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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-06

Voices, The Peoples News

September 6, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Water protectors continue to resist on the frontlines — in the face of increased police activity, the Giniw Collective blocked a Line 3 pump station, impeding construction and operation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=538089837615135__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1Oth2-ae$

# CoronaVirus
OSHA reverses course, urges universal masking for restaurants, meat processing plants, and other indoor workplaces. “Fully vaccinated people in areas of substantial or high transmission should be required to wear face coverings inside,” reads the updated OSHA guidance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecounter.org/osha-reverses-course-universal-masking-restaurants-meat-processing-plants/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1Ca4TtP0$

More Breakthrough Cases of COVID Ending in Hospitalization or Death.
“Breakthrough cases” of people fully vaccinated for COVID-19 being infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus continue to increase throughout the United States.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/09/more-breakthrough-cases-of-covid-ending-in-hospitalization-or-death/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1EqwHO5r$

# Economy / Trade
The Original Ponzi Schemer Swindled Boston Out of Millions. Charles Ponzi did not run the first ever Ponzi scheme, but his was the first that was so outrageous in size and scope that the practice would forever be associated with his name.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/he-gave-the-ponzi-scheme-its-name-and-swindled-boston-out-of-millions__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1A8Zy3Qw$

House Democrats Want Medicare Expansion in Budget Reconciliation Bill.
125 House Democrats introduced legislation last Friday that would lower the Medicare eligibility age from 65 to 60.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/house-democrats-want-medicare-expansion-in-budget-reconciliation-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1MqezsXJ$

7 Wealthiest Americans Have Enough Wealth to Cover a Third of $3.5 Trillion Budget Plan. Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Larry Ellison pay almost no income tax https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/7-wealthiest-americans-have-enough-wealth-to-cover-third-of-3-5t-spending-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1D3iPOuL$

# Education / Schools
Combatting Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Racism and Increasing AAPI Leadership in Higher Education https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://voice.lifewest.edu/news-announcements/free-webinar-combatting-asian-american-pacific-islander-aapi-racism-and-increasing-aapi-leadership-in-higher-education/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1M6x9W_-$

# Employment / Labor
More than 9 million Americans are set to lose their unemployment benefits and millions more will see their weekly incomes plummet as a host of federal pandemic jobless aid programs expire next week. Three programs covering a combined 12.1 million people will end on Monday without action from the White House or Congress.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/finance/570823-jobs-report-adds-fresh-concerns-over-mondays-unemployment-cliff__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1GPy1brw$

Immigrant Gig Workers Risked Their Lives During Ida. They Want Better Wages.
Delivery app workers don’t receive health care, paid time off, workers’
compensation or a minimum wage guarantee.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/immigrant-gig-workers-risked-their-lives-during-ida-they-want-better-wages/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1F5kVC3X$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals PG&E boosts lobbying spending as Dixie Fire burns. As the Dixie Fire blazes through California, the Pacific Gas & Electric corporation continues to spend on lobbying.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/08/pge-boosts-lobbying-spending-as-dixie-fire-burns/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1BfvbIuX$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
4 major environmental treaties the U.S. never ratified, but should. Most of the world’s countries support these global agreements on conservation and pollution, but the United States is noticeably absent.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://therevelator.org/environmental-treaties/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1KUf3EYY$

Complacency rules: Consumerism and the environment. Complacency and the refusal to change individual behavior and collective ways of living are stoking the underlying cause of the crisis—consumerism.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/06/complacency-rules-consumerism-and-the-environment/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1HJTzkJU$

# Environment / Climate / Global
London protests show climate activism isn’t just for the Greta Thunberg generation During protests in London over the past two weeks, there have been quite a few gray heads in the crowd — the “gray greens,” as one BBC presenter called them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rnanews.eu/london-protests-show-climate-activism-isn-t-just-for-the-greta-thunberg-generation-167369.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1GkP_WbW$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
A year of staff resignations: Food industry workers recount what drove them to suddenly quit en masse. Toxic work environments, poor pay, and difficult situations led staff at restaurants, butcheries, and chain stores to call it quits this year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgy7a/we-all-quit-how-americas-workers-are-taking-back-their-power__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1D3rCiVx$

A multiracial, multigenerational labor movement led by fast-food workers has taken root in North Carolina https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecounter.org/labor-movement-fast-food-workers-north-carolina-fight-for-15-union/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1Gg62YYg$

Food service workers are suffering from extremely hot working conditions. Few rules exist to protect them https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecounter.org/food-service-workers-suffer-extreme-heat-high-temperatures/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1A6NZWf8$

A newly approved $7,500 tamale cart brings hope to L.A. street vendors looking for an affordable option to legally sell their food. Sidewalk vendors in Los Angeles have long struggled with legalizing their carts.
Richard Gomez’s “Tamalero” is helping to provide a solution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecounter.org/los-angeles-street-vendor-rules-tamale-cart-tamalero/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1FFGe4Mv$

World Food Prices Jump In August To Near Decade High https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://austincountynewsonline.com/world-food-prices-jump-in-august-to-near-decade-high/*__;Lw!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1EqCP8ER$

# Global Politics and other news
How Will the Taliban Deal With Other Islamic Extremist Groups? How Will the Taliban Deal With Other Islamic Extremist Groups that have mushroomed in the region since the Taliban were last in charge?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/08/31/how-will-taliban-deal-with-other-islamic-extremist-groups-pub-85239__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1IzTBUGT$

Taliban suppress more dissent as economic challenges loom. many Afghans fear a return to the Taliban’s harsh rule in the late 1990s, when the group largely confined women to their homes, banned television and music, chopped off the hands of suspected thieves and held public executions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-protests-bd853cac9eee5e4f0cd4b76580f27b53__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1ChMeQb3$

Who Are the Taliban and How Did They Conquer Afghanistan? The quick collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghan government is a moral and political blow to Western influence and interests in the region https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-are-the-taliban-11628629642__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1MkbZTtg$

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said six airplanes carrying American citizens and Afghan allies are sitting at an airport in Afghanistan trying to depart, but that the Taliban is “holding them hostage for demands.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/570896-mccaul-says-taliban-wont-let-Americans-leave-from-Afghanistan-airport__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1BHy9YoE$

Spencer Ackerman: Today’s Crisis in Kabul Is Direct Result of Decades of U.S. War & Destabilization https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/9/6/spencer_ackerman_afghanistan_war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1Gc8kNsc$

Here’s what we know about the unfolding coup in Guinea. Guinea military commanders stage coup, remove President Alpha Conde from power https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guinea-coup-alpha-conde-president-removed-from-power-by-military/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1M1KLM60$

# Gov / Politics
The end of liberal internationalism? These are not happy times for liberal internationalists. No one can be sure how deep the crisis of liberal internationalism runs. However, in what follows, I argue that despite its troubles, liberal internationalism still has a future.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://academic.oup.com/ia/article/94/1/7/4762691__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1FnS9aYd$

Trump’s political operation paid more than $4.3 million to Jan. 6 organizers but questions remain about the full extent of its involvement https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/08/trumps-political-operation-paid-more-than-4-3-million-to-jan-6-organizers-questions-remain-about-full-involvement/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1EbKAFbx$

Top Biden aide: Administration will find ways to protect constitutional rights of women in Texas. White House chief of staff Ron Klain said on Sunday that the Biden administration is going to find ways to protect the constitutional rights of women in Texas after the Supreme Court declined to block an abortion law that went into effect in the state last week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/570899-klain-says-administration-will-find-ways-to-protect-constitutional__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1JHpyqgn$

Texas Democrat says ‘deadly consequences’ will come from state’s abortion bill https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/570908-escobar-says-deadly-consequences-will-come-from-texas-abortion__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1Ix0Xsiu$

Thousands of Trump Supporters Answered Bannon’s Call to Seize GOP at Local Level Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon called on supporters to exert more influence over how elections are run locally.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/heeding-steve-bannons-call-election-deniers-organize-to-seize-control-of-the-gop-and-reshape-americas-elections__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1EAfqynr$

New Docs Show Internal Discord During Georgia Recount Fiasco. While the Georgia secretary of state’s office was fending off calls from then-President Donald Trump to find votes, officials were also dealing with bomb threats.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-documents-show-internal-discord-during-georgia-recount-fiasco__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1HEEn_xR$

# Law Enforcement
Vermont: Police Refuse to Kill White Trumper Because He is ‘Too Dangerous to Shoot’ (We didn’t make this up) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/09/04/vermont-police-refuse-to-kill-white-trumper-because-he-is-too-dangerous-to-shoot-we-didnt-make-this-up/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1MXzIYWl$

Video: Police allegedly draw guns on Black driver over car tags. The video starts with the driver having already pulled into a gas station, with an officer at his driver side window with his weapon drawn.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/video-police-allegedly-draw-guns-on-black-driver-over-car-tags/ar-AAO9OsR?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1F-5S1SX$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Georgia DA Asks Witnesses About Trump’s Call to ‘Find’ Votes. The Fulton County investigators have interviewed state elections officials about attempts to overturn Georgia’s election results by President Trump and Senator Lindsey Graham.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/georgia-district-attorney-investigates-donald-trumps-call-to-find-votes__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1NOrV1dU$

# Military / DOD
Hundreds of U.S. citizens, Afghan commandos evacuated via secret CIA base https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/01/afghanistan-commandos-evacuated-secret-cia-base-508646__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1NjDView$

# Nuclear
The Yongbyon reactor is back online. North Korea’s main reactor appears to be producing nuclear material again after a lengthy pause for diplomacy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegieendowment.org/2021/09/02/what-restarting-of-north-korea-s-yongbyon-reactor-means-pub-85260__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1J-UrvHU$

# Other News
How Post-9/11 America Set Off the World’s Grisly Drone Wars. America gave the world a decades-long masterclass on drone warfare. Now, it’s spiraling out of control.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-post-911-america-set-off-the-worlds-horrific-drone-wars?source=world&via=rss__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gELwIHZRxmJi_x6RrhrLr3NQvV_YT2Fe-JAmJCzdHiooQTXEFzjXsKA1gqlM1ImsmsGg$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-04

Voices, The Peoples News

September 4, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Afghan evacuation
Purported child brides brought to Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the evacuation of Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides.” Officials at intake centers have identified numerous incidents in which Afghan girls have been presented to authorities as the “wives” of much older men https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/09/03/growing-fears-child-brides-brought-to-us-in-afghan-evacuation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0loHmudvu$

One hundred Afghan evacuees flagged for possible terror ties – report.
An estimated 100 Afghan refugees from Afghanistan to the United States have been flagged for potential ties to terrorist organizations, including the Taliban, according to a new report. Two of the flagged Afghans are being sent to Kosovo for further review amid security concerns https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/one-hundred-afghan-evacuees-flagged-for-possible-terror-ties-report__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lqPZ6U4h$

The War in Afghanistan has always been a black box, but the Biden administration just made matters worse. According to an admission obtained from the State Department, Biden officials directed federal agencies to scrub their websites of official reports detailing the 82.9 billion in military equipment and training provided to the Afghan security forces since 2001.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/08/31/biden-administration-erased-afghan-weapons-reports-from-federal-websites/?sh=9fed70916ba0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lnOCm2yK$

26 Republican senators ask Biden for info on vetting of Afghanistan evacuees, Americans left behind –Senators slam ‘arbitrary and poorly-planned’ Afghanistan withdrawal that ’caused this crisis’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-senators-ask-biden-vetting-afghanistan-evacuees-americans__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0ljKXNF7l$

Evacuee processing speeds up at European bases, as 16,000 move on to US, general says https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://flipboard.com/@starsstripes/stars-and-stripes-ud0o5797z/evacuee-processing-speeds-up-at-european-bases-as-16-000-move-on-to-us-general/a-De5J_RC1RGKCJqvq9Nr6zQ*3Aa*3A2552383729-73a725128a*2Fstripes.com__;JSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lt9CPZOe$

Nearly 2,700 Afghan evacuees leave naval bases in Spain and Italy https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news-europe.fr/countries/italy/2021/09/03/nearly-2700-afghan-evacuees-leave-naval-bases-in-spain-and-italy-stars-and-stripes/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lnkHBCr9$

Military building more capacity in US for evacuees as clock ticks on deadline to leave staging bases in Europe. There is now space for 36,000 Afghan evacuees on eight military installations in the United States and the Defense Department is working to boost that number to 50,000, said Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, the commander of U.S. Northern Command.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://flipboard.com/@starsstripes/stars-and-stripes-ud0o5797z/military-building-more-capacity-in-us-for-evacuees-as-clock-ticks-on-deadline-to/a-6GHbimF8ROaYihhL_lZCoQ*3Aa*3A2552383729-c79dced6a9*2Fstripes.com__;JSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lrhUy6dL$

In Prison, We Helped Fight Wildfires. Upon Release, We Were Handed Over to ICE. Governor Newsom must take decisive action by protecting the immigrants and incarcerated firefighters in our communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/in-prison-we-helped-fight-wildfires-upon-release-we-were-handed-over-to-ice/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lnoO26FF$

US building small cities at bases for Afghans. Each base will have its own city-type leadership organization to deal with sanitation, food and other matters, as an increasing number of Afghans are processed from overseas and arrive in the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/09/04/us-military-creating-8-small-cities-at-bases-for-afghan-evacuees/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lvPd3jp2$

‘Sit Down and Shut Up’: Alexander Vindman Fires Back at Ohio Republican Over Afghan Refugees. Republicans have remained unified in its criticisms of the Biden administration’s chaotic Afghanistan evacuation effort, but the resettlement of refugees at home has begun to divide members of the party.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sit-down-and-shut-up-alexander-vindman-fires-back-at-ohio-republican-over-afghan-refugees/ar-AAO6H3l?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lirTLiyn$

New migrant caravan sets off for U.S. from southern Mexico. A migrant caravan of around 400 people, including many children, set off from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula for the United States on Saturday, just a couple of days after security and migration officials dispersed another large group.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/new-migrant-caravan-sets-off-us-southern-mexico-2021-09-04/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lo47RXqT$

Kabul airport has reopened to receive humanitarian aid and restart domestic flights, reports say https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/kabul-airport-reopened-receive-humanitarian-155033974.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lpbw1lnD$

# CoronaVirus
Geolocation and facial recognition of citizens are both used as a way South. Australia (SA) wants to make sure everyone is compliant with its policies. The app’s name is Home Quarantine SA, and according to reports, all SA residents have been ordered to download it. NSW Council for Civil Liberties wants a moratorium on the use of biometrics and facial recognition https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/04/south-australia-facial-recognition-trial-covid-app-blasted-by-fox-and-breitbart-criticised-over-lack-of-safeguards__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lrs5WI92$

Can teens get vaccinated without their parents’ consent? It depends on where they live on a state-by-state patchwork of widely varied rules.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90671596/can-teens-get-vaccinated-without-their-parents-consent-it-depends-on-where-they-live__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lsMwlVx5$

Vaxxed 35-Year-Old Dies of COVID in Wait for Last-Ditch Meds. Doctors didn’t admit Heather Greeley because she showed no signs of pneumonia, but two days later, she couldn’t breathe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.koin.com/news/health/coronavirus/fiancee-on-ecmo-wait-list-dies-of-covid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lujMaAYo$

# Economy / Trade
Spendthrift Democrats ignore looming bankruptcy of Social Security and Medicare. Instead of focusing on the looming bankruptcy of these programs, Democrats are pushing to spend $4-$5 trillion on a progressive wish-list of expensive new federal giveaways.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/570809-spendthrift-democrats-ignore-looming-bankruptcy-of-social-security-and__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lszh1VrL$

# Education / Schools
Virginia Tech Disenrolls 134 Unvaccinated Students. Virginia Tech has disenrolled students for not meeting the COVID-19 vaccine requirement before the start of the fall semester https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/08/31/134-students-disenrolled-virginia-tech-noncompliance-with-covid-19-vaccinations/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0llMcqdnx$

Men With Zip-Ties Ambush School Principal Over COVID Rules. The surreal confrontation stemmed from the Arizona school asking a child who was exposed to the virus to abide by public health guidelines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.datalounge.com/thread/29276357-angry-men-with-zip-ties-ambush-school-principal-after-covid-masking-request__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lueCRhMB$

NYC Teachers Union Demands City Hall Drop Mandatory Vaccination Policy For Teachers. With the start of the new school year less than two weeks away, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s push to make sure every teacher and school worker is vaccinated is hitting another snag https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thebarbershoptalk.com/nyc-teachers-union-demands-city-hall-drop-mandatory-vaccination-policy-for-teachers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lu4uL6mU$

# Employment / Labor
Jobs report adds fresh concerns over Monday’s unemployment cliff. More than 9 million Americans are set to lose their unemployment benefits and millions more will see their weekly incomes plummet as a host of federal pandemic jobless aid programs expire next week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/finance/570823-jobs-report-adds-fresh-concerns-over-mondays-unemployment-cliff__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lgi_vp9I$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals The Zelensky-Biden Meeting and the TAPI Pipeline. The meeting between Joe Biden and the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was mostly a diversionary ploy to deflect attention from the catastrophe in Afghanistan. By CLG Founder, Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/1aa33c1fe4ed952cc1b12c1daaac680e-The-ZelenskyBiden-Meeting-and-the-TAPI-Pipeline-By-CLG-Founder__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0liGBZRYO$

Judge’s Order Forces Interior Department to Revive Drilling Lease Sales on Federal Lands and Waters: The oil and gas industry claims the Biden administration is dragging its feet on resuming new leases, while climate activists fear Biden might be backtracking on his promise to stop new drilling.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29082021/interior-drilling-federal-lands-water/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lsmAUvBH$

The Squad Joins Line 3 Pipeline Protests in Support of Fight Against Enbridge. “We are here because the climate crisis is here,” Rep. Ilhan Omar said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/the-squad-joins-line-3-pipeline-protests-in-support-of-fight-against-enbridge/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0ljECfuJS$

Environmental Groups Sue Biden Administration to Block Record Offshore Oil Lease Sale. In violation of campaign promises, Biden will offer 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to the oil and gas industry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/environmental-groups-sue-biden-admin-to-block-record-offshore-oil-lease-sale/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lorzG0Wn$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
After a Clash Over Costs and Carbon, a Minnesota Utility Wants to Step Back from Its Main Electricity Supplier. In the proposed move, Great River Energy would lose its largest full member, a sign of an emerging conflict among electric co-ops over the pace of the energy transition.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30082021/great-river-energy-connexus-energy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0ltqXZBwY$

The Riverkeeper’s Quest to Protect the Delaware River Watershed as the Rains Fall and Sea Level Rises. With wildfires raging in the West and Hurricane Ida pounding the Gulf Coast, the swollen Delaware signals climate change in the Northeast https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01092021/delaware-river-flooding-fracking-riverkeeper-pennsylvania-new-jersey/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lr2-9L0A$

# Environment / Climate / Global
In the Arctic, Less Sea Ice and More Snow on Land Are Pushing Cold Extremes to Eastern North America. A new study shows how global warming is driving more polar vortex disruptions like the one that froze Texas earlier this year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02092021/arctic-polar-vortex-ice-snow-extreme-freeze/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lkh9YNFO$

# Gov / Politics
Retiring GOP Sen. Pat Toomey (Pa.) urged his party to not nominate former President Trump in the 2024 presidential race.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/570776-retiring-gop-senator-urges-party-not-to-nominate-trump-in-2024__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lvGvOjqt$

A Senate panel has set its sights on the Supreme Court’s increasingly common practice of deciding weighty cases on an emergency basis, a procedure the justices used this week to greenlight Texas’s severe curtailment of abortion access.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/09/03/Senate-judiciary-Supreme-Court-Texas-abortion/2301630690148/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lpvucHge$

The Democrats are on the verge of completely and utterly blowing it for vulnerable Americans https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/democrats-verge-completely-utterly-blowing-122400500.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0luL4KCGe$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
“This Isn’t What We Were Promised” — Critics Slam $10BN Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement For Letting Sacklers “Off The Hook”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/political/isnt-what-we-were-promised-critics-slam-10bn-purdue-pharma-opioid-settlement-letting__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0liJar8oS$

# Medical / Health
Texas law opens door for other states to pursue abortion restrictions:
The Supreme Court’s refusal to block the Texas “fetal heartbeat” law, the most restrictive abortion legislation in the U.S. to date, is expected to inspire more Republican-led states to follow in the Lone Star State’s footsteps.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/570801-texas-law-opens-door-for-other-states-to-pursue-abortion-restrictions__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lnamyBx7$

# Military / Global
B-52 bombers train with Japanese and Indonesian fighters after deploying to Guam https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://flipboard.com/@starsstripes/stars-and-stripes-ud0o5797z/b-52-bombers-train-with-japanese-and-indonesian-fighters-after-deploying-to-guam/a-GDuIDo6PT025lO5Pi-evQw*3Aa*3A2552383729-3b607efae1*2Fstripes.com__;JSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lrSC20lg$

# Veterans / VA
VT’s Rob Rosebrock and the War on Veteran Homelessness https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/09/03/vts-rob-rosebrock-and-the-war-on-veteran-homelessness/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0ls1OkbRq$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-03

Voices, The Peoples News

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

Decades-old water pollution ravaged the health of two Ontario First Nations. Elders are still fighting for justice. Contaminated water in the English-Wabigoon river system has impacted the people of Grassy Narrows and Wabauskang First Nations for generations.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nationtalk.ca/story/decades-old-water-pollution-ravaged-the-health-of-2-ontario-first-nations-elders-are-still-fighting-for-justice-national-observer__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgu85Ugf-$

Indigenous and local communities are key for nature conservation. It’s highly advisable for indigenous leaders to be part of conservation efforts, with support from outside such as policies that recognize their knowledge systems and values. Approaches that affirm local rights are most likely to be successful in the long-term, while exclusive ones are no longer justifiable.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/indigenous-communities-nature-conservation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgj2OPoiR$

Federal judge allows lithium mining on Native massacre site at Thacker Pass. The decision could shape the way electric vehicles are powered.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-mining-federal-judge-allows-lithium-mining-on-native-massacre-site__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXggyMacVW$

# Border / Immigration

Levee or wall?: Half a mile from the Rio Grande in Mission, construction crews have been assembling 15-foot concrete panels with 6-foot steel bollards. The federal government says the project will upgrade the levee system that protects the Rio Grande Valley from flooding, but immigrant advocates say the concrete and steel structure is clearly a border wall.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/03/texas-border-wall-levee/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXghLaf9HM$

US expects to admit more than 50,000 evacuated Afghans. Tens of thousands of Afghans have already made it through security vetting and arrived in the U.S. to begin the process of resettlement. Exactly how many more will come and how long it will take remain open questions, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said as he outlined the effort.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/migration-1a704e14f08d0bdf872d84b8e96fd2bf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgpm2Nmo8$

# CoronaVirus

EMA Reviewing Cases Of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome After Pfizer COVID Shot. Europe’s medicines regulator said on Friday it was reviewing cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome after inoculation with

COVID-19 vaccines, following a report of a similar case with Pfizer/BioNTech’s shot.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-vaccines-europe/eu-reviewing-cases-of-rare-body-inflammation-after-covid-19-shots-idUSL4N2Q52MD__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgpthdLM3$

Will Cain: FDA officials resigning over vaccine pressures a ‘red alert’

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/will-cain-fda-officials-resigning-over-vaccine-pressures-a-red-alert/vi-AAO2EJ4__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXggqT3RDB$

What is the C.1.2 coronavirus variant, and should we be worried? The new

C.1.2 variant may not be as dangerous as you think. Should you worry about the new C.1.2 variant, which was discovered in South Africa?

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.deseret.com/coronavirus/2021/8/31/22650078/new-c12-covid-variant__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgj8BDdFt$

# Economy / Trade

Trump PAC Splurging $37k Rent a Month at Trump Tower: The Washington Post reports that the PAC was previously paying $3,000 a month to rent a lobby kiosk too.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-maga-pac-splurging-dollar37k-rent-a-month-at-trump-tower-as-other-tenants-flee-says-report?source=cheats&via=rss__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXggSUqX8X$

# Education / Schools

Lawmakers have sent Gov. Greg Abbott a reworked version of the GOP’s so-called “critical race theory” bill, which aims to restrict how race and history are taught in schools. Teachers could not be forced to discuss current controversial topics in the classroom, but if they do, they must not show any political bias https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/02/texas-race-history-schools/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgoEE314u$

Texas schools are using technology to watch students’ email, web history and social media posts in what they say is an effort to protect them, often without their knowledge or consent.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dallasnews.com/news/investigations/2021/09/02/texas-schools-are-watching-millions-of-students-online-often-without-their-knowledge-or-consent/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgkGXOkAq$

# Employment / Labor

35 Million People Are Set to Lose Unemployment Benefits on Labor Day.

Neither Congress nor the Biden administration seem prepared to do anything about it.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/35-million-people-are-set-to-lose-unemployment-benefits-on-labor-day/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXguOZbFpL$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals The flooding in New York City, the high winds in New Orleans, and the winter Freeze in Texas usher in a new reality for the electric industry, showing how outdated its infrastructure has become and how it has to expect the unexpected.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/your-utility-should-expect-the-unexpected-its-on-the-way/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgiem-OP1$

This wildly reinvented wind turbine generates five times more energy than its competitors. It could power up to 100,000 households.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90672135/this-wildly-reinvented-wind-turbine-generates-five-times-more-energy-than-its-competitors__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgv2ewnkw$

Ida’s aftermath shows the risks of petrochemical production in a hurricane zone A Shell refinery in the heart of “Cancer Alley” has been polluting excessively since the storm passed.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/extreme-weather/hurricane-ida-shell-norco-louisiana-flaring/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgqOOrwIZ$

How sea-level rise is making hurricanes like Ida more destructive. The Gulf Coast has some of the highest sea-level rise in the country, in part due to climate change.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/extreme-weather/how-sea-level-rise-is-making-hurricanes-like-ida-more-destructive/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgo3djhyB$

# Environment / Climate / Interior

Overlapping disasters expose harsh climate reality: The US is not ready.

The deadly flooding in the Northeast, on the heels of destruction from Louisiana to California, shows the limits of adapting to climate change.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevitalnews.com/overlapping-disasters-expose-harsh-climate-reality-the-u-s-is-not-ready/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXggxQAUoc$

Feds responding to reports of oil, chemical spills after Ida. Federal and state agencies say they are responding to reports of oil and chemical spills resulting from Hurricane Ida https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-oil-spills-b86c00b79c13613e08255384c27008d8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgoD3SbhI$

There is no climate solution without China and America, says Li Shuo.

China and the United States account for nearly half the world’s carbon dioxide emissions from energy https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/there-is-no-climate-solution-without-china-and-america-says-li-shuo/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXghjycr0M$

This yellow floatie can churn the power of the sea into electricity. One day, ships and buoys could get their energy from the waters themselves.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.popsci.com/environment/wave-power-searay/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgtq-k0_3$

EPA might water down its cleanup standards for Seattle’s only river. It isn’t easy to undo a century of industrial pollution – or even agree on how to do it.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/science/epa-proposal-environmental-justice-lower-duwamish-superfund-seattle/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgg8xUXmB$

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other

Desertification is turning the Earth barren – but a solution is still within reach. The expansion of drylands is leaving entire countries facing famine. It’s time to change the way we think about agriculture.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/02/desertification-barren-solution-famine-agriculture__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgsGm-ViM$

# Global Politics and other news

New Zealand Cops Kill ISIS Fan Who Stabbed Six Shoppers. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said “a violent extremist undertook a terrorist attack” that left some victims critically injured.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-zealand-cops-kill-isis-supporter-who-stabbed-six-in-grocery-store__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgggZ4t2S$

Taliban spokesperson warns US not to interfere with their culture, treatment of women ‘There will be no issue about the women’s rights’

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wnd.com/2021/09/taliban-spokesperson-warns-u-s-not-interfere-culture-treatment-women/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgl41UC0v$

# Gov / Politics

Hiding from the Taliban in Kabul, caught in the crossfire. Sacramento children trapped in Afghanistan. Ages 6, 8 and 9, and two San Juan Unified students, ages 9 and 15.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bakersfield.com/ap/national/hiding-from-the-taliban-caught-in-the-crossfire-sacramento-children-are-trapped-in-afghanistan/article_6ee700e1-a593-5bc7-9775-6b1e1eacb45a.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgtcFQIfR$

Why I Won’t Support Spending Another $3.5 Trillion. Amid inflation, debt and the inevitability of future crises, Congress needs to take a strategic pause.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/manchin-pelosi-biden-3-5-trillion-reconciliation-government-spending-debt-deficit-inflation-11630605657__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgjG7miYQ$

Biden’s purely political Afghanistan timeline got Americans killed. When President Joe Biden took office, the United States had an agreement with the Taliban to remove all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May 1. It was contingent on the Taliban negotiating with the government in Kabul.

Biden announced he was altering the deal.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/bidens-purely-political-afghanistan-timeline-got-americans-killed__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgrYs9Fy3$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ

A Man Pleads Guilty In Islamic State Beheadings Of U.S. Hostages https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2021/09/02/1033841860/islamic-state-james-foley-beheadings-guilty-plea-alexanda-kotey__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgnoB2iFC$

# Medical / Health

Why We Should All Be Horrified by Texas’ Abortion Ban. No one is taking this unthinkable law as seriously as they should.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-scariest-part-of-texas-abortion-ban-the-eerie-silence?fr=operanews__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgsyPxBxH$

Texas Antiabortion Groups Already Getting Tip-Offs: One of the antiabortion groups that helped to pass the radical law has set up a site for people to rat out anyone and stay anonymous.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://politicalwire.com/2021/09/03/texas-antiabortion-groups-already-getting-tip-offs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgjmtFwY1$

A Cancer-Quashing Microbe Emerges from the Deep. A species of marine bacteria shows promise for curing a nasty brain cancer.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/a-cancer-quashing-microbe-emerges-from-the-deep/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgqIxWokq$

# Other News

Biden signs executive order calling for declassification review of 9/11 documents https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/03/9-11-documents-declassification-509468__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgqGP3q24$

# Social

Eviction moratorium? Landlords continue to find ways to kick renters out during the pandemic. Millions of renters in the U.S. lost a key protection keeping them in their homes on Aug. 26, 2021, with a Supreme Court ruling ending a national moratorium on eviction.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90671738/eviction-moratorium-landlords-continue-to-find-ways-to-kick-renters-out-during-the-pandemic?partner=rss__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nYp60_plsmXY4YyEMrrdc0hWJH-1tuWBJwUQj_bDj-EW0n82Wj7AV2hwQElXgjFCXHH8$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-02

Voices, The Peoples News

September 2, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
How I Get Rid Of. It is completely free and you can find it here:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://howigetridof.com/best-flea-collar-for-cats/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCut1OhoM$

# Border / Immigration
Private donations for a Texas border wall have soared to $54 million.
But it’s still unclear who’s giving. After two months, the donations had petered out around $1 million. But the effort saw a major boost in August.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/02/texas-border-wall-private-donors/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCs_tRDMW$

# CoronaVirus
Team Biden Is Pushing Ahead With Its Illegal COVID Power-Grab: President Biden deploys dubious legal arguments to defend unprecedented power grabs in the name of fighting COVID. If successful, those arguments would undermine federalism, the rule of law and the separation of powers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/08/31/team-biden-pushing-ahead-with-its-illegal-covid-power-grab/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCjKFpMus$

Florida Hospital Full of Dying, Unvaxxed Thirtysomethings. “I’ve never bagged so many thirtysomething-year-olds, leaving behind young kids, pregnant wives,” one nurse said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-a-miami-florida-hospital-full-of-dying-unvaccinated-30-somethings-dying-of-covid-19__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCvYt_ub1$

Georgia 13-Year-Old Dies of COVID With No Warning. Porter Helms seemed to be in stable condition when his father delivered his medication late in the night, but two hours later, he was unresponsive and not breathing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/georgia-13-year-old-porter-helms-dies-of-coronavirus-with-no-warning?ref=home__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCrKBYGl-$

Judge reverses order that had barred unvaccinated mom from seeing son.
Judge James Shapiro has questioned other parents about their vaccination status in previous hearings, the Sun-Times has learned.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/8/30/22648796/vaccine-judge-james-shapiro-visitation-revoke-custody-divorce-rebecca-firlit-cook-county__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCoSOMDoB$

American Medical Association: Stop using ivermectin to treat COVID-19.
American Medical Association, said in a statement. “We are calling for an immediate end to the prescribing, dispensing, and use of ivermectin for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 outside of a clinical trial.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-09-02/american-medical-association-other-groups-warn-against-ivermectin-use-for-coronavirus__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCtEKbE3R$

Covid medical bills are about to get bigger https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/upshot/covid-medical-bills.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCmjFpxSL$

The New ‘Mu’ Variant Started Here. This Is What Happened. Mu was just flagged as a “variant of interest.” Here’s how it swept Colombia, where the variant—which at one point made up for most of the country’s cases—was first detected.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-new-mu-covid-variant-started-in-colombia-this-is-what-happened__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCkHfa9fQ$

# Education / Schools
‘It’s Disgusting’: PA School District Melts Down Over Masks. Parents and educators are clashing in Pennsylvania, where one school board member even claims he’s received death threats.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/arts/television/watchmen-tulsa-race-riot.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCtdA3aVz$

North Texas high school principal says he was suspended without explanation as local parents melt down about critical race theory https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/black-principal-says-texas-school-220221523.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCjpcXPhC$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Arctic Refuge oil program, in legal limbo, targeted for repeal in budget bill. A new budget bill introduced in the U.S. House seeks to repeal the ANWR oil and gas program, cancel leases and return payments.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.arctictoday.com/arctic-refuge-oil-program-in-legal-limbo-targeted-for-repeal-in-budget-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCvGPx_by$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
North American paper industry merger sets off environmental alarms. The planned expansion of one of the largest pulp and paper producers in North America will threaten Canada’s boreal forest. This is because Paper Excellence is reportedly controlled by the owners of Indonesia’s Asia Pulp & Paper, which has a long track record of deforestation, forest and peat fires, and human rights violations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/north-american-paper-excellence-domtar-industry-merger-sets-off-environmental-alarms/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCseUtDJy$

NC floodwaters carried pig, human waste after Florence. Hurricane Florence caused about 121 million gallons of untreated or partially treated sewage to spill in almost 600 incidents.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article253794063.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCvGmQI0r$

# Global Politics and other news
Leaked Audio Confession Blows Lid Off Murdered Prez Mystery. Hours of audio recordings reportedly reveal grim details behind the assassination of Haiti’s president.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/leaked-audio-confession-blows-lid-off-mystery-of-jovenel-moises-assassination__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCmscPxKe$

# Gov / Politics
House to vote on bill guaranteeing abortion access in response to Texas law. Pelosi said that after the House returns to session on Sept. 20, the chamber will vote on a bill from Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) to statutorily protect a person’s ability to seek an abortion and for health care providers to provide abortion services https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/570576-pelosi-says-house-will-vote-on-bill-to-ensure-abortion-access-after-supreme?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=41998__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCrRxwVGY$

President Biden on Thursday said he is directing his administration to look into ways to protect abortion access for women in Texas after the Supreme Court refused to block the state’s law that bans almost all abortions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/570560-biden-to-assess-possible-federal-response-to-texas-abortion-law-after?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=41998__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCoMbgtk3$

Beyond Abortion, Texas GOP Quietly Rolled Back Other Rights on September 1 The abortion ban went into effect along with a number of extremist far right bills put in place by Republicans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/its-not-just-abortion-texas-gop-quietly-rolled-back-other-rights-on-sept-1/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCjmsBcjB$

Former President Donald Trump’s political operation paid more than $4.3 million to people and firms organizing the Jan. 6 rally.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/08/trumps-political-operation-paid-more-than-4-3-million-to-jan-6-organizers-questions-remain-about-full-involvement/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCutj92v9$

# Law Enforcement
Dallas Police Data Deletion Is Worse Than the City Thought. Officials are still trying to determine whether the data loss could derail any pending criminal cases. Included were 13 terabytes of Dallas police files and 2 terabytes of city secretary office materials.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2021/08/dallas-police-data-deletion-is-worse-than-the-city-thought/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCqq9xGpg$

Lawsuit: 105 of 106 People Arrested by Cop Unit Were Black. A special police task force in Beverly Hills has been accused of obvious racial profiling. Rodeo Drive police unit sued for egregious racial profiling, stopping and arresting Black people without cause https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/01/beverly-hills-police-taskforce-lawsuit-racial-profiling__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCsDf-92K$

Blood test shows Angela West wasn’t intoxicated when she was arrested on suspicion of DWI. The blood test’s results, released Wednesday, show that the wife of Republican Texas gubernatorial candidate Allen West tested negative for alcohol and drugs the night she was arrested, her attorney, George Milner, confirmed https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dentonrc.com/ap/state/blood-test-shows-angela-west-wasn-t-intoxicated-when-she-was-arrested-on-suspicion-of/article_5880b321-b36e-5a0e-bbce-1350e7e1dd4c.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCtz_sHZq$

Three officers and two paramedics have been charged in Elijah McClain’s death.
Colorado’s attorney general said Wednesday that a grand jury indicted three officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative two years ago in suburban Denver.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1033289263/elijah-mcclain-death-officers-paramedics-charged__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCuewLXt3$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
SD Public Safety Head: AG Should Face Manslaughter Charges. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded no contest to traffic violations after striking a man last year, killing him.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/crime/2021/09/01/top-public-safety-official-says-attorney-general-shouldve-faced-more-se/5689050001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZClQdo4v6$

Capitol Rioters Turn on Lawyer Who Has Gone AWOL. Deborah Lynn Lee became the third Jan. 6 defendant to fire John Pierce, who has vanished in bizarre circumstances.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/capitol-rioters-turn-on-lawyer-john-pierce-after-he-goes-awol__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCh-ixIQy$

# Media
DOJ: Member of ‘News Media’ Was Eyed in Mueller Russia Probe.
Investigators reportedly believed the unidentified person was involved in the plot to hack and leak Democratic emails.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/justice-department-reveals-member-of-news-media-was-eyed-in-mueller-russia-probe__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCpnGWzGp$

# Medical / Health
Sackler Family Wins Immunity From Future Opioid Lawsuits. “This is a bitter result,” the judge said, adding that he would have “expected a higher settlement” after two years of negotiations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2021/09/01/1031053251/sackler-family-immunity-purdue-pharma-oxcyontin-opioid-epidemic__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCmqWJmQ5$

African swine fever has reached the Western Hemisphere for the first time in 40 years. USDA hopes to prevent it from moving any further. The agency will establish a “protection zone,” insulating the lower 48 states from trade disruptions if the virus is detected in Puerto Rico.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecounter.org/african-swine-fever-in-western-hemisphere-usda-prevention/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCjqFUQs0$

# Military / DOD
House panel approves $3.75 billion military budget increase for 2022. “A day after the United States withdrew from one of the most costly wars in history, the absolute LAST thing congressional representatives should be doing is increasing the Pentagon budget.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/09/02/house-panel-approves-3-75-billion-military-budget-increase-for-2022/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCqY3lWbn$

House panel backs making women register for draft. The panel voted 35-24 to approve an amendment from Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) that would strike references in the law requiring a “male citizen” register for the Selective Service System and replace it simply with “citizen.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/570491-house-panel-backs-making-women-register-for-draft?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42009__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCunlUsH8$

# Social
Shattering the Hollywood Myths of the Tulsa Race Massacre. From “Lovecraft Country” to “Watchmen” to docs produced by NBA stars, we’ve been inundated with reappraisals of the 1921 tragedy. But they betray the bigger picture.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/arts/television/watchmen-tulsa-race-riot.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCtdA3aVz$

The nationwide eviction moratorium expired. What now? Hundreds of thousands of Texas renters lost legal protection from eviction after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the ban https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/02/Texas-rent-relief-evictions-moratorium/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!giCXhThvhQBI33LMpVVnCzqXhIbvsUAcQzlnKG0WR12kjzSj7-NTpZpSdb-ZCibKNT1b$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-09-01

Voices, The Peoples News

September 1, 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

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Raptor birds around the world are in decline, as they struggle with habitat loss and poisoned foods, affecting over half of all species.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/raptor-birds-threatened-worldwide-826373743/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0onOykbSW$

Invasive cannibalistic toads are evolving so fast they’re pushing the limits of evolution. The frightening development shows how much https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/cane-toad-cannibal-01092021/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ogp56lLQ$

Taxpayers are funding cruel and outdated DOJ training programs that kill animals It makes no sense to continue wasting both tax dollars and animals’ lives.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/2021/08/doj-animals/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0or31QHkk$

# CoronaVirus
FDA vaccine scientists depart amid booster drama https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/570285-healthcare__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0okeFN0x2$

Health officials stand by boosters after top FDA scientists announce retirements https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/570285-healthcare__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0okeFN0x2$

Why the COVID-19 origin report came up inconclusive. Many had said from the beginning that there is insufficient evidence to pinpoint the moment in which the coronavirus infected its first human victim — and, based on experience with previous novel pathogens, the evidence is almost certain never to be found.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/public-global-health/570035-why-the-covid-origin-report-came-up-inconclusive__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0oiOvod1R$

A study into the immune responses of the two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines found that Moderna’s vaccine created double the amount of antibodies as the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fortune.com/2021/08/31/moderna-covid-antibodies-pfizer-biontech-belgium-study/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0oo_RfPNS$

Maskless Illinois Church Camp Blamed for 180 COVID Cases. The CDC estimates more than 1,100 people were exposed to the virus during and after the event.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/maskless-illinois-church-camp-where-vaxx-status-wasnt-checked-blamed-for-180-covid-cases__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0orF2OGfd$

Japan reported a fresh contamination case involving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, the fourth such incident in less than a week, threatening to slow the country’s sputtering inoculation campaign.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-08-31/japan-finds-another-moderna-vial-suspected-to-contain-foreign-substance__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ojYObRmP$

Mu COVID Variant, Which Scientists Fear is Resistant to Vaccines, Detected in 39 Countries. Mu, or B.1.621, was first identified in Colombia and cases have since been recorded in 38 other countries, predominantly in South America and Europe https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mu-covid-variant-which-scientists-fear-is-resistant-to-vaccines-detected-in-39-countries/ar-AANZiMq?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ovWe3FXH$

Harvard Epidemiologist Says the Case for COVID Vaccine Passports Was Just Demolished –New research found that natural immunity offers exponentially more protection than COVID-19 vaccines. A newly published medical study found that infection from COVID-19 confers considerably longer-lasting and stronger protection against the Delta variant of the virus than vaccines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fee.org/articles/harvard-epidemiologist-says-the-case-for-covid-vaccine-passports-was-just-demolished/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ohFNJ4Yp$

# Economy / Trade
True Cost of America’s Post-9/11 Wars Is $8 Trillion: Researchers also estimated that the wars have directly killed around 929,000 people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/cost-of-americas-post-911-wars-has-hit-dollar8-trillion-according-to-costs-of-war-project-at-brown-university__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0olil9ta5$

House-Backed Tax Hike Will Hit Lone Star State Hard. The proposal contains a variety of tax increases intended to alleviate some of the impacts the spending would have on the federal budget.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/house-backed-tax-hike-will-hit-lone-star-state-hard/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0orFCTUm0$

# Education / Schools
Hundreds of Amherst Students Oppose Extreme COVID Policy: Amherst College’s COVID-19 restrictions bar students from leaving campus without school approval.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://campusreform.org/article?id=18082__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0orHsObsV$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Company Begins to Remove Keystone XL Infrastructure, Permits from SD https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://listen.sdpb.org/post/company-begins-remove-keystone-xl-infrastructure-permits-sd__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ohTJhIz2$

US administration aims to cut costs for solar, wind on public land. The Biden administration plans to make federal lands cheaper to access for solar and wind power developers https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.voanews.com/usa/biden-administration-aims-cut-costs-solar-wind-projects-public-land__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0opdaCmHJ$

North Carolina’s new farm bill speeds the way for Smithfield’s massive biogas plan for hog farms. Environmental justice advocates say the legislation curtails community input on the plan for capturing methane from giant, polluting waste lagoons and selling it as natural gas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31082021/north-carolina-farm-bill-biogas-smithfield/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ojJUM7wr$

Biden Administration To Resume Drilling Auctions in Setback to Climate Agenda https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-08-31/biden-administration-takes-steps-to-resume-onshore-drilling-auctions__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ohtD8d2l$

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Southeast Louisiana residents desperate for food, power, water and help in Ida’s aftermath. With resources scarce and infrastructure burdened, Gov. John Bel Edwards tells evacuees: ‘Do not return here.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/health-coronavirus-pandemic-fd9f51a8921d24b5f1c82146e524940d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ojr6MSCj$

Support for Carbon Removal Technology Must Be Included in the Reconciliation Package. The recent extreme weather events are no longer anomalies. They illustrate the disturbing, long-term reality of climate change.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/support-for-carbon-removal-technology-must-be-included-in-the-reconciliation-package/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0or7HmDp4$

Air pollution is reducing our life expectancy by more than two years.
Air pollution kills more people than car collisions, smoking, or AIDS.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/air-pollution-global-life-expectancy-report-fb6a821c-95aa-4671-8005-caac8be0e69b.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0oiq74-w4$

# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
Homemade Cream Cheese with only 2 Ingredients https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thewhoot.com/whoot-news/recipes/https-thewhoot-com-whoot-news-recipes-easy-homemade-cream-cheese__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0olJ7oQXC$

# Global Politics and other news
With Kabul airport closed, fearful Afghans rush for borders with Pakistan and Iran.
Thousands of people trying to flee Afghanistan rushed to its borders on Wednesday as an administrative vacuum after the Taliban’s takeover left foreign donors unsure of how to respond to a looming humanitarian crisis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/india/rockets-fired-kabul-airport-us-troops-race-complete-evacuation-2021-08-30/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=41921__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ooNjEs0R$

China’s new U.S. ambassador goes full wolf in first major speech. Qin Gang warns of “disastrous consequences” if the U.S. seeks to suppress China using a “Cold War playbook.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/01/china-new-ambassador-speech-508465__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ol4JRBaq$

# Gov / Politics
America’s longest war ended, but the debate over what went wrong and who’s to blame for the chaotic exit appears to be just heating up. And while the military mission is over, Americans and Afghans left behind are still searching for a way out.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/overnights/570291-defense-national-security__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0oqNwGEQe$

House Republicans Privately Beg Trump to Help Impeach Biden. So far, the former president has been resistant to attach his name to these efforts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/house-republicans-privately-beg-trump-to-help-them-impeach-biden__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ovKn-sLo$

Republican bill tightening Texas election laws is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk: The legislation establishes new ID requirements for voting by mail, enhances protections for partisan poll watchers and sets new rules, and possible criminal penalties, for those who assist voters.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/31/texas-voting-restrictions-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ov8atg0B$

President Biden vowed the federal government would remain committed to getting U.S. citizens who want to leave Afghanistan out of the country, estimating that up to 200 still remain https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/570229-biden-no-deadline-for-americans-still-in-afghanistan-who-want-to?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=41921__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0otznVJ34$

An Oklahoma congressman kept trying to enter Afghanistan, and now it’s unclear where he is. He said he was on his way to Afghanistan to rescue an American woman and her four children, but first he needed help getting a massive amount of cash into Tajikistan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theweek.com/news/1004384/an-oklahoma-congressman-kept-trying-to-enter-afghanistan-and-now-its-unclear-where-he__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ovOOSIeR$

Breathtaking: $4.3 million from Trump traced to Organizers of January 6 violence and Coup Attempt. Recent FEC filings show at least three individuals listed on permit records for the Washington, D.C.
demonstration were on the Trump campaign’s payroll through Nov. 30, 2020.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2021/02/jan-6-protests-trump-operation-paid-3p5mil/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ogATdwOC$

Mike Pompeo takes his own arrows over the Afghanistan collapse. Trump’s former secretary of State played a key role in the deal with the Taliban. He says Biden botched it. Other Republicans aren’t letting him off the hook.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/26/mike-pompeo-afghanistan-collapse-506927__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ouXSrjUU$

Afghan Interpreter Who Helped Rescue Biden in 2008 Left Behind After U.S. Exit.
“Hello Mr. President: Save me and my family,” Mohammed, who chose not to use his full name for his safety, told the newspaper as U.S. troops completed evacuations Monday. “Don’t forget me here.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/31/afghan-interpreter-biden-john-kerry-chuck-hagel/5673503001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0on5GqJT6$

Biden’s Defense of Afghanistan Withdrawal Had a Side-Serving of Pro-War Rhetoric On Tuesday, an American president said the words: “The war in Afghanistan is now over.” But is it?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-defense-of-afghanistan-withdrawal-had-a-side-serving-of-pro-war-rhetoric/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ot8fh7jG$

Texas GOP passes sweeping voter suppression law: ‘This is how Democracy dies.’ Gov. Greg Abbott has said he will sign the bill outlawing drive-through and 24-hour voting into law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/texas-gop-passes-sweeping-voter-suppression-law-this-is-how-democracy-dies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0orypgCuZ$

Majority of Afghan Interpreters, Visa Applicants Left Behind. There is “no reliable data” on who exactly has been evacuated, but initial assessments suggest that most visa applicants didn’t make it onto the planes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/majority-of-interpreters-visa-applicants-left-behind-in-afghanistan-state-department-official-says__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0orjPpMUV$

Texas is about to pass a new law Republicans say will stop censorship of conservatives on Facebook, Twitter. The GOP-controlled state Senate passed the bill Tuesday night. If it heads to the desk of Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican who has publicly backed the bill, he’s expected to sign it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/09/01/texas-censorship-conservatives-facebook-twitter-youtube-trump-law/5683621001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0omnbNYc0$

White House official ‘appalled and literally horrified’ that Biden stranded Americans in Afghanistan: Biden repeatedly misled American public about Afghanistan withdrawal Biden’s assurances about the Afghanistan withdrawal were repeatedly proven wrong https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-repeatedly-misled-americans-afghanistan-withdrawal__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ogadLJlf$

Biden says the war in Afghanistan is over, but it’s really just starting a new chapter https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-says-afghanistan-war-over-but-just-entering-new-chapter-2021-9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ogNbUw18$

U.S. relationship with Taliban unclear after end of Afghanistan war, senior defense and diplomatic officials say https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/01/afghanistan-update-us-relationship-with-taliban-unclear-after-end-of-war.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ovbBVqsn$

Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has threatened telecom companies, claiming they would be “shut down” if they handed over Republicans’ phone data to the January 6 commission being conducted by the US House. Republican congresswoman is among the lawmakers whose communication records the House hopes to obtain https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-phone-companies-capitol-riot-b1912678.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0oorP5VSl$

More than 30 California children still stuck in Afghanistan. Officials say more than 30 California children are still stuck in Afghanistan after they traveled to the country to see relatives weeks before the Taliban seized power and were unable to get out before U.S. forces left.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/education-afghanistan-california-immigration-a65b23a2be22d58e80c939f135d6a562__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0on1D9EDZ$

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
The Wild Mystery of the Jan. 6 Lawyer Who Vanished: John Pierce has taken on his 18th Capitol riot defendant. But their cases are now at a standstill after a bizarre turn of events. Pierce, 49, had last been in touch with prosecutors on Aug. 23.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016300667__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ok9w2JsT$

# Media
Fox Omits That Its Top Afghanistan Expert Profits From War. Neither Jack Keane nor any of his hosts have brought up the deal his company secured to profit directly from the prolonged engagement in Afghanistan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-hasnt-disclosed-that-its-go-to-afghanistan-expert-jack-keane-profits-from-war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0otpid5a1$

# Medical / Health
A federal bankruptcy judge ruled that Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller OxyContin, will be dissolved under a settlement deal and that its owners, members of the Sackler family, will pay out more than $4 billion to address the opioid epidemic that’s killed more than 500,000 Americans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kezi.com/content/national/575223592.html*:*:text=A*20federal*20bankruptcy*20judge*20ruled,killed*20more*20than*20500*2C000*20Americans__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ohtbYHHB$

Verbal and physical attacks on health workers surge as emotions boil during latest COVID-19 wave. Nurses and hospital staffers are historically vulnerable to workplace violence due to the nature of their jobs, but the pandemic has exacerbated the stress that can escalate into threats and violence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/01/coronavirus-texas-hospital-attacks-health-workers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0oiG9tfX5$

Texas Begins the End of Abortion as We Know It. Conservatives are hell-bent on reasserting control over women’s bodies—and a fresh hell starts today with what women in the Lone Star State are waking up to. SB
8 allows private citizens to sue abortion providers and anyone involved in aiding or abetting an abortion after the cardiac activity is detected.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-law-begins-the-end-of-abortion-as-weve-known-it__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ovvZFIWE$

# Military / DOD
The United States is expected to rely on unmanned drone strikes for future military operations in Afghanistan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/570280-biden-likely-to-lean-on-drone-warfare-in-afghanistan?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=41921__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0opwnRS0E$

Milley: ‘It’s possible’ U.S. will work with Taliban to thwart ISIS-K https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/video/2021/09/01/milley-its-possible-us-will-work-with-taliban-to-thwart-isis-k-320335__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0ortiv9L0$

# Military / Global
Taliban fighters are feeling angry and betrayed after discovering that Afghan National Army helicopters abandoned at Kabul’s airport have been rendered inoperable by departing U.S. troops, according to a report.
Militants reportedly believed helicopters would be untouched following US departure https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/world/taliban-fighters-helicopters-kabul-airport-afghanistan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0otX9FBXp$

# Water
Study finds combined threats to water quality after flooding. Human and swine feces polluted eastern North Carolina waters sampled after Hurricane Florence’s historic flooding of the Coastal Plain.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://coastalreview.org/2021/08/study-finds-combined-threats-to-water-quality-after-flooding/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0oq9A6E7B$

First ever study finds microplastics in northeast Lapland. “From this survey it looks like the microplastics originate from plastic bags, ropes and fibers, so the particles come from consumer product https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/arctic/2021/08/first-ever-study-finds-microplastics-naatamo-river-and-lake-inari__;!!On18fmf1aQ!kaCNmgpo1gt1Nak8WWhaBoQW3I22tgTgTFz05SKiivhQmXRVLayRoQTTU3O0onifYvJ2$

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