September 2021

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-30

Voices, The Peoples News

September 30, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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This almost daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous / Global
Oil pipeline on Native lands ramps up as Canada honors its Indigenous people. There are concerns the pipeline will contribute to further spills in the distinctive wetlands and wild rice fields of the region, as the company has a long track record of “hazardous liquid incidents,”
including the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history, and failing to follow environmental laws during construction.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/oil-pipeline-on-native-lands-ramps-up-as-canada-honors-its-indigenous-people/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9hfKPK0X$

Carbon and caribou: why the Dene Tha’ are forging a plan to protect a northern Alberta lake https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nativenewspost.com/news/health/carbon-and-caribou-why-the-dene-tha-are-forging-a-plan-to-protect-a-northern-alberta-lake-the-narwhal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9kjaISve$

Old-growth logging in endangered Alberta caribou habitat ‘flies in the face of common sense,’ critics say https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nativenewspost.com/news/health/old-growth-logging-in-endangered-alberta-caribou-habitat-flies-in-the-face-of-common-sense-critics-say-the-narwhal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9tW5alYu$

Done waiting on B.C., Gitanyow declare new protected area: ‘this is all our land’
After waiting for years for support from the provincial government and in the face of declining salmon stock, the Gitanyow are independently forging ahead with new protections under traditional law and custom for some 54,000 hectares of land and water, which are threatened by potential mining projects.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/gitanyow-ipca-bc-government/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9ln9-MMg$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls The American bumblebee population has plummeted by almost 90 per cent since the late 1990s and is edging its way towards Endangered Species Act protection
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/11/first-us-rusty-patched-bumble-bee-species-listed-endangered-numbers-plummet__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9mr7GHUn$

# Archaeology
In Guatemala, archaeologist helps to uncover hidden neighborhood in ancient Maya city. The newly discovered structures provide game-changing evidence that the imperial power of Teotihuacan exerted considerable influence on Tikal, an ancient Maya capital, as part of a campaign of conquest.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2021-09-guatemala-archaeologists-uncover-hidden-neighborhood.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9hNpEnQL$

# Border / Immigration
DHS not allowing charter flight carrying evacuees from Afghanistan to land in US, organizers say https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/department-of-homeland-security/574417-dhs-not-allowing-charter-flight?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42845__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9kS_I72V$

U.S. Media Have Distorted Narratives on Haiti Since 1804. It’s Still Happening.
The treatment of the hundreds of Haitians at the border is cruel, inhuman, undignified and racist.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/us-media-have-distorted-narratives-on-haiti-since-1804-its-still-happening/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9qWlZIdg$

Texas County Earmarks Millions in COVID Relief Funds for U.S. Border Security https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/texas-county-earmarks-millions-covid-relief-funds-us-border-security-1634463__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9qO_9ZbZ$

# CoronaVirus
Most of humanity has been so driven by fear of “the deadly pandemic, “the invisible enemy” that it has taken multiple unprecedented steps which have caused incalculable harm to the economy, our health, and our freedoms. Tthe government’s VAERS database shows the shots have now caused more harm and more deaths than all vaccines in the last 20 years combined.
This mass psychosis was in response to a virus which the CDC stats show poses little threat to anyone and for which there have been four proven inexpensive treatments since early last year.
COVID Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) seem to be illegal for the following three reasons:
*EUAs cannot be issued if treatments are available — and there are at least 3 inexpensive potentiall treatments that are readily available — with at least one (HCQ) since March 2020.
*EUAs can be issued for vaccines, but the COVID shots do not appear to meet any of the 5 criteria of vaccines and thus cannot be issued by EUA.
*EUAs cannot be issued if known risks outweigh potential benefits which the VAERS data shows is true for the COVID shots.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/09/florida-knows-ending-covid-fear-is-the-key.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed*3A*naturalblaze**A28Natural*Blaze*29__;JSsrJSsl!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9voPMNsC$

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Biden policy imposes vaccine mandate on Border Patrol agents, not migrants. Border patrol agents who’ve committed their career to protecting the U.S. now face termination if they refuse to get vaccinated for COVID-19 by November.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/biden-policy-imposes-vaccine-mandate-on-border-patrol-agents-not-migrants/article_298e79fc-2212-11ec-ae59-cfd82c5aee94.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9id2WrLt$

Can Breakthrough COVID Infections Happen More Than Once? Despite what you’ve heard or hoped, no one is truly immune. The CDC says cases of
COVID-19 reinfection remain rare but possible https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://health.clevelandclinic.org/can-you-get-covid-19-more-than-once/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9iiynlIv$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Republicans at odds over infrastructure bill as vote approaches. One side wants to delay the vote, while the other has been pushing to proceed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/why-much-drama-over-infrastructure-204046297.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9v19baRI$

Senator Manchin: ‘I Cannot, And Will Not, Support Trillions in Spending’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/finance/574574-manchin-fires-back-at-progressives-trillions-in-spending-fiscal-insanity__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9tAv7hO7$

“Lifting the cap doesn’t solve the problem. It has to be a full repeal.”
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) on ending the state and local tax (SALT) deduction currently capped at $10,000. Moving now would ‘get relief right to taxpayers,’ he says https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-21/salt-cap-s-temporary-repeal-is-an-option-n-j-s-menendez-says__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9ilvzpSB$

Sinema, leveraging slim majority and powerhouse fundraising, plays hardball in spending talks Sinema and Manchin have made clear they will not support the $3.5 trillion price tag on the domestic spending agenda. As the two of the most moderate Democrats in a split Senate, they have become gatekeepers for major progressive legislation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/09/sinema-leveraging-slim-majority-powerhouse-fundraising-hardball-spending/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9pW-5jzy$

Schumer Announces Deal Reached With GOP Senators to Fund Government Through December. The federal government was set to run out of funding by midnight on Friday morning, but the shutdown has been averted.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/schumer-announces-deal-reached-with-gop-senators-to-fund-government-through-dec/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9qAo9JWt$

By refusing to raise the debt limit, Republicans are gambling with Americans’ Social Security benefits https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/574626-by-refusing-to-raise-the-debt-limit-republicans-are__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9lt37s4L$

# Education / Schools
Unvaccinated Students Told To Wear Different Coloured Wristbands So They Can Be Identified https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insiderpaper.com/unvaccinated-students-bath-university-wear-colored-wristbands/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9t-03HnT$

School Officials Beg FBI for Help Against ‘Angry Mobs’: The National School Boards Association has likened recent threats against school staffers across the U.S. to “domestic terrorism and hate crimes.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nsba.org/-/media/NSBA/File/nsba-letter-to-president-biden-concerning-threats-to-public-schools-and-school-board-members-92921.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9vs2xcGx$

# Employment / Labor
Labor rights violations at Brazil coffee farm linked to Starbucks, Nespresso.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://brazilian.report/business/2021/09/20/nespresso-starbucks-coffee-supplier/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9vU8GD0A$

Did Brazil’s ‘Dirty List’ Prompt Starbucks and Nespresso to Stop
Sourcing Coffee From Farm Caught With Slave-Like Conditions?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/brazil-dirty-list-coffee-plantations-2636420575.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9sLsAiU4$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
US to declare ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more species extinct. The
US Fish and Wildlife Service officially proposed taking 23 plants and
animals off the endangered species list because they have not been
spotted in the wild
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/29/us-bird-species-ivory-billed-woodpecker-extinct__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9rTVSYM6$

How Republicans and gas lobby block city climate solutions using preemption
The natural gas industry was losing in cities across the US. Then came
an obscure tactic called preemption.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/22691755/gas-utilities-fight-electrification-preemption__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9uLvbHkX$

Record landfalls for tropical storms and hurricanes in U.S.: A record 18
storms and hurricanes have made landfall in the past two years; climate
change could increase these stormy stretches in coming decade
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/09/29/record-us-hurricane-landfalls-climate/?variant=45bcfc8a951d56c3__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9tf7Ciwk$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Climate change causing lakes in Canadian Rockies to lose their famous
turquoise lustre, says ecologist
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/climate-change-causing-lakes-in-canadian-rockies-to-lose-their-famous-turquoise-lustre-says-ecologist-1.6193054__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9rR3rDD1$

Build around the forest, not through it, study says of Sumatra trucking
road by Hans.
Due to its size and location, the site is hailed as one of the largest
conservation areas in Southeast Asia and the last habitat for many
endangered animals. It is home to an estimated 10,000 plant species and
more than 200 mammal species, including the Critically Endangered
Sumatran orangutan, tiger, rhinoceros and elephant.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://psmag.com/environment/one-of-southeast-asias-conservation-areas-is-under-threat__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9t9PyQA2$

New permits for Brazilian beef exports to US could increase
deforestation risk:
– An Earthsight report raises alarms about new sanitary permits that
allow more slaughterhouses in the Amazon to export beef to the United
States.
– More slaughterhouses could lead to increased deforestation since most
facilities struggle to keep track of whether their cattle are sourced
from land that was cleared legally or illegally.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/new-permits-for-brazilian-beef-exports-to-us-could-increase-deforestation-risk-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9rpZg8dG$

Arctic sea ice hits 2021 minimum. This summer’s minimum Arctic sea-ice
cover was the twelfth-lowest ever, and scientists warn that the
long-term trend towards shrinking continues.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02649-6?utm_source=Nature*Briefing&utm_campaign=adc19a0137-briefing-dy-20210930&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-adc19a0137-43812897__;Kw!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9rQ2hX8V$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Congressional panel slams more baby food brands over heavy metals. The
subcommittee is urging the FDA to speed up its work to set its
first-ever standards for heavy metals across most baby food products
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/baby-food-brands-toxic-heavy-metals-congress-report-bf161f1e-01b1-4115-9d6f-75686e731684.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9jWgKOkG$

Cocktail of pesticides in almost all oranges and grapes, UK study finds.
Almost all grapes and oranges contain a “cocktail of pesticides”
according to research. Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most
polluted fruit and veg products, many with links to cancer
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/29/cocktail-pesticides-almost-all-oranges-grapes-uk-study__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9lPFpR2e$

Coffee Price Hike Is a Sign of Climate Change. You might be paying more
for your coffee beans this year, and the climate crisis is partly to
blame. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/coffee-price-climate-change-2655200785.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9ke7X29r$

# Global Politics and other news
Israel’s Influence on the Labour Party & Purging of Anti-Imperialist
Activists.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_UFeEBBTtY__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9onz4j_m$

Former French Prez Handed 2nd Guilty Verdict of the Year. Nicolas
Sarkozy was found guilty of illegal campaign financing Thursday, just a
few months after another guilty verdict on corruption charges.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/europe-france-elections-trials-campaigns-aa6fc25ed310108a29b77bc5175a6de6?utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP_Europe__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9vfhg8xA$

# Gov / Politics
Progressives Come to Their Put-Up or Shut-Up Moment. The Progressive
Caucus has long-promised to get more aggressive when they need to in
order to enact its agenda. They’re at a pivotal moment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/progressives-come-to-their-put-up-or-shut-up-moment-infrastructure-joe-biden__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9kyWWxha$

Behind-the-scenes redistricting work: Adam Foltz, who was part of a
secretive process that crafted Wisconsin’s legislative maps, is on the
payroll of the Texas Legislative Council, a nonpartisan state agency
that manages the internal mapping tool used in redistricting.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/29/texas-redistricting-adam-foltz/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9giamwD6$

Donald Trump adds fresh pressure to Gov. Greg Abbott over demand for a
forensic election audit. There has been no evidence of widespread
election fraud in Texas, where Trump defeated President Joe Biden by 6
percentage points. After the November election, a secretary of state
official said Texas’ election was “smooth and secure.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/29/donald-trump-texas-election-audit/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9lA4dsCV$

From Executive Editor Ross Ramsey: In a state where more than 60% of
residents are people of color, white people have voting majorities in
50% of the districts in the proposed Congressional map. That’s not
representative.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/30/texas-legislature-redistricting-population/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9qNa4MMT$

# Law Enforcement
Liberal City Defunded Police. Now It’s Paying Cops to Stay. Here’s what
happened when an overwhelmingly white city actually cut cops—and
residents had second thoughts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/burlington-vermont-defunded-the-police-now-its-paying-cops-to-stay__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9nXcrhio$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Organizers of MAGA Rally That Led to Capitol Riot Subpoenaed. The
subpoenas compel the 11 people to hand over documents and sit for
depositions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpist-organizers-of-stop-the-steal-rally-that-led-to-capitol-riot-subpoenaed-by-house-panel__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9uTHTBVd$

Atomwaffen Leader Who Sent Swastikas to Reporters Convicted. Kaleb Cole,
25, was convicted of conspiracy and three counts of mailing threats to
journalists.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/religion-arizona-seattle-washington-conspiracy-c05d47992330097f90ed04bbf0942089__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9iOHCh-3$

Alabama GOP Condemned for Plan to Build Prisons With Covid-19 Funds.
“The Republican Party in a nutshell: contemptible, cruel, and corrupt.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/29/alabama-gop-condemned-plan-build-prisons-covid-19-funds__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9jBHgGXP$

# Media
‘Fire DeJoy’ Demand Intensifies as 10-Year Plan to Sabotage Postal
Service Takes Effect. “President Biden has the power to remake the
postal governing board and remove DeJoy. He must act.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/29/fire-dejoy-demand-intensifies-10-year-plan-sabotage-postal-service-takes-effect__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9iViAjlG$

United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced it’s making a major
permanent change that’s going into effect in a matter of days. The USPS
will permanently change the delivery time for some mail, slowing it down
by 30 percent.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bestlifeonline.com/news-usps-permanent-change-slower/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9qLRiJ8M$

USPS prices go up Oct. 3: Here’s how much mail will cost now — and for
how long
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnet.com/how-to/usps-prices-go-up-oct-3-heres-how-much-mail-will-cost-now-and-for-how-long/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9oI3zA4J$

# Medical / Health
Legal battles over abortion continue: Abortion remains a constitutional
right under U.S. Supreme Court precedent, but the structure of Texas’
near-total abortion ban allows it to skirt precedent by giving
enforcement of the law to private citizens. So far, no court has
considered whether Texas’ abortion statute is lawful, but several
lawsuits are in progress.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/30/texas-abortion-law-legal-challenges/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9mirQs2g$

“This law is not killable. It’s like a hydra, you can’t kill it, you
chop off one head and two heads grow in its place.” Josh Blackman, a
constitutional law professor at South Texas College of Law Houston.
Blackman says he thinks Texas’ near-total ban on abortions is here to
stay.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/30/texas-abortion-law-legal-challenges/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9mirQs2g$

300,000 petition signatures delivered to Senate for the protection of
abortion rights under federal law. “Over the past several weeks,
right-wing extremists have inched us closer and closer toward a society
without the precedent of Roe v. Wade.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/09/30/300000-petition-signatures-delivered-to-senate-for-the-protection-of-abortion-rights-under-federal-law/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9gmfGFDq$

Dentists’ Group Fights Plan to Cover Dental Benefits Under Medicare. The
American Dental Association is mobilizing its 162,000 members to fight a
proposal to include dental coverage for all Medicare recipients,
opposition that could prove pivotal as Democrats look to make cuts in
their $3.5 trillion domestic policy agenda.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://khn.org/morning-breakout/american-dental-association-wants-to-block-dental-coverage-in-medicare/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9rrxJPT6$

# Military / DOD
New revelations and well tread paths. The questions yielded a number of
surprising revelations, including news that the Taliban had offered the
U.S. military the option to secure the entire city of Kabul while it was
leaving
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/overnights/574597-defense-national-security__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9tm9twH0$

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin blamed the State Department for the
last-minute evacuation of allies from Afghanistan. “The call on how to
do that and when to do it is really a State Department call,” Austin
said in response to a question from Rep. Jim Langevin (D-R.I.).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/574472-defense-secretary-blames-state-dept-for-delay-in-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9pJtcZEX$

Milley also said Wednesday said there is “a real possibility” that al
Qaeda or ISIS could reconstitute in Afghanistan as soon as early spring
2022. Milley said the terrorist threat from Afghanistan is currently
less than it was on 9/11, but that “the conditions could be set for a
reconstitution of al Qaeda and/or ISIS.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/574496-milley-real-possibility-terrorist-groups-could-rebuild-as-soon-as-early-spring?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42845__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9vWeV37y$

# Social
Houston Housing Director Fired After Accusing Sylvester Turner Of
Awarding $15 Million To Favored Developer
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2021/09/21/409022/city-housing-director-fired-after-making-ethical-allegations-against-turner-administration/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9hVjdzzO$

# Sports
The NBA is upping its pressure on the ‘vaccine hesitant’ and resisters
in the league, unveiling a new policy Wednesday of withholding pay for
any unvaccinated players
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/574522-nba-announces-it-will-withhold-pay-of-unvaccinated-players__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jd4_oDnX7DYgi7j_QRXznnCA6-buNFnazoVPMXGdjqygC2APY31ItO8Ov_2K9qhyVfeL$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-29

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Two Indigenous-led studies in Alaska show how future low sea ice seasons could affect Arctic communities https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.arctictoday.com/two-indigenous-led-studies-in-alaska-show-how-future-low-sea-ice-seasons-could-affect-arctic-communities/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0zyRo5SW$

A Montana tribe finalizes a historic $1.9 billion settlement. It’s the largest sum ever awarded in an Indigenous water rights case.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/09/montana-confederated-salish-kootenai-tribe-historic-water-rights-settlement/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0xMR3tbq$

# Border / Immigration
Military Brass Contradicts Biden Telling of Afghan Drawdown. Biden said in an interview with ABC News he was not advised to keep a small number of troops on the ground to keep Afghanistan stable. His military advisers testified otherwise.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/military-brass-contradicts-joe-bidens-telling-of-afghanistan-drawdown__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0-z8VjJE$

On The Tarmac: U.S. Blocks Flight With Americans Fleeing Taliban: There are said to be 117 people, including 59 children, stuck inside the plane from Kabul.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/blinken-says-us-working-enable-afghanistan-charter-flights-2021-09-07/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0859cu8t$

A Texas judge ordered the release of nearly 250 migrants who were arrested under Gov. Greg Abbott’s “catch and jail” border security policy and sat in prison for more than a month without being charged with crimes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/28/texas-migrants-prison-release/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD06RnwaQI$

The Biden administration is providing legal representation for certain immigrant children in eight US cities. The Counsel for Children Initiative will provide government-funded legal representation to certain unaccompanied immigrant children in deportation proceedings, according to agency officials.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/immigrant-children-attorneys-biden__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD01cQpQAy$

Influencer’s $7M Afghan Mission Hasn’t Evacuated Anyone. Tommy Marcus has struggled to charter flights for Afghan civilians after promising his followers that his operation would “be running flights until they tell us we can’t anymore.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/instagram-star-quentin-quarantino-tommy-marcuss-dollar7-million-afghan-mission-hasnt-evacuated-anyone__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD05DwV5KB$

# Bundy Rides Again
Ammon Bundy Is Running to Be Idaho’s Next Governor. He might not even be the most extreme candidate in the race. “The establishment is losing their minds right now,” he said with a laugh after making the announcement. “I must be really really scary to these people.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/ammon-bundy-announces-run-for-idaho-governor/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD01uVfOPs$

# Children / Youth
The Scourge of Generational Gun Violence. More children in Chicago have been shot this year than have died of the coronavirus in the United States https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/opinion/2021/09/29/comment-justice-system-bad-actors-cause-generational-gun-violence/5902429001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0zyZgTLK$

# CoronaVirus
COVID-19 – The Spartacus Letter: On September 26, 2021, a scientist published the following document about COVID-19, outlining complete disease function and treatment, and revealing this outbreak to be a criminal conspiracy of such magnitude as to defy belief. We have been forced to watch America and the Free World spin into inexorable decline due to a biowarfare attack.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/covid-19-the-spartacus-letter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD08djRw5G$

Vatican to Employees: Get Vaxxed, Get Tested, or Get Out. Those without either a jab or a recent test will be deemed “unjustly absent” in the eyes of the church, which comes with the penalty of a lost salary.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2021/02/18/vatican-vaccinations-vaccine-employees-240065__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD034-4ppF$

Natural COVID-19 immunity is powerful, but kind of irrelevant. Why does it seem that scientists are ignoring natural immunity in the national discussion of vaccine mandates and vaccine passports?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/574284-natural-covid-19-immunity-is-powerful-but-kind-of-irrelevant__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD09Jd8qbV$

North Carolina hospital network fires around 175 staffers for not getting vaccinated https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-carolina/articles/2021-09-27/novant-health-fires-more-than-175-for-not-getting-vaccinated__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0_zWawdB$

Some Vaccines Last a Lifetime. Here’s Why Covid-19 Shots Don’t.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-vaccines-last-a-lifetime-heres-why-covid-19-shots-dont-11631266201__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD05D-aW8L$

Federal judges: NYC can impose vaccine mandate on teachers; attorneys to petition Supreme Court to intervene. The nation’s largest school district can immediately impose a vaccine mandate on its teachers and other workers, leading lawyers for teachers to say they’ll ask the U.S.
Supreme Court to intervene
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/27/federal-judges-nyc-can-impose-vaccine-mandate-on-teachers.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD06bF1XjO$

The moral right to freedom of conscience: A summa cum laude graduate with a degree in philosophy and a magna cum laude graduate with a master’s degree in theology, Fr. Michael Copenhagen discusses the dangers of coercive public health policies and vaccine mandates that attempt to force individuals to violate their conscience.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.protectinghealthandautonomyinthe21stcentury.com/session-3-copenhagen__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD09BaQE3K$

Defend Informed Consent — Vaccine Awareness Week: 9/26-10/2 By Neenah Payne, Dr. Joseph Mercola highlights Vaccine Awareness Week which is dedicated to raising public consciousness about vaccine risks and failures and the need to defend informed consent https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/09/defend-informed-consent-vaccine-awareness-week-9-26-10-2.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed*3A*naturalblaze**A28Natural*Blaze*29__;JSsrJSsl!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD026yNIn3$

Laughing at Mass Death Brings Us Closer to Fascism. The recreational dehumanization of people who are dying of COVID-19 harms us all.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/audio/laughing-at-mass-death-brings-us-closer-to-fascism/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0zFA8Oj3$

How contagious is Delta? How long are you infectious? Is it more deadly?
A quick guide to the latest science
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/how-contagious-is-delta-how-long-are-you-infectious-is-it-more-deadly-a-quick-guide-to-the-latest-science-165538__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD02fWPCx1$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Top House Budget Dem: DC Can Spend All It Wants Because It’s ‘Like the Banker in Monopoly.’ “We don’t need to find ways to take money from people to pay for what we need to do in this country. Because we issue our own currency, because we borrow and spend in our own currency, we can pay for whatever we want to pay for.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/top-house-budget-dem-dc-can-spend-all-it-wants-because-its-like-the-banker-in-monopoly/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD01iw-eZZ$

Bernie Sanders just urged progressives to tank the Biden infrastructure bill if Pelosi brings it up for a vote in 2 days https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/574347-sanders-urges-house-democrats-to-vote-against-infrastructure-bill-before__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0zHv4U71$

Democrats Consider Going YOLO on Infrastructure. Democrats are faced with a key moment on infrastructure. They can do the politically popular thing, or they can deliver on the policy they believe in.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/democrats-consider-going-yolo-on-infrastructure__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD08r7fM5_$

IRS would track all bank transactions over $600 under Biden plan; businesses revolt https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/now/irs-track-bank-transactions-over-140000522.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD03gJUMe7$

How financial institutions engineered climate injustice and the clean energy colorline. Methods of investing, lending, and risk assessment must change to prioritize equity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/climate-injustice-2654634094.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD01C1Ho5z$

Huckabee’s Money Confession Goes Viral
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://banyanhill.com/exclusives/huckabees-money-confession-goes-viral/?z=1867552&li_did=642af4b2-bf3f-3f80-b8bd-98f452efa7a5__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0w6E_my0$

Here’s Why The $3.5 Trillion Democratic Spending Plan Isn’t So Unprecedented. It’s a lot of money, but still less than the Great Society, and still not what they spend in Europe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-build-back-better-3-5-trillion-spending_n_615376a4e4b05040d1d38fdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD00hx6hoE$

Republicans Show They’d Rather Risk Recession Than Allow Democrats to Pass Bills Republicans are making it clear that they are willing to risk a recession in order to gut the Build Back Better Act https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-show-theyd-rather-risk-recession-than-allow-democrats-to-pass-bills/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD06MXu-MH$

America on edge, again: So here we are in a major league moment of tension, in the ninth inning of a national budget fight over the debt ceiling, with threats of a government shutdown and arguments over funding the most basic of American life: infrastructure.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/574341-america-on-edge-again__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD03UqubvS$

# Education / Schools
Tense School Board Meeting Turns Violent Over Masks. A school board in Minnesota plans to step up security after a violent scuffle broke out at a Monday meeting where parents vented anger over the district’s new mask requirements.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/tense-minnesota-school-board-meeting-turns-violent-over-new-covid-mask-rules__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0-PDH7ZW$

Legislation aims to make teaching CRT in federally funded schools a civil rights violation. Rep. Bob Good will introduce legislation Wednesday that would make teaching critical race theory in federally funded schools a civil rights violation, the Virginia Republican told Fox News.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legislation-crt-schools-civil-rights-violation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0-r7Vggu$

Texas public schools couldn’t require critical race theory lessons under bill given House approval. House Bill 3979 is part of a national effort by red-state legislatures to ban or limit the teaching of critical race theory. That academic discipline examines how racism has shaped legal and social systems within the United States.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/05/11/critical-race-theory-texas-schools-legislature/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD02FyAkVm$

Critical race theory (CRT) has become a new boogie man for people unwilling to acknowledge our country’s racist history and how it impacts the present. To understand why CRT has become such a flash point in the culture, it is important to understand what it is and what it is not.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2021/07/02/why-are-states-banning-critical-race-theory/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD07k2f-LV$

In a California desert, sheriff’s deputies settle schoolyard disputes.
Black teens bear the brunt. Deputies in California’s Antelope Valley are disproportionately citing Black teens, often for minor infractions, like getting in fights or smoking.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/in-a-california-desert-sheriffs-deputies-settle-schoolyard-disputes-black-teens-bear-the-brunt__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD05wFY7Ir$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global China will stop funding foreign coal: Last week at the United Nations General Assembly, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad. It’s a bold pledge from the biggest public funder of international coal plants, which joins the
G7 group of major economies in promising to halt such financing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/china-says-it-will-stop-financing-coal-power-abroad/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0zdVMSUy$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Air pollution linked to millions of birth complications across the globe https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/air-pollution-birth-defects-2655187427.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD02VkpldC$

“Record-High” Coral Coverage across the Great Barrier Reef: Claims of Impending Extinction Proven False https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://electroverse.net/record-high-coral-coverage-across-the-great-barrier-reef/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD07h4HGl8$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Antarctica’s ice shelf erodes, slushy frozen water is thinning: study https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10038461/Antarcticas-ice-shelf-eroded-layer-slushy-frozen-water-thinning-study-finds.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0yA7L1Mh$

The ground is literally exploding due to climate change in Siberia, and it’s going to get worse. “It is a pure stroke of luck” that none of the explosions and their giant craters have “caused loss of life or infrastructure damage,” said one scientist.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5mmq/the-ground-is-literally-exploding-due-to-climate-change-in-siberia-and-its-going-to-get-worse__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0-ZsoUsS$

Low oxygen levels along Pacific Northwest coast a ‘silent’ climate change crisis. Nearly two decades ago, fishers discovered an odd occurrence off the coast of Oregon. They were pulling up pots of dead or lethargic crabs. The crabs had suffocated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/low-oxygen-levels-along-pacific-northwest-coast-a-silent-climate-change-crisis/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD09R2X_5v$

# Gov / Politics
Former president Donald Trump didn’t win a second term in 2020, but he appears to have learned some lessons that would make him a more “effective” — and dangerous president if he runs for and wins a second term in 2024.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollcall.com/2021/09/28/trump-and-the-pursuit-of-complete-and-total-control/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD05REZElG$

Arizona Audit Backers Turn on Each Other After Recount Flop. The Arizona audit showed that, if anything, Joe Biden won the state by even more votes than previously realized.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/arizona-audit-backers-turn-on-each-other-after-recount-flop__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD07e7tQRU$

US building new occupation bases in Syria, sports facilities, golf course, bowling alley https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/09/28/exclusive-us-building-new-occupation-bases-in-syria-sports-facilities-golf-course-bowling-alley/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD056A6NqG$

Defense officials testify they were surprised by Taliban’s swift takeover of Afghanistan. The Pentagon began planning for the possibility of a noncombatant evacuation from Afghanistan ‘as far back as this spring,’ though no one predicted the Afghan government would fall before U.S. forces left on Aug. 30, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1041266175/military-officials-recommended-trump-biden-keep-troops-in-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD09e_1hQS$

# Law Enforcement
Brian Laundrie Was at Fort De Soto Campsite With Parents Before Going Missing https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2021/9/28/22698946/brian-laundrie-mom-florida-campground-gabby-petito__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD05PnE4wd$

CIA and State Department officials face increased Havana Syndrome attacks Havana Syndrome Attacks Widen With CIA Officer’s Evacuation From Serbia U.S. officials say the still-unexplained assaults are steadily expanding and sapping morale at the CIA and State Department https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/havana-syndrome-attacks-widen-as-cia-officer-is-evacuated-from-serbia-11632844044__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD00KFPysJ$

People Have Few Protections Against Law Enforcement Civil Asset Forfeiture Practices. Imagine a world where police officers regularly confiscate property from civilians, based only on officers’ accusations of criminal conduct. This is the topsy-turvy world of civil seizure and forfeiture – where just the suspicion of criminal conduct by a law enforcement officer is enough for the seizure of property.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/people-have-few-protections-against-law-enforcement-civil-asset-forfeiture-practices/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD03gJLdWu$

Dog the Bounty Hunter, Duane Chapman, has dedicated himself to the ongoing search for Brian Laundrie. And it appears he’s found evidence of Laundrie’s whereabouts that could be of assistance to the FBI. He has made serious headway over the last few days in the Gabby Petito case.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twentytwowords.com/brian-laundrie-campsite-visit-confirmed/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=22&fbclid=IwAR0nnGL5w-tdbHV7XUwjjvCW8gX88EKfyeSNHyZhOlqnike_RNmxpCJfmfE__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD01srL0pE$

Petito Tipsters Lead Searchers to Missing Man’s Body. A Wyoming search-and-rescue team said two tip-offs came in following the intense interest in Gabby Petito’s disappearance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/gabby-petito-tipsters-lead-searchers-to-apparent-discovery-of-robert-lowerys-body-in-same-forest?ref=home__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD00hPs0hM$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Teen Antagonized Cyclists, Mowed Six Down, Then Was Let Go. The 16-year-old driver, who was “rolling coal” before hitting a group of cyclists, has not yet been charged, leaving the cycling community outraged.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://interreviewed.com/teen-in-waller-texas-antagonized-cyclists-mowed-six-down-then-was-let-go-by-cops/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD06R4V_pa$

# LGBTQ
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Pennsylvania lawmakers filed a new bill to legalize marijuana with a focus on social equity for communities harmed by the war on drugs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marijuanamoment.net/pennsylvania-lawmakers-unveil-marijuana-legalization-bill-with-focus-on-social-equity/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD00HAweKy$

# Media
A Journalist’s Tortuous Escape From the Taliban Kill List. Inside the harrowing journey of an Afghan female reporter’s escape from the Taliban.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-journalists-treacherous-escape-from-the-taliban-kill-list__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD05G8aiI-$

Publishers unite to tackle doctored images: Eight major publishers have issued joint guidelines for how journal editors can spot and deal with suspicious images or data. The best-practice recommendations list three categories of image manipulation, ranging from “beautified” figures to those that have been altered with an intent to mislead.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02610-7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0520eFlX$

# Medical / Health
Clyburn pushes for Medicaid expansion amid infrastructure drama. Clyburn said Medicaid expansion in the 12 holdout states should not be “sacrificed as we add on to services for billionaires,” in Medicare.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/574486-clyburn-unamerican-not-to-prioritize-medicaid-expansion-in-package__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0wLUNDJq$

# Military / DOD
Top military officials told lawmakers on Tuesday that they had recommended 2,500 U.S. troops remain in Afghanistan, contradicting comments made by President Biden earlier this year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/574283-top-generals-contradict-biden-say-they-advised-leaving-2500-troops-in?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42808__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD04K8-gJd$

Outspoken Marine officer who went viral blasting military leaders over Afghanistan is jailed: Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller rose to internet stardom by posting video slamming US withdrawal from Afghanistan https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/09/28/marine-officer-who-blasted-leaders-over-afghanistan-withdrawal-brig.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD05mrm-Pc$

NEO – US War Plans with China taking shape. The curve ball in all of this analysis is cyber warfare, the kind where ships’ electronics can be crashed without being hit by a conventional weapon and made defenseless for an easy kill.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://journal-neo.org/2021/09/27/us-war-plans-with-china-taking-shape/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD06b3Ptw3$

# Military / Global
North Korea fires another missile as its UN ambassador rails against ‘hostile’ US policy. North Korea launched what the South believes to be a short-range missile into the sea off its eastern coast on Tuesday morning.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-north-korea-joint-chiefs-of-staff-52bc6f2f467c4d02f34800a545d793fe__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD01XPMUZi$

# Sports
National Labor Agency: College Athletes Can Now Unionize. Players “perform services for institutions in return for compensation” and are therefore employees under federal law, the National Labor Relations Board said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nlrb.gov/news-outreach/news-story/nlrb-general-counsel-jennifer-abruzzo-issues-memo-on-employee-status-of__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD0zwh9etC$

# Water
A bitter dispute ends as California water agencies pledge cooperation on Colorado River https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/national/a-bitter-dispute-ends-as-california-water-agencies-pledge-cooperation-on-colorado-river/article_076f0e51-168e-5bfe-ac28-a3c95ace2f31.html*:*:text=LOS*20ANGELES*20**C20Two*20years*20ago,high*20above*20the*20Colorado*20River__;I34lJeKAlCUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!hjeIuxyKpXK3RTcnzobQy01cGwqGd23EqfaZqcjcXHBxdCVEw99NMxxUrnZD02f9Dl0x$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-28

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
The White Sands discovery only confirms what Indigenous people have said all along Once again, the media has excluded Indigenous peoples from our own story.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/i/events/1441527278190698519__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NaaUrWmv$

# Archaeology
# Border / Immigration
About 100 US citizens, legal residents ready to leave Afghanistan. “The highest priority remains helping the U.S. citizens who wish to leave the country now to do so,” the official said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/about-100-american-citizens-permanent-residents-still-waiting-leave-afghanistan-2021-09-27/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NUDXRCCN$

CDC alerts medical professionals to be on alert over Afghan evacuees potentially spreading infectious diseases https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/nation/cdc-alerts-medical-professionals-to-be-on-alert-over-afghan-evacuees-potentially-spreading-infectious-diseases/article_d107e05b-37d2-56c9-a8e2-666e0963149d.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NeCoBTy3$

# CoronaVirus
Mocking Unvaxxed COVID Victims Is New Pandemic Blood Sport. There’s getting mad about anti-vaxxers and the Delta coronavirus surge, and then there’s reveling in mass death of people who refuse to get shots.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/mocking-unvaccinated-covid-victims-is-the-new-pandemic-blood-sport__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1Nduhae_H$

GOP Launches Fundraising Frenzy Off Biden Vax Mandates. Republicans have discovered that Joe Biden’s vaccine mandates can be used to raise sick cash.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-launches-fundraising-frenzy-off-biden-vax-mandates__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NfMXq2_Y$

Idaho COVID Insanity Shows How Much Worse the GOP Can Get. The slightest hint of responsibility is enough to draw primary challenges in the party’s ever-accelerating race to the bottom.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/idaho-covid-insanity-shows-how-much-worse-the-gop-can-get__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NUUvgYpJ$

Does the FDA think these data justify the first full approval of a
covid-19 vaccine? The FDA should demand adequate, controlled studies with long term follow up, and make data publicly available, before granting full approval to covid-19 vaccines, says Peter Doshi https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/08/23/does-the-fda-think-these-data-justify-the-first-full-approval-of-a-covid-19-vaccine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NdpYg84n$

The ex-Pfizer scientist who became an anti-vax hero. The 60-year-old is a former vice president of Pfizer. In recent months, Yeadon (pronounced
Yee-don) has emerged as an unlikely hero of the so-called anti-vaxxers, whose adherents question the safety of many vaccines, including for the coronavirus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-coronavirus-vaccines-skeptic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NalFjikn$

The BMJ counted over 30,000 adverse vaginal bleeding events after the COVID injection. Why would this multi-millionaire former vice-president of Pfizer take such a strong stance against this vaccine? A link is plausible and should be investigated https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bmj.com/content/374/bmj.n2211__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NZnEc5RY$

Wuhan scientists planned to release coronavirus particles into cave bats, leaked papers reveal. Scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were planning to genetically enhance airborne coronaviruses and release aerosols containing “novel chimeric spike proteins” among cave bats in Yunnan, China, according to the 2018 proposal submitted to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/09/22/wuhan-scientists-wanted-to-release-coronaviruses-into-bats/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NSKtV-ig$

Forced Vaccination Was Always the End Game: America’s Move Toward Authoritarianism. A new video commentary by Barbara Loe Fisher summarizing the unprecedented threats to civil liberties that Americans have faced since the declaration of a public health emergency in the winter of 2020 and opportunities for positive action.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nvic.org/NVIC-Vaccine-News/September-2021/end-game-forced-vaccination.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NU43nGUX$

Pfizer Submits Data to FDA for Younger Kids’ COVID Vaccine. The company said it would formally request approval in the “coming weeks” for the vaccine for kids between the ages of 5 and 11.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/pfizer-seeks-fda-clearance-covid-19-vaccine-younger-children-2021-09-28/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NSGhfwaG$

Most New York Healthcare Workers Fired Over Vaccine Mandate Won’t Get Unemployment Insurance https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-york-health-care-workers-who-are-fired-for-refusing-to-be-vaccinated-wont-be-eligible-for-unemployment-benefits-in-most-cases-11632780792__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NQcN0Hlc$

Penn State University Suspends Students Who Failed To Get Weekly
COVID-19 Test
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theepochtimes.com/penn-state-university-suspends-students-who-failed-to-get-weekly-covid-19-test_4012679.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NUVXE8ye$

3D-Printed Vaccine Patch Now in Development — Needles No Longer Needed https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.techtimes.com/articles/265877/20210926/3d-vaccine-patch-now-development-needles-longer-need**Bgiving-patients-painless.htm__;4oCU!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NdauzA_3$

Top Officials Stepping Down From CDC And FDA Covid Teams. Marion Gruber and Phil Krause, two veteran vaccine reviewers, are unexpectedly departing at a critical time.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/marion-gruber-phil-krause-leaving-fda/605859/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NWJG3sQp$

Influenza vaccine could also help against severe Covid-19 — but we’re not entirely sure why https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/influenza-vaccine-could-also-help-against-severe-covid-19-but-were-not-entirely-sure-why/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NQogAGC8$

N.C. Hospital System Fires 175 Workers Over Vax Mandate. The mass termination over defiance of the hospital system’s mandatory vaccine policy is one of the country’s largest yet.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/574293-north-carolina-based-hospital-system-fires-175-employees-for-failing-to__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NWUwXRFS$

# Economy / Trade
How the Democrats Can Pass the Entire Reconciliation Bill. It just requires enacting it for four years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/infrastructure/building-back-america/how-democrats-can-pass-entire-reconciliation-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NRo1Gi7J$

Robert Kaplan will step down as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas early next month. He will become the second senior Fed official to resign after ethics questions were raised this month over their trading activity in the financial markets.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.keranews.org/business-economy/2021-09-27/dallas-feds-kaplan-to-leave-in-the-wake-of-trading-disclosures__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NcK8THib$

The billionaire boom: how the super-rich soaked up Covid cash https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ft.com/content/747a76dd-f018-4d0d-a9f3-4069bf2f5a93__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NUJvZiT7$

GOP Blocks Bill to Fund Government, Raise Debt Ceiling. A potential government shutdown still looms, with federal funding expiring at midnight on Thursday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-republicans-set-to-block-bill-tying-short-term-funding-bill-to-debt-ceiling-11632772705__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NQ_tkcuK$

There’s a flurry of studies trashing the Democrats’ tax agenda. They have corporate and GOP dark money ties. Democrats have remained undecided as to how they’ll pay for the $3.5 trillion budget bill that now houses much of that agenda—and, by virtue of the budgeting process, can pass with only Democratic votes. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday told reporters that the White House and congressional leaders now agree on a menu of possible tax options.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/theres-a-flurry-of-studies-trashing-the-democrats-tax-agenda-they-have-corporate-and-gop-dark-money-ties/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NcnKCxPX$

# Employment / Labor
El Milagro Tortilla Workers Walk Out to Demand Fair Wages Amid Staff Shortage The company has lost staff due to their poor treatment of workers and mishandling of the pandemic, organizers say.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/video/el-milagro-tortilla-workers-walk-out-to-demand-fair-wages-amid-staff-shortage/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NSbgBz7a$

Florida State Workers Are “Very Scared” Over COVID-Related Working Conditions Several state offices have had to close, and workers aren’t being told when someone close to them contracted the virus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/florida-state-workers-are-very-scared-over-covid-related-working-conditions/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NYEY9Zef$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Company says planned natural gas pipeline won’t go forward. Construction of a nearly 120-mile-long proposed natural gas pipeline from northeastern Pennsylvania to central New Jersey will not go forward https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-pennsylvania-new-jersey-environment-06024caa2328faf6189bd8280799db37__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NWxMUgjp$

After Hurricane Ida, oil infrastructure springs dozens of leaks. The storm also triggered the most oil spills detected from space after a weather event in the Gulf of Mexico since the federal government started using satellites to track spills and leaks a decade ago.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://energycentral.com/c/cp/after-hurricane-ida-oil-infrastructure-springs-dozens-leaks__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NZhZFYvY$

Feds ‘dragging their heels kicking and screaming’ on Montana oil, gas leases. The Biden administration is delaying lease sales of federal lands for oil and gas exploration even after a court order, the head of the Western Energy Alliance said https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/montana/feds-dragging-their-heels-kicking-and-screaming-on-montana-oil-gas-leases/article_11dc3644-1ca6-11ec-9e59-0b703778ba99.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NcdetJ9G$

World leaders pledge $400 billion to boost clean energy and renewables.
“We cannot wait another 40 years. The age of renewable, affordable energy access for all must start today.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/world-leaders-renewable-energy-2655186991.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NWPWQzBN$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Meet the Senate enforcer who could sink Biden’s climate plan. The gatekeeper for the most consequential climate bill in U.S. history works behind a nondescript door in the U.S. Capitol.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eenews.net/articles/meet-the-senate-enforcer-who-could-sink-bidens-climate-plan/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NYqBQAic$

Scoping out the Gulf of Mexico’s secret submerged forest. Understanding what happened to this ancient forest can help us know what is coming as the sea rises again.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/scoping-out-the-gulf-of-mexicos-secret-submerged-forest/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NbeBGYrn$

The secret war over Pentagon aid in fighting wildfires. The military’s satellites excel at spotting new blazes, but for decades they have been mostly off limits to civilian firefighters.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/the-secret-war-over-pentagon-aid-in-fighting-wildfires/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NZtzVCZJ$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
3 Scary Reasons To Ditch Aluminum Foil (And What To Use Instead) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thealternativedaily.com/3-scary-reasons-ditch-aluminum-foil/?utm_source=external&utm_medium=MG__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NUTpcdsD$

# Global Politics and other news
China criticizes UK over ‘evil intentions’ after warship sails through Taiwan Strait https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/574067-china-criticizes-uk-over-evil-intentions-after-warship?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42766__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NQ4d_W61$

Erdogan says Turkey plans to buy another Russian defense system https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/turkeys-erdogan-says-intends-buy-another-russian-s-400-defence-system-cbs-news-2021-09-26/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NeYx_bgE$

Xi Takes a Page From Mao’s Red Playbook. In the coming year, Xi will intertwine foreign and domestic crises, even at the risk of potentially serious flair-ups with Washington over Taiwan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/xi-jinping-takes-a-page-from-mao-zedongs-red-playbook__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NfnsgOkK$

Female Afghan Judges in Hiding as Taliban Frees Killers. “It was midnight when we heard the Taliban had freed all the prisoners from jail. Immediately we fled,” one judge told the BBC.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58709353__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NQLiPXFj$

# Gov / Politics
DHS Cyber Office Wants to See Secret Voting Machine Report. After a cybersecurity researcher wrote a report about potential vulnerabilities in voting machines, and a judge locked up the report, a government official now wants to read it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/department-of-homeland-security-cyber-office-wants-to-see-secret-voting-machine-vulnerability-report__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NUSpKGy5$

GOP warns about military cooperation with Russians. Top Republicans in the House and Senate on Monday pushed back on the Pentagon’s recent call to increase coordination between the U.S. and Russian militaries, saying they were “deeply troubled” by the news.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/574162-republican-lawmakers-warn-against-more-military-coordination-with-russia__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1Nf8_tiN9$

Texas lawmakers have released their first draft of a new congressional map that would primarily protect incumbents while reducing the number of districts in which Black and Hispanic residents make up the most eligible voters. The population of Asian, Black and Hispanic Texans outpaced white Texans over the last decade.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://data.capitol.texas.gov/topic/redistricting__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NcMAnEZU$

Trump’s ‘Audit’ Request Plunged TX Guv’s Office Into Chaos. At the risk of provoking his wrath, staffers quickly rushed to appease the twice-impeached former leader, according to Politico.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/28/trump-texas-audit-abbott-scramble-514454__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NeFnHGVL$

Donald Trump said he’s considering running for President in 2024. Trump has laid the groundwork for a potential run in conventional and unconventional ways in recent months https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/06/30/trump-has-made-a-decision-on-whether-to-run-in-2024/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NRvK6g6s$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Pentagon officials prepare for grilling. Top Pentagon leaders are expected to get slammed this week with critical questions on the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and other military-related controversies in a series of hearings on Capitol Hill.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/overnights/574201-defense-national-security__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NVfKb8oP$

Milley to face toughest day yet on Capitol Hill. Gen. Mark Milley is expected to face a GOP grilling on Tuesday and Wednesday weeks after a number of Republicans said he should resign for threatening the principle of civilian control of the military.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/574174-gen-milley-faces-his-toughest-day-yet-on-capitol-hill__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NWHas8D0$

Trump Loses Omarosa NDA Case: ‘The Bully Has Met His Match.’ Trump’s campaign filed the case against Omarosa days after she published her
2018 tell-all book. “Donald has used this type of vexatious litigation to intimidate, harass and bully for years,” said Manigault Newman in a statement. “Finally the bully has met his match!”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theweek.com/donald-trump/1005406/the-bully-has-met-his-match-trump-loses-nda-case-against-former-aide-omarosa__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NR6z4r1C$

While testifying on Capitol Hill this morning, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, defended his conversations with his Chinese counterparts in the final stretch of the Trump administration. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bit.ly/3m3qNvv__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NU3mztv6$

# LGBTQ
Texas Senate has passed a bill limiting transgender participation in school sports four separate times.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/28/texas-transgender-sports-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NQfYEEiN$

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
New Federal Bureau of Investigation data shows that marijuana arrests dropped by more than a third in the U.S. last year as both the COVID-19 pandemic and the legalization movement spread.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marijuanamoment.net/marijuana-arrests-dropped-sharply-in-2020-as-both-covid-and-legalization-spread-fbi-data-shows/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NbLUX9-S$

The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a public safety alert about fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theindependent.com/news/local/dea-issues-public-safety-alert-on-sharp-increase-in-fake-prescription-pills-containing-fentanyl-and/article_14daf940-2032-11ec-a594-33ed7176ddd9.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NXwX7m0u$

# Media
‘Threatened’ Female Producer Begged to Leave Cuomo’s Show: Melanie Buck said that she asked to leave Cuomo’s primetime program because they had “significant differences,” adding that she has “moved on.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/threatened-female-producer-begged-to-leave-chris-cuomos-show__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NUXrv2q_$

# Medical / Health
Half of young, American kids have lead in their blood, study finds.
Children living in older houses and poorer communities were more likely to have elevated blood lead levels.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.insider.com/half-of-kids-under-age-6-have-lead-blood-study-2021-9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NTBtmS7C$

Missouri Med Staff Gets Panic Buttons as Assaults Triple. At least one Missouri hospital has added a handy-dandy new feature to its employees’
medical badges: a big panic button.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ky3.com/2021/09/20/cox-medical-center-branson-adding-panic-buttons-employee-badges-after-reports-increased-staff-assaults/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NStAYlOh$

American Dental Association Wants To Block Dental Coverage In Medicare https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/dentists-group-fights-plan-to-cover-dental-benefits-under-medicare-11632735002__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NfVUgNcH$

Rare Brain-Eating Amoeba Kills Child at Texas Water Park. Health officials in Arlington said they’ve closed all recreational water parks in the city out of an abundance of caution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/rare-brain-eating-amoeba-n-fowleri-kills-texas-child-at-water-park-in-arlington__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NW6X1bIF$

# Military / DOD
What was the Afghanistan War all about? That is the question on many people’s lips after a devastating 20-year campaign that has killed an estimated 176,000 people and displaced nearly 6 million more.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH4_M6NbqXU__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1Nd8ORfh0$

# Social
The Right-Wing Attack on Racial Justice Talk: How critical race theory has become a handy target for an old-fashioned assault on civil rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/civil-rights/right-wing-attack-on-racial-justice-talk/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iomep6axId3JeXKNza0MOyl1D-5iGocKqTAvOiVTfS4cbESlyVIjXvsXo4G1NbThlWts$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-27

Voices, The Peoples News

September 27, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Border / Immigration
Hundreds of people arrested under Gov. Greg Abbott’s state criminal justice system for migrants have sat in prison for weeks with no charges filed against them, and dozens were imprisoned for more than a month without being appointed lawyers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/27/texas-border-migrants-jail/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MF60gnol$

# CoronaVirus
Deaths after Vaccines in 2021 much more than in the Past 10 Years! “1000 % more Adverse Reactions’. Alarm by US Virologist to FDA https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/09/26/deaths-after-vaccines-in-2021-much-more-than-in-the-past-10-years-1000-more-adverse-reactions-alarm-by-us-virologist-to-fda/?mc_cid=f7bea9be82&mc_eid=3f7488d454__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MAcBw7x9$

Video: Florida’s Vietnam, 53,116 Reported COVID Deaths, 50k More ‘Censored by De’Santis. Roughly 57,000 Americans died in that drawn-out and wholly unnecessary conflict, making it a rather apt point of comparison with Florida’s ongoing pandemic, exacerbated as it is by Gov.
Ron DeSantis’ stubborn policymaking and head-in-sand tactics.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2021/09/17/viral-video-compares-floridas-covid-19-death-toll-to-vietnam-war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MAoITFyj$

Covid treatments: What works, what doesn’t, what might https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-09-covid-treatments-doesnt.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MDhc6B6Y$

# Education / Schools
Texas schools have reported more coronavirus cases in less than two months than they did in the entire 2020-21 school year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/17/texas-schools-covid-19-cases/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MMfV3xi4$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Seth Blumsack: Long power outages after disasters aren’t inevitable – but utilities need to think differently. Building even more power poles and transmission lines won’t avert outages when major disasters strike.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/long-power-outages-after-disasters-arent-inevitable-but-to-avoid-them-utilities-need-to-think-differently-167157__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MLm0thQ3$

Pa. community’s fight against electric lines shows tensions coming with push toward a clean energy future. Transource, landowners compromised, then regulators spiked the project. To achieve a carbon-free electricity sector, the country would need to more than double the power infrastructure it has now in the next decade.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2021/09/24/pennsylvania-fight-over-electric-lines-shows-tensions-coming-with-a-clean-energy-future/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MAAZG8Mj$

Cancer-causing wastes still exist along the Texas Eastern pipeline 30 years after settlement. It’s been more than 30 years since the public learned of PCB dumping along the Texas Eastern pipeline, but not all of it has been cleaned up.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pennlive.com/perry-county-times/2021/09/cancer-causing-wastes-still-exist-along-the-texas-eastern-pipeline-30-years-after-settlement.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MDPlsZWR$

Cadmium spiked inside a Tampa lead factory. Workers didn’t get help. For years, the company’s contracted doctor failed to flag abnormal test results and provide the required follow-up.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.miamiherald.com/news/article254518362.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9ML6xzSU6$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
We’re dumping loads of retardant chemicals to fight wildfires. What does it mean for wildlife? As western wildfires become bigger and more intense, state and federal fire agencies are using more and more aerial fire retardant, prompting concerns over fish kills, aquatic life, and water quality.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/fire-retardant-spray-wildfire-wildlife-2655069755.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MKcP6SLk$

Drones may help replant forests—if enough seeds take root. A handful of companies are pursuing airborne seeding, but there’s little evidence so far that the tactic will succeed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wired.com/story/drones-replant-forests-seeds-take-root/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MAXqcBDh$

Bay Area high school rescues 4,000 endangered salmon from the drought – they’ll grow up on campus. Petaluma high school students who just got back from distant learning are now caring for a federally endangered species with nowhere else to go.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/Bay-Area-high-school-rescues-4-000-endangered-16486539.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MGTIlKgi$

Today’s 6-year-olds will live through about three times as many climate disasters as their grandparents if current warming trends continue, a study finds https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.preventionweb.net/news/children-face-life-far-more-heatwaves-floods-droughts-and-wildfires-grandparents__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MIvI9qDI$

These carbon-capturing robotic seaweed farms are like planting forests in the ocean https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90680321/these-carbon-capturing-robotic-seaweed-farms-are-like-planting-forests-in-the-ocean__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MI6naUgh$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Carbon, caribou and a Dene Tha’ plan to protect a northern Alberta lake.
The nation is proposing the first Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area in the province to protect the region surrounding one of Alberta’
largest lakes, which stores five times more carbon per square metre than the Amazon https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/dene-tha-alberta-lake-carbon-caribou/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MGLoyiA1$

Climate change: Australia leans toward 2050 net zero target as election,
COP26 loom
As one of the world’s top per-capita emitters and fossil fuel exporters, Australia has come under increasing pressure to commit to carbon https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-will-likely-adopt-a-net-zero-target-by-cop26-it-will-be-a-bad-target/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MJz-EgnT$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) just announced two new food recalls in the freezer section.
*Nestle USA’s DiGiorno Crispy Pan Crust Pepperoni Pizza is being recalled.
*Over 33,000 pounds of raw, frozen chicken and vegetable potstickers are also being recalled.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eatthis.com/news-just-announced-freezer-recalls/?utm_source=msn&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=msn-feed__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MGlRC5yn$

# Global Politics and other news
Icelanders vote in volatile election with climate in mind. Icelanders voted Saturday in a general election dominated by climate change, with an unprecedented number of political parties likely to win parliamentary seats https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wfmz.com/news/icelanders-vote-in-volatile-election-with-climate-in-mind/article_0be309ef-5d38-5a0e-b01f-168c74962438.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MCTZJCA8$

Is Brazil About to Face a Military Coup? Brian Mier on Brazil’s March Towards Fascism. Whispers are turning into shouts about a military-backed coup in Brazil before next year, as the ailing Bolsonaro — trailing Lula by 15-20 points in the polls — seeks to hang on to power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mintpressnews.com/brazil-military-coup-brian-mier-brazil-march-towards-fascism/278532/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MBRwN-Un$

UN and Taliban try to figure out how to interact: The U.N. can withhold or bestow formal acknowledgement on the Taliban, and use this as crucial leverage to exact assurances on human rights, girls’ access to education and political concessions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wsiltv.com/2021/09/26/un-and-afghanistans-taliban-figuring-out-how-to-interact/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MNki2CiF$

Turkey could buy more Russian missiles despite US warnings: Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey wasn’t given the option to buy American-made Patriot missiles and the U.S. hadn’t delivered F-35 stealth jets despite a payment of $1.4 billion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/business-middle-east-russia-turkey-united-states-73a12da46eaee0e92ca6b6b1ba66265b__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MAfEw3w-$

German election tight; Merkel’s bloc could end up with worst result yet:
Despite getting its worst-ever result in a federal contest, the Union bloc said it too would reach out to smaller parties to discuss forming a government, while Merkel stays on in a caretaker role until a successor is sworn in.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.startribune.com/social-democrats-narrowly-beat-merkels-bloc-in-german-vote/600100974/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MIZZDDcX$

Iraq issues arrests warrants for all attendees of Israel normalization conference. Iraq’s government has stated that the conference in which more than 300 people called for normalization with Israel ‘does not represent the public opinion in Iraq’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium-iraq-issues-arrest-warrants-against-officials-calling-for-ties-with-israel-1.10243450__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MP8WC2Ft$

Iran and Syria: How Arab and Western countries are shifting posturing toward Damascus. The Western countries, including the US, began to rethink and contemplate the current reservations about the relationship with Syria and its return to the Arab League and the international community.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2021/09/26/667308/Syria-Iran-Arab-West-policy-shift__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MPOUm_Tv$

I Was Detained in Guantánamo for 14 Years After Being Kidnapped and Sold to CIA “The purpose of Guantánamo wasn’t about making Americans safe,” says former Guantánamo detainee Mansoor Adayfi.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/video/i-was-detained-in-guantanamo-for-14-years-after-being-kidnapped-and-sold-to-cia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MJ5qK9YY$

# Gov / Politics
The secretary of state announced the “full forensic audit” in the counties hours after former President Donald Trump requested that Gov.
Greg Abbott add an election audit bill to this year’s third special session of the Texas Legislature.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/23/texas-2020-election-audit/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MI4q605n$

Beto O’Rourke said at The Texas Tribune Festival that he is still “very seriously” thinking about running for governor — and that he is not surprised Matthew McConaughey, another potential candidate, is polling so well against Gov. Greg Abbott.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/24/beto-orourke-2022/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MNyAx8q_$

The United States spent $145 billion in Afghanistan to help the country stand up on its own. The U.S. efforts failed to build a sustainable economy there.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-spent-billions-on-afghanistan-and-failed-to-build-a-sustainable-economy-11632735001__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MJahtp6V$

The Hill’s Jordain Carney reports that the president is working with the Senate to get his judicial picks confirmed, but he’s sidestepping trying to fill vacancies in GOP states — for now.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/573902-biden-sidesteps-gop-on-judicial-vacancies-for-now__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MElD-zFj$

Plastics industry lashes out at ‘regressive’ Democratic tax plan. A Democratic proposal to help finance the party’s $3.5 trillion spending bill by taxing single-use plastics is generating sharp pushback https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/573908-plastics-industry-lashes-out-at-regressive-democratic-tax__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MJ_mJD1-$

U.S. seeks to ease testing of Los Alamos lab’s cancer-causing contaminants. Tests that are less able to detect cancer-causing chemicals in water would replace Los Alamos National Laboratory’s current, more acute test https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/u-s-seeks-to-ease-testing-of-los-alamos-labs-cancer-causing-contaminants/article_bf8340a2-1aef-11ec-8171-9374b5a7d12f.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MLvz6pWz$

Not India: Abbott’s Texas the ‘Rape Capitol of the World’ (mostly kids):
As Texas Attorney General, Abbott blocked rape arrests, gutted investigative units and opposed all efforts to protect children and the women of Texas from being raped or trafficked by cults like St. Hubertus and others run by big oil and the GOP’s bankster elites.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/09/26/not-india-abbots-texas-the-rape-capitol-of-the-world-mostly-kids/?mc_cid=f7bea9be82&mc_eid=3f7488d454__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MN4GrKlT$

Trump keeps promoting Democrats in races against Republicans who speak out against him. The former president has continually lashed out against Republicans who won’t peddle unfounded conspiracy theories and has endorsed primary challengers to run against them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kadiagoba/trump-brian-kemp-democrats-georgia-rally-abrams__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MKv2NC6V$

Donald Trump Is Building an Army. He Can No Longer Be Ignored. After a nice little break, it’s time to dive back into the dumpster fire.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/donald-trump-is-building-an-army-he-can-no-longer-be-ignored/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MOcCcBQk$

New Report Says Trump’s CIA Considered Kidnapping or Assassinating Julian Assange The report cited conversations with more than 30 former U.S. officials.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/new-report-says-trumps-cia-considered-kidnapping-or-assassinating-assange/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MGrCmQl0$

Why the US government could shut down this week and what would happen.
Washington is racing to avert a partial government shutdown that could lead to furloughs for hundreds of thousands of federal workers in the middle of a national health crisis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/us/what-happens-when-us-federal-government-shuts-down-2021-09-27/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9ME1OfB7-$

Editorial: Politically bankrupt: Senate Republicans are happy for the US to default on its debt Washington suspended the U.S. debt limit for two years — two years in which Republicans refrained from pitching a fit every time the U.S.
needed to borrow more money. And borrow we did, under an administration and Congress that slashed taxes by trillions while dramatically increasing federal spending, even before the COVID crisis hit.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/editorial-politically-bankrupt-senate-republicans-are-happy-for-the-us-to-default-on-its-debt/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MKfv6OVe$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
With Clinton lawyer charged, the Russiagate scam is now under indictment. The indictment of Hillary Clinton attorney Michael Sussmann offers new evidence that the Trump-Russia conspiracy theory that engulfed Trump’s term in office was itself the product of fabrications involving Clinton’s 2016 campaign.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thegrayzone.com/2021/09/20/with-clinton-lawyer-charged-the-russiagate-scam-is-now-indicted/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MGBsbUaK$

RNC Official Reveals GOP Plan to Ramp Up Election Lawsuits in 2022. The official said that it will be especially important in 2022 for Republicans to file lawsuits before Election Day.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/rnc-official-reveals-gop-plan-to-ramp-up-election-lawsuits-in-2022/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=92827180-dfbb-497d-9281-ac55ff900a4a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MLebmAil$

# LGBTQ
The Texas House has the votes to pass legislation that would restrict transgender public school students’ participation in school sports, according to House Speaker Dade Phelan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/24/texas-transgender-sports-legislature-dade-phelan/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MKB5IcRW$

Trans rights: Transgender activists in Texas say their fight against anti-trans legislation in the state this year has felt particularly exhausting, cruel and lonely. More than 40 bills aimed at curbing trans rights have been filed in the past 10 months alone https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thelily.com/texas-is-in-the-spotlight-but-transgender-activists-say-their-fight-feels-uniquely-grueling-and-lonely/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MMqJrgi_$

# Medical / Health
Why Are Environmentalists Attacking Chemicals Hospitals Use To Save Lives?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/why-are-environmentalists-attacking-chemicals-hospitals-use-to-save-lives/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MLIGZXQS$

Extreme Hospital COVID Policies Are Leading More Pregnant Women To Choose A Home Birth. With hospital births becoming increasingly unattractive as a result of COVID-19 protocols, many women are beginning to consider home births as an alternative.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fee.org/articles/covid-policies-lead-more-women-to-choose-a-home-birth/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MPC2Xxs4$

Gov. Greg Abbott ceremonially signed a bill into law on Friday that will restrict Texans’ access to abortion-inducing medication. The new law narrows the window in which physicians are allowed to give abortion-inducing medication to patients from 10 weeks to seven weeks after conception, bucking FDA guidelines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/24/texas-abortion-medication-law-abbott/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MHVletqT$

Texas Gov. Abbott Still Refuses To Add Rape And Incest Exemptions To Abortion Law https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2021/09/26/texas-gov-abbott-still-refuses-to-add-rape-and-incest-exemptions-to-abortion-law/?sh=7bbc9a983142__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MND6Xn4v$

How private funding is blurring the peer-review lines in medical research. Neuroscientist Sheila Nirenberg’s breakthrough neural code is restoring sight in humans and expanding visual capabilities in computing, but some of her academic peers would like to see more transparency in her data.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90674883/how-private-funding-has-created-blurry-lines-in-medical-research__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MFAG5zdV$

House Passes Bill To Allow Abortion on Demand Nationwide. The House of Representatives voted nearly along party lines Friday to pass a bill that will allow abortion on demand nationwide, superseding state-level abortion restrictions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://freebeacon.com/democrats/house-passes-bill-to-allow-abortion-on-demand-nationwide/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MJkcRj3_$

Republican lawmakers are pressing ahead with anti-abortion laws, with or without the Supreme Court’s help https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetillman/georgia-florida-mississippi-abortion-laws-scotus__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MLkfUHYQ$

# Military / DOD
Havana Syndrome, Directed Energy Weapons, and the New Cold War: While the jury is still out on who committed the attacks against U.S.
officials, or even whether there were any attacks at all, directed energy weapons certainly do exist. Havana Syndrome might be science fiction, but directed energy weapons are very much science fact.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mintpressnews.com/havana-syndrome-directed-energy-weapon-new-cold-war/278501/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MPYozIwM$

Are Directed-Energy Weapons Behind the Havana Syndrome? As an aerospace engineer and former Vice Chair of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, I can attest to the effectiveness of such weapons.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/09/are-directed-energy-weapons-behind-havana-syndrome/185580/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MH5M7wmH$

# Other News
Investigators probe deadly Amtrak derailment in Montana. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago, with two locomotives and 10 cars, when it left the tracks about 4 p.m. Saturday near Joplin, a town of about 200.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/9/26/22695326/investigators-probe-deadly-amtrak-derailment-in-montana__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MKA9SU6K$

# Veterans / VA
Trump’s ‘Mar-a-Lago Trio’ Broke Law in Plan to Monetize Veterans’
Medical Records: A congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica’s reporting found Trump’s “Mar-a-Lago crowd,” wealthy civilians with no U.S. government or military experience, pursued a plan to monetize veterans’ medical data.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/trumps-mar-a-lago-buddies-tried-to-get-the-va-to-sell-access-to-veterans-medical-records__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MCiyDsy5$

# Water
LISTEN: Why is it taking so long for Pennsylvania to regulate toxic chemicals in drinking water? The chemicals, known as PFAS, are linked to health effects including cancer, thyroid disease, high cholesterol, pregnancy-induced hypertension, asthma, and ulcerative colitis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/listen-why-is-it-taking-so-long-for-pennsylvania-to-regulate-toxic-chemicals-in-drinking-water-2655167960.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ny0jQux2gLniC9-ahYf9EpVXNpYAMpqC0Ack44KGbMTq7WKG-e18J_fQ3FZ9MFPNrnmF$
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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-25

Voices, The Peoples News

September 25, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
This was the worst slaughter of Native Americans in U.S. history. Few remember it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/horrific-sand-creek-massacre-will-be-forgotten-no-more-180953403/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooe3A8pHe$

List of Indian massacres in North America. [Not to be confused with List of massacres in India.] In the history of the European colonization of the Americas, an Indian massacre is any incident between European settlers and indigenous peoples wherein one group killed a significant number of the other group outside the confines of mutual combat in war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_massacres_in_North_America__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooVPU1AKr$

The story of the encounter between European settlers and America’s native population does not make for pleasant reading. Among early accounts, perhaps the most famous is Helen Hunt Jackson’s A Century of Dishonor (1888), a doleful recitation of forced removals, killings, and callous disregard. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/7302__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oofToYw4l$

Why cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women don’t receive national attention According to the Department of Justice, studies indicate the murder rate for Indigenous women is ten times higher than the national average.
Still, the cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women rarely garner attention across the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/video/why-cases-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-dont-receive-national-attention/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooS8MTWOy$

Mary Johnson, an Indigenous woman, went missing nearly a year ago. While the FBI recently offered a reward, activists say that’s not enough. It’s been nearly 10 months since Johnson was reported missing. A billboard on Interstate 5 and local media coverage have yielded few credible tips, and tribal police have yet to make an arrest in the case.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/23/us/mary-johnson-missing-indigenous-women-crisis-cec/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooeWaPcpW$

# Border / Immigration
Assault on female US service member by male Afghan refugees at Fort Bliss under FBI investigation. The incident comes on the heels of two Afghan refugees being charged with federal crimes at a Wisconsin military base https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/573901-fbi-investigating-alleged-assault-on-female-service-member-at-afghan-refugee__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oocR3KnGX$

FBI Probing Assault of Female Soldier by Afghan Refugees. The incident is said to have taken place on Sept. 19 as the soldier arrived to report for duty.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/573901-fbi-investigating-alleged-assault-on-female-service-member-at-afghan-refugee__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oocR3KnGX$

Photographer says Border Patrol agents didn’t whip Haitian migrants:
Paul Ratje told KTSM, an El Paso television station that he saw the migrants running and dodging around the horses agents were riding, and the agents were swinging their reins but weren’t targeting the migrants.
“He was swinging it, but I didn’t see him actually whip someone with it,” the photographer told the station. “That’s something that can be misconstrued when you’re looking at it.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/sep/24/photographer-says-border-patrol-agents-didnt-whip-/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooZdVdNZ_$

‘Sick and Tired’ of agents being attacked and having no backup from Biden admin Border Patrol Council VP Art Del Cueto: DHS Sec. Mayorkas is involved in a cover-up of investigation [Video] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/sick-tired-agents-being-attacked-023849787.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooc9Bpk-_$

Since Biden’s inauguration day, the president’s entire team has shown no interest in enforcing immigration laws. Biden immediately announced a blatantly illegal six-month suspension of all deportations (a suspension since blocked by federal courts).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/biden-deliberately-created-the-illegal-immigration-crisis__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooR1Uvb9C$

Mayorkas says Haitian migrants under Del Rio bridge were not tested for COVID -19. DHS secretary said migrants got sick, but not with COVID ‘to my knowledge’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayorkas-migrants-del-rio-bridge-not-tested-covid-19__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooSjyjlOF$

# CoronaVirus
COVID-19 and Censorship: A thought-provoking video interview with Dr.
Joe Mercola and NVIC Co-founder & President Barbara Loe Fisher discussing COVID, the vaccine, censorship and the attack on doctors and consumer advocates publishing accurate information about the virus and the vaccine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2021/09/26/vaccine-awareness-week-update-2021.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooVn6kX-g$

Is America Heading Toward COVID Vaccine Mixing and Matching? Much of the world is already doing it, and now some experts are pressing the CDC to follow suit here.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/is-america-heading-toward-covid-vaccine-mixing-and-matching__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooUESPP5k$

COVID Truthers’ New Low: Yanking People From ICUs. Anti-vaxxers on Facebook have turned their attention to doctors and nurses, claiming they’re purposely withholding miracle treatments from COVID patients.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/covid-truthers-hit-a-new-low-as-they-tell-followers-to-yank-relatives-from-icus__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooQOe2QQ5$

Biden Administration Doles Out $250K to Wuhan Lab-Linked Group:
EcoHealth Alliance’s founder waged a secret campaign to disprove the lab-leak theory https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://freebeacon.com/coronavirus/biden-administration-doles-out-250k-to-wuhan-lab-linked-group/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooX-hRwG9$

Decimation of Seniors Continues as FDA and CDC Recommend Third Vax to Age Group With Highest Number of Deaths Following COVID-19 Shots. A conservative estimate of deaths in people over the age of 65 following a
COVID-19 shot for the past 9 months is about 482,570 senior deaths represented by the U.S. VAERS.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.legitgov.org/decimation-seniors-continues-fda-and-cdc-recommend-third-vax-age-group-highest-number-deaths__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooVmne_CH$

From the 9/17/2021 release of VAERS data: Found 15,386 cases where Vaccine targets COVID-19 (COVID19) and Patient Died https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medalerts.org/vaersdb/findfield.php?TABLE=ON&GROUP1=AGE&EVENTS=ON&VAX=COVID19&VAXTYPES=COVID-19&DIED=Yes&WhichAge=range&LOWAGE=&HIGHAGE=__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooU08Rv7i$

CDC director partially overrules panel, signs off on boosters https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/573767-cdc-director-partially-overrules-panel-signs-off-on-boosters__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oofRKexOj$

Métis Nation in B.C. introduces mandatory vaccine policy. Policy rollout begins Oct. 4; unvaccinated staff will be placed on unpaid leave, nation says https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metis-nation-bc-covid19-mandatory-vaccine-1.6185229__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooc_-_UnV$

Canada Will Require All Air Travelers To Be Vaccinated In A Broad New Policy. All passengers and workers on commercial air flights in Canada will soon have to prove they’ve been vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Canada’s government will also require all federal workers to be vaccinated, citing a “dynamic public health situation” due to the
COVID-19 pandemic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/08/13/1027498555/canada-vaccination-air-travelers-requirement__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooXiyJAJh$
9 Vaccinated Nursing Home Residents Die After Montana Lets Healthcare Workers Go Unvaccinated https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/montana-vaccine-ban-long-term-care/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooT1rPqJB$

COVID-19 vaccine boosters could mean billions for drugmakers. How much the manufacturers stand to gain depends on how big the rollout proves to be.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-science-health-coronavirus-vaccine-5305defac283ac5f352bc47fcb74c82b__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooVIaGImh$

Vaccine-coated, 3D-printed patches may soon replace a syringe near you No jab, and more efficiency.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/vaccine-patches-3d-printed-needles-248452354/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooeM3q0jT$

NY Weighs Using the National Guard to Replace Unvaccinated Health Care Workers https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ny-weighs-using-the-national-guard-to-replace-unvaccinated-health-care-workers/ar-AAOOSJa?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oof1p-628$

Destroying the Narrative: 40 Reasons Why a Coronavirus Pandemic Never Existed, Pt 1: We will not go back to where we were when the pandemic started. That is pretty certain…” – George Soros https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthunmuted.org/40-reasons-why-a-covid-19-pandemic-never-existed-part-1/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oocNxzSiN$
Destroying the Narrative: 40 Reasons Why a COVID-19 Pandemic Never Existed, Pt. 2. The real pandemic being perpetrated against humanity is one of unprecedented tyranny, lies, and corruption.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthunmuted.org/40-reasons-why-a-covid-19-pandemic-never-existed-pt-2/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooV2Ebf5x$

New-Onset and Relapsed Kidney Disease Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Systematic Review – Vaccines 2021, 9. By Henry H.L. Wu, Philip A. Kalra, and Rajkumar Chinnadurai Abstract: Introduction:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.legitgov.org/new-onset-and-relapsed-kidney-disease-reported-following-covid-19-vaccination__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooUShNAjq$

# Economy / Trade
Republicans Don’t Want a Debt Default, Just Democratic Chaos.
Republicans are holding a bizarre position: They would like the government to raise the debt ceiling, but they want Democrats to do it for them while they stand in the way.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-dont-want-a-debt-defaultjust-democratic-chaos__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooRBjRIr0$

The really scary news in the Social Security Trustees Report https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/573920-the-really-scary-news-in-the-social-security-trustees-report__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooecaGhUV$

Pelosi on $3.5T spending package: It ‘seems self-evident’ it will be less than proposed https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/573972-pelosi-says-it-is-self-evident-that-spending-bill-will-be-less__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooT3vie8l$

# Education / Schools
11 Indicted in Fraternity Pledge’s ‘Tragic’ Hazing Death. Adam Oakes’
family says the Virginia Commonwealth University freshman died after being ordered to drink a 40-shot bottle of whiskey.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/health-education-arrests-richmond-poisoning-a47af4672c4e951f76beac0f64d43ede__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooQFTz8X6$

More than 200 Connecticut school bus drivers could walk off job Monday due to vaccine mandate. More than 200 Connecticut school bus drivers could walk off the job Monday because they are unvaccinated and do not want to be tested, officials said Friday https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Hundreds-of-school-bus-drivers-may-walk-out-16485918.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooWHvHzCH$

# Employment / Labor
Nearly 11 Percent of Los Angeles City Employees to Seek Vaccine Exemptions. More than 6,000 people, or 11 percent, of Los Angeles city employees plan to seek an exemption from the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021/09/14/la-city-employees-vaccine-mandate-exemption/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooZ0fJNJd$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals PG&E Faces Criminal Charges for Zogg Fire That Killed Four. Prosecutors said PG&E should have addressed a damaged, century-old tree near a power line. “We have sufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Pacific Gas and Electric Co. is criminally liable for the ignition of the Zogg Fire and the deaths and destruction it caused,” she said at a press conference.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sacbee.com/news/california/fires/article254498877.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooTQCJrzV$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Fires are lasting longer into the night, and researchers may have found out why. In a recent study, they found air over most of the western U.S. has become drier and warmer at night over the past 40 years, influencing the rate at which vegetation and other fuels for fire will dry out and burn.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/fires-are-lasting-longer-into-the-night-and-researchers-may-have-found-out-why/ar-AAOO5wq?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooaBVO2yf$

A ‘thirsty’ atmosphere is propelling Northern California’s drought into the record books. Increasing evaporative demand is escalating summertime drought severity in California and the West, according to climate researchers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyclimate.org/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooTlwICtJ$

A pioneer ghost town that was submerged underwater for more than 60 years has resurfaced because of a drought https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/pioneer-ghost-town-submerged-underwater-150420141.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooexUnnqy$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Remnant forests struggle to survive amid oil palm plantations, study shows. Most forest trees that persist in areas dominated by oil palm plantations die before they can mature, a new study shows.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/remnant-forests-struggle-to-survive-amid-oil-palm-plantations-study-shows/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooWb84GDW$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
“Lettuce” to Vaccinate You and Other Reasons You Can’t Trust the Food Supply As if our food wasn’t already tainted enough, researchers are now working on putting mRNA vaccines in lettuce. UC-San Diego and Carnegie Mellon University are both currently involved https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/09/lettuce-to-vaccinate-you-and-other-reasons-you-cant-trust-the-food-supply.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed*3A*naturalblaze**A28Natural*Blaze*29__;JSsrJSsl!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooTwwRmqB$

# Global Politics and other news
Taliban Kills 4 Men, Hangs Their Bodies Around Afghan City. The men were accused of trying to kidnap a father and son, according to Taliban officials.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-c328e5e060d5fe7dfdc1f348b7dce10a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oodVW5f3A$

Who will replace Angela Merkel? One of the most powerful women in world politics is stepping down. Germans go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new Bundestag, or parliament, in a vote that will have implications throughout Europe and the world.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90679821/who-will-replace-angela-merkel-one-of-the-most-powerful-women-in-world-politics-is-stepping-down__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oodljy1Ns$

# Gov / Politics
The Geriatric Government: Washington is run by very old people https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theworldbusinessnews.com/washington-is-run-by-very-old-people/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oof2ZcUUq$

References to the “Texas Taliban” Are Racist and Colonial. Here’s Why.
Using Taliban imagery to decry the Texas abortion ban is an old colonial move that reeks of Islamophobia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/references-to-the-texas-taliban-are-racist-and-colonial-heres-why/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oocosA58T$

Arizona audit debunks Trump’s false claims, but the poison of misinformation still threatens the electoral process https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dan-balz-take-arizona-review/2021/09/25/d95f8ccc-1da8-11ec-a99a-5fea2b2da34b_story.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooZcGaYtS$

Democrats urge Biden to go all in with agenda in limbo. Democrats are looking for sustained hands-on engagement with the hope Biden could sway holdouts and resolve points of tension that have slowed down Democrats’
efforts to pass a $3.5 trillion spending package.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/573891-democrats-urge-biden-to-go-all-in-with-agenda-in-limbo__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooWCbY4Kq$

The House Budget Committee has advanced the Democrats’ $3.5 trillion social spending plan as party leaders set their sights on teeing up the package for a vote in the lower chamber this coming week, despite brewing inner party divisions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/finance/budget/573948-house-panel-advances-35t-spending-bill__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooSJjcis3$

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is barreling forward with an audit of the 2020 election in his state’s four largest counties after mounting pressure from former President Trump.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/573863-abbott-bows-to-trump-pressure-on-texas-election-audit__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oodK3xiSK$

‘Forever audits’ emerge as Republican endless chaos and fundraising tool. The Arizona election review took months and millions of dollars, but it’s just the beginning of growing GOP efforts to revisit 2020. The election fraudit scam is actually a continuation of the January 6th insurrection attempt.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/09/25/forever-audits-emerge-as-republican-endless-chaos-and-fundraising-tool/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oobmGZ3Cm$

NEO – Washington’s assembly line for retraining soldiers in Syria isn’t stopping. Wanting to discuss the legal basis for using proxy terrorism as a geopolitical tool should be a big enough scandal to go to the top of the list of US security issues.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/09/25/neo-washingtons-assembly-line-for-retraining-soldiers-in-syria-isnt-stopping/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooVc2ustJ$

Pennsylvania AG: Republicans are ‘willing to sell out 245+ years of American history’ for a Big Lie: We may have gotten the “results” from the fraudulent audit in Arizona, but that isn’t stopping states like Pennsylvania from expanding on the Big Lie and trying their hand at an illegitimate election turnover of their own. Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pennsylvania-ag-republicans-are-willing-to-sell-out-245-years-of-american-history-for-a-big-lie/vi-AAOQfj1?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oobsRBs3O$

Dozens of Massachusetts State Troopers Resign Ahead of Deadline for State’s Vaccine Mandate. This week, a Massachusetts Superior Court judge refused to allow any delay of the state’s vaccine mandate that is set to begin on October 17.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://humansarefree.com/2021/09/state-troopers-resign-ahead-of-mandatory-vaccine-mandate.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooc5RZi5B$

# Law Enforcement
Harris County Jailers Sue Over Working Conditions https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Too-busy-for-bathroom-breaks-say-Harris-County-16473791.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooZih8OTp$

Missing 21-Year-Old Found Dead Miles From Her Burned Out Car. Sheridan Wahl was heading to her father’s home in Myrtle Beach but never made it, her family said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxcarolina.com/21-year-old-found-dead-in-south-carolina-her-burned-car-found-10-miles-from/article_63cb5f8a-343c-5d86-a530-69b6035583ce.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oobyiYBVC$

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) pledged his support for any Border Patrol agents who are punished by the Biden administration, saying he will hire any who are at risk of losing their jobs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/573975-abbott-promises-to-hire-border-patrol-agents-punished-by-biden__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-oofPuUe9o$

Police, soldiers bring lethal skill to militia campaigns against US government Thousands of police and soldiers – people professionally trained in the use of violence and familiar with military protocols – are part of an extremist effort to undermine the U.S. government and subvert the democratic process.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/police-soldiers-bring-lethal-skill-to-militia-campaigns-against-us-government-153369__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooY8fFmlS$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Gabby Petito slaying: Florida lawyer, a mom of two, puts $20G bounty on Brian Laundrie. Police are searching the T. Mabry Carlton Jr. Memorial Reserve in Florida for Laundrie – but many are speculating that he’s fled the area. Anyone who sees him is asked to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or 303-629-7171.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wogx.com/news/gabby-petito-florida-lawyer-a-mom-of-two-puts-20g-bounty-on-brian-laundrie__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooRDmxQB2$

D.C. Cop Charged With Murder for Black Man’s Moped Crash. Veteran cop Terence Sutton was indicted on Friday, nearly a year after Karon Hylton’s death.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/dc-cop-terence-sutton-charged-with-murder-for-black-man-karon-hyltons-moped-crash__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooQAhrDID$

Trump Committed ‘Multiple Crimes’ With Georgia Election Interference, Analysis Suggests. The 107-page report, written by seven legal analysts, concludes that Trump’s post-election conduct leaves him at “substantial risk of possible state charges predicated on multiple crimes.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/24/trump-faces-substantial-legal-risk-georgia-case-think-tank-report-says/5851857001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooWlzPAzK$

# Media
Starting Oct. 1, the USPS will implement new service standards for first-class mail and packages, lengthening delivery time for about 30% of its volume. That means some letters, parcels and magazine subscriptions traveling longer distances could take up to five days to arrive, instead of two or three days.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnet.com/how-to/usps-slowdown-starts-oct-1-what-to-know-about-new-delays-and-price-hikes-for-mail/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooRukT35y$

# Medical / Health
Wallace Grills Abbott on Vow to End Rape After Abortion Ban. The Fox News anchor grilled the Texas governor on his unhinged vow to “eliminate” rapists, asking him if that was a “reasonable” thing to say to pregnant rape and incest victims.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/chris-wallace-corners-greg-abbott-on-his-insane-eliminate-rape-defense-of-abortion-ban__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooVMw7k11$

Excess Mortality: Thousands More Than Usual Are Dying – But Not From COVID The term excess mortality refers to the number of deaths from all causes during any given period of a crisis or epidemic – above and beyond what we would have expected to see under ‘normal’ conditions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://21stcenturywire.com/2021/09/25/excess-mortality-thousands-more-than-usual-are-dying-but-not-from-covid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooaVLAOH0$

# Military / DOD
War in Afghanistan Isn’t Over — It’s Taking the Form of Illegal Drone Strikes The “intelligence” used to target suspected terrorists is notoriously unreliable.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/war-in-afghanistan-isnt-over-its-taking-the-form-of-illegal-drone-strikes/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooTZy76-v$

# Other News
Super-Rich Condo Owners Are Super-Mad About Creaky High-Rise. They have filed a lawsuit complaining of “intolerable’ noise, scary cracks, and other problems.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/condo-owners-at-432-park-avenue-in-manhattan-file-lawsuit-against-developer__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooeln1xeC$

# Social
The new population bomb: For the first time, humanity is on the verge of long-term decline. For the past 200 years, a rapidly rising population has consumed the earth’s resources, ruined the environment, and started wars. Humanity is about to trade one population bomb for another, and now scientists and policymakers are waking up to a new reality: The world is on the precipice of decline, and possible extinction.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/The-Big-Story/The-new-population-bomb__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooWjV4-XO$

# Space
William Shatner, 90, Set to Be Oldest Man Shot Into Space. Shatner’s flght will turn him into a real-life Captain Kirk.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.looper.com/615316/william-shatner-is-about-to-boldly-go-where-no-90-year-old-man-has-gone-before/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooW-Z-kfI$

# Tips, Tricks and How To’s
Amazing Dish Soap Tips: This article explores the most common dish soap life hacks that may make your life easier by saving you both time and money.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thekrazycouponlady.com/tips/diy/dawn-dish-soap-uses__;!!On18fmf1aQ!hGYnrwx2ddUflEDJ5LHNf8ZSdK4a1CkT9AT68fJV_XuThDWnBx235QNlyD-ooVtmeYJ3$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-24

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Native American Woman Mysteriously Vanishes on Vegas Trip. Reatha May Finkbonner’s family is desperate to find her after she went missing weeks ago on a vacation with her fiancé and friends. She went missing on Sept. 3 during the Las Vegas trip, according to a news release they shared with local police last week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/native-american-woman-mysteriously-vanishes-on-las-vegas-trip__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFY4oZjeZ$

New report shows how Indigenous nations respond to climate change.
Indigenous nations are at the frontlines of climate change, but they’re also leaders in how to adapt to changing weather conditions https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.knau.org/post/new-report-shows-how-indigenous-nations-respond-climate-change__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFXzhxmAb$

# Archaeology
Earliest evidence of human activity found in the Americas. Footprints at White Sands National Park in New Mexico confirm human presence over at least two millennia, with the oldest tracks dating back 23,000 years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2021-09-earliest-evidence-human-americas.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFd5SvS2J$

# Border / Immigration
Haitians fleeing “unacceptable misery” greeted by whips and shackles at U.S. border. Reports also surfaced of Haitian migrants who had been shackled at their waist and feet by their U.S. captors, and that the pace of deportation flights was increasing, to as many as seven per day.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/9/23/haitians_fleeing_unacceptable_misery_greeted_by__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFfue1K_3$

Biden’s Allies ‘Pissed’ He’s Using ‘Trump Policy’ on Haiti: Black leaders and activists expressed their rage over the Biden administration’s treatment of Haitian refugees on Thursday, likening the scenes at the border to those of slavery.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/bidens-black-allies-pissed-biden-is-following-the-trump-policy-with-haitians__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFdy2McdD$

Maxine Waters: What we witnessed with Haitian migrants takes us back hundreds of years. “What we witnessed takes us back hundreds of years.
What we witnessed was worse than what we witnessed in slavery,” she continued. “Cowboys — with their reins, again — whipping Black people, Haitians, into the water where they’re scrambling and falling down when all they’re trying to do is escape from violence in their country.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/573602-maxine-waters-what-we-witnessed-with-haitian-migrants-takes-us-back-hundreds__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFRBjgCPr$

The migration crisis unfolding near Del Rio, Texas, is happening on President Biden’s watch. And as POLITICO’S Sabrina Rodriguez points out, that’s creating a particularly vexing policial quandary that could linger into the 2022 election cycle. The Western hemisphere is in crisis — and as Sabrina reports, Biden is caught in a political vise.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-recast/2021/09/21/border-crisis-haitian-migrants-biden-administration-494418__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFRLwvnuU$

Haiti Envoy Resigns over Mass Deportations, Blasts “Catastrophic”
History of U.S. Interventions
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/9/24/headlines/haiti_envoy_resigns_over_mass_deportations_blasts_catastrophic_history_of_us_interventions__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFW_fG-5l$

Haiti’s history of violence and turmoil
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/haitis-history-violence-turmoil-2021-07-07/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFVl0-hfa$

President Biden slammed the treatment of Haitian migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border after images surfaced of border agents on horseback chasing and rounding up migrants. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bit.ly/3AIXOmH__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFUQ5PwJ1$

Border Patrol Outraged by Biden’s Scapegoating: ‘He Just Started a War’:
“I see the administration wants to fry our agents, he just started a war with Border Patrol,” said another agent.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/border-patrol-outraged-biden-scapegoating-190252393.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFTCwCqyU$

Officials: All migrants are gone from Texas border camp. A U.S. official with direct knowledge of the situation said seven flights were scheduled to Haiti on Friday, six on Saturday and seven on Sunday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/24/migrants-gone-texas-border-camp-514198__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFRU3fePt$

# Economy / Trade
Property tax relief: Lawmakers in the Texas Legislature are pushing for Senate Bill 1, a $2 billion tax cut aimed at shaving about $200 off the average Texas homeowner’s tax tab, though the exact number will vary based on school district tax rates.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/24/texas-property-tax-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFSAjhQUm$

Schumer announces Senate-House deal on tax ‘framework’ for $3.5T
package: “The White House, the House and the Senate have reached an agreement on a framework that will pay for any final negotiated agreement. So the revenue side of this, we have an agreement on,”
Schumer announced during a joint press conference https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/573605-schumer-announces-senate-house-deal-on-tax-framework-for-35t-package?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42657__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFU2vVfL0$

Here’s how a government shutdown would disrupt Washington and beyond https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/here-s-how-a-government-shutdown-would-disrupt-washington-and-beyond/ar-AAODYi5?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFZSXAZ4M$

# Education / Schools
Teen Killed at Bus Stop Minutes After Waving Bye to Mom. One local activist has called for “50 men” to conduct patrols at school bus stops as Louisville reels from yet another homicide.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/rage-spreads-after-teenager-tyree-smith-killed-at-louisville-bus-stop-minutes-after-waving-bye-to-mom__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFe15Q9ZU$

Education secretary: COVID-19 vaccines should be mandatory for eligible students https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/23/education-secretary-backs-mandatory-school-covid-19-vaccines-513965__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFf7FlB03$

Far-Right Group Wants to Ban Books About MLK, Male Seahorses. Moms for Liberty is raising hell in a Tennessee school district over books that teach about race in American history—and also books that teach about wild animals and science.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://interreviewed.com/far-right-group-wants-to-ban-kids-from-reading-books-on-male-seahorses-galileo-and-martin-luther-king-jr/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFc11liD6$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Wind energy can be the puzzle piece that tackles global warming https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/wind-energy-can-be-the-puzzle-piece-that-tackles-global-warming/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFYVm7sTl$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Even U.S. bankers are getting anxious about climate change. An unexpected constituency is sounding the alarm on climate change: U.S.
mortgage bankers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/housing/housing-market-climate-risk-mortgage-bankers-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFUnG4R_8$

US projections on drought-hit Colorado River grow more dire. The U.S.
government released projections Wednesday that indicate an even more troubling outlook for a river that serves 40 million people https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-arizona-lakes-colorado-river-8ae38d6247128c61bbf1f917b075877d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFRfv-3aR$

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings sues an agrochemical company for long-lasting damage to the state’s natural resources.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.delawarepublic.org/post/delaware-sues-monsanto-over-pcb-damage-state__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFatzJ-er$

Novel chemical entities: Are we sleepwalking through a planetary boundary? The “novel entities” planetary boundary encapsulates all toxic and long-lived substances that humans release into the environment — from heavy metals and radioactive waste, to industrial chemicals and pesticides, even novel living organisms — which can threaten the stability of the Earth system.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/novel-entities-are-we-sleepwalking-through-a-planetary-boundary/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFZg3gEoW$

Scooping Plastic Out of the Ocean Is a Losing Game: Open ocean cleanups won’t solve the marine plastics crisis. To really make a difference, here’s what we should do instead.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/scooping-plastic-out-of-the-ocean-is-a-losing-game/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFaR0xG-o$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Ice Melt at The Poles Is Now Causing Hidden Changes to Earth’s Crust on a Huge Scale. As the polar ice sheets melt, the process is not just raising sea levels – it’s also warping the underlying surface of Earth, a new study reveals, and some of the effects can be seen across thousands of miles.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencealert.com/polar-ice-melt-is-reshaping-earth-s-surface-as-well-as-pushing-up-sea-levels__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFdKjxLiz$

How Bigger Arctic Waves Are Changing Clouds. There’s no shortage of evidence the Arctic is unraveling into a new and strange state. The latest example is honestly one of the weirdest I’ve come across in nearly a decade reporting on the issue.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/how-bigger-arctic-waves-are-changing-clouds/ar-AAOMFhd?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFcMJG1lY$

#SeeYouInCourt: Climate litigation heats up: With politicians failing to take climate action, activists from Asia to South America to Europe are taking governments and polluters to court https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dw.com/en/seeyouincourt-climate-litigation-heats-up/a-59284940?maca=en-rss-en-top-1022-rdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFRwj4omP$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Climate change has deepened food insecurity. Perhaps a billion people or more worldwide are malnourished or suffer the pains of hunger – while the world wastes a third of the food produced.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.concernusa.org/story/climate-change-food-security/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFXjaHxi0$

# Global Politics and other news
Italy Court Rules: Totally Fine for Cops to Team Up With Mob. The shocking verdict handed down by an appellate court in Sicily on Thursday clears one of former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s closest allies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/italy-court-rules-totally-fine-for-carabinieri-military-police-to-team-up-with-sicilian-mafia__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFe5hUrwI$

# Gov / Politics
J.D. Vance Backs Abortion Ban, Calls Rape ‘Inconvenient’: J.D. Vance, who is trailing several GOP candidates in the Senate primary, told Spectrum News 1 that “in Texas they’re trying to make it easier for babies to be born.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/jd-vance-defends-texas-abortion-ban-calls-rape-inconvenient__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFfixkFvP$

Mitch Is Crashing America but He’s Not Nuts Enough for Trump. The former president doesn’t care so much if the party wins back the House and Senate so long as he gets his revenge on those who didn’t worship ardently enough at his altar.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-goes-nuclear-on-the-american-economy-but-hes-still-not-nuts-enough-for__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFQuXQi2q$

How Mitch McConnell Became Trump’s Enabler-in-Chief. The Senate Majority Leader’s refusal to rein in the President is looking riskier than ever.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/04/20/how-mitch-mcconnell-became-trumps-enabler-in-chief__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFUp4Qjaa$

McConnell sidesteps Trump calling him ‘dumb son of a b—-‘
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/547820-mcconnell-sidesteps-trump-calling-him-dumb-son-of-a-b__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFSxAJw_6$

Auditing 2020 elections: The Texas secretary of state’s office said late Thursday that it has begun a “full forensic audit” of the 2020 general election in Collin, Dallas, Harris and Tarrant counties. But the statement from that agency did not explain what prompted the move.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/23/texas-2020-election-audit/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFcgWRUeb$

Democrats steamroll toward showdown on House floor.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/573746-democrats-steamroll-toward-showdown-on-house-floor__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFUY4Hi9b$

House Approves Increased $768 Billion Pentagon Budget, Rejecting Bids to Rein In Military Spending https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/9/24/headlines/house_approves_increased_768_billion_pentagon_budget_rejecting_bids_to_rein_in_military_spending__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFVxBH3Jh$

K Street Firm Finally Cuts Ties With Saudi Office Implicated in Khashoggi Murder Activists had pressured lawmakers not to meet with the top lobbyist on the account.
The move comes after an advocacy group Khashoggi founded launched a campaign to shame the firm and one of its top lobbyists.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/k-street-firm-finally-cuts-ties-with-saudi-office-implicated-in-khashoggi-murder/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFYoY4yYy$

Beto O’Rourke: Democrats Will Lose Majorities If They Don’t Pass Voting Rights Bill “It is connected to any other right that matters to you.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/beto-orourke-voting-rights-bill-democrat-majorities/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFXGjIxTH$

Biden’s Bungled Execution of Brave Foreign Policies: Here are three:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/biden-bungled-execution-of-brave-foreign-policies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFWiwrYVW$

House progressives appear poised for a showdown with their own leadership team as Democrats steamroll toward a Monday vote on a Senate-passed infrastructure bill that is a key part of President Biden’s agenda. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bit.ly/3zHXovw__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFUavGCKx$

The U.S. is on track to default on the national debt sometime between Oct. 15 and Nov. 4 if Congress is unable to raise the federal debt ceiling, according to a forecast released Friday by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bit.ly/3lSoJX7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFa15DNll$

Hawley’s latest stunt threatens our security https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2021/09/24/Hawley-s-latest-stunt-threatens-our-security/stories/202109240006__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFdz9k8OB$

# Law Enforcement
Ex-Louisiana Cop Indicted for Beating Black Man With Torch. Jacob Brown allegedly beat the man with a tactical flashlight that had been modified with a sharp metal cap.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/police-louisiana-monroe-ronald-greene-6c56ef6f5f3bc413d150737bf705e944__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFaoRgLbO$

Gabby Petito update: New details emerge about Brian Laundrie’s behavior in the days after his fiance went missing. The search for Brian Laundrie, who according to a source left behind his wallet and cell phone when last seen departing his parents’ home 10 days ago, resumed Friday at a nature reserve in southwestern Florida.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/24/us/gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-update-friday/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFfa-3kLq$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Missing ‘Van-Life’ BF Now Has a Warrant Out for His Arrest. Brian Laundrie’s attorney and parents say they have not heard from him in more than a week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/federal-arrest-warrant-issued-for-van-life-youtuber-gabby-petitos-fiancee-brian-laundrie__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFfSRt6LX$

The FBI Is Now Involved in the Murdaugh Murder Saga. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said that during their investigation into the murder of Paul and Maggie Murdaugh, they “uncovered other potential crimes.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-carolina-authorities-have-been-in-contact-with-the-fbi-about-the-murdaugh-murders__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFQaT3pWy$

Alex Murdaugh Shooting Was Twisted Suicide Insurance Ploy https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/arrest-made-in-connection-to-shooting-of-alex-murdaugh-report-says__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFTMGdqm1$

Prosecutors Pit Trump Org Dynasties Against Each Other. As prosecutors try to find cooperating witnesses in the Trump Organization investigation, two families with long Trump ties could be the key.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://usa-today-news.com/2021/09/24/prosecutors-pit-trump-org-dynasties-against-each-other/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFWVmAuCp$

# LGBTQ
LGBTQ rights: Students at a North Texas high school walked out of class Wednesday to protest the treatment of two teachers who refused to remove stickers from their classroom doors supporting gay and transgender rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2021/09/22/irving-students-lead-walkout-to-protest-treatment-of-teachers-who-supported-lgbt-rights/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFVDCefUR$

Like Walking Through a Hailstorm”: Discrimination Against LGBT Youth in US Schools”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/12/08/walking-through-hailstorm/discrimination-against-lgbt-youth-us-schools__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFd0E5Shk$

# Medical / Health
Manchin sends warning shot on plan to expand Medicare.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/573744-manchin-sends-warning-shot-on-plan-to-expand-medicare__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFXeSw5ZJ$

Abortion providers return to U.S. Supreme Court: Texas abortion providers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block the enforcement of the state’s near-total abortion ban, which prohibits the procedure approximately six weeks into pregnancy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/23/texas-abortion-restrictions-supreme-court/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFVS3eQ7o$

When public health becomes the public enemy. Far-right extremists are robbing the West of the officials who protect community health.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.10/north-extremism-when-public-health-becomes-the-public-enemy-community__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFZSpv8al$

Lowering Drug Prices Is Personal for Millions of Americans: Lost in the technical debate over drug prices is a struggle to afford medications happening across the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/lowering-drug-prices-personal-for-millions-of-americans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFUX5OK6E$

# Medical Recalls
FDA announced that Pfizer was voluntarily recalling all lots of Chantix 0.5mg and 1mg tablets. The drug recall is due to the presence of N-nitroso-varenicline. In large enough quantities, N-nitroso-varenicline can be a carcinogen. If this recall sounds at all familiar, it’s because Pfizer back in August issued a similar recall back in August. While that recall involved four lots, the latest recall is far more expansive.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/if-you-take-this-popular-prescription-medicine-stop-immediately-and-read-this/ar-AAOMFUv?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jXfFxn3Sdbmlsl5-rM2yam_2MVSJzKvAUaXBrZicUCNnLP-p6usiw8bUHAczFcXs6myh$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-23

Voices, The Peoples News

September 23, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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This almost daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
Native American Advocates Push Back Against Attacks on Tribal Lenders:
Native Americans are taking a stand on behalf of tribal lenders amid an onslaught from special interest organizations attempting to push these local businesses that serve an often neglected community out of business.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/native-american-advocates-push-back-against-attacks-on-tribal-lenders/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EEfA-_CP$

Genuine tribal businesses are entitled to “tribal immunity,” meaning they can’t be sued. If a payday lender can shield itself with tribal immunity, it can keep making loans with illegally-high interest rates without being held accountable for breaking state usury laws.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.publicjustice.net/tribal-immunity-may-no-longer-get-jail-free-card-payday-lenders/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-ELsOt2-8$

Appeals court appears skeptical of attack on tribal lending operation.
The federal appeals court in this southern capital city doesn’t hear from Indian Country often but it was hard to tell as a closely-watched tribal case came up for consideration https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.indianz.com/News/2019/05/08/appeals-court-appears-skeptical-of-attac.asp__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EL1fd6Ii$

# Border / Immigration
Biden Slips Into Political Quicksand Amid Haitian Migrant Buildup. The president is bucking calls to stop deportations of Haitians even as his team expresses outrage over images of aggressive treatment by border agents.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/22/biden-haitian-migrant-513561__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-ECdP00IF$

Haitians who fled the US border are now facing nights of raids and terror in Mexico. One Haitian father, chased from the US border by dire conditions and the threat of deportation flights, defended his family from armed Mexican officials at a hotel in an early-morning standoff.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/haitians-us-border-night-raids-mexico__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EClHCSFD$

Border Patrol: Despite Mayorkas’ claims, 60% of migrants being released into U.S. communities https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://tylerpaper.com/news/texas/border-patrol-despite-mayorkas-claims-60-of-migrants-being-released-into-u-s-communities/article_a60b2285-eb73-5a25-920d-4919e6a89518.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EHqWU8S3$

A US diplomat just wrote a blistering resignation letter over the “inhumane” treatment of Haitians. “Surging migration to our borders will only grow as we add to Haiti’s unacceptable misery.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/us-special-envoy-haiti-resigns-del-rio-biden/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EKnzCU7C$

# CoronaVirus
Wuhan Scientists Planned To Release “Chimeric Covid Spike Proteins” Into Bat Populations Using “Skin-Penetrating Nanoparticles”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/political/wuhan-scientists-planned-release-chimeric-covid-spike-proteins-bat-populations-using-skin__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-ENEFGX4o$

Pandemic Aid Was Supposed to Go to Small Businesses, But Big Companies Cashed In. The government has often forgiven generous Paycheck Protection Program loans to corporations that may not have needed them to stay afloat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/pandemic-aid-was-supposed-to-go-to-small-businesses-but-big-companies-cashed-in/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EFm2LD8A$

Wuhan scientists planned to create chimeric viruses, genetically enhanced to infect humans more easily, and requested $14 million from DARPA https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20210922/281865826613697__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EM_jWd6F$

Chinese whistleblower claims first COVID outbreak was intentional and happened in October 2019 at Military World Games in Wuhan, two months before China notified the world about virus. Defector Wei Jingsheng said virus may have first spread at military tournament, reports emerged in October 2019 athletes at event fell ill with mystery sickness. Mr Jingsheng alleged China deliberately spread virus during Military Games https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news18.com/news/world/first-covid-outbreak-intentional-took-place-in-wuhan-2-months-before-china-told-who-report-4238369.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EFwt3q-j$

Ontario gov’t polls citizens on support for removing COVID-19 nonconformists from their homes. Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s chief pollster also asked citizens if they back ‘jailing those who spread disinformation about COVID-19.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/ontario-premier-doug-fords-chief-pollster-asks-citizens-if-they-support-jailing-those-who-spread-disinformation-about-covid-19/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EMIqWvQX$

# Economy / Trade
Biden pushes Democrats to find consensus on budget package. Moderates discuss reducing size of $3.5 trillion social-welfare bill to below $3 trillion https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-calls-democrats-to-white-house-as-party-splinters-on-spending-plans-11632335527__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-ELKy1lbf$

Pelosi signals she won’t move $3.5 trillion bill without Senate-House deal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/573530-pelosi-signals-she-wont-move-35t-bill-without-senate-house-deal__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EI1vJtXt$

Congressional standoff poses new risk to fragile recovery. If a shutdown and debt default take place, economists fear the U.S. could suffer a devastating setback in its grueling recovery from the pandemic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/finance/573532-congressional-standoff-poses-new-risk-to-fragile-recovery?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42601__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EJo6Lxg1$

# Education / Schools
U.S. shortages exacerbated by the effects of COVID-19: teachers, staff members such as tutors and aides, and school bus drivers. Without enough teachers, some districts have been forced to return to remote instruction for students.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/business-science-health-education-california-b6c495eab9a2a8f1a3ca068582c9d3c7?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42601__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EN24FXZI$

Creating safer Texas schools: Top guidance from K-12 safety experts Experts warn we’ll see increased violence and mental health crises this year. Texas districts and K-12 safety experts share how schools can improve their safety initiatives.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/paid-post/creating-safer-texas-schools-top-guidance-k-12-safety-experts/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EGihJ_Nr$

Penn State University Suspends Students Who Failed to Get Weekly
COVID-19 Test. At Penn State University, 117 students have been placed on interim suspension for failure to comply with the university’s weekly
COVID-19 testing requirement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://6abc.com/penn-state-university-covid-vaccine-policy-psu-students-suspended-vaccination-requirement/11038670/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-ELZZD0Cw$

‘Action could be taken’ against students using wrong pronouns at Point Park University. Point Park University students recently received an email outlining the school’s anti-discrimination policy, which states that ‘action could be taken’ if a complaint around ‘misgendering’ or ‘pronoun misuse’ is filed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecollegepost.com/point-park-disciplinary-action/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EL81Tg2x$

# Employment / Labor
During the pandemic, employers in the hospitality sector turned to the formerly incarcerated to fill jobs. To achieve long-term success, these employees need vast support networks and help bridging the digital divide.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecounter.org/pandemic-hospitality-employers-formerly-incarcerated-fill-jobs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-ENI8yZUq$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Ghost forests creep up U.S. East Coast. New Jersey’s Atlantic white cedar forests are turning from green to a pale white, a sign of creeping sea levels and more frequent superstorms https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/ghost-forests-creep-up-us-east-coast/2966942/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EFu7QnIQ$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
UN Is Prioritizing Corporate Profiteers Over Global Hunger, Activists Say. The UN Food Systems Summit is facing fierce criticism for giving corporations an outsized role in framing its agenda.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/video/un-is-prioritizing-corporate-profiteers-over-global-hunger-activists-say/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EFBfKNFx$

# Gov / Politics
McConnell Talks About Ruining Biden, Manchin Is Doing It. Republicans have barely needed to lift a finger as large portions of Biden’s agenda have been shredded up on Capitol Hill.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-talks-about-taking-down-joe-bidens-agendajoe-manchin-and-the-moderate-democrats-are-doing-it__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EChwafua$

George W. Bush to Headline Fundraiser for Liz Cheney https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/george-w-bush-fundraiser-liz-cheney-3a187eee-64da-47b9-b504-197479037c59.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EPHNbXyF$

United States of War: How AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Deal Could Inflame Tension, Provoke War with China. Criticism is growing of AUKUS, a new trilateral military partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States that the countries say is needed https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://freespeech.org/stories/aukus-criticism/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EOlsKLER$

Are the Motives of War Profiteers Driving Us to the Brink of a New Cold War? The first Cold War made trillions for the war industry. Profiteers know a new Cold War with China would make many more.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/are-the-motives-of-war-profiteers-driving-us-to-the-brink-of-a-new-cold-war/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-ENsLGsry$

Beto O’Rourke Says It’s “No Secret” He’s Thinking of Running for Governor. “Front and center in my consideration is just this: what it means for us to live in a democracy.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/beto-orourke-governor-texas-run-voting-rights-democracy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EMzmttOD$

Trump’s Plans for a Coup Are Now Public. Some of the plots to overturn the election happened in secret. But don’t forget the ones that unfolded in the open.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/22/politics/donald-trump-new-revelations/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EAlb3X-4$

What to know about a potential government shutdown. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is expected to remind agencies to review plans for a potential shutdown, which will happen if Congress does not fund the government before the end of the month.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/573656-white-house-prepping-agencies-for-possible-shutdown__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EC8p6tqU$

# Law Enforcement
The Mafia Finds a New Frontier for Crime: the Internet. European law enforcement recently arrested 106 individuals connected to the Mafia that were involved in cybercrimes—as well as some more traditional and violent felonies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-mafia-finds-a-new-frontier-for-crime-the-internet__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EEoi7ArJ$

After months of back-and-forth discussions, lawmakers ended talks on federal police reform without reaching a compromise deal. Lead negotiators—Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Rep.
Karen Bass (D, CA-37)—said neither side could reach an agreement palatable to the other side’s caucus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/573438-lawmakers-say-police-reform-talks-are-over__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-ED3e1XAe$

65% of San Diego’s police force might quit due to covid vaccine mandate.
When asked by the San Diego Police Officers Association (SDPOA) how they would respond to a Covid-19 “vaccine” mandate, member officers overwhelmingly indicated that they plan to quit their jobs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-09-10/survey-many-sdpd-officers-say-they-would-rather-quit-than-comply-with-vaccine-mandate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-ENen64mO$

‘Blow his head off’: Supreme Court must strip federal agents of absolute immunity https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/09/23/supreme-court-immunity-federal-agents/5788487001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EEPQ7KiB$

Neighbors say they saw Brian Laundrie and his parents leave their Florida home with an attached camper after he returned from his trip with Gabby Petito https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.insider.com/neighbor-says-saw-brian-laundrie-parents-leave-home-with-camper-2021-9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EI8Umo4j$

An arrest warrant has been issued for Brian Laundrie, FBI says. Laundrie is wanted for “use of unauthorized access device” related to activities after the death of Petito, according to News Nation reporter Brian Entin. The warrant suggests the device is a Capitol One Bank debit card https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2021/9/23/22690540/brian-laundrie-arrest-warrant-gabby-petito__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EH6dNfTK$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Trumpworld’s Star Lawyers Exit as Storm Clouds Gather. Donald Trump and his inner circle face mounting legal troubles all while a number of the ex-president’s highest-profile lawyers have ejected from his orbit.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpworld-lawyers-charles-harder-marc-kasowitz-marc-mukasey-and-jay-sekulow-split-as-storm-clouds-gather?ref=home__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EPnXt1aM$

# Medical / Health
Biosimilar Drugs Are Cheaper Than Biologics. Are They Similar Enough to Switch? The U.S. has been slower to adopt biosimilar drugs since the first such medicine was approved in 2015. That’s partly because of concerns raised by patients like Moxley and their doctors, but also because brand-name biologics have kept biosimilars from entering the market.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210923/Biosimilar-drugs-are-cheaper-than-biologics-Are-they-similar-enough-to-switch.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EGYEDmu4$

Amid Staffing Crisis, 78% Of Nursing Homes Worry They’ll Have To Close https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/nursing-homes-could-be-forced-to-close-if-staff-shortages-worsen-8987b27b-f711-415f-ae5b-a318f5140ca6.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EPleiEPP$

Medicare Advantage Insurers Took Lion’s Share Of Payments, Probe Finds https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://khn.org/morning-breakout/20-medicare-advantage-insurers-took-lions-share-of-payments-probe-finds/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-ECcLeQ4Z$

Few Patients Receiving Alzheimer’s Drug; Some Hospitals Are Refusing It https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://khn.org/morning-breakout/few-patients-receiving-alzheimers-drug-some-hospitals-are-refusing-it/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EHnuDqNZ$

Florida Republican Proposes Texas-Style Anti-Abortion Law. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has described the Texas law as an “interesting” way to block abortion access. The bill, which is filed for consideration during the legislative session that will start in January, mirrors a new Texas law that bans almost all abortions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/09/22/texas-style-abortion-bill-filed-in-florida/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EEXwIMhm$

Sinema Opposes Drug Bills After Receiving $750,000 in Donations From Big Pharma. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema is rejecting a drug-pricing proposal supported by nearly 90 percent of voters.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/sinema-opposes-drug-bills-after-receiving-750k-in-donations-from-big-pharma/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EEG0Oi0J$

Manchin received large campaign contributions from daughter’s company amid EpiPen scandal. Manchin’s daughter, Heather Bresch, was the president and chief executive officer of Mylan Inc., a pharmaceutical company that specialized in generic drugs. The company raised the price of a two-pack of EpiPen from around $124 dollars in 2009 to $609 in 2016.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/09/manchin-large-campaign-contributions-epipen-scandal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EMLI3JNT$

Letting the government negotiate drug prices won’t hurt innovation.
According to OpenSecrets, pharmaceutical and health-products industries spent $309 million on lobbying in 2020, placing it at No. 1 in lobbying expenditures among industry groups — with double the spending of the No.
2 group.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/470266-drug-companies-exaggerate-controlling-drug-prices-wont-threaten-innovation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EJUu5QSv$

Big Pharma, medical firms donated $750K to Kyrsten Sinema, then she opposed drug bill https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2021/09/23/big-pharma-firms-donated-750k-to-kyrsten-sinema–then-she-opposed-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-ENT1hxpc$

# Science
Scientists use lasers to cook 3D-printed chicken. The laser-boiled chicken samples remained moist and tasty, according to the researchers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gizmodo.com/engineers-cook-3d-printed-chicken-with-lasers-1847709113__;!!On18fmf1aQ!k7oMIRu_R2hvwzd_le6BAkRzsqpdLMavo1lmHEJCwehv8IE62123PFEKKiw-EMj5wn9U$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-22

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Native American Tribes Sue to End Wisconsin’s Fall Wolf Hunt. The Ojibwe tribes argue that the hunt violates treaty rights and endangers an animal considered sacred to them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/environment-and-nature-wisconsin-lawsuits-united-states-religion-05b4f7dc356554e8e20fd88801fec5fb__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL2LyPJdL$

# Border / Immigration
A 2,000-mile journey in the shadow of the border wall: There is no wall here. There is no fence, either. There are no agents or drones or surveillance towers. Only a river and a breeze. Already our journey has made some things clear. In many places, viewing the border from above is the only expedient way to comprehend it. Much of the geography is unimaginably remote.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/border-wall/story/flight-over-entire-us-mexico-border-fence/605855001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL0br3R1a$

Texas Creates Makeshift Border Wall With 100s of Parked Cars. Earlier this week, officers were condemned for pursuing Haitian migrants on horseback.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/greg-abbott-creates-makeshift-texas-border-wall-with-hundreds-of-parked-vehicles__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL0LD0bNh$

A Section of Trump Border Wall in South Texas Cost $27 Million a Mile.
It’s Being Foiled by $5 Ladders. “Ladders and walls go together like peas and carrots,” says one McAllen Border Patrol agent https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/trump-border-wall-ladders/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLwZyv32m$

Lawmakers aired frustration over a lack of data disclosed by the Biden administration, which has boasted of evacuating more than 124,000 people from Afghanistan, but hasn’t given a specific breakdown of who escaped.
“We all know that we left American citizens behind, but mostly we left behind people who had helped us.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/573243-lawmakers-push-for-numbers-behind-afghan-evacuation?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42555__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL9Eo8NCV$

Haiti is reeling from a year of devastation: the assassination of its president, a tropical storm and a recent earthquake that killed thousands. Nicaragua is experiencing increased repression in the run-up to its elections. Cuba recently saw a violent crackdown after historic protests calling for the end of a 62-year-old communist regime. More broadly, Latin America has been ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic and economic crises. President Joe Biden’s migration troubles don’t start at the U.S.-Mexico border https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/21/migration-biden-border-troubles-513370__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL4l9aRuC$

# CoronaVirus
Dozens of newly released migrants test positive for virus: “They tested some of the people who got put at the bus station in Brownsville and according to the rapid tests, about 108 tested positive. So basically that creates a situation that they are letting people who are positive (for coronavirus) get on buses and with the permission of Homeland Security they can go anywhere in the United States,” Cuellar said https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/immigration/dozens-of-newly-released-migrants-test-positive-for-virus-hundreds-of-border-agents-are-south-texas-bound/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLyA5SSwi$

Lawyer forces ivermectin on hospitals, and drives docs crazy. Ralph Lorigo has built a potentially lucrative brand as the go-to guy for desperate people willing to buck science in the pandemic’s fourth wave.
Now doctors are speaking out.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/lawyer-ralph-lorigo-forces-ivermectin-on-hospitals-as-covid-treatment-and-drives-doctors-crazy__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL3WAXoWD$

Pfizer’s test results that its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective among children ages 5 to 11 provides a glimmer of hope to parents https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/573115-pfizer-results-offer-hope-amid-worsening-pandemic-for-children__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL8QU4scE$

Health Overnight Health Care, Presented by Indivior, J&J says booster gives stronger protection https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/573291-health-care__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL-W-XqyG$

Texas’ prohibition on mask mandates in schools is now facing an investigation from the federal government for possibly violating the rights of students with disabilities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/21/texas-schools-mask-mandates-education-department/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL2KxeEhV$

Infectious diseases go hand in hand with authoritarian attitudes.
According to the analysis, areas with a greater prevalence of infectious diseases had more authoritarian citizens, who mainly voted conservatively and were governed by more authoritarian laws.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/infectious-diseases-go-hand-in-hand-with-authoritarian-attitudes/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL5utBsFa$

Pathogens and Politics: Further Evidence That Parasite Prevalence Predicts Authoritarianism https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371*journal.pone.0062275__;Lw!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL9NBWFmh$

A vaccination verification system for the US: Physician Tom Frieden, the former head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, outlines how to make a vaccine verification system that is accurate, secure and fair.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.brookings.edu/techstream/building-robust-and-ethical-vaccination-verification-systems/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLyU9REAW$

“This is a moral indictment of the state of our world. It is an obscenity. We passed the science test. But we are getting an F in ethics.” United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres spoke at the UN General Assembly about the wildly unequal distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/un-chief-grades-world-vaccine-rollout-f-ethics-2021-09-21/?utm_source=Nature*Briefing&utm_campaign=a664fb8a7b-briefing-dy-20210922&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-a664fb8a7b-43812897__;Kw!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLzK_u6_y$

Florida Just Found a Way to Be More COVID Reckless. Dr. Joseph Ladapo, appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, instituted his first rule Wednesday to give parents “sole discretion” over whether their child wears a mask.
The change, as reported by the Miami Herald, will also allow students who come in contact with the virus to continue attending class if they remain asymptomatic. “It is literally a political ploy,” one expert said of a wild new policy in the U.S. capital of pandemic death.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/floridas-new-surgeon-general-joseph-ladapo-kills-mask-mandate-stokes-shoo__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL4Cs5PBg$

Conspiracy-Spewing Lawmaker Holds $27M in Vax Aid Hostage. New Hampshire Democrats want state Rep. Ken Weyler removed from his leadership role after he suggested the federal government might be using the COVID vaccine to “control us.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/conspiracy-spewing-new-hampshire-lawmaker-ken-weyler-holds-dollar27-million-in-vax-aid-hostage__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL0HkzI39$

# Economy / Trade
House Passes Bill to Avert Shutdown and Suspend Debt Ceiling, but Legislation Faces Grim Prospects in Senate https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2379696632909/house-passes-government-funding-and-debt-limit-increase-destined-to-hit-senate-filibuster__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL_AQRYU0$

Republicans have moral and financial reasons to oppose raising the debt ceiling Hold on a minute, Madam Secretary. The Democrats control every lever of power in Washington, the presidency, the House and the Senate. They own every policy decision and so, predictably, they have launched the biggest budget blowout in American history.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/573152-republicans-have-moral-and-financial-reasons-to-oppose-raising-the-debt__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL4iouz1S$

Democrats are holding the first hearing in 23 years on a measure to lift the elderly and disabled out of poverty. The Senate is holding a hearing on improving Supplemental Security Income for the first time in 23 years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/supplemental-security-income-improvements-gets-hearing-in-senate-finance-2021-9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL-MNd4bj$

Default on debt would cost millions of jobs, wipe out trillions in
wealth: A new analysis spells out damning effects the nation could see if the federal government defaults on the national debt, from millions of job losses to trillions in household wealth being wiped out.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/finance/573368-default-on-debt-would-cost-millions-of-jobs-wipe-out-trillions-in-wealth__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLzTTcSvt$

House passes bill to prevent shutdown and suspend debt limit. The House on Tuesday passed legislation that would prevent a government shutdown and suspend the debt limit ahead of looming deadlines with only days to spare, although the measure is set to run into a GOP wall in the Senate.
The bill passed on a party-line vote of 220-211.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-house-vote-tuesday-fund-govt-through-dec-3-raise-debt-limit-2021-09-21/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL1vKeHhT$

Barbara Lee Offers Amendment to Reduce Pentagon Budget by $25 Billion.
Progressives are sparring with moderates to reduce the Pentagon’s budget as the U.S. exits one of its longest wars.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/barbara-lee-offers-amendment-to-reduce-pentagon-budget-by-25-billion/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL6Xc7q9G$

# Education / Schools
Disturbing, racist petition prompts parents to call for accountability at this KC school: Students Spark Outrage With Petition to Bring Back Slavery. “We are outraged, hurt and saddened that this occurred,” the principal said of the racist petition.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/education/article254401324.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL4g26-pr$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Royal Dutch Shell sold its oil and gas business in the Permian Basin to ConocoPhillips for $9.5 billion cash on Monday. Shell’s decision to leave Permian Basin unlikely to impact Texas workforce or climate issues, experts say. More than 175,000 barrels of oil per day in production will shift from one major company to another.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/22/shell-permian-basin-texas/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL1WZ1Hou$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Countering Bolsonaro’s UN speech, Greenpeace releases Amazon deforestation photos. Activists pushed back on Bolsonaro’s statement, noting rising deforestation in the Amazon while publishing dramatic images captured in two Amazon states in September.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eco-business.com/news/countering-bolsonaros-un-speech-greenpeace-reveals-amazon-deforestation-photos/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLwUfsv92$

“While Bolsonaro was en route to New York, we flew over the Amazon to record the reality of the destruction of the largest tropical rainforest in the world: illegal deforestation and burning.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/flyovers-register-dramatic-images-of-the-amazon-and-belie-bolsonaros-speech-at-the-un/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLyk90kYn$
Photos from the flyover are available here:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://media.greenpeace.org/collection/27MDHUW711II?_ga=2.138862195.1932062613.1632313541-1559344843.1632313541__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL7_pKknd$

Reconciliation Bill: CEOs who called for climate action now scrambling to block climate action. They’re all for saving the world, as long as they don’t have to pay for it https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/build-back-better-reconciliation-bill-business-opposition-1229461/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL1tMfiBm$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Impossible Foods Investor Wants You Eating Cellular Meat and Aims to Eliminate Animals from Food Systems. Global technocrats want to completely end animal farming and the consumption of meat products. They are planning to shift everyone to plant-based and synthetic food sources https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/douglasyu/2021/09/20/verso-capital-the-investor-behind-worlds-trendiest-food-tech-companies-aims-to-remove-animals-from-food-systems/?sh=2f6b45b06884__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL_r1eJzc$

Wake up and smell the coffee … made in the United States: Farmer David Armstrong recently finished planting what is likely the most challenging crop his family has ever cultivated since his ancestors started farming in 1865 – 20,000 coffee trees.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2021-09-22/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee-made-in-the-united-states__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLwtDOR1A$

# Global Politics and other news
The Taliban have asked to address world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly this week in New York City. A UN committee will rule on the request but it is unlikely to happen during the current session of the body.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58632147__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL_qWRNAf$

Corruption and Drug Trade Fueled Honduran Migration to U.S.: Adriana Beltrán, executive director of the Seattle International Foundation, says the instability in Honduras today is directly linked to the U.S.-backed coup of 2009.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/video/corruption-and-drug-trade-fueled-honduran-migration-to-us/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL-quOkFW$

# Gov / Politics
The Governor Candidates Going All In On Trump’s Election Lie. Would-be blue-state governors are walking a narrow path, casting doubt on President Biden’s victory, but without actually alleging fraud.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/experts-explain-gop-using-the-big-lie-in-ca-recall-2021-9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL8PMU7wR$

California recall vote shows Trump’s big lie is now Republican playbook.
Pre-emptively branding as rigged an election you are likely to lose risks turning off GOP voters and undermining democracy https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/19/trump-big-lie-california-recall-election-republicans__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL0UJfYka$

California recall pits Newsom against Trump and GOP’s election lies.
Republicans have been laying the groundwork to claim that the election was stolen for weeks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/california-recall-pits-newsom-against-trump-gop-s-election-lies-ncna1279095__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL38X0DcW$

Trumpist Conspiracy-Pusher Powell Shares Wackiest Theory Yet. Without any evidence, Sidney Powell claimed the Georgia governor’s daughter’s boyfriend was assassinated by Democrats.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/harrison-deal-murdered-conspiracy-theory/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL1umEbw1$

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said during a TribFest event yesterday that he will run for the Senate’s GOP leadership role should Minority Leader Mitch McConnell choose to step down.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/21/john-cornyn-republicans-2022/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL0kOeSyr$

If Joe Biden Fails This Week, His Entire Domestic Agenda Is Done for at Least 15 Months. What happens this week on Capitol Hill will almost certainly make or break Biden’s entire first-term legislative agenda, and determine the case he and his party can take to voters in the 2022 midterms and beyond.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/21/politics/joe-biden-infrastructure-reconciliation-budget/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL9h4AvZW$

Analysis: New bombshells show Trump’s coup threat was real and hasn’t
passed: A rush of new and shocking behind-the-scenes disclosures about how then-President Donald Trump sought to thwart the Constitution and the will of voters makes a clear case that America came closer to a coup earlier this year than previously known.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/22/politics/donald-trump-new-revelations/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL-kHRaWn$

we’re still learning the depths of Trump’s dishonesty. The Big Money Behind the Big Lie: Donald Trump’s attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win at all costs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/09/the-big-money-behind-the-big-lie__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLyTP5ZWL$

Why Sane Republicans Are Purging Themselves: Defeat, even before a single vote is cast, might have been disappointing. It might even look to some like a conspicuous lack of competitive mettle. But that assumes the outcome is in doubt — which it isn’t. The Republican Party is already lost.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/09/21/why-sane-republicans-are-self-deporting-themselves-513445__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL_BAXvLm$

It turns out that Trump’s claims of fraud were not scrupulously vetted for accuracy What’s important about that is the timing. The memo was prepared on Nov.
14, a few days before an infamous news conference at the Republican Party’s Washington headquarters in which Trump’s attorneys, including Giuliani and Sidney Powell, made precisely the claims that were rejected in the memo.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rpnewspaper.com/analysis-it-turns-out-that-trumps-claims-of-fraud-were-not-scrupulously-vetted-for-accuracy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL4QpxIWp$

They Were Going to Bulldoze the American Republic for This Guy: There are some structural weaknesses to the Electoral Count Act, on the books since 1887, but it seems clear enough that the law was not a concern anyway.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/were-going-bulldoze-american-republic-165200412.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL7stWYqz$

Mike Pence’s 6-point plan to steal the election: Republicans leave roadmap for future authoritarians. Democracies don’t always crumble as a result of violent revolution. It’s often done by manipulating the law and using intimidation to ensure compliance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2021/09/22/mike-pences-6-point-plan-to-steal-the-election-leave-roadmap-for-future-authoritarians/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL43cLweD$

As Democratic Gears Grind, Their Flawed Legislation Tiptoes Toward Doom.
When is a Democratic majority not a Democratic majority? When it’s a Democratic majority.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/as-democratic-gears-grind-their-flawed-legislation-tiptoes-toward-doom/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL57T2ibG$

Texas Republicans just passed a slew of extreme laws. Now they’ll gerrymander to stay in power. “If voter suppression is like death by a thousand cuts, gerrymandering is like a nuclear bomb going off.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/texas-republicans-just-passed-a-slew-of-extreme-laws-now-theyll-gerrymander-to-stay-in-power/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL4qq6atg$

# Law Enforcement
Gabby Petito Confirmed Dead at 22: The manner of death is homicide https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/gabby-petito-s-manner-death-was-homicide-coroner-determines-n1279741__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL2Vax02A$

What Brian Laundrie’s Family Has to Say After Gabby Petito Is Confirmed
Dead: The parents of Brian Laundrie, fiancé of late influencer Gabby Petito and a person of interest in her disappearance, have broken their silence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eonline.com/news/1303415/what-brian-laundries-family-has-to-say-after-gabby-petito-is-confirmed-dead__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL1SSxXAd$

Witness Was Alarmed by Van-Life Couple’s ‘Aggressive’ Fight. A newly released incident report gives further details into what went on between Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie during their final days together.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/witness-was-deeply-alarmed-by-van-life-couple-gabby-petito-and-brian-laundries-fight__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL26mRQir$

Retired LA sheriff’s detective found dead in freezer, investigation underway. The body of retired Detective Sergeant Miriam E. Travis, 87, was discovered on Sunday in a freezer in the garage of a Riverside home after concerned family members called the police after not hearing from her for some time.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/us/retired-lasd-detective-freezer-investigation-underway__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLxJN-nxJ$

North Korea’s Missile Tests Aren’t Surprising. Biden Has Been Fueling Tensions. North Korea’s latest missile tests should be a wake-up call for the U.S. to officially end the 71-year-long Korean War.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/north-koreas-missile-tests-arent-surprising-biden-has-been-fueling-tensions/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLyDZdjO3$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Riot Investigators Ready to Subpoena Top Trump Aides: Ex Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino, and Brad Parscale are named as three of the “likely targets.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/21/capitol-attack-panel-trump-white-house-aides__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL3y5jU1f$

# Medical / Health
Congress Ponders a Massive, Partisan, Redundant Healthcare Bill: In 2021-22, Congress may repeat the high-wire act that led to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010. Democrats are developing a package of healthcare spending items that would, by official estimates, cost $3.5 trillion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/congress-ponders-a-massive-partisan-redundant-healthcare-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLzohjI2h$

Hundreds of organizations from mostly southern parts of the United States are pleading with Congress to expand Medicaid in the 12 states, including Texas, that have refused to do so.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kut.org/health/2021-09-21/for-years-texas-lawmakers-have-refused-to-expand-medicaid-coverage-to-more-poor-adults-groups-are-now-asking-congress-to-do-it-instead__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLwDyjGk6$

US biological laboratories violate the rights of tens of millions of people around the world. “What are human rights? Freedom, protection of life, health, equality before law and court, dignity of the individual and much more. The West cares about human rights, in fact, violates them on a massive scale.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/09/21/us-biological-laboratories-violate-the-rights-of-tens-of-millions-of-people-around-the-world/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL-UmZccv$

The Risks of Building Too Many Bio Labs: Alarmed by new pathogens, we’re building more labs to study them. Can we do so without raising the likelihood of a catastrophic breach?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-risks-of-building-too-many-bio-labs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLzcjgFHL$

Facts on U.S. breaching international rules. Indulging in the superiority as the world’s superpower, the United States habitually claims itself as the “defender of international law”, blames unscrupulously other countries and slaps arbitrary sanctions on them under the pretext of safeguarding international rules.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2021-04/20/c_139893941.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLw1bWeKn$

This $1.6 billion ER redesign dramatically reduces hospital wait times.
The hospital at UPenn reworked the flow of patients—and then redesigned the emergency room to fit those needs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90677962/this-1-6-billion-hospital-redesign-dramatically-reduces-er-wait-times__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLw-7oABr$

Texas Continues Crackdown on Reproductive Rights, Restricting Use of Abortion-Inducing Meds https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/22/texas-abortion-inducing-drugs-law-greg-abbott__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL1v0w9QP$

Bernie Sanders, Healthcare Activists Slam Big Pharma’s Greed as Many Americans Die or Go Untreated https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/21/big-pharma-greed-literally-killing-americans-sanders-says-outside-drug-lobby-hq__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL8rC2Gvq$

# Military / DOD
As the Pentagon drives a hi-tech arms race to maintain its global military superiority, ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt is the man at the center. Behind The Headlines’ Dan Cohen investigates how the U.S.
empire’s drive to control the world using Silicon Valley technology creates the possibility of a devastating war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mintpressnews.com/eric-schmidt-cashes-in-artificial-intelligence-arms-race/278513/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLxTdRD6v$

# Military / Global
See what CNN reporter saw inside US air base now under Taliban control.
CNN’s Nic Robertson goes inside an abandoned US air base now under Taliban control and the notorious prison that once held thousands of detainees.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/now/major-far-platform-got-hit-100851278.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLwh-LlQe$

A coup in Africa is another quiet embarrassment for the US military’s most idealistic mission https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/coup-africa-another-quiet-embarrassment-172939887.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL_5zKWWH$

# Murmurs of war
Air Force commandos are preparing for war with Russia or China by rethinking what a ‘runway’ really is. In a conflict with a near-peer power, such as China and Russia, the US military would be challenged by the size of its rivals’ arsenal and the range of their weapons.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/air-force-commandos-preparing-war-222106652.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL9PWjWfd$

# Other News
Trump Sues NYT and Niece, Who Calls Him ‘F*cking Loser’: The ex-president claims there was an “insidious plot to obtain confidential and highly sensitive records.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2021/09/22/donald-trump-sues-new-york-times-and-his-niece-mary-alleges-insidious-plot-to-obtain-his-tax-records/?sh=5d1510c8634a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL-MKh8EC$

Huge hack reveals embarrassing details of who’s behind Proud Boys and other far-right websites. A major far-right platform got hit by a data breach, revealing the names and addresses of Proud Boys, QAnon, and Texas Right to Life backers https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/now/major-far-platform-got-hit-100851278.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhLwh-LlQe$

# Technology
Scammers on Facebook Marketplace Target Users From Around the World.
Thousands of listings and profiles broke the company’s rules, revealing how Facebook failed to safeguard users.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-grew-marketplace-to-1-billion-users-now-scammers-are-using-it-to-target-people-around-the-world__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL0pAcOFc$

# Water
A Black town’s water is more poisoned than Flint’s. In a white town nearby, it’s clean. Activists in Benton Harbor say it’s been an uphill battle getting the city, county and state to take action.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/21/benton-harbor-michigan-lead-water-poisoned__;!!On18fmf1aQ!iSU0U5Dyd7BZHzXKRUEtViHasRoep8X3ClQSmGF-wtPOztN43dqqeZuangZhL9OIAtH5$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-20

Voices, The Peoples News

September 20, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Border / Immigration
In Overwhelmed Del Rio, Texas, Migrants Cross the Border Freely. An estimated 13,000 migrants, many from Haiti, are traveling back and forth to Mexico for supplies as they wait in a makeshift camp https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-overwhelmed-del-rio-texas-migrants-cross-the-border-freely-11632072062__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY8dt4Jab$

Thousands of Haitians lack food, water, and medicine at a bleak US–Mexico border camp. “We walked through multiple countries and a jungle for two months to get here, for a better life,” said one migrant.
“And it may all be for nothing? They’re sending us to die.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/haitians-border-deportation-del-rio__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiYxevUttL$

“Trapped”: Migrants collecting food try to evade law enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico border https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://flipboard.com/article/trapped-migrants-collecting-food-try-to-evade-law-enforcement-at-the-u-s–mexi/f-e8a7e49833*2Freuters.com__;JQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiYwrEdE_j$

# CoronaVirus
Constitution allows Biden to mandate COVID vaccine. Federal government can do even more.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/constitution-allows-biden-mandate-covid-233014340.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiYw0G0-Np$

COVID-19 vaccine’s impact on menstrual cycles needs to be investigated after 30,000 women report changes, says top scientist https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/covid-19-vaccines-impact-menstrual-102418304.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY4yS37cF$

How US Media Misrepresent the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s Laboratories and Safety Protocols https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mronline.org/2021/09/18/how-u-s-media-misrepresent-the-wuhan-institute-of-virologys-laboratories-and-safety-protocols/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY3MzWn2l$

Accessing monoclonal antibody therapy could soon be tougher in Texas as the federal government moves to ration the treatment amid the spread of new COVID-19 variants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Federal-rationing-threatens-Texas-supply-of-16467253.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiYwMqi3EG$

Pfizer Says Vaccine Is Safe & Effective For Children As Young As 5 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/09/20/1038832951/pfizer-and-biontech-vaccine-trials-for-kids-show-the-shots-are-safe-and-effectiv__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY3QzEcnW$

# Economy / Trade
Failure to raise the debt ceiling will delay child tax credit payments and Social Security checks, causing ‘economic catastrophe,’ Janet Yellen says https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/janet-yellen-congress-needs-to-raise-debt-ceiling-economic-catastrophe-2021-9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY9iqaUTq$

‘Tax the rich’? Democrats’ plans to make the wealthy pay a little more will barely dent America’s long slide from progressive taxation https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/tax-the-rich-democrats-plans-to-make-the-wealthy-pay-a-little-more-will-barely-dent-americas-long-slide-from-progressive-taxation-168057__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY1PwTCQn$

Residents of Western States Face a Dry, Dangerous, Underinsured Future.
As thousands lost everything, insurers have jacked up premiums, or fled altogether.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/09/western-states-california-wildfires-drought-dry-dangerous-future-fire-insurance-cancellation-crisis/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY5n3wMxE$

# Education / Schools
I’m Fighting for Ethnic Studies in My Community So My History Won’t Be Erased Anti-racist, multicultural educational curricula are vital to creating a better, more just society.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/im-fighting-for-ethnic-studies-in-my-community-so-my-history-wont-be-erased/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY5gfJ989$

How a Black high school principal was swept into a “critical race theory” maelstrom in a mostly white Texas suburb. James Whitfield was put on paid leave about a month after being accused of teaching critical race theory. His future will be decided Monday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/18/colleyville-principal-critical-race-theory/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY2udLJtv$

# Employment / Labor
The government is setting hard-hit Americans up for disaster by forcing them to pay back unemployment benefits. Americans have been forced to figure out how to pay their bills as unemployment insurance ends. Now, states are demanding that people pay back their unemployment benefits.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/government-setting-hard-hit-americans-142616440.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY2MmnJmb$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals ‘They screwed up our lake’: Tar sands pipeline is sucking water from Minnesota watersheds. The state Department of Natural Resources permitted Enbridge to draw nearly five billion gallons from these water bodies absent public notice or consultation with the White Earth Indian Reservation. Enbridge’s Line 3 tar sands pipeline has taken a substantial toll on watersheds in the region, including through a permit to pump five billion gallons of water for construction.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/19/tar-sands-pipeline-minnesota-lakes__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY4LbAwll$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
As world leaders gather this week at the United Nations General Assembly for the first time in two years, climate will be a top priority on the agenda. Extreme weather continues to strike the globe and the U.N Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow is just weeks away, making the stakes higher than ever.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-health-climate-new-york-africa-57513d3c758b613f903ad8f53bf279a1?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42487__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY22kE1Ev$

Joe Manchin will craft U.S. climate plan: Joe Manchin, the powerful West Virginia Democrat who chairs the Senate energy panel and earned half a million dollars last year from coal production, is preparing to remake President Biden’s climate legislation in a way that tosses a lifeline to the fossil fuel industry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://politicalwire.com/2021/09/19/manchin-will-craft-u-s-climate-plan/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY_1CcQG8$

Your lawn is an ‘ecological dead zone.’ The case for replacing it with native plants Entomologist Doug Tallamy says ditching half of our lawn space could make room for planet-saving biodiversity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alleghenyfront.org/doug-tallamy-your-lawn-is-an-ecological-deadzone-the-case-for-replacing-it-with-native-plants/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY5UaEmSq$

New evidence of corruption at EPA chemicals division: EPA whistleblowers have provided evidence that agency officials avoided calculating the health risks posed by hundreds of new chemicals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2021/09/18/epa-corruption-harmful-chemicals-testing/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY8aoV4R7$

Wildfires in California have reached some of the world’s oldest and largest trees https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/wildfires-sequoias__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY6LV2lkX$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Volcano Erupts On Spain’s Canary Islands Following Earthquake Swarm https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/earthquake-swarm-triggers-volcano-alert-spains-la-palma-2021-09-16/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiYy1dgHFe$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
The lessons for British Columbia in Alaska’s epic Bristol Bay sockeye run. In places, the volume of fish seemed to be greater than the volume of water. “Fish just kept pouring in,” says Daniel Schindler, a professor in the school of aquatic and fisheries sciences.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-alaska-bristol-bay-sockeye-solutions/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY4kqmgrF$

# Global Politics and other news
Burned in Car Fire, Falsely Accused of Terrorism, Palestinian Mother Imprisoned without Medical Care. “This is all part of the deliberate medical neglect policy that the Israeli occupation uses. They don’t feel like they have an obligation toward Palestinian detainees and prisoners regarding their health care.” — Milena Ansari, Addameer https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mintpressnews.com/burned-car-fire-falsely-accused-terrorism-israa-jaabis/278475/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY8Dx0hze$

Grief and Anger After UAE Soldiers Torture and Kill Yemeni-American Student Trying to Visit Family. Abdulmalek, who had never so much as belonged to a political party or group, was looted of what he had saved for his family, tortured and shot to death by soldiers wearing the uniform of, and receiving their salary from, Abu Dhabi.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mintpressnews.com/abdulmalek-alsanabani-uae-soldiers-torture-kill-american-student-yemen/278468/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY1eIZtYf$

A wild, bizarre story with big security implications: “The Scientist and the A.I.-Assisted, Remote-Control Killing Machine,” by NYT’s Ronen Bergman and Farnaz Fassihi. For 14 years, Israel wanted to kill Iran’s top nuclear scientist. Then they came up with a way to do it while using a trained sniper who was more than 1,000 miles away, and fired remotely.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/09/19/ai-assisted-remote-control-killing-machine-excerpt/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY82S86S2$

Women and Girls Increasingly Left Out of Education, Public Life in Afghanistan After Taliban Takeover https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6078072/afghanistan-withdrawal-taliban-girls-education/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY27cVhe7$

# Gov / Politics
Mitch McConnell says the GOP will vote for the US to default on its debt. Pelosi and Schumer said in a joint statement on Monday that the House would pass legislation before October to fund the government through the end of the year and tack on a debt-ceiling suspension through December “to once again meet our obligations and protect the full faith and credit of the United States.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/mcconnell-vote-default-debt-ceiling-government-funding-shutdown-pelosi-schumer-2021-9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY37nEIXD$

This $100,000 Donation by Matt Gaetz Raises All the Eyebrows. Rep. Matt Gaetz’ largest political donation ever went to a Chris Christie group for a very strange reason that’s caught the attention of election law experts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-dollar100000-donation-by-matt-gaetz-raises-all-the-eyebrows__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY6xbKbXu$

Move Over, McConaughey: Beto Set to Run for Texas Guv: Sources told Axios the former three-term congressman and 2020 presidential candidate was expected to announce his candidacy later this year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/19/beto-orourke-greg-abbott-texas-governor-matthew-mcconaughey__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY8ga7UBN$

McConnell, Manchin, Sinema and Pharma Democrats Are Preparing to Torpedo Everything. Mitch McConnell and a clot of conservative Democrats have set us up for an unprecedented calamity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/mcconnell-manchin-sinema-and-pharma-dems-are-preparing-to-torpedo-everything/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiYyR2bXP2$

Threats against members of Congress are skyrocketing. It’s changing the job https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/573002-threats-against-members-of-congress-on-track-to-double-2020__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY13QOo2C$

Wisconsin Election Officials Will Be Subpoenaed if They Don’t Comply With 2020 Investigation https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-wisconsin-courts-voting-presidential-elections-cffb3e0ac958ae0a8565454b5e4af584__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY9NY3cFh$

The Biden administration could sidestep McConnell’s refusal to pay America’s bills by minting a $1 trillion platinum coin https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/mint-1-trillion-platinum-coin-debt-ceiling-2021-9?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed*3A*typepad*2Falleyinsider*2Fsilicon_alley_insider**A28Silicon*Alley*Insider*29__;JSslJSslKysl!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY8boir6l$

# Law Enforcement
Body found in area of search for Gabby Petito: No identity confirmed https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/gabby-petito-body-found-wyoming-b1922578.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY3hbqsk0$

Search for Gabby Petito Ends With Discovery of Remains. Authorities said they are waiting for forensic results to confirm “100 percent” that the remains belong to the 22-year-old, but they have notified her family of the grim discovery. No cause of death was given.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/van-life-probe-fbi-zeroes-in-on-grand-teton-campsite-in-search-for-gabby-petito__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY5xfpqBY$

‘I Had Goosebumps’: Woman Finds Video of Gabby Petito’s Van. A family appears to have passed Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie’s white van on Aug. 27 in a camping area the FBI is now searching.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/jenn-bethune-finds-video-of-gabby-petito-and-brian-laundries-van-in-grand-teton__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY9H5tYe6$

FBI searches Brian Laundrie’s family home after woman’s body found https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sports.yahoo.com/gabby-petito-fbi-searches-fianc-153502044.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiYxH1Scgj$

Brian Laundrie’s Family Found Police Note on His Car Day After Disappearance https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/gabby-petito-missing-brian-laundrie-b1923302.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY2nMZ9Xk$

Former FBI supervising agent on Gabby Petito case, ‘They-re not going to leave a stone unturned.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://video.foxnews.com/v/6273419401001*sp=show-clips__;Iw!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY6eCk-V1$

Former California cops charged with assaulting unarmed teen. “Those who violate their oath to protect and serve discredit the good work law enforcement strives to do every day.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/09/20/former-california-cops-charged-with-assaulting-unarmed-teen/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY6TQTOJP$

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Illegal cannabis farms are drying up creeks and sucking up scarce groundwater out West in what Oregon Sheriff Dave Daniel called “just a blatant theft of water,” The Associated Press reported.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-oregon-droughts-marijuana-333e813d352fd2343e3adfe4f954e61a?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42487__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY6k-nIpZ$

# Military / DOD
The U.S. Air Force spent $549 million on aircraft for the Afghan Air Force, most of which were junked a few years later at a scrap value of $40,257, a project that involved officials at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, according to a watchdog report.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/usaf-spent-549m-on-planes-for-afghan-air-force-that-were-sold-for-scrap/ZCCWX2GGPFB7POQT4ZA6FFKRHQ/*:*:text=The*20U.S.*20Air*20Force*20spent,Wright*2DPatterson*20Air*20Force*20Base__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY_CJe57_$ .

# Other News
Beyond Britney: Our extensive investigation found that the guardianship industry places vulnerable people at risk of abuse, theft, and even death. Taken together, the investigation reveals a malfunctioning system wielding vast and frightening power in the dark.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/heidiblake/conservatorship-investigation-free-britney-spears__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY0yxJ-Go$

# Social
YIMBY Movement Is Not the Answer to Housing Crisis, Grassroots Activists Say The answer to the U.S. housing crisis is simple and widely adopted
elsewhere: more public housing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/221c5a1e13bbc7d8b49f49a1059373e1-YIMBY-Movement-Is-Not-the-Answer-to-Housing-Crisis-Grassroots-Activists-Say__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ilD5puJcds-TJ_3migdesoPXLiSFc8Z-YHnEbP-5fZZh1lK3bTOaMfjtKemiY5gp9pet$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-19

Voices, The Peoples News

September 19, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Indigenous Tribes Facing Displacement in Alaska and Louisiana Say the U.S. Is Ignoring Climate Threats. The tribes say federal agencies have failed to support their adaptation efforts, despite knowing for decades about sea level rise and climate change threats.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13092021/indigenous-tribes-alaska-louisiana/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTLgwyXQI$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Is this the weirdest cat in the world? The wolf cat, how this bizarre, adorable cat came to be. It’s a relatively new type of breed, and a pretty unusual one as well.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/wolf-cat-feature-13092021/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTE17FTVt$

# Archaeology
The Island with an Ancient History that Explains the World https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://interreviewed.com/the-island-with-an-ancient-history-that-explains-the-world/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTDu1ggjW$

Ancient DNA rewrites early Japanese history — modern day populations have tripartite genetic origin. Researchers have extracted Ancient DNA from human bones to re-write early Japanese history by underlining that modern day populations in Japan have a tripartite genetic origin — a finding that refines previously accepted views of a dual genomic ancestry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/09/210917161149.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTMajTi3N$
Tripartite genome of all species
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4911623/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTOYo1pRQ$
Evolutionary persistence of tripartite integrative and conjugative elements https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28669811/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTGxqWF1b$

# Border / Immigration / Afghani
Inflated Housing Costs Are Shutting Afghan Refugees Out of Communities.
As Afghan refugees arrive in the U.S., many are left without proper housing and few resources to get settled in.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prismreports.org/2021/09/10/inflated-housing-costs-are-shutting-afghan-refugees-out-of-communities/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTDessQIi$

Biden Administration Sends More Agents to Texas Bridge https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newstral.com/en/article/en/1206117858/biden-administration-sends-more-agents-to-texas-bridge__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTEuy-zy8$

US authorities accelerate removal of Haitians at border with Mexico https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-authorities-accelerate-removal-haitians-us-mexico-border-2021-09-18/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTHejvapF$

# CoronaVirus
Vaccine nasal sprays aim to ‘shut door’ on virus: Could delivering
Covid-19 immunity directly to the nose, the area of the body via which it is most likely to be transmitted, help conquer the pandemic? The World Health Organization says clinical trials are underway to evaluate eight nasal spray vaccines that target Covid-19.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-09-vaccine-nasal-aim-door-virus.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTJOhajTp$

Inside the Feds’ Surprise Rejection of COVID Booster Shot. Now it’s up to the FDA to act, or not act, on the recommendation that only certain groups of Americans need a third shot.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-feds-surprise-rejection-of-covid-booster-shot__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTIDMcmoI$

Vaccine mandate backlash sparks concerns of other health crises https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/572840-vaccine-mandate-backlash-sparks-concerns-of-other__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTCLPjYrd$

Democrats lean into vaccine mandates ahead of midterms https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/572781-democrats-lean-into-vaccine-mandates-ahead-of-midterms__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTHKZjc8R$

Mississippi governor: Biden vaccine mandates an ‘attack’ on ‘hard-working Americans’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/19/mississippi-governor-tate-reeves-biden-covid-vaccine-mandate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTDS1gsHt$

Destroying the Narrative: 40 Reasons Why a Coronavirus Pandemic Never Existed – Pt. 1 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthunmuted.org/40-reasons-why-a-covid-19-pandemic-never-existed-part-1/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTMT3x8MH$

NSW to Trial Geolocation and Facial Recognition App for Home-based Quarantine. The pilot will be jointly operated by NSW Health and NSW Police and entails a seven-day home-based quarantine program for around
175 people. It will be run across a four-week period and commence sometime this month.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zdnet.com/article/nsw-to-trial-geolocation-and-facial-recognition-app-for-home-based-quarantine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTI4ODGp8$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals In the Democrats’ Budget Package, a Billion Tons of Carbon Cuts at Stake. The package is imperiled by opposition from Joe Manchin, a coal state Democrat, who is balking at the costs, and advocates fear the chance won’t come again https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17092021/democrats-budget-climate-bill-joe-manchin/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTGy_6f1y$

Illinois Now Boasts the ‘Most Equitable’ Climate Law in America. So What Will That Mean? Beside targets for clean energy, it promises equitable job creation and help for communities hit hardest by fossil-fuel pollution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/9/17/22678787/clean-energy-law-illinois__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTLBIshfW$

Minnesota Fines Line 3 Developer $3.3 Million for Violating Environmental Laws https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/enbridge-fined-332-mln-failure-follow-environmental-laws-minnesota-regulator-2021-09-17/*:*:text=Sept*2016*20(Reuters)*20*2D*20The,Line*203*20oil*20pipeline*20replacement__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTHXj9mXn$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Biden Admin. Sued for Giving Big Oil Green Light to Harass Polar Bears, Walruses https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/16/biden-admin-sued-letting-big-oil-harass-imperiled-polar-bears__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTDMJWoyl$

‘Overwhelming’: hundreds of migrating birds die after crashing into NYC glass towers A volunteer with the New York City Audubon found nearly 300 carcasses littering the sidewalks below the World Trade Center.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/16/new-york-city-migrating-birds-deaths__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTLcFH0PS$

Mutual aid, not police, helped New Yorkers in the wake of hurricane Ida.
Government failed us by investing in police instead of environmentally conscious community safety.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/mutual-aid-not-police-helped-new-yorkers-in-the-wake-of-hurricane-ida/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTHwx9QYQ$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Killings of Environmental Advocates Around the World Hit a Record High in 2020 Most were Indigenous people or small scale farmers, who were defending forests against extractive industries https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14092021/environmental-advocates-murdered-hit-record-high-2020/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTKAq58ts$

Big Reefs in Big Trouble: New Research Tracks a 50 Percent Decline in Living Coral Since the 1950s: Climate change, overfishing, ocean acidification and pollution are driving reefs’ demise, along with the fisheries communities depend upon for nutrition https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17092021/coral-reefs-bleaching-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTPJ56DoT$

# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
[This is me] Nims Spanish Rice Casserole [Hope you like it]

1 box Rice-a-Roni Spanish Rice mix
1 lb. Hamburger
1 can kernal corn
1 can red beans,
1 can diced tomatoes
1 bunch green onions
1 ½ cups water

Drain corn. Drain and rinse red beans.

Heat large skillet or cast iron skillet. Brown Rice-a-Roni and hamburger together, drain off any grease if necessary. Add tomatoes, corn, beans and water, mix well. Cover and simmer about 25 to 30 minutes, mixing occasionly. Remove tops of green onions and slice in small slices, use as garnish for casserole.

Serve with avocado salad

# Global Politics and other news
Europe’s U.S. Lackey Parliament in Unhinged Attack on Russia. No wonder when so many MEPs serve a foreign power against the interests of its own citizens, including putting their security and peace in jeopardy. It’s a gratuitous act of aggression.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2021/09/17/europes-us-lackey-parliament-in-unhinged-attack-russia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTIbshbGC$

Mastermind of Bin Laden’s Escape Is Back, With a Taliban Army. Anwar ul Haq Mujahid, one of bin Laden’s top ‘Black Guards,’ is back in Jalalabad. The Taliban is making sure he’s as comfortable as ever.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/anwar-al-haq-mujahid-mastermind-behind-bin-ladens-escape-is-back-in-afghanistan-with-his-own-taliban-army__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTFQ6_Mzl$

# Gov / Politics
Hillary Clinton used the deep state to fabricate the Russia collusion narrative. The latest indictment filed by special counsel John Durham exposes a breadth and depravity of corruption that is disgraceful and dangerous even for them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/hillary-clinton-used-the-deep-state-to-fabricate-the-russia-collusion-narrative__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTF-Mf4YO$

Nation’s fraught politics leads to fear, scars and exits https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/572803-nations-fraught-politics-leads-to-fear-scars-and-exits__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTKDxrvK2$

Biden’s entire presidential agenda rests on expansive spending bill https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/bb1dcd316b5abbf24f26076ff1afe691-Bidens-Entire-Presidential-Agenda-Rests-on-Expansive-Spending-Bill__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTJCSC-uy$

Joe Biden Is a Kinder, Gentler Destroyer of American Norms. We’ve reached a point where the executive branch is simply too powerful and power is unbalanced—but people only care when it’s the other party abusing that power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-biden-is-a-kinder-gentler-destroyer-of-american-norms__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTPNUAqax$

# Law Enforcement
How US police mine Google for your location and search history: Geofence location and keyword warrants are new law enforcement tools that have privacy experts concerned https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/16/geofence-warrants-reverse-search-warrants-police-google__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTAt7qknv$

The Boyfriend in Van-Life Saga Is Missing, Too: A lawyer for Brian Laundrie says the FBI is now trying to find both his client and Gabby Petito. Laundrie had refused to cooperate with authorities in the search for Petito.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/brian-laundries-sister-cassie-defends-him-says-his-fights-with-missing-gabby-petito-werent-unusual__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTBgG6VXS$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
US court dismisses years-long NSA lawsuit, citing ‘state secrets’: The lawsuit challenged the National Security Agency’s practice of mass interception and searching of US citizens’ international internet communications.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/16/us-court-dismisses-years-long-nsa-lawsuit-citing-state-secrets__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTAKG24tL$

DOJ special counsel Durham secures indictment against DC cybersecurity lawyer in Russia review: A prominent attorney whose firm is closely tied with Democratic Party interests https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/16/durham-weighing-possible-charge-against-dc-lawyer-russia-probe/8362358002/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTAQLjCp-$

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Natural Antibiotics That Actually Work: Pharmaceutical antibiotics are undoubtedly one of humanity’s greatest inventions. They help to save many people’s lives who would otherwise have died from various infections.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medical-news.org/15-natural-antibiotics-that-actually-work/7967/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=MN7&utm_campaign=23848171501350618&utm_content=23848171501380618_23848171507150618&fbclid=IwAR2FdMLgF-rnGuDxyRkEQSUTQKAnrnXkL08K0swY03hb7n-b9gQNQROQllE__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTK-4XV8R$

# Medical / Health
Patient Group Targets Pair of Democrats for ‘Selling Us Out to Drug Companies’
“Members of Congress are choosing Big Pharma over patients. It’s unforgivable.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/17/patient-group-targets-pair-democrats-selling-us-out-drug-companies__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTDwAkcDG$

# Military / DOD
Hello, China? This is the Pentagon Calling… Thus ushers in the age of Aukus. This is not a version of Covid. Australia the UK and US have announced a security pact to share advanced defense technologies. The partnership will enable Australia to build nuclear-powered submarines for the first time. The pact will also cover artificial intelligence, quantum technologies and cyber space. At least that’s the official version.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56799.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTFu6v4P2$

Mullen defends Milley’s conversations with China as ‘routine’: “Having communications with counterparts around the world is routine, and even having them now with China,” former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mike Mullen told host Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/572914-mullen-defends-milleys-conversation-with-china-as-routine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTBCesoaJ$

# Military / Global
To Protect Itself From U.S. Hostility Australia Decides To Buy U.S.
Submarines
“It’s a stab in the back. We had established a trusting relationship with Australia, and this trust was betrayed.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56793.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTGLXbAFg$

Australia: Strategic shifts led it to acquire nuclear subs. The agreement would make Australia the first country without nuclear weapons to obtain nuclear-powered submarines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-france-europe-united-states-96f95120345a56d950961b41a74d9355__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTEN1O4JP$

# Science
Building a wooly mammoth hybrid 2.0: These Scientists Plan to Fully Resurrect a Woolly Mammoth Within the Decade A company has raised $15 million to bring the species back from extinction using gene editing technology https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-scientists-plan-to-fully-resurrect-a-woolly-mammoth-within-the-decade-180978655/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTGJ55Zag$

The hexagon shape and why it shows up so much in nature: Why does nature, which often seems so messy and irregular, seem to prefer this shape? Well, as it turns out, it’s all about geometry and physics.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/hexagon-shape-nature-physics-13092021/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTPeiK62W$

# Social
Jared Kushner’s Family Firm Set to Unleash Eviction Wave Amid Pandemic:
Kushner’s family company have filed at least 590 eviction lawsuits.
“Kushner is the poster child for ultra-rich landlords clamoring to boost their bottom line by kicking families to the curb, even if it comes at the expense of public health.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/09/17/exclusive-jared-kushners-family-firm-set-unleash-eviction-wave-amid-pandemic__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTAO8X4dC$

# Technology
# Tips, Tricks and How To’s
40+ Vintage Life Hacks From 100 Years Ago That Are Actually Still Useful
Today
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twistedsifter.com/2015/05/40-vintage-life-hac40**A20Vintage*20Life*20Hacks*20From*20100*20Years*20Ago*20That*20Are*20Actually*20Still*20Useful*20Todayks-from-100-years-ago/__;KyUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTKxAXOcD$

40+ Game-Changing Ways to Use Pool Noodles
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thedaddest.com/trending/pool-noodle-hacks-fb/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h5S3NdJTYGvPldIEw97-jsuWmuywdGmnUlmFm1qvwB9BMRpJPQZBNAadq5uLTF6HN8gv$

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