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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-16

Voices, The Peoples News

March 16, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Tribal leaders respond to the idea of an Indigenous Interior secretary.
Members of Montana’s American Indian Caucus and tribal leaders from various organizations penned separate letters to members of Montana’s delegation, expressing their support of Rep. Deb Haaland for Interior Secretary.
https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2021/02/11/montana-tribal-leaders-support-deb-haaland-interior-secretary/6721240002/

# Border / Immigration
Biden searches for the immigration solutions he promised during his campaign against Trump as Republicans seek to ensure Biden takes the blame for a burgeoning crisis.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/543285-border-crisis-threatens-bidens-political-momentum?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37610

The Biden administration will send thousands of migrant teenage boys to a Dallas convention center and a former oil field workers’ camp in Midland, an emergency measures officials are taking to alleviate extreme overcrowding at border facilities in South Texas.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/15/south-texas-border-facilities-overcrowded-dallas-midland/

Rep. Ilhan Omar Leads Congressional Call to End ICE Contracts with Local Jails https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/15/omar-leads-letter-urging-biden-end-ice-contracts-local-jails

# Bundy Rides Again
Ammon Bundy Arrested After Missing Trial Over Mask Policy. Provocateur was at the courthouse to fight charges stemming from an incident in August, when he refused to leave the state Capitol building.
https://www.startribune.com/ammon-bundy-arrested-after-missing-trial-on-trespass-charge/600034677/

# CoronaVirus
Vaccine safety experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting on Tuesday to review the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab, after a number of countries paused their rollouts.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-56411561?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Binforadio%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D

This is what we know about AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots This week, Germany joined France, Italy, and Spain in halting vaccinations with AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, following reports of rare blood clots in people given the shots.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/astrazeneca-covid-vaccine-blood-clots

Drug Lobby Asks Biden to Punish Foreign Countries Pushing for Low Cost Vaccines. The drug industry has sharply criticized any attempt to share vaccine patents or the technological knowledge needed to manufacture them, despite global need.
https://theintercept.com/2021/03/03/vaccine-coronavirus-big-pharma-biden/

Trump Tower Got Vax Through Program for Poorer Nabes: Ineligible employees received a jab and the hotel admits they organized it through a program intended to help hard-hit communities on Chicago’s south and west sides.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/03/16/trump-tower-vaccinated-staff-at-luxury-hotel-saying-it-was-part-of-program-meant-to-help-hard-hit-south-and-west-sides/

# Economy / Trade
Biden is planning the first major tax hike in almost 30 years. The move would represent the first major federal tax hike in nearly 30 years. The last significant tax increases were implemented in 1993 under the Clinton administration.
https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-plans-major-federal-tax-increase-almost-3-decades-report-2021-3

Huge fight looms over raising taxes as President Biden looks for a way to pay for his agenda while Republicans are planning to dig in their heels ahead of the 2022 elections.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/543314-huge-fight-looms-over-raising-taxes

# Employment / Labor
440 Tesla Workers Tested Positive for Coronavirus After CEO Elon Musk Defied Plant Closure Order https://www.livemint.com/news/world/over-400-tesla-workers-tested-covid-positive-after-musk-reopened-plant-report-11615685645855.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Texas Senate scrambles to advance bill that would force ERCOT to reprice energy charges from winter storm https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/15/ERCOT-winter-storm-pricing/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Under Biden, the BLM backtracks on Hammond grazing permit. Days before their herd was set to return to public lands near Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, two fire-starting ranchers lose their grazing rights.
https://www.oregonlive.com/environment/2021/02/new-administration-rescinds-grazing-permit-for-hammond-ranches-inc-day-after-environmental-advocates-filed-lawsuit.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Syria’s 10-year war has left a toxic environmental legacy. A forthcoming report shows how a decade of conflict has polluted rivers, destroyed crops and scorched forests.
https://time.com/5946800/syrian-war-environmental-impact/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
The global pollination ‘trade’ reveals how crucial biodiversity is to food security. Pollinators underpin the global food trade, and that makes rich nations highly dependent on conservation measures in tropical countries https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/03/the-global-pollination-trade-reveals-how-crucial-biodiversity-is-to-food-security/

A COVID Outbreak at a California Meatpacking Plant Started a Year Ago—and Never Went Away. Almost half of the workers at the Farmer John pork processing plant have been infected with the virus.
https://thefern.org/2021/03/at-california-pork-plant-confusion-and-safety-violations-as-covid-19-spread/

# Global Politics and other news
North Korea warned the United States not to “cause a stink” if it wants to “sleep in peace.” A statement by Kim Yo Jong, who is Kim Jong Un’s sister
https://apnews.com/article/lloyd-austin-seoul-antony-blinken-south-korea-north-korea-9ace712d14a96bfbe180e666e0d20612?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37610

# Gov / Political
NEO: America’s Despicable ‘Dark War’ on the Syrian People https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/15/neo-americas-despicable-dark-war-on-the-syrian-people/

Charles Booker Eyes Running Against Rand Paul by Building Urban-Rural Coalition Booker has launched Hood to the Holler, a group working to unite rural and urban Kentuckians around populist issues.
https://truthout.org/articles/charles-booker-eyes-running-against-rand-paul-by-building-urban-rural-coalition/

Cuomo Has Worked to Protect Himself, Not New York’s People, Says State Senator.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is refusing to step down despite growing calls for his resignation.
https://truthout.org/video/cuomo-has-worked-to-protect-himself-not-new-yorks-people-says-state-senator/

Biden’s Escalation of War on Syria Amid the Pandemic. Having just taken office amid a pandemic, the Biden administration quickly ordered an airstrike that dropped 1.75 tons of explosives on a town in Syria near the Iraq border, re-inflaming tensions between Washington and Damascus.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/vanessa-beeley-biden-war-against-syria-amid-pandemic/276129/

# Law Enforcement / Incarceration
9 arrested in Polk County search for laced drug source. On Facebook, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office advises a dangerous trend of drug dealers and cartels cutting various drugs with fentanyl which is leading to death and or serious hospitalizations.
https://www.kltv.com/2021/03/15/arrested-polk-county-search-laced-drug-source/

The Violent Online Persona Tied to an Accused Proud Boy Cop. The brewing scandal shows officers remain deeply involved with some of the same right-wing groups that stormed the Capitol.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/violent-online-persona-tied-to-accused-proud-boy-cop-in-fresno-california

“Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) offered a scathing warning to Democrats on Tuesday, amid growing pressure to nix the legislative filibuster.” https://bit.ly/38LuWyg

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Attorney General Merrick Garland faces press freedom cases and leftover First Amendment questions from the Trump years. One is a quirky situation that would effectively transform the new president’s Justice Department into Trump’s law firm in a private defamation case
https://www.lawfareblog.com/heres-merrick-garlands-orientation-memo-trump-era-hangover-press-freedom?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37610

Blockbuster/Exclusive: Two with ties to Israeli Intelligence Arrested in the Murder of Capitol Police Officer (updating)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-capitol-arrests/two-charged-for-pepper-spraying-police-officer-who-died-after-assault-on-u-s-capitol-idUSKBN2B7213

Can Cyrus Vance, Jr., Nail Trump? Insiders say that the Manhattan District Attorney’s investigation has dramatically intensified since the former President left office.
https://outline.com/vw9HL6

FBI Lab Flaws Traced To 3,000 Cases: More than six years after the FBI crime laboratory was rocked by controversy, the Justice Department has identified about 3,000 criminal cases that could have been affected by flawed science and skewed testimony.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-lab-flaws-traced-to-3000-cases/

NAACP’s Trump Suit Delayed Amid Hunt for Mysterious ‘Ricky’: Last month, “Ricky” signed for a federal lawsuit delivered to former President Trump, and vanished. Now, the “Ricky” mystery has spilled into federal court.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-naacp-lawsuit-against-trump-is-delayed-after-some-guy-named-ricky-took-the-paperwork

Judge Thinks QAnon Shaman Is Lying—and Has Vids to Prove It. A federal judge says Jacob Chansley “blatantly lied” during a jailhouse interview with CBS News.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-plays-videos-to-prove-qanon-shaman-jacob-chansley-lied-in-60-minutes-interview-on-capitol-riot

Gov’t Job Applicant Admits Terror Plot on Polygraph: Feds say Ethan Collins told a polygraph examiner he admires ISIS for their “courage and conviction” and believes the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer was “justified.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ethan-collins-applied-for-a-govt-job-then-fessed-up-to-terror-plots-on-the-polygraph-test-feds-say

# LGBTQ
Actor Elliot Page has made history as the first openly transgender man to appear on the cover of Time magazine https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/543377-elliot-page-becomes-first-openly-transgender-man-on-time-cover

# Medical / Health
Purdue Pharma Reveals Plan to End Sackler Family’s Control. However, two dozen state attorneys general immediately rejected the bankruptcy plan.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/purdue-pharma-reveals-plan-to-end-billionaire-sackler-familys-control

Purdue’s Sackler embraced plan to conceal OxyContin’s strength from doctors, sealed deposition shows https://www.statnews.com/2019/02/21/purdue-pharma-richard-sackler-oxycontin-sealed-deposition/

‘Remarkable’ decline in fertility rates: There has been a remarkable global decline in the number of children women are having, say researchers. Their report found fertility rate falls meant nearly half of countries were now facing a “baby bust” – meaning there are insufficient children to maintain their population size.
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46118103

# Military / DOD
DARPA is officially looking into jetpacks for US special forces. DoD is considering a “portable personal air mobility system” that could be used on special forces, search and rescue and logistics missions.
https://taskandpurpose.com/military-tech/military-jetpack-research-drape/

# Other News
Jared Kushner Bids Adieu to Taxpayers With $24K Hotel Tab. The expenditure for “accommodation and food services” during Kushner’s December 2020 trip to Jerusalem came out of the State Department budget.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jared-kushner-says-farewell-to-us-taxpayers-with-dollar24000-jerusalem-hotel-tab

# Social
Water Crises and Environmental Racism Continue in Jackson, Miss. After Winter Storm. Even now, city officials cannot show the water is potable, forcing those residents for whom service has been restored to boil water to drink, brush their teeth, and attempt to clean themselves.
https://www.ecowatch.com/water-crisis-mississippi-2651079800.html

Albuquerque’s racist history haunts its housing market. Policymakers and activists fight to remove pro-segregation, anti-immigrant provisions from property deeds.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.4/south-race-racism-albuquerques-racist-history-haunts-housing-market

# Space
Researchers find four strains of bacteria on the ISS — three are completely new to science https://www.voanews.com/science-health/3-new-strains-bacteria-discovered-iss-researchers

# Veterans / VA
Camp Lejeune: Marine vets petition for registry for toxic water victims.
The veterans claim a registry could uncover more medical conditions and lead to more compensation for those harmed by toxic water at the Marine base https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2021/03/16/marine-veterans-petition-for-medical-health-registry-for-camp-lejeune-toxic-water-victims/

# Water
Premature or precautionary? California is first to tackle microplastics in drinking water. California is about to set the world’s first health guidelines for microplastics in drinking water. Yet no one agrees how to test water for the tiny bits of plastic, or how dangerous they are.
https://patch.com/california/pleasanton/s/hh0j7/premature-or-precautionary-california-first-tackle-microplastics-drinking-water

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-15

Voices, The Peoples News

March 15, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Treaty rights acknowledged for first time in oil pipeline’s controversial history Michigan’s Indigenous communities hold long-standing legal rights to protect lands and waters.
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/03/treaty-rights-line-5-oil-pipelines-controversial-history/

Deb Haaland is confirmed as the country’s Secretary of the Interior, blazing a trail as the first Native American to ever lead a Cabinet agency https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/15/deb-haaland-to-be-confirmed-as-interior-secretary.html

# Border / Immigration
3,000 children held past the legal limit: “Nearly 3,000 of the unaccompanied children in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody had been held longer than 72 hours.
The full story: https://cbsn.ws/3lgyzBn

FEMA to Deploy to U.S. Border Where 4,200 Migrant Children Are Being Held https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/15/headlines/fema_to_deploy_to_us_border_where_4_200_migrant_children_are_being_held

ICE Keeps Releasing People With Positive COVID Tests: Immigration advocates say it’s right that detainees with the virus should be released to get medical care, but that it’s reckless to release them into the public.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ice-keeps-releasing-detainees-with-positive-coronavirus-tests-says-report

# CoronaVirus
Vaccine Passports and Medical Martial Law. Tyranny and subjugation of the people.
https://truthunmuted.org/vaccine-passports-and-medical-martial-law/

NY Vaccine Czar Reportedly Questioned County Officials on Loyalty to Cuomo “Using vaccine distribution as a tool to control local officials is despicable and a clear abuse of public trust.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/14/ny-vaccine-czar-reportedly-questioned-county-officials-loyalty-cuomo

More Countries Suspend Use of AstraZeneca Vaccine After Reports of Blood Clots
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/astrazeneca-defends-covid-19-vaccine-after-more-countries-suspend-its-use-over-blood-clot-concerns-11615810632

“Virtually Every Indicator” Shows Pandemic (And Government Response) Sets Back Childhood Development: UNICEF https://www.zerohedge.com/political/virtually-every-indicator-shows-pandemic-sets-back-childhood-development-unicef

Leaked Pfizer Documents Reveal Only 55% of Some COVID Vaccine Samples had RNA Intact Prior to European Approval Exposing Huge Quality Control Issues https://www.lucianne.com/2021/03/15/leaked_pfizer_documents_reveal_only_55_of_some_covid_vaccine_samples_had_rna_intact_prior_to_european_approval_exposing_huge_quality_control_issues_55796.html

As COVID-19 cases decline across Texas, testing rates are dropping, too.
Experts say testing is still a crucial step as Texas continues to deal with the pandemic, but the public messaging has shifted away from testing and toward vaccinations.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/12/coronavirus-texas-testing/

With new variants spreading, testing is crucial to staying on top of the virus, said Dr. James McDeavitt, senior vice president and dean of clinical affairs at Baylor College of Medicine.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/29/coronavirus-new-variants-texas/

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 92 million doses of mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 have been injected, with 1,637 deaths occurring following the injections.
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/03/cdc-reports-1637-deaths-following-covid-19-vaccinations/

# Economy / Trade
Congress Urged to Take ‘Immediate Action’ to Stop Debt Collectors From Snatching Relief Checks. A legislative fix is needed, said one observer, to prevent “a flood of new judgments from debt collectors to siphon stimulus funds out.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/14/congress-urged-take-immediate-action-stop-debt-collectors-snatching-relief-checks

Biden’s Stimulus Plan Contains an Experiment in Universal Basic Income.
The bill’s child tax credit has the potential to change the way that the United States addresses poverty.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/basic-guaranteed-income-stockton-experiment/

Biden to Push for Higher Taxes on Wealthy, Most Ambitious Plan Since Early 1990s. The proposals Biden is considering would increase federal revenues by around $2.1 trillion.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-to-push-for-higher-taxes-on-wealthy-most-ambitious-plan-since-early-1990s/

# Employment / Labor
How the Met Opera Is Squeezing Its Workers. The organization has locked out unionized stagehands while seeking across-the-board pay cuts, and outsourcing set building to non-union shops.
https://prospect.org/labor/how-the-met-opera-is-squeezing-its-workers/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Texas Blackouts Are the Outcome of Systems for Private Gains at Public Expense Without organized people power, Texas lawmakers will continue to care more about private profits than lives and health.
https://truthout.org/articles/texas-blackouts-are-the-outcome-of-systems-for-private-gains-at-public-expense/

Texas’s Winter Electrical Grid Failures Highlight the Nation’s Vulnerability to EMP Attacks https://www.heritage.org/homeland-security/commentary/texass-winter-electrical-grid-failures-highlight-the-nations

Texas winter storm power outages were bad. An EMP attack would be catastrophic https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2021/03/11/opinion-texas-power-outages-were-bad-could-emp-attack-next-catastrophe/4640739001/

Electromagnetic Pulse Attacks Are A Real Threat And The USAF Is Guarding Against Them https://hothardware.com/news/us-air-force-surveying-emp-vulnerable-equipment-and-electronics

US Air Force is guarding against electromagnetic pulse attacks. Should we worry?
https://www.livescience.com/air-force-emp-attacks-protection.html

Cyber Attacks: Is the ‘Big One’ Coming Soon?
https://www.govtech.com/blogs/lohrmann-on-cybersecurity/cyber-attacks-is-the-big-one-coming-soon.html

U.S. Lawyer Steven Donziger Speaks from House Arrest in NYC After Suing Chevron for Amazon Oil Spills https://lawandcrime.com/environment/steven-donziger-after-winning-9b-judgment-against-chevron-has-been-under-house-arrest-for-500-days-awaiting-a-misdemeanor-trial/

This billionaire governor’s coal companies owe millions more in environmental fines The richest person in West Virginia, who is also the state’s governor, owns coal companies that routinely violate environmental laws https://www.propublica.org/article/this-billionaire-governors-coal-companies-owe-millions-more-in-environmental-fines

Energy companies have left Colorado with billions of dollars in oil and gas cleanup. As the state tries to reform its relationship to drilling, an expensive task awaits.
https://sentinelcolorado.com/orecent-headlines/energy-companies-have-left-colorado-with-billions-of-dollars-in-oil-and-gas-cleanup/

Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Is Possible. These State-Level Plans Show How.
Crucial emissions reduction targets can be met through feasible state-level investments in clean energy.
https://truthout.org/articles/phasing-out-fossil-fuels-is-possible-these-state-level-plans-show-how/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
“Basically misleading the public.” A large PR firm pledged to fight climate change. Then it took millions from a fossil fuels trade group.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zahrahirji/edelman-fossil-fuel-pr-climate

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Economies Overproduce Food — But People Can’t Afford to Buy It. The pandemic has caused a spike in hunger because people are increasingly struggling to afford food.
https://truthout.org/articles/capitalist-economies-overproduce-food-but-people-cant-afford-to-buy-it/

“Huge Victory”: Black Farmers Hail $5B in New COVID Relief Law to Redress Generations of Racism https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/15/american_rescue_plan_farmers_of_color

# Global Politics and other news
Far-Right Bolivia Coup Leader Jeanine Añez Arrested on Terrorism, Sedition Charges. “The authors and accomplices of the dictatorship that looted the economy and attacked life and democracy in Bolivia” must “be investigated and punished,” said Evo Morales, the former president.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/13/far-right-bolivia-coup-leader-jeanine-anez-arrested-terrorism-sedition-charges

# Gov / Political
House Democrats have been largely unified in the opening weeks of the new Congress, suffering few defections at a time when their slimmed-down majorities make it crucial their party stays together.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/543022-democratic-majority-shrinks-but-finds-unity

The US government’s aggressive propaganda campaign against China. The U.S. and its allies have declared China is guilty of genocide against Uighur Muslims. Behind The Headlines’ Dan Cohen examines the claim and the extremist figures behind the propaganda blitz.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/china-uighur-genocide-behind-us-government-propaganda/276085/

# Law Enforcement / Incarceration
Capitol riot investigators shifting focus to militia group with ties to Stone – Flynn – Trump: ex-FBI official. This has now become the largest investigation in FBI history https://www.rawstory.com/oath-keepers-proud-boys/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Two men were arrested and charged with assaulting U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol. Both face nine counts related to the Capitol attack, including assaulting Officer Brian Sicknick with a chemical irritant.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/543230-two-men-charged-with-assault-of-officer-brian-sicknick-who-died-after-jan-6

# Medical / Health
Jayapal, Dingell to Unveil Medicare for All Act Exactly One Year After 1st Covid Cases Confirmed in Every State. “This past year makes it incredibly clear why we must pass Medicare for All.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/13/jayapal-dingell-unveil-medicare-all-act-exactly-one-year-after-1st-covid-cases

Advocates Sound Alarm Over Quiet Trump Era Move That Could Further Privatize Medicare. “The Biden administration should immediately kill this toxic legacy of the former president.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/13/advocates-sound-alarm-over-quiet-trump-era-move-could-further-privatize-medicare

# Military / DOD
The food service contractor that prompted complaints for allegedly serving undercooked meals to National Guard troops at the U.S. Capitol has been cited for health violations at its restaurant and catering locations in two Maryland counties, a review found.
https://tylerpaper.com/ap/washington/food-safety-inspectors-dinged-national-guard-contractor-for-violations/article_38b69faa-664e-555c-a176-367b2c440d49.html

# Other News
Recording of Trump’s Shady GA Call ‘Found in Trash Folder’
https://us.cnn.com/2021/03/14/politics/trump-phone-call-georgia-investigator-trash-folder/index.html

Another Nigerian School Hit by Mass Kidnapping. It’s the fifth large-scale abduction of students since December in the country’s increasingly destabilized northwest.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/another-mass-kidnapping-reported-at-primary-school-in-birnin-gwari-nigeria

# Social
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said the rise in attack against Asian Americans is “unacceptable,” praising President Biden for addressing the issue during his recent primetime address.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/543115-hogan-rise-in-attacks-on-asian-americans-is-unacceptable

More Surveillance Won’t Stop White Supremacy. It Will Target Activists of Color.
More domestic terrorism laws will only further empower law enforcement to suppress protests against white supremacy.
https://truthout.org/articles/more-surveillance-wont-stop-white-supremacy-it-will-target-activists-of-color/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-13

Voices, The Peoples News

March 13, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
The Cherokee Nation Infuses Cash Into Language Revitalization Efforts https://dailyyonder.com/the-cherokee-nation-infuses-cash-into-language-revitalization-efforts/2021/03/08/

NASA is naming the rocks and soil on Mars in the Navajo language https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/12/us/nasa-perseverance-mars-navajo-scn-trnd/index.html

# Border / Immigration
President Biden is finding it increasingly difficult to unwind his predecessor’s immigration regulations as the administration grapples with a surge of migrants at the southern border.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/543041-biden-officials-struggle-to-unravel-web-of-trump-immigration-rules

# CoronaVirus
The United States has passed 100 million vaccine doses administered, a big milestone that shows the pace of the vaccination campaign is accelerating. 100 Million Vaccine Doses Given to 66 Million People https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/543006-us-passes-100-million-covid-19-vaccinations

Reckless and premature rollbacks in states like Texas and Mississippi — and soon to be others, threaten to erode the hard-won progress we’ve made and create pockets of potential new infections.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/542897-reckless-governors-are-threatening-covid-19-progress

Cuomo administration is ordering homes for disabled to accept COVID patients. It wasn’t just nursing homes. The Cuomo administration has spent the last year quietly allowing COVID-19 patients to return to homes for the disabled and the policy remains in effect. At least 552 residents of such homes have died of the virus as of Wednesday. More than 6,900 out of the more than 34,552 who live in the facilities have been infected, the agency said.
https://nypost.com/2021/03/11/cuomo-administration-is-ordering-homes-for-disabled-to-accept-covid-patients/

Pa. lawmakers plan to investigate Gov. Wolf’s oversight of nursing homes during COVID-19 pandemic; 12,000 deaths in such facilities occurred on his watch https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2021/03/pa-lawmakers-plan-to-investigate-gov-wolfs-oversight-of-nursing-homes-during-covid-19-pandemic.html

3 More EU Countries Hit Pause on AstraZeneca After Reports of Illness and Deaths.| Denmark, Norway and Iceland today announced they are joining other European countries in temporarily suspending use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID vaccine following reports of blood clots in people who got the vaccine.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210311-covid-19-denmark-pauses-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-over-blood-clot-fears

Utah mom Kassidi Kurill dies four days after second dose of Moderna vaccine https://nypost.com/2021/03/11/utah-mom-kassidi-kurill-dies-days-after-second-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine/

CDC: 1,524 DEAD 31,079 Injured Following Experimental COVID mRNA “Vaccines”
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/cdc-1524-dead-31079-injured-following-experimental-covid-mrna-vaccines/

What the 1918 pandemic can tell us about a post-COVID-19 world:
Historians, medical experts, sociologists, and economists look back to
1918 to make predictions for the coming year.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90613787/what-the-1918-flu-can-tell-us-about-a-post-covid-19-world

House Dems to Revive Medicare for All Bill 1 Year After COVID Reached All States Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell will introduce the Medicare for All Act of 2021 on March 17.
https://truthout.org/articles/house-dems-to-revive-medicare-for-all-bill-1-year-after-covid-reached-all-states/

ER Doctor and Advanced Trauma Life Support Professor: “I have never seen a patient sick with COVID-19. We are being deceived and manipulated.”
[Read and decide for yourself. Are we being deceived?] https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/er-doctor-and-advanced-trauma-life-support-professor-i-have-never-seen-a-patient-sick-with-covid-19-we-are-being-deceived-and-manipulated/

Pfizer Covid-Vaccines with “mRNA Flaws” in EU. Company and EMA concealed, but BMJ discovered https://www.gospanews.net/en/2021/03/11/pfizer-covid-vaccines-with-mrna-flaws-in-eu-company-and-ema-concealed-but-bmj-discovered/

President Biden is under increasing pressure to share the U.S. vaccine stockpile with the rest of the world https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/543004-us-comes-under-pressure-to-share-vaccines-with-rest-of-world

Maskless woman arrested in Galveston day after mandate lifted. Body camera footage released by Galveston police shows officers confronting the woman inside a Bank of America branch on Central City Boulevard.
https://abc13.com/woman-resists-officers-galveston-refuses-to-wear-face-mask-at-bank-of-america-protocol/10411661/

# Economy / Trade
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have started the process of sending out the $1,400 direct payments included in President Biden’s coronavirus relief law, the agencies said Friday.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/543029-irs-starts-sending-1400-direct-payments

The Stimulus Bill Is the Most Economically Liberal Legislation in Decades https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2021/03/10/house-stimulus-biden-covid-relief-checks/

GOP goes on the attack against Biden relief bill: Republicans are going on the attack against the newly signed $1.9 trillion coronavirus bill as they scramble to find a messaging foothold against Democrats’ first big win heading into 2022.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/543042-gop-goes-on-the-attack-against-biden-relief-bill

The Stimulus Payments’ Big Delivery Snafus Need to Be Addressed — Now.
The poorest households, which need the money the most, had significant problems getting their $1,200 and $600 payments.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-stimulus-payments-big-delivery-snafus-need-to-be-addressed-now/

# Employment / Labor
Right-to-Work Laws Are Rooted in Racism. The PRO Act Would Strike Them Down.
The measure must now pass the Senate to break the stranglehold that Jim Crow-era laws have placed on workers’ power.
https://truthout.org/articles/right-to-work-laws-are-rooted-in-racism-the-pro-act-would-strike-them-down/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals A Single Chemical Plant in Louisville Emits a Super-Pollutant That Does More Climate Damage Than Every Car in the City. Executives at Chemours promised at the White House in 2015 to try to abate the emissions. Now, they say it will take two more years.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09032021/a-single-chemical-plant-in-louisville-emits-a-super-pollutant-that-does-more-climate-damage-than-every-car-in-the-city/

What Happened to the Texas Power Grid? “Power companies get exactly what they want”: How Texas repeatedly failed to protect its power grid against extreme weather. Texas regulators and lawmakers knew about the grid’s vulnerabilities for years, but time and again they furthered the interests of large electricity providers.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/22/texas-power-grid-extreme-weather/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Trump’s Forest Service Planned More Logging in the Yaak Valley, Environmentalists Want Biden To Make it a ‘Climate Refuge.’ One of the wildest places in America is a test case for the new administration’s conservation and climate strategies.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12032021/trumps-forest-service-planned-more-logging-in-the-yaak-valley-environmentalists-want-biden-to-make-it-a-climate-refuge/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Teenage Activists Post Signs to Warn of Toxic Air in London Neighborhoods https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/03/13/teenage-activists-post-signs-to-warn-of-toxic-air-in-london-neighborhoods/

# Gov / Political
Cuomo clings to political life. The position of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is getting more and more dire, and he is growing more and more defiant in the face of growing allegations of sexual harassment.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/543027-the-memo-cuomo-clings-to-political-life

How Israel is shaping Biden’s Iran policy. Biden has appropriated Trump’s “maximum pressure” strategy and has refused to lift sanctions on Iran and simply make the US a part of the Iran nuclear deal.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/12/neo-how-israel-is-shaping-bidens-iran-policy/?mc_cid=a81f307f51&mc_eid=3f7488d454

Biden Team Seeks a Way Out of Nuclear Standoff With Iran https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/18/biden-iran-nuclear-deal-policy/

Today, a story buried by CNN and others is coming to light. The plan was to have rioters herd Congress into the Tunnels, with a few exceptions and we know who they are. The rest of Congress would be trapped by corrupt capitol police. This is why the standown at the Pentagon. Here is the story CNN buried https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/12/trumps-coup-murder-congress-rule-with-flynn-and-his-gang-of-posers-and-fakes/

Is Oath Keepers Founder, Stewart Rhodes, Once the Protected Prince of the GOP, Finally facing a Shitstorm for Jan 6? The Oath Keepers has long been a vital part of the GOP, well financed and part of their inventory of subversive groups under the umbrella of InfoWars, Prison Planet and Fox News.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/12/is-oath-keepers-founder-stewart-rhodes-once-the-protected-prince-of-the-gop-finally-facing-a-shitstorm-for-jan-6/

The Great Reset: Corporate Socialism, or ‘Capitalism’ with Chinese Characteristics
https://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm?blog_id=70755

New York state assembly taking ‘first step’ to impeaching Cuomo –The news comes as the state filed a police report on an alleged incident involving potential criminal conduct https://www.berkshireeagle.com/nyt/nyt_page_one/cuomo-faces-new-threat-impeachment-inquiry-led-by-democrats/article_b6f375a8-295a-52eb-9604-05a3ab1043ca.html

Mitch McConnell is holding our nation hostage. GOP won’t agree to the basic rules that allow the Senate to function. Put another way: Nice legislative body there, shame if something happened to it.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-let-chuck-lead-20210123-zaepcvswubcnraqwjn4mp3hwdi-story.html

# Law Enforcement / Incarceration
Charges Are Coming for at Least 100 More Capitol Rioters, Feds Warn https://www.thedailybeast.com/charges-are-coming-for-at-least-100-more-capitol-rioters-feds-warn

CNN has reported that the FBI is now investigating many of Rhodes’
associates in the Oath Keepers
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/12/breaking-news-virginia-governor-amanda-chase-met-with-extremist-who-planned-to-kill-congress-with-poison-gas-and-stewart-rhodes/?mc_cid=a81f307f51&mc_eid=3f7488d454

The Twisted Group Focused on Making Nazis Comfy in Prison. It calls itself the Global Minority Initiative. Experts say it resembles a petri dish fostering far-right grievance when the feds are finally cracking down after Jan. 6.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-twisted-group-focused-on-making-nazis-comfy-in-prison

# Media
90,000 Ballots in Largest Nevada County Sent to Wrong Addresses, Bounced Back https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nevada-thousands-mail-in-ballots-went-wrong-addresses

# Medical / Health
Owners of Hospital Conglomerate Made Billions as Health Care Workers Lacked PPE. The largest for-profit hospital conglomerate in the U.S. has made billions for its biggest shareholders during COVID.
https://truthout.org/articles/owners-of-hospital-conglomerate-made-billions-as-health-care-workers-lacked-ppe/

Community Health Centers Are Fueling Vaccine Equity. The Relief Bill Funds Them.
Data shows that 54 percent of those who received their vaccines at a community health center were people of color.
https://truthout.org/articles/community-health-centers-are-fueling-vaccine-equity-the-relief-bill-funds-them/

# Military / DOD
US military deploys new type of nuclear weapon seen as key to countering Russia https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/04/politics/us-nuclear-weapon-submarine/index.html

# Nuclear / Radiation
New highly radioactive particles found in Fukushima. Work just published in the Journal Science of the Total Environment documents new, large (>
300 micrometers), highly radioactive particles that were released from one of the damaged Fukushima reactors.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/02/210217134852.htm

# Social
Sarah Everard’s Murder Is Every Woman’s Worst-Case Scenario. The murder of Sarah Everard in the U.K. is an extreme, devastating example of what women face every day. Even if we’re not harassed outside, we’re still always prepared for it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sarah-everards-murder-is-every-womans-worst-case-scenario

The long history of racism against Asian Americans in the U.S.: But in the United States, Asian Americans have long been considered as a threat to a nation that promoted a whites-only immigration policy. They were called a “yellow peril”: unclean and unfit for citizenship in America.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/the-long-history-of-racism-against-asian-americans-in-the-u-s

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-12

Voices, The Peoples News

March 12, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Border / Immigration
Biden wants to reopen a child detention center on top of toxic military waste. Homestead Air Force Base is still allowed to house people on potentially hazardous ground.
https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/biden-administration-plans-to-reopen-child-detention-centre-on-top-of-toxic-military-waste/

# CoronaVirus
Biotech Exec Boosts Unapproved COVID-19 Cures in Webinar: The webinar was supposed to offer infected attendees health information–but instead, Peter Diamandis plugged one of his own companies.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/biotech-executive-peter-diamandis-apologizes-for-superspreader-conference-with-misinfo-laden-webinar?source=cheats&via=rss

COVID-19 tracker: Regeneron’s antibody cocktail hit by safety concerns; Novo’s Rybelsus emerging from pandemic slump https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/coronavirus-tracker-novavax-boasts-billion-plus-shot-capacity-by-2021-russia-s-world-first

How COVID-19 is changing the cold and flu season. Measures meant to tame the coronavirus pandemic are quashing influenza and most other respiratory diseases, which could have wide-ranging implications.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03519-3

Will COVID-19 be a tipping point for climate action? The pandemic caused a brief, dramatic dip in carbon dioxide emissions in 2020. Will it also bring lasting change?
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/covid-19-one-year-anniversary-climate-change-impact-1139440/

9 European Nations Suspend Experimental AstraZeneca COVID Vaccines Due to Fatal Blood Clots https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/breaking-9-european-nations-suspend-experimental-astrazeneca-covid-vaccines-due-to-fatal-blood-clots/

Several European countries suspend AstraZeneca vaccinations over blood clot fears.
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20210311-covid-19-denmark-pauses-use-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-over-blood-clot-fears

508 Dead 297,274 Reported Injuries following COVID19 Experimental Vaccines Reported in the U.K.
https://tapnewswire.com/2021/03/508-dead-297274-reported-injuries-following-covid19-experimental-vaccines-reported-in-the-u-k/

As Vaccine Campaign Expands, A Racial Gap Persists https://khn.org/news/article/as-vaccine-rollout-expands-black-americans-still-left-behind/

Black and Latino residents in L.A. County lag behind in getting COVID-19 vaccine https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-19/blacks-latinos-covid-19-vaccine-rate-la-counnty

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
After Armed Standoff, Sugar Pine Mine at Impasse in Court: The 19th century gold mine that sparked a 2015 militia standoff is now the subject of a federal lawsuit. On Wednesday, a judge heard arguments from miners and the government on cross motions to dismiss.
https://www.courthousenews.com/after-armed-standoff-sugar-pine-mine-at-impasse-in-court/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Michael Regan Becomes First Black Man to Head EPA https://www.ecowatch.com/michael-regan-epa-head

There’s a global plan to conserve nature. Indigenous people could lead the way. Dozens of countries are backing an effort that would protect 30 percent of Earth’s land and water.
https://www.berkshireeagle.com/nyt/nyt_page_one/theres-a-global-plan-to-conserve-nature-indigenous-people-could-lead-the-way/image_54c222f6-541a-58cb-960c-d1bdfdd0750f.html

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Graphic: Glyphosate vs. dicamba: The pesticides glyphosate and dicamba, both in products produced by Bayer (formerly Monsanto) have made headlines in the past year as lawsuits mount against the company for damages from these products.
https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/03/11/glyphosate-vs-dicamba/

# Gov / Political
House Democrats open to making proxy voting the ‘new normal’
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/542862-house-democrats-open-to-making-proxy-voting-the-new-normal

My Party Has Been Overtaken by ‘Cancel Culture’ Trolls. Why did the Republicans put up almost no real fight against the relief bill? Because they no longer care about policy, and the era of small government is over.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/my-party-has-been-overtaken-by-cancel-culture-trolls

How a three-word phrase sabotaged Black voting rights, and how they can be reconstructed. There’s power in the 14th Amendment. It’s time to use it.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/02/14th-amendment-section-2-mass-incarceration/

Leaders from the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have united in opposition to security measures at the Capitol that include deployed National Guard troops and fencing around the building due to concerns over cost, the strain on readiness and a lack of clear threat.

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Minneapolis reaches settlement with George Floyd’s family for record $27M The city of Minneapolis has settled a civil suit with the family of George Floyd for a record $27 million.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/542962-minneapolis-approves-record-27m-settlement-for-george-floyds-family

Charges Are Coming for at Least 100 More Rioters: “The investigation and prosecution of the Capitol Attack will likely be one of the largest in American history,” federal prosecutors said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charges-are-coming-for-at-least-100-more-capitol-rioters-feds-warn
See also:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/charges-are-coming-for-at-least-100-more-capitol-rioters-feds-warn

# LGBTQ
Montana trans, two spirit and non-binary activists fight anti-trans legislation. Their advocacy network is striving for a more equitable state while building power across issue lines.
https://patch.com/montana/across-mt/montana-trans-two-spirit-non-binary-activists-fight-anti-trans-legislation?utm_source=amp&utm_campaign=amp&utm_medium=mobile

# Medical / Global
As Peru Battles Covid-19, Tuberculosis Finds New Footing
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/947111

In India’s Bohra Community, a Battle Over Genital Mutilation https://undark.org/2021/03/10/india-battle-over-female-genital-mutilation/

# Other News
Trump Org Ex-Wife: “Only a small part of your salary is reported,” she said. “They pay you with apartments and other stuff, as a control tactic, so you can’t leave. They own you! You have to do whatever corrupt crap they ask.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jennifer-weisselberg-trump-org-insiders-ex-wife-says-only-a-small-part-of-the-pay-was-reported

New Rogue Trumpist Group Can Raise Unlimited Secret Cash. The group plans “to litigate cases of importance to the American republic.”
Original members include the MyPillow Guy and Mike Flynn’s brother.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rogue-trumpists-create-groups-to-raise-unlimited-cash-from-secret-donors

# Social
Biden: Pandemic Scapegoating of Asian Americans ‘Must Stop.’ The recent wave of attacks has been partly blamed on the rhetoric of former President Donald Trump, who liked to call the coronavirus the “China virus.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-says-pandemic-scapegoating-of-asian-americans-must-stop

75-Year-Old Asian Man Dies After Oakland Assault and Robbery. The man’s family has asked the American public to look at his photo to put a face to the wave of racist violence against Asian Americans.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/75-year-old-asian-man-dies-following-oakland-assault/2490688/

# Water
Biden EPA to reconsider Trump rule on lead in drinking water. The Biden administration said Wednesday it was delaying the effective date of a policy intended to prevent lead pollution of drinking water
https://apnews.com/article/michigan-utilities-environment-flint-traverse-city-8817d4d3c771a2dcffe44860cd16c0e1

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-11

Voices, The Peoples News

March 11, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Indigenous Woman at County Jail Nearly Dies in Custody. A member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe nearly died while in custody at the Pennington County Jail due to medical negligence by medical staff in Rapid City, S.D.
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/indigenous-woman-at-county-jail-nearly-dies-in-custody

# Indigenous / Global
Oil tanker traffic could endanger Indigenous way of life. While most protests against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion are on the ground, the federal government has recognized that some of the project’s greatest risks relate to potentially catastrophic spills on water.
https://oltnews.com/oil-tanker-traffic-could-endanger-indigenous-way-of-life-investigatewest

# Border / Immigration
U.S. May Use NASA Facility to House Unaccompanied Migrant Children https://www.yahoo.com/gma/us-considers-using-nasa-facility-044639051.html

# CoronaVirus
Drug maker Eli Lilly reports positive trial results with an antibody cocktail that it says reduces death and hospitalizations by 87 percent
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lilly/eli-lillys-combo-therapy-for-covid-19-cuts-serious-illness-and-death-in-large-study-idUSKBN2B21C0

39-Year-Old Surgical Technician and Mother Dies 4 Days After Second Experimental Moderna COVID mRNA Shot https://kutv.com/news/local/utah-woman-39-dies-4-days-after-2nd-does-of-covid-19-vaccine-autopsy-ordered

More people are dying during the pandemic – and not just from COVID-19
https://www.heart.org/en/news/2020/07/10/more-people-are-dying-during-the-pandemic-and-not-just-from-covid-19

We need a people’s vaccine, not a profit vaccine’: Sanders urges Biden to support push to suspend pharma patents. “Ending this pandemic requires collaboration, solidarity, and empathy. It requires a very different mindset—a mindset that puts people over profits at every turn.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/11/we-need-peoples-vaccine-not-profit-vaccine-sanders-urges-biden-support-push-suspend

# Economy / Trade
Just Passed: Why Biden’s Bill will save America…Despite itself…What you MUST know
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/10/vote-ongoing-why-bidens-bill-will-save-america-despite-itself-what-you-must-know/?mc_cid=4fc4c76bc5&mc_eid=3f7488d454

The American Rescue Plan’s Significant Public Investments. It’s not just a rescue bill, it will lay down pieces of lasting infrastructure https://prospect.org/first100/american-rescue-plan-significant-public-investments/

# Education / Schools
The pandemic has made universal school meals the norm. This model could help cafeterias save a lot of money over time.
https://thecounter.org/universal-school-meals-usda-lunch-covid-29-biden/

# Employment / Labor
Black Workers in Alabama Aim to Slay the Trillion-Dollar Behemoth That Is Amazon Unionizing the Amazon warehouse workforce, which is 85 percent Black, is above all a civil rights issue, say organizers

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Utah agency reverses course, pulls back energy leases in original Bears Ears monument. SITLA returns fees to oil and gas companies as sides await outcome of Biden-ordered review.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/03/10/utah-agency-reverses/

Energy companies have left Colorado with billions of dollars in oil and gas cleanup. As the state tries to reform its relationship to drilling, an expensive task awaits.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.4/south-energy-companies-have-left-colorado-with-billions-of-dollars-in-oil-and-gas-cleanup

With Bankruptcies Mounting, Faltering Oil and Gas Firms Are Leaving a Multi-billion Dollar Cleanup Bill to the Public https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/10/15/bankruptcies-oil-gas-multi-billion-cleanup-bill-public

Who will clean up the ‘billion-dollar mess’ of abandoned US oilwells? As oil companies go out of business, they are leaving a legacy of abandoned wells that leak huge amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/25/us-abandoned-oil-wells-leak-methane-climate-crisis

# Environment / Climate / Interior
The Senate on Wednesday voted 66-34 to confirm Michael Regan, 44, to be EPA administrator. He is the first Black man to lead the regulatory agency since its creation in 1970
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/542539-senate-confirms-michael-regan-as-epa-chief?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37493

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global The Amazon used to be ‘the lungs of the planet.’ Not anymore https://www.fastcompany.com/90613566/the-amazons-used-to-be-the-lungs-of-the-planet-not-anymore

# Gov / Political
Elizabeth Warren lost the presidential campaign. But a fleet of her mentees are working in the White House.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/how-elizabeth-warrens-acolytes-infiltrated-bidenworld/

# Law Enforcement
Why Are Police Departments Still on MAGA Hellsite Parler? Since the Jan.
6 Capitol riot that was powered by the site, some police departments have axed their accounts, while others insist they’re just lurking.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/what-happens-when-cops-like-the-lapd-and-other-police-departments-go-on-parler

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Whistleblowers Allege Shady Hiring at Trump DOJ. Two whistleblowers allege an acting assistant attorney general chose a candidate who had defended a Trump policy over a more qualified one.
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/10/975723777/whistleblowers-allege-improper-hiring-at-justice-department-during-trumps-last-d

Senate Confirms Garland as Attorney General, Republicans Better Start Looking Over Their Shoulders
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/10/senate-confirms-garland-as-attorney-general-475108

Another charge for Derek Chauvin: “A third-degree murder charge has been reinstated in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who is charged with killing George Floyd last May.”
https://bit.ly/3ckRrLj

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
2021 Sees Republican Lawmakers Take Lead On Marijuana Legalization In More U.S. States https://www.marijuanamoment.net/2021-sees-republican-lawmakers-take-lead-on-marijuana-legalization-in-more-u-s-states/

New York’s Assembly majority leader said marijuana legalization negotiations with Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) have become so contentious that they’ve reached the point of screaming.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-new-york-lawmaker-says-legal-marijuana-talks-with-governor-reached-point-of-screaming/

The Government Accountability Office conducted a review of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s final hemp rules.
https://www.gao.gov/products/b-332899

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
The Drug Enforcement Administration is being sued by a doctor who wants permission to give psilocybin mushrooms to terminally ill cancer patients.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/dea-sued-by-therapists-who-want-permission-to-give-psilocybin-mushrooms-to-patients/

# Military / DOD
National Guard member supporting Capitol security mission found dead.
The National Guard member died due to an apparent medical emergency https://nypost.com/2021/03/11/national-guard-member-in-dc-dies-after-medical-emergency/

# Nuclear / Radiation
Fukushima’s tragic legacy—radioactive soil, ongoing leaks, and unanswered questions The ripple effects from one of the world’s worst nuclear catastrophes continue after a decade, with implications for human health https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/fukushima-tragic-legacy-radioactive-soil

# Other News
Tape Emerges of Trump’s Shady Call to GA Elections Official. During a phone call to elections investigator Frances Watson, the former president made nonsensical allegations of “unbelievable” fraud.
https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-georgia-elections-a7b4aa4d8ce3bf52301ddbe620c6bff6

# Social
How the pandemic turbocharged inequality.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/542548-how-the-pandemic-turbocharged-inequality

# Space
‘Lunar ark’ might store DNA from millions of species in Moon’s lava tubes https://www.zmescience.com/science/physics/lunar-ark-might-store-dna-from-millions-of-species-in-moons-lava-tubes/

Perseverance records the song of Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover has returned the first audio recorded on Mars. The microphone on its SuperCam instrument captured Martian wind and the zapping sound of the SuperCam’s laser firing at rock targets.
https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-first-mars-sounds-audio

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-08

Voices, The Peoples News

March 8, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous / Global
Canadian government misses target to end water insecurity for First Nations communities. Many First Nations in Canada continue to live without clean water six years after the government began actively addressing the issue
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/auditor-general-reports-2021-1.5927572

# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
Amazon is reviewing best-selling Seresto flea collar after reports of illnesses, deaths https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2021/03/05/amazon-reviewing-seresto-flea-collar-amid-reports-illnesses-deaths/4586990001/

# CoronaVirus
Florida Clinic Overrun by Vaccine Seekers After False Rumor. Things got so bad, cops had to take control of the situation, according to local reports. https://www.miamiherald.com/news/coronavirus/article249760473.html

“Probable” that high schoolers will get coronavirus vaccines this year.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/542039-fauci-predicts-high-schoolers-to-receive-coronavirus-vaccinations-this-fall

Adverse Incident Reports Show 966 Deaths Following Vaccination for COVID-19. According to adverse incident reports collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 966 individuals have died after having received an mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2021/03/07/adverse-incident-reports-show-966-deaths-following-vaccination-for-covid-19/

Johnson and Johnson Has Paid $BILLIONS in Criminal Settlements and Never Produced a Vaccine Before – Why Would We Trust Them for a New Experimental COVID Vaccine?
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/johnson-and-johnson-has-paid-billions-in-criminal-settlements-and-never-produced-a-vaccine-before-why-would-we-trust-them-for-a-new-experimental-covid-vaccine/

Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine study paused due to unexplained illness in participant https://www.statnews.com/2020/10/12/johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-study-paused-due-to-unexplained-illness-in-participant/

First Court Case Against Mandatory COVID Vaccination Filed in New Mexico — Attorney Interview https://www.krqe.com/news/new-mexico/new-mexico-attorney-general-files-lawsuit-against-manufacturers-of-antiretroviral-hiv-aids-treatment-drugs/

J&J to Test COVID-19 Vaccine on Babies, Pregnant Women and the Immunocompromised https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-nyt-johnson-johnson-vaccine-infants-20210228-fbcbfyirr5g2nfib6vlrfr3pfq-story.html

Severe Reactions to COVID-19 Vaccine Close Schools in Michigan, Ohio and New York https://fox8.com/news/coronavirus/fairless-local-schools-cancels-class-over-covid-19-vaccine-reactions/

# Economy / Trade
What’s in the stimulus bill? A guide to where the $1.9 trillion is going.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/whats-in-the-stimulus-bill-a-guide-to-where-the-1-9-trillion-is-going/

Questions and answers about the $1,400 relief payments
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/542190-questions-and-answers-about-the-1400-relief-payments?rnd=1615241311

Biden Right to Launch Critical Review of U.S. Import Dependence. The United States is now worryingly dependent on China and other nations for key strategic commodities.
https://insidesources.com/biden-right-to-launch-critical-review-of-u-s-import-dependence/

The Rise of Made-in-China Diplomacy: While political leaders trade threats, the pandemic has made Americans even more reliant on China’s manufacturers.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/15/the-rise-of-made-in-china-diplomacy

# Education / Schools
“An essential service”: Inside Biden’s struggle to meet his school reopening promises.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-schools-reopen/2021/03/07/962560c6-7c40-11eb-b3d1-9e5aa3d5220c_story.html

The Frantic Push to Reopen Schools Ignores Educational Inequality Before COVID Rhetoric about children “falling behind” shows a desire to maintain a broken status quo, not a desire for true equity.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-frantic-push-to-reopen-schools-ignores-educational-inequality-before-covid/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Nalleli Cobo: How a nine-year-old fought an oil company and won, then she got cancer. LA is home to the largest urban oil field in the country and we don’t talk about it.
https://headtopics.com/uk/nalleli-cobo-how-a-nine-year-old-fought-an-oil-company-and-won-18989263

Groups want fracking waste included in health study. Fracking waste can be radioactive. Advocates want it included in a pair of state-sponsored studies into fracking and childhood cancer, asthma, and poor birth outcomes.
https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2021/03/05/groups-want-fracking-waste-included-in-health-study/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
When is mountaintop removal not mountaintop removal? In Alberta, of course!
The Kenney government plays word games as it plans to strip-mine the Rockies.
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/03/05/Mountaintop-Removal-Alberta/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
The rubber industry’s toxic legacy in Akron. In Akron, Ohio, Black people bear the brunt of industry’s negative effects, including disease and death.
https://publicintegrity.org/health/unintended-consequences-rubber-industry-toxic-legacy-in-akron/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Biden’s FDA takes baby steps toward limiting toxic heavy metals in commercial baby foods. The Biden administration said Friday it plans to clamp down on toxic heavy metals commonly found in baby food.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/05/biden-fda-baby-food-metal-473883

Long-term monitoring shows 7% of Minnesota venison laced with toxic lead. Minnesotans may have consumed a half-million pounds of lead-tainted meat over 10 years. Minnesotans may have consumed a half-million pounds of lead-tainted meat over 10 years.
https://www.postbulletin.com/northland-outdoors/6916763-Long-term-monitoring-shows-7-of-Minnesota-venison-laced-with-toxic-lead

# Gov / Political
The Senate is threatening to box in President Biden and congressional Democrats, who pledged to enact a bold agenda if given power.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/542017-democrats-near-pressure-point-on-nixing-filibuster

Cuomo Advisers Altered Report on Covid-19 Nursing-Home Deaths. Changes resulted in a significant undercount of the death toll attributed to long-term-care facility residents https://www.axios.com/cuomo-covid-nursing-home-deaths-report-altered-1b1c07e7-b69f-4723-a067-518a2b8c5bad.html

New York state senate majority leader calls on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign
https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2021/03/07/leader-of-new-york-state-senate-calls-on-cuomo-to-quit-1367347

New York lawmakers strip Gov. Cuomo of emergency powers https://nypost.com/2021/03/05/new-york-senate-votes-to-strip-gov-cuomo-of-emergency-powers/

Four Months After 2020 Presidential Election in Georgia, No Chain of Custody Documents Produced for 404,000 Absentee Ballots Deposited in Drop Boxes; Fulton County One of 35 Scofflaw Counties. The 2020 presidential election outcome in Georgia was decided by fewer than
12,000 votes
https://georgiastarnews.com/2021/03/04/four-months-after-2020-presidential-election-in-georgia-no-chain-of-custody-documents-produced-for-404000-absentee-ballots-deposited-in-drop-boxes-fulton-county-one-of-35-scofflaw-counties/

After Finding Shredded Ballots in the Dumpster Earlier Today, a Mysterious Fire Breaks Out at Maricopa County Official’s Farm http://www.cuzzblue.com/2021/03/after-finding-shredded-ballots-in.html

“Sen. Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of GOP leadership, announced on Monday that he won’t run for reelection in 2022 — marking the latest high-profile retirement for Senate Republicans.”
Blunt is the fifth Senate Republican to announce retirement.
https://bit.ly/3t4PLfV

Gov’t-Linked CSIS Urges DC To Partner with Social Media Firms To “Promote Protests Movements.” Widespread protests were a feature of 2020, engulfing 68 nations.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/csis-urges-dc-social-media-firms-promote-protests-movements/275994/

# Law Enforcement
Rochester Police Tackle and Pepper-Spray Black Mother Walking with 3-Year-Old Daughter https://www.democracynow.org/2021/3/8/headlines/rochester_police_tackle_and_pepper_spray_black_mother_walking_with_3_year_old_daughter

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Political landmines await Garland at DOJ. Attorney general nominee Merrick Garland is likely to face numerous tests early on at the Department of Justice (DOJ) as the Biden administration looks to quickly turn the page on the Trump era https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/541908-political-landmines-await-garland-at-doj

Public Fatigue, Distrust and Fear Taint Chauvin Trail Before it Even Begins. Jury selection in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was set to begin today, but a last-minute delay has added to the palpable tensions surrounding the case.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/public-fatigue-distrust-fear-taint-derek-chauvin-trail/275983/

# LGBTQ
Biden to formally establish new Gender Policy Council. President Biden will sign an executive order establishing the Gender Policy Council within the White House to focus on uplifting the rights of women and address gender-based discrimination and violence.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/542052-biden-to-formally-establish-new-gender-policy-council

# Medical / Health
‘Medical Racism’ Film Exposes Long-Standing Experimentation on Minorities. Medical Racism, premiering March 11, chronicles the medical cartel’s history of targeting minorities for unethical experiments, the acquiescence of regulatory agencies and medical ethicists, and the silence of physicians who allow these atrocities to continue today.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/medical-racism-film-exposes-experimentation-minorities/

# Military / DOD
Guantanamo is, and has always been, a fraudulent operation http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56419.htm

Defense secretary puts Iran on notice after Iraq rocket attack. “We’re still developing the intelligence” on the latest attack, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in his first network interview as defense chief. Iran should know “that we’re going to defend our troops.”
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/defense-secretary-puts-iran-on-notice-after-iraq-rocket-attack-1.664868

I Took Part in the U.S.-South Korean War Drills. They Make All of Us Less Safe. Real peace in Korea requires ending the U.S.-South Korea “war games.”
https://truthout.org/articles/i-took-part-in-the-us-south-korean-war-drills-they-make-all-of-us-less-safe/

# Other News
Trump Greeted by One Fan Upon Return to NYC, Says Report. The former president pulled up outside Trump Tower in New York City on Sunday night, and got a pretty underwhelming welcome.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-greeted-by-one-fan-on-first-trip-to-new-york-city-since-leaving-office-says-report

Trump is escalating his battle against GOP leaders, demanding that the Republican campaign arms stop fundraising off his name and promising to travel outside the lower 48 states to stump against Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R), who is up for reelection in Alaska.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/542210-trump-ramps-up-battle-with-republican-leadership

# Science
Physicists Just Found 4 New Subatomic Particles That May Test The Laws of Nature https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-discovered-four-new-subatomic-particles-all-tetraquarks

Meet the swirlon, a new kind of matter that bends the laws of physics.
Fish school, insects swarm and birds fly in murmurations. Now, new research finds that on the most basic level, this kind of group behavior forms a new kind of active matter, called a swirlonic state.
https://www.livescience.com/swirlonic-matter-unusual-behavor.html

# Space
Astronomers have discovered the most distant radio signal ever. Its source is a radio loud quasar blasting out jets when the universe was still in its infancy.
https://scitechdaily.com/astronomers-have-discovered-the-most-distant-source-of-radio-emission-ever-known-13-billion-light-years-away/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-07

Voices, The Peoples News

March 7, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
Something Fishy Caught Marine Biologists’ Attention, Uncovering an Underwater Secret. Extremely rare, Omura’s Whale https://travelerdreams.com/something-fishy-caught-marine-ua/20/?fbclid=IwAR0ecYr32ohe177rYnvo71DUFxLgQwKYOI8Lb0_iABTu9I5_Ih0LivrKr9w

# Border / Immigration
Border crisis creates new risks for Biden. President Biden is facing a growing dilemma at the southern border that shows few signs of abating:
the number of unaccompanied minors crossing into the United States steadily increasing in recent weeks.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/541866-border-crisis-creates-new-risks-for-biden

Biden’s Plan to End Long-Term Migrant Detention Does Not End Family Detention. Migrant justice advocates are urging Biden to permanently halt the long-term incarceration of migrant families.
https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-plan-to-end-long-term-migrant-detention-does-not-end-family-detention/

Fort Lee under consideration for housing unaccompanied migrant children.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is trying to find more housing solutions for the high number of migrant children entering the country across the U.S.-Mexico border during the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/fort-lee-under-consideration-for-housing-unaccompanied-migrant-children-1.664721

# CoronaVirus
A complicating factor in combating Covid hot spots: Heat, environmental problems and the pandemic concentrate in certain neighborhoods. A new idea for what to do about it.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/03/coronavirus-heat-472624

CDC: 1265 DEAD 25,212 Injuries Following Experimental COVID mRNA “Vaccines”
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/cdc-1265-dead-25212-injuries-following-experimental-covid-mrna-vaccines/

Both Texas Senators voted against ‘mislabeled COVID relief’ bill https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/both-texas-senators-voted-against-mislabeled-covid-relief-bill?fbclid=IwAR2gHnWC0mIDgO5r4TwWVRLpUNJeY2OQRgaqjZ7uS-PGZTQvsbvhszqDhYs

# Economy / Trade
Senate Passes $1.9T COVID Bill After Insane All-Night Debate. “This is the biggest thing that most of us have ever been involved in,” Sen.
Sherrod Brown said after a staggering 24 hours of debate.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/senate-approves-dollar19-trillion-covid-relief-bill-after-insane-all-night-debate?ref=home

Raising minimum wage is the minimum promise for women of color https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/541901-raising-minimum-wage-is-the-minimum-promise-for-women-of-color

The $1.9 trillion package passed by the Senate on Saturday largely resembled the one that President Biden proposed. But several notable changes would affect Americans’ personal finances.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/heres-how-the-senate-pared-back-bidens-stimulus-plan/

Democrats’ minimum-wage setback could kick-start talks With Republicans Progressives want $15 an hour while others see chance for compromise at lower level.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/15-minimum-wage-setback-tests-bidens-ability-to-unite-democrats-11614437810

# Employment / Labor
Amazon Is Paying Consultants Nearly $10,000 a Day to Obstruct Union Drive. As workers in Alabama organize, the company’s tactics underscore the need for the Protecting the Right to Organize Act.
https://truthout.org/articles/amazon-is-paying-consultants-nearly-10000-a-day-to-obstruct-union-drive/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Texas Watchdog Says Grid Operator Made $16 Billion Error During Winter Freeze https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/texas-grid-operator-made-16-billion-price-error-during-winter-storm-watchdog-says/articleshow/81360428.cms

Great Reset: Biden Hikes Cost Of Carbon Emissions By Over 600%: Humans are carbon-based life forms and they live in a carbon-based world while using carbon-based sources of energy to build a carbon-based economy.
The Great Reset/Green New Deal, aka Technocracy, is anti-human and anti-civilization. ⁃ TN Editor https://www.technocracy.news/great-reset-biden-hikes-cost-of-carbon-emissions-by-over-600/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
FDA reminds baby food industry to follow the regulations for lead, other toxins https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/03/fda-reminds-baby-food-industry-to-follow-the-regulations-for-lead-other-toxins/

# Gov / Political
Biden gets involved to help break Senate logjam. The deal Biden helped craft extends weekly unemployment benefits to Sept. 6, which is a week longer than the Aug. 29 end date set by House-passed legislation https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/541914-biden-helps-break-senate-impasse-on-unemployment-benefits

FBI Finds Trump White House Associate Contacted Proud Boys Before the Capitol Riot: Through a review of phone records and location data, the bureau made the connection between the White House and the extremist group.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-finds-trump-white-house-associate-contacted-proud-boys-before-the-capitol-riot-report-says?via=newsletter&source=Weekend

President Biden will sign an executive order leveraging federal resources to protect and strengthen access to the ballot as Republican legislatures around the country seek to restrict voting rights in the wake of the 2020 election.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/07/fact-sheet-president-biden-to-sign-executive-order-to-promote-voting-access/

Georgia voting rights advocates are worried Republicans are clawing back hard-won progress made in the state after it saw record turnout among voters in November’s general election and the Senate runoffs earlier this year https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/541810-advocates-warn-restrictive-voting-bills-could-end-Georgias-record-turnout

Lawmakers gird for spending battle over nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are emerging as one of the top political brawls in the brewing battle over next year’s defense budget.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/541906-lawmakers-gird-for-spending-battle-over-nuclear-weapons

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
The district attorney investigating whether former U.S. President Donald Trump illegally interfered with Georgia’s 2020 election has hired an outside lawyer who is a national authority on racketeering, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-georgia-racketeering-exc/exclusive-georgia-prosecutor-probing-trump-taps-leading-racketeering-attorney-idUSKBN2AY0L0

Rudy Giuliani’s legal woes just got worse as US Attorney ramps up investigation into his overseas dealings: The investigation into Giuliani’s Ukraine work for Donald Trump in an attempt to dig up dirt on now-President Joe Biden had been sitting dormant but now is being re-activated. At issue is whether Giuliani, in his capacity working for the ex-president, registered as a foreign agent.
https://www.rawstory.com/giuliani-2650952821/

# Military / DOD
S Korea, US scale back drills over virus, N Korea diplomacy
https://apnews.com/article/seoul-diplomacy-south-korea-north-korea-coronavirus-pandemic-5c71968ba53f66ad6c12a7189c184673

# Other News
Trump takes legal action against Republican Party. Trump Demands GOP Stop Using His Name, Likeness for Fundraising https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/03/trump-demands-gop-stop-using-name-fundraising.html

# Technology
Social media microtargeting and the evolving ministry of truth. As social media replaces actual social interactions, our thoughts and opinions are increasingly coming under the purview of the cybersecurity industry and national security interests that want to regulate what and who can see, talk to and hear in the U.S. cognitive space.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/social-media-microtargeting-and-the-evolving-ministry-of-truth/275952/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-05

Voices, The Peoples News

March 5, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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You can visit the website and leave your comments if you desire.

# Indigenous
Winona LaDuke: Indigenous tribes are reviving traditional hemp economies. With 10,000 uses, hemp can be a catalyst for a New Green Revolution in Indian Country, tied to justice, economics, restoration ecology, and a return-to-the-land movement.
https://civileats.com/2021/03/05/op-ed-indigenous-tribes-are-reviving-traditional-hemp-economies/

# Indigenous / Global
Critical infrastructure protection: Dangerous politics in Manitoba, Alberta and beyond. Controversial legislation targeting environmental and Indigenous activists will curb legal protests and enhance corporate power https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/critical-infrastructure-protection-dangerous-politics-in-manitoba-alberta-and-beyond

# Border / Immigration
“You’re doing nothing”: Judge slams ICE for failing to vaccinate detainees https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/youre-doing-nothing-judge-slams-ice-for-failing-to-vaccinate-detainees/

# Children / Youth
Disney Plus pulls ‘Peter Pan,’ ‘Dumbo,’ ‘Aristocats’ from children’s profiles after warning of stereotypes, negative depictions https://www.nj.com/entertainment/2021/01/disney-plus-pulls-peter-pan-dumbo-aristocats-from-childrens-profiles-after-warning-of-stereotypes-negative-depictions.html

# CoronaVirus
U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an alert about fever-scanners, saying that, while they can act as an “important-risk management tool”
if used correctly, “improper use and marketing of thermal imaging systems may lead to inaccurate temperature readings and pose a potential danger to public health.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/those-fever-scanners-that-are-everywhere-might-not-actually-work-says-report

Vital: Press Secretary Humiliates Trump for COVID Failures and Disinformation Campaign https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/04/vital-press-secretary-humiliates-trump-for-covid-failures-and-disinformation-campaign/

Cuomo Advisers Altered Report on Covid-19 Nursing-Home Deaths. Changes resulted in a significant undercount of the death toll attributed to long-term-care facility residents
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cuomo-advisers-altered-report-on-covid-19-nursing-home-deaths-11614910855

‘We Need to Remain Vigilant’: Health Experts Warn Rollback of Covid Restrictions Threatens Life-Saving Gains. “We must not relinquish the ground we’ve gained,” said Dr. Barbara Alexander, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/04/we-need-remain-vigilant-health-experts-warn-rollback-covid-restrictions-threatens

FBI Urged to Probe Corrupt Vaccine Favoritism by Florida’s GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis “If this isn’t public corruption, I don’t know what is.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/04/fbi-urged-probe-corrupt-vaccine-favoritism-floridas-gop-gov-ron-desantis

Company Who Knew Asbestos Was in Its Baby Powder Now Distributing
COVID-19 Vaccine
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/company-who-knew-asbestos-was-in-its-baby-powder-now-distributing-covid-19-vaccine/

Who should and shouldn’t get the COVID-19 vaccine?
https://yalehealth.yale.edu/yale-covid-19-vaccine-program/who-should-and-shouldnt-get-covid-19-vaccine

# Economy / Trade
‘Stop Nickel and Diming the American People’: Anger Grows as Senate Democrats Move to Deny Relief Checks to 17 Million. “While you’re quibbling over who you want to exclude, people are suffering. SEND THE CHECKS.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/04/stop-nickel-and-diming-american-people-anger-grows-senate-democrats-move-deny-relief

Senate Clerks Finish 628-Page Bill Readout for Ron Johnson. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer accused Johnson of going to “ridiculous lengths” to show his opposition to the stimulus package with 11-hour reading.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-johnson-forces-senate-clerks-to-spend-11-hours-reading-out-628-page-covid-bill?via=newsletter&source=CSAMedition

The Senate voted to reject a proposal sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders
(I-Vt.) to raise the federal minimum wage to $15.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/541826-senate-rejects-sanders-15-minimum-wage-hike

Wall Street Profited While Texans Shivered in the Dark. Bank of America made hundreds of millions in trading revenue when the Lone Star state’s electric grid failed in February.
https://www.ft.com/content/321c4fb2-ca11-4e15-9ef5-05598dd04012

Here Are the 8 Democrats Who Just Joined GOP to Vote Down Sanders’ $15 Minimum Wage Amendment https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/05/here-are-8-democrats-who-just-joined-gop-vote-down-sanders-15-minimum-wage-amendment

# Employment / Labor
NEW: We could be looking at unemployment benefits of $300 instead of $400:
“Senate Democrats are nearing an agreement within their caucus to reduce the boost in federal unemployment benefits in the COVID-19 relief bill to $300 from the $400 included in the House bill.” https://bit.ly/3kN6WQ5

# Environment / Climate / Interior
After championing greener building codes, local governments lose right to vote. The nonprofit consortium that oversees much of the nation’s building codes just gave the construction and gas industries more control over the process.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/building-codes-international-code-council_n_603fd6b4c5b682971504df8e

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Experts Call For Immediate Ban Of Entire Class Of Chemicals Damaging Babies’ Brains https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/ban-chemicals-damaging-babies-brains/

# Gov / Political
Obama National Security Advisor admits US on its knees to Israel due to Congress. The former Obama official said he was warned by members of Congress about the “acute” financial threat of taking on the lobby https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/04/obama-nat-security-advisor-admits-us-on-its-knees-to-israel-due-to-congress/

How Trump and Barr Protected McConnell and Chou from Prosecution for China Betrayal – Report https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/04/how-trump-and-barr-protected-mcconnell-and-chou-from-prosecution-for-china-betrayal-report/

Biden turns focus to next priority with infrastructure talks. President Biden is starting to look beyond coronavirus relief to his next legislative fight, preparing to lay out a recovery package that makes significant investments in rebuilding U.S. infrastructure.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/541736-biden-turns-focus-to-next-priority-with-infrastructure-talks

GOP Bill That ‘Does Nothing But Criminalize Peaceful Protest’ Advances in Florida Legislature. “We know the true nature of this bill and its origins,” said the ACLU of Florida. “It is not about public safety, but about criminalizing peaceful protesters advocating for racial justice.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/04/gop-bill-does-nothing-criminalize-peaceful-protest-advances-florida-legislature

“The protracted ordeal, known as “vote-a-rama,” is widely despised by members of both parties and guaranteed to leave sleepless members running on fumes just ahead of the bill’s passage in the upper chamber, likely Saturday. But there’s no way around it.” https://politi.co/3kKyZzG

Florida ‘anti-mob’ bill racing through House, unheard in Senate.
Florida’s proposed “Combating Public Disorder Act” is one step away from House approval and transfer to the Senate, where the controversial “anti-mob” bill is likely to be adopted and signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis before the 2021 legislative session adjourns in May.
https://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/national/florida-anti-mob-bill-racing-through-house-unheard-in-senate/article_4bcb96a4-c85a-54a3-ba3f-22e4c1e881d2.html

MO House Staffer: I Was Fired for Bringing Up Lack of Masks. Tad Mayfield is suing the former Missouri House speaker and others, alleging he was fired after asking for a “mandatory face mask policy for all spaces in our Capitol.”
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article249716948.html

# Law Enforcement
Officer Told Colleagues: Trump Urging Rioters Toward Capitol. An unnamed protective service officer sent a briefing note that read: “POTUS is encouraging the protesters to march to capitol grounds.”
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-politics-law-enforcement-agencies-police-fd3204574c11e453be8fb4e3c81258c3

Reports on how Aurora police kill without consequence while their protesters face 12 felonies: The cops and the district attorneys want people to see what we are going through — the conditions of our arrests, our experiences in jail, and our legal battle — and to think that this is what you risk when you stand up against them. – Lillian House, Aurora Activist and Defendant https://www.mintpressnews.com/elijah-mcclain-protestors-face-48-years-kidnapping-aurora-police/275866/

The House Passed a Bill Named for George Floyd. It Won’t Stop Police Killings.
The bill gives more money to police while doing nothing to stop the racist war on drugs.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-house-passed-a-bill-named-for-george-floyd-it-wont-stop-police-killings/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
FBI Arrests Trump Appointee in Connection With Capitol Riot. Federico Klein is the first member of the Trump administration to face charges from the attempted insurrection.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/04/trump-appointee-arrested-for-capitol-riot-473825

Feds Probing Contacts Between Capitol Rioters and Congress Members https://www.thedailybeast.com/federal-law-enforcement-probing-contacts-between-capitol-rioters-and-members-of-congress

Trump Criminal Case Goes Before Georgia Grand Jury. Legal experts are split as to whether there’s a strong case to be made, but most agree Trump’s efforts to overturn Georgia’s election results merit greater scrutiny.
https://bangordailynews.com/2021/03/02/national-politics/in-georgia-prosecutors-investigation-into-trump-heads-to-grand-jury/

Trump sued by Democrats over mob attack on Capitol. Trump, his eldest son and several of his allies were sued on Friday by Rep. Eric Swalwell
(D-Calif.) over their role in the run-up to the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. Lawsuit brought by Bennie Thompson and NAACP argues ex-president and lawyer violated law known as Ku Klux Klan Act https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/16/trump-giuliani-lawsuit-capitol-riot-bennie-thompson-naacp

House Impeachment Manager Sues Trump for Inciting Riot. It’s the second major lawsuit aiming to hold Trump accountable for causing the insurrection.
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-donald-trump-us-news-riots-bennie-thompson-b84447c400fd77d21c9be092d28745de

FBI Arrests Former Trump Appointee for Role in January 6 Capitol Breach.
The FBI arrested Federico Klein, a former State Department official.
https://truthout.org/articles/fbi-arrests-former-trump-appointee-for-role-in-january-6-capitol-breach/

Chauvin Should Face 3rd-Degree Murder Charge: Appeals Court. The ruling could cause a delay in Chauvin’s trial for the death of George Floyd, which is set to start on Monday.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/minnesota-court-of-appeals-rules-derek-chauvin-should-face-third-degree-murder-charge

# LGBTQ
GLAAD: Major News Outlets ‘Failed’ in Equality Act Coverage. The LGBTQ advocacy group says many news organizations failed to include trans voices in their coverage of the Equality Act, instead focusing on those opposed to the legislation.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/glaad-says-major-news-outlets-failed-in-coverage-of-equality-act

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
A new Drug Enforcement Administration report argues that the broadly popular bipartisan legalization of hemp creates complications for police and has been used as a cover for drug cartels. But it also admits that as more states legalize marijuana, illicit trafficking is shrinking.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/dea-claims-federal-hemp-legalization-is-complicating-marijuana-enforcement/

The state of Michigan Department of Treasury is sending nearly $10 million in marijuana revenue back to local governments. Municipalities and counties get about $28,000 for every cannabis retailer or microbusiness in their jurisdiction.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/michigan-sends-10-million-in-marijuana-revenue-back-to-local-governments/

# Medical / Health
Electroceuticals, the bioelectronic medicine of the future. Future medicine could come in the form of electric impulses and go straight to the brain.
https://www.zmescience.com/future/electroceuticals-the-bioelectronic-medicine-of-the-future/

# Military / DOD
Trump & Biden’s secret bombing wars: U.S. bombs and bullets have claimed at least hundreds of thousands of civilian lives this century.
Unbeknownst to many Americans, the U.S. military and its allies are engaged in bombing and killing people in other countries on a daily basis.
https://www.salon.com/2021/03/05/trump-and-bidens-secret-bombing-wars-one-thing-that-hasnt-changed/

# Other News
Trump Tells Inner Circle He’s Furious With Kushner: Others sources told the network that Kushner is trying to create distance from Trump since the disgraceful events of his final month in office.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-keeps-telling-his-inner-circle-that-hes-furious-with-jared-kushner-says-report

Ex-Clinton Aide Gave Feds Epstein, Maxwell Evidence: Doug Band, who made frequent appearances on Epstein’s flight manifests, reportedly spoke to federal prosecutors in New York.
https://radaronline.com/p/bill-clinton-doug-band-evidence-ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein/

6 Dr. Seuss books won’t be published for racist images. Dr. Seuss is adored by millions around the world for the positive values in many of his works, including environmentalism and tolerance, but criticism has grown in recent years over the way Blacks, Asians and others are drawn in some of his most beloved children’s books, as well as in his earlier advertising and propaganda illustrations.
https://apnews.com/article/dr-seuss-books-racist-images-d8ed18335c03319d72f443594c174513

# Technology
Russian Hacker Site Maza Gets Hacked: Usernames, Email Ads, and Passwords Compromised. The irony of this story is that a Russian hacker site called Maza has just been hacked and the usernames, email ads, and passwords of hackers have been stolen.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/257680/20210304/russian-hacker-site-maza-gets-hacked-usernames-email-ads-passwords.htm

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-04

Voices, The Peoples News

March 4, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
What tribal sovereignty means for Freedmen citizenship. Is Congress coercing the Choctaw Nation into doing away with discriminatory policies?
https://www.hcn.org/articles/tribes-what-tribal-sovereignty-means-for-freedmen-citizenship

Judge Rules That Cherokee Freedmen Have Right To Tribal Citizenship https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/31/547705829/judge-rules-that-cherokee-freedmen-have-right-to-tribal-citizenship

Sacred Apache land ‘on death row’ in standoff with foreign mining titans. Tribal members in Arizona are fighting to protect a piece of land they consider their “Mount Sinai.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/sacred-apache-land-death-row-standoff-foreign-mining-titans-n1259331

# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
Performance Dog, a raw pet food made by a company called Bravo Packing, Inc., are being recalled because they may be contaminated with salmonella and listeria (dangerous bacteria).
https://www.petful.com/recalled/performance-dog-2021/

# CoronaVirus
ID requirements are meant to stop vaccine tourists, but they can also shut out vulnerable residents. Proof-of-residency and ID requirements are supposed to ensure COVID-19 vaccines are equitably distributed — but the rules are shutting out some of the people they aim to protect.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/coronavirus-vaccine-id-undocumented

Whistleblower Reveals Many Pregnancy Complications following Experimental COVID Injections . Whistleblower who sits on a COVID-19 task force is claiming that many pregnancy complications, including preterm birth, miscarriage, and spontaneous abortions following COVID vaccines are being concealed from the public.
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/whistleblower-reveals-many-pregnancy-complications-following-experimental-covid-injections-vaccine-leaving-a-trail-of-devastated-mothers/

“It is now time to open Texas 100 percent.” Clearly these actions reject all scientific evidence about the spread of the disease and will inevitably cause unnecessary infections and death.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/these-gop-governors-are-trying-to-distract-us-from-their-deadly-failures-by-killing-more-people/

# Economy / Trade
Senate’s GOP will force clerks to read bill to delay COVID-19 relief bill vote.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/541460-senate-gop-will-force-clerks-to-read-bill-to-delay-covid-relief-vote

Senate Republicans are taking on a risky strategy to use all the procedural tactics at their disposal to delay President Biden’s popular
$1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package as long as possible in hopes that they can turn public opinion against the legislation.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/541541-gop-pulling-out-all-the-stops-to-delay-covid-19-package

This town in California handed out free $500 monthly checks, no strings attached. After a year, unemployment fell and quality of life improved https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/basic-income-stockholm-usa-results-good-2467324/

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) pledged on Thursday that Democrats would pass a massive coronavirus relief bill this week, even as Republicans plot how to slow down the bill.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/541638-schumer-vows-senate-will-pass-coronavirus-relief-this-week

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Fractured: Buffered from fracking but still battling pollution: Part 4 of our 4-part series, “Fractured,” an investigation of fracking chemicals in the air, water, and people of western Pennsylvania https://www.ehn.org/fractured-oil-and-gas-pollution-2650623184.html

TX Power Grid Operator Fires CEO After Winter Storm Failures. ERCOT was caught flat-footed amid plunging temperatures two weeks ago, and millions lost power.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/02/ercot-texas-bill-magness/

Texas’ grid operator fires its top executive and bars a second electric provider from operating on the grid as fallout from last month’s storm-driven outages and price spikes continues.
https://energynews.us/digests/texas-grid-ceo-fired-over-massive-storm-driven-outages/

A House oversight committee begins an investigation of the Texas energy crisis.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/03/03/ERCOT-congress-investigate/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
House Energy and Commerce leaders unveil sweeping climate change legislation
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/03/house-energy-commerce-climate-legislation-473351

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Antarctica is running out of wilderness. The continent is crammed with “ghost” stations—just one sign of how this empty, icy place is becoming more crowded.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/03/antarctica-running-out-wilderness/618192/

Antarctica’s wilderness fails to capture continent’s biodiversity
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2506-3

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Foreign ownership of U.S. farmland is growing. A Missouri lawmaker wants to ban it in the state. The bill brings up questions about whether foreign entities are really the ones driving up land prices in farm country, or if domestic investors are.
https://thecounter.org/land-access-farmland-missouri-foreign-ownership/

# Gov / Political
Pelosi under fire as National Guard troops sick after being ‘served metal shavings & raw meat while protecting Capitol’
https://www.the-sun.com/news/2442676/national-guard-troops-sick/

Pelosi Urged to Probe ‘Shaved Metal’ Found in Troops’ Food. According to one congressman, at least 30 National Guard members on U.S. Capitol duty have become sick over the past month after eating the dodgy food.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pelosi-urged-to-investigate-metal-shavings-found-in-capitol-national-guard-troops-food

House passes voting rights bill over GOP opposition (and defeats proposal to let 16- and 17-years-olds vote
https://apnews.com/article/house-passes-sweeping-voting-rights-bill-88088175552f13a8e3f6f25d7bc45f6c/gallery/bbb98c18fc4047448da85c56d8450148

Pence said in an op-ed published in the Daily Signal that there were “significant voting irregularities” and “numerous instances of officials setting aside state election law” in the 2020 presidential contest.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/541376-pence-breaks-silence-to-criticize-2020-elections?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=37347

The Iran nuclear deal needs to be fixed and rewritten, not just revived https://bit.ly/309VNzl

Capitol Police begged for help. For 199 minutes, Trump’s Pentagon stalled https://wapo.st/2OpvRNG

House Passes Landmark Voting Rights and Police Reform Bills https://thehill.com/homenews/house/541545-house-passes-voting-rights-and-elections-reform-bill

Georgia Bill Would Criminalize Giving Water to Voters Waiting in Long Lines. The measure is part of a bill that reduces early voting times and imposes other restrictive measures on Georgia voters.
https://truthout.org/articles/georgia-bill-would-criminalize-giving-water-to-voters-waiting-in-long-lines/

# Law Enforcement
D.C. Guard Chief: Trump Pentagon Screwed Up Riot Response. Even Republican senators expressed anger and incredulity after Maj. Gen.
William Walker outlined restrictions the Defense Department placed on his Guardsmen.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dc-national-guard-chief-blames-army-trump-pentagon-for-botched-riot-response

GOPer Who Backed George Floyd Reforms ‘Pressed Wrong Button.’ Rep. Lance Gooden was the sole Republican to vote in favor of the police-reform bill—but he has an explanation.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lance-gooden-the-only-republican-who-backed-george-floyd-police-reform-says-he-pressed-wrong-button

DEA Suspends Agent for Joining Capitol Riot-Adjacent Crowd. Mark Ibrahim was still carrying his service weapon as he listened to Donald Trump hawk the lie the election was stolen.
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2021-03-03/us-suspends-federal-agent-who-joined-crowd-outside-capitol-during-rampage-lawyer-says

House Democrats late Wednesday voted 220-212 to overhaul policing nationwide with national standards.
https://apnews.com/article/breonna-taylor-joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-police-legislation-57796a64d9dd71b35aa48ac217249cec

Documents show how federal law enforcement was tracking extremists ahead of the Capitol riot. We obtained documents that show authorities particularly focused on the Proud Boys, even monitoring the hotel they were staying at.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/dhs-federal-protective-service-capitol-riot

FBI chief says Trump supporters committed ‘terrorism’ in Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill https://parstoday.com/en/news/world-i135968-fbi_chief_says_trump_supporters_committed_’terrorism’_in_jan._6_attack_on_capitol_hill

Corrupt Pentagon Trumpites withheld support for Capitol Police for 3 hours and 19 minutes https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/03/corrupt-pentagon-trumpites-withheld-support-for-capitol-police-for-3-hours-and-19-minutes/

The House has passed a police reform bill named after George Floyd that would ban chokeholds and eliminate qualified immunity for law enforcement.
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/03/973111306/house-approves-police-reform-bill-named-after-george-floyd

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Trump Served With Civil Rights Suit After Capitol Riot: Attorneys for Rep. Bennie Thompson and the NAACP have served the former president at his Mar-a-Lago club with a lawsuit filed in February.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-served-with-rep-bennie-thompsons-civil-rights-lawsuit-after-capitol-riot

# LGBTQ
Legislators Fail to Cite Examples to Justify Anti-Trans Laws. An Associated Press investigation found that many lawmakers seeking to ban trans girls from high school sports could not name one incident where inclusion had brought problems.
https://apnews.com/article/lawmakers-unable-to-cite-local-trans-girls-sports-914a982545e943ecc1e265e8c41042e7

# Media
# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Green tea supplements modulate facial development of children with Down syndrome, study finds https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210303095226.htm#:~:text=The%20researchers%20observed%20that%20the,positive%20effects%20at%20low%20doses.

# Other News
Americans are not safe in their homes. Not anymore, at least. “How ‘secure’ do our homes remain if police, armed with no warrant, can pound on doors at will and forcibly enter?” Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the lone dissenter in Kentucky v. King. This present menace comes from the government and its army of bureaucratized, corporatized, militarized mercenaries who are waging war on the last stronghold left to us as a free people: the sanctity of our homes.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56408.htm

# Security
Former Homeland Security agent arrested for taking bribes from organized crime After his release from prison, Cisneros was recently charged with conspiracy to commit bribery of a public official, bribery, and 26 counts of money laundering.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/03/04/former-homeland-security-agent-arrested-for-taking-bribes-from-organized-crime/

# Social
EUGENICS: Over 1,000 Female Prisoners in California Forcibly Sterilized Because “It’s Cheaper than Welfare”
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/eugenics-over-1000-female-prisoners-in-california-forcibly-sterilized-because-its-cheaper-than-welfare/

# Water
Mississippi’s water problems have reached a boiling point. Texas’
experience of last month’s deadly winter storm may have grabbed headlines, but its neighbors fared just as badly.
https://grist.org/justice/mississippi-winter-storm-water-covid/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-03-03

Voices, The Peoples News

March 3, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Bundy Rides Again
Biden blocks grazing permit for Arsonist Cult pardoned by Trump: Dwight and Steven Hammond’s conviction for torching federal lands sparked the takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge led by ranchers Ryan and Ammon Bundy https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/02/biden-blocks-grazing-permit-for-arsonist-cult-pardoned-by-trump/

# CoronaVirus
Texas and other states ease COVID-19 rules despite warnings.
https://apnews.com/article/texas-other-states-ease-covid-19-restrictions-af9fc214690270fe617864abc772ecce

Mississippi today will lift its mask requirement and its business capacity limits.
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972952844/texas-and-mississippi-to-lift-covid-19-mask-mandates-and-business-capacity-limit

Philadelphia health officials announced the city is easing restrictions https://6abc.com/philly-covid-restrictions-philadelphia-coronavirus-sports-covid19/10378264/

Chinese vaccines sweep much of the world, despite concerns.
https://apnews.com/article/china-vaccines-worldwide-0382aefa52c75b834fbaf6d869808f51

12 Residents Die After First COVID Vaccine in Wales Nursing and Dementia Care Centre https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/12-residents-die-after-first-covid-vaccine-in-wales-nursing-and-dementia-care-centre/

Texas Sends out National Guard to Inject Home-bound Seniors with Experimental COVID Vaccines. Some 40% of people in the state who are 65 and older have received one dose of the vaccine, Abbott said, but officials aim to get shots to at least 50% of them by the end of next week and vaccinations to all older people who want them by the end of March.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/02/25/texas-national-guard-coronavirus-vaccine/#:~:text=Some%201%2C100%20members%20of%20the,Gov.%20Greg%20Abbott%20said%20Thursday

Why Are AstraZeneca and Pfizer Immune From Liability for Vaccine Damage?
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-astrazeneca-results-vaccine-liability/astrazeneca-to-be-exempt-from-coronavirus-vaccine-liability-claims-in-most-countries-idUSKCN24V2EN

Michael Moore, Olbermann Call for Texas to Go Un-Vaccinated. The pair of liberal commentators took to Twitter to suggest Texans are undeserving of vaccines because of their Republican governor.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-calls-decision-by-gop-governors-to-reopen-texas-mississippi-neanderthal-thinking

# Economy / Trade
Senators refine Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief bill, pushing pet projects.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-congress/u-s-senators-refine-bidens-1-9-trillion-covid-19-bill-push-pet-projects-idUSKCN2AU2CJ

Biden, Senate Democrats agree to limit eligibility for $1,400 checks
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-democrats-agree-stricter-income-limits-1400-stimulus-checks-1573504

Biden and Senate Dems dial back eligibility for stimulus checks https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021/03/biden-and-senate-dems-dial-back-eligibility-for-stimulus-checks/

# Education / Schools
Idaho GOPer Complains Education Makes Life Easier for Moms. Rep. Charlie Shephard said he couldn’t possibly vote for any bill that “makes it easier or more convenient for mothers to come out of the home.” Rep.
Shepherd thinks this chance to help kids get ready for kindergarten would do damage to the family unit.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/idaho-rep-charlie-shepherd-complains-early-education-would-make-it-easier-for-moms-to-come-out-of-the-home

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Fractured: Distrustful of frackers, abandoned by regulators: Part 3 of 4-part series, “Fractured,” an investigation of fracking chemicals in the air, water, and people of western Pennsylvania.
https://www.ehn.org/fractured-fracking-regulation-neglect-2650594611.html

Biggest coal power plant in the West closed. What happens to the River water it used?
https://www.circleofblue.org/2021/world/the-biggest-coal-power-plant-in-the-american-west-closed-what-happens-with-the-colorado-river-water-it-used/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Biden May Approve Logging an Old-Growth Forest, Heightening Climate Risks. If approved, the Trump-era project would be a reversal of Biden’s stated commitment to preserve federal land and waters.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-may-approve-logging-an-old-growth-forest-heightening-climate-risks/

In the Atlantic Ocean, subtle shifts hints at dramatic dangers. A warming atmosphere is causing a branch of the ocean’s powerful Gulf Stream to weaken, some scientists fear.
https://theguardianexpress.blogspot.com/2021/03/in-atlantic-ocean-subtle-shifts-hint-at.html

Researchers at the University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Graduate School of Oceanography report that a whole ecosystem of microbes below the sea dines not on sunlight, but on chemicals produced by the natural irradiation of water molecules.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/bacteria-seafloor-radiation-feeding-024632/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global ‘Existential threat to our survival’: See the 19 Australian ecosystems already collapsing. major and iconic ecosystems are collapsing across the continent and into Antarctica. These systems sustain life, and evidence of their demise shows we’re exceeding planetary boundaries.
https://theconversation.com/existential-threat-to-our-survival-see-the-19-australian-ecosystems-already-collapsing-154077

Radar images capture new Antarctic mega-iceberg
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56241503

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Popeyes announces plans to remove artificial ingredients, antibiotics.
Popeyes® Strives for Industry-Leading Commitments to Real Ingredients, Use of Cage-Free Eggs, and also shares its commitment to remove Antibiotics Important to Human Medicine.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210302005395/en/4930415/%C2%A0Popeyes%C2%AE-Announces-New-Quality-Sustainability-Commitments

# Global Politics and other news
IAEA cuts deal with Iran while Israel refuses any nuclear oversight.
“Our nuclear program will continue to be under legitimate international supervision and on a peaceful path.” – Ali Rabiei https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/03/03/iaea-cuts-deal-with-iran-while-israel-refuses-any-nuclear-oversight/

# Gov / Political
Capitol Police Brace for QAnoners on ‘True Inauguration Day.’ After Trump failed to stop Joe Biden from becoming president in January, conspiracy theorists placed their hopes on March 4 instead.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/capitol-police-brace-for-qanoners-who-think-trumps-true-inauguration-day-is-march-4?source=cheats&via=rss

Live Pipe Bomb Discovered Outside Iowa Polling Center: Responders in bomb suits reportedly approached the device and yelled “Fire in the hole!” three times before a small explosion was heard.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2021/03/02/ankeny-police-fire-investigating-suspicious-device-lakeside-center-hawkeye-park/6886461002/

Despite vows of unity and boasts of resolve, Democrats are sniping with one another about policy while Republican lawmakers brawl over Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/541326-democrats-snipe-on-policy-gop-brawls-over-trump

House Democrats’ ambitious agenda set to run into Senate blockade.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/541320-house-democrats-ambitious-agenda-set-to-run-into-senate-blockade

New York lawmakers agree to strip the governor of pandemic-related emergency powers.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/541295-ny-lawmakers-agree-to-deal-to-strip-cuomo-of-pandemic-related-emergency

Arizona defends election integrity laws before U.S. Supreme Court https://www.thecentersquare.com/arizona/arizona-defends-election-integrity-laws-before-u-s-supreme-court/article_62b1b3b4-7b93-11eb-a299-17d7165c1ebd.html

House Is Poised to Pass a Major Voting Rights Bill and Create a Helluva Battle in the Senate. A key front in this political war: the filibuster.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/03/the-house-is-poised-to-pass-a-major-voting-rights-bill-and-create-a-helluva-battle-in-the-senate/

Trump Builds New Fundraising Death Star Aimed at GOP Foes. Sources say Trump plans to continue fundraising partnership with the Republican National Committee, but knows he will clash with other GOP leaders over candidates in the future.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-builds-new-fundraising-death-star-aimed-at-disloyal-republicans

Alarming revelations of threats to the Capitol and members of Congress prompted House Democratic leaders to wrap up their legislative work for the week on Wednesday night, underscoring the security concerns that remain nearly two months after the Jan. 6 insurrection.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/541520-alarming-threat-prompts-early-exit-underscoring-security-fears

# Law Enforcement
Capitol Police chief says threats to members of Congress have nearly doubled since last year https://thehill.com/homenews/house/541382-capitol-police-chief-says-threats-to-members-of-congress-have-nearly-doubled

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Wray clarified FBI has no evidence of antifa or left-wing, anti-fascist involvement in the siege https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/541190-wray-says-no-evidence-of-antifa-involvement-on-jan-6-attack

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wrote a fundraising email to supporters that federal marijuana legalization is a priority part of “Democrats’ agenda for change this year.”
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/chuck-schumer-says-federal-marijuana-legalization-is-a-priority-in-democrats-big-bold-agenda/

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced plans to survey 20,000 farmers about hemp acreage and production.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/usda-seeks-information-from-20000-hemp-farmers-on-production-practices/

# Medical / Health
Obamacare would get a big (and quiet) overhaul in the COVID-19 relief bill.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/obamacare-would-get-big-quiet-overhaul-covid-relief-bill-n1259343

# Science
Scientists create a sonic black hole in the lab, confirm Stephen Hawking’s theory: What is Stephen Hawking’s black hole theory? According to Hawking when a star dies, all of its mass collapses into a single point of infinite density (singularity) which leads to the formation of a black hole. A star contains information in itself, such as the speed at which it spins, its density and size.
https://swordstoday.ie/scientists-create-a-sonic-black-hole-in-the-lab-confirming-stephen-hawkings-theory/

# Security
Chinese Hackers Used Microsoft Email App to Breach Computers.
Researchers say the hackers have previously targeted American “infectious disease researchers” as well defense contractors and policy think tanks.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-chinese-hackers-are-exploiting-exchange-server-flaws-to-steal

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