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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-07-10

Voices, The Peoples News

July 10, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Historic summit of tribes across Pacific Northwest presses dam removal on Inslee, Biden, Congress
https://www.chronline.com/stories/historic-summit-of-tribes-across-pacific-northwest-presses-dam-removal-on-inslee-biden-congress,268796

# Indigenous / Global
An Indigenous group’s objection to geoengineering spurs a debate about social justice in climate science. The Sámi people of Northern Sweden say blocking out the sun with reflective particles to cool the earth is the kind of thinking that produced the climate crisis in the first place.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07072021/sami-sweden-objection-geoengineering-justice-climate-science/

# Border / Immigration
A joint immigration proposal by two top Senate Republicans was received with jeers among immigration advocates on both sides of the aisle, but some observers see it as an escape valve if Senate rules don’t allow Democrats to push through their version of immigration reform.
https://thehill.com/latino/562324-republican-immigration-proposal-falls-flat

Governors ‘forced’ by Biden admin to handle border crisis on their own: Wolf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqPw8Zpr-oE

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
Biden urged to harden government for future pandemics. Public health experts are urging the Biden administration to harden the federal government for future crises, warning that the U.S. is not prepared for the next pandemic.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/562366-biden-urged-to-harden-government-for-future-pandemics

# Economy / Trade
Biden shifts party further left with new order on business concentration. President Joe Biden’s new competition executive order moves the Democratic Party further to the left and expands the role of the government in an attempt to help consumers save money and time in dealings with corporations.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/biden-shifts-party-further-left-100400554.html

Trump calls for GOP senators to withdraw from Biden’s $1.2tr proposal
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-calls-for-gop-senators-to-withdraw-from-biden-s-1-2tr-proposal/ar-AALZpEe?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Education / Schools
Biden administration cancels additional $55.6 million in student debt
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/562306-biden-administration-cancels-556m-in-student-loan-debt-for-fraud

# Environment / Climate / Interior
‘Megadrought’ along border strains US-Mexico water relations. There’s simply not enough water to go around as the region buckles under stress of climate change.
Lake Mead, which serves seven U.S. states and three Mexican states, is drying up.
https://theconversation.com/megadrought-along-border-strains-us-mexico-water-relations-160338

Nitrous oxide, a powerful greenhouse gas, is on the rise from ocean dead zones
One of our studies from that expedition suggested that the sediments below oxygen-depleted waters are a significant source of nitrous oxide (N2O).
https://theconversation.com/nitrous-oxide-a-powerful-greenhouse-gas-is-on-the-rise-from-ocean-dead-zones-162812

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global
Ice Dam Bursts Threaten to Increase Sunny Day Floods as Hotter Temperatures Melt Glaciers. Scientists say meltwater flooding will increase as the ice continues to retreat, but will eventually stop, when all the ice is melted and the glaciers are no more.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072021/ice-dam-glaciers-sunny-day-floods-alaska/

# Global Politics and other news
The Biden administration has received a request from Haiti to provide U.S. security forces to the Caribbean nation to guard critical infrastructure, according to two congressional sources, as the country grapples with an unpredictable security situation following the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/09/haiti-requests-us-troops-protect-infrastructure-assassination

Dead Haitian Prez’s Bodyguards to Be Probed as Chaos Spreads. A third politician is now claiming to be the country’s rightful leader, adding another layer of chaos to situation in Haiti.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/assassinated-haitian-president-jovenel-moises-bodyguards-to-be-questioned-as-turmoil-deepens

# Gov / Politics
President Biden’s biggest vulnerability isn’t any single issue. It’s the risk that he could be seen as losing control of events. Six months into Biden’s presidency, illegal crossings of the southern border are at a two-decade high. Violent crime rates are marching upwards. And the Taliban are resurgent in Afghanistan as U.S. forces withdraw.
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/562355-the-memo-biden-struggles-to-impose-his-will-as-problems-multiply

Five key elements of Biden’s executive order. President Biden’s sweeping executive order on competition targets industries from banking and airlines to technology and health care, declaring war on corporations over anti-competitive practices.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/562320-non-competes-banks-and-farms-five-key-elements-of-bidens-executive

A Country That Has Lost Its Way: U.S. Government and Corporations Combine to Strip Citizens of Their Rights: “The Biden Administration is calling on Americans to spy on friends, neighbors and family
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56638.htm

Biden Inc.: Hunter, Joe, and the Mexican Oligarchs. The Biden family has gotten rich from plying all these political connections.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/07/07/biden_inc_hunter_joe_and_the_mexican_oligarchs_146043.html

A Democratic Socialist Agenda Is Possible in Buffalo. It Depends on Labor Unions.
India Walton will need to win over labor and outmaneuver entrenched party machines to exercise the power to govern.
https://truthout.org/articles/democratic-socialist-agenda-is-possible-in-buffalo-it-depends-on-labor-unions/

A 7-point-plan to reinstate Donald Trump as president ‘in days, not years’ was handed out at CPAC. Step 1: Get the Black Congressional Caucus to join the Republican Party so they can impeach Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-reinstated-7-point-plan_n_60e8cbace4b00edbf3833e8c

Texas Democrats reportedly weigh leaving state to block Republican-led voting bill. Leaders of the Democratic caucus in Texas have reportedly argued that leaving the state could become a public relations catastrophe. Instead, they are pushing to slow the legislative process by packing the bill with amendments, the Times reported.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/562374-texas-democratic-legislators-consider-leaving-state-to-block-voting-bill

India has a long way to go in confronting China. It is a belated response to China’s actions last year, when the Chinese army surprised ill-prepared Indian soldiers and occupied several square miles of Indian territory in the Ladakh region to build roads and fortify military encampments.
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/562397-india-has-a-long-way-to-go-in-confronting-china

Social Security Chief Says His Firing Is ‘Friday Night Massacre,’ He Won’t Leave Position. Despite his refusal to leave, Saul may have no legal authority at SSA if he is no longer officially employed there and could potentially be cited with trespassing if he physically returns to his former place of employment to resume duties next week.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/social-security-chief-says-his-firing-is-friday-night-massacre-he-won-t-leave-position/ar-AALYlh1?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Law Enforcement
Senate GOP proposes emergency Capitol Police funding amid spending fight
Senate Republicans are proposing emergency funding for the Capitol Police and National Guard amid a stalemate over a larger House-passed security bill.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/09/senate-capitol-police-funding-499005

Trumpster Gets 5 years for Assaulting Black Teen Who Used ‘Nazi Restricted’ Public Beach. Lee Mouat, 43, has been sentenced five years in prison and three years of supervised release for a hate crime where he assaulted a Black teen with a bike chain in June 2020.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/07/09/trumpster-gets-5-years-for-assaulting-black-teen-who-used-nazi-restricted-public-beach/

Cop Who Held Black Mom and Kids at Gunpoint Runs for Sheriff. Darian Dasko was demoted after video of the incident went viral. Now he’s seeking a big promotion.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cop-held-black-mom-kids-030038173.html

Texas authorities release security footage from in-custody death of Black inmate
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/562412-texas-authorities-release-security-footage-from-in-custody-death-of

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
DC Court makes it easier to Jail Insurrectionists pending trial: This is not only bad news for Trump, but also for all of his satellite operators, militias and political grifters. Their attorneys are now faced with a steeper uphill climb to keep their clients out of jail.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/07/09/dc-court-makes-it-easier-to-jail-insurrectionists-pending-trial/

Feds agree to pay $6.1M to create database for Capitol riot prosecutions. To take on the daunting task, the federal government has turned to Deloitte Financial Advisory Services, a firm prosecutors called “a litigation support vendor with extensive experience providing complex litigation technology services.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/09/doj-database-capitol-riot-prosecutions-498911

South Dakota AG Claims His Crash Victim Wanted to Die. Jason Ravnsborg says the man he ran over and killed was suicidal and may have thrown himself in front of the car.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-dakota-ag-jason-ravnsborg-claims-his-crash-victim-wanted-to-die

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Investigators conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 38 randomized controlled trials of omega-3 fatty acids. Overall, they found that omega-3 fatty acids improved cardiovascular outcomes. Results showed a significantly greater reduction in cardiovascular risk in studies of EPA alone rather than EPA+DHA supplements.
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/954402#:~:text=The%20meta%2Danalysis%20of%2038,plus%20docosahexaenoic%20(DHA)%20supplements.

# Medical / Health
Thyroid cancer now diagnosed with machine learning-powered hotoacoustic/ultrasound imaging. Recently, a joint research team in Korea has proposed a new non-invasive method to distinguish thyroid nodules from cancer by combining photoacoustic (PA) and ultrasound image technology with artificial intelligence.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210709104241.htm

Virtual learning may help NICU nurses recognize baby pain. Not only do babies experience pain, but the various levels can be standardized to help nurses recognize and respond to the babies’ cues, if the nurses have the opportunity to learn the scoring tools and skills needed to react appropriately
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210709/Multimedia-virtual-program-could-help-nurses-learn-about-neonatal-pain-management.aspx

# Other News
The Creepy Trend Behind the Massachusetts Highway Standoff. Once an obscure offshoot of the sovereign-citizen movement, the Moorish Sovereign scene appears to be having a moment.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-national-trend-behind-the-rise-of-the-moors-highway-standoff-in-massachusetts

‘Rise of the Moors’ members in Massachusetts armed standoff case combative in court appearances. Several members of the “Rise of the Moors,” a group that does not identify with U.S. laws, were combative and chaotic during court arraignments
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/rise-moors-members-massachusetts-armed-130100911.html

Trump’s Tech Lawsuit Already Turning Into Fundraising Scheme. Trump supporters think they’re signing on to a class-action lawsuit against social media companies. What they’re really signing on to is a fundraising email list.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-tech-lawsuit-already-turning-into-fundraising-scheme

Exec Accused of Squatting: Hamptons Owner Is Harassing Me. Paul Pion accused the owner and a prospective buyer of sending “defamatory memes” to his finance company to try and embarrass him.
https://nypost.com/2021/07/09/hamptons-squatter-alleges-harassment-by-homeowner/

# Social
In Many Cities In America, The Criminals Are Starting To Gain Firm Control Of The Streets. It is heartbreaking to watch our society come apart at the seams all around us
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/many-cities-america-criminals-are-starting-gain-firm-control-streets

Massachusetts standoff reveals growing extremist threat. The episode reveals that the threat from domestic extremist groups is widespread and increasingly diverse.
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/562348-massachusetts-standoff-reveals-growing-extremist-threat

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-07-09

Voices, The Peoples News

July 9, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
How Indigenous leaders are pushing to vaccinate their hard-hit communities: How Indigenous leaders are pushing to vaccinate their hard-hit communities on Facebook
Indigenous Americans face higher mortality rates from COVID-19. How have tribal communities responded to vaccination efforts?
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/covid19-and-indigenous-communities

# Indigenous / Global
Glimmer of Hope in Honduras: Ex-Dam CEO & West Point Grad Convicted in Murder of Berta Cáceres. A former U.S.-trained Honduran military officer and businessman has been found guilty
https://freespeech.org/stories/honduras-hope-berta-caceres/

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Birds are dying in the United States and no one knows why. There’s a new epidemic, this time among birds. An illness is infecting them ― and it’s spreading.
https://www.sciencealert.com/songbirds-are-mysteriously-dying-across-several-us-states

# Archaeology
Second Khufu Solar Ship ready for assembly, reveals masterful shipbuilding 4,500 years ago in Egypt. archaeologists have announced that they’ve completed the excavations and exhumation of all artifacts for a Second Kufu Ship, which was found in another pit close to the same great Kheops Pyramid.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/second-khufu-solar-ship-09072021/

103-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Bone Discovered in ‘Fossil Hotspot’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/103-million-year-old-dinosaur-bone-discovered-in-fossil-hotspot/ar-AALYgdp?ocid=winp1taskbar

When a group of natives in North America approached the scientific community with claims that were contrary to their professional consensus, researchers were quick to dismiss them. These scholars soon learned, however, that everything they thought they knew about a particular chapter of history was a complete lie.
https://abolt.newsweek.com/s/heiltsuk-evidence-past?as=6dap23847725351140626&utm_source=fb&utm_campaign=6dap23847725351140626&utm_medium=z020111&fbclid=IwAR3NzT6u98Xd2zJEuK1LcVGtO2ONmG8ruzgG0qtK4p_LFpmuMnQ5AxG2rEE&bdk=0

# Border / Immigration
The Biden administration has directed its immigration officers to avoid arresting pregnant and nursing women, and set new guidelines for treatment of such women when they are taken into government custody.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/562224-biden-directs-ice-to-limit-arrests-of-pregnant-nursing-women

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
Arizona Lawmaker Advises People to Put Up ‘No Trespassing’ Signs to Deter Door-to-Door Vaccine Checks. “If this is the case, this is a severe breach of privacy, and I will not tolerate such intrusions within Arizona,” Brnovich wrote.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2021/07/07/mark-brnovich-greatly-alarmed-just-not-election-tampering/7894591002/

Prepare for mandatory COVID vaccines in September, Army tells commands. The Army has directed commands to prepare to administer mandatory COVID-19 vaccines as early as Sept. 1, pending full Food and Drug Administration licensure, Army Times has learned.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/07/01/prepare-for-mandatory-covid-vaccines-in-september-army-tells-commands/

A 13-year-old Michigan boy died in his sleep three days after receiving the coronavirus vaccine in June and the Centers for Disease Control has opened an investigation into the death
https://nypost.com/2021/07/05/michigan-boy-dies-in-his-sleep-three-days-after-getting-vaccine/

NEO – The Dangerous truth about what we Aren’t Allowed to Know: 99 percent of those who write about COVID, either medically or from a security standpoint, have no qualifications in either arena.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/07/08/neo-the-dangerous-truth-about-what-we-arent-allowed-to-know/

Pfizer To Ask FDA To OK Third Shot; Also Developing Delta Booster. With data out of Israel showing a decrease in efficacy of its two-jab covid vaccine regimen, Pfizer says it plans in the next few weeks to request emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a third dose
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/562169-pfizer-to-seek-fda-authorization-for-booster-of-covid-19-vaccine

CDC, FDA Not Sold On Need For Covid Boosters ‘At This Time’: “People who are fully vaccinated are protected from severe disease and death, including from the variants currently circulating in the country such as Delta,” the FDA and CDC said.
https://www.axios.com/fda-cdc-fully-vaccinated-booster-covid-vaccine-c648f786-3bb9-40f3-b43d-cd88b54a4fa3.html

The twisted, tragic reality of vaccine apartheid. True to form, the Western pharmaceutical companies responsible for producing vaccines are already telling shareholders that they will raise prices on them in the near future.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/07/09/the-twisted-tragic-reality-of-vaccine-apartheid/

# Economy / Trade
President Biden will sign a sweeping executive order aimed at promoting competition in the economy through 72 initiatives cracking down on anti-competitive practices in multiple industries.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/562203-biden-to-sign-executive-order-on-anti-competitive-practices-in-tech

# Education / Schools
Scripps Spelling Bee Crowns First African-American Champ. Zaila Avant-garde also holds the Guinness Book of World Records for most basketballs dribbled simultaneously: six.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/watch-zaila-avant-garde-becomes-first-african-american-winner-of-scripps-national-spelling-bee-with-murraya

Baylor University stirs anger and confusion as it opens the door for first LGBTQ student group: “You cannot be an institution of higher learning and discriminate against a group of people that are your students.” Shane Windmeyer, executive director of Campus Pride, a national group that tracks how welcoming colleges and universities are to LGBTQ students.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/09/baylor-university-lgbtq-student-group/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
Cancer-causing arsenic is leaking out of a shuttered coal plant into Memphis groundwater. One local calls it “a ticking time bomb.” [scroll down a bit to read.]
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5gwew/a-black-memphis-community-says-its-being-poisoned-by-tennessee-valley-authority-allen

A quest for Alaska oil sparks a fight over tribal sovereignty. An energy company with a history of environmental violations is conducting exploratory drilling in the Yukon Flats.
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/07/alaska-oil-exploration-yukon-flats-tribal-native-american-sovereignty-hilcorp/

‘They lied to us’: Coal miners in Alabama are their fourth month of a strike against their employer, who they say has reneged on promises of better benefits.
https://wbhm.org/feature/2021/alabama-coal-workers-strike-for-better-wages-fair-treatment/

A report by the environmental nonprofit Appalachian Voices finds Pennsylvania and six other states could face a new wave of abandoned mines
https://www.wesa.fm/environment-energy/2021-07-08/pennsylvania-could-face-new-wave-of-abandoned-coal-mines

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Iran’s enriched uranium an economic, not military, threat? Is there a hidden reason for the animosity toward Iran’s nuclear power program? Is the real problem that the makers of fuel for nuclear power plants fear Iranian competition?
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/07/08/enriched/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
A watershed moment: How Boston’s Charles River went from polluted to pristine,
and what the cleanup shows us about the power of federal waterway protections
https://grist.org/regulation/charles-river-boston-waters-of-the-us/

The Gila was once a vibrant desert river, providing a lifeline for the riparian habitat and wildlife that depended on it in the U.S. Southwest. A massive mountain of orange- and dun-colored smelter tailings, left from the days of copper and lead processing and riddled with arsenic, towers where the two rivers meet.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/once-a-rich-desert-river-the-gila-struggles-to-keep-flowing

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Trump ag secretary Sonny Perdue personally lobbied to keep meatpacking plants open during pandemic, emails show
https://investigatemidwest.org/2021/07/02/trump-ag-secretary-sonny-perdue-personally-lobbied-to-keep-meatpacking-plants-open-during-pandemic-emails-show/

# Global Politics and other news
Russia is ready to respond ‘harshly and decisively’ to any future US power plays, country’s foreign minister Lavrov warns Washington. Moscow’s most senior diplomat has said that his country will not allow the US to dictate negotiations and relations from an unequal position of power, insisting that it would view any such attempts as an escalation of hostilities.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-moscow-russia-vladimir-putin-sergey-lavrov-131a15a4c3893732dda7e1d24e01de7c

Taliban Claims It’s Taken 85% of Afghanistan as U.S. Exits: The Taliban seized a crucial border crossing hours after President Joe Biden defended the pace of the U.S. withdrawal.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/09/taliban-take-key-iran-afghanistan-border-crossing-joe-biden

Haitian authorities have asked US military forces to help stabilize the country
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-haiti-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-government-and-politics-dde79dbeb938e17fa5586d646aecb494

U.S. sending FBI, DHS law enforcement to Haiti
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-haiti-president-usa-whitehouse/u-s-sending-fbi-dhs-law-enforcement-to-haiti-white-house-idUSKCN2EF1XI

Haiti President assassination allegedly involved Americans and retired members of Colombian military
https://www.wsj.com/articles/six-suspects-in-haiti-president-killing-were-ex-military-colombia-says-11625840917

New Kim Jong Un Purge Suggests North Korea Is in Deep Sh*t: Military leaders bore the brunt of the dictator’s frustration indicating that the economic crisis in North Korea is spiraling out of control.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-kim-jong-un-purge-suggests-north-korea-is-in-deep-shit

# Gov / Politics
1/6 Photos, Videos Show Potential Undercover Feds Participate in Violence, Assault Trump Supporters Trying to De-Escalate — How many of these people were working with or for the FBI, local police, or federal law enforcement?
https://newsfinale.com/news/exclusive-1-6-photos-videos-show-potential-undercover-feds-participate-in-violence-assault-trump-supporters-trying-to-de-escalate/

Biden buries this announcement on the Saturday of a holiday weekend: Biden nominates UPenn president for ambassadorship following China disclosure complaint –The National Legal and Policy Center filed a complaint against UPenn in 2020, alleging it failed to disclose millions of dollars in donations from China
https://texasnewstoday.com/biden-appoints-upenn-president-as-ambassador-in-response-to-chinese-disclosure-complaints/345560/

President Biden met with civil rights leaders for almost two hours on Thursday as part of a broader effort by his administration to focus on voting rights, a key part of his agenda that has struggled to overcome the roadblock that is the evenly split Senate.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/562188-civil-rights-leaders-find-meeting-with-wh-encouraging-amidst-voting

Trump weaponized the American flag. Will it ever be a unifying symbol again? The American flag has always meant different things to different people, but in our increasingly polarized era, it’s become a symbol of division
https://www.fastcompany.com/90653888/trump-weaponized-the-american-flag-will-it-ever-being-a-unifying-symbol-again

How to Cover the Big Lies, and Understand Those Who Fall for Them. The media’s still struggling to depict the dangers and the roots of the right’s mass delusions
https://prospect.org/politics/altercation-how-to-cover-the-big-lies-understand-those-who-fall-for-them/

“I Will Not Send Another Generation of Americans to War”: Biden Steps Up Afghanistan https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/9/headlines/i_will_not_send_another_generation_of_americans_to_war_biden_steps_up_afghanistan_pulloutPullout

As Texas pushes “worst suppression bill in the country,” activists call on Biden to do more
https://truthout.org/video/texas-pushes-worst-voter-suppression-bill-as-activists-demand-urgent-action/

The verdict on Republicans? Guilty as charged, on all counts. It has sold its heart and soul to gain power and control.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/07/09/the-verdict-on-republicans-guilty-as-charged-on-all-counts/

Carlos Lazo: The Cuban American leading the charge to transform U.S.-Cuba policy. “Everything you do to make the world better helps to make the world better.”
https://towardfreedom.org/story/admin-admin/how-one-cuban-is-leading-the-charge-to-transform-u-s-cuba-policy/

President Biden fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, a holdover from the Trump administration, after Saul refused a request to resign from his position. Biden has named Kilolo Kijakazi as acting commissioner as he searches for a permanent replacement for the position.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/people/2021/07/biden-fires-saul-as-ssa-commissioner/

# Law Enforcement
‘I Want My Daddy:’ Video Shows Cop Rescuing Kidnapped Girl. The 6-year-old was snatched off her bike and bundled into a red sedan.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/louisville-cops-rescue-of-kidnapped-6-year-old-girl-caught-on-bodycam

St. Louis police shot a sleeping 63-year-old man 9 times and killed him in no-knock raid, lawsuit alleges.
https://www.insider.com/lawsuit-st-louis-police-no-knock-raid-fatal-shooting-7

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
The indictment against the Trump Organization named seven specific companies within the overall business. Guess who’s connected to those companies. That could spell major trouble for Trump’s children, as well as Trump himself, who has already adopted a legal strategy of ignorance of the tax laws.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-organization-indictment-may-spell-trouble-for-ivanka-don-jr-and-eric-trump

Trump deposition? 45 braces as Trump Org case takes twist. His lawyers promoting litigation to overturn the election now face sanctions hearings in Michigan for making false claims in court filings. Trump also plans to sit for a deposition in his social media lawsuit as the criminal probe into his namesake company continues.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-deposition-45-braces-trump-003243771.html

Justice Department says Trump’s reinstatement talk could fuel more violence from his supporters
https://www.theatlantavoice.com/articles/us-justice-department-trumps-reinstatement-talk-could-fuel-more-violence-from-his-supporters/

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
LA County residents threatened by Mexican drug cartels stealing water for marijuana farms
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/la-county-residents-threatened-by-mexican-drug-cartels-stealing-water-for-marijuana-farms/vi-AALXJsq

# Medical / Health
Federal Speech Rulings May Embolden Health Care Workers to Call Out Safety Issues
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210709/Federal-speech-rulings-may-embolden-health-care-workers-to-call-out-safety-issues.aspx

Moderna starts human trials of an mRNA-based flu vaccine. It’s the next step for this vaccine technology
https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/7/22566634/moderna-mrna-flu-vaccine-trial

In Win for Overdose Prevention, Rhode Island Approves Harm Reduction Centers
Biden is under pressure to prohibit law enforcement from targeting safe consumption sites that reduce drug overdose.
https://truthout.org/articles/in-win-for-overdose-prevention-rhode-island-approves-harm-reduction-centers/

# Military / DOD
After nearly 20 years, the United States is nearing its endgame in Afghanistan.
President Biden on Thursday confirmed the U.S. military mission will end on Aug. 31, ahead of his initial Sept. 11 deadline.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/562190-us-nears-endgame-in-afghanistan

# Murmurs of war
War with Russia is not hypothetical and our lumbering bureaucracy is unprepared for it. In his recent annual “town hall,” Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled his resolve to take Moscow’s confrontation with Washington to the next level which appears to be a hypothetical scenario no longer — an outright war that, in his view, the United States is unable to win.
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/561776-war-with-russia-is-not-hypothetical-and-our-lumbering-bureaucracy

# Other News
Trump Org CFO Resigns From Trump’s Scotland Golf Course. The exit comes a week after Allen Weisselberg and the Trump Organization were charged with tax evasion.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-08/weisselberg-terminated-as-director-of-trump-s-u-k-golf-business

# Social
The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture: “Institutionalized” slavery was practiced in virtually every continent and in every era; it is a human failing, not a Western one.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/07/09/the-problem-of-slavery-in-western-culture/?mc_cid=7b10105e8b&mc_eid=3f7488d454

# Space
Flying on Mars: NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is the gift that keeps on giving. And engineers are drawing up bigger, more capable successors.
https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-keep-flying-months

Russia Is Threatening to Leave the International Space Station. Why?
https://slate.com/technology/2021/07/international-space-station-russia-leaving.html

China’s space agency has released five new images from Mars
https://todayuknews.com/science/chinas-space-agency-releases-five-new-images-from-mars/

Northrop Grumman Corp won a NASA contract worth $935 million to develop living quarters for the U.S. space agency’s planned outpost in lunar orbit, the weapons maker said on Friday.
Astronauts will live and conduct research in the Habitation And Logistics Outpost (HALO) made by Northrop for the lunar Gateway – a vital component of NASA’s Artemis moon program.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/northrop-grumman-finalizes-nasa-contract-for-halo-module-271625848976

# Technology
‘We Will Act’ US Threatens Russia If They Don’t Pursue Ransomware Attackers
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/562282-biden-presses-putin-to-take-action-on-russian-ransomware-attacks

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-07-08

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Stimulus Cherokee: In addition to the $3200 paid out by the IRS since the beginning of the pandemic – $1200 in March 2020, $600 in December 2020, and $1400 in March 2021 – members of the Cherokee Nation are receiving an additional $2000 stimulus payment. The payment is slated to be split in two, with one thousand dollars paid this year and the other half paid twelve months from now.
https://gadugiportal.cherokee.org/s/login/?ec=302&startURL=%2Fs%2F

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Fish can become addicted to methamphetamine in the water, and scientists are very concerned
https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/fish-can-become-addicted-to-methamphetamine-in-the-water-and-scientists-are-very-concerned/

# Archaeology
Thousands of Islamic tombs arranged like stars in a galaxy found in Sudan. Sudan’s Kassala region, which borders neighboring Eritrea, has been occupied by the semi-nomadic Beja people for over two thousand years.
https://www.livescience.com/medieval-islamic-tombs-hidden-pattern-cosmology.html

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
Delta Variant Sends COVID Cases Soaring in 24 States: Dow Futures plummeted early Thursday as fears of a new wave of infections is growing.
https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/08/health/us-coronavirus-thursday/index.html

Infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can cause memory loss, strokes and other effects on the brain. New evidence suggests that the coronavirus’s assault on this organ could be multipronged: it might directly attack certain brain cells, reduce blood flow to brain tissue or trigger production of immune molecules that harm brain cells.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01693-6

Indonesian Sinovac Vaccine Trials Scientist Dies Of Suspected Covid
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/covid-vaccine-sinovac-indonesia-scientist-b1880352.html

Pfizer to seek FDA authorization for booster of COVID-19 vaccine
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/562169-pfizer-to-seek-fda-authorization-for-booster-of-covid-19-vaccine

Tens of Thousands of COVID-19 “Vaccine” Injured in the U.S. Begging for Help as the Medical Community Turns Their Back on Them
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/tens-of-thousands-of-covid-19-vaccine-injured-in-the-u-s-begging-for-help-as-the-medical-community-turns-their-back-on-them/

# Education / Schools
Court: School Can Keep Using Electrical Shocks on Students. The FDA banned the use of the graduated electrical decelerator last year, but on Wednesday a court vacated that ruling. The school serves those with severe disabilities, including many with non-verbal autism who have been ejected from other group homes over harm to themselves and others.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-judge-rotenberg-center-uses-electric-shocks-on-students-now-a-court-says-thats-totally-fine

Arrested for Vaping? Police Treatment of Teens Raises Questions. Officers for the Ocean City Police Department in Maryland harassed a group of teens visiting the shore from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
https://insidesources.com/arrested-for-vaping-police-treatment-of-teens-raises-questions/

Teachers’ Unions Are Pushing Back Against Attacks on Anti-Racist Education. Unions are pooling resources to defend educators from an onslaught of attacks from Republicans and right-wing media.
https://truthout.org/articles/teachers-unions-are-pushing-back-against-attacks-on-anti-racist-education/

# Employment / Labor
Restaurant workers across North Carolina say there’s no labor shortage. It’s a ‘wage shortage.’ The state is facing an employee-led reckoning in the restaurant industry—and workers say they’re at a breaking point.
https://thecounter.org/restaurant-workers-north-carolina-wage-shortage-labor-unions-mcdonalds/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
NASA says every U.S. coast will experience rapidly increasing high-tide floods in the mid-2030s, when a lunar cycle will amplify rising sea levels caused by climate change.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/study-projects-a-surge-in-coastal-flooding-starting-in-2030s

Dozens of U.S. corporations, including Apple, Google and General Motors, send a letter to Congress calling for a federal clean energy standard of 80% by 2030.
https://news.yahoo.com/gm-apple-among-corporate-giants-132852107.html

New Jersey to become largest offshore wind procurement in the country. “With this procurement, New Jersey has continued to establish itself as a national leader in offshore wind.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/07/08/new-jersey-to-become-largest-offshore-wind-procurement-in-the-country/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
In case you had any doubts, scientists found climate change was definitely behind the deadly Pacific Northwest heatwave
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zahrahirji/pacific-northwest-heat-wave-climate-change

Grasshopper Plague is Latest Sign of Climate Crisis in U.S. West. As the U.S. bakes under hot, dry weather, the region must now weather another issue— a plague of grasshoppers. There are 13 states out West experiencing the grasshopper outbreak
https://www.ecowatch.com/grasshopper-population-climate-crisis-us-2653702508.html

Drought covers 93% of the Western United States for the first time in at least a century.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/04/16/drought-worst-western-megadrought-here-study-says/5145929002/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Meat and plant-based meat don’t have the same nutritional properties, but neither is better than the other
https://www.zmescience.com/science/plant-based-meat-nutrient-comparison-beef-23347345/

# Gov / Politics
Biden’s new Cold War with China will result in climate collapse, progressives warn
A political fight is brewing among wings of the Democratic Party over Beijing’s help in curbing climate change versus curbing its human rights abuses.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/07/biden-china-climate-collapse-progressives-498588

Texas lawmakers return to the state Capitol in Austin to tackle a host of conservative priorities in a special session that is almost certain to devolve into a partisan cage match.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/562144-whats-in-the-new-texas-voting-rights-overhaul

State Republican Party chairs who have bought into former President Donald Trump’s lies of widespread election malfeasance are turning their fire on fellow Republicans who have acknowledged the reality of Trump’s defeat, in a turn that has longtime party leaders and strategists worried about the future of the conservative coalition.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/561887-trump-allied-gop-chairs-turn-on-fellow-republicans

To Retain Power, Democrats Must Stop Abandoning the Working Class. Democrats must take working people’s concerns seriously and pursue policies that serve them rather than the donor class
https://truthout.org/articles/noam-chomsky-to-retain-power-democrats-must-stop-abandoning-the-working-class/

Texas Is the Hardest State to Vote In. It Could Soon Get Much Harder. Democrats are desperately trying to act before Republicans can revive a restrictive voting bill.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/07/texas-is-the-hardest-state-to-vote-in-it-could-soon-get-much-harder/

# Law Enforcement
The Bizarre Beef Between a Viral Black Cop and His Bosses. After fellow cops accused him of possible gang ties and listening to rap songs with curses, a Syracuse police officer is going on the offensive.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-bizarre-beef-between-viral-cop-brandon-hanks-of-the-syracuse-police-department-and-his-bosses

Cop Convicted of Murdering Suicidal Man Is Still Being Paid: Records show that the Huntsville Police Chief even emailed staff, asking them to donate unused leave time to an unnamed colleague suffering from an undisclosed medical condition.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/william-darby-officer-convicted-of-killing-suicidal-man-still-getting-paid-by-huntsville-police-dept

Male correctional officers strip woman naked on video. “The incident was documented by involved personnel. Additionally, the incident was further reviewed by Department Supervisory personnel and documented per Macomb Police Policy and Procedures.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/07/08/male-correctional-officers-strip-woman-naked-on-video/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Avenatti Cries as He Gets 30 Months in Prison for Extortion. The high-flying lawyer also faces future criminal trials for allegedly stealing from Stormy Daniels and embezzling funds from clients.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-avenatti-gets-two-and-a-half-years-in-prison-for-extorting-nike

# LGBTQ
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Feds: Marijuana Trafficking Convictions Have Fallen Dramatically Following Statewide Legalization
https://norml.org/news/2021/07/08/feds-marijuana-trafficking-convictions-have-fallen-dramatically-following-statewide-legalization/

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

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Native children didn’t ‘lose’ their lives at residential schools. Their lives were stolen |
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jul/06/native-children-didnt-lose-their-lives-at-residential-schools-their-lives-were-stolen

# Indigenous / Global
An illegal gold rush is igniting attacks on Indigenous people in the Amazon
Indigenous communities and isolated tribes in Brazil are under threat as the government moves to legalize mining, logging, and industrial farming
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/war-on-indigenous-amazon-communities-in-brazil

Indigenous Land Defender Assassinated in Chiapas
https://www.ecowatch.com/environmental-defender-murdered-mexico-2629598326.html#toggle-gdpr

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
This summer, six states have detected West Nile virus in mosquitoes, and four of these states now have reported cases of humans who have contracted the virus from these pests.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/if-you-live-in-these-states-prepare-for-potentially-paralyzing-mosquitoes/ss-AALSLlV?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Archaeology
Neanderthal artists? Bones decorated over 50,000 years ago/ Discovery from Unicorn Cave in Lower Saxony sheds new light on Neanderthal cognitive abilities. Could they also make jewellery or even art?
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/07/210706115353.htm

# Border / Immigration
‘Megadrought’ along border strains US-Mexico water relations: There’s simply not enough water to go around as the region buckles under stress of climate change.
https://theconversation.com/megadrought-along-border-strains-us-mexico-water-relations-160338

Pentagon Signs Off on Fourth Year of Troops at the Border. The Defense Department has spent $840 million to maintain troops at the border for three years.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2021-07-06/us-mexico-border-troops-immigration-crisis-2071343.html

Arizona AG: Judge acknowledged Biden admin harming state by not following immigration laws
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/arizona-ag-judge-acknowledged-biden-admin-harming-state-by-not-following-immigration-laws/vi-AALSDJs?ocid=winp1taskbar

Whistleblower alleges poor treatment of migrant children at Fort Bliss
https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2021/06/25/fort-bliss-migrant-children-intake-shelter-deplorable-conditions-sources-allege/5324736001/

Kids Blasted With Bullhorns at Migrant Facility: Servpro, a DHS contractor that managed the facility, viewed their job as “crowd control” rather than childcare, according to two federal workers who filed a complaint.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/whistleblowers-claim-servpro-provides-poor-care-to-migrant-children-at-fort-bliss-texas-facility

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
‘We’ll Go Door-To-Door’: Biden Launching Campaign To Compel Unvaccinated Americans To Get Jab. Meanwhile, the CDC reports that 55% of the U.S. population is at least partially vaccinated.
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-07-06/biden-federal-covid-19-vaccination-effort-will-go-door-to-door-to-get-people-shots

Could Pfizer and Moderna Now Face Their Second-Worst Scenario? It’s possible, but the dynamics of the fight against COVID-19 are changing rapidly.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/07/07/could-pfizer-and-moderna-now-face-their-second-wor/

# Economy / Trade
Fourth Stimulus Check: 3 Reasons Why it Won’t Happen. However, though some lawmakers have backed more stimulus checks there is also major hesitance from others—particularly among the GOP—over mounting spending.
https://www.forbes.com/advisor/personal-finance/fourth-stimulus-check-possible/

Biden’s plans to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy are losing momentum
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/07/biden-tax-plan-corporate-capital-gains-and-income-hike-uncertain.html

Biden capital gains tax plan would raise $113 billion if ‘step up in basis’ is killed, says Wharton
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/27/biden-capital-gains-tax-plan-could-raise-113-billion-if-step-up-is-killed.html

The Biden Tax Hikes Have A Math Problem; The S&P 500 Might Too
https://www.investors.com/news/biden-tax-hikes-how-his-plan-hamstrings-agenda-and-sp-500/

Top Economist Warns 15% Global Minimum Tax on Corporations Is ‘Way Too Low’
“Taxing multinationals at 15% would still leave them facing a lower rate than the average American pays in state and federal income tax.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/07/top-economist-warns-15-global-minimum-tax-corporations-way-too-low

# Education / Schools
Teachers’ Unions Are Pushing Back Against Attacks on Anti-Racist Education
Unions are pooling resources to defend educators from an onslaught of attacks from Republicans and right-wing media.
https://truthout.org/articles/teachers-unions-are-pushing-back-against-attacks-on-anti-racist-education/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
Breaking News: Enbridge drilling construction operations hit an aquifer on Willow River. The video below shows them drilling mud. The yellow booms are to stop it from flowing downstream. It is called a frack out.
https://wcmcoop.org/2021/07/06/breaking-news-enbridge-drilling-construction-operations-hit-an-aquifer-on-willow-river/

Pipeline protesters face corporate counterinsurgency in Minnesota: Pipeline opponents say an oil company and police use surveillance and divide-and-conquer strategies, hallmarks of corporate counterinsurgency
https://theintercept.com/2021/07/07/line-3-pipeline-minnesota-counterinsurgency/

Water protectors protesting at Willow River warn Line 3 ‘is a catastrophic threat’: “Polluted water, land, and rapid climate change are threats to us all, and Line 3 will cause unpredictable levels of damage if it becomes active.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/06/water-protectors-protesting-willow-river-warn-line-3-catastrophic-threat

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Ahead of wildfire season, Washington Farm Bureau has been lobbying against emergency worker health protections
https://thecounter.org/wildfire-season-washington-farm-bureau-lobbying-against-worker-health-protections/

Florida is bracing for what is expected to be a furious hurricane season, even as the state deals with the fallout from the trauma of the condominium collapse in the Miami suburb of Surfside.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/561751-florida-braces-for-hurricanes-with-surfside-on-its-mind

War on Science Persists Within Biden EPA as Staffers Allege Chemical Reports Altered. “Inside EPA, scientific integrity has become an oxymoron and a cure will require a complete overhaul.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/07/war-science-persists-within-biden-epa-staffers-allege-chemical-reports-altered

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
New Checkout Experience Seeks to Eliminate the Wait and Add Options at the Register
https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2020/06/30/new-checkout-experience-seeks-to-eliminate-the-wait-and-add-options-at-the-register

# Global Politics and other news
Haitian President Moïse Reportedly Assassinated at His Home. There were mass protests this year in a bitter dispute over Moïse’s legitimacy.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/miami-gangs-are-out-of-control-and-precious-paraison-paid-with-her-life

Haiti Paralyzed After Midnight Assassination of President. Moïse’s wife was also in critical condition after the bloody raid and was evacuated to Miami for treatment.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jovenel-moise-reportedly-assassinated-at-his-home

Russia Won’t Allow Pressures From the US, Authorities Say: Sergey Lavrov remarked on Tuesday that his country wouldn’t let the U.S. direct future relations from a superior position, and it will consider this behavior as hostilities.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Wont-Allow-Pressures-From-the-US-Authorities-Say-20210706-0019.html

# Gov / Politics
Trump Reportedly Told Aides: Hitler Did a Lot of Good Things. Trump is said to have made the shocking remark to his chief of staff John Kelly in 2018.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/06/donald-trump-hitler-michael-bender-book

Attempted Hack of R.N.C. and Russian Ransomware Attack Test Biden
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/technology/rnc-hacked-cyberattack-russia.html

After This Fourth of July, Democrats Should Plead the Fifth: “When they say that the 4th of July is about American freedom, remember this: the freedom they’re referring to is for White people,” Bush tweeted. “This land is stolen land and Black people still aren’t free.”
https://insidesources.com/after-this-fourth-of-july-democrats-should-plead-the-fifth/

In Leaked Video, GOP Congressman Admits His Party Wants Chaos and Obstruction
Chip Roy of Texas openly admits that his party wants “18 more months of chaos and the inability to get stuff done.”
https://truthout.org/articles/in-leaked-video-gop-congressman-admits-his-party-wants-chaos-and-obstruction/

They rejected democracy. They lied. And they spent July Fourth calling themselves patriots. The 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the presidential election and fueled the insurrection are all celebrating their love of America now.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-overturn-presidential-election-capitol-riot-july-4_n_60e4793ee4b0e01b6b233fc3

Moveon Executive Director: “Americans Cannot Afford to Wait for a Bold Recovery Package”: “Simply recovering from the pandemic is not enough. 81 million people, the most votes that any candidate has ever received, voted for Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress to urgently address the mounting crises that have gone long ignored in this country.
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/07/07/moveon-executive-director-americans-cannot-afford-wait-bold-recovery-package

# Law Enforcement
Chicago Cop and Two ATF Agents Shot Right Outside Police HQ: The Chicago Tribune reported that agencies are looking for a white Chevrolet Impala.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-law-enforcement-officers-shot-20210707-uqnvxmqunjfwpd5f7ghr7jryaa-story.html

FBI Orders New Autopsy After Cops Lied About Driver’s Death. Police initially claimed that Ronald Greene died on impact as a result of a high-speed crash. But videos obtained by the Associated Press showed otherwise.
https://apnews.com/article/ronald-greene-ap-top-news-louisiana-death-of-ronald-greene-e9474dfffbe1d37f7e1ff711a32f2e2d

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Prosecutors have had six months to go after the Capitol mob. Here’s what they have so far.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/capitol-riot-jan-6-investigation-arrests-six-months

Former President Trump is leading a class action lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as their CEOs, over allegations of censorship after the companies took action to ban and suspend his accounts. “Our case will prove this censorship is unlawful, it’s unconstitutional and it’s completely un-American,” Trump said
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/561847-trump-files-lawsuit-against-facebook-twitter-and-google

Trump Sues Facebook, Google, and Twitter: Is It All About the Grift? The cases had barely been filed before the former president began fundraising off of them.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/07/trump-sues-facebook-google-and-twitter-is-it-all-about-the-grift/

# LGBTQ
Tbilisi Pride Supporters Defy Anti-LGBTQ Thugs in Georgia. After violent far-right thugs forced the cancelation of Tbilisi Pride, the Georgian government and authorities have been criticized for not protecting LGBTQ people and the media.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/tbilisi-pride-supporters-defy-violent-anti-lgbtq-thugs-in-georgia

# Media
Trump Started a War on Journalism. Biden’s Justice Department Has Yet to End It
For the first time in more than a century, a journalist could be tried and imprisoned—the charges carry a maximum of 175 years in prison—for publishing facts that the U.S. government did not want published.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/07/07/trump-started-war-journalism-bidens-justice-department-has-yet-end-it

# Military / DOD
US withdrawal from Afghanistan nearly complete, CENTCOM says. The United States has completed “more than 90%” of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, a U.S. Central Command statement said Tuesday.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2021-07-06/us-withdrawal-afghanistan-nearly-complete-2066790.html

Army brigades announce deployments to Iraq, Europe. About 1,800 troops from the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, based out of Fort Carson, Colo., will deploy to Iraq.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2021-07-06/army-deployments-iraq-isis-europe-russia-2068550.html

A Saigon moment in the Hindu Kush: The US is on the verge of its own second Vietnam repeated as farce in a haphazard retreat from Afghanistan
https://asiatimes.com/2021/07/a-saigon-moment-in-the-hindu-kush/

# Military / Global
China’s military prepares for war, while America’s military goes ‘woke’
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/561796-chinas-military-prepares-for-war-while-americas-military-goes-woke

Banzai! Spetsnaz Commandos Headed to Waikiki! Russia’s Vladimir Putin is planning a surprise attack on the Hawaiian Islands! Japan is warning the west Russia and China are out to conquer the land of pineapple plantations and hula dancing. Japanese deputy Yasuhide Nakayama told the Hudson Institute recently the United States needs to beware of a Pearl Harbor-style surprise attack to come.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/07/06/banzai-spetsnaz-commandos-headed-to-waikiki/

U.S.-Iran Violence Poised to Escalate After New Strikes on American Bases in Iraq
https://apnews.com/article/rockets-hit-iraq-base-hosting-us-troops-e292bdf181acf1a1c6f7b5a81de56d55

U.S., Allies Vow to Continue Black Sea Military Drills, Russia Sends Warplanes to Defend Borders
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-us-start-black-sea-military-drills-despite-russian-protest-2021-06-28/

China Will ‘Destroy’ Japan Forces In A Taiwan Conflict, Media Personality Says
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-will-destroy-japan-forces-in-a-taiwan-conflict-media-personality-says/ar-AALS341?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Other News
Pedophilia Boy Scouts of America Reaches Largest Child Sex Abuse Settlement in U.S. History at $850 Million
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/561272-boy-scouts-of-america-reaches-850m-settlement-in-largest-child

U.S. Air Force Mostly to Blame for Sutherland Springs Massacre, Judge Rules
https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-air-force-mostly-to-blame-for-sutherland-springs-massacre-judge-rules

# Social
Miami Gangs Are Out of Control. This Mom Paid With Her Life. No one has been charged for killing 20-year-old Precious Paraison, but interviews and court documents point to how she became an innocent victim of a vicious cycle.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/miami-gangs-are-out-of-control-and-precious-paraison-paid-with-her-life

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-06-15

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
150 Years Later, a Native American Tribe Regains an Ancestral Island: It’s an all-too-familiar story of state-sanctioned theft, land grabs in violation of Indigenous rights, and selective memory in the national news media. But the latest turn marks a major milestone.
https://www.motherjones.com/recharge/2021/06/150-years-later-a-native-american-tribe-regains-an-ancestral-island/

# Border / Immigration
Lara Trump Says People Living on Southern Border Should “Get Guns and Be Ready”: The comments came from Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law and were widely rebuked as an incitement to violence.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/06/lara-trump-along-border-better-arm-up-get-guns.html

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
The Battle Over the Coronavirus Lab-Leak Theory: The debate about the origin of the pandemic has become loud, contentious, and infused with politics. We need to find real answers.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/06/13/the_battle_over_the_coronavirus_lab-leak_theory_544975.html

HHS Watchdog to Probe Grants That GOP Claimed Led to COVID. Between $125,000 and $150,000 in NIH grants made their way to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/health-and-human-services-inspector-general-launches-probe-into-national-institutes-of-health-grants

# Economy / Trade
President Biden and European Union (EU) leaders reached an agreement to end the 17-year trade dispute over subsidies to Boeing and Airbus, officials said.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/558434-us-eu-agree-reach-deal-to-end-17-year-aircraft-trade-dispute

War is making us poor! Why is it that the U.S. spends more on military than the next 9 countries combined?
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/06/15/war-is-making-us-poor/

# Education / Schools
UC Reverses Course, Will Require All Students, Faculty And Staff To Be Vaccinated This Fall
https://www.sfchronicle.com/health/article/UC-reverses-course-will-require-all-students-and-16247884.php

The Rise of Black Homeschooling. Black parents are banding together to educate their children, sometimes with an unexpected funding source: the Koch family and other conservative donors.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/02/the-rise-of-homeschooling-among-black-families/385543/

# Employment / Labor
Biden Just Decided Not to Protect Meatpacking Workers From COVID. He vowed to create a temporary rule protecting frontline workers. What happened?
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/06/biden-just-decided-not-to-protect-meatpacking-workers-from-covid/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
Activists look to the future of oil pipelines following Keystone XL cancellation
After the cancellation of the Keystone XL Pipeline struck a blow to the oil industry, energy jobs activists are pushing back by warning of increased costs and touting the benefits of transporting oil via pipeline.
https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/news/business/activists-look-to-the-future-of-oil-pipelines-following-keystone-xl-cancellation/article_65575c90-6d61-553b-aea0-62b13d868c1a.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior
The Deep Sea Is Filled with Treasure, but It Comes at a Price: We’ve barely explored the darkest realm of the ocean. With rare-metal mining on the rise, we’re already destroying it.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/06/21/the-deep-sea-is-filled-with-treasure-but-it-comes-at-a-price

Rocky Mountains are burning more now than ever, and it could get worse. High up in the Rocky Mountains, forests are burning more frequently than any time in the past 2,000 years. The reason: climate change.
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/rocky-mountains-are-burning-more-now-than-ever-and-it-could-get-worse/

White House officials told House Democrats Tuesday to get ready to go it alone on infrastructure, setting the stage for party leaders to tap an obscure budget procedure to move President Biden’s top domestic priority without Republican support.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/558511-white-house-to-democrats-get-ready-to-go-it-alone-on-infrastructure

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
USDA will ‘forcefully defend’ debt relief for farmers of color after judge’s order
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/usda-will-forcefully-defend-debt-relief-for-farmers-of-color-after-judge-s-order/ar-AAL1TCh?ocid=winp1taskbar

Some states are ending their Covid-19 emergency declarations. For many, SNAP payments will drop dramatically. The pandemic made it easier to get—and keep—food assistance. In some places, those expanded benefits are drawing to a close.
https://thecounter.org/states-ending-covid-19-emergency-snap-payments-usda/

# Global Politics and other news
Rioter Who Raided Pelosi Office Is Kremlin TV’s New Darling. In the countdown to the summit between the two presidents, pro-Kremlin TV saw it fit to interview an infamous Capitol rioter and describe him as “an American patriot.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/capitol-rioter-who-raided-pelosis-office-makes-kremlin-tv-debut-ahead-of-putin-summit

Philippine President Again Postpones Withdrawing Country From U.S. Defense Agreement
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/philippine-president-again-postpones-withdrawing-country-from-u-s-defense-agreement/ar-AAL2sqs?ocid=winp1taskbar

NATO pivots to confront China in historic shift for the 72-year-old alliance
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/nato-pivots-to-confront-china-in-historic-shift-for-the-72-year-old-alliance

Vladimir Putin wouldn’t guarantee Alexei Navalny will leave prison alive in chilling message to Biden ahead of Geneva summit
https://sports.yahoo.com/putin-wont-guarantee-navalny-leave-185151014.html

China’s maritime militia breaks rules and charts course for global dominance
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/china-maritime-militia-overfishing-global-dominance

# Gov / Political
Republicans Now Want to Audit 2020 Votes in States Trump WON. Questioning the results of the states where Biden triumphed? That’s old news. The new hotness in GOP circles is to review the votes in states where Trump came out on top.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-now-want-to-audit-2020-election-results-in-states-that-donald-trump-won

Dems Are F*cked if Mitch Makes Good on Supreme Court Threat: Don’t take my word for it. Just listen to what the minority leader is boasting will happen if he gets to be the majority leader again.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-are-fucked-and-so-is-democracy-if-mitch-mcconnell-makes-good-on-supreme-court-threat

Trump’s endorsement of Rep. Ted Budd in North Carolina’s GOP Senate primary is setting off a round of finger-pointing among frustrated Republicans in the state.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/558416-trump-endorsement-shakes-up-gop-senate-primary-in-nc

Japan-South Korea Spat at G-7 Shows Biden’s Challenge With China
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-14/japan-south-korea-spat-at-g-7-shows-biden-s-challenge-with-china

Former GOP State Rep Who Once Said ‘People Disappear Down Here’ Found Shot and Killed at Same Home Where Sister-in-Law Died
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/former-gop-state-rep-who-once-said-people-disappear-down-here-found-shot-and-killed-at-same-home-where-sister-in-law-died/

# Law Enforcement
Violent Colorado Arrest Puts Spotlight on How Police Treat Disabled People
Police often lack the skills to interact with people with mental and physical disabilities.
https://khn.org/news/article/violent-colorado-arrest-puts-spotlight-on-how-police-treat-disabled-people/

Police reform: Maryland lawmakers push for reform after video showcases excessive force
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/police-reform-maryland-lawmakers-push-for-reform-after-video-showcases-excessive-force/ar-AAL4oK8?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Eva Guzman, the former justice on the Texas Supreme Court, has filed paperwork to run for state attorney general. Guzman, a Republican, abruptly announced her resignation from the Supreme Court a week ago, and it went into effect Friday.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/09/eva-guzman-texas-supreme-court/

McConnell sparks new Supreme Court fight. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is throwing fuel on a simmering fire over the Supreme Court by reviving a long-running war over the judiciary heading into an election year.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/558401-mcconnell-sparks-new-supreme-court-fight

Key Biden Judicial Nominee Confirmed by Senate. Judge Jackson’s appointment to the D.C. circuit court is seen as a stepping stone to the Supreme Court.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ketanji-brown-jackson-confirmed-by-senate-to-fill-merrick-garlands-key-appeals-court-seat

The House Oversight Committee just released a series of fascinating memos that detail former President Trump’s attempts to get the Department of Justice to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Trump, the emails show, repeatedly tried to wield the office of the presidency to suggest that widespread voter fraud was responsible for his election loss.
https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/new-documents-show-trump-repeatedly-pressed-doj-to-overturn-election-results?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-06-15-2021

Trump-Appointed DOJ Official Resigns Amid Revelations of Subpoenas Against Democrats
An official within the Justice Department insists John Demers’s resignation is not related to the controversy.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-appointed-doj-official-resigns-amid-revelations-of-subpoenas-against-dems/

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Democrats in Congress introduce decriminalization bill for all drugs, not just weed
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/democrats-in-congress-introduce-decriminalization-bill-for-all-drugs-not-just-weed/ar-AAL4lVZ?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Media
WNYC Staffers Terrified of Editor-in-Chief’s ‘Vendettas’: Sources allege management has engaged in bullying and retaliation at the top public radio outlet. “I can’t remember a time when newsroom morale has been lower,” one staffer said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/wnyc-staffers-terrified-of-editor-in-chiefs-vendettas

# Medical / Health
Most Hospitals Are Defying Federal Rule Demanding Price Transparency. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) new rule on hospital price transparency finally went into effect on January 1, 2021.
https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20210311.899634/full/

FDA advisor exits show need for reform. There is a tempest brewing at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-fda-advisor-exits-show-need-for-reform/article_49624b60-cdde-11eb-ae58-4fddbd99f0b8.html

Multi-cancer early detection is a groundbreaking new type of cancer screening that utilizes advances in science and machine learning to transform cancer detection. Over 300 organizations urge Congress to ensure access for seniors.
https://www.preventcancer.org/multi-cancer-early-detection/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=39890

# Other News
What are ‘ghost guns’? The Biden administration is trying to crack down on these guns, which are totally untraceable thanks to loopholes in laws about gun manufacturing.
https://theconversation.com/what-are-ghost-guns-a-target-of-bidens-anti-crime-effort-162327

# Space
China, Russia Team Up for a Space Race With the U.S.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-russia-team-up-for-a-space-race-with-the-u-s/ar-AAL4g7w?ocid=winp1taskbar

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-07-06

Voices, The Peoples News

July 6, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
A quest for Alaska oil sparks a fight over tribal sovereignty. An energy company with a history of environmental violations is conducting exploratory drilling in the Yukon Flats.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.8/north-oil-a-quest-for-alaska-oil-sparks-a-fight-over-tribal-sovereignty

# Indigenous / Global
Media is FINALLY covering immense crimes against indigenous peoples in Canada that were known about DECADES ago
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/528360-crimes-indigenous-canada-children/

# Border / Immigration
Biden admin ‘incentivizing’ migrants to cross border illegally: Arizona AG
https://www.reuters.com/article/immigration-arizona/biden-admins-immigration-policies-will-cause-environmental-harms-says-arizona-ag-idUSL1N2M5324

Border was secure, in place before Biden administration: Texas rancher
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/other/border-was-secure-in-place-before-biden-administration-texas-rancher/vi-AALOWwS?ocid=winp1taskbar

Gov. Greg Abbott wants to build a border wall. South Texas landowners are divided over whether they want it.
Some landowners who sued the Trump administration say they aren’t “just going to roll over and give up” now that Abbott has taken on a border wall project. Others say a wall is needed to protect people and property on the border.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/01/texas-greg-abbott-boder-wall-landowners/

Texas sheriffs, Federal Police Foundation sue Biden, feds over immigration policy
Several Texas sheriffs and the Federal Police Foundation sued President Joe Biden Thursday for what they say is his administration’s “unlawful and unconstitutional” policies related to removing criminal illegal immigrants from the country.
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/texas-sheriffs-federal-police-foundation-sue-biden-feds-over-immigration-policy

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
Russia: US Army/Israel using Low Dose Sarin Gas to Supplement CV19 Deaths (Hacked/Banned Blockbuster!) VT: The following article was wiped from VT’s servers along with 11 other COVID investigation pieces. Threats were made as well. We only managed to save the text below off a Greek server.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/07/05/russia-us-army-israel-using-low-dose-sarin-gas-to-supplement-cv19-deaths-hacked-banned-blockbuster/

Sputnik V vaccine is safe and effective. Russia’s vaccine is in use in nearly 70 nations, but its adoption has been slowed by controversies and questions over rare side effects, and it has yet to garner World Health Organization approval.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01813-2

Arthritis drugs tocilizumab and sarilumab reduce Covid deaths: New findings have shown that they significantly improve survival and cut the time spent in hospital by a week to 10 days.
https://www.bmj.com/content/372/bmj.n61

The World Health Organization is warning countries against dropping public health measures like social distancing and masking, as the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant continues to spread worldwide.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/6/headlines/who_warns_against_dropping_public_health_measures_as_delta_coronavirus_variant_spreads

# Economy / Trade
‘Program Integrity’ is an Orwellian attack on Social Security beneficiaries. “Program integrity” is insider-code for saving money. How is money saved? By going after people who have done nothing wrong.
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/561599-program-integrity-is-an-orwellian-attack-on-social-security

Biden’s capital gains tax increase is more unproductive misdirection
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/561274-bidens-capital-gains-tax-increase-is-more-unproductive-misdirection

Fourth Stimulus Check Update: $2,000 Monthly Payment Petition Hits 2.5 Million Signatures. An additional round of stimulus checks might not be on the table for 2021, but a petition calling for recurring payments has collected 2.5 million signatures.
https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/4th-stimulus-check-what-to-know-about-2000-payment-petition-and-more-relief-money/

Report: Biden tax hikes would put U.S. at disadvantage against other nations. A new report from the Tax Foundation found that President Joe Biden’s proposed tax increases would put the U.S. at much higher rates than many of its economic competitors
https://www.wataugademocrat.com/news/national/report-biden-tax-hikes-would-put-u-s-at-disadvantage-against-other-nations/article_34c538d7-c8a5-5fcd-87fd-71f9fac6c2d4.html

# Education / Schools
Some Texas students with disabilities thrived on remote learning, but have few options this fall. Legislation that would have funded remote learning at Texas schools failed to pass, leaving families of students who preferred distance learning with months to figure out their options before the fall semester.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/29/texas-students-remote-learning/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
Two years after a huge refinery fire in Philadelphia, a new day has come for its long-suffering neighbors. The petroleum smell is gone, the benzene emissions have abated and residents in nearby neighborhoods of color feel they’re finally being heard
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05072021/two-years-after-a-huge-refinery-fire-in-philadelphia-a-new-day-has-come-for-its-long-suffering-neighbors/

Oil giant files $15 billion claim against US government for rescinded Keystone XL permit. TC Energy Corporation filed for compensation under a free trade provision that allows investors to sue governments if they impede profits.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/05/disgusting-pipeline-company-files-15-billion-claim-against-us-canceled-keystone-xl

Exxon Lobbyists Tricked Into Naming Senators They Use to Block Climate Action
Greenpeace UK released a video of lobbyists discussing Exxon’s efforts to fight climate initiatives in Washington.
https://truthout.org/video/exxon-lobbyists-tricked-into-naming-senators-they-use-to-block-climate-action/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
The mega heat dome over the Pacific Northwest has brought death, fire, and misery
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nicolefallert/pacific-northwest-heat-wave-deaths

Exxon Exposed: Greenpeace Tricks Top Lobbyists into Naming Senators They Use to Block Climate Action
https://nypost.com/2021/06/30/exxon-mobil-lobbyist-duped-by-greenpeace-into-revealing-efforts/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
‘Rampant issues’: Black farmers are still left out at USDA. Black farmers are far behind in obtaining grants and loans
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/05/black-farmers-left-out-usda-497876

# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
[I have been making stuffed zucchini since my eldest started eating solid foods. She is now 68. Give it a try, I think you’ll like it. I like mine pan fried in butter too. Enjoy.]
Not sure what to do with all your zucchini? Here’s the solution.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/not-sure-what-to-do-with-all-your-zucchini-here-s-the-solution/ar-AALQ1ri?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Global Politics and other news
Saudi Prince Accused of Modern-Day Slavery in France. Seven women, most from the Philippines, worked for the prince and his family in Saudi Arabia before escaping during a trip to France.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/french-prosecutors-probing-allegations-of-modern-day-slavery-against-saudi-prince

Chemical Weapons in Russia: History, Ecology, Politics. The Center of Ecological Policy of Russia is submitting the first straightforward analysis of the chemical weapons problem in Russia as a nation-wide political and ecological problem.
https://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/cbw/jptac008_l94001.htm

China ‘Will Never Allow’ Military Intervention Over Taiwan: Beijing
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-will-never-allow-military-intervention-over-taiwan-beijing/ar-AALQ8hV?li=BBnbcA1

Japan vows to defend Taiwan alongside the US if China invades. Japan has vowed to join the U.S. in defending Taiwan if it is invaded by China because – it said – Japan could be next.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9761205/Japan-vows-defend-Taiwan-alongside-China-invades-island-next.html

China’s Taiwan ambitions could drag Japan and US into war with Asian power, official says
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-s-taiwan-ambitions-could-drag-japan-and-us-into-war-with-asian-power-official-says/ar-AALQm5U?ocid=winp1taskbar

The Rise of China and Its Effect on Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea: U.S. Policy Choices
https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL32882.html

# Gov / Politics
Donald Rumsfeld was known for two things: covering his own ass and having few real political principles. Relentless warmongering powered his rise to the top in Washington — and led him to help orchestrate one of the worst disasters in the history of US foreign policy.
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/07/donald-rumsfeld-obituary-monster-iraq-war

The Sum of All Lies – Biden Bombs Syria & Iraq: Trump’s berserk recklessness opened a window to rein in presidential war powers. Biden’s actions show that window is now closed.
https://theintercept.com/2021/06/28/biden-airstrikes-bombing-syria-iraq/

With Texas Republicans determined to enact additional voting restrictions in the upcoming special legislative session, not much attention has fallen on people with disabilities, for whom the voting process is already lined with potential obstacles.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/05/texas-voting-disability/?mc_cid=fe7fbcc15d&mc_eid=6f15633605

We Still Won’t Admit Why So Many People Believe the Big Lie. Six months after the insurrection it triggered, it’s clear that the stolen-election nonsense is just a drop in a tidal wave of bullshit.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/six-months-after-the-capitol-riots-we-still-wont-admit-why-so-many-people-believe-the-big-lie

Trump Wants Inexperienced Crony to Replace a Republican Star. He’s got a thin résumé, a rap sheet, and just moved to the district. Naturally, he’s Trump’s choice to represent this slice of Ohio.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-wants-an-inexperienced-crony-to-replace-a-republican-star

1000s of new documents found on brutal history of slavery in US. About 2,000 pages of historical documents related to the lives of free and enslaved Black Americans from the 1600s to 1800s were discovered in the attic of a house in Maryland.
https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/561409-thousands-of-pages-documenting-slavery-found-in

Poor People’s Campaign announces ‘season of nonviolent direct action’ targeting US Senate
‘If our actions result in the system believing it has to arrest us, then so be it. Civil disobedience is a badge and banner we will proudly wear,” said Rev. William Barber.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/06/poor-peoples-campaign-announces-season-nonviolent-direct-action-targeting-us-senate

SCOTUS upholds Arizona voting law restrictions. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld an Arizona law that bans ballot harvesting and disallows votes from being counted that were cast in the wrong precinct.
https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/07/court-upholds-arizona-voting-restrictions-limits-cases-under-voting-rights-act/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Joe Biden Is Doing Nothing to Prevent Another Federal Execution Spree. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a moratorium on federal executions and a new study of death penalty procedures last week. The move is a small step that fails to make good on President Joe Biden’s campaign promises to end capital punishment.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/joe-biden-death-penalty-fail-garland.html

Subpoena’s urged for Ivanka, Don Jr., Meadows for Trump Jan. 6 involvement
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/subpoenas-urged-for-ivanka-don-jr-meadows-for-trump-jan-6-involvement

# Media
OAN Star Christina Bobb Pimped Her Election Lies Fundraiser Dozens of Times On Air.
Not only has her bogus election “fundraiser” been promoted 140 times on the network, but OAN appears to be laying the groundwork for a perpetual audit machine.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/oan-star-christina-bobb-pimped-her-election-lies-fundraiser-dozens-of-times-on-air

The U.S. Postal Service’s new 10-year plan includes slower mail deliveries and higher prices. DeJoy plans to further slow down first-class mail delivery, reduce Post Office hours, and raise postage prices — which would impact voters, families, and small businesses in several states.
https://fortune.com/2021/03/23/usps-postal-service-mail-slowdown-louis-dejoy-10-year-plan-post-office-delivery-times-rate-increases-reduced-hours/

# Medical / Global
Athlete Died Hours After Begging ‘Racist’ Hospital for Help. The body of 20-year-old Canadian was found in a lake just hours after security guards kicked him out of a hospital lobby.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/college-athlete-samwel-uko-died-hours-after-begging-racist-hospital-for-help

# Medical / Health
Ahead of wildfire season, Washington Farm Bureau has been lobbying against emergency worker health protections
https://thecounter.org/wildfire-season-washington-farm-bureau-lobbying-against-worker-health-protections/

# Military / DOD
NEO – US ‘Airstrike Diplomacy’ continues in Syria-Iraq. Biden has not been verbose about dialing back US unipolarism in Iraq, despite how it looks for continuing Trump’s unipolar policy.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/07/05/neo-us-airstrike-diplomacy-continues-in-syria-iraq/

US Navy’s powerful shock exercise harms marine mammals, expert says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/23/us-navy-shock-exercises-marine-life

# Other News
‘Day of Rage,’ a 40-minute video investigation that painstakingly examines the events of the day.
https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-riots-government-and-politics-arts-and-entertainment-e791b3bb0835c18bb987e8b906b698ec

The Lie of Maga Patriotism
https://johnpavlovitz.com/2021/07/02/born-on-the-farce-of-july-the-lie-of-maga-patriotism/

Glimmer of Hope in Honduras: Ex-Dam CEO & West Point Grad Convicted in Murder of Berta Cáceres
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/6/berta_caceres_assassination_david_castillo

U.S.-Trained Honduran Ex-Military Officer Found Guilty in Murder of Berta Cáceres
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHFsfpuieEU

# Science
Genetically engineered ‘Magneto’ protein remotely controls brain and behaviour. “Badass” new method uses a magnetised protein to activate brain cells rapidly, reversibly, and non-invasively
https://www.theguardian.com/science/neurophilosophy/2016/mar/24/magneto-remotely-controls-brain-and-behaviour

# Social
Grace Lee and James Boggs Showed How We Can Unite Our Struggles for Justice. There is much we can learn from Lee and Boggs’s 40-year partnership as an interracial couple in movement activism.
https://truthout.org/video/grace-lee-and-james-boggs-showed-how-we-can-unite-our-struggles-for-justice/

# Space
A ‘strange signal’ is coming from the Milky Way. What’s causing it? It only lasted a mere millisecond but, for astonished astronomers, it was a major discovery, representing the first time a fast radio burst (FRB) had ever been detected so close to Earth.
https://www.space.com/strange-signal-from-milky-way

# Technology
John McAfee was not suicidal, says widow of antivirus software magnate
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/25/tech/john-mcafee-wife-janice-intl/index.html
Note: Why does this article fail to mention that McAfee himself said “Know that if I hang myself, a la Epstein, it will be no fault of mine,” as confirmed in this article?
https://nypost.com/2021/06/24/john-mcafees-wife-claims-us-wanted-him-to-die-in-prison/
For more along these lines, see concise summaries of deeply revealing news articles on government corruption from reliable major media sources.
https://www.wanttoknow.info/governmentcorruptionnewsarticles

Hackers Steal Info of 90K Users on Jason Miller’s Gettr. Gettr, the new social media site aimed at conservatives, went live on July 4 and is already a security mess.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/hackers-steal-info-of-90000-users-on-jason-millers-gettr-social-network

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-07-05

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Thirty-three black-footed albatrosses (Phoebastria nigripes) started new lives on Guadalupe Island in Mexico after being flown 6,000 kilometres from Midway Atoll near Hawaii. The birds were flown on a commercial airline, as eggs or one-month-old chicks, in the first transfer of a seabird species between nations.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/06/they-were-destined-drown-how-scientists-found-these-seabirds-new-island-home

# Children / Youth
# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
Exclusive: Did US Funded Research Lead to the COVID Pandemic? Does the name Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance, mean anything to you?
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/07/04/exclusive-did-us-funded-research-lead-to-the-covid-pandemic/?mc_cid=c199f59ebc&mc_eid=3f7488d454

How research funders are tackling coronavirus disruption. As lockdowns force scientists worldwide to put their research on hold, funders are introducing measures to minimize stress.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01120-2

Why Would the US Have Funded the Controversial Wuhan Lab? Reports about the connection between the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Wuhan Institute of Virology risk feeding conspiracy theories about the origins of COVID-19.
https://thediplomat.com/2020/05/why-would-the-us-have-funded-the-controversial-wuhan-lab/

Pressure grows for Biden to ease pandemic travel bans
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/561432-progressives-ramp-up-medicare-expansion-push-in-congress

# Economy / Trade
Bipartisan spending deal meets fresh resistance from key Democrats. Two major financing mechanisms for the spending proposal, repurposing unspent funds for unemployment benefits and state assistance, are meeting resistance from a group of Democratic senators who say higher corporate tax rates should be the primary revenue source.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/561455-bipartisan-spending-deal-meets-fresh-resistance-key-democrats

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
As Big Oil Execs Roam Free, Climate Activist Gets 8 Years in Prison. “How many years do you think ANY fossil fuel CEO will serve for knowingly destroying our planet’s climate?” asked one climate group in response to Jessica Reznicek’s sentence.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/05/big-oil-execs-roam-free-climate-activist-gets-8-years-prison

‘Disgusting’: Pipeline Company Files $15 Billion Claim Against US for Canceled Keystone XL. TC Energy Corporation filed for compensation under a free trade provision that allows investors to sue governments if they impede profits.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/05/disgusting-pipeline-company-files-15-billion-claim-against-us-canceled-keystone-xl

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Whistleblowers Expose Corruption in EPA Chemical Safety: EPA managers removed information about the risks posed by dozens of chemicals, according to whistleblowers.
https://theintercept.com/2021/07/02/epa-chemical-safety-corruption-whistleblowers/

Corporate studies asserting herbicide safety show many flaws, new analysis finds
Revelations come as Europe wrestles over renewal question for Bayer’s Roundup herbicides.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/jul/02/glyphosate-herbicide-roundup-corporate-safety-studies

Science catches up to what residents of Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ have been saying about pollution. A report from the Tulane Environmental Law Clinic confirms what residents of “Cancer Alley” have been saying about pollution. Report finds ‘race, poverty, pollution ‘ help determine who gets sick
https://lailluminator.com/2021/07/02/science-catches-up-to-what-residents-of-louisianas-cancer-alley-have-been-saying-about-pollution-jarvis-deberry/

South Florida collapse shows infrastructure is a persistent threat to public health. The deadly building collapse in South Florida is a searing reminder that fragile infrastructure can have tragic public health consequences.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/561512-south-florida-collapse-shows-infrastructure-is-a-persistent-threat-to

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global
Azerbaijan Says ‘Mud Volcano’ Caused Mega Explosion in Sea. Video footage showed an enormous blast rising from the Caspian Sea on Sunday.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/azerbaijan-says-mud-volcano-caused-mega-explosion-in-caspian-sea

# Global Politics and other news
Israeli cargo ship attacked by ‘unknown weapon’ in Indian Ocean: Israeli media say the cargo ship was previously owned by an Israeli tycoon and came under attack while on its way to the UAE.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/4/israel-probes-missile-attack-on-ship-in-indian-ocean-reports

Doug Emhoff carves out path as first second gentleman
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/561441-doug-emhoff-carves-out-path-as-first-second-gentleman

# Law Enforcement
Baltimore to Stop Prosecuting “Nonviolent” Crimes. Activists Say More Is Needed.
The rhetoric of “violent” vs. “nonviolent” is window dressing and doesn’t align with the ongoing realities of policing.
https://truthout.org/articles/baltimore-to-stop-prosecuting-nonviolent-crimes-activists-say-more-is-needed/

Off-duty cop charged with shooting unarmed teen. A spokesperson for the department told reporters that they intend to suspend Daniel Dolan without pay
https://lawandcrime.com/crime/off-duty-rhode-island-cop-charged-with-four-felonies-after-shooting-teen-driver-leaving-pizzeria-parking-lot/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Five things to know about the Trump Organization indictment. New York prosecutors unveiled the first charges in their grand jury investigation into the Trump Organization, charging the former president’s company and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, with tax-related crimes.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/561423-five-things-to-know-about-the-trump-organization-indictment

Clyburn: Trump could be called to testify before Jan. 6 panel. House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Sunday that former President Trump could be called to testify before the new House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack “if that’s what it takes.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/561534-clyburn-trump-could-be-called-to-testify-before-capitol-riot-panel

New Hunter Biden Disclosures Feature $100,000 Donation Of Former FBI Director Freeh To The Biden Grandchildren. Hunter and his uncle are repeatedly referenced in a variety of deals as conduits to Joe Biden.
https://jonathanturley.org/2021/07/04/new-hunter-biden-disclosures-feature-100000-donation-of-former-fbi-director-freeh-to-the-biden-grandchildren/

Laptop shows Joe Biden attended meetings between Hunter and his Mexican business partners
https://nypost.com/2021/06/30/laptop-shows-joe-biden-was-with-hunter-and-his-mexican-biz-meetings/

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Stevia still banned: The Stevia FDA Conspiracy: The truth is, no one has researched it enough for it to be considered truly safe.
https://owndoc.com/stevia/stevia-still-banned-the-stevia-fda-conspiracy/

Stevia, a plant once banned and confiscated in the U.S. during the ’80s and ’90s because it had non-toxic and sweet-tasting leaves, has a story all its own. Even Stevia’s own printed story was at one time seized by the FDA in Dallas with the intent to burn the publications.
https://beforeitsnews.com/health/2021/07/the-sweet-stevia-conspiracy-3040386.html

# Medical / Health
Progressives are ramping up their push to expand Medicare in an upcoming legislative package, with the goal of lowering the eligibility age and adding new benefits.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/561432-progressives-ramp-up-medicare-expansion-push-in-congress

Physicians Have a Duty to Confront the Exploitative Industry That Employs Them
Physicians take an oath to do no harm. Upholding it requires fighting the structural violence that hurts patients.
https://truthout.org/articles/physicians-have-a-duty-to-confront-the-exploitative-industry-that-employs-them/

# Military / Global
Uncle Sam Dumps Afghan Mess on Russia: U.S. imperial machinations in Afghanistan have created an utter catastrophe. Russia is right to be alarmed about impending chaos as the United States and NATO forces finally scurry away from the war-torn country.
https://sputniknews.com/columnists/202107051083312457-uncle-sam-dumps-afghan-mess-on-russia/

# Other News
‘Scheme to defraud’—the perfect legacy of the epic Trump crime wave. Measured by how often he’s been caught, Trump’s ultimate delusion is the fake invulnerability that he irrationally awarded himself.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/07/05/scheme-to-defraud-the-perfect-legacy-of-the-epic-trump-crime-wave/

How a Far-Right Militia Infiltrated an Island in Washington. From an anti-mask rally to a potential takeover of the local school board, residents in this once idyllic community are spooked
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-far-right-iii-three-percenters-infiltrated-whidbey-island-in-washington?source=articles&via=rss

# Security
Hackers suspected to be behind a mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded $70 million to restore the data they are holding ransom, according to a posting on a dark web site.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/hackers-demand-%2470-mln-to-restore-data-held-by-companies-hit-in-cyberattack-blog-2021-07

A unit of China’s cybersecurity regulator launched data-security reviews of apps operated by two U.S.-listed Chinese companies, days after announcing a similar probe into ride-hailing giant Didi Global Inc. The latest action targets two truck-hailing apps operated by Full Truck Alliance Co. and an online recruiting app owned by Kanzhun Ltd. Both companies went public in the U.S. in June.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-unit-launches-review-into-u-s-listed-chinese-tech-companies-11625451374

# Social
In Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest neighborhood, Black residents feel like they are living in a ‘sacrifice zone’. Boxed in by refineries, oil tanks, an interstate highway and a bridge under construction, the people are left in a hollowed-out neighborhood and a broken community.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04072021/corpus-christi-texas-highway-infrastructure-justice/

# UFO’s
Dem lawmaker calls for hearings on UFOs. Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.), chairman of the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence and Counterproliferation, is calling on Congress to hold a “series of hearings” on reported UFOs following last month’s highly anticipated release of an intelligence report on the subject.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/561532-dem-lawmaker-calls-for-hearings-on-ufos

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-07-02

Voices, The Peoples News

July 2, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous / Global
Protesters Topple Statue of the Queen Over Indigenous Graves. Statues of the reigning monarch and Queen Victoria were targeted as protesters raged over the discovery of mass graves for indigenous children.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57693683

# Border / Immigration
Texas sheriffs and ICE officers sue Biden for not deporting criminal illegal immigrants
https://gazette.com/texas-sheriffs-and-ice-officers-sue-biden-for-not-deporting-criminal-illegal-immigrants/article_816498ac-dab2-11eb-989e-ffefb43d6ba9.html

Texas Governor Is Slashing Prison Funding — But He’s Doing It to Fund Trump’s Wall
Border residents want the $250 million being shifted from the state prison budget to be used to address racial inequity.
https://truthout.org/articles/texas-gov-is-slashing-prison-funding-but-hes-doing-it-to-fund-trumps-wall

# Bundy Rides Again
Ammon Bundy’s Bid for Guv in Doubt After Guilty Verdict. He was convicted of trespassing at the Idaho State Capitol last August.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-righter-ammon-bundy-convicted-of-trespassing-throwing-idaho-governor-race-in-doubt

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
The delta variant is bringing back the dark clouds of last year. The fight against the coronavirus will be ongoing for some time, possibly years.
https://dentonrc.com/opinion/guest-view-the-delta-variant-is-bringing-back-the-dark-clouds-of-last-year/article_be567b70-2d2b-5130-b55e-169f3eba2af6.html

Three studies, one result: Coronavirus vaccines point the way out of the pandemic
New scientific research underscores the effectiveness of vaccines and their versatility in the fight against the coronavirus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/health/coronavirus-vaccine-immunity.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Senators want to pay for infrastructure with “asset recycling.” That’s just a fancy term for privatization.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/07/senators-want-to-pay-for-infrastructure-with-asset-recycling-thats-just-a-fancy-term-for-privatization/

Over 200 groups demand no water privatization in any infrastructure deal. “Water privatization has failed communities across the country and must be rejected in all its forms.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/07/02/over-200-groups-demand-no-water-privatization-in-any-infrastructure-deal/

# Gov / Political
Juneteenth, July 4th, and the Vestiges of Slavery in America: With the ratification of the 13th amendment to the U.S. Constitution in December, 1865, slavery was abolished. Or was it? A new Constitutional amendment currently before Congress aims to settle this surprising question once and for all.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/7/1/juneteenth_july_4th_and_the_vestiges

2,100 state workers caught in the crosshairs of Gov. Greg Abbott’s veto of Legislature funding
The legislative branch budget includes funding for House and Senate lawmakers, their staffers and those working in nonpartisan legislative agencies. In total, there was more than $410 million allocated in the 2022-23 fiscal budget.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/02/greg-abbott-veto-legislature-staffers/

“Everything is on the table”: Democrats mull options for special session, including another walkout. After killing Republicans’ priority voting bill during the regular legislative session, Democratic lawmakers are mulling how to try to stop it in the special session that starts July 8.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/01/texas-democrats-special-session-walkout/

Time and time again, Donald Trump has proven that he will get into bed with anyone in order to make a buck. Donald Trump partnered with John Staluppi. It is clear that Trump is not as discerning about his business partners as his bluster indicates.
https://www.pastemagazine.com/business/donald-trump/the-kremlins-man-how-donald-trumps-businesses-are

The Supreme Court again made it harder to challenge state laws that restrict how people can vote. In a 6–3 decision, the court upheld Arizona voting laws that the challengers argued discriminated against Native American, Latino, and Black voters.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/supreme-court-arizona-voting-rights-case

SCOTUS just made Citizens United even worse. It’s a great day for dark money.
https://www.vox.com/2021/7/1/22559318/supreme-court-americans-for-prosperity-bonta-citizens-united-john-roberts-donor-disclosure

Kamala Harris faces ‘gusher of leaks’ alleging her office is a ‘s–tshow,’ and one adviser alleges she’s being sabotaged.
https://theweek.com/kamala-harris/1002221/kamala-harris-faces-gusher-of-leaks-alleging-her-office-is-a-s-tshow

# Law Enforcement
Chauvin’s behind bars, yet white supremacy, anti-black policing far from dismantled
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/07/01/chauvins-behind-bars-yet-white-supremacy-anti-black-policing-far-from-dismantled/

Police Chief Caught Placing KKK Sign on Black Cop’s Desk. The longtime chief “thought this was just a joke,” the town’s mayor said.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/anthony-campo-sheffield-lake-police-chief-resigns-after-placing-kkk-sign-on-black-officers-desk

Someone Fired 23 Shots at Alabama Lawmaker’s Home. A Mobile police spokesperson said the gunfire “does not appear to be a random act.”
https://apnews.com/article/al-state-wire-alabama-government-and-politics-b0e0b82e2cce19fe885fac6d3f145c8c

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
A look at eight lawmakers appointed to probe Jan. 6 attack.
https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-government-and-politics-268a3d4fed79bec580beed75b7925e6e

Cheney agrees to join Jan. 6 inquiry, drawing threats of GOP retribution.
https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/b43e239b939d01c393b93e58a9687cda-Cheney-Agrees-to-Join-Jan-6-Inquiry-Drawing-Threats-of-GOP-Retribution

Garland imposes moratorium on federal executions. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday announced a moratorium on federal executions, a shift from the Trump administration, which had resumed the use of the death penalty in federal cases.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/watertown/ap-top-news/2021/07/01/garland-halts-federal-executions-orders-review-of-protocols

‘Garden-variety corruption’: The long, underwhelming arm of the law comes down on the Trump Organization. Legal experts differ on whether the charges are relatively minor, and whether the Manhattan DA has more coming.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/01/trump-organization-corruption-law-497770

The Trump Organization and a longtime senior executive have been charged in what New York state prosecutors alleged was a 16-year tax fraud scheme.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/trump-org-allen-weisselberg-charged-new-york

An Indictment of the Trump Organization Is an Indictment of Donald Trump
He is the company.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/07/an-indictment-of-the-trump-organization-is-an-indictment-of-donald-trump/

# Medical / Health
What comes after this plastic-filled pandemic? A new generation of medical professionals is tasked with undoing decades of hospitals’ easy reliance on single-use plastic.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/what-comes-after-plastic-filled-pandemic

Hospital Prices Must Now Be Transparent. For Many Consumers, They’re Still Anyone’s Guess.
https://khn.org/news/article/hospital-prices-must-now-be-transparent-for-many-consumers-theyre-still-anyones-guess/

# Other News
FL Condo Had Been Exposed to Damage ‘for 40 Years’: Shoddy waterproofing and overstressed concrete slabs reportedly left the building vulnerable from day one.
https://apnews.com/article/fl-state-wire-florida-2a241993956ea842262e593812ad3ada

# Security
Nat’l Guardsman Charged in Neo-Nazi ‘Ghost Gun’ Conspiracy. Joseph Maurino was allegedly trafficking untraceable weapons with a trio of white supremacist Marines and a male porn actor.
https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2020/11/21/porn-star-and-three-marines-all-white-supremacists-face-charges/6375946002/

# Weather
This Is How You Die In Extreme Heat: Nobody Knows How Many People the Pacific Northwest Heat Has Killed. The elderly, poor, and isolated have disproportionately suffered from the Pacific Northwest heat wave.
https://gizmodo.com/nobody-knows-how-many-people-the-pacific-northwest-heat-1847212349?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Politics%207/2/21&utm_term=us-politics

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-07-01

Voices, The Peoples News

July 1, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
A Real Holocaust: Calls to cancel Canada Day after graves found: ‘Indigenous people paid with their lives.’ Two grim discoveries on the grounds of former residential schools have shifted country’s mood as national day looms
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jun/30/cancel-canada-day-unmarked-graves-indigenous-people

Jessica Reznicek was sentenced to 8yrs in prison this morning. Her crime, standing for the water and future generations against DAPL, a pipeline that was built without a permit through treaty territory without proper consultation, violating Sacred sites.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2021/06/30/iowa-activist-jessica-reznicek-sentenced-dakota-access-pipeline-sabotage-catholic-workers/7808907002/

# Indigenous / Global
More Churches Up in Flames in Canada as Outrage Against Catholic Church Grows
https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dnyk/more-churches-torched-in-canada-as-outrage-against-catholics-grows

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Why are so many whales dying on California beaches? There’s an epidemic of whales washing up on the West Coast. Scientists are piecing together exactly why to try to find a solution
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/may/16/california-whale-deaths-human-role-ocean-changes

# Archaeology
Where are the Foreigners of the First International Age? A new study reports genetic and oxygen and strontium isotopic data for individuals buried at Alalakh, finding little evidence for the foreigners mentioned in texts.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/06/210630173639.htm

# Border / Immigration
Republicans go all-in on immigration as a political weapon.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/republicans-immigration-political-weapon-497227

Texas Democrats representing border districts slam Trump visit.
https://thehill.com/latino/560928-border-house-members-slam-trump-visit

“We’ve been fighting the federal government, we’re not just going to roll over and give up now.” Elsa Hull, who owns a 3-acre ranch in San Ygnacio, a Zapata County town of fewer than 700 residents. Hull is one of six plaintiffs in a 2019 lawsuit against the construction of former President Donald Trump’s proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/01/texas-greg-abbott-boder-wall-landowners/

Galveston County, 400 miles from the Texas-Mexico border, declares an emergency over ‘border crisis’
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/galveston-county-400-miles-texas-122157789.html

Texas ‘stash house’ busted; Border Patrol sends 35 illegals back to Mexico, authorities say
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-stash-house-border-patrol-35-illegal-immigrants-mexico

Texas Governor Is Slashing Prison Funding — But He’s Doing It to Fund Trump’s Wall
Border residents want the $250 million being shifted from the state prison budget to be used to address racial inequity.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/23/texas-greg-abbott-border-wall

Members of the Republican Study Committee visited the Rio Grande Valley this week to learn about the challenges Texas is facing in one of the heaviest trafficked sectors along the states border with Mexico.
https://www.advocateanddemocrat.com/news/national/article_6226a964-144c-5d5c-934f-6e460468d1fc.html

Former President Donald Trump joined Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Wednesday in the Rio Grande Valley for a border security briefing with law enforcement and state officials.
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/06/30/trump-gov-abbott-southern-border-security-tour-wall

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
More Families Devastated from Deaths and Injuries Following COVID-19 Shots
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/more-families-devastated-from-deaths-and-injuries-following-covid-19-shots/

Utah woman, 39, dies 4 days after 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine …
https://kutv.com/news/local/utah-woman-39-dies-4-days-after-2nd-does-of-covid-19-vaccine-autopsy-ordered

# Education / Schools
Racism lurks behind decisions to deny Black high school students from being recognized as the top in their class
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/racism-lurks-behind-decisions-to-deny-black-high-school-students-from-being-recognized-as-the-top-in-their-class/ar-AALETWa?ocid=winp1taskbar

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
In a 5-4 split, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the PennEast pipeline can proceed with seizing New Jersey-owned land the 116-mile project will cross.
https://insidesources.com/in-major-win-for-energy-sector-scotus-rules-in-favor-of-penneast-pipeline/

The Keystone XL Pipeline is dead, but TC Energy still owns hundreds of miles of rights of way. Even though it has canceled the project, TC Energy can retain the easements it secured indefinitely and use them for another purpose
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30062021/keystone-xl-pipeline-land-easements/

ExxonMobil lobbyist caught on camera saying company’s support for carbon tax is a PR stunt
https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/334300/exxon-ceo-apologises-for-lobbyists-comments-in-leaked-video/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Canada opposes California bill to protect boreal forests, Indigenous Rights
Boreal conservation advocates puzzled by Canadian response to proposed legislation on forest product procurement
https://thenarwhal.ca/california-boreal-forest-indigenous-bill/

Flood relocation disproportionately affects non-white Houston neighborhoods, study says. People in non-white and low-income Houston neighborhoods were more likely to be displaced after a flooding event
https://thedailyhoustonnews.com/non-white-neighborhoods-in-houston-are-disproportionately-affected-by-flood-shifts-according-to-a-study-houston-public-media/

# Gov / Political
NEO – Is the “3 Seas Initiative” the West’s answer to China’s Belt and Road? Before the sanctions were placed on Russia, the EU had a $100 billion annual trade surplus with Russia
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/30/neo-is-the-3-seas-initiative-the-wests-answer-to-chinas-belt-and-road/

A Michigan Republican spent eight months searching for evidence of election fraud, but all he found was lies.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/06/michigan-republican-truth-election-fraud/619326/

Eric Adams’s mayoral campaign filed a lawsuit after the New York City Board of Elections released an inaccurate vote tally in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/560966-eric-adams-campaign-files-lawsuit-amid-nyc-elections-board-drama

Key voting rights decision expected from Supreme Court
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/970729426/high-noon-for-the-future-of-the-voting-rights-act-at-the-supreme-court

McCarthy threatens to strip GOP members of committee assignments if they accept an offer from Pelosi to serve on 1/6 commission
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997836874/top-house-republican-opposes-bipartisan-commission-to-probe-capitol-riot

Demonization of Iran Is a “Mistake” That Has Trapped the U.S. in Perpetual Middle East Conflict. Neither side wants war – but they’re going to get one unless they end this dangerous stalemate
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/us-iran-war-trump-soleimani-ali-khameini-middle-east-a9289021.html

Supreme Court Leaves Arizona Voting Restrictions in Place
https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-weighs-voting-rights-in-a-pivotal-arizona-case-160977

How the Trump Organization is responding: The Trump Organization slammed the grand jury criminal indictment, dismissing the accusations as “politics.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/521752-trumps-scorched-earth-style-overshadows-campaigns-optimistic-messaging

Trump’s Politicization of the Justice System. Involving himself in the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recommended sentencing of Roger Stone, a convicted federal criminal—and Trump’s close political ally—was perhaps the most flagrant display of how little respect Trump’s administration has for American democracy.
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/courts/news/2020/02/20/480659/trumps-politicization-justice-system/

In His Own Words: The President’s Attacks on the Courts. Donald Trump has displayed a troubling pattern of attacking judges and the courts for rulings he disagrees with.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/his-own-words-presidents-attacks-courts

Six ways Donald Trump can still be brought to justice
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/six-ways-donald-trump-can-still-be-brought-justice

Can America Restore the Rule of Law Without Prosecuting Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/17/magazine/trump-investigations-criminal-prosecutions.html

Trump’s challenge to the US legal system must be taken seriously
https://theconversation.com/trumps-challenge-to-the-us-legal-system-must-be-taken-seriously-91431

‘Not a Healthy Environment’: Kamala Harris’ Office Rife With Dissent
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/30/kamala-harris-office-dissent-497290

Biden’s Lawless Bombing of Iraq and Syria Only Serves the Weapons Industry Funding Both Parties. U.S. citizens derive no benefit, but instead suffer great loss, from endless war in the Middle East. Their interests irrelevant to decisions of bipartisan Washington.
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/bidens-lawless-bombing-of-iraq-and

# Law Enforcement
UN Report Calls for Reparations for Victims of Systemic Racist Police Violence
“Systemic racism needs a systemic response,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet stated.
https://www.voanews.com/europe/un-report-systemic-racism-calls-accountability-redress-victims

Is the FBI Scapegoating an American Hero? The ex-Marine risked his life to help North Korean dissidents escape, possibly with the help of the CIA. So why did the U.S. slam him in jail? Christopher Ahn believed he could soothe the fears of defectors fleeing the horrors of the Kim regime. He found himself in the crosshairs of international law enforcement.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bradleyhope1/north-korea-escape-madrid-christopher-ahn

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Donald Trump’s Odds of Going to Prison Just Skyrocketed: The Trump Organization and its CFO will reportedly be hit with criminal charges on Thursday, and additional indictments may be coming.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/trump-organization-allen-weisselberg-criminal-charges

Grand Jury Indicts Trump Organization and Honcho: The indictments are the first charges against the Trump family business to come from a three-year investigation into tax-related crimes.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/grand-jury-hands-down-criminal-indictments-against-trump-org-and-cfo-allen-weisselberg-reports

The Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg surrendered to the Manhattan district attorney’s office
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/561057-trump-org-cfo-surrenders-after-grand-jury-indictments-reports

Stephen Breyer, and why Thursday is a huge day for the future of the Supreme Court
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/560245-breyers-future-is-supreme-courts-biggest-question

An Assembly committee running an impeachment investigation involving various allegations of wrongdoing by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo or his administration will start using its subpoena powers to compel uncooperative witnesses to provide testimony and documents.
https://buffalonews.com/news/state-and-regional/assembly-probe-of-gov-andrew-cuomo-will-start-issuing-subpoenas/article_43679ed2-d9cc-11eb-8e84-77a1f14855fd.html

Supreme Court Gives Green Light to GOP Voter Suppression Laws. The ruling in favor of Arizona voting restrictions has national reverberations.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-06-04/how-supreme-court-tilted-election-law-favor-gop

Read It Yourself: Prosecutors Unseal Trump Org Indictment: The Trump Organization and its long-serving CFO were charged with criminal tax fraud, falsifying business records, and scheming to defraud the government.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/indictment-against-trump-organization-cfo-allan-weiselberg?via=newsletter&source=CSPMedition

Handcuffed Trump Org CFO Accused of Hiding $1.7M From Feds: Trump’s family business was hit with charges after a years-long investigation into the company’s alleged tax crimes.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-organization-and-cfo-allen-weisselberg-charged-with-conspiracy-tax-fraud?via=newsletter&source=DDAfternoon

# Medical / Global
China is the first country in the WHO Western Pacific Region to be awarded a malaria-free certification in more than 3 decades. Other countries in the region that have achieved this status include Australia (1981), Singapore (1982) and Brunei Darussalam (1987).
https://www.who.int/news/item/30-06-2021-from-30-million-cases-to-zero-china-is-certified-malaria-free-by-who

# Medical / Health
The Biden Administration Announced It Will Remove the Hyde Amendment: Today marks a step in the right direction for reproductive rights in the U.S.
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/31/1001881788/bidens-budget-proposal-reverses-a-decades-long-ban-on-abortion-funding

# Other News
Cartels killing Americans, making a lot of money during Biden admin: Cuccinelli
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/news/cartels-killing-americans-making-a-lot-of-money-during-biden-admin-cuccinelli/vi-AALEJYQ?ocid=winp1taskbar

U.S.-Mexico Efforts Targeting Drug Cartels Have Unraveled, Top DEA Official Says
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/03/993059731/u-s-mexico-efforts-targeting-drug-cartels-have-unraveled-top-dea-official-tells–

Mexican drug cartels use kids as decoys to smuggle members into US
https://nypost.com/2021/03/22/mexican-drug-cartels-use-kids-as-decoys-to-smuggle-members-into-us

# Technology
Microsoft reveals authentication failures, system hijack vulnerabilities in Netgear routers
https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2021/06/30/microsoft-finds-new-netgear-firmware-vulnerabilities-that-could-lead-to-identity-theft-and-full-system-compromise/

# Weather
Heat Dome Produces Deadly High Temperatures
https://www.theverge.com/22547454/2021-heat-wave-temperature-high-heat-dome

What is a heat dome? Pacific Northwest swelters in record temperatures.
Thirteen million people are contending with an unprecedented heat wave trapped over the region.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/heat-dome-deadly-hot-weather-descends-on-pacific-northwest

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-06-29

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
The Bureau of Indian Affairs clarified that hemp projects are eligible for Native American Business Development Institute grants, but marijuana projects are not.
https://tribalbusinessnews.com/sections/sovereignty/13426-5-nevada-tribes-flex-sovereignty-collaborate-to-regulate-own-cannabis-operations
Are NABDI grants awarded through the Public Law 93-638 process?
No. They are competitive, discretionary grants
https://www.indianaffairs.gov/sites/bia.gov/files/NABDI_FAQs_April%208%202021.pdf

The U.S. government has long forced Indigenous people onto the least desirable land and neglected infrastructure on tribal lands, now leaving them to face the harshest effects of climate change.
https://turtletalk.blog/2021/06/27/nyts-dispossessed-again-climate-change-hits-native-americans-especially-hard/

# Archaeology
Dragon Man skull dumbfounds, digs up doubts about human evolution: One of the key pieces to the puzzle of our long narrative arc as a human species may have been hiding at the bottom of a well in China for almost a century.
https://www.cnet.com/news/dragon-man-skull-dumbfounds-digs-up-doubts-about-human-evolution/

# Border / Immigration
The U.S. Is Forcing Asylum-Seekers to Work With Corrupt Cops. A simple change could mean the difference between life and death for those people fleeing the cartels—and their police enablers.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-little-known-practice-forcing-asylum-seekers-to-work-with-corrupt-cops

ICE Discussed Punishing Immigrant Advocates for Peaceful Protests
https://theintercept.com/2021/06/17/ice-retaliate-immigrant-advocates-surveillance/

Free the Children: Advocates Demand Biden Close Fort Bliss Detention Center Holding 800 Migrant Kids. Migrant children held by the Biden administration are reporting suicide and escape attempts and conditions of spoiled food, extreme heat and panic attacks
https://press.1001solutions.net/2021/06/29/migrant_children_emergency_shelter_conditions/

An unflinching guide to Biden’s immigration fiasco: The crisis of illegal immigration – to give this calamity its true name – is growing increasingly grave. The reason is no mystery. The Biden administration replaced policies that staunched the illegal flow of migrants with policies that actually encourage it
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/06/29/an_unflinching_guide_to_bidens_immigration_fiasco_146000.html

# CoronaVirus (Virus Vaccine is still in clinical trials and tests)
Are Covid Vaccines Riskier Than Advertised?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/are-covid-vaccines-riskier-than-advertised-11624381749

Saline Injected Instead of COVID Vaccine in South Carolina
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article250765274.html

MRNA Inventor Says To Stop COVID “Vaccines” Now: “Dr. Robert Malone, inventor of the mRNA vaccine, sits down with Del to give his honest concerns about why this is the wrong technology to use against #Covid19 and, in particular, the extreme danger it poses to young people.”
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/06/mrna-inventor-says-to-stop-covid-vaccines-now.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+naturalblaze+%28Natural+Blaze%29

Human challenge trials: Covid-19 exit strategy or ethical nightmare? The UK is leading the way with implementing human challenge trials as a way to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic.
https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/covid-19-human-challenge-trial/

# Education / Schools
At the end of the Texas legislative session, lawmakers were poised to pass House Bill 1468, which would have funded virtual education at Texas schools and allowed districts to continue remote learning programs without sticking them with the bill.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/06/29/texas-students-remote-learning/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
“An Overt Political Blockade”: Minnesota Police Barricade Line 3 Pipeline Protest Camp
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/6/29/headlines/an_overt_political_blockade_minnesota_police_barricade_line_3_pipeline_protest_camp

Two Enbridge Line 3 Workers Arrested in Human Trafficking Sting Operation in Northern Minnesota
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/two-enbridge-line-3-workers-arrested-in-human-trafficking-sting-operation-in-northern-minnesota

SCOTUS Gives PennEast Pipeline the OK to Sue for Land Rights. The Supreme Court justices ruled 5-4, arguing that New Jersey doesn’t have sovereign immunity.
https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/supreme-court-clears-penneast-pipeline-to-sue-for-land-rights

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Governments across the Western United States are allocating unprecedented sums of money to prepare for what experts expect will be one of the worst wildfire seasons in memory, as low water levels and high temperatures conspire to create tinderbox conditions.
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/560733-states-spend-big-as-water-levels-fall-raising-risks-for

Biden EPA Appears to Side With Chemical Industry in Microplastics Health Conflict: Greenpeace Investigation
https://www.ecowatch.com/biden-epa-microplastics-health-2653587984.html

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Biden Put a Beer Magnate in Charge of Solving the Global Hunger Crisis: Born rich, Cindy McCain has little experience with hunger, agriculture, or climate policy.
Her philanthropy, the McCain Institute, focuses on things like “developing character-driven leaders,” “international rule of law and security,” and “combating human trafficking.” Neither hunger nor agriculture figure among the foundation’s seven programs.
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2021/06/cindy-mccain-global-hunger-crisis-beer-magnate-united-nations-fao/

# Gov / Political
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is facing conflicting political pressures as he hits the brakes on a bipartisan infrastructure deal that could give President Biden a major legislative accomplishment heading into the 2022 midterm election.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/15/mitch-mcconnell-spending-choices/2818535/

The U.S. and Iran near a breaking point. Sunday night, the Biden organization reported U.S. airstrikes had designated offices on one or the other side of the Iraq-Syria line connected to civilian armies that have Iranian ties. U.S. authorities said the strikes were retaliations for an uptick in drone assaults focusing on U.S. work force in the district.
https://dailyreuters.com/the-u-s-and-iran-near-a-breaking-point/

We can have the filibuster or democracy, but not both. The warning from democracy advocates is clear: Kill the filibuster and pass the For the People Act, or our democracy won’t survive.
https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2021/06/we-can-have-the-filibuster-or-democracy-but-not-both/

Georgia GOP’s New Voter Suppression Tactic Violates Anti-Klan Law Passed in 1871. Republicans in Georgia are using the state’s new voter suppression law to challenge the rights of 364,000 voters.
https://truthout.org/articles/georgia-gops-new-voter-suppression-tactic-violates-anti-klan-law-passed-in-1871/

Progressives Push Back on McConnell Effort to Sabotage Reconciliation Bill. “The last person who should have a say on our agenda is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal tweeted.
https://truthout.org/articles/progressives-push-back-on-mcconnell-effort-to-sabotage-reconciliation-bill/

# Law Enforcement
Shocking Video Shows Correctional Officer Beating Inmate Inside Georgia Prison
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/shocking-video-shows-correctional-officer-beating-inmate-inside-georgia-prison/vi-AALA4Zt?ocid=winp1taskbar

Video shows corrections officer beating inmate at Ramsey County Jail
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPnHiel0dpg

‘Some real sh*t’: Inmate releases years of graphic video shot inside a notorious Florida prison
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/5/1890419/–Some-real-sh-t-Inmate-releases-years-of-graphic-video-shot-inside-a-notorious-Florida-prison

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
North Carolina bill aims to stop prosecuting 6-year-olds: Children as young as 6 can be prosecuted in North Carolina juvenile court — the lowest age set by law in the country — but a bipartisan effort would raise the minimum age of delinquency to 10 and move the state out of its status at the bottom.
https://greensboro.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/kids-in-court-n-c-bill-to-pull-6-to-9-year-olds-from-prosecution/article_33cc7f9f-969f-5fad-8a7f-7366bcf850eb.html

Trump lashes out at New York prosecutors as his lawyers argue against criminal charges.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/560622-trump-lashes-out-at-ny-prosecutors-amid-deadline-for-arguments-in

Trump attorneys meet with New York prosecutors to argue that his company should not be criminally charged over its business practices.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-organization-lawyers-make-last-ditch-effort-to-avoid-new-york-charges-11624919170

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a scathing statement slamming the federal government’s “contradictory” and “unstable” position on marijuana and suggesting that national cannabis prohibition may be unconstitutional.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/supreme-court-justice-clarence-thomas-slams-feds-marijuana-stance-as-contradictory-and-unstable/

The Mississippi Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee held a hearing at which lawmakers got medical cannabis advice from counterparts in Oklahoma and Utah as they work toward an expected August special session to replace the voter-approved measure that was overturned by the state Supreme Court.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/mississippi-lawmakers-get-medical-marijuana-advice-from-oklahoma-and-utah-as-they-craft-new-bill/

# Media
Trump spied on journalists. So did Obama. America needs more press freedom now
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/15/donald-trump-barack-obama-us-press-freedom

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Sunburn? Two Fruits Give Sun Absorbing Benefits: The Difference Between UVA and UVB Radiation, both forms of radiation can be harmful, as mentioned previously, but UVA radiation is far more common.
https://althealthworks.com/how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-suns-rays-naturally-with-foods-grown-in-your-own-garden/

A California senator held a rally with military veterans, medical professionals and law enforcement to build support for his bill to legalize possession of psychedelics ahead of its first Assembly hearing on Tuesday. It has already passed the full Senate.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/california-senator-rallies-support-for-bill-to-legalize-psychedelics-possession-ahead-of-key-vote/

# Medical / Health
The People vs. Agent Orange exposes a mass poisoning in plain sight. A new PBS documentary investigates the legacy of one of the most dangerous pollutants on the planet, an unsettling cover-up, and the exhausting fight for accountability.
https://newrepublic.com/article/162865/people-vs-agent-orange-exposes-mass-poisoning-plain-sight

Improved medical screening in PFAS-impacted communities to identify early disease: When people learn they are exposed to toxic chemicals, they wonder what it means for their health and often want to take protective action.
https://www.ehn.org/pfas-testing-2653577444/the-importance-of-medical-screening-for-pfas

What comes after this plastic-filled pandemic? A generation of medical professionals is tasked with undoing decades of hospitals’ easy reliance on single-use plastic.
https://www.greenbiz.com/article/what-comes-after-plastic-filled-pandemic

Walmart unveils low-price insulin as more patients with diabetes struggle to pay for drug
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/29/walmart-unveils-low-price-analog-insulin-amid-rising-diabetes-drug-costs.html

In cost-saving move, Medicare could limit patient access to Alzheimer’s treatment
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/insurance/in-cost-saving-move-medicare-could-limit-patient-access-to-alzheimer-s-treatment/ar-AALzTRL?ocid=winp1taskbar

Biden’s Medicare plan spells trouble for the whole system
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/560505-bidens-medicare-plan-spells-trouble-for-the-whole-system

Biden should ditch effort to expand Medicaid: On June 17, the U.S. Supreme Court made clear that the judiciary would not overturn the Affordable Care Act (ACA; aka Obamacare). That task would fall to Congress while the executive branch has some room to tinker with things
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-biden-should-ditch-effort-to-expand-medicaid/article_29255208-d832-11eb-b28b-97f75b585bfb.html

# Military / DOD
US forces in Syria attacked by rockets, return fire following Sunday airstrike. The attack came a day after President Joe Biden directed U.S. forces to conduct airstrikes on facilities used by Iran-backed militia groups near the Iraq-Syria border that were conducting drone attacks on U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/middle_east/2021-06-28/us-forces-rocket-attack-syria-iraq-iran-1883233.html

U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan on brink of all-out civil war
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-war-troop-pullout-taliban-civil-war/

# Military / Global
Ukraine, NATO launch joint Black Sea drills: The Sea Breeze 2021 maneuvers that began Monday and will last for two weeks are set to involve about 30 warships and 40 aircraft from U.S. and its NATO allies and Ukraine.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/06/28/ukraine-nato-launch-joint-black-sea-drills.html

# National Guard
South Dakota to send National Guard troops to Texas. Gov. Kristi Noem said she will be sending South Dakota National Guard troops to the nation’s southern border to help law enforcement contend with a surging migrant crisis.
https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/06/28/kristi-noem-governor-gov-south-dakota-deploy-national-guard-troops-texas-us-mexico-border/7787945002/

# Other News
April Letter Warned Condo Tower Damage Was Rapidly Worsening. Residents were told three months ago that they faced a possible $15.5 million bill to repair concrete work in the building’s foundations.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/april-letter-warned-doomed-miami-beach-condo-tower-damage-was-rapidly-worsening?source=cheats&via=rss

Pool Worker Filmed Surfside Damage 2 Days Before Collapse. The contractor says he found cracked concrete and corroded rebar 36 hours before half of the building collapsed.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pool-contractor-took-pictures-of-damage-in-surfside-building-garage-two-days-before-collapse

‘Trump isn’t the dictator’: Wisconsin GOP inches away from Trump. Mob boss Donald has been putting political ‘hit notices’ out on any Republican leader who will not lick his boots with enough gusto.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/28/wisconsin-gop-donald-trump-496475

Klan Affiliated ‘Confederate’ Group Includes Pentagon Officials, Top GOP
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/06/28/hitlers-hillbillies-klan-affiliated-confederate-group-includes-pentagon-officials-top/

How close did Trump come to attempting a military coup? Much too close
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/01/trumps-election-coup-attempt-nearly-succeeded.html

Former President Donald Trump is facing a wall of accountability and truth as new revelations and investigations expose his abuses of power, delusional lies about the election and business conduct to ever greater scrutiny. Just consider what has taken place over the last several days:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/29/politics/donald-trump-reality-check/index.html

# Science
House passes bills to bolster scientific research: The legislation would invest in traditional research and development, clashing with a broad Senate measure that focuses on cutting-edge technology
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/560643-house-passes-bills-to-boost-science-competitiveness-with-china

# Security
Our security services now appear so bold and confident that they openly do what was once only done in secret, including influencing and controlling so much of our mainstream, corporate media.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/reddit-jessica-ashooh-spies-in-our-media-with-alan-macleod/277800/

# UFO’s
There’s a Giant Hole in the Government’s UFO Report. A critical trove of data is missing about “unidentified aerial phenomena.” Will it ever see the light of day?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/theres-a-giant-hole-in-the-governments-ufo-report

# Water
The One Reason Bottled Water Is More Dangerous Than Tap Water
https://bestlifeonline.com/bottled-water-vs-tap-water-news/

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