing him into some of their biggest midterm fights as they try to expand the map. But with Election Day approaching, how much difference can he really make?
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/daily-videos/2023/08/president-obama-back-on-the-campaign-trail
Ken Paxton took nearly 1,000 trips with state-funded security detail costing millions of dollars
The Texas attorney general’s use of a taxpayer-funded travel security detail stands out when compared with his predecessor and other state officials, our analysis found.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/09/ken-paxton-travel-costs/
Justice Department to deploy election monitors nationwide as critics warn of intimidation. With less than one month to go before Election Day, Trump administration is laying out what voters can expect at polling places nationwide, including Justice Department election monitors, a move that could threaten the election process.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yhxy896Nh8c
Who will stop Trump now from seizing voting machines? According to a report from Democracy Docket, elections deniers Cleta Mitchell and Tina Peters want Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to seize voting machines after the midterms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxsUAxtMWsQ
Trump’s worst nightmare unfolding as Midwest base collapses: ‘He’s not making sense’
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-voters-2678053153/
Federal Lawyer Quits, Warns Trump Admin Is Creating “a Shitty Country.” Objected specifically to the administration’s blatant disregard for established environmental safeguards and standard legal processes
https://newrepublic.com/post/216281/lawyer-quits-interior-department-trump-shitty-country-assault-rule-law
Trump Has Granted $6 Billion in Contracts to Arms Makers His Sons Have Invested In. Trump has previously said that his children have “inside information” about government actions.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-has-granted-6b-in-contracts-to-arms-makers-his-sons-have-invested-in/
# Law / Law Enforcement / Prisons / FBI / CIA / ATF / DEA
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has said members of the general public will be able to see the firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, who was convicted on multiple counts of murder and attempted murder for the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/09/first-thing-hegseth-promises-execution-live-stream-trump-pause-war-iran
# Legal / DOJ / ICJ / International Criminal Court [ICC] / Supreme Court / United Nations
Christa Pike survives executions and regains consciousness. Now a judge wants the state to hand over every note, syringe, and log from that night
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/tennessee-court-orders-officials-to-preserve-evidence-from-failed-execution-of-christa-pike-as-she-regains-consciousness
Star Witness in Jan. 6 Insurrection Probe Could Be Charged With Lying To Congress
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/star-witness-jan-6-insurrection-175337730.html
Mississippi Is in Danger of Executing Woman on Death Row, Despite Key Evidence. Lisa Jo Chamberlin’s co-defendant confessed to coercing her into their crime. Will that be enough to stop her execution? “In capital cases, women who have experienced some of the most extreme forms of gender-based violence and oppression are also among those who have received the least support from the legal system, from their communities, from their families, and from society.”
https://truthout.org/articles/mississippi-is-in-danger-of-executing-woman-on-death-row-despite-key-evidence/
# LGBTQ / Transgender
[Video] President Trump says during rally that we “are not going to let weak, gutless, self-hating, transgender promoting freakshows destroy everything that we’ve built”
https://share.newsbreak.com/jt23hksk
# Media / Press / TV
Judge leaves Wisconsin mail voters at the mercy of USPS: In blow to mail voters, Wisconsin judge won’t allow provisional ballots for people fearing Postal Service delays
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/in-blow-to-mail-voters-wisconsin-judge-wont-allow-provisional-ballots-for-people-fearing-postal-service-delays/
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services
Ken Paxton In More Leaked Audio Suggests Cutting Federal Benefit Programs To Reduce National Deficit. Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton suggested he would support cuts to federal benefits programs during a private fundraiser with Washington lobbyists last month, according to an audio recording obtained by The Texas Tribune, the fourth leaked clip from the Sept. 24 event.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/10/08/ken-paxton-leaked-audio-federal-benefits-texas-senate-election-2026/
Aetna’s chronic-condition Medicare plans can disenroll members whose condition a provider does not verify. A patient’s chronic condition must be confirmed under the authority of a licensed health care provider (MD, DO, NP or PA) involved in the member’s care. Authorized office staff may assist with completing or submitting the confirmation, but the provider’s NPI will need to be validated. Aetna adds plans in six more states for 2027
https://www.aetna.com/insights/news/aetna-2027-medicare-advantage-plans.html
# Social Services / Social Security / Disability / SSI / AFDC (Aid for dependant children)
Trump Admits He Wants to Privatize Social Security, “I wanted to do it so badly,” Trump said of his desire to privatize Social Security in his first year in office.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-admits-he-wants-to-privatize-social-security/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=de7137f0f9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_10_08_08_55&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-de7137f0f9-654298152
# Technology / Robotics / AI / Data Centers
Rural Texans Demand Transparency as a Texas Agency Tries to Hide Data Center Locations, Water and Power Usage
https://blogs.edf.org/energyexchange/2026/09/10/texas-needs-greater-transparency-on-data-centers-water-and-air-impacts/
# Veterans / VA
VA rolls out CLEAR login option and in-person identity verification pilot. The new offering will allow participating veterans to use facial recognition to access their VA.gov accounts.
https://www.govexec.com/technology/2026/10/va-rolls-out-clear-login-option-and-person-identity-verification-pilot/416516/
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