April 2021 – MPEN

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-04-29

Voices, The Peoples News

April 29, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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“Our Constitution opens with the words, ‘We the People.’ It’s time we remembered that We the People are the government.”
– President Joe Biden in his joint address to Congress
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# Indigenous
Indigenous harvest rights still under attack in the upper Great Lakes https://www.ehn.org/indigenous-harvest-rights-2652632895.html

Unearthing the work of Indigenous master horticulturalists. These forest gardeners got sustainable returns for centuries. Dr. Chelsey Geralda Armstrong is now studying their work.
https://thetyee.ca/News/2021/04/28/Unearthing-Work-Indigenous-Master-Horticulturalists/

# CoronaVirus
De Blasio Says All NYC Restrictions Will Be Lifted on July 1. The mayor said the reopening is only being made possible by what he called the “extraordinary”
vaccine drive.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2021-04-29/de-blasio-says-new-york-city-will-fully-reopen-by-july-1

Congressman Exposes Billion Dollar Vaccine Company Ties to Facebook’s Fact Checker. “Who pays the paychecks of the factcheckers?” Massie wrote, “The vaccine fact checkers a @factcheckdotorg, who claim to be independent, are funded by an organization that holds over $1.8 billion of stock in a vaccine company, and is run by a former director of @CDCgov”
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/congressman-massie-facebook-fact-checkers/

Bizarre Phenomenon: Unvaccinated Getting Sick Being Around the COVID Vaxxed Numerous reports are coming in with an unmistakeable theme: unvaccinated people are contracting various ill effects, some quite serious, just by being around those who are https://thefreedomarticles.com/bizarre-phenomenon-unvaccinated-getting-sick-being-around-the-covid-vaxxed/

# Economy / Trade
President Biden’s proposed top income tax bracket of 39.6 percent would impact single filers with income above about $453,000 and married couples with income above roughly $509,000, a White House official said.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/550962-white-house-bidens-proposed-top-tax-bracket-would-start-at-509k-for-couples

# Employment / Labor
Inequality’s deadly toll: “We call them essential, but they’re considered expendable.” An anonymous public-health graduate student, whose mother works in a meat-packing plant where many have died of COVID-19, grapples with the impact of poverty in one of the world’s richest nations.
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-021-00943-x/index.html?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=241bf5e18c-briefing-dy-20210429&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-241bf5e18c-43812897

Biden’s Labor Secretary Says He Supports Classifying Gig Workers as Employees. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh’s stance could lead to significant changes in the way gig workers are treated.
https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-labor-secretary-says-he-supports-classifying-gig-workers-as-employees/

Workers face off against rendering company in rural North Carolina. In tiny Bertie County, Valley Proteins is one of the only employers.
Employees say the working conditions are terrible, and now they’re fighting back.
https://thecounter.org/workers-organize-union-rendering-company-valley-proteins-north-carolina/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals An updated analysis of February’s Texas power crisis by experts at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas shows that lost wind power generation was a small component of the huge losses in electric generation.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/28/texas-power-outage-wind/?mc_cid=f01e7bc700&mc_eid=6f15633605

# Environment / Climate / Interior
‘Revolving-Door Cronyism’: Groups Line Up Against Fossil Fuel Lawyer for Interior. One environmental advocate said that industry-friendly attorney Tommy Beaudreau “has failed to stand up to the fossil fuel industry when it mattered most, and he’ll likely fail again if confirmed to this critical position.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/29/revolving-door-cronyism-groups-line-against-fossil-fuel-lawyer-interior

Deadly air pollutant ‘disproportionately and systematically’ harms Black and Brown people https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/deadly-air-pollutant-disproportionately-systematically-230600251.html

Study links childhood air pollution exposure to poorer mental health.
Children and young people who grow up amid heavy traffic-related air pollution have higher rates of mental illness by the time they are 18 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/28/study-links-childhood-air-pollution-exposure-to-poorer-mental-health

Air pollution from fossil fuels caused 8.7 million premature deaths in 2018, study finds. Burning fossil fuels creates harmful air pollution that can worsen lung disease, heart disease, and other health conditions.
https://truthout.org/articles/fossil-fuel-pollution-caused-nearly-1-in-5-premature-deaths-in-2018-study-finds/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
‘Huge Victory’: Federal Appeals Court Orders EPA to Ban All Food Uses of Toxic Pesticide Chlorpyrifos https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/29/huge-victory-federal-appeals-court-orders-epa-ban-all-food-uses-toxic-pesticide

# Gov / Political
Watch live: President Biden delivers first address to joint session of Congress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-AqSYODI-Y

GOP politicians won’t delete tweets about debunked Kamala Harris story.
Despite the admission that the original story was false, Republican lawmakers, as well as the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, have largely kept up their tweets promoting the fake controversy.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-kamala-harris-new-york-post_n_60896dc8e4b0c15313eee3c5

Feds warn extremists may be emboldened to carry out additional attacks after Capitol insurrection https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/us-government-prepares-for-extremists/index.html

Feds Probing Possible ‘Energy Attack’ Near White House: The suspected Havana-like attack reportedly happened in November last year and it left one National Security Council official sick.
https://currently.att.yahoo.com/att/us-investigating-possible-mysterious-directed-090016650.html

Breaking: NY FBI Agents tied to Federal grand jury raid Rudy Giuliani
https://www.businessinsider.com/grand-jury-has-been-impaneled-the-federal-investigation-into-giuliani-2021-4

They Went to D.C. on Jan. 6. Now They’re Running for Office. A slew of participants in the rally that preceded the riot at the Capitol—and some who appear to have gone further than that—are now campaigning for votes.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/they-went-to-dc-on-jan-6-now-theyre-running-for-office

Biden’s Big Populist Pitch Is Sunny, and Dangerous as Hell. His calm demeanor is masking some truly radical, audacious plans.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/bidens-big-populist-pitch-at-the-joint-session-of-congress-is-sunnyand-dangerous-as-hell

Here’s What the Feds’ Rudy Raid Does, and Does Not, Mean. We know that we’re nearing the end of this investigation. We don’t know if Giuliani will be charged with a crime.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/heres-what-the-feds-rudy-raid-does-and-does-not-mean

Prosecutors are now calling the plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor an act of domestic terrorism. Five of the men originally indicted are now being accused of domestic terrorism by federal prosecutors, signaling a potential shift in how the Justice Department is handling one of its highest-profile cases involving anti-government activities.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/michigan-kidnapping-plot-domestic-terrorism

Texas AG to Biden: Follow the law on immigration: Texas is seeing a crime surge as a result of the Biden administration’s open border policies, state Attorney General Ken Paxton said at a news conference in Mission. Paxton was accompanied by state police officers, border patrol agents and several sheriffs to raise awareness about the surge.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/texas-ag-to-biden-follow-the-law-on-immigration/article_f674671e-a856-11eb-9bc6-8b2a1b9431eb.html

# Law Enforcement
The Collin County medical examiner has ruled Marvin Scott III’s death a homicide, more than a month after he died in custody at the Collin County Jail. At a Wednesday press conference, Scott’s family called for arrests after watching footage of Scott’s last moments
https://www.newsweek.com/marvin-scott-death-ruled-homicide-family-call-arrests-1587369

Seven Jail Workers Put on Leave After Death of Black Man Held Over Marijuana
https://www.newsweek.com/seven-jail-workers-leave-death-black-man-held-marijuana-1576449

Three More Cops Suspended Over Violent Arrest of 73-Year-Old. Video footage of the arrest of the woman with dementi , that showed three officers laughing about it. has sparked nationwide outrage.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2220479585388/three-more-colorado-cops-suspended-over-violent-arrest-of-73-year-old-with-dementia

VT Frame by Frame Analysis of the Murder of Mario Gonzales by Alameda Police https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/28/blockbuster-vt-frame-by-frame-analysis-of-the-murder-of-mario-gonzales-by-alameda-police/

Anti-War Group Releases Activist Guide to End Militarized Policing in
US: “We must end state violence and knee-jerk militarism, wherever it occurs. Ending the 1033 program is a small but necessary step toward that.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/29/anti-war-group-releases-activist-guide-end-militarized-policing-us

Sheriff Identifies Deputies Who Opened Fire on Andrew Brown. Four sheriff’s deputies have been cleared for duty since they never fired their weapons during the deadly encounter on April 21.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pasquotank-sheriff-identifies-deputies-who-opened-fire-on-andrew-brown-jr

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
The men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery in February 2020 are now facing federal hate crime charges. It comes more than a year after the 25-year-old Black man was followed by the three white men and fatally shot while he was jogging in Brunswick, Georgia.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/ahmaud-arbery-hate-crime-charges

Biden State Dept. Nominee Demanded Prosecution of Bush and Cheney for War Crimes. Sarah Margon pushed for investigations into Bush officials for ‘crimes against humanity’
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-state-dept-nominee-demanded-prosecution-of-bush-and-cheney-for-war-crimes/

Commission Finds Anti-Black Police Violence Constitutes Crimes Against Humanity. Twelve experts found that both U.S. law and police practices do not comply with international law.
https://truthout.org/articles/commission-finds-anti-black-police-violence-constitutes-crimes-against-humanity/

# LGBTQ
Texas May Take Transgender Kids From Parents Who Medically Assist Them https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Texas-lawmakers-push-to-take-transgender-children-16136369.php

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Texas’ medical cannabis program could expand under bill preliminarily OK’d by House. The program would be expanded for a number of conditions including chronic pain and PTSD — as well as allow for more potent levels of THC.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/28/texas-medical-marijuana-cannabis/?mc_cid=f01e7bc700&mc_eid=6f15633605

“The penalties have caused far more harm than smoking marijuana ever could.”
Heather Fazio, director of Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy. The House is slated to consider a measure that would lessen the penalty for possession of 1 ounce or less of cannabis.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/28/texas-medical-marijuana-cannabis/

# Medical / Health
CT Senate Passes Bill to Remove Religious Exemptions for Child Vaccinations. The Connecticut Senate has passed a bill that would remove the religious exemption for childhood vaccinations. The Senate vote was 22-14.
https://apnews.com/article/health-education-bills-religion-effb3142e275f9f7616b99d7babcceab

Sanders Vows to Fight for Medicare Expansion Left Out of Biden’s American Families Plan https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/29/sanders-vows-fight-medicare-expansion-left-out-bidens-american-families-plan

# Military / DOD
(Must read) The Nasty Secrets behind Pentagon Treason and America’s Rogue Nuclear Threat. The current political climate in the US is extremely dangerous. The Supreme Court, stacked with extremists, is openly tossing the constitution aside as recently cited by Justice Sotomayor.
https://journal-neo.org/2021/04/27/the-nasty-secrets-behind-pentagon-treason-and-america-s-rogue-nuclear-threat/

The U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan has officially begun in line with President Biden’s order for all U.S. troops to be out by Sept.
11, the White House confirmed Thursday.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/550972-troops-begin-leaving-afghanistan

West Africa is the Latest Testing Ground for US Military Artificial Intelligence. In its preparation for great power competition, the US military is modernizing its artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques and testing them in West Africa.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/west-africa-latest-testing-ground-us-military-artificial-intelligence/276900/

# Space
Space weaponization “cannot be walked back.” “It’s time for arms control planning to address the issues raised by this drift toward militarization of space.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/04/29/space-weaponization-cannot-be-walked-back/

# Water
California officials shed light on Nestlé taking millions of gallons of public water “These are people who just want to make money, but they’ve already dried up the upper Strawberry Creek and they’ve done a lot of damage.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/04/29/california-officials-shed-light-on-nestle-taking-millions-of-gallons-of-public-water/

California Officials Move to Stop Nestlé From Taking Millions of Gallons of Water From Public Streams https://www.ecowatch.com/california-nestle-water-public-lands-2652807771.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-04-28

Voices, The Peoples News

April 28, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Archaeology
# Border / Immigration
Sheriff Who Blasted Trump Policies Tapped as ICE Director. Ed Gonzalez has served as Harris County sheriff since 2016.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/27/ed-gonzalez-ice-harris-county/

ICE Will Not Be Allowed to Make Courthouse Arrests; Mayorkas Launches Probe into Extremism at DHS https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/28/headlines/ice_will_not_be_allowed_to_make_courthouse_arrests_mayorkas_launches_probe_into_extremism_at_dhs

ICE Flight Transfers 64 Asylum Seekers from U.S.-Mexico Border to Northwest Detention Center https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/28/headlines/ice_flight_transfers_64_asylum_seekers_from_us_mexico_border_to_northwest_detention_center

The Biden administration will limit ICE arrests at courthouses in hopes of easing fears of immigrants called to testify, unless there’s a public safety threat https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/ice-arrests-courthouses-immigrants?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BFNews%20Incoming%20April%2028%202021&utm_term=News%20confirmed%20list

The original sin of America’s broken immigration courts. A new book reveals how this troubled system began with FDR and wartime paranoia.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/the-original-sin-of-americas-broken-immigration-courts/

Border crisis causing some New Mexico ranchers to live in fear. Ranchers along the border are reporting groups of up to 20 illegal immigrants crossing over onto their lands, armed with automatic weapons and drugs, according to New Mexico Cattle Growers’ Association President Randell Major. Border rancher Russel Johnson said these aren’t just the families and children shown by national media outlets.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_mexico/border-crisis-causing-some-new-mexico-ranchers-to-live-in-fear/article_a5ab95d8-a823-11eb-9223-83505ef0cf00.html

# CoronaVirus
Interview: VT Bureau Chief for Caucuses, Jeffrey Silverman, on Secret US Bioweapons Labs, Regional Policy
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/27/interview-vt-bureau-chief-for-caucuses-jeffrey-silverman-on-secret-us-bioweapons-labs-regional-policy/?mc_cid=96b9d3734a&mc_eid=3f7488d454

59-Year-Old Israeli Fashion Icon Alber Elbaz DEAD After Being “Fully Vaccinated” for COVID-19 https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/59-year-old-israeli-fashion-icon-alber-elbaz-dead-after-being-fully-vaccinated-for-covid-19/

Likely Death Blow To Masks (And Distancing) & Numerical Proof COVID Pandemic Did Not Exist (UK)
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/04/likely-death-blow-to-masks-and-distancing-numerical-proof-covid-pandemic-did-not-exist-uk.html?utm_source=Natural+Blaze+Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1a908c2ab5-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b73c66b129-1a908c2ab5-387898373

Seeing Through the COVID Spin. COVID-19 vaccines were not designed and have not yet been proven to prevent infection and transmission of the new coronavirus in the majority of recipients. Apparently, that is why public health officials are telling vaccinated people they have to continue wearing masks and social distancing just like unvaccinated people https://www.nvic.org/NVIC-Vaccine-News/April-2021/covid-spin.aspx

# Economy / Trade
The IRS Used to Be a Guard Dog. Republicans Neutered It. That’s why Biden is seeking $80 billion to audit America’s top earners.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/irs-guard-dog-republicans-neutered-it-wealth-tax-enforcement-audits/

# Education / Schools
Biden Sets Out Plan for Free Preschool and Community College. The White House said the plans will be funded by a tax overhaul for the rich that is projected to raise $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/27/biden-reportedly-set-to-propose-200b-for-free-preschool/

School Software Blocks LGBTQ Sites, but Not the KKK: One software used by schools did not filter the names of white supremacist groups. A Motherboard investigation found the algorithmic surveillance tools allow racist groups like the KKK while flagging LGBTQ health sites as ‘porn’
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7em39/schools-use-software-that-blocks-lgbtq-content-but-not-white-supremacists

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
The Black Farmer Movement Battling History to Return to the Land.
Millions of acres of Black-owned land were taken in the past century.
“The trauma of it gets passed down.”
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/04/podcast-black-farmers-movement-history-legacy-feature/

Climate-friendly farming strategies can improve the land and generate income for farmers. With concerted efforts and investments, they could be expanded to achieve a pace and scale that will help address climate change.
https://theconversation.com/climate-friendly-farming-strategies-can-improve-the-land-and-generate-income-for-farmers-157220

# Gov / Political
Lawmakers across a number of states are bracing for the possibility of running against colleagues in 2022 as part of the decennial redrawing of district lines.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/550568-lawmakers-brace-for-battles-with-colleagues-as-redistricting-kicks-off

How Low Will GOP Go to Keep These Black Women Off the Bench? We’re about to find out—and judging from how Republicans have treated previous Biden nominees, this could get ugly, fast, for two impeccably qualified nominees.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-low-will-the-gop-go-to-keep-these-black-women-off-the-bench

“Empire Politician”: Joe Biden’s Half-Century Record on Foreign Policy, War, Militarism & the CIA https://theintercept.com/2021/04/28/empire-politician-a-half-century-of-joe-bidens-stances-on-war-militarism-and-the-cia/

# Law Enforcement
DC Cop Attacked by Mob Blasts ‘Whitewashing’ of Jan. 6 Riots. “It’s been very difficult seeing elected officials and other individuals kind of whitewash the events of that day or downplay what happened,” Michael Fanone said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/dc-cop-michael-fanone-who-was-assaulted-by-maga-mob-blasts-whitewashing-of-capitol-riots

Sheriff Forced Inmates in Restraint Chairs for Hours: Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill has faced charges twice before, including for accidentally shooting a friend while practicing police tactics.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/clayton-county-sheriff-victor-hill-indicted-for-strapping-inmates-in-restraint-chair-as-punishment

“You’re Gonna Kill Me”: Bodycam Video Shows Dallas Officers Mocking Man as He Died Pinned to Ground. Mario Gonzalez’s brother has accused Alameda County police of killing his brother in the same way that George Floyd was murdered.
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/8/2/tony_timpa_family_lawsuit_bodycam_footage

FBI Begins Probe into Police Execution in North Carolina, and the Coverup. The FBI launched a civil rights probe Tuesday into the death of Andrew Brown Jr., a Black man killed by deputies in North Carolina, as his family released an independent autopsy showing he was shot five times, including in the back of the head.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-04-27/lawyers-pathologist-says-black-man-shot-5-times-by-deputies

Young Trumpsters: Indiana ‘Punks’ murdered Asian man, then used his stolen cash to buy tools to cut him up ‘Saudi Style’
https://www.wane.com/news/crime/court-doc-man-killed-55-year-old-then-dismembered-him-in-fort-wayne-storage-unit/

Commission Finds Anti-Black Police Violence Constitutes Crimes Against Humanity Twelve experts found that both U.S. law and police practices do not comply with international law.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/26/us-police-killings-black-americans-crimes-against-humanity

Body-Cam Shows Fatal Chicago Cop Shooting of Anthony Alvarez. The incident took place less than 48 hours after the fatal shooting of Adam Toledo, a teenager who put his hands up.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/anthony-alvarez-video-footage-released-of-chicago-police-fatally-shooting-man-in-portage-park/2497058/

Hackers publish extensive dossiers on D.C. police officers in extortion attempt The information includes an array of personal information, polygraph results and work background, including arrest histories and addresses.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/hackers-publish-extensive-dossiers-dc-police-officers-extortion-attemp-rcna788

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Trump Dragged Closer to Testifying in Protester Assault Case. Trump had tried to quash a subpoena that would force him to testify—but a N.Y.
court just dismissed his appeal as moot since he’s no longer a sitting president.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-dragged-closer-to-testifying-in-protesters-suit-accusing-his-guards-of-assault

Cops may get 30 Years: Feds charge 2 Corrupt NJ Cops with beating Yemeni teen, Falsifying arrest report https://nypost.com/2021/04/27/nj-cops-charged-with-beating-teen-after-being-caught-on-camera/

FBI Opens Probe into Police Killing of Andrew Brown as Autopsy Confirms He Was Shot in Back of Head https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/28/headlines/fbi_opens_probe_into_police_killing_of_andrew_brown_as_autopsy_confirms_he_was_shot_in_back_of_head

Federal investigators search Giuliani apartment: Investigators seized Giuliani’s electronic devices, a significant development into the long-running investigation into whether the former New York mayor illegally lobbied the Trump administration on behalf of Ukrainian oligarchs.
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/28/882060850/federal-investigators-search-rudy-giulianis-apartment

Biden Needs to Fire the FBI Director. Trump-appointed FBI director Chris Wray cannot be trusted to handle the continued surge in white supremacist violence and terror https://prospect.org/justice/biden-needs-to-fire-the-fbi-director/

Whitmer Plotters Hit With Weapons of Mass Destruction Charge. Feds allege that three members of the Wolverine Watchmen militia built and tested explosives to use on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s security detail.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/04/28/feds-file-weapons-mass-destruction-charges-whitmer-kidnap-case/4873473001/

Lawyer to Conduct Own Probe Into Ma’Khia Bryant’s Death https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2021/04/28/attorney-makhia-bryant-announce-own-investigation-into-death/4870545001/

# Media
U.S. Postal Service planning to consolidate 18 postal facilities to start https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/04/usps-begins-new-round-facility-closures-while-also-procuring-dozens-more/173640/

Postal Workers Union Slams DeJoy Plan to Close Mail Processing Facilities. The postal workers union called DeJoy’s plan a “slap in the face of postal workers” that “will further delay mail.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/28/slap-face-postal-union-slams-dejoy-plan-close-mail-processing-facilities

# Other News
Trumpists’ New Capitol Riot Defense: Blame Maxine Waters. Donald Trump and his allies have settled on a new strategy to defend Trump’s actions in instigating a riot.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-minions-defend-trump-by-attacking-rep-maxine-waters

# Space
The Russia/China space weaponization treaty. “Let’s be clear: Deploying weapons in space crosses a threshold that cannot be walked back,” stated retired U.S. Army Colonel John Fairlamb.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/04/28/the-russia-china-space-weaponization-treaty/

# Veterans / VA
Lawmakers relaunch landmark bill to create path to VA care for veterans ill from toxic exposure https://www.audacy.com/connectingvets/news/inside-veterans-affairs/veterans-ill-from-toxic-exposure-get-care-under-new-bill

# Water
Drought-hit California orders Nestlé to stop pumping millions of gallons of water https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/27/california-nestle-water-san-bernardino-forest-drought

Too much lead in water at some North Carolina child care centers. The testing has found 8.5 percent of centers had at least one tap that exceeded the state’s lead hazard threshold of 15 parts per billion.
https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2021/04/26/tap-water-tests-find-nearly-1-in-10-licensed-child-care-centers-in-north-carolina-have-unsafe-lead-levels/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-04-26

Voices, The Peoples News

April 26, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Former Bay Mills Indian Community Leader Bryan Newland Nominated by Biden to Lead Interior Dept.
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/former-bay-mills-indian-community-leader-nominated-by-biden-to-lead-interior-dept-indian-affairs

# Indigenous / Global
‘Forest gardens’ show how Native land stewardship can outdo nature.
Patches of forest cleared and tended by Indigenous communities but lost to time still show more food bounty for humans and animals than surrounding forests.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/forest-gardens-show-how-native-land-stewardship-can-outdo-nature

# Border / Immigration
Abuse and Lack of Transparency Fuel Vaccine Mistrust in ICE Jails. The vaccine rollout is being derailed by the fact that the people have no trust in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jailers giving the shots.
https://truthout.org/articles/abuse-and-lack-of-transparency-fuel-vaccine-mistrust-in-ice-jails/

# Children / Youth
Child Protective Services Investigates Half of all Black Children in California. A new study finds pervasive racial bias in the child welfare system.
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2021/04/child-protective-services-investigates-half-of-all-black-children-in-california/

# CoronaVirus
“SARS-Cov-2 Laboratory Accident?”. Us Intelligence and MIT’s Review validated Manmade Virus’ Theory https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/24/sars-cov-2-laboratory-accident-us-intelligence-and-mits-review-validated-manmade-virus-theory/

The Biden administration sees local doctors as key to the next phase of vaccine distribution, after many family physicians complained they’ve been left out despite being one of the most trusted voices for vaccine-hesitant people.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/550038-local-doctors-push-for-bigger-role-as-vaccinations-enter-new-phase

NEO: Is the US Preparing to Start a Biological War? Washington is expanding its network of military biolaboratories around the world and their covert activities. Ukraine and the United States (as, incidentally, many other countries, where today the US secret biolaboratories are located) signed an agreement, between the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the US Department of Defense “On Prevention of Spread of Technology, Pathogens and Knowledge that Can Be Used in the Development of Biological Weapons.”
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/25/neo-is-the-us-preparing-to-start-a-biological-war/

CEO Sold Stock Millions Before Company Ruined Vaxxes: Emergent BioSolutions’ stock price has hit the floor after it admitted that ruining some 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-kramer-emergent-ceo-sold-millions-in-stock-before-his-company-ruined-jandj-shots-says-report

Houston Methodist employees will be suspended or fired if they refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The hospital does not know yet how many employees potentially will be suspended or terminated because of the mandatory vaccination policy.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/Houston-Methodist-COVID-vaccine-refusal-fire-16121140.php

44-Year-Old Pastor DEAD after Moderna COVID Shot – Wanted Other Pastors and African Americans to Follow her Example and Take the Shot https://news.yahoo.com/virginia-woman-dies-shortly-receiving-180443242.html

Nursing Mothers Experiencing Their Milk Supply Stop After Receiving a COVID Injection https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/nursing-mothers-experiencing-their-milk-supply-stop-after-receiving-a-covid-injection/

5 Doctors Agree that COVID-19 Injections are Bioweapons and Discuss What to do About It https://www.bitchute.com/video/i2fMnrMH3Zm3/

Journal of Clinical Studies & Medical Case Reports: Coronavirus is a Biological Warfare Weapon. It’s highly probable that the 2019-nCoV organism is a weaponized version of the NCoV discovered by Saudi doctors in 2012.
https://www.heraldopenaccess.us/openaccess/coronavirus-is-a-biological-warfare-weapon

It’s highly probable that the 2019-nCoV organism is a weaponized version of the NCoV discovered by Saudi doctors in 2012. Although this article does not aim at providing an exhaustive presentation on biological weapons, we will try to refresh our memory by presenting some key elements and information about biological weapons.
https://nct-magazine.com/nct-magazine-may-2020/covid-19-a-biological-weapon-a-guide-to-biological-weapons-to-answer-that-question/

Bloomberg Blasted for Using Billions to Block Vaccines for Tobacco Company Workers https://insidesources.com/bloomberg-blasted-for-using-billions-to-block-vaccines-for-tobacco-company-workers/

Time to Say Goodbye to Some Insurers’ Waivers for Covid Treatment Fees https://khn.org/news/article/time-to-say-goodbye-to-some-insurers-waivers-for-covid-treatment-fees/

“Breakthrough Cases” of COVID-19 Emerging Among Fully Vaccinated Americans https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/04/breakthrough-cases-of-covid-19-emerging-among-fully-vaccinated-americans/

A 68-year-old woman died suddenly on Mar. 24, 2021 the day after getting the first dose of an experimental COVID-19 biologic in Kansas.
https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/04/14/family-effingham-kansas-woman-jeanie-marie-myer-evans-died-after-covid-vaccination-hires-attorney/7218240002/

Dozens in Central Florida Contract COVID-19 After Being Fully Vaccinated https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/03/29/dozens-in-central-florida-contract-covid-19-after-being-fully-vaccinated/

Billionaire Bill Gates Says “No” to Sharing Vaccine Recipes With Poor Countries. Earlier this month 66 organizations called on the U.S. to initiate a global vaccine manufacturing program.
https://truthout.org/articles/billionaire-bill-gates-says-no-to-sharing-vaccine-recipes-with-poor-countries/

# Economy / Trade
Biden tries to flip the script on taxes. President Biden’s plan to increase taxes on wealthy Americans is reigniting one of the fiercest divides in politics — how much should the government do, and who should foot the bill?
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/550076-the-memo-biden-tries-to-flip-the-script-on-taxes

How One Biden Tax Proposal Will Hit the Middle Class Hard. Being allowed to keep your or your family’s own money is now a “tax loophole.” And five Democratic senators are poised to lead the fight to end it.
https://www.pottsmerc.com/opinion/guest-column-how-one-biden-tax-proposal-will-hit-the-middle-class-hard/article_22ef74e0-a5fb-11eb-91c1-5782ee13f7a6.html

Truth in Accounting: U.S. national debt closer to $123 trillion, nearly
$796,000 per household. The U.S. national debt is closer to $123 trillion, more than four times what the Treasury Department is reporting, Chicago-based Truth in Accounting calculates in its new annual analysis of the nation’s finances.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/truth-in-accounting-u-s-national-debt-closer-to-123-trillion-nearly-796-000-per/article_60e10fcc-a1f8-11eb-8dc7-ff790d87d9ee.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Standing Rock disputes new figures by Dakota Access owners. Attorneys for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the Dakotas say the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unlawfully authorized the Dakota Access pipeline without fully assessing the risks and are asking a judge to shut down the flow of oil while the Corps conducts a second environmental review.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-dakota/articles/2021-04-25/standing-rock-disputes-new-figures-by-dakota-access-owners

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Women of Bears Ears are asking you to help save it. Will sacred lands protected by President Obama be protected once again?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/opinion/bears-ears-Native-American-women.html

People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210419182105.htm

Bumblebees are dying after exposure to the weed killer Roundup
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.13867

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
10 ways new FDA head should protect people from toxic chemicals in food https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/04/10-ways-new-fda-head-should-protect-people-from-toxic-chemicals-in-food/

Paraquat weed killer linked to Parkinson’s disease: Agricultural workers who were exposed to the herbicide paraquat and have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease https://www.natlawreview.com/article/paraquat-exposure-alert-paraquat-linked-to-parkinson-s-disease-agricultural-workers

Oregon Bill to BAN Livestock — Stunning War on Farming/Ranching https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2021/04/23/oregon-bill-to-ban-livestock-stunning-war-on-farming-ranching/

Experts Face Off on Plant-Based Versus Meat-Based Diets. Dr. Paul Saladino, a proponent of animal-based diets, debates Dr. Joel Fuhrman, who advocates for a primarily plant-based diet https://publicnews.in/health/experts-face-off-plant-based-vs-meat-based-diets/

Ag Giant Resisted Efforts to Change Toxic Weed Killer Formula to Protect Profits https://truthout.org/articles/ag-giant-resisted-efforts-to-change-toxic-weed-killer-formula-to-protect-profits/

Radioactive Residue From Bomb Tests Decades Ago Are Found In Honey. The United States conducted many nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s.
Recently, it was discovered that the legacy of these tests can remain for decades in American honey https://www.theepochtimes.com/radioactive-residue-from-bomb-tests-decades-ago-are-found-in-honey_3789883.html

# Food Recalls / Alerts
More Than Gourmet, Inc. Recalls Beef And Veal Broth And Stock Products https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/more-gourmet-inc.-recalls-beef-and-veal-broth-and-stock-products-due-possible

# Gov / Political
Lawmakers and advocates say that while the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was a historic milestone, it should not lead to complacency in the fight for racial justice.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/550077-advocates-warn-against-complacency-after-chauvin-verdict

Democratic states are moving to expand the voting rights of felons as the GOP seeks to tighten voting rules following a spate of losses in the
2020 election.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/550010-democrats-move-to-expand-voting-rights-for-felons

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Sunday that President Biden’s first 100 days in office amounted to a “bait and switch,” and accused the president of pushing policies that were to the left of those he promised during the campaign.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/550155-gop-house-leader-says-bidens-first-100-days-were-bait-and-switch

Democratic State Legislatures Seek to Expand Voting in the South. Some of the pro-democracy proposals are coming out of states with a long history of voter suppression.
https://truthout.org/articles/democratic-state-legislatures-seek-to-expand-voting-in-the-south/

Where Biden stands on some of his key promises for domestic and foreign policy.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-climate-iran-nuclear-immigration-de7b288aa2b4315b5b7fe38559a6e666

Another Air Force Academy Scandal: Trumpster General bucks DOD program on Extremism, Openly supports Insurrection. Clarke is the man who planned the fake bin Laden raid and the “cleanup” afterward. Clarke, according to sources, was an insurrection “insider” among Pentagon brass during the January 6 insurrection and military coup attempt https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/25/another-air-force-academy-scandal-trumpster-general-bucks-dod-program-on-extremism-openly-supports-insurrection/

Trump Plots to Ruin GOP Guv Over Election Vendetta. Donald Trump has told associates he’s so angry about Doug Ducey not overturning the Arizona election results that he’d campaign for the Democrat if Ducey ran for Senate https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-vendetta-against-arizona-gov-doug-ducey

GOP Criminalizes Dissent with Anti-Riot Laws Targeting Black Lives Matter & Anti-Pipeline Protests https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/26/anti_protest_bills

Republicans can’t figure out how to turn their usual racist, sexist attacks against Biden https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/republicans-joe-biden-popularity-poll/

# Law Enforcement
The Defund the Police Movement takes Aim at Fusion Centers and Mass Surveillance. Legislators in Maine are debating pulling funding for the state’s fusion center, the first such bill in the country.
https://theintercept.com/2021/04/21/maine-defund-police-fusion-centers-mass-surveillance/

Klobuchar: Chokeholds cannot be ‘considered legitimate’ tools by police:
“To me, you cannot have true justice when chokeholds and knees on the neck are still being considered legitimate in some places,” Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) said.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/550162-klobuchar-chokeholds-cannot-be-considered-legitimate-tools-by

Bass: Qualified immunity must stop shielding bad cops: Rep. Karen Bass
(D-Calif.) said Sunday that she disagreed with a call from Republicans to preserve qualified immunity for individual police officers, which she said was shielding bad actors like Derek Chauvin from legal action.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/550151-bass-qualified-immunity-must-stop-shielding-bad-cops

Worst Yet!! Unarmed Black Man Shot 10 Times by Officer He Knew While Talking to 911. State police have confirmed the victim was unarmed.
https://www.ajc.com/news/unarmed-black-man-shot-10-times-after-virginia-sheriffs-deputy-opens-fire/L222ZMTDDVFEBDYMBUDJNB7SVA/

“Our Demand Is for Him to Be Fired”: Outrage in Kenosha as Cop Who Shot Jacob Blake Returns to Work https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/26/jacob_blake_rusten_sheskey_kenosha

Family of Andrew Brown Expected to See Bodycam Video of His Killing by North Carolina Police. Authorities redacted video of Andrew Brown shooting before showing it to his family https://abc11.com/live-family-reacts-after-viewing-footage-of-bodycam-from-shooting/10547549/

What the Hell Is Going on at the Columbus Police Department?
Sixteen-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant’s death comes after a string of killings by officers.
https://www.motherjones.com/anti-racism-police-protest/2021/04/what-the-hell-is-going-on-at-the-columbus-police-department/

Video: California police officer punches autistic teen in face. “The officer at that time had the opportunity to deescalate the situation, and he chose to escalate the situation in a manner that resulted in Preston, in my opinion, being assaulted.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/preston-adam-wolf-autism-california-police-punch/

Justice Department Investigations Don’t Actually Challenge Police Violence. The proceduralism of the DOJ won’t stop police killings, just as years of “police reform” didn’t save George Floyd.
https://truthout.org/articles/justice-department-investigations-dont-actually-challenge-police-violence/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Capitol riot probes home in on Oath Keepers. Federal prosecutors appear to be zeroing in on the Oath Keepers in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, making the paramilitary group a priority among the more than 400 people facing criminal charges over the rampage.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/550067-capitol-riot-probes-home-in-on-oath-keepers

Juvenile Life Without Parole: This is America. The Supreme Court voted
6-3 to allow juveniles to be sentenced to life without parole. April 22, 2021, is a day that will live on in infamy, as the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 (Justice Kavanaugh writing for the Court) to allow juveniles to be sentenced to life without parole.
https://insidesources.com/juvenile-life-without-parole-this-is-america/

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Monday that the Department of Justice would launch an investigation into the Louisville Police Department, the second such probe announced in the last week.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/550302-doj-launches-probe-of-louisville-police-department

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to restrictions on the carrying of firearms outside the home. The decision tees up a potentially landmark dispute over the scope of the Second Amendment.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/550247-supreme-court-takes-up-major-second-amendment-case

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) called New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) for advice on how to get marijuana legalization through the legislature, as she just did https://www.marijuanamoment.net/connecticut-governor-asks-for-marijuana-legalization-advice-from-new-mexico-counterpart/

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture tweeted about studies focusing on hemp as a possible feed alternative for cattle.
https://twitter.com/USDA_NIFA/status/1385668883692937216

A Congressional Research Service report on Washington, D.C.’s budget provides an overview of the history of Congress interfering with the city’s marijuana laws
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46763

Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) tweeted, “Over 90% of Americans support legalizing marijuana in some fashion. Let’s legalize it, expunge records, and invest in the communities hit hardest by the racist War on Drugs.”
https://twitter.com/PramilaJayapal/status/1384711488678494216

Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) will participate in a virtual marijuana convention alongside Willie Nelson this week.
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/willie-nelson-virtual-marijuana-luck-summit-1234956474/

# Medical / Health
Sanders and Warren Urge Biden to Expand Medicare in the American Families Plan Lawmakers argue that lowering the Medicare eligibility age would enact a broadly popular reform to the program.
https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-and-warren-urge-biden-to-expand-medicare-in-the-american-families-plan/

‘We’re Coming for You’: For Public Health Officials, a Year of Threats and Menace https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-04-26/for-public-health-officials-a-year-of-threats-and-menace

Biden Signs Legislation Lowering Drug Costs; Texas Bills Seek To Restrict Copay Accumulators https://khn.org/morning-breakout/viewpoints-biden-signs-legislation-lowering-drug-costs-texas-bills-seek-to-restrict-copay-accumulators/

# Military / DOD
Vital: The Air Force Academy and Nuclear Treason, America’s Nuclear Command Meltdown https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/25/vital-the-air-force-academy-and-nuclear-treason-americas-nuclear-command-meltdown/

U.S. Starts Final Military Withdrawal From Afghanistan. Weeks after President Biden said U.S. troops will be gone by Sept. 11, officials are beginning the process, which will leave Afghan forces to deal with the Taliban.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/biden-ready-announce-us-withdrawal-even-peace-eludes-afghanistan-2021-04-14/

# Other News
Speaking to the UN Security Council, Lawrence Wilkerson, the former chief of staff to Colin Powell, calls out the OPCW’s Syria cover-up scandal. “This OPCW business really needs to get settled,” Wilkerson says.
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/04/20/at-un-ex-colin-powell-aide-calls-out-egregious-opcw-syria-cover-up/

Speaking to the UN Security Council, veteran diplomat Hans von Sponeck calls out the OPCW’s “stonewalling and unacceptable smear tactics” amid growing outcry over the Syria cover-up scandal.
https://www.thetotalreport.com/world-news/in-moving-un-speech-veteran-diplomat-confronts-opcw-stonewalling-and-smear-tactics-on-syria/

Challenged on Syria cover-up, OPCW chief lies and US-UK-France evade.
Facing new outcry over the Syria cover-up scandal, OPCW chief Fernando Arias has been caught lying, while the US-UK-France are desperately trying to change the subject.
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/04/24/challenged-on-syria-cover-up-opcw-chief-lies-and-us-uk-france-evade/

A brief history of how it took almost 300 years to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act. The history of the Americans with Disabilities Act reveals long-held biases against millions.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90626408/a-brief-history-of-how-it-took-300-years-to-pass-the-americans-with-disabilities-act

# Social
Violent anti-Asian fury as American as apple pie. Had Trump not denigrated an innocent Chinese population, there’d be no scourge of violence today against American citizens https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/04/26/violent-anti-asian-fury-as-american-as-apple-pie/

# Water
Too much lead in water at some North Carolina child care centers. The testing has found 8.5 percent of centers had at least one tap that exceeded the state’s lead hazard threshold of 15 parts per billion.
https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2021/04/26/tap-water-tests-find-nearly-1-in-10-licensed-child-care-centers-in-north-carolina-have-unsafe-lead-levels/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-04-24

Voices, The Peoples News

April 24, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
No border for Indigenous nations straddling US, Canada. The American Indian community that is upending our understanding of borders—and what makes a country in the first place.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/07/01/akwesasne-american-indian-community-218936

# Indigenous / Global
Andean glaciers are melting, reshaping centuries-old Indigenous rituals.
The Snow Star Festival, an annual religious celebration, has been an integral part of Andean tradition and beliefs.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/andean-glaciers-melting-reshaping-centuries-old-indigenous-rituals

# CoronaVirus
Ron Johnson questions ‘big push’ to vaccinate ‘everybody.’ Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) in a podcast interview, cast doubt on the importance of vaccinating the nation for COVID-19, saying he’s getting “highly suspicious” of the “big push to make sure everybody gets the vaccine.”
https://www.axios.com/ron-johnson-vaccines-a6507211-34bd-4d39-ac57-86ae7a659917.html

On April 20, 2021, a Catholic High School in Washington state became a mass Covid vaccination site for the majority of students, ages 16 and above.
https://www.witf.org/2021/03/15/johnson-johnson-vaccine-rollout-begins-for-central-pa-school-employees/

COVID Natural Remedies BANNED as DOJ and FTC Seek to Silence Doctors Promoting Vitamin D, C, Zinc, etc.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/covid-natural-remedies-banned-doj-ftc-seek-silence-doctors-promoting-vitamin-d-c-zinc/5743358

Sanders and Warren Call on Biden to Reverse Trump Era Vaccine Apartheid.
Biden is under intense pressure to choose people over pharmaceutical profits as COVID outbreaks continue globally https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-and-warren-call-on-biden-to-reverse-trump-era-vaccine-apartheid/

3,486 DEATHS in the U.S. Following COVID Injections in 4 Months: More Vaccine Deaths Recorded Than the Past 15 Years COMBINED https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/mass-murder-3486-deaths-in-the-u-s-following-covid-injections-in-4-months-more-vaccine-deaths-recorded-than-the-past-15-years-combined/

Experts tout delaying 2nd COVID vaccine dose as US deaths mount https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2021/02/experts-tout-delaying-2nd-covid-vaccine-dose-us-deaths-mount

# Economy / Trade
Lawmakers are bracing for a bitter fight over tax increases President Biden is expected to propose in the coming days, which he says are necessary to pay for trillions in infrastructure and family support bills.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/domestic-taxes/550045-lawmakers-brace-for-bitter-fight-over-biden-tax-plan

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Race, Poverty, Farming and a Natural Gas Pipeline Converge In a Rural Illinois Township. Leaders are pushing for a new pipeline, opposed by some, in what once was called the largest Black farming community in the Northern U.S.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23042021/race-poverty-farming-and-a-natural-gas-pipeline-converge-in-a-rural-illinois-township/

Inside Clean Energy: Some Straight Talk about Renewables and Reliability. A former watchdog for Texas’ grid operator speaks out on legislation that would penalize wind and solar.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22042021/inside-clean-energy-some-straight-talk-about-renewables-and-reliability/

Texas Politicians Aim to Penalize Wind and Solar in Response to Outages.
Are Renewables Now Strong Enough to Defend Themselves?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17042021/texas-politicians-wind-solar-natural-gas-winter-storm/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Author of ‘The Sixth Extinction’ says Earth is on verge of new mass extinction as big as dinosaur wipe-out. In the more than 4 billion year history of the Earth, there have been just five mass extinctions, most scientists agree.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/549013-author-of-the-sixth-extinction-says-earth-is-on

Shrinking sea meadows store more carbon than forests. Scientists are racing to track what’s left https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/shrinking-sea-meadows-store-more-carbon-than-forests-scientists-are-racing-track-2021-04-08/

The predictable economic effects of climate change have started to appear. The United States had years to prepare for the new economic reality. It often chose not to.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/04/20/predictable-economic-effects-climate-change-have-started-appear/

Climate Activists Converge on Washington With a Gift and a Warning for Biden and World Leaders. Caravaning from New York, leaders from 350.org and other groups gave the president a ticking clock with a deadline for action just six years from now.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22042021/climate-activists-converge-on-washington-with-a-gift-and-a-warning-for-biden-and-world-leaders/

Jobs and Technology Take Center Stage at Friday’s Summit, With Biden Pitching Climate Action as a Boon for the Economy https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23042021/biden-climate-summit-jobs-cop26-glasgow-clean-energy/

Manchin floats breaking up Biden’s infrastructure proposal. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Friday that Congress should focus on “conventional” infrastructure and floated breaking up President Biden’s sweeping plan.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/overnights/550058-on-the-money-manchin-floats-breaking-up-bidens-infrastructure

As Nations Gather for Biden’s Virtual Climate Summit, Ambitious Pledges That Still Fall Short of Paris Goal https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23042021/the-paris-agreement-was-a-first-step-not-an-end-goal-still-the-worlds-nations-are-far-behind/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
What Big Ag Doesn’t Want You to Know: Small Farms Can Feed the World:
According to a new peer-reviewed paper, “The Myth of a Food Crisis,”
corrupt philanthropic and academic sectors in agriculture and development perpetuate the lie that Big Ag is the only way to feed the world.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/small-farms-can-feed-world/

# Gov / Political
Bills Targeting Local Officials Could Allow GOP to Overturn Election Results.
Republicans in at least 14 states are trying to seize power from local election offices in response to Trump’s lies.
https://truthout.org/articles/bills-targeting-local-officials-could-allow-gop-to-overturn-election-results/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=27324b6d-00a5-4b90-802b-2acafc85e02f

Past Year of White Nationalism Has Shown Ongoing Need for Anti-Fascist Movements. The potential of white nationalism only grows without resistance to stifle it.
https://truthout.org/articles/past-year-of-white-nationalism-has-shown-ongoing-need-for-anti-fascist-movements/

Oklahoma Governor Signs Law Granting Immunity for Drivers Who Kill Protesters The law is one in a wave of dozens of anti-protest laws that Republicans have filed just this year.
https://truthout.org/articles/oklahoma-governor-signs-law-granting-immunity-for-drivers-who-kill-protesters/

Republicans and Democrats are grappling with how to move forward on issues of race and policing after the Derek Chauvin trial, a watershed national moment that will almost certainly play a role in the 2022 midterms https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/549986-gop-democrats-grapple-with-post-chauvin-trial-world

# Law Enforcement
The New Swastika: Behind the ‘Thin Blue Line’ flag: America’s history of police violence
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/09/the-short-fraught-history-of-the-thin-blue-line-american-flag-309767

Behind the ‘Thin Blue Line’ flag: America’s history of police violence.
Police continue to operate under layers of legal impunity and institutional protections.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/behind-thin-blue-line-flag-america-s-history-police-violence-n1264866

The Killing of Adam Toledo and the Colliding Cycles of Violence in Chicago. With shootings in the city on the rise, trust in the police has nearly bottomed out.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/4/22/22398200/adam-toledo-shooting-cps-police-schools-voyce-public

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Gaetz probe includes scrutiny of potential public corruption tied to medical marijuana industry https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/politics/gaetz-probe-public-corruption-medical-marijuana/index.html

Justice Department Investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz Over Federal Sex Trafficking Laws https://www.npr.org/2021/04/04/984203784/justice-department-investigating-rep-matt-gaetz-over-federal-sex-trafficking-law

Black Visions Collective: We Need to Abolish the Police & End Militarized Occupations of Our Cities https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/21/chauvin_trial_next_steps_racial_justice

Historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad: Policing in U.S. Was Built on Racism & Should Be Put on Trial https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/21/chauvin_conviction_police_brutality_khalil_gibran

Police Killed John Thompson’s Friend Philando Castile. Now He Is a Lawmaker Fighting Racist Policing https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/20/minnesota_police_killings_traffic_stops

Black & Latinx Lieutenant Sues Virginia Cops Who Threatened to Kill Him During Traffic Stop https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/19/caron_nazario_sues_virginia_cops

# Medical / Health
The Health & Freedom Conference 2021 was streamed online from 11AM -10PM Central Time on April 16-17 https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/04/millions-watched-health-freedom-conference-2021.html

A game-changer on the horizon: Researchers develop the world’s most effective malaria vaccine https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-23/oxford-malaria-vaccine-becomes-first-to-reach-who-efficacy-goal

# Military / DOD
US begins moving equipment out of Afghanistan, sends bombers in. The U.S. military has begun to move equipment out of Afghanistan but sent in extra defenses as forces prepare to withdraw from the country, the Pentagon confirmed Friday.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/politics/afghanistan-military-withdrawal-equipment/index.html

# Weather
Ice Storm Aftermath: More Climate Extremes Ahead for Galveston. Expect more hurricanes and deadly heat waves, supercharged by global warming https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19042021/ice-storm-aftermath-more-climate-extremes-ahead-for-galveston/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-04-23

Voices, The Peoples News

April 23, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Ancient Indigenous forest gardens promote a healthy ecosystem: A new study by historical ecologists finds that Indigenous-managed forests cared for as ‘forest gardens,’ contain more biologically and functionally diverse species than surrounding conifer-dominated forests and create important habitat for animals and pollinators.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210422181902.htm

She’s been on the job for only about a month, but Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is already clear about what one of her priorities will be:
addressing the scourge of violence against Native American women.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/deb-haaland-violence-native-american-women_n_6082179be4b0dff25403df3c

# Indigenous / Global
Supreme Court of Canada affirms trans-boundary Indigenous rights. The Arrow Lakes Band is one of many Indigenous communities bisected and disrupted by a border about which they were never consulted.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-hunting-supreme-court-of-canada-affirms-trans-boundary-indigenous-rights

# Border / Immigration
The Biden administration’s policy toward Central America is starting to take shape as Vice President Harris takes the lead on a potentially treacherous portfolio that straddles diplomacy and migration.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/549877-harris-moves-forward-with-new-central-america-strategy

# CoronaVirus
COVID Natural Remedies BANNED as DOJ and FTC Seek to Silence Doctors Promoting Vitamin D, C, Zinc, etc.
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/covid-natural-remedies-banned-as-doj-and-ftc-seek-to-silence-doctors-promoting-vitamin-d-c-zinc-etc/

“SARS-Cov-2 Laboratory Accident?”. Us Intelligence and MIT’s Review validated Manmade Virus’ Theory https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/22/sars-cov-2-laboratory-accident-us-intelligence-and-mits-review-validated-manmade-virus-theory/

REPORT: Pfizer Vaccine Confirmed To Cause Neurodegenerative Diseases https://www.infowars.com/posts/report-pfizer-vaccine-confirmed-to-cause-neurodegenerative-diseases/

Michigan’s Outbreak Worries Scientists. Will Conservative Outposts Keep Pandemic Rolling?
https://khn.org/news/article/michigan-covid-outbreak-worries-scientists-will-conservative-outposts-keep-pandemic-rolling/

CDC panel recommends resuming Johnson & Johnson vaccinations https://www.axios.com/cdc-panel-johnson-johnson-vaccine-pause-lift-dfc002cf-716c-465b-86db-861cb0f1b4a1.html

Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine gets green light to resume distribution https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/550053-regulators-give-states-green-light-to-restart-using-johnson-johnson

# Economy / Trade
How One Biden Tax Proposal Will Hit the Middle Class Hard https://insidesources.com/how-one-biden-tax-proposal-will-hit-the-middle-class-hard/

# Education / Schools
Bill Passes Requiring All Schools to Teach Native American History in North Dakota https://nativenewsonline.net/education/bill-passes-requiring-all-schools-to-teach-native-american-history-in-north-dakota

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals New York City Sues Big Oil over Decades of False Advertising About Climate Crisis https://www.ecowatch.com/nyc-sues-big-oil-2652755740.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Climate change literally shifted Earth’s axis. Melting glaciers and the depletion of groundwater has redistributed so much mass that the poles started to drift.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/23/climate-crisis-has-shifted-the-earths-axis-study-shows

House Committee Hears Testimony on Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Preventing Climate Action https://oversight.house.gov/legislation/hearings/on-the-role-of-fossil-fuel-subsidies-in-preventing-action-on-the-climate-crisis

Senate GOP counters Biden with $568 billion infrastructure plan https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-22/republicans-counter-biden-with-568-billion-infrastructure-plan

The U.S. And China Inch Toward Cooperation On Climate — Thrilling Other Countries
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/us-china-climate-cooperation_n_6080711ce4b0dff254005632

# Law Enforcement
Cops Pulled Black Librarian Out of Car by Her Hair: Lawsuit: One of the police involved in the incident allegedly “bragged about ‘grabbing a handful of dreads,’ and said ‘at that point she earned it.’’
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article250842339.html

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Cops Beat Down caught on Bodycam, You be the Judge https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2021/04/body-camera-video-shows-grand-rapids-police-officer-punching-man-resisting-arrest.html

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Supreme Court ruling makes it easier to sentence juveniles to life in prison without parole https://www.courant.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-supreme-court-juveniles-life-in-prison-20210422-jqszdbpaz5dqvj72gcnyuirg5y-story.html

SCOTUS Rules Against Limiting Life Prison Terms for Juveniles https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-rejects-new-curbs-juvenile-sentences-2021-04-22/

# Medical / Health
The Texas House has rejected an attempt to direct the governor and state health officials to use billions in federal dollars to expand health care coverage for uninsured Texans.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/22/texas-house-medicaid-expansion-uninsured/?mc_cid=4edb72ad51&mc_eid=6f15633605

How Long will Honest and Ethical Scientists and Doctors Remain Silent About Mass Murders and Population Reduction?
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/how-long-will-honest-and-ethical-scientists-and-doctors-remain-silent-about-mass-murders-and-population-reduction/

Congress Should Ask: Does Health Care Policy Put Patients First?
https://insidesources.com/congress-should-ask-does-health-care-policy-put-patients-first/

# Murmurs of War
Report on Tanks and Think Tanks: How Taiwanese Cash is Funding the Push to War with China https://www.mintpressnews.com/think-tanks-taiwan-cash-funding-push-war-china/276799/

# Security
The law enforcement arm of the U.S. Postal Service has been quietly running a program that tracks and collects Americans’ social media posts, including those about planned protests. The work involves having analysts trawl through social media sites to look for what the document describes as “inflammatory” postings and then sharing that information across government agencies.
https://nypost.com/2021/04/22/usps-reportedly-tracking-americans-social-media-posts/

# Sports
# Technology
Globalists of World Economic Forum to ‘Simulate’ World-Disrupting Cyber Attack With ‘Cyber Polygon’ Event https://bigleaguepolitics.com/globalists-of-world-economic-forum-to-simulate-world-disrupting-cyber-attack-with-cyber-polygon-event/

The good, the bad and the truly horrifying potential of CRISPR technology. Gene-editing using the groundbreaking CRISPR technology is about to be put to the test in the first-ever clinical trial of the treatment in humans.
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/550013-the-good-the-bad-and-the-truly-horrifying-potential-of-crispr-technology

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-04-22

Voices, The Peoples News

April 22, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# CoronaVirus
SARS-CoV-2: Infection induces antibodies capable of killing infected cells regardless of disease severity https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210421124603.htm

Prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms among high-risk children https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210421124601.htm

How SARS coronaviruses reprogram host cells to their own benefit https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210421124538.htm

New insights on inflammation in COVID-19
https://www.newswise.com/coronavirus/new-insights-on-inflammation-in-covid-19/?article_id=749933

German Microbiologist: “They are Killing People with these COVID Vaccines” to Reduce the World’s Population https://vaccineimpact.com/2021/german-microbiologist-they-are-killing-people-with-these-covid-vaccines-to-reduce-the-worlds-population/

Brain Injuries and DEATH Continue to Follow J&J COVID Injections https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/brain-injuries-and-death-continue-to-follow-jj-covid-injections/

Family Of Italian Woman Whose Death Linked To AstraZeneca Jab Launches Legal Action While American lawmakers have taken steps to shield US pharma companies from any legal blowback caused by COVID vaccines, drugmakers in Europe haven’t been so lucky.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/family-italian-woman-whose-death-linked-astrazeneca-jab-launches-legal-action

COVID ‘Long-Haulers’ at Greater Risk of Dying, Study Shows. A new study found that Covid-19 survivors had a heightened risk of dying within six months of their original diagnosis, and many are suffering other debilitating conditions.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-22/-long-hauler-study-shows-covid-can-kill-months-after-infection?srnd=premium

Dirty Conditions, Quality-Control Problems Found By FDA Inspectors At Plant Making J&J Shots. The Emergent BioSciences facility in Baltimore was cited for being unclean conditions and poorly trained staff https://www.denverpost.com/2021/04/21/fda-inspection-jj-covid-vaccine/

# Education / Schools
Anti-Maskers Harass Kids Outside Beverly Hills School. “I’m positive you hate that mask,” said one. Another bore a sign reading “Masks=child abuse.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-maskers-in-beverly-hills-harass-elementary-school-students-tell-them-not-to-cover-their-faces

Teacher on Leave After Photo of Foot on Black Student’s Neck. The unidentified Texas teacher is said to have texted the photo to the mom as a joke—but it’s caused absolute outrage in the local community.
https://nypost.com/2021/04/22/photo-of-teachers-foot-on-black-students-neck-sparks-anger-probe/

Preparing the next generation of Latino leaders. Universities are cultivating the hopes and dreams of Latino students as they educate the leaders of tomorrow
https://www.texastribune.org/paid-post/preparing-next-generation-latino-leaders/?mc_cid=c2ae28f998&mc_eid=6f15633605

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Why climate change is driving some to skip having kids https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210421160016.htm

What drop? CO2 emissions surge as pandemic restrictions ease https://www.zmescience.com/science/what-drop-co2-emissions-surge-as-pandemic-restrictions-ease/

The PR industry aims to demobilize environmental movements — here’s what organizers can do about it. Public relations poses distinct threats to environmental movements, but activists are becoming more savvy and developing new forms of resistance https://wagingnonviolence.org/2021/04/public-relations-greenwashing-threats-environmental-movements/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
After a Century of Dispossession, Black Farmers Are Fighting to Get Back to the Land. And drawing on past movements to reclaim their agricultural heritage.
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/04/black-land-matters-farmers-justice-leah-penniman-fannie-lou-hamer-cory-booker-land-tenure/

The Biden administration will pay farmers more money not to farm. The goal is to add 4 million acres of farmland to the Conservation Reserve Program, which takes land out of production to blunt agriculture’s environmental impact.
https://thecounter.org/biden-administration-farmers-conservation-reserve-crp-usda-vilsack/

# Global Politics and other news
President Putin Warns Western Nations Against Crossing “Red Line”
https://thehill.com/policy/international/russia/549469-putin-warns-west-not-to-cross-red-line-in-annual-address

Russia Abruptly Orders Troops Back Home From Ukraine Border. On a visit to annexed Crimea, the Kremlin’s defense minister declared it was mission accomplished to the tens of thousands of troops near Ukraine’s border.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-abruptly-claims-it-is-ordering-troops-to-pull-back-from-ukraines-border

# Gov / Political
The House in a party-line vote approved legislation to make Washington, D.C., the 51st state in the nation, sending the bill to the Senate.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/549569-house-passes-dc-statehood-bill-for-second-time

The Senate passed legislation aimed at combating a rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. The bill now goes to the House, where Democrats are expected to soon take up their version of the legislation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/22/hate-crime-bill-passes-senate-484245

Nearly 100 House Democrats Send Letter to Schumer Demanding End to Filibuster The Democrats, led by Cori Bush and Pramila Jayapal, say ending the filibuster is the only way to end partisan gridlock.
https://truthout.org/articles/nearly-100-house-democrats-send-letter-to-schumer-demanding-end-to-filibuster/

# Law Enforcement
New Oklahoma Law Protects Drivers Who Run Over Protesters. The bill states that drivers will not be “criminally or civilly liable for the injury or death” of a protester if they’re “fleeing from a riot.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/gov-kevin-stitt-signs-law-to-protect-oklahoma-drivers-who-kill-protesters-with-their-car

NC Protesters Demand Release of Footage Showing Police Killing of Andrew Brown https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/crime/article250854589.html

Black Chief: My Heart Jumps When I See a Cop Car Behind Me. One of Minnesota’s only Black police chiefs has a lot to say about the state of American policing following Derek Chauvin’s conviction.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/black-police-chief-my-heart-jumps-when-i-see-a-cop-car-behind-me

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Black Woman Shackled While Giving Birth Gets NYC Settlement. The anonymous woman filed a civil-rights lawsuit last month that said she was arrested two days past her due date in December 2018.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/14/woman-sues-nypd-shackled-pregnant

Turning attention to a Texas case: High-profile civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is also a lawyer for George Floyd’s family, wants to turn attention back to the 2019 death of Pamela Turner, a Black Texas woman, killed by a Baytown police officer.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/21/texas-police-shooting-pamela-turner/?mc_cid=c2ae28f998&mc_eid=6f15633605

DOJ would like to take a lil’ look: Garland announces police probe after Floyd verdict
https://apnews.com/article/george-floyd-verdict-police-reform-doj-e24dd1a390a781af3495fa1e0271f492

# Medical / Health
Is expanding Medicaid on the table? Among several bills filed in the conservative Texas Legislature is a Medicaid expansion plan with bipartisan support similar to those adopted in other Republican-led states.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/21/texas-medicaid-expansion/?mc_cid=c2ae28f998&mc_eid=6f15633605

The Sordid History of the Cancer Cartel: A Century of Suppression & Censorship https://go2.thetruthaboutcancer.com/final-chapter/episode-1/

# Social
Texas is one of 29 states with anti-militia statutes. However, more than a dozen so-called militias here are listed on websites dedicated to far right-wing organizations. And they’re recruiting. As pandemic restrictions increased on businesses, Black Lives Matter protests spread in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. The two proved fertile ground for anti-government and BLM counter protests across the state.
https://www.tpr.org/government-politics/2021-04-21/critics-say-texas-not-doing-enough-to-combat-domestic-terror-private-militia-threats?mc_cid=c2ae28f998&mc_eid=6f15633605

# Space
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover extracts first oxygen from Red Planet https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-s-perseverance-mars-rover-extracts-first-oxygen-from-red-planet/
For more about Perseverance: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/
and: https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance

# Technology
Plastics with embedded particles decompose in days instead of years.
Encased, plastic-chomping enzymes are activated by water and heat or light.
https://cen.acs.org/environment/green-chemistry/Plastics-embedded-particles-decompose-days/99/i15

Nanocarbon black electrifies concrete, turns it into a heat radiator.
Concrete is an electrical insulator — but a sprinkle of nanocarbon allows electrons to flow.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/nanocarbon-black-electrifies-concrete-turns-it-into-a-heat-radiator/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-04-21

Voices, The Peoples News

April 21, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
How Native communities on the frontline of climate change are feeling the heat https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2021/04/20/climate-change-native-land-communities

# Border / Immigration
Biden to increase number of immigrants approved for refugee, visa status. President Joe Biden’s border policy will include an increase in the number of people approved for refugee and visa status, his administration announced Tuesday.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/biden-to-increase-number-of-immigrants-approved-for-refugee-visa-status/article_2812a5b2-a2a1-11eb-b187-9bea0c4a656f.html

# CoronaVirus
Some children with COVID-related syndrome develop neurological issues.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/half-of-kids-with-inflammatory-syndrome-after-covid-19-have-neurologic-symptoms-301270336.html

Many Kids Who Develop Severe MIS-C Have Neurologic Symptoms
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20210414/many-kids-who-develop-severe-misc-have-neurologic-symptoms#1
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) https://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions-and-treatments/conditions/m/mis-c

# Employment / Labor
Dirty dollars: Accused money launderers left a path of bankrupt factories, unpaid taxes, shuttered buildings and hundreds of steelworkers out of jobs.
https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/ukraine-money-laundering/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals President Joe Biden has refused to shut down the contested Dakota Access Pipeline during a court-ordered environmental review. This has caused climate activists and indigenous leaders to criticize the president and claim that he has broken his campaign promise to move the country away from fossil fuels.
https://www.ecowatch.com/biden-dakota-access-pipeline-2652502898.html

Texas and California Blackouts Show We Need Dramatic Infrastructure Upgrades. The U.S.’s outdated energy infrastructure is no match for the demands placed on it by extreme unstable weather patterns.
https://truthout.org/articles/texas-and-california-blackouts-show-we-need-dramatic-infrastructure-upgrades/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Lego billionaires plan new investment targeting plastic waste https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-19/lego-billionaires-plan-new-investment-targeting-plastic-waste

# Global Politics and other news
Satellite Images Show Russia’s Expanding Ukraine Buildup
https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/satellite-images-show-russian-military-b-idUSRTXBN4Y0

Putin Plunges Russia Into New Era of ‘Dictatorship’: Thousands risked violence and imprisonment to protest Wednesday in a final battle against Russia’s descent into outright authoritarianism.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-plunges-into-era-of-dictatorship-as-putin-looms-over-eastern-europe

# Gov / Political
Biden says Chauvin verdict is step forward in fight against racial injustice https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/549377-biden-says-chauvin-verdict-is-step-forward-in-fight-against-racial

Here’s how Texas elections would change, and become more restrictive, under the bill Texas Republicans are pushing
https://www.texastribune.org/?mc_cid=0f1a6edd59&mc_eid=6f15633605

Minnesota lawmaker proposes law to strip convicted protesters of food stamps, unemployment benefits, and other gov’t programs. Bill also includes college loan grants, rent or mortgage assistance, and business grants https://www.theblaze.com/news/minnesota-protester-bill-food-stamps

Pro-Trump Meetup Features Call to Kill Political Enemies: At this far-right Tulsa gathering of thousands, wearing masks was the ultimate faux pas and Lin Wood was at it again with the firing-squad talk.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-pro-trump-conference-where-covid-19-denial-and-calls-to-kill-political-enemies-reign

Mass Protests Led to Chauvin’s Conviction. Now They’re Being Criminalized. GOP state lawmakers have pushed 81 new bills aimed at crushing protest in the 2021 legislative session.
https://truthout.org/articles/mass-protests-led-to-chauvins-conviction-now-theyre-being-criminalized/

Former President Trump and his allies are showing no signs of backing down from their vow to challenge Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s (R) reelection effort, setting up a potentially brutal intraparty fight during a critical election year.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/549374-kemp-faces-uphill-battle-overcoming-trumps-rage

Senate Republicans discussed the outlines of a scaled-down infrastructure bill they say could pass the Democratic-led Congress with strong bipartisan support.
Senate GOP crafts outlines for infrastructure counter proposal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/549384-senate-gop-crafts-outlines-for-infrastructure-counter-proposal

# Law Enforcement
Cop to Columbus Shooting’s Neighbors: An officer shot 15-year-old Makiyah Bryant. The girl’s aunt said the teen called police, as well as her father and grandmother, for help when a group of girls were trying to jump on Makiyah, and grabbed a knife to defend herself.
Within seconds of arriving on the scene police exited their squad and shot her.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/columbus-cop-told-witnesses-blue-lives-matter-after-colleague-shot-teenage-black-girl-makiyah-bryant

You Cannot Divorce Murder From Policing. Policing is the violent maintenance of inequality.
https://truthout.org/audio/you-cannot-divorce-murder-from-policing/

Deputy Fatally Shoots N.C. Black Man While Serving Warrant. Andrew Brown Jr. was reportedly shot by authorities outside his home in Elizabeth City.
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/04/21/north-carolina-deputy-fatally-shoots-black-man-while-serving-warrant/

New signs of progress emerge on police reform. Congress is under heightened pressure to reach a long-elusive deal on police reform https://thehill.com/homenews/house/549608-new-signs-of-progress-emerge-on-police-reform

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Chauvin’s Conviction is the exception that proves the rule, by David A.
Graham https://bit.ly/3xeDc4z

Texas lawmakers and activists portrayed Derek Chauvin’s guilty verdict as a step toward justice but said there is more work ahead to reform police behavior and the criminal justice system.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/20/texans-george-floyd-derek-chauvin/?mc_cid=0f1a6edd59&mc_eid=6f15633605

DOJ to probe Minneapolis police: Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday morning that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will open an investigation into the policing practices of law enforcement in Minneapolis.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/549437-doj-to-probe-minneapolis-police

# Social
Crowds in the Streets Celebrate Chauvin Guilty Verdict. The former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty on two counts of murder and one of manslaughter.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/549327-minneapolis-crowds-celebrate-chauvin-verdict-in-george-floyd-case

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-04-16

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Border / Immigration
Biden Admin Still Seizing Land for Border Wall. Just this week, the Justice Department seized six acres in Hidalgo County, Texas, via eminent domain.
https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-restart-border-wall-construction-trump-pledge-gaps-2021-4

# CoronaVirus
Proud Boy Who Allegedly Pepper-Sprayed Capitol Cop Has COVID.
Christopher Worrell is pushing to be released from prison on health grounds, but a federal judge seems pretty skeptical of his claims.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/15/proud-boy-pepper-spray-capitol-riot-482172

President Biden is facing a series of fresh obstacles in getting the coronavirus pandemic under control in the United States.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/548561-white-house-faces-new-obstacles-in-covid-19-fight

Manufacturers have been using nanotech graphene in face masks, now there are safety concerns https://medium.com/edge-of-innovation/how-safe-are-graphene-based-face-masks-b88740547e8c

Under-skin Microchip for Covid. Pentagon’s Iniectable Hydrogel almost Ready!
https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/health-trends/pentagon-creates-microchip-that-senses-covid-19-in-the-body-6762671.html

21-Year-Old University of Cincinnati Student DEAD 24 Hours after Johnson & Johnson COVID Injection https://www.newsrecord.org/news/reports-coroner-investigating-sudden-death-of-uc-student/article_eceb1374-9e64-11eb-b9d1-abdc102af240.html

Johnson & Johnson vaccine: Local family’s sorrow coincides with pause over blood-clot worries https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/04/13/covid-19-johnson-johnson-vaccine-blood-clot-ohio-university-of-cincinnati/7205874002/

CDC Admits 5,800 FULLY VACCINATED People Became Infected with COVID-19 and 74 Died https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/14/health/breakthrough-infections-covid-vaccines-cdc/index.html

# Economy / Trade
Tax Resisters Divert Their Money From War to Human Welfare. It is because we consent and pay our taxes without much thought that half the money we pay the government is for war.
https://truthout.org/articles/tax-resisters-divert-their-money-from-war-to-human-welfare/

Study: American Rescue Plan allocates $2 billion to counties that don’t exist or don’t have fiscal problems https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/study-american-rescue-plan-allocates-2-billion-to-counties-that-don-t-exist-or-don/article_08a5f8d0-9ed4-11eb-9db6-07310a801f18.html

# Education / Schools
Mich. Parents Pound on School Doors: Let My Kid Go Mask-Free https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2021/04/hudsonville-parents-including-some-locked-out-of-meeting-urge-school-district-to-make-masks-optional.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals How Texas’s zombie oil wells are creating an environmental disaster zone. Thousands of abandoned oil wells dot the Permian Basin in west Texas and New Mexico, endangering humans and wildlife.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/15/texas-zombie-oil-wells-environmental-disaster-zone

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on Friday revoked a dozen of the Trump administration’s secretarial orders that prioritized energy development on federal lands.
https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/interior-secretary-revokes-trump-administration-s-orders-prioritizing-energy-development/article_739b4cc3-9bc8-52c5-99f6-e7d5cbb84ed9.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior
The plastic cradles of life. Trash heaps deep in the ocean have attracted an array of creatures to live, and even spawn, on them. Are these dumps actually biodiversity hotspots?
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/the-plastic-cradles-of-life/

After four years of Trump, U.S. world allies and rivals have been largely indifferent as the Biden administration pushes them to announce higher emissions reduction goals ahead of a climate summit.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/15/biden-plea-climate-pledges-482176

# Global Politics and other news
Israel to Help Ukraine Field Nuclear Weapons if NATO Membership Blocked by Biden https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/15/israel-to-help-ukraine-field-nuclear-weapons-if-nato-membership-blocked-by-biden/

# Gov / Political
“Constitutional carry” gets an initial Texas House OK. On Thursday, the Texas House gave an initial OK to a bill that would allow people to carry handguns without a permit.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/15/texas-constitutional-carry/

New U.S. sanctions further chill Biden-Putin relations https://thehill.com/policy/international/548477-biden-sanctions-further-chill-us-russia-relationship

Feds Finally Confirm That Trump Campaign Data Ended Up in Russian Intel Hands https://www.thedailybeast.com/feds-finally-say-manafort-and-gates-gave-trump-campaign-info-to-konstantin-kilimnik-who-gave-to-russian-intel
Companies Signing Voting Rights Statement Are Members of Anti–H.R. 1 Lobbying Group. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned U.S. senators against voting for the Democrats’ election reform bill.
https://prospect.org/power/companies-signing-voting-rights-statement-anti-hr1-lobbying-group/

# Law Enforcement
Good to be White in Nazi Minnesota: White Felon Drags Cop While Escaping in Truck and Nothing Happens https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/15/good-to-be-white-in-nazi-minnesota-white-felon-drags-cop-while-escaping-in-truck-and-nothing-happens/

There is an epidemic of white supremacists in police departments. Police officers have been identified as members of white supremacist groups in Florida, Alabama and Louisiana. This is a nation-wide problem. It is one that is not limited to just beat officers; some of these shocking occurrences have even involved high-ranking members of their respective police forces.
https://law.lclark.edu/live/files/28080-lcb231article2johnsonpdf

Indianapolis Police Say At Least 8 Dead, ‘Multiple’ Injured in Shooting At FedEx Facility https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/04/15/fedex-shooting-indianapolis-international-airport-police/7249620002/
FedEx’s Phone Policy Meant Workers Were Unable to Reach Families After
Shooting: Eight people were killed in the Indianapolis shooting. There have been 45 mass shootings in the last month.
https://truthout.org/articles/fedexs-phone-policy-meant-workers-were-unable-to-reach-families-after-shooting/

Lawsuit filed after police fracture elderly woman’s arm on video. “This is not community policing. This is community terrorism.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/04/16/lawsuit-filed-after-police-fracture-elderly-womans-arm-on-video/

The Supreme Court Is Also to Blame for Daunte Wright’s Death. In legalizing racial profiling, the Supreme Court has fueled a racist cycle of traffic stops and police killings.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-supreme-court-is-also-to-blame-for-daunte-wrights-death/

Chicago Police Officer Shot 13-Year-Old Adam Toledo With His Hands in the Air City officials spent weeks disparaging Adam Toledo before releasing the body camera footage.
https://truthout.org/video/chicago-police-officer-shot-13-year-old-adam-toledo-with-his-hands-in-the-air/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=0286a261-97de-4732-a3fe-ec797fa49ea6

A New Mayor but the Same Killer Cops and Coverups in Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago. Calls for peace and civility are fruitless when police continue to kill and pols then lie about it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-new-mayor-but-the-same-killer-cops-and-coverups-in-lori-lightfoots-chicago

In Small Black Southern Towns, the Cops Remain Undaunted. Even those governed by Black elected officials have been reluctant to cut the force and increase social services.
https://prospect.org/justice/in-small-black-southern-towns-the-cops-remain-undaunted/

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Biden calls for dialogue with Russia amid a raft of sanctions.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/548550-biden-calls-for-dialogue-with-russia-after-sanctions
Sanctions description by the White House here:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/04/15/fact-sheet-imposing-costs-for-harmful-foreign-activities-by-the-russian-government/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=38398
and at the Treasury Department here:
https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20210415?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=38398

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Judge Warns Of Mistrial in Chauvin Case if Prosecution Witness Even ‘Hints’ at ‘Newly Discovered Evidence’
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/548445-judge-warns-of-mistrial-in-chauvin-case-if-prosecution-witness-even

# LGBTQ
Second North Carolina Trans Woman Killed in Hotel Room: Police are urging members of the LGBTQ community, particularly those who are sex workers, to report anything suspicious and use “extreme caution.”
https://www.gaycitynews.com/another-black-trans-woman-found-dead-in-hotel/

# Military / DOD
Latest Taxpayer Rip Off, and It’s A Big One. Taxpayers are getting ripped off by a government contractor. The F-35 is not ready to be used as intended after years of delays and cost increases.
https://insidesources.com/latest-taxpayer-rip-off-and-its-a-big-one/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-04-15

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous / Global
Indigenous and environmental groups warn Biden not to trust Bolsonaro https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/indigenous-and-environmental-groups-warn-biden-not-to-trust-bolsonaro/

# Archaeology
# Border / Immigration
Migrant children are being held in toxic U.S. detention centers. The Biden administration is preparing to detain thousands of migrant children at sites with histories of toxic contamination.
https://grist.org/migration/migrant-children-toxic-contamination-immigration-fort-bliss/

# CoronaVirus
Denmark becomes first country in Europe to abandon AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine https://www.euronews.com/2021/04/14/denmark-becomes-first-country-in-europe-to-abandon-astrazeneca-s-covid-vaccine

Man in hospital with COVID after being fully vaccinated https://nypost.com/2021/04/11/nj-man-in-hospital-with-covid-after-being-fully-vaccinated/

CDC probing death of woman who got Johnson & Johnson vaccine https://nypost.com/2021/04/13/cdc-probing-death-of-woman-who-took-johnson-johnson-vaccine/

Israel COVID-19 study finds South Africa variant able to ‘break through’
Pfizer vaccine –South Africa variant proved to be eight times more prevalent among tested patients https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-israel-study/south-african-variant-may-evade-protection-from-pfizer-vaccine-israeli-study-says-idUSKBN2BX0JX

20-Year-Old Scottish Man DEAD 12 Hours After being Injected with the Experimental Pfizer mRNA COVID Jab https://beforeitsnews.com/eu/2021/04/20-year-old-scottish-man-dead-within-12-hours-of-pfizer-experimental-covid-injection-2670808.html

Healthy 43-Year-Old Father of 7 Suffers Stroke and is Paralyzed after Johnson and Johnson COVID Shot https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/healthy-man-stroke-johnson-johnson-vaccine/

Pfizer CEO: Third COVID Jab ‘Likely’ Needed Within a Year. CEO Albert Bourla also said people should expect to get vaccinated annually.
https://www.barrons.com/news/pfizer-ceo-vaccine-third-dose-likely-needed-within-12-months-01618522215

Covid Surges, Variants Spread, But States Shrug At Shutdowns https://khn.org/morning-breakout/covid-surges-variants-spread-but-states-shrug-at-shutdowns/

‘Breakthrough’ Covid Cases In Already-Vaccinated Are As Expected https://khn.org/morning-breakout/breakthrough-covid-cases-in-already-vaccinated-are-as-expected/

# Education / Schools
Canceling Student Debt Will Help Health Care Workers and Advance Racial Justice Canceling student debt would provide some instant relief for people who could really use it right now https://truthout.org/articles/canceling-student-debt-will-help-health-care-workers-and-advance-racial-justice/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Tribal nations adapt to being at ‘ground zero’ of the climate crisis.
‘Tribes are on the front line of fixing things, using our resources, setting good public policy [and using] good science.’
https://www.hcn.org/articles/climate-change-tribal-nations-adapt-to-being-at-ground-zero-of-the-climate-crisis

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
The FDA is proposing a new rule that would apply to almost everyone involved in the food system, including farms, cottage food operators, co-ops, and restaurants.
http://farmandranchfreedom.org/proposed-fda-traceability-rule/

Biden administration to end USDA food box program https://thecounter.org/biden-administration-usda-food-box-program-covid-vilsack/

# Gov / Political
The Biden White House is set to impose sanctions on Russia as retribution for the SolarWinds hack and efforts to meddle in US elections. The penalties would be levied against Russian individuals and entities https://nypost.com/2021/04/14/white-house-to-announce-russian-sanctions-report/

Six Republican Sens. Vote No on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Bill (92-6). Sen.
Mazie Hirono, the first Asian American woman elected to the Senate, sponsored the bill.
https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-senators-voted-against-bipartisan-bill-anti-asian-hate-crimes-2021-4

Oligarchy: Over 100 Wall Street Titans Conspire Anonymously to Undermine Electoral Reform Laws.| Over 100 Wall Street corporate chieftains met in a private meeting recently to discuss collusion possibilities after the passage of electoral reform in several states, including Georgia.
https://bigleaguepolitics.com/oligarchy-over-100-wall-street-titans-conspire-anonymously-to-undermine-electoral-reform-laws/

Corporate Socialism on the Rise in US, Scholar Says. The collective effort by corporate CEOs to push their political views related to a growing number of public issues is putting the United States on a dangerous trajectory, experts say.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/corporate-socialism-on-the-rise-in-us-scholar-says_3769170.html

“A Courageous Decision”: Rep. Ro Khanna Praises Biden’s Plan to End the “Forever War” in Afghanistan https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/15/ro_khanna_joe_biden_afghanistan_war

New report shows Trump’s 2016 campaign shared info with Russian intelligence https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/no-hoax-new-report-says-trumps-2016-campaign-shared-info-with-russian-intelligence/

The Biden administration on Thursday announced sweeping sanctions on Russia in retaliation for cyberattacks, foreign influence operations and other behavior.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/548367-biden-administration-unveils-sweeping-sanctions-on-russia

Biden Breaks Campaign Promise, Approves Arms Sale to Saudi Arabia.
Practically nothing seems to get in the way of war — and specifically, the sale of U.S. war weapons abroad.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-breaks-campaign-promise-approves-arms-sale-to-saudi-arabia/

# Law Enforcement
Outcry as Video Shows Robodog Patrolling With NYPD. A new video going viral on Twitter shows a robot police dog patrolling with cops from the New York City police department.
https://futurism.com/outcry-video-robodog-patrolling-nypd

Fourth officer charged in excessive force case. The maximum penalty for the deprivation-of-rights offenses is 10 years of imprisonment and the maximum penalty for false report offenses is 20 years of imprisonment https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/04/15/fourth-officer-charged-in-excessive-force-case/

Video Shows 13-Yr-Old Had Hands Up When Chicago Cop Shot Him https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/adam-toledo-chicago-police-video

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Breaking: House and Senate Democrats Plan Bill to Add Four Justices to Supreme Court https://theintercept.com/2021/04/14/house-and-senate-democrats-plan-bill-to-add-four-justices-to-supreme-court/

Texas Senate passed a bill to create a new statewide court of appeals that would hear cases that have statewide significance — including ones that challenge state laws, the constitution or when the state or its agencies are sued.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/14/texas-appeals-court-statewide-senate/

# LGBTQ
More States Make Legal Moves To Restrict Transgender Rights https://khn.org/morning-breakout/more-states-make-legal-moves-to-restrict-transgender-rights/

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee (D) is issuing commutations for people now unlawfully incarcerated on drug possession charges after the state Supreme Court struck down criminalization https://www.marijuanamoment.net/with-state-law-against-drug-possession-overturned-washington-governor-frees-15-people-from-prison/

The Minnesota House Judiciary Finance and Civil Law Committee approved a marijuana legalization bill—the sixth such panel to do so. The majority leader says a floor vote is coming in May.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/sixth-minnesota-house-committee-approves-marijuana-legalization-bill-on-its-path-to-the-floor/

# Media
ABC News Appoints First Black Woman as President. Godwin will replace current president James Goldston. Her ascension comes amid a broader reshuffling of the TV news industry.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/kimberly-godwin-makes-network-history-president-abc-news/story?id=77075637

# Medical / Health
Biden Signs Extension That Puts Off Medicare Funding Cuts https://khn.org/morning-breakout/biden-signs-extension-that-puts-off-medicare-funding-cuts/

# Military / DOD
Racist Army 1st Sgt. from Fort Jackson Training Command for Women Arrested in Hate Crimes Assault https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/14/racist-army-1st-sgt-from-fort-jackson-training-command-for-women-arrested-in-hate-crimes-assault/

# Military / Global
Drone Buzzes Over U.S. Forces in Iraq, Drops Explosives. It’s the first time an unmanned drone has carried out an attack on U.S. forces in Erbil.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/rocket-hits-near-erbil-airport-northern-iraq-kurdish-security-officials-2021-04-14/

# Technology
5G EARTH DAY, OTARD’s Trojan Horse; Bribe Neighbors To Radiate Neighbors! It appears that many of the “conspiracies” attributed to 5G opponents are mischaracterizations and fabrications. In some circles, surveillance and behavior modification capacities of 5G is the most significant issue https://stop5ginternational.org/5g-earth-day-otards-trojan-horse-bribe-neighbors-to-radiate-neighbors/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-04-13

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Native communities confront painful choice: Move away, or succumb to rising waters?
Throughout Indian Country, where cultures are tied to land and water, plans to relocate are under way as the climate crisis worsens.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/12/native-communities-quileute-tribal-school

# Border / Immigration
Biden Admin Strikes Deals with Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to Further Militarize Borders https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/12/biden-migration-security-deal-mexico-guatemala-honduras

# CoronaVirus
US health officials call for pause in use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine over rare blood clots while they review rare cases of blood clots in people receiving the vaccine.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/547845-us-health-officials-call-for-pause-in-use-of-johnson-johnson-vaccine-over

Last week, in Michigan alone, 246 “fully vaccinated” individuals caught COVID-19, and three of them died. So where are the benefits to these
COVID-19 experimental injections? It appears there are none, only risks of injury and death https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/healthy-27-year-old-chicago-doctor-dead-3-months-following-covid-shots-raising-long-term-safety-concerns/

Military Unveils Next Stage of COVID Vaccines on 60 Minutes: Implantable Microchips https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/military-unveils-next-stage-of-covid-vaccines-on-60-minutes-implantable-microchips/

Deaths Among America’s Homeless Are Soaring in the Pandemic.
https://time.com/5950759/homeless-deaths-rise-covid-19-west-virginia/

Some Scientists Question W.H.O. Inquiry Into the Coronavirus Pandemic’s Origins https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/health/covid-virus-origins.html

Redfield Joins Big Ass Fans, Which Promotes Controversial Covid-Killing Technology https://khn.org/news/article/redfield-joins-big-ass-fans-which-promotes-controversial-covid-killing-technology/

Covid Spawns ‘Completely New Category’ of Organ Transplants
https://bioethics.com/archives/55745

The U.S. health agencies’ decision to recommend a pause in administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine nationwide stirred up confusion on Tuesday, leaving many with questions.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/548062-five-questions-raised-by-the-johnson-johnson-vaccine-pause

# Economy / Trade
Richest Eight People in the World Now Worth $1 Trillion. In the last year alone, the group’s wealth grew by $110 billion.
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/012715/5-richest-people-world.asp

# Employment / Labor
Texas Senate revives push to block cities’ paid sick leave ordinances.
Supporters say Senate Bill 14 will make it easier for businesses to operate in multiple cities. Opponents call it an “existential threat to Texas workers.”
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/12/texas-employee-benefits-sick-leave-senate/

Amazon union vote shows why we need the PRO Act. In the face of intimidation by one of the largest companies in the world, Alabama workers bravely spoke out about the need for greater labor protections.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/04/13/amazon-vote-shows-why-we-need-the-pro-act/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Biden Refuses to Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline, Despite Campaign Pledges on Tribal Relations and Climate. A judge ruled that the construction of the pipeline can continue while an environmental review is conducted.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/environment/547730-despite-campaign-promise-biden-administration

Powering a monopoly: How February’s storm could destroy Texas’ energy market Years of apathetic energy market oversight and a few days of overpriced energy is threatening to undo decades of energy independence at the consumer’s expense.
https://www.texastribune.org/paid-post/powering-a-monopoly-how-februarys-storm-could-destroy-texas-energy-mar/

California is greenlighting oil wells linked to groundwater pollution.
Throughout 2020 and early 2021, California issued more than 300 permits to oil and gas companies for new underground injection wells, an intensive form of oil production and wastewater disposal.
https://capitalandmain.com/california-is-greenlighting-oil-wells-linked-to-groundwater-pollution-0408#:~:text=California%20Is%20Greenlighting%20Oil%20Wells%20Linked%20to%20Groundwater%20Pollution,-April%208%2C%202021&text=Throughout%202020%20and%20early%202021,oil%20production%20and%20wastewater%20disposal

Driven by industry, more states are passing tough laws aimed at pipeline protesters. Bills to increase penalties for “impeding” the operations of a pipeline or power plant—in many cases elevating the offense to a felony—are pending in at least five states and have been enacted in 15 others https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12042021/laws-pipeline-protests-line-3/

The developer of the Keystone XL pipeline continues to pursue land rights, including through eminent domain, despite President Biden’s executive order rescinding its permit to cross the U.S.-Canadian border.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jan/20/keystone-xl-pipeline-developer-seize-land-nebraska

Judge Orders Delay Amid Debate Over Dakota Access Pipeline. A judge has delayed a decision on whether the Dakota Access Oil pipeline should be shut down while the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducts an environmental review on the project, after lawyers for the pipeline asked for more time to outline recent changes in the economy.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-04-09/hearing-to-decide-fate-of-dakota-access-pipeline-permit

The health hazards of California’s neighborhood drilling. Much of the state’s oil extraction takes place in residential areas, often in Spanish-speaking communities, but there’s a lack of research detailing its impact.
https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/publications/papers/DangerNextDoor.pdf

# Environment / Climate / Interior
How a shocking environmental disaster was uncovered off the California coast after 70 years. The lasting effects of DDT contamination are killing an alarming number of California sea lions.
https://www.newsbreak.com/videos/2202324894976/how-a-shocking-environmental-disaster-was-uncovered-off-the-california-coast-after-70-years

Dumped chemical weapons litter the ocean floors. Millions of tons of chemical weapons abandoned after World Wars I and II threaten humans, wildlife, and future climate change remediation.
https://www.popsci.com/story/environment/chemical-weapons-dumped-in-ocean/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Bill Gates is the biggest private owner of farmland in the United States, 14,500 acres of prime eastern Washington farmland, which is traditional Yakama territory. Why?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/05/bill-gates-climate-crisis-farmland

Biden’s FDA takes new steps toward limiting toxic heavy metals in commercial baby foods. After pressure from parents and advocates, the agency is laying out a multiyear plan to address the issue.
https://khn.org/morning-breakout/white-house-takes-aim-at-chemical-toxins-in-baby-food/

# Gov / Political
Exclusive: GOP senators seek FBI investigation into Biden Pentagon nominee https://thehill.com/policy/defense/547842-gop-senators-seek-fbi-investigation-into-biden-pentagon-nominee

‘Oh Sh*t’: Dem 2020 Pollsters Admit They Got It Badly Wrong. According to Politico, five of the party’s biggest polling firms concede there were serious errors in the run-up to the vote. Five of the biggest Democratic firms have signed onto a joint statement that seeks to explain what went wrong in last year’s election.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/13/dems-polling-failure-481044

President Biden plans to announce the United States will withdraw all of its troops from Afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that prompted the war, a House aide confirmed to The Hill.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/547937-biden-to-withdraw-troops-from-afghanistan-but-miss-trump-deadline-report

President Biden is under fire from lawmakers in both parties over his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan by mid-September.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/548007-biden-sparks-bipartisan-backlash-on-afghanistan-withdrawal

# Law Enforcement
President Joe Biden is dropping plans to create a national police oversight commission. The president promised one during his campaign.
But civil rights groups and police union reps both said it wasn’t necessary.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/11/biden-police-oversight-commission-480931

Marvin Scott III died in Texas police custody. The Texas Rangers are investigating Scott’s case. Nearly a month later, the county medical examiner’s office has not yet released an official cause of death.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/13/marvin-scott-jail-protests/

Brooklyn Center Cops Ban Tear Gas, Then Use It 15 Mins Later. Videos posted within minutes after the resolution was passed showed police officers launching tear gas at people protesting Daunte Wright killing.
https://www.insider.com/brooklyn-center-police-prohibited-tear-gas-then-broke-own-rules-2021-4

Portland Cops Declare Riot as Daunte Wright Protests Spread. Some 200 protesters gathered in Oregon on Monday night near the headquarters of the city’s crime-prevention program.
https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2021/04/portland-protesters-march-after-minnesota-police-killing-of-daunte-wright.html

Bullshit: Minnesota cop “accidentally” murders innocent Black teen in “Blue Lives Matters” incident. This is a hate crime and we have another cop to go on trial for murder and more need to be jailed, fired or deported.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/12/bullshit-minnesota-cop-accidentally-murders-innocent-black-teen-in-blue-lives-matters-incident/

NYPD “Goon Squad” Manual Teaches Officers to Violate Protesters’ Rights https://theintercept.com/2021/04/07/nypd-strategic-response-unit-george-floyd-protests/

Biden Poised to Break a Promise on Mandatory Minimum Sentencing. Like the racist crackdown on crack cocaine, a crackdown on fentanyl is filling prisons, not preventing deaths.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-poised-to-break-a-promise-on-mandatory-minimum-sentencing/

Georgia Prisoners Shackled and Placed in Solitary Confinement Days After Giving Birth https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/13/headlines/georgia_prisoners_shackled_and_placed_in_solitary_confinement_days_after_giving_birth

Cop Who Shot Jacob Blake Back at Work, No Discipline Given. Rusten Sheskey, who shot Jacob Blake in the back, is back from administrative leave, the Kenosha Police Department said Tuesday.
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/no-discipline-for-police-officer-who-shot-jacob-blake-chief-says/2639150/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Prosecutors rested their case on Tuesday at the murder trial of former Officer Derek Chauvin after 11 days of testimony and a mountain of video depicting George Floyd’s final moments, opening the way for the defence to present its side.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/13/chauvin-trial-prosecution-rests-as-defence-opens-with-former-cop

# LGBTQ
The National Collegiate Athletic Association Board of Governors says it will only hold college championships in states where transgender student-athletes can participate without discrimination. That came as the Texas Legislature considered several anti-trans bills.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/04/12/ncaa-transgender-laws-texas-legislature/

The Colorado town that became a transgender haven. In ‘Going to Trinidad,’ histories illuminate, and obscure, the outcomes of gender transition.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.5/ideas-books-the-colorado-town-that-became-a-transgender-haven

Why Republicans are betting the farm on attacking transgender people.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/04/12/why-republicans-are-betting-the-farm-on-attacking-transgender-people/

NCAA Supports Trans Athletes Against GOP Efforts to Ban Them from Competition https://thehill.com/homenews/news/547797-ncaa-expresses-support-for-transgender-athletes

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) signed a marijuana legalization bill into law, making her state the third to enact the reform in recent days. She also signed separate cannabis expungements legislation.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-mexico-governor-signs-marijuana-legalization-bill-making-state-third-to-enact-reform-within-days/

The Minnesota House Environment and Natural Resources Finance and Policy Committee approved a marijuana legalization bill—the fifth panel to do so.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/minnesota-marijuana-legalization-bill-sails-through-fifth-committee-with-floor-vote-expected-next-month/

“Cannabinoid Calculator Introduction Article” Includes a detailed description of the tool and instructions.
https://cannabinoidcalculator.com

# Medical / Health
Orange County Hospital Seeks Divorce From Large Catholic Health System https://voiceofoc.org/2021/04/orange-county-hospital-seeks-divorce-from-large-catholic-health-system/

FDA Lifts Restrictions On Abortion Pills By Mail
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/12/abortion-pills-481092

Medicaid Postpartum Coverage For Mothers Expanded In Illinois https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/547744-hhs-expands-medicaid-postpartum-coverage-for-illinois-mothers-up-to-a-year

# Murmurs of War
Top Kremlin Mouthpiece Warns of ‘Inevitable’ War With U.S.: The head of the Kremlin-funded RT and Sputnik news agencies believes Russia will invade Ukraine, sparking a conflict with the U.S. that will force entire cities into blackouts.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-kremlin-mouthpiece-warns-of-inevitable-war-with-us-over-another-ukraine-land-grab

# Nuclear / Radiation
Japan: We’re Dumping Fukushima Waste in Sea, but Don’t Worry. The move has been angrily opposed by residents, environmental activists, and Japan’s neighbors.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/13/fukushima-japan-to-start-dumping-contaminated-water-pacific-ocean

# Security
Domestic terrorism incidents have soared to new highs in the United States. Domestic terrorism incidents have soared to new highs in the United States, driven chiefly by white-supremacist, anti-Muslim and anti-government extremists, the study shows https://www.inquirer.com/news/nation-world/domestic-terrorism-analysis-study-far-right-20210412.html

# Social
On May 1, Austin will hold an election headlined by a proposition that, if successful, would drastically alter the state of homelessness in the city by again making it a criminal offense to camp in public. If approved, camping would be prohibited everywhere.
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/homeless-public-camping-prohibition-bill-discussed-in-tx-senate-committee

US saw estimated 4,000 extra murders in 2020 amid surge in daily gun violence https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/24/us-murders-extra-4000-everyday-gun-violence

# Veterans / VA
Veterans face uphill battle to receive treatment for ‘burn pit’
exposure. A growing number of U.S. veterans say they have developed serious health ailments after facing prolonged exposure to flaming trash piles
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/veterans-face-uphill-battle-receive-treatment-burn-pit-exposure-n1263862

# Water
Corporate Merger Aims to Build a Water Privatization Giant. Veolia and Suez plan a $15.4 billion deal that would create the largest private water firm in the world.
https://prospect.org/environment/corporate-merger-aims-to-build-water-privatization-giant-veolia-suez/

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