March 2022 – MPEN

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-03-31

Voices, The Peoples News

March 31, 2022
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
‘The Danger Is Still There’ ― As Omicron Lurks, Native Americans Are Wary of Boosters https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://khn.org/news/article/native-americans-covid-vaccine-booster-numbers-lag/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj5eHc9sJ$

Lawmakers will unveil a new bipartisan bill on Wednesday that would at last provide Native American tribes with equal access to federal money through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prepare for public health emergencies. Native Americans have been “unjustly excluded” from federal aid that could have blunted the devastation of COVID-19, said Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/native-american-tribes-federal-money-covid_n_62446b0ce4b03516d42a87cf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjzbR04IK$

# Border / Immigration
Biden Will Drop Trump-Era Title 42 Border Restrictions May 23 – 170,000 Illegals Amass at Southern Border Ready to Storm U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/joe-biden-will-drop-trump-era-title-42-border-restrictions-may-23-border-crossings-triple/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj72oSKw9$

Ukrainians in US mobilize to help expected refugees. Communities in cities like Sacramento and Seattle are mobilizing to provide food, shelter and support to those fleeing war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/national/article259967660.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj2STnqHc$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Fact Sheet: Biden Administration Launches COVID.gov, a New One-Stop Shop Website for Vaccines, Tests, Treatments, Masks, and the Latest COVID-⁠19 Information https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/03/30/fact-sheet-biden-administration-launches-covid-gov-a-new-one-stop-shop-website-for-vaccines-tests-treatments-masks-and-the-latest-covid-19-information/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj0ewX0Li$

Biden Administration Gave Teachers’ Union ‘Unprecedented Access’ to Shape National COVID-19 Guidelines, Report Says https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/teachers-unions-unprecedented-power-grab-during-biden-administration-covid-19-could-be-here-to-stay__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj3EO2i9_$

Dr. Anthony Fauci over the weekend said Americans need to be “flexible enough to pivot” back to a world with restrictions in place, “more rigid” restrictions, specifically, due to the coronavirus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/03/28/anthony-fauci-americans-should-be-ready-for-possibility-of-a-more-rigid-type-of-restriction/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj_Vkl50V$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
FTC Sues to Stop “Deceptive” TurboTax “Free” Ad Campaign Following an investigation sparked by ProPublica’s coverage, the Federal Trade Commission is asking a federal court for a restraining order barring Intuit from marketing TurboTax as “free.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/ftc-sues-to-stop-deceptive-turbotax-free-ad-campaign__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjz4fagoC$

Biden Budget Proposes Billionaires Pay 20 Percent of Income in Taxes.
‘Billionaire Minimum Income Tax’ Plan Explained https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-billionaire-minimum-income-tax-plan-explained-1692864__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj-drUNrn$

# Employment / Labor
How COVID-19 and Consumers Transformed Distribution Networks https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/how-covid-19-consumers-transformed-distribution-networks-1693018__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj2F7w_uy$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical President Joe Biden is preparing to order the release of up to 1 million barrels of oil per day from the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2022/03/31/1089887254/biden-considering-to-tap-oil-reserves-to-control-gas-prices__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj9xsbqab$

Scientists Achieve Record Energy Efficiency for Thin Solar Panels: The biophilic design draws inspiration from butterfly wings and bird eyes to absorb sunlight from every possible angle, making the panels more efficient.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/solar-panel-energy-efficiency.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjxWX_zdY$

Transition to zero-emission vehicles would deliver $1.2 trillion in public health benefits: “The time to act on zero-emissions is now.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/30/transition-zero-emission-vehicles-would-deliver-12-trillion-public-health-benefits__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj0cbI4m4$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Scientists to Biden: World Needs ‘Rapid Transition From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy’: “Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently said ‘we are on war footing’ in calling for increased oil and gas production.
This is backwards thinking.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/30/scientists-biden-world-needs-rapid-transition-fossil-fuels-renewable-energy__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj5JZ0_hM$

Despite ‘Splashy’ Net-Zero Vows, Big Banks Dumping Trillions Into Fossil Fuels. “With Wall Street banks leading the charge, these financial institutions are directly complicit in undermining a climate-stable future for us all.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/30/despite-splashy-net-zero-vows-big-banks-dumping-trillions-fossil-fuels__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj5gp2eAX$

Forests help reduce global warming in more ways than one: Trees are often touted as bulwarks against climate change for their capacity to sequester carbon, that’s just one part of the story.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.virginia.edu/content/forests-help-reduce-global-warming-more-ways-one__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj83oBH7_$

Illinois: ‘Environmental justice’ law appears dead as community, business groups clash. Despite pleas from residents concerned about their health, a bill to protect overburdened communities from more pollution doesn’t have the votes in Springfield to pass during an election year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/3/30/23003899/environmental-justice-law-overburdened-communities-pollution-springfield-state-legislature-pritzker__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjyVFPgp_$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Skippy Just Recalled 3 Types Of Peanut Butter For A Scary Reason https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/skippy-just-recalled-3-types-of-peanut-butter-for-a-scary-reason/ar-AAVJCjn?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=5888d571023f46f280912291d2aad15a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjw90ZqCP$

# General Information / Other News
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin may be accused of slaughtering children and overseeing other war crimes in Ukraine, but that’s not stopping longtime admirer and former U.S. President Donald Trump from asking him for political help again.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-asking-putin-help_n_6243561ee4b0587dee61eaa8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj5X3pHBz$

# Global Politics
Russia Conducting ‘Witch Hunt’ Against War Critics, Says Amnesty: “This heinous campaign of repression against critics of the state who are bravely standing up against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine must stop now,”
the human rights group said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/30/russia-conducting-witch-hunt-against-war-critics-says-amnesty__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj_eCbodL$

China Won’t Condemn Russia Over Ukraine, Calls It Too Late to Take Sides https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/china-wont-condemn-russia-over-ukraine-calls-it-too-late-take-sides-1693471__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjwGQLGnX$

Italian official fired for supporting Russia –Stefano Gizzi has had his powers revoked after he published a photo of the letter ‘Z’ and expressed solidarity with Moscow https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rt.com/news/552919-italian-official-fired-russia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj2ac7SWA$

Kremlin Warned Russian Media Not to Report Zelensky War Negotiation Update https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/kremlin-warned-russian-media-not-report-zelensky-war-negotiation-update-1692435__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj2YE5d6M$

Russia Says Ukraine Crisis Must Not Reach Arctic, NATO Says It Already Has https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/russia-says-ukraine-crisis-must-not-reach-arctic-nato-says-it-already-has-1693940__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj_vKwdSr$

China Announces Counter-Sanctions Against U.S. Officials: Wang Wenbin, a spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, did not name the American officials who had been blacklisted by Beijing, but said visa restrictions would be placed on those who had “concocted lies” about China’s human rights record.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/china-sanctions-us-officials-human-rights-religion-freedom-1693744__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj0D1k1Ha$

Matt Gaetz takes victory lap as he sends copy of Hunter Biden’s hard drive to Nadler https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/matt-gaetz-takes-victory-lap-as-he-sends-copy-of-hunter-bidens-hard-drive-to-nadler__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj8-dZtLD$

# Gov / Politics
Enough. It Is Time for Merrick Garland to Act on Trump’s Coup Plot: Both at home and abroad, from Trump’s MAGA movement to Vladimir Putin’s Russia, democracy is under assault.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/if-merrick-garland-doesnt-charge-trump-and-his-coup-plotters-our-democracy-is-toast__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj59lqJSY$

Ginni Thomas’s Texts: A ‘Coup in Search of a Legal Theory’ and Judicial Malfeasance The 29 publicly available text exchanges between Ginni Thomas and then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that begin on November 5, 2020, are stunning.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/03/30/ginni-thomass-texts-coup-search-legal-theory-and-judicial-malfeasance__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj–WxM8v$

Arizona’s Republican governor signed a series of bills Wednesday targeting abortion and transgender rights, joining a growing list of GOP-led states pursuing a conservative social agenda.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-sports-health-arizona-doug-ducey-a580e3231de74c1bb943a68c4aded72c__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj8SYJc4Q$

Dems Are Livid at Thomas but Have No Idea What to Do: Revelations that Ginni Thomas was actively trying to overthrow the 2020 election has enraged Democrats who have called for everything from inquiries to Justice Thomas’ impeachment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/dems-are-livid-at-clarence-thomas-but-have-no-idea-what-to-do-about-it__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj-8hqgoj$

Congress Gets New Spending Loophole: Federal regulators last week allowed a legal loophole that could effectively let former members of Congress spend leftover campaign money on personal expenses.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/congress-gets-new-spending-loophole-73124c04-b1b9-467a-9bca-5982525545c2.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj3Cs0ABX$

Whose Bright Idea Was It to Extend NATO Membership to Ukraine? That master of foreign and military policy, George W. Bush https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/whose-bright-idea-was-it-to-extend-nato-membership-to-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj_UFxmrE$

This Little-Known Foundation Is Pushing “The Big Lie” and Voter Suppression Laws. The Diana Davis Spencer Foundation gave $3.7 million to 13 voter suppression groups between 2018 and 2020.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2022/03/28/revealed-the-biggest-voter-suppressor-youve-never-heard-of/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjxxLisEc$

Florida judge blocks Republican-backed voting law as discriminatory https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2022-03-31/florida-judge-rules-new-republican-backed-voting-restrictions-unconstitutional__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj65RNqlT$

# Law Enforcement
Teen awarded $325K settlement after police brutality incident: Dee reportedly knelt on the teen and punched him at least ten times as the teen screamed, “Why are you punching me?”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/03/31/teen-awarded-325k-settlement-after-police-brutality-incident/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjyLgchxk$

School Officer Shoots Mom Allegedly Armed, Trying to ‘Defend’ Daughter https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/school-officer-shoots-mom-allegedly-armed-trying-defend-daughter-1693613__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjw8ESk7A$

# Legal / DOJ
Clinton Campaign and DNC Will Pay Steele Dossier Fine. Will cough up
$113,000 to settle a Federal Election Commission investigation into their alleged misreporting on how the dossier that claimed an infamous Pee Tape came to be.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/hillary-clinton-presidential-campaign-and-democratic-party-agree-to-pay-steele-dossier-fine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj86zPgX8$

Supreme Court conservatives declare war against decades of regulations, potentially overturning decades of established law. What the nation witnessed on December 10, 2021, was a mere prelude to the corporate abuse SCOTUS conservatives would unleash on the average American.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/03/31/supreme-court-conservatives-declare-war-against-decades-of-regulations-potentially-overturning-decades-of-established-law/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj1mJ1YlQ$

Senators call for probes into Hertz after CBS News reports on hundreds of customers allegedly being falsely arrested https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hertz-false-arrests-elizabeth-warren-richard-blumenthal-call-for-investigations/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj4nmXAYm$

The discovery came a day after Lauren Handy and eight others were indicted in for allegedly forcing their way into an abortion clinic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/anti-abortion-activist-fetuses__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj6RvuYCZ$

# LGBTQ
DeSantis Won A Battle On LGBTQ Issues, But Conservatives May Still Lose The War: But if you look closely enough at what happened and why, you may discover one reason for optimism. The purpose in the statute’s own words, is “prohibiting classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels or in a specified manner.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/desantis-florida-schools-dont-say-gay_n_62449d76e4b0d8266aa6f63c__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj1kRv3S5$

White House announces new actions to protect transgender Americans amid wave of state-level discriminatory laws. US will support mental health measures for young people and easier self-identification on federal forms https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/31/biden-measures-to-support-transgender-people__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjxzn5KG9$

# Media
Hunter Biden Dam About To Burst? WaPo, CNN Go Scorched Earth Over ‘Laptop From Hell.’ “Just f***ing amazing…”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/hunter-biden-dam-about-burst-wapo-cnn-go-scorched-earth-over-laptop-hell__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjwo65LtK$

# Medical / Health Care / Science
121 Million Unintended Pregnancies Per Year Reveals ‘Global Failure’ on Women’s Rights: “For too many, the most life-altering reproductive choice is no choice at all,” said the United Nations Population Fund.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/30/121-million-unintended-pregnancies-year-reveals-global-failure-womens-rights-report__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjzQoQNAp$

New images reveal details of two bacteria’s molecular syringes: It’s unclear exactly how these species use their tiny injectors, but learning how they work could lead to nanodevices that target specific bacteria.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencenews.org/article/bacteria-molecular-syringe-cells-microscopy__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjxq3WYS9$

‘Vagina Obscura’ shows how little is known about female biology: The new book ‘Vagina Obscura’ chronicles how scientists are finally giving female health and anatomy proper attention.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencenews.org/article/vagina-obscura-book-female-biology-sexism*:*:text=A*20new*20book*20chronicles*20how,in*20the*20gaps*20in*20knowledge__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjxiWL4C4$

End of COVID may bring major turbulence for US health care. Winding down those policies could begin as early as the summer. That could force an estimated 15 million Medicaid recipients to find new sources of coverage https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-business-coronavirus-vaccine-medicaid-fbb66b72937f3517a5d3d1ba8840f339__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj9vfJlK2$

WHO Treaty Seeks Total Control Over Global Health: The World Health Organization, a thinly disguised proxy for Big Pharma and corporate interests who push for Technocracy, is going for all the marbles:
creating a global treaty that would cede all power to the UN/WHO to mandate injections, vaccine passports and total surveillance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.naturalblaze.com/2022/03/who-treaty-seeks-total-control-over-global-health.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj88NcCor$

‘The Criminalization Of Medical Errors Is Unnerving’: Nurses Slam Tenn. Case https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/03/22/1087903348/as-a-nurse-faces-prison-for-a-deadly-error-her-colleagues-worry-could-i-be-next__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj28ObqFt$

House passes $35-a-month insulin cap as Dems seek wider bill: The House on Thursday passed a bill capping the monthly cost of insulin at $35 for insured patients, part of an election-year push by Democrats for price curbs on prescription drugs at a time of rising inflation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-passes-35-a-month-insulin-cap-as-dems-seek-wider-bill/ar-AAVJ9WA?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=5888d571023f46f280912291d2aad15a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj9pDmSI6$

EPA upholds Trump decision not to regulate chemical linked to fetal brain damage https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3255850-epa-upholds-trump-decision-not-to-regulate-chemical-linked-to-fetal-brain-damage/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjwntlcG3$

At least 25 children hospitalized after drinking from milk cartons filled with sanitizer https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/31/students-hospitalized-after-drinking-from-milk-cartons-with-sanitizer-16377287/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJjz6NaUC9$

Kentucky Democrats Walked Out in Protest as Their Colleagues Passed a Sweeping Abortion Ban https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/kentucky-democrats-walked-out-in-protest-as-their-colleagues-passed-a-sweeping-abortion-ban/ar-AAVGy2o?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=5888d571023f46f280912291d2aad15a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj16kmlCm$

Alert system for missing, murdered Indigenous women and people signed into law in Washington state https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2022/03/31/1090085138/missing-indigenous-women-alerts-washington-state__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj8bn_bhw$

# Nuclear
UN nuclear watchdog chief in Ukraine to provide ‘urgent technical
assistance’: Ukraine has 15 nuclear reactors at four active power plants https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/world/un-nuclear-watchdog-chief-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj3B34tRZ$

# Space
“Cannibal” Coronal Mass Ejection Detected By NASA, Will Hit Earth Tonight Radio blackout expected over the Americas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.livescience.com/cannibal-coronal-mass-ejection-inbound__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lVLjfvyhIc9rYQ7e5MyiCusaMAxOgkSWvYislUQ0feuV7OpBXum74boGqFZJj7nI2GMr$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-03-30

Voices, The Peoples News

March 30, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous / Global
Sweden approves controversial iron mine on Indigenous Sami land: The Swedish government has greenlit a controversial mining project that the Sami people say threatens their livelihoods.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/article/sweden-approves-controversial-iron-mine-on-indigenous-sami-land/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxCOUqYaj$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls FDA Stops Sale of Pet Food Due to Grossly Insanitary Conditions: A Federal judge has ordered Bravo Packing of Carney’s Point, New Jersey, to stop selling, manufacturing and distributing its pet food products due to ‘grossly insanitary conditions.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-recall/fda-stops-sale-of-pet-food/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxMf4o9X3$

# Border / Immigration
U.S. Plans to Arrest Migrants at Southern Border as It Welcomes Ukrainian Refugees Haitian immigrants and other people of color seeking relief in the United States face a glaring double standard.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/video/us-plans-to-arrest-migrants-at-southern-border-as-it-welcomes-ukrainian-refugees/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxOdBhMet$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
New molecule promises nasal spray that can protect against and fight off the coronavirus. The results so far are promising, but only based on mouse studies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/nasal-spray-against-covid-826364/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxF6Akojh$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Joe Biden’s ‘Billionaire Minimum Income Tax’ Plan Explained: Details:
“The Billionaire Minimum Income Tax” would apply to more than just billionaires. Per a White House fact sheet, it would require American households worth at least $100 million to pay at least a 20% minimum tax on all income, realized and unrealized.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/biden-wealth-tax-plan-7caf4947-5e8b-4e04-9c96-0dbe77a38804.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxJOZ6ixJ$

# Education / Schools
Texas schools won’t lose funding for attendance drops during the pandemic In Texas, schools are funded based on the number of students enrolled and the daily attendance on campus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/29/texas-schools-funding/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxIzYDhI0$

The Texas A&M University System will grant free tuition, plus room and board, to Ukranian students at its 11 campuses and research centers.
This follows Texas A&M’s decision to cut research ties with Russian entities amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/29/texas-am-ukraine-students-free-tuition/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxE0riOf5$

We All Know Teachers Are Underpaid. But Who Imagined It Was This Bad?
New data shows how much teachers rely on side hustles simply to survive.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/we-all-know-teachers-are-underpaid-but-who-imagined-it-was-this-bad/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxMHIpGmy$

Stunned Students Film Chicago Teachers’ Feud Over Black Doll. A Chicago school has launched an investigation after a Black doll that appeared as if it was being lynched in a classroom sparked a heated dispute between two teachers. The intense argument between two high school teachers ended up being filmed and shared on Snapchat among students.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/stunned-students-at-whitney-m-young-magnet-high-school-film-teachers-feud-over-black-dolls-lynching__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxDdQQll1$

# Employment / Labor
Corporations are suppressing wages, there’s an easy fix for that. Don’t believe the optimistic hype about wages “naturally” rising. About one-third of American workers are shockingly underpaid as a result of the federal government’s continued refusal to raise the minimum wage.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/28/corporations-are-suppressing-wages-theres-an-easy-fix-for-that/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxGaox1Ol$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical A new report reveals how the Dakota Access Pipeline is breaking the law:
A new report alleges the Dakota Access Pipeline operators and the federal government misled the public and broke the law. Authors say the study could be pivotal in stopping DAPL.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/indigenous/a-new-report-reveals-how-the-dakota-access-pipeline-is-breaking-the-law/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxDu4FIz4$

Iowa pipeline opponents push for more restrictions on eminent domain:
‘This land is part of us. We’ve worked hard to make improvements,” says a farmer fighting the pipelines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2022/03/29/iowa-carbon-capture-pipeline-opponents-push-greater-restrictions-eminent-domain-capitol/7195719001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxPI7s7ol$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure She’s Supposed to Protect Americans From Toxic Chemicals. First, She Just Has to Fix Trump’s Mess and Decades of Neglect. Biden promised to prioritize people over polluters. His pick to deliver that, Michal Freedhoff, is facing a bare-bones budget, demoralized staff and increasingly angry advocates.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/shes-supposed-to-protect-americans-from-toxic-chemicals-first-she-just-has-to-fix-trumps-mess-and-decades-of-neglect__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxNnM618o$

California grapples with regulation of known carcinogen ethylene oxide.
Gaps in environmental regulations may leave communities at risk of exposure to the toxic industrial compound.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://capitalandmain.com/california-grapples-with-regulation-of-known-carcinogen-ethylene-oxide__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxErn_cti$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Burning Up: The Controversial biofuel threatening British Columbia’s last inland rainforests. The wood-pellet industry is booming. Will it push old-growth ecosystems to the brink?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thewalrus.ca/wood-pellets/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxIoViemU$

Destruction of Amazon Rainforest Accelerates as Elections Loom in Brazil. Deforestation of the Amazon, a major carbon sink, is a threat to Indigenous people and life everywhere.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/audio/destruction-of-amazon-rainforest-accelerates-as-elections-loom-in-brazil/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxC5MuhNO$

# Global Politics
Putin’s Plan B: Russia Changes Strategy to Avoid Losing Ukraine War.
President Vladimir Putin is changing his military strategy in the Kremlin’s war on Ukraine, experts say, ramping up the brutality to avoid losing a weeks-long conflict it was supposed to have won within days of its invasion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/putin-russia-ukraine-war-losing-kyiv-strategy-1692521__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxAxOPzco$

Ukraine’s Military Says Russia Now Partially Withdrawn From Kiev; Pentagon Calls It Deceptive ‘Repositioning.’ Turkey confirms that Tuesday marked “the most significant progress since negotiations began.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-signals-intent-cut-military-operations-around-kiev-chernihiv-after-positive__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxPxbUhJj$

Is a Peace Deal Near? Ukraine Won’t Join NATO in Return for Russian Withdrawal, Security Guarantees https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/30/ukraine_russia_peace_deal_peter_zalmayev__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxDIzuaFl$

Putin’s Aides Lying to Him About Ukraine, U.S. Intel Says. There is now “persistent tension” between the Russian president and his military officials, U.S. officials believe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-europe-00716c99579afeff701af31b32ef7c8c__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxEpfbHXU$

# Gov / Politics
Beto O’Rourke: “This voter suppression is on purpose and by design, working exactly as Greg Abbott intended.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/beto-orourke-ballot-rejections-working-exactly-greg-abbott-intended-1693040__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxOefRw-w$

With ink barely dry, Biden budget put through the ringer: Republicans in House and Senate critique the president’s defense spending plan. Even before the House Budget Committee opened the fiscal 2023 cycle hearings Tuesday, the Senate’s top GOP appropriator was throwing cold water on Biden’s proposed 4 percent increase for Pentagon and other defense-related accounts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2022/03/29/with-ink-barely-dry-biden-budget-put-through-the-ringer/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxB5D9k2V$

We Are In So Much Trouble: What we are witnessing is truly the beginning of the end.
Our society is literally falling to pieces all around us, and now World War 3 has begun. Many regard the war that has erupted on the other side of the globe as just a conflict between Ukraine and Russia, but the truth is that it is really a proxy war between the United States and Russia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/we-are-so-much-trouble?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=569__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxPqkQa8b$

Bidens war with Russia could bankrupt the US! Biden wants American taxpayers to foot the bill for a trillion dollar war with Russia with even higher inflation. How Russia’s war would hit the economy https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-nightly/2022/02/07/how-russias-war-would-hit-the-economy-00006365__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxBNyCh6p$

Biden Admits U.S. Is “Helping Train” Ukrainian Troops in Poland https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2022/03/29/biden-appears-to-reveal-us-troops-training-ukraine-forces-in-poland/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxGaQW8fu$

The MADness of the resurgent US Cold War with Russia. The nuclear dangers of the war in Ukraine, the insanity of reviving a Cold War that threatens the whole world, and the urgency of dismantling the U.S.-Russian Doomsday machine before it kills us all.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/03/30/the-madness-of-the-resurgent-us-cold-war-with-russia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxN42VqID$

# Legal / DOJ
Feds Raid Home Over Threats in Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Case: Undisclosed threats were made against two defense attorneys and the judge, authorities said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/03/29/fbi-raids-home-threats-target-whitmer-kidnap-case-judge-lawyers/7202142001/?gnt-cfr=1__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxEh_ELtA$

# Medical / Health Care / Science
Scientists develop synthetic antibiotics that could save millions of
lives: University of Liverpool scientists have taken a significant step towards unlocking the medical potential of a new class of potent antibiotic capable of killing “superbugs” including MRSA without detectable resistance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-scientists-synthetic-antibiotics-millions.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxA1fDnoD$

UV-LED lights can kill coronaviruses and HIV with the flip of a switch:
The same lightbulbs used in offices and public spaces can destroy coronaviruses and HIV, according to a new study from University of Toronto (U of T) Scarborough.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-uv-led-coronaviruses-hiv-flip.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxCytQ–t$

Red states are engaged in an all-out assault on women’s reproductive rights, while Biden and Democrats sleepwalk toward defeat. GOP Is Destroying Abortion Rights. Where the Hell Are Dems?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-are-winning-the-fight-against-abortion-where-the-hell-are-the-democrats?via=newsletter&source=DDMorning__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxM6Cz-A4$

Democrats Creating Their Own October Surprise: Imminent congressional inaction on Affordable Care Act subsidies will doom 14 million people, the party’s midterm chances, and health care reform for a decade.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/politics/democrats-creating-their-own-october-surprise/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxMjT0ZtW$

# Military / DOD
The United States will likely send more troops to Europe as Russia continues to wage a brutal war against Ukraine that threatens the stability and peace of the Continent, the commander of U.S forces in Europe told senators on Tuesday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/ukraine/2022/02/28/more-us-troops-could-head-to-europe-amid-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-pentagon-says/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!i8YFN0tyMVLZmJJZQ5FW291V9CspGJz4ljebeDZSRnE_5FbXO8X8R8Z9V0stxFb_yLkB$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-03-29

Voices, The Peoples News

March 29, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
‘Ready to fight’: How a Russian uranium ban would threaten Native American tribes: Ban would shift US uranium production into overdrive – posing environmental and spiritual threats to Indigenous communities https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/28/native-americans-ban-russian-uranium__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-TNA1obt$

‘American Diagnosis’: ‘Water Warriors’ Tap Diné Resilience to Increase Access on Navajo Land: Over decades, federal and state policies have left many tribal communities without access to clean, running water.
This episode explores what separates some Diné and other Native people in the western United States from this critical resource https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.muskogeephoenix.com/news/oklahoma_news/american-diagnosis-water-warriors-tap-din-resilience-to-increase-access-on-navajo-land/article_cb1e0570-9f97-511c-868e-1ea3857c9683.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-YrW7tdl$

There is a storm brewing in Haudenosaunee (“Iroquois” – “Seneca”) territory as New York state threatens Seneca daily life.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lastrealindians.com/news/2022/3/28/by-ken-cosentino__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-eu7Q4BJ$

# Indigenous / Global
Canadian pipeline groups spend big to pose as Indigenous champions: As the ad conveying Indigenous support for the pipeline appeared on the Facebook and Instagram feeds of people in the Canadian province, 30 Wet’suwet’en Nation members and supporters were being violently evicted from their territory along the pipeline.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/canada-tc-energy-and-affiliated-pipeline-groups-use-ads-to-pose-as-defenders-of-indigenous-interests-study-finds/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-THpHX7q$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls U.S. Wildlife Services Killed Over 1.75 Million Animals in 2021 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/U-S-federal-program-resulted-in-the-deaths-of-17033579.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-WXpX8XA$

# Border / Immigration
“Migrants Could Be Caught In The Middle”: An Internal DHS Email Details Potential Dangers For Asylum-Seekers In Mexico: Immigrants sent back to dangerous border towns in Mexico while trying to obtain asylum face gang violence, rape, and kidnapping.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/remain-in-mexico-border-dangers__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-bVafYhW$

# Children / Youth
Scientists find that the impact of social media on wellbeing varies across adolescence. Girls and boys might be more vulnerable to the negative effects of social media use at different times during their adolescence, say an international team of scientists.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220328090012.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-bpLXKRB$

Foster care system: As part of a yearslong federal lawsuit, watchdogs of the state’s foster care system found “ample evidence” that former sex trafficking victims were abused at a state-contracted foster care facility in Bastrop, disputing earlier reports from the Texas Rangers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/28/texas-foster-care-child-abuse/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-eDahZA9$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Using organ-on-a-chip platform, researchers devise potential strategy to treat severe COVID-19 complications. A research team from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering has identified a molecule with the potential to combat one of the most severe complications of COVID-19 infections.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.utoronto.ca/news/using-organ-chip-platform-researchers-devise-potential-strategy-treat-severe-covid-19__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-QjtWYuK$

Study shows safety of vaccinating children against COVID-19 after previous MIS-C diagnosis. Though many children infected with COVID-19 experience mild symptoms or are asymptomatic, a small subset develop a dangerous complication called MIS-C, or multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, after being infected by the virus. Their report appears in JAMA Network Open.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2787495__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-UZ10H4t$

Promising nose spray could prevent, treat COVID-19: A newly discovered small molecule could be sprayed into people’s noses to prevent COVID-19 illness prior to exposure and provide early treatment if administered soon after infection https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2022/03/promising-nose-spray-could-prevent-and-treat-covid-19__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-dOVKG8B$

The COVID-related death rate among Americans who received Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine was more than double that of people who received other vaccines, new data from the Omicron surge show https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=273761__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-d0n7b57$

Fauci Was ‘Untruthful’ to Congress About Wuhan Lab Research, New Documents Appear To Show: Documents show “unequivocally” that NIH grants were used to fund controversial gain-of-function (GOF) research at the Wuhan Insitute of Virology in China, something U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has denied. GOF research potentially makes the virus more dangerous to humans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/fauci-untruthful-congress-wuhan-lab-research-documents-show-gain-function-1627351__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-ZFh5Z9y$

Lobbying broke all-time mark in 2021 amid flurry of government spending:
The lobbying industry had a record year in 2021, taking in $3.7 billion in revenue as companies, associations and other organizations pressed Congress and the Biden administration over trillions of dollars in new pandemic spending and rules affecting health care, travel, tourism and other industries.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/03/12/lobbying-record-government-spending/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-WmUuZD3$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Enraged Customers Declare War on ‘Clean’ Electricity Brand. Critics say CleanChoice Energy, founded by political operatives, targets eco-conscious consumers with misleading promotions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/cleanchoice-energy-is-the-sneaky-green-energy-company-that-pisses-off-climate-do-gooders__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-dPDgiu-$

The Ghost of Enron Haunts Joe Manchin’s Coal Fortune. For decades, Joe Manchin has been getting rich off a particularly dirty breed of coal.
Manchin is largely about one thing: coal. Given the extreme damage he has done defending his nuggets of filthy gold, there is a grim symmetry to the fact that he founded his fortune on the sale of garbage, ‘Gob,’
it is called, a form of trash coal
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/the-ghost-of-enron-haunts-joe-manchins-coal-fortune/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-VLL7rh_$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global Russia Again Threatens to Shut Off EU Gas Supply Unless They Pay in Rubles https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/russia-again-threatens-shut-off-eu-gas-supply-unless-they-pay-rubles-1692616__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-aSY2n-M$

G-7 to reject Russia’s demand to pay for natural gas in rubles, Germany says https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/600018-g7-to-reject-russias-demand-to-pay-for-natural-gas-in-rubles-germany__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-XJi9fCx$

EXPLAINER: What would paying for natural gas in rubles mean?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/EXPLAINER-What-would-paying-for-natural-gas-in-17035540.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-ZvNvDAo$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Biden admin invents ‘Securities and Environment Commission’ out of thin air to force climate agenda on US businesses https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theblaze.com/news/sec-proposes-new-climate-disclosure-rules__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-U8U3YE8$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Antarctic ice shelves are shattering. How fast will seas rise? An unexpected ice shelf collapse in East Antarctica, after temperatures spiked 70°F above normal, highlights bigger problems in the West https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2021/12/16/antarctica-glacier-collapse-raise-sea-levels/8924940002/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-QJYRM5e$

# Global Politics
Anti-Free Speech Germany Threatens Citizens With 3 YEARS In Prison For Using Letter ‘Z’: Here we have art imitating life, then life imitating art. The jaw-dropping ending? Wikipedia summarizes: They ban modern art, popular music, avant-garde novelists, modern mathematics, modern philosophers and the use of the term “Ζ” (Greek: zíta, or Greek: zi, which is used by protesters against the former government), which refers to the deputy and means: “He lives.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en-volve.com/2022/03/28/anti-free-speech-germany-threatens-citizens-with-3-years-in-prison-for-using-letter-z/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-VgvWhZV$

Zelensky Offers Putin Route Out of Ukraine War: ‘It’s a Compromise’:
“Return to where it all began, and there we will try to solve the issue of Donbas, the complex issue of Donbas,” Zelensky called on Russian troops in Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/zelensky-offers-putin-route-out-ukraine-war-its-compromise-1692362__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-bfTMd1_$

Taliban Clamps Down, Stops Airing Some Media Reports, Foreign TV Shows https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/taliban-clamps-down-stops-airing-some-media-reports-foreign-tv-shows-1692438__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-Y3o1jBb$

Russia: No ‘Breakthroughs’ With Ukraine After Zelensky Offer For Ending War https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/russia-ukraine-invasion-day-12-555ad039-6426-4ae9-ac8d-8e9a3a5a6f69.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-feVQ4Og$

At Home, ‘Neutral’ China Pushes Vladimir Putin’s Agenda on Ukraine War https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/china-vladimir-putin-russia-ukraine-war-support-newspaper-editorial-1692760__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-ctXpRnc$

Ukrainian peace negotiators reported poisoning symptoms after engaging in recent talks. Two negotiators and a Russian oligarch mediating the talks suffered eye irritation and peeling skin on their faces, according to news reports.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/ukraine-peace-negotiators-poison__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-X8Iid5p$

A Russian animator is in hiding after his cartoon was banned by the government. It’s part of a wave of Russian bans against hundreds of news outlets and social networks, including Google News, BBC, Twitter, and Meta.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nishitajha/russia-bans-cartoon__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-brCFcQy$

Russia pledges to scale down military activity near Kyiv, Chernihiv:
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have concluded a round of peace talks, with both sides expressing cautious optimism. Russia says it will reduce some military activity “to increase mutual trust.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dw.com/en/russia-pledges-to-scale-down-military-activity-near-kyiv-chernihiv-live-updates/a-61286047__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-Z2NgjAm$

The mayor of Mariupol has called for the city’s entire civilian population to evacuate as Russian forces continue to bomb the area, CNN reports. Mariupol evacuation corridors ‘in the hands of the occupiers’
as mayor tells everyone to leave
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mariupol-evacuation-corridors-in-the-hands-of-the-occupiers-as-mayor-tells-everyone-to-leave/ar-AAVAovI?li=BB141NW3__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-UZgrsNB$

Mexican Armed Forces Knew of 43 Students’ Abduction: The previous government’s cut-and-dried explanation of the infamous kidnapping may not be so airtight, a new investigation claims.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-armed-forces-knew-about-attack-43-students-report-says-2022-03-28/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-beoAvWc$

Putin’s messiah syndrome drives the invasion, brutality to cities and civilians, plus his cultural/imperial vision: Putin’s messianic vision sees the destruction of an independent Ukraine almost as a religious duty. As this era teaches all too well, genocidal war crimes don’t just
happen: they result from a mania to crush an already bloodied
(sub-human) foe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/03/29/putins-messiah-syndrome-drives-the-invasion-brutality-to-cities-and-civilians-plus-his-cultural-imperial-vision/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-SJuWjaX$

# Gov / Politics
CIA Officer Openly Confesses to Rigging 2020 Election for Joe Biden and Says They Would Do It Again: A CIA officer has confessed that the ‘Deep State’ rigged the 2020 election in Joe Biden’s favor, and has boldly admitted that the agency would do it again https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en-volve.com/2022/03/28/bombshell-cia-officer-openly-confesses-to-rigging-2020-election-for-joe-biden-and-says-they-would-do-it-again/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-f2w2ykA$

America Has a Free Speech Problem: Americans are losing hold of a fundamental right as citizens of a free country: the right to speak their minds and voice their opinions in public without fear of being shamed or shunned. How has this happened? In large part, it’s because the political left and the right are caught in a destructive loop of condemnation and recrimination around cancel culture https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/opinion/cancel-culture-free-speech-poll.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-UL8k_ma$

With a Center-Leaning Budget, Biden Bows To Political Reality: The president, acknowledging widespread issues which are driving Republican assaults towards Democrats, vowed to deal with the rise in violent crime.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://globalonlinemony.com/with-a-center-leaning-budget-biden-bows-to-political-reality/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-e-2L4DI$

Days After Biden Hailed NATO As “More United Than Ever”, A Split Emerges Over Talking To Putin. Biden’s Saturday regime change comments set off series of dilemmas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/here-are-all-latest-news-and-developments-ukraine-war-march-28?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=568__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-fGlLoI3$

# Legal / DOJ
Man Who Kidnapped 26 Children, Buried Them Alive, Receives Parole After
45 Years. ‘I’m overwhelmed to the point that I had to leave work’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wcvb.com/article/70-year-old-who-kidnapped-a-bus-full-of-children-in-1976-has-been-approved-for-parole/39564374*__;Iw!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-R04P02n$

Judge to Trump Org: Quit Stalling on Turning Over Evidence: After two years of delays, a court-mandated auditor will now step in and determine just how much evidence the Trump Organization still hasn’t turned over to investigators.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-demands-trump-organization-to-quit-stalling-on-evidence__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-U_lELB0$

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol voted to recommend the House hold former presidential advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino in criminal contempt of Congress for not complying with the panel’s subpoenas demanding documents and testimony.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-steve-bannon-subpoenas-dan-scavino-peter-navarro-3247f6b7a644ff3e2c6f14d41f6cd0c8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-fxgN8e8$

State AG Who Killed a Man Manages to Dodge Impeachment. Jason Ravnsborg is now not likely to face any consequences after a special investigative committee of the South Dakota House of Representative voted against his impeachment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-dakota-reps-recommend-jason-ravnsborg-attorney-general-who-killed-joe-boever-not-be-impeached__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-aC9y7uW$

Panel sets vote for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. The Senate Judiciary Committee’s 22 members can explain their views at the April 4 vote on Jackson’s nomination https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2022/03/28/committee-sets-vote-for-supreme-court-pick-ketanji-brown-jackson/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-dqrkr2-$

New York AG: Trump Org Lied About Asset Values to Get Perks. Attorney General Letitia James accused the company of using the misrepresentations “to secure economic benefits on terms more favorable than the true facts warranted.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/01/19/new-york-ag-says-trumps-company-misled-banks-tax-officials/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-Xl1h4Cr$

The Clearest Evidence Yet of Donald Trump’s Criminal Intent on Jan. 6 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/trump-phone-records-gap-criminal-intent.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-fxLWX62$

Clarence Thomas Backed Trump in Court While Ginni Thomas Backed Coup
Attempt:
We must ask: What did Clarence Thomas know, and when did he know it?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/29/ginni_thomas_clarence_thomas_democratic_elections__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-U7uIbcw$

# LGBTQ
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Marijuana Policies in Legal States: A Comprehensive Review of Adult-use Marijuana Rules and Regulations https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-medical-marijuana-laws.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-Y59fwHx$

Legislation to legalize marijuana has received support from Democrats and Republicans, and is poised for approval in the House this week in what would be a landmark shift in the war on drugs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/599970-this-week-house-set-to-vote-on-marijuana-legalization-bill__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-auejiXr$

# Media
‘A New Low’: CBS News Slammed for Hiring Mick Mulvaney as Contributor:
“Are you going to ask him about his role in withholding aid to Ukraine until Zelenskyy agreed to smear Biden?”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/29/new-low-cbs-news-slammed-hiring-mick-mulvaney-contributor__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-Z1p0IT3$

# Medical / Health Care / Science
Potential therapy may boost chemoimmunotherapy response in bladder cancer. Adding an anti-inflammatory medication to immunotherapy and standard chemotherapy drugs may provide long-term suppression of aggressive bladder tumor growth https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220328090017.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-dPRBD2d$

New technology could make biopsies a thing of the past. MediSCAPE, a high-speed 3D microscope capable of capturing images of tissue structures, could guide surgeons to navigate tumors and their boundaries without needing to remove tissues and wait for pathology results. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220328112123.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-bpJB5o4$

Study finds that genetic risk for asthma comes from changes in airway cells. A significant amount of genetic risk is likely mediated through altered gene expression within the airway epithelium.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://techilive.in/genetic-risk-for-asthma-comes-from-changes-in-airway-cells-study-finds/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-SEDCb3E$

Researchers develop sound-controlled bacteria to fight cancer. Since its invention, chemotherapy has proven to be a valuable tool in treating cancers of many kinds, but it has a big downside, it also kills healthy cells https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/fighting-cancer-with-sound-controlled-bacteria__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-RYogb-K$

Paternal metformin use associated with major birth defects if used during period of sperm development. A large cohort study found that babies born to men who took metformin during the period of sperm development were at increased risk for birth defects, specifically genital defects in boys.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.science.org/content/article/rare-genital-defects-seen-sons-men-taking-major-diabetes-drug__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-ev3DRQ0$

Scientists Seek to Make a ‘Self-Spreading’ Vaccine: A new report from National Geographic indicates that scientists are now working on “self-spreading vaccines” that can jump from vaccinated to unvaccinated populations. What could possibly go wrong?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thebulletin.org/2020/09/scientists-are-working-on-vaccines-that-spread-like-a-disease-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-R7R1hBH$

Colorado doubles down on abortion rights as other states, and the high court, reconsider: The Supreme Court is expected to overturn or weaken “Roe v. Wade.” If that happens, Colorado may become an abortion-access island, nearly surrounded by a sea of anti-abortion states. The state is bracing for impact, and advocates are trying to shore up its abortion defenses.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://khn.org/news/article/colorado-doubles-down-on-abortion-rights-as-other-states-and-the-high-court-reconsider/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!n4pUVVev2CQlhEw-OVlT6SzKqJmaO72r4u35r9Qh9y-7yMRGsvIAsNeK2-Er-SgtE25s$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-03-27

Voices, The Peoples News

March 27, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Border / Immigration
ICE Continues to Abuse and Traumatize Under Biden. Immigrants Are Fighting Back.
In Florida, the Glades County Detention Center, like ICE itself, has shown that it cannot be reformed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/ice-continues-to-abuse-and-traumatize-under-biden-immigrants-are-fighting-back/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN1uixMtO$

# Covid / Pandemics
Different SARS-CoV-2 variants may give rise to different long COVID symptoms, study suggests: New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
(ECCMID) in Lisbon, Portugal (23–26 April), suggests that the symptoms connected to long COVID could be different in people who are infected with different variants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-sars-cov-variants-covid-symptoms.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN70XRjg7$

SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates in photoreceptor and retinal ganglion cells of human retinal organoids: The SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus does not only cause infections of the respiratory tract. Other organ systems, such as the nervous system, can also be affected. In fact, SARS-CoV-2 mRNA has been detected in the brain in autopsies of patients who died from COVID-19.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-sars-cov-infects-replicates-photoreceptor-retinal.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscNw4F5a9E$

Three-quarters of parents worried about impact COVID has had on their child’s early development, fearing their children have been held back.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/three-quarters-parents-worried-about-impact-covid-has-had-their-childs-early-development-1692073__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscNwPH_wF2$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Warning: The Fed is aiming a battering ram at the American economy. The result is likely to be a recession https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://robertreich.substack.com/p/be-warned-the-fed-is-aiming-a-battling?s=r__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN6qnJRNx$

Wall Street titans warn a recession is imminent but its not that simple.
Here are the warning signs you need to understand. There’s serious debate as to the future of the U.S economy, and experts on both sides of the argument have strong evidence to back up their claims.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fortune.com/2022/03/23/is-a-recession-coming-wall-street-signals-yield-curve/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscNy_hUV_q$

Unbeknown To Most, A Financial Revolution Is Coming That Threatens To Change Everything (And Not For The Better) Given how much is at stake, CBDCs are among the most important questions today’s societies could possibly grapple with https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/unbeknown-most-financial-revolution-coming-threatens-change-everything-and-not-better?ref=biztoc.com&curator=biztoc.com&utm_source=biztoc.com&utm_medium=web__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscNzEHUWbL$

Billionaires Would Pay Nearly 100 Times More in Taxes Under New Biden Proposal The so-called “Billionaire’s Tax” would specifically target approximately 700 of the nation’s wealthiest people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/billionaires-would-pay-nearly-100-times-more-in-taxes-under-new-biden-proposal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN8IGOYg1$

# Education / Schools
District Reinstates Superintendent Accused Of Assaulting His Pregnant Mistress After She Refused To Get An Abortion. ‘Sad day for women and children in our school district’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/25/round-rock-independent-school-district-texas-education-agency/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN2zWiEa_$

Higher Education Is Now a Battlefield Between Workers and Corporatization. “Power Despite Precarity” offers a case study of how educators in the California State University system built power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/higher-education-is-now-a-battlefield-between-workers-and-corporatization/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscNyFW1D0G$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Pancake Mix Sold at Walmart and Kroger Is Recalled: The packages may contain fragments from a cable used on the processing line. The pancake and waffle mixes were sold at Walmarts and Krogers nationwide https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://people.com/food/kroger-and-walmart-pancake-and-waffle-mix-boxes-recalled-due-to-cable-contamination/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN_eDi6jK$

# General Information / Other News
Nobel Laureates Call for End to Ukraine War and Rejection of Nuclear Weapons “It is either the end of nuclear weapons, or the end of us,” the peace prize winners wrote in an open letter.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/nobel-laureates-call-for-end-to-ukraine-war-and-rejection-of-nuclear-weapons/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN29FZoFl$

# Global Politics
NATO chief underscores the importance of Arctic security amid renewed Russian aggression: A failure by NATO to keep a robust Arctic presence could leave it vulnerable as Russia reclaims old Soviet bases and uses the far north as a testing ground for new weapons systems https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-03-25/stoltenberg-norway-cold-response-arctic-exercise-5475142.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN3iQU-Ih$

Ukraine and Russia Closer to Ending War with Understanding in Four
Areas: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that Ukraine and Russia have reached an understanding on four of the six main topics of disagreement, including NATO, partial disarmament, collective security and Russian language, bringing the two warring countries a step closer to resolving the conflict.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russia-closer-ending-war-agreement-reached-four-areas-1691755__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscNz-bVkiO$

Did Russia just threaten New World Order with nuclear weapons? President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ordered his country’s deterrence forces, including nuclear weapons, be put on higher alert, citing so-called threats from the West as Moscow continues to push into Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/596047-russias-nuclear-weapons-threat-raises-western-fears__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN25TztCE$

Welcome to the nuclear blackmail of Putin’s ‘new world order.’ Russian dictator Vladimir Putin delivered a speech that effectively declared Russia has overwhelming nuclear superiority and war-winning capability against the United States, NATO, and the entire world.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/377183-welcome-to-the-nuclear-blackmail-of-putins-new-world-order__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN1WEVULr$

Russia Signals It Will Limit Scope To “Complete Liberation Of Donbas” – Says “No Progress” In Talks. Russian military now says it “deliberately”
didn’t seek to enter several major cities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/here-are-all-latest-news-and-developments-ukraine-war-march-25__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN3J1h5a2$

# Gov / Politics
Rep. Jim Jordan Says Republicans Need To Discuss Possible Impeachment Of Biden. ‘A discussion we have to have’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/mar/25/jim-jordan-prods-gop-colleagues-consider-impeachin/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN1_LHFNd$

GOP Senators Use Jackson Hearing to Agitate Their Base Before Election Campaigns. The depth of disrespect demonstrated by the Republicans was unprecedented.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/gop-senators-use-jackson-hearing-to-agitate-their-base-before-election-campaigns/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN_1dASy0$

Fortenberry to resign following conviction on charges tied to illegal contribution. Bowing to pressure from Republican leaders following his criminal conviction for lying to authorities about illegal campaign contributions, Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry said Saturday he will resign next week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2022/03/26/fortenberry-resigns-following-conviction-on-charges-tied-to-illegal-contribution/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN83e6cJa$

Biden on Russia’s Putin: `This man cannot remain in power’: President Joe Biden on Saturday dramatically escalated his rhetoric against Vladimir Putin, calling for the Russian leader to be removed because of his brutal invasion of Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-migration-world-war-ii-warsaw-652da1c2ab1c88de3032241089bfa516__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscNzhCxWCs$

Biden Says “Butcher” Putin “Cannot Remain In Power” In Call For Regime Change In Russia. White House scrambles, quickly claims Biden “was not”
discussing regime change
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/biden-call-free-world-stand-against-putin-poland-speech-2022-03-26/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN8EP4-Wh$

Red-Tape Nightmare Has American Baby Trapped in Ukraine. And U.S.
officials say the only way out is to travel through a war zone to get a document at an office that may not even be functioning.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://headtopics.com/us/red-tape-nightmare-has-american-baby-trapped-in-ukraine-25124960__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN6qSDoVm$

1 in 6 Election Officials Say They’ve Faced Threats on the Job, Survey Shows. Nearly two-thirds of election officials reported being worried about interference from political leaders.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/1-in-6-election-officials-say-theyve-faced-threats-on-the-job-survey-shows/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN3Tw2BYM$

# Legal / DOJ
‘Fortunately, The Law Does Not Agree’: Project Veritas’ Lawyers Respond To DOJ Letter. The nonprofit news organization recently claimed the DOJ granted seven secret orders, warrants and subpoenas from six judges within the SDNY to force Microsoft to provide the journalists’
constitutionally protected information.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/25/project-veritas-lawyers-respond-doj-letter/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN7oWblaZ$

Project Veritas says feds secretly accessed its emails: Lawyer for hidden-camera-sting producer says prosecutors misled court, improperly prolonged gag orders. A group that has singled out journalists and Democrats in undercover operations contends that prosecutors misled a federal court and sought unwarranted gag orders during a federal investigation https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/22/project-veritas-feds-secretly-accessed-emails-00019247__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN7KZI2Rx$

# LGBTQ
Utah Lawmakers Override Gov. Cox To Ban Biological Men From Women’s Sports ‘Preserve the integrity of women’s sports’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/03/25/utah-lawmakers-likely/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN-MSPG1d$

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Tablet containing CBD shows promise in reducing post-operative pain. An orally absorbed tablet containing cannabidiol (CBD) effectively reduces pain after shoulder surgery with no safety concerns, a new study finds.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-tablet-cbd-post-operative-pain.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscNxQrRxVI$

# Medical / Health Care / Science
Artificial intelligence and robotics uncover hidden signatures of Parkinson’s disease. A study published today in Nature Communications unveils a new platform for discovering cellular signatures of disease that integrates robotic systems for studying patient cells with artificial intelligence methods for image analysis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-artificial-intelligence-robotics-uncover-hidden.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN3HaIr6m$

New study reveals why HIV remains in human tissue even after antiretroviral therapy. Thanks to antiretroviral therapy, HIV infection is no longer the life sentence it once was.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-reveals-hiv-human-tissue-antiretroviral.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN7PxgrE_$

Third COVID-19 vaccination improves immune response in blood cancer patients. New research has found that the weakened immune systems of blood cancer patients can improve after they receive a third COVID-19 vaccination.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/947708__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN5dam2b6$

Video: As medicine and agriculture increasingly embrace gene editing, should the public be concerned? Technologies such as genetic modification and ‘CRISPR’ will cure hereditary diseases, produce disease-resistant crops and enable the breeding of malaria-free mosquitos.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/03/25/video-as-medicine-and-agriculture-increasingly-embrace-gene-editing-should-the-public-be-concerned/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscNxtsrTbK$

States, cities, counties and tribal governments across the nation will soon receive a windfall through several major opioid settlements. Drug distributors and manufacturers, including Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family members who own it, will relinquish a total of about US$32 billion for their role in the overdose crisis. Other litigation could yield more funds.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-drugs-opioid-disorder-good-multibillion-dollar.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN5dztkRG$

# Military / DOD
Biden visits US troops in Poland, says democracy, not just Ukraine, at stake President Joe Biden told US troops in Poland on Friday that the future of democracy in the world hangs in the balance as Russia continues its month-old war on Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/599756-biden-to-us-troops-were-in-fight-between-democracies-and-oligarchs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mBbVPuq8myUlVdpbHNA9PZnmuUXwD8NszgkkrpO8ac9oJumjLhbeSEXHSTscN4PgR9DB$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-03-25

Voices, The Peoples News

March 25, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
How the Hoopa Valley Tribe Monitors a Rare Carnivore: Since 2005, the Hoopa Valley Tribe’s wildlife division has run one of the longest, most detailed assessments of fishers, small weasel-like mammals that are both culturally significant and rare. The program illustrates the possibilities and pitfalls for Indigenous-led wildlife programs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://undark.org/2022/03/23/how-the-hoopa-valley-tribe-monitors-a-rare-carnivore/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8Fw5Zv3rk$

# Indigenous / Global
The People Used as Pawns in Canada’s Claim to the Arctic: In 1953, the Canadian government relocated Inuit families to Ellesmere Island, thousands of kilometers from home. It wasn’t the first or last time that Inuit were used to assert Arctic sovereignty.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-people-used-as-pawns-in-canadas-claim-to-the-arctic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F8CsVxrv$

The Nuchatlaht First Nation is headed to British Columbia’s Supreme Court hoping to gain title to 200 square kilometers of land off the west coast of Vancouver Island. This is the first title case to come to court since the province embraced the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2019.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/land-title-nuchatlaht-tsilhqot-in-1.6389789?utm_source=Hakai*Magazine*Weekly&utm_campaign=5201070407-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_06_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0fc1967411-5201070407-121711450__;Kys!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F42-22nc$

# Border / Immigration
Biden Administration Prepares Sweeping Change to Asylum Process https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://headtopics.com/us/biden-administration-prepares-sweeping-change-to-asylum-process-25059809__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F2VQj1tm$

Border mission should be a Homeland Security job, says head of Northern Command.
Sending National Guard troops home will depend largely on the Homeland Security Department’s ability to surveil the border and prevent illegal crossings on its own.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/01/13/army-investigating-guards-federal-border-mission-amid-reports-of-problems-texas.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F5CwKTeq$

These Children Fled Afghanistan Without Their Families. They’re Stuck in U.S. Custody. Nearly 200 Afghan children brought here without family by the U.S. government during the haphazard military pullout are languishing in federal custody.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/these-children-fled-afghanistan-without-their-families-theyre-stuck-in-u-s-custody__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F6aY5Vn9$

Lawmakers Call for Immediate Action at Chicago Shelter Housing Afghan Children After ProPublica’s report that Afghan children at a Chicago shelter were hurting themselves, Sen. Dick Durbin asked federal officials to investigate. In the meantime, Heartland Alliance, the facility’s operator, now has interpreters in its shelters.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-call-for-immediate-action-at-chicago-shelter-housing-afghan-children__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F6ctJldK$

# Children / Youth
Dozens of Teens Arrested in ‘Out of Hand’ TikTok Trend: “It was very scary,” the mom of a teen who was shot in the eye told The Daily Beast.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/dozens-of-teens-arrested-as-orbeez-tiktok-trend-spirals-out-of-hand__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F8CJS2xn$

# Covid / Pandemics
Hunter Biden’s investment fund linked to Ukrainian biolabs engaged in pathogen research: The Russian Defense Ministry released on March 24 the latest results on the analysis of information about the 30 Pentagon-funded Ukrainian biolabs engaged in dangerous and illegal research on deadly pathogens.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202203/1256772.shtml__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8Fxv9GXsT$

Aspirin may reduce death in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Researchers at the George Washington University published findings from the world’s largest cohort study showing that hospitalized patients with moderate
COVID-19 who were given aspirin early on in their treatment had a lower risk of dying compared to patients who were not given aspirin.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newswise.com/coronavirus/aspirin-may-reduce-death-in-hospitalized-covid-19-patients/?article_id=767803__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F-oPdB9q$

Our Governments Have Chosen Capitalism Over Preparing for Next COVID Surge In refusing to prioritize preparation for the next COVID surge, our leaders are sacrificing the most vulnerable.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/our-governments-have-chosen-capitalism-over-preparing-for-next-covid-surge/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8FyCm0_TR$

Abbott snags $1B U.S. government contract for rapid COVID-19 tests https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fiercebiotech.com/medtech/abbott-snags-1b-us-government-contract-rapid-covid-19-tests__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F5qupt08$

# Education / Schools
Free school lunch programs could end as pandemic relief expires. Some pandemic innovations depend on expiring funds https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/03/21/1087658783/millions-of-children-will-miss-healthy-school-meals-when-pandemic-relief-expires__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F-_YsJrG$

How Schools and the Criminal Justice System Both Fail Students With Disabilities A one-size-fits-all model of education often pushes students who do not fit that mold out of class and into jail cells.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/10/students-disabilities-criminal-justice-system.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F1TYeIsz$

Disability Rights Texas files federal lawsuit against Gov. Abbott over school mask mandate ban. Advocacy group alleges Abbott’s executive order unfairly harms kids with disabilities https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2021/08/17/disability-rights-texas-files-federal-lawsuit-against-gov-abbott-over-school-mask-mandate-ban/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F44SNttj$

Texas’ School-to-Prison Pipeline: Ticketing, Arrest & Use of Force in Schools. How the Myth of the “Blackboard Jungle” Reshaped School Disciplinary Policy https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.njjn.org/uploads/digital-library/Texas-School-Prison-Pipeline_Ticketing_Booklet_Texas-Appleseed_Dec2010.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F-_5qKS3$

Denied: How Texas keeps tens of thousands of children out of special education In Texas, unelected state officials have quietly devised a system that has kept thousands of disabled kids out of special education.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.houstonchronicle.com/denied/1/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F2dhOmML$

Comprehensive Study, as directed by HB 3116, for persons being housed in Texas Jails with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tcjs.state.tx.us/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Detention_of_Persons_with_IDD.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8Fz_91ecH$

Shootings shape the debate on school policing: Do school resource officers keep students safe? In Iowa, students and activists question conventional wisdom.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fisafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Research-on-School-Policing-by-Aaron-Kupchik-July-2020.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F6RT8RO0$

The Thin Blue Line in Schools: New Evidence on School-Based Policing Across the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai21-476.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8FwSX3eZO$

Do police keep schools safe? Fuel the school-to-prison pipeline? Here’s what research says.
School districts across the country are suddenly wrestling with the same
question: Should police officers be in schools?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.chalkbeat.org/2020/6/23/21299743/police-schools-research__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8FxCCjxY4$

Fear-Based “Parental Bills of Rights” Are a Right-Wing Siege on Public Education, Advocates Say. Educators are pushing back against multi-pronged attacks on sex education and racial justice curriculum.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/fear-based-parental-bills-of-rights-are-a-right-wing-siege-on-public-education/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F1ISujqn$

# Employment / Labor
Wage gap. In almost every state, more than half of women of color don’t earn a living wage. In almost every state, at least one out of every two women of color is working a low-wage job, according to a new analysis by Oxfam.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://19thnews.org/2022/03/women-color-earn-less-living-wage/*:*:text=McNew*2FGetty*20Images)-,In*20almost*20every*20state*2C*20over*20half*20of*20all*20women*20of,a*20new*20analysis*20by*20Oxfam__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F0sRI5ID$ .

Racial, gender wage gaps persist in U.S. despite some progress. Large racial and gender wage gaps in the U.S. remain, even as they have narrowed in some cases over the years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/01/racial-gender-wage-gaps-persist-in-u-s-despite-some-progress/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F0JoH03E$

The Labor Board Is Withering Away, And That’s Bad News For The Labor Movement Years of flat funding — even under a Democratic Congress — has left the National Labor Relations Board bleeding staff, imperiling its mission to protect workers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/national-labor-relations-board-staffing-funding_n_623db8f6e4b0846e7c4d6f64__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8FyNZqy8a$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical How Putin’s war is fast changing our energy future. Seven emerging realities that will alter our lives as global connections fray.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/03/24/Putin-War-Fast-Changing-Energy-Future/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F8nTJyR6$

Biden administration drafting order to invoke Defense Production Act for green energy storage technology. A draft of the executive order obtained by The Intercept would use the Defense Production Act to ramp up mineral production for electric car batteries https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2022/03/24/biden-defense-production-act-green-energy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F6FueUTs$

The Furious Crusade to Bully Big Oil Out of Existence: “If you can’t curse about climate change, what the f*ck can you curse about?”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/climate-activist-mary-annaise-heglar-is-leading-an-army-of-trolls-to-bully-big-oil-out-of-existence__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F-hGQ1i_$

The United States and European Union announced a new partnership to reduce the continent’s reliance on Russian energy, a step top officials characterized as the start of a years-long initiative to further isolate Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-biden-business-poland-migration-c0c3b6421fc0d454abf53b4b6dd746bb__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F5cGHO7n$

The resignation of a senior Russian government official and his reported move abroad wasn’t the first voluntary departure of a person from a state job since the start of Russia’s war https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-europe-sustainable-development-aff6614f63d6d4805430cd1a659b3bbb__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F-Nch9Ec$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global No Magic in Nuclear Buildup: China once had the smallest nuclear arsenal of the five nuclear powers. But to ensure the effectiveness of its deterrence in a complex security environment, it has made steady efforts to modernize its arsenal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/05/19/no-magic-in-nuclear-buildup-pub-81885__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8Fx17fZQN$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its fourth mass bleaching event in the past six years. Aerial surveys show almost no reefs across a 1,200km stretch escaping the heat, prompting scientists to call for urgent action on climate crisis https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/25/we-need-action-immediately-great-barrier-reef-authority-confirms-sixth-mass-coral-bleaching-event__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F35IUNBL$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Ice Shelf Collapes in Antarctic Heat Wave: The Conger ice shelf had been melting for decades but appears to have been pushed over the edge by recent record high temperatures. Nasa scientist says complete collapse of ice shelf as big as Rome during unusually high temperatures is ‘sign of what might be coming’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/25/satellite-data-shows-entire-conger-ice-shelf-has-collapsed-in-antarctica*:*:text=An*20ice*20shelf*20about*20the,March*2C*20scientists*20said*20on*20Friday__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F0mO7k0O$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other Burger King and Chick-fil-A commit to removing “forever chemicals” from food packaging. Restaurant brands make new commitment when study finds dangerous PFAS chemicals linked to serious health problems widespread in fast food packaging https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.insider.com/forever-chemicals-found-in-sweetgreen-mcdonalds-packaging-report-2022-3__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8FwI-1dkG$

Dangerous PFAS Chemicals Are in Your Food Packaging: CR found ‘forever chemicals’ in bowls, bags, plates, and wrappers, even from companies that say they’ve phased them out https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.consumerreports.org/pfas-food-packaging/dangerous-pfas-chemicals-are-in-your-food-packaging-a3786252074/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F5OJ9p9S$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other / Global Russia’s Invasion Unleashes ‘Perfect Storm’ in Global Agriculture.
Curtailed harvests and scarcer fertilizer all but promise hunger and hardship for tens of millions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/03/24/russia-war-ukraine-food-crisis-wheat-fertilizer/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F9210wvp$

# General Information / Other News
Why American jets are not the answer for Ukraine’s sky, in short: To ask a country to create a no-fly zone is to ask them to go to war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://publicintegrity.org/national-security/ukraine-in-crisis/why-american-jets-are-not-the-answer-for-ukraines-sky/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8FxPIRQbX$

A “no-fly zone” in Ukraine is a catastrophically bad idea. The West can’t treat Putin like he’s Saddam Hussein.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/2/27/22952220/ukraine-russia-no-fly-zone-nuclear-war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8FxuUGnWD$

NATO Needs Realistic, Constructive Solutions for Russia-Ukraine
Conflict: Professional journalists, media pundits (including retired military brass) and politicians have attempted to drag the United States and NATO into war by imposing a no-fly zone over Ukrainian airspace.
This would require NATO forces to destroy Russian aircraft and defense systems. Such action would significantly escalate the fighting, increase hostilities between two nuclear-armed adversaries and accelerate the likelihood of a general European war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/nato-needs-realistic-constructive-solutions-russia-ukraine-conflict-opinion-1691076__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F_YWeUf7$

# Global Politics
The Spectacular Rise of the NATO “Bad Boys” During the Ukraine Invasion.
Before Putin’s war, Hungary, Poland, and Turkey had strained relationships with the West. Now that’s all changing. And how Russia’s war has upended ties in China, Turkey, and the Arctic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/03/22/spectacular-rise-of-bad-boys-of-nato-during-ukraine-crisis-pub-86701__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F7H5snDw$

NATO Prepares for Cold War II, Trying to Avoid World War III: Biden and Western leaders meeting in Brussels are working on defending Ukraine and NATO countries, containing Russia, and avoiding a global conflict.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/nato-is-preparing-for-cold-war-ii-while-trying-to-avoid-world-war-iii__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F-HgrG76$

NATO is activating nuclear, biological and chemical defenses in response to concerns that Russia may be preparing a chemical attack on Ukraine, a potential action that the alliance’s top official said Thursday could put neighboring nations at risk.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-warning-chemical-weapons/31768847.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F__P5V9a$

# Gov / Politics
Biden says US must lead ‘new world order.’ Biden highlighted the role Washington would have among the “free” states https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rt.com/news/552434-biden-new-world-order/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8FxWCCDUZ$

Eleven scholars on what the Ukraine war means for the Middle East.
Changes in food security, energy prices, and more demonstrate the wide impact of the Russian invasion. Turkey, Israel and Syria have been playing a complex tightrope act balancing their international ties and commitments, while keeping a wary eye on Russia’s imperialistic designs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theglobalist.com/what-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-invasion-means-for-the-middle-east/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F_ZGm7gi$

Kim Jong Un’s New Missile Officially Puts America ‘At Risk’: The banned Hwasong 17 could technically land anywhere on American soil.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/kim-jong-uns-latest-hwasong-17-missile-test-officially-puts-america-at-risk__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F267uuSa$

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry was found guilty Thursday of concealing information and lying to federal authorities about $30,000 in illegal campaign contributions made to the Nebraska Republican’s 2016 reelection campaign.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2022/03/24/fortenberry-convicted-on-3-felony-counts-in-campaign-finance-case/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F2FKQmyp$

Close Putin Ally Warns ‘Nuclear Dystopia’ Is On Horizon If US Destabilizes Russia: “…here is the result: the largest nuclear power with an unstable political regime, weak leadership, a collapsed economy & the maximum number of nuclear warheads aimed at targets in the US and Europe.” NATO also appears to be heightening its military readiness posture in Eastern European allied countries, sending more troops near Ukraine, while at the same time vowing not to directly enter the conflict, according to the latest words of Jens Stoltenberg.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/military/here-are-all-latest-news-and-developments-ukraine-war-march-23__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8FyXN3hBj$

Three takeaways from House GOP retreat as McCarthy, caucus eye return to majority https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2022/03/25/three-takeaways-from-house-gop-retreat-as-mccarthy-caucus-eye-return-to-majority/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F9ai-yuz$

Rep. Filemon Vela To Leave Congress Early For Law Firm Job. Vela had recused himself from any matters involving Akin Gump https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/24/filemon-vela-resign/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F5SnGN39$

# Legal / DOJ
Rights for rapists. In multiple states, rapists can sue their victims for parental custody.
Rape survivors say they need stronger laws restricting rapists’ parental rights to keep themselves and their families safe https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prismreports.org/2022/03/22/in-multiple-states-rapists-can-sue-their-victims-for-parental-custody/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F80gxHvD$

How Parental Rights for Rapists Vary By State: According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, estimates show there are between
17,000 and 32,000 rape-related pregnancies in the country every year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/you-cant-take-my-daughter/articles/how-parental-rights-for-rapists-vary-by-state__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F8cQt8Tx$

Why Is the Manhattan DA Returning Evidence in Trump Case? There have been several signs in recent days that the Manhattan district attorney isn’t going to charge Donald Trump.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-is-the-manhattan-district-attorney-returning-evidence-to-witnesses-in-the-donald-trump-case__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F6vVPzww$

Washington Teens Accused of Beating Muslim Boy for an Hour: The teens, who have been charged with hate crimes, allegedly threatened to kill the victim’s family if he talked about the beating.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.heraldnet.com/news/teens-charged-with-hate-crime-in-islamophobic-attack-near-lynnwood/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8FwwiIYo6$

# LGBTQ
Targeting trans Texans again, Ken Paxton investigating pharmaceuticals over puberty blockers. Paxton’s claims that the companies engaged in deceptive marketing practices are part of his ongoing effort to limit access to gender-affirming health care for transgender teens.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/24/transgender-texas-paxton-pharmaceutical/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F8_b_K4w$

# Medical / Health Care
Two drugs show promise in rejuvenating lung epithelial progenitor cells damaged by COPD.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-drugs-rejuvenating-lung-epithelial-progenitor.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8FyAlUd2d$

Democrats Schedule First COVID-Era Hearing on Medicare for All: The hearing comes as progressives are waging a new congressional push for Medicare for All.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-schedule-first-covid-era-hearing-on-medicare-for-all/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8Fx5Lqx9k$

# Military / DOD
Senators called for increased funding for U.S. military operations in Central and South America to counter illicit drug trafficking and rising influence from China and Russia, as the White House prepares to release a defense budget plan next week https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/americas/2022-03-24/southcom-funding-senators-china-russia-defense-budget-5465561.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F30WjKLv$

# Nuclear
There Is No Such Thing as a ‘Small’ Nuclear Strike: The deployment of nuclear weapons, however “small,” means untold death and destruction. In order for nuclear deterrence to work, we must be willing to kill millions of people. That is a grisly proposition, but it is the possible end state of a policy on which we rely.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://armscontrolcenter.org/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-small-nuclear-war/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F9IVBuAP$

# Space
Stunning image of bizarre space bubbles: Astronomers have captured a rare image of ‘odd radio circles’, rare space objects made up of gigantic rings of radio waves. Only five of these massive balls of radio waves have ever been spotted, with most containing a galaxy at their centre.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.space.com/8643-spectacular-space-bubble-photographed-hubble.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!htMIZNeg7t6fyB7_W7bpdUBBhbaMZisaLT0PcIOpCdD-s0ThziQEhT_Lrwn8F7-T4x6H$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-03-24

Voices, The Peoples News

March 24, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Border / Immigration
Biden will welcome 100,000 of the 3.6M Ukrainian refugees fleeing Putin’s war https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://timesnewsnetwork.com/news/entertainment/biden-will-welcome-100000-of-the-3-6m-ukrainian-refugees-fleeing-putins-war/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4ArbrGpC$

# Covid / Pandemics
What do we mean by ‘COVID-19 changes your brain’? The events of our lives are reflected in the size, shape and behavior of our constantly changing brains. The effects of COVID-19 changes aren’t clear.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coronavirus-covid-brain-change-size-shape__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4HvA2BPy$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
‘Jaw-dropping’: Wall Street bonuses have soared 1,743% since 1985. A new analysis finds that if the federal minimum wage had increased at the same rate, it would currently be $61.75 an hour.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/23/jaw-dropping-wall-street-bonuses-have-soared-1743-1985__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4EOw2Zre$

# Education / Schools
Minnesota Schools in Turmoil Over ‘Horrifying’ Snapchats Calling for Bombing of Native Students https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/vile-snapchats-against-native-students-roil-minnesota-cloquet-esko-high-schools__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4HeUzf6p$

How the way we’re taught to round numbers in school falls short: A rounding technique taught in school doesn’t work well for machine learning or quantum computing, but an alternative approach does, researchers say.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rounding-numbers-stochastic-machine-learning-quantum-computing__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4CAsJ_kl$

North Texas superintendent orders books removed from schools, targeting titles about transgender people: The Granbury superintendent’s comments, made on a leaked recording, raise constitutional concerns, legal experts said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/were-going-to-be-conservative-official-orders-books-removed-from-schools-targeting-titles-about-transgender-people__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4NiXg6du$

Book bans are soaring in schools across the country, with dozens of school districts in at least eight states, including Texas, threatening to ban hundreds of titles. Librarians are fighting back and scrambling to protect children’s freedom to read.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2022/03/02/school-book-bans-spark-growing-activism-across-the-us/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4CynLJ-h$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical “Gas Stations Will Run Dry”: Catastrophic Scenario For Diesel Emerging According To World’s Biggest Energy Traders. “The diesel market is extremely tight. It’s going to get tighter and will probably lead into stock outs.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/gas-stations-will-run-dry-catastrophic-scenario-diesel-emerging-according-worlds-largest__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4L5CunAe$

While Texas’ top oil and gas regulators were deciding whether to permit a disputed oil waste disposal site, their campaigns raised tens of thousands of dollars from donors tied to the case. Texas Railroad Commissioners who heard the case accepted nearly $250,000 in campaign contributions from donors involved in the matter.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/03/texas-regulators-deciding-disputed-oil-waste-disposal-permit-recieved-thousands-dollars-donors-tied-case/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4NGJM3-C$

# Global Politics
As Ukraine Invasion Stalls, Putin Looks to Cyber for Revenge Attack on U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-invasion-stalls-putin-looks-cyber-revenge-attack-us-1691096__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4KPfjAJ0$

Insiders Warn Notorious Foreign Rebels Will Join Putin’s War. Dozens of ex-rebels in a group that has been accused of rape and torture in the Central African Republic are being trained to fight in Ukraine https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/central-african-republic-officials-warn-notorious-union-for-peace-rebels-to-join-putins-war-in-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4BncYhBo$

# Gov / Politics
Western leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday will agree to strengthen their forces in Eastern Europe and increase military aid to Ukraine as the Russian assault on its neighbour entered its second month.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.assahifa.com/english/world/western-leaders-discuss-tougher-action-on-russia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4OXVFk0V$

Four weeks into Ukraine invasion, evidence points to Russian war crimes, US says Biden administration cites attacks on hospitals as NATO leaders prepare to increase pressure on Moscow https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-accuses-russia-ofwar-crimes-in-ukraine-11648059164?mod=e2tw__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4GWBgyWd$

Ketanji Brown Jackson Hearings Put Democrat Crime Record in GOP Crosshairs https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/ketanji-brown-jackson-hearings-put-democrat-crime-record-gop-crosshairs-1689839__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4E_g0ZZN$

Mitch McConnell Downplays Cawthorn, Greene as ‘a Few Lonely Voices’ in GOP https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/mitch-mcconnell-downplays-cawthorn-greene-few-lonely-voices-gop-1689829__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4HVoFTEv$

Democrats seek SEC action on foreign influence in elections: The Securities and Exchange Commission should adopt regulations to identify foreign-owned companies that spend corporate funds to influence elections https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2022/03/24/democrats-seek-sec-action-on-foreign-influence-in-elections/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4Io2ldvv$

In “Unprecedented” Move, SCOTUS Throws Out Wisconsin Maps That Gave More Power to Black Voters https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/03/supreme-court-voting-rights-shredder-wisconsin.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4FD6z6Yo$

From Moscow to Washington, the barbarism and hypocrisy don’t justify each other Our real enemy is war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/03/23/moscow-washington-barbarism-and-hypocrisy-dont-justify-each-other__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4A13oO3A$

DOJ files voting rights lawsuit against Galveston County, Tx, challenging redistricting plan https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abc13.com/justice-department-files-lawsuit-galveston-county-redistricting-allegations/11678117/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4DnNtXls$

Russian oligarch made political contributions to Sen. Schumer and the oligarch’s associates spent millions on U.S. influence https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/03/russian-oligarch-made-political-contributions-to-sen-schumer-and-the-oligarchs-associates-spent-millions-on-u-s-influence/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4IdcXZFi$

Arizona Senate Approves GOP Bill That Could Spur U.S.’s “Most Extreme Voter Purge”: The bill targets voters born outside the United States for investigation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/arizona-senate-approves-gop-bill-that-could-spur-uss-most-extreme-voter-purge/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4IAPYmdA$

# Law Enforcement
Driver dies after her arm is ripped off in horror carjacking: The 73-year-old got her arm and clothing stuck in the seatbelt, which led to both getting ripped off as the attackers continued to drive off for nearly an entire city block while she dragged behind https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/driver-dies-after-her-arm-is-ripped-off-in-horror-carjacking/ar-AAVpF53?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4GNbKSNj$

Almost 30 years ago, a baby was found in the woods. Does the mother now belong in prison? For 26 years, she carried a dark secret about a young pregnancy. Now genetic genealogy has turned her life upside down.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newslanes.com/2022/03/24/26-years-ago-a-baby-was-found-in-the-woods-does-the-mother-now-belong-in-prison/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4A81Z5HK$

# Legal / DOJ
New York Prosecutor Says He Resigned Over Failure to Charge Trump, Who Is ‘Guilty of Multiple Felony Violations.’ “The team that has been investigating Mr. Trump harbors no doubt about whether he committed crimes — he did,” Mark Pomeranz wrote in February https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-guilty-numerous-felonies-former-manhattan-prosecutor-1326096/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4B3CzHdo$

Jan. 6 Panel Will Hold Two Trumpists in Contempt of Congress. Dan Scavino and Peter Navarro ignored subpoenas issued to them by the House committee investigating the Capitol riot.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/599624-jan-6-panel-seeking-contempt-for-scavino-navarro__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4PKv40ON$

# LGBTQ
Arizona House votes to prohibit gender-reassignment surgery. The Arizona House has voted to prohibit gender-reassignment surgery and was scheduled to vote later on a bill banning transgender athletes from playing on girls sports teams.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.abc15.com/news/state/arizona-house-votes-to-prohibit-gender-reassignment-surgery__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4LXms5N7$

# Media
Social media crackdowns during the war in Ukraine make the internet less global Social media has become an important battleground, and now stands to split along geopolitical lines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ukraine-russia-war-social-media-tiktok-telegram__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4H0nVPZr$

# Medical / Health Care
South Dakota governor signs law further restricting access to medication
abortions: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Wednesday signed a bill that would make the state one of the most difficult places to get abortion pills, though most of the law will not be enacted unless the state prevails in a federal court battle.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-kristi-noem-legislature-south-dakota-10e9e3a673cefb3467f7233c286de572__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4OuTrqz4$

Scientists Found Microplastics in People’s Blood for the First Time: The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4FWXp3a-$

Another US state passed a law allowing abortion providers to be sued in civil court, as conservatives across the country ramp up their effort to overturn long-held reproductive rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2550532163540/another-us-state-passes-abortion-bounty-hunter-law__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4M1CfnVW$

Arizona Passes 15-Week Abortion Ban, Same As Mississippi Supreme Court Now Weighing. The bill outlaws all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy except in the case of medical emergencies, and makes it a felony for doctors to perform abortions in violation of the law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2022/03/24/arizona-passes-15-week-abortion-ban—same-as-mississippi-law-supreme-court-now-weighing/?sh=982097b4b35a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4O4Ugb8g$

# Military / DOD
The head of the NATO military alliance said member states will help Ukraine cope with any use of chemical weapons and urged Russia to stop “saber-rattling” over a nuclear attack.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-23/nato-to-help-ukraine-deal-with-chemical-threats-from-russia__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4JEy7Ws3$

U.S., NATO will take “hard look” at European security footprint no matter how the Ukrainian fight goes, U.S. official says.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/03/us-sends-more-missiles-ukraine-mulls-larger-permanent-force-europe/363543/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4Pdaygjn$

Multidomain operations concept will become doctrine this summer. The U.S. Army has spent roughly five years refining its multidomain operations warfighting concept and it will become doctrine in June https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/land/2022/03/23/multidomain-operations-concept-will-become-doctrine-this-summer/?fr=operanews__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4Afx5Az0$

# Military / Global
Close Putin Ally Warns ‘Nuclear Dystopia’ Is On Horizon If US Destabilizes Russia: Putin put Russia’s nuclear defense systems on high alert, raising fears of an escalation between the U.S. and Russia, two nuclear superpowers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/599433-close-putin-ally-warns-of-nuclear-dystopia__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4KOHPZ7T$

Somalia: Five dead in attack on military base near airport. At least five people, including two of the attackers, were killed during a raid by armed fighters on an army base near the Somali capital’s international airport, a diplomatic memo said https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/24/somalia-five-dead-in-attack-on-military-base-near-airport__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4LG0oJXH$

Myanmar’s junta chief created a special command a day after last year’s coup that was solely responsible for deployment and operations of troops in urban areas, and authorised lethal attacks on unarmed civilians, human rights investigators said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/myanmar-special-command-authorised-lethal-attacks-civilians-report-2022-03-24/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4CP_y6v5$

North Korea Test Fires Missile That Could Hit U.S. Cities: Japanese coast guard said the banned ballistic missile landed within Japan’s exclusive economic zone near the coast of Aomori, in northern Japan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/north-korea-fires-test-icbm-rocket-capable-of-hitting-us-mainland__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4GLQnOs1$

# Science
How gene therapy overcame high-profile failures: A dark period for gene therapy didn’t derail scientists determined to help patients. Tragic side effects plagued the field’s early years, but researchers are finding ways to minimize the risks https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-quest-to-overcome-gene-therapys-failures/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4MtNo4Al$

What made the last century’s great innovations possible? Science paved the way for antibiotics, lasers, computers and COVID-19 vaccines, but science alone was not enough.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencenews.org/article/century-scientific-innovation-invention-technology?utm_source=ourcommunitynow&utm_medium=web__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4EwGnTGU$

# Space
Space Force Down Under? Australia partners with the Pentagon on space defense.
The U.S. Space Force created in 2019 under President Donald Trump could have a partner as Australia takes a step toward creating its own https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/599191-australia-partnering-with-pentagon-for-new-space-command__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mZW8w8p6MC8mpCR7I2LZNKFm5FfkjbdLKab5OHTa_kXhSMXr_GFjiuSdrutQ4IBkvxEq$

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Due to the nature of independent content, Voices, The Peoples News cannot guarantee content validity.

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-03-23

Voices, The Peoples News

March 23, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Saving starving manatees will mean saving this crucial lagoon habitat.
An unprecedented die-off of manatees in Florida is now projected to last years. The state has allocated millions to clean up polluted waters and restore the seagrass manatees need to survive.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22032022/manatee-restoration-florida/?fr=operanews__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau-l6q75D$

4 Employees Charged With Animal Cruelty After Another Dog Dies At PetSmart https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://blog.theanimalrescuesite.greatergood.com/petsmart-poodle-kobe/?utm_source=glp-12t&utm_medium=social-fb&fbclid=IwAR1FBzV0VRwMqpbZ5_AsE8oaLf4mNqXL80jhgDn1lOjggY7nOSsYXXIzbW4__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau5FmqxrA$

# Covid / Pandemics
Home COVID tests can cause harm if not stored safely: FDA https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-home-covid-safely-fda.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauzkPxF2j$

Aspirin may improve three-month survival for patients critically ill with COVID-19 Antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin have little effect on the need for life support in COVID-19, but they may improve survival in the following months.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/234914/aspirin-improve-3-month-survival-patients-critically/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau-q9ugnl$

Doctors have successfully used vaccination to treat a patient with
COVID-19 in what is thought to be the first instance of the vaccine being used for therapy instead of prevention.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-scientists-vaccination-successfully-covid-.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauzQ9SZ4Z$

US Out Of Money For Buying Second Covid Booster Shots, Official Says https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://people.com/health/white-house-says-theyre-out-of-funding-to-pay-for-fourth-covid-vaccine-dose-for-all-americans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau40K2PZk$

Program That Funds Covid Testing And Treatment For The Uninsured Runs Dry https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://khn.org/morning-breakout/program-that-funds-covid-testing-and-treatment-for-the-uninsured-runs-dry/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau9G4b5dR$

Federal Agency Ends COVID Coverage for Uninsured After GOP Blocks Funds https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/federal-agency-ends-covid-coverage-for-uninsured-after-gop-blocks-funds/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau3eEcNdI$

Biden Administration to Stop Reimbursing Hospitals for Covid-19 Care for Uninsured. Hospitals and administration urge lawmakers to approve more funding for program https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-administration-to-stop-reimbursing-hospitals-for-covid-19-care-for-uninsured-11647955166__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau11akfC5$

# Education / Schools
Highschoolers develop a cheap, eco-friendly filter to remove lead from tap water: Such a device may help millions avoid exposure to harmful, heavy metals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/highschool-lead-water-filter-83734534/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau_0rvLC1$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Enbridge crews punctured 3 aquifers during pipeline work in Minnesota https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.startribune.com/enbridge-crews-punctured-three-aquifers-during-line-3-oil-pipeline-construction-dnr-says/600158140/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauzMlKZRd$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global Ships Are Dumping Oil up to 3,000x per Year in Europe’s Waters, Investigation Finds https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/ships-dumping-oil-europe.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau6bmWFMr$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure While the Biden administration has touted last year’s $550 billion infrastructure package as a win for climate and equity, the federal government has limited control over how states spend the money.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/22/biden-infrastructure-spending-not-his-call-00015841?utm_medium=email__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauy7q1nWP$

Environmental groups sue the Interior Department for information on a recent leasing report that sidestepped the issue of climate change.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/22/politics/climate-groups-sue-interior-drilling-report-climate/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauzTASpPx$

The EPA is planning new emissions rules for gas-fired power plants, but the process could be curtailed if the Supreme Court rules against the agency’s climate authority.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-eyes-new-rule-for-gas-fired-power-plants/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauzTrfG-T$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Antarctica Crushes Records: The planet’s climate system appears to be entering an era unlike anything ever experienced throughout human history.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/23/antarctica-crushes-records/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauzt_lC57$

Despite warnings, destructive African dam project moves ahead. A massive hydroelectric dam under construction in Tanzania threatens to flood part of a famed game reserve and deprive villages and mangrove forests of the water they depend on. Fear of the country’s authoritarian government has silenced the project’s critics.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.worldfinance.com/featured/tanzanias-hydroelectric-dam-project-charges-ahead-despite-environmental-concerns__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauyy-GMaV$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other / Global Believing shipment was GMO crops, anti-technology organization ‘Extinction Rebellion’ illegally dumps 1,5000 tons of conventional wheat intended to feed poultry in countries hard hit by Ukrainian war https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/03/23/believing-shipment-was-gmo-crops-anti-technology-organization-extinction-rebellion-illegally-dumps-15000-tons-of-conventional-wheat-intended-to-feed-poultry-in-countries-hard-hit-by-ukrai/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau6CtRLqE$

# General Information / Other News
Here’s how your trash gets recycled into new plastic bags: The shreds are dropped into a special liquid-filled machine with rotating paddles that force the shreds through the liquid to clean and partially liquefy them. This forms a sort of plastic shred mush that is pushed through the machine until it reaches the next phase of the recycling process https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://interestingengineering.com/video/trash-recycle-plastic-bags*:*:text=In*20this*20facility*2C*20the*20shreds,phase*20of*20the*20recycling*20process__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauzymi-HC$

Trump Rips the Heart Out of Groveling Loyalist by Rescinding Senate Endorsement https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-rips-heart-groveling-loyalist-135823703.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau_g-nAQ3$

# Global Politics
Navalny’s Big ‘Plan’ for Putin’s War Revealed: A 9-year-long sentence in a maximum security prison is not stopping the opposition leader and his team from taking on the Russian leader.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/alexei-navalnys-plan-for-vladimir-putins-war-in-ukraine-revealed__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau9JpIpdZ$

Egypt, UAE, Israel leaders meet for first ever three-way summit: Leaders of Egypt, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates have met for a three-way summit, the first of its kind since the UAE normalised relations with Israel, with the aftermath of the invasion of Ukraine, as well as the Iran nuclear deal, on the agenda https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/22/egypt-uae-israel-address-energy-and-food-stability-at-summit__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau7d4k54G$

Putin Envoy Quits Over Ukraine War, Leaves Russia: The man who first recommended Vladimir Putin for a job in the Kremlin is now the most senior figure to resign over the invasion of Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-reformer-chubais-leaves-post-putins-special-representative-source-2022-03-23/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau-Vjb-jO$

Ukraine Sees Signs Of Another Neighbor Planning ‘Direct Invasion.’ There are “signs of preparation…”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theepochtimes.com/ukraine-sees-signs-of-another-neighbor-planning-direct-invasion_4349517.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau0nNejXX$

Ukraine’s Propaganda War: International PR Firms, DC Lobbyists and CIA
Cutouts: Dan Cohen reveals the network of foreign strategists, Washington DC lobbyists, and intelligence-linked media outlets behind Ukraine’s public relations blitz.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mintpressnews.com/ukraine-propaganda-war-international-pr-firms-dc-lobbyists-cia-cutouts/280012/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauwF8XD1n$

China, Eyeing Taiwan, Sees Lessons in Russia’s Reckless Ukraine War:
Ukraine offers Beijing a hazy window into its own future. Russia’s many failures and miscalculations in its blitzkrieg, and Moscow’s struggle to control in Ukraine against a fierce, well-armed, and highly motivated resistance, are tough meat for Xi’s Taiwan planners to chew on.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/china-taiwan-lessons-russia-ukraine-war-1687529?utm_source=PushnamiMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Recovery__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauzB9goIu$

# Gov / Politics
The GOP’s War on Abortion Is Now a War on Privacy Rights: These efforts represent the next phase of advancing Republican authoritarianism:
repealing the constitutional right to privacy affirmed by the Supreme Court in Griswold v. Connecticut over half a century ago.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/gops-war-abortion-now-war-privacy-rights-opinion-1690230__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau1bUW9j6$

US Unexpectedly Sanctions China Officials Hours After Demanding Beijing Condemn Russia. Blinken cited “human rights” related to Uighurs, however.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/us-expands-travel-bans-chinese-officials-hours-after-demanding-beijing-condemn-russia__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau9q8Nnoo$

Critics Blast ‘Absolutely Shocking’ Supreme Court Decision on Wisconsin Voting Maps. Journalist John Nichols called it “a stunning decision that confirms just how extreme the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority has become.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/23/critics-blast-absolutely-shocking-supreme-court-decision-wisconsin-voting-maps__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauxkTKzSC$

US formally accuses Russian forces of committing war crimes in Ukraine https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/23/russia-war-crimes-ukraine-us-blinken__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau-BFg9Bt$

# Law Enforcement
Dashcam video released showing officer fatally shooting unarmed man.
Cassandra Dollard was arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter.
She was also terminated from the Hemingway Police Department.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/03/23/dashcam-video-released-showing-officer-fatally-shooting-unarmed-man/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauxjLCfhN$

Thieves With Sledgehammers Steal $5 Million In Jewelry From Beverly Hills Store In Broad Daylight https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/23/sledgehammer-steal-jewelry-beverly-hills-california/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau4lxfHkn$

# Legal / DOJ
Beto Vows to ‘Never Back Down’ Against Billionaire’s Lawsuit: The Texas gubernatorial candidate has demanded a public trial against a Dallas oil tycoon’s defamation lawsuit, saying, “I am ready for this fight.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/beto-orourke-vows-to-never-back-down-against-billionaire-kelcy-warrens-frivolous-defamation-lawsuit__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau59BWNSy$

# Medical / Health Care
Google, MEDITECH and the Future of Electronic Health Records: At the March 2022 conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Google announced a partnership with MEDITECH, a giant in the field of electronic health records (EHRs). If this deal pans out, Google will embed its clinical software technology into MEDITECH’s EHRs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/google-meditech-and-the-future-of-electronic-health-records/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau6nKhHep$

Planned Parenthood: Texas congressional Democrats urged the Biden administration to allow Texans on Medicaid to receive family planning services from Planned Parenthood. About 8,000 Medicaid recipients were seen at clinics in Texas for non-abortion-related services before Texas dropped the health care provider from its Medicaid program https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-legislators-ask-biden-administration-to-reinstate-planned-parenthood-as-a-medicaid-provider/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau-lj-Vi2$

A Brain Implant Could Restore Communication for ALS Patients: Some neurodegenerative diseases steal the ability to talk or even move. A new computer technology could help patients regain their voice, so to speak.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.technologynetworks.com/neuroscience/news/for-the-first-time-a-completely-locked-in-patient-can-communicate-thanks-to-brain-implant-359819__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau01JvnvG$

Proposed Missouri anti-abortion bill would ban women from life-saving ectopic pregnancy surgery https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/03/23/proposed-missouri-anti-abortion-bill-would-ban-women-from-life-saving-ectopic-pregnancy-surgery/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauz3K_GyT$

A non-hormonal pill could soon expand men’s birth control options: Men’s birth control options, and, therefore, responsibilities, could soon be expanding.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.healthline.com/health-news/nonhormonal-birth-control-for-men-shows-promise-in-early-research__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau3RkBkXD$

Novel therapy could help people with asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis and cancer-related lung disease: A multicenter research team co-led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center developed the first drug to treat the uncontrolled secretion of mucins in the airways, which causes potentially life-threatening symptoms in millions of Americans https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/novel-therapy-could-help-people-with-asthma-copd-cystic-fibrosis-and-cancer-related-lung-disease.h00-159538167.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauyolJ1Qc$

# Military / DOD
An independent commission will review the military’s suicide prevention efforts. Despite more than a decade’s worth of effort to prevent suicides among service members, the numbers continue to rise, including a 16-percent jump during 2020 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2022/03/22/an-independent-commission-will-review-the-militarys-suicide-prevention-efforts/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau85gvTi_$

An Army vet’s realization in Ukraine: ‘So horrible or heartbreaking that you can’t continue’: After spending 13 hours hiking into enemy territory and back to retrieve the body of a Georgian soldier who had been killed near Irpin, Ukraine, U.S. Army veteran Hieu Le knew that his war was over.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://taskandpurpose.com/news/american-army-veteran-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau1PN__Ib$

US poised to have three armored brigades in Europe at once as troop numbers climb. The Army soon is likely to have three armored brigades in Europe for the first time in well over a decade.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-03-22/us-army-tanks-europe-poland-russia-ukraine-5433311.html?utm_source=ourcommunitynow&utm_medium=web__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau3CcY2vF$

US Sending Soviet Anti-Air Defense Systems To Ukraine That Were ‘Secretly Acquired decades ago…’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/599109-us-sending-secretly-acquired-soviet-air-defense-equipment-to-ukraine-report__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau4u-Xxup$

# Military / Global
Russia’s alleged use of first hypersonic missile in combat downplayed by US military and allies. Russia’s defense ministry claimed its military used hypersonic missiles against an underground ammunition warehouse as well as a fuel depot last weekend, reportedly marking the first-ever use of the new type of weapon in combat https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/03/22/russias-alleged-use-of-first-hypersonic-missile-combat-downplayed-us-military-and-allies.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau5b7G6-7$

Russia sends more warships through Japanese strait, halts peace treaty talks after sanctions https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/03/e9da51ceb89c-urgent-russia-to-halt-peace-treaty-talks-with-japan-over-sanctions.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau-P-MLGw$

Viral Video Reportedly Shows Massive Gun Battle Near Kyiv With Russian Forces https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/23/gun-battle-kyiv-nexta-viral-video-russia-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau8ZCk3_F$

# Nuclear
Finland is building a facility more than 1,000 feet below sea level to store nuclear waste for 100,000 years. Yikes! At 1,377 feet below sea level, Finland is making a permanent site to store its nuclear waste for centuries to come. The facility will be opened up in 2024 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://interestingengineering.com/finland-to-store-nuclear-waste-for-100000-years?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=mailing&utm_campaign=Newsletter-23-03-2022__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauwMQ5MGC$

# Science
Team develops new process for evaluating impacts of gene edits that alter rather than ‘knock out’ DNA code https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-team-impacts-gene-dna-code.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZau60jVdmr$

Researchers studying epileptic seizures of the temporal lobe, discovered a compound that reduces seizures in the hippocampus, a brain region where many such seizures originate. The compound, known as TC-2153, lessened the severity of seizures in mice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/356876441__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauym1vPZo$

Taste, temperature and pain sensations are neurologically linked, study finds https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/947087?utm_source=ourcommunitynow&utm_medium=web__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lmKE3Ee4KPIRy_L-8eE5GUohDmJBFD5IeKV4132t4psnZ3WiGuUUTYbtJuZauwiS7adz$

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ICE claims ‘unabated’ legal access in detention during pandemic. Legal groups dispute ICE’s report to Congress, outline ongoing concerns https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2022/03/22/ice-claims-unabated-legal-access-in-detention-during-pandemic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr–69K-bW$

# Children / Youth
Texas child welfare official resigns, saying top agency leaders scapegoated employees: “I’m frustrated with the system.” Justin Lewis, who recently resigned as the director of child care investigations for Texas’ protective services agency amid allegations of abuse at a Bastrop foster care facility https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/texas-child-welfare-official-resigns-saying-top-agency-leaders-scapegoated-employees__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-01NCl6h$

The European Adoption Consultants (EAC) is a business that was set up in
1991 by then President George H.W. Bush and Bill Barr, his Attorney General. This agency has been caught numerous times in its 41-year history trafficking children by fooling parents in poor countries with financial incentives. CNN actually did an investigation on the EAC in 2017, interviewing parents who had been lied to about their adopted children, and then found out from the children themselves that they had parents back in their home country who loved them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://healthimpactnews.com/2022/how-the-christian-church-and-u-s-government-work-together-to-traffick-children-worldwide-through-the-lucrative-adoption-business/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-9mce8I1$

# Covid / Pandemics
Saliva testing for COVID-19 quicker, safer than nasal swabs: Genetic testing of saliva samples identifies the SARS-CoV-2 virus more quickly than testing of nasal swabs. The research is published March 21 in Microbiology Spectrum, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://scitechdaily.com/saliva-testing-for-covid-19-is-quicker-and-safer-than-nasal-swabs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr–1L25RE$

COVID-Fueled Solitary Confinement Still Plagues Prisons and Jails: Two years into the pandemic, prisons are still using torturous conditions over depopulating prisons to stop the spread.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://solitarywatch.org/2022/03/22/covid-fueled-solitary-confinement-still-plagues-prisons-and-jails/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-2uBuUrE$

# Education / Schools
School District To Host An Event Open To ‘Priority Families Only,’
Separating Attendees By Skin Color: “Priority families” is a term defined on the flyer as “families of color, free/reduced lunch, families who have a child with disabilities and families who first language is not english.” The final two hours of the event will be “open to all families,” the flyer says.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dailycaller.com/2022/03/22/cambridge-public-schools-priority-families/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-wCud_eO$

# Employment / Labor
How a new Jeep factory In Detroit turned into a civil rights fight: The plant — and its 5,000 jobs, was seen as a victory for the city, until residents got sick.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://finance.yahoo.com/news/jeep-factory-detroit-turned-civil-110018517.html?utm_source=ourcommunitynow&utm_medium=web__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-xCHK3Vq$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical “I had to return my vehicle”: Rideshare drivers are struggling to pay their bills amid rising gas prices. Many drivers were barely making ends meet even before the cost of gas began to skyrocket. Now some are looking for new jobs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andreaklick/gas-prices-uber-lyft-rideshare-drivers__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-wfApQiv$

Big Oil profits when prices surge, and corporations will cash in on this crisis. Oil and gas in Colorado is unlikely to ramp up production even as prices soar https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.denverpost.com/2022/03/14/colorado-oil-gas-prices-fracking-public-lands-russia-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-5TNbNRN$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Why Are Large Sinkholes Opening in the Arctic Seabed? Mapping technology reveals dramatic and rapid changes to seafloor bathymetry from the Arctic shelf edge in the Canadian Beaufort Sea. This massive sinkhole developed in just nine years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/sinkholes-arctic-seabed.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-zZJDEKl$

Climate Change Is Destabilizing Earth’s Polar Regions. The ice shelf was cracking up. Surveys showed warm ocean water eroding its underbelly.
Satellite imagery revealed long, parallel fissures in the frozen expanse, like scratches from some clawed monster. One fracture grew so big, so fast, scientists took to calling it “the dagger.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2021/12/14/climate-change-has-destabilized-the-earths-polar-regions-ripple-effects-will-be-felt-around-the-globe/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-0yAkR6p$

Pharmaceutical water pollution detected deep in the Brazilian Amazon:
Amazon Basin urban centers are contaminating the Amazon, Negro, Tapajós and Tocantins rivers with pharmaceuticals and wastewater https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/pharmaceutical-water-pollution-detected-deep-in-the-brazilian-amazon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-5nJZF8V$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other Mercury found in skin lightening and anti-ageing creams sold online:
Zero Mercury Working Group tested 271 products from 15 countries and found nearly half to be contaminated at levels above 1ppm.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/21/skin-lightening-anti-ageing-creams-mercury-contamination-study__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr–HG9063$

# Global Politics
Here’s one story about the Ukraine war that has not received sufficient
attention: A former Russian deputy prime minister who has remained part of the Moscow power structure, has spoken out against Putin’s brutal and illegal invasion. Former Top Kremlin Official Who Chairs Global Chess Federation Decries Russia’s War on Ukraine, “My thoughts are with Ukrainian civilians,” says Arkady Dvorkovich.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/chess-grandmasters-putin-russia-ukraine-war/?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-03-22-2022__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-6S0-RIG$

EU nations circle the wagons in new ‘Strategic Compass’: Officials had hastened to rewrite the document since the war began in late February, replacing the diplomatic approach where a would-be adversary is unnamed with plain language painting Russia as an aggressor against its neighbor and as a threat to Europe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2022/03/21/eu-nations-circle-the-wagons-in-new-strategic-compass/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-8GFG5-i$

Ukraine rejects Russian demand for surrender in Mariupol: Ukrainian officials defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags Monday in exchange for safe passage out of the besieged strategic port city.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-refuses-surrender-mariupol-russia-warns-humanitarian-catastrophe-2022-03-21/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr–xg0_Mv$

Can China broker an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine? They’re longtime strategic partners but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is testing the strength of Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping’s relationship, Tania Branigan explains https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2022/mar/22/can-china-broker-an-end-to-russias-war-in-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-__kbW77$

Putin’s Holy Man Pushed for the ‘Eradication’ of Ukraine: Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill appears to be just as bloodthirsty as Vladimir Putin himself.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-putins-holy-man-russian-orthodox-patriarch-kirill-pushed-for-the-eradication-of-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-xxiD04p$

In a tough statement, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that relations between Moscow and the U.S. could be completely severed because of Biden’s remarks and steps by the U.S. government to punish Russia over its invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/599048-russia-warns-us-that-relations-near-breaking-point__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-9Z0eZGm$

Congress Again Rewards Israel’s Misdeeds: To judge by what Congress is up to these days, one would think that it wants to reward Israel for its relentless confiscation of Palestinian land and continued ethnic cleansing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://original.antiwar.com/srichman/2022/03/20/congress-again-rewards-israels-misdeeds/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-18tUp-M$

US, Ukraine quietly try to pierce Putin’s propaganda bubble: The U.S.
and Ukraine have knocked back Russian President Vladimir Putin’s efforts to falsely frame the narrative of his brutal war, but they are struggling to get a more accurate view of the Kremlin’s invasion in front of the Russian people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-technology-business-media-4e5083e473f56ef728115fbfef3dbf31__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-036pJCF$

# Gov / Politics
Voting: Voters in Tarrant County are frustrated after seeing hundreds of ballots rejected due to Texas’ new election law. It was reported that
800 ballots in Tarrant County alone were tossed — three in the Republican primary and 815 in the Democratic primary.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article259268834.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-1um3yvb$

Hannity was boosting and exploiting a Russian effort to undermine and diminish Biden. He cited a war criminal’s nasty potshot at Biden as evidence that Biden was weak and that this supposed weakness had led to the war criminal’s war crimes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1504993144886026247?utm_source=mj-newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-newsletter-03-22-2022__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-0Bxqc68$

# Law Enforcement
NYPD Sued Over ‘Illegal and Unregulated DNA Database’ of 33,000
Profiles: The Legal Aid Society has filed a federal class-action lawsuit against the NYPD and top city officials, claiming that the police have been operating “an illegal and unregulated DNA database” — taking samples from individuals as young as 12-years-old when they’re at the scene of an incident or in the precinct.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecrimereport.org/2022/03/22/nypd-sued-over-illegal-and-unregulated-dna-database-of-33000-profiles/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr–UuKDAh$

# LGBTQ
GOP Attacks Threaten Gender-Affirming Care for a Third of Trans Youth in the U.S.
Fifteen states are moving to restrict gender-affirming care for an estimated 58,000 youth and young adults.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/gop-attacks-threaten-gender-affirming-care-for-a-third-of-trans-youth-in-the-us/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-_DOpGHE$

# Medical / Health Care Global
An international team of researchers has found that some cancer cells are able to make up for a loss of tryptophan by conducting codon reassignments that allow for the production of phenylalanine “substitutants” (a word they coined to describe the peptides involved in their work).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-cancer-cells-depleted-tryptophan-phenylalanine.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-zcAuJHh$

# Medical / Health Care
Major credit agencies will drop most medical debt from reports: Most medical debt will be dropped from Americans’ credit reports as of this summer, the top three credit reporting agencies said Friday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-03-major-credit-agencies-medical-debt.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-xAI7Ur4$

Nurses urge upstream approach to clean water and health: Too often, health professionals are called on to treat patients with conditions that could have been prevented, with quality primary care https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/nurses-clean-water-2657002725.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-9PbNfg-$

Drug combination shows effectiveness in patients with recurrent ER-positive endometrial cancer. A combination therapy that targets cancer cells from within and without caused tumours to shrink or stabilise in 75% of patients with recurrent or persistent oestrogen
receptor- (ER-) positive endometrial cancer, results from a recent clinical trial show.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ecancer.org/en/news/21682-drug-combination-shows-effectiveness-in-patients-with-recurrent-er-positive-endometrial-cancer*:*:text=A*20combination*20therapy*20that*20targets,a*20recent*20clinical*20trial*20show__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-zf8FPoP$ .

Scientists uncover new targets for treating Parkinson’s disease.
Compounds already exist to potentially treat both inherited and non-inherited cases https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/news/media/releases/researchers_uncover_new_biological_target_for_combating_parkinsons_disease__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-68byXpf$

Metabolomic study links inhaled cortical steroid treatment for asthma to adrenal suppression. Concerns persist that ICS may reduce production of the steroid hormone cortisol in the body leading to adrenal suppression.
While initial adrenal suppression symptoms are subtle, continued progression can lead to fatigue, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting and psychiatric symptoms.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.technologynetworks.com/proteomics/news/metabolomic-study-links-asthma-treatment-to-adrenal-suppression-359801__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-25zM5-f$

Study shows that intranasal Rx halts memory decay in experimental Alzheimer’s model A research collaboration has found that applying specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators intranasally arrested memory loss and brain degeneration in an experimental model of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/213f0d998db71456f9a816236efe4243-Study-shows-that-intranasal-Rx-halts-memory-decay-in-experimental-Alzheimers-model__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-xCIZDcb$

Researchers discover that anti-malaria drugs can fight pulmonary
disease: A research team at Colorado State University has discovered that drugs used to treat malaria are also effective at treating a pulmonary disease similar to tuberculosis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220321162717.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-zbv60-b$

# Military / DOD
Amid Russia’s War, Some U.S. Hawks Are Calling for Trillion-Dollar Military Budget Before this country succumbs to calls for a return to Cold War-style Pentagon spending, it’s important to note that the United States is already spending substantially more than it did at the height of the Korean and Vietnam Wars or, in fact, any other moment in that first Cold War.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/amid-russias-war-some-us-hawks-are-calling-for-trillion-dollar-military-budget/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-zgHxiqQ$

Soldiers integrate air defense for the first time in major Alaska exercise. The recent biennial, large-scale arctic warfighting exercise in Alaska that puts soldiers, airmen and a mix of the other services to the test defending the far north saw its own first — air defense integration.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://darik.news/alaska/troops-integrate-air-defense-for-the-first-time-in-major-alaska-exercise/202203522089.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-wG3hf9x$

First Marine platoon of operational ACVs training with USS Anchorage for deployment later this year: The nearly dozen amphibious combat vehicles swam toward the shore, their shuttered hatches providing long-slung silhouettes in the Pacific as USS Anchorage (LPD-23) lingered a mile offshore.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.usni.org/2022/03/21/first-marine-platoon-of-operational-acvs-training-with-uss-anchorage-for-deployment-later-this-year__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-6Ahlp1q$

# Military / Global
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: List of key events from day 27: The focal point is Mariupol, a strategically important southern port that has suffered some of the heaviest bombardment since Russia invaded. Many of its 400,000 residents remain trapped as fighting rages around them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/22/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-list-of-key-events-from-day-27__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-wNjWeTb$

The smaller bombs that could turn Ukraine into a nuclear war zone:
Military experts say a new generation of nuclear weapons has raised the risk that Vladimir Putin might introduce less destructive arms in and around Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-smaller-bombs-that-could-turn-ukraine-into-a-nuclear-war-zone/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-_IU_ZRH$

Ukraine military tells residents to brace for indiscriminate Russian
shelling: Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday residents should brace for more indiscriminate Russian shelling of critical infrastructure.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-says-russia-is-considering-using-chemical-biological-weapons-ukraine-2022-03-22/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-7ZlAGSH$

Russia may not stop with Ukraine, NATO looks to its weakest link: Hours after Russian missiles first struck Ukrainian cities on Feb. 24, German naval commander Terje Schmitt-Eliassen received notice to sail five warships under his command to the former Soviet Republic of Latvia to help protect the most vulnerable part of NATO’s eastern flank https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-may-not-stop-with-ukraine-nato-looks-its-weakest-link-2022-03-21/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-07pvvpu$

Japan spots Russian amphibious ships traveling between its islands: Four landing ship tanks, including one with its deck full of military trucks, were seen sailing in the Pacific Ocean westbound in the middle of last week https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/japan-spots-four-russian-amphibious-transports-sailing-far-east-2022-03-17/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-5J2fQ9E$

“Absolute Hellscape”: Human Rights Watch Decries Russian Bombing & Siege of Mariupol: As Russian forces continue to besiege Ukrainian cities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused them of reducing the southern city of Mariupol to ashes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/22/headlines/zelensky_says_russia_is_reducing_mariupol_to_ashes_russian_troops_fire_on_kherson_protesters__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-9QwQkj5$

Ukraine retakes key Kyiv suburb; battle for Mariupol rages: Ukraine said it retook a strategically important suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, while its forces battled Russian attempts to occupy the encircled southern port city https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-europe-58eb1948eae037b72218abca32131498__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-_VxIY-Q$

# Social
Shootings of five homeless people in NY and DC highlight routine violence against the unhoused population. Moreover, the risk of homelessness is growing as eviction moratoriums enacted during the pandemic expire, rental assistance funds run out, and housing prices around the country reach record highs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/venessawong/violence-against-homeless__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mFVHvrYUepraEh3NE0O2C7aYab-XAiF27adQQT3iVGTe8lUcyvzoUsYT29Qr-xoTrtVk$

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# Border / Immigration
What is Operation Lone Star? March 6, 2021 | Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) launched Operation Lone Star to combat the smuggling of people and drugs into Texas. The Operation integrates DPS with the Texas National Guard and deploys air, ground, marine, tactical border security assets to high threat areas to deny Mexican Cartels and other smugglers ability to move drugs and people into Texas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-dps-launch-operation-lone-star-to-address-crisis-at-southern-border__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx2eE5jMK$

“We’re spending millions and billions of dollars in trying to manage something. But instead of getting me the plumber to stop the leak, they’re sending me people to mop up the floor.” Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez on Operation Lone Star https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/21/operation-lone-star-lacks-clear-metrics-measure-accomplishments/*:*:text=The*20evidence*20doesn’t*20back,busts*20from*20across*20the*20state__;I34lJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxyjPe6IC$ .

# Covid / Pandemics
CDC Removes 24 Percent of Child COVID-19 Deaths, Thousands of Others –Several deaths have drowning as a cause of death; several others were listed as being from a gun discharge, according to an Epoch Times review of the death codes. –Nearly a quarter of the pediatric COVID-19 deaths had vanished.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theepochtimes.com/cdc-removes-24-percent-of-child-covid-19-deaths-thousands-of-others_4345083.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxzF9F-9N$

AstraZeneca Says New Drug Works Against Omicron Subvariants. New pharmaceutical also works against super-infections Omicron variants, according to a U.S. study.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/astrazeneca-says-evusheld-its-new-covid-drug-works-against-omicron-subvariants?ref=home__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxx6dyWsm$

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Bidens war with Russia could bankrupt the US! Biden wants American taxpayers to foot the bill for a trillion dollar war with Russia with even higher inflation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/biden-make-remarks-growing-threat-russian-invasion-ukraine-rcna16335__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx7OzxtYK$

Americans needs to prepare for an economic collapse. Russia is gearing up to launch a massive cyberattack on banks and financial institutions if the US interfers. There’s a difference between crisis and collapse https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-economy-collapse-what-will-happen-how-to-prepare-3305690__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx-teGBIa$

What are CBDCs? Biden’s executive order on crypto may lead to a U.S.
digital currency. Although President Biden’s executive order on Wednesday largely focused on cryptocurrencies, it was his mention of a U.S. digital currency that got the most attention.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fortune.com/2022/03/10/biden-executive-order-crypto-u-s-digital-currency-cbdc/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxwSMXP1E$

FTC says credit repair operation fleeced its clients. The Credit Repair Organizations Act. It makes it illegal for credit repair companies to lie about what they can do to clear up a clouded credit report, or charge upfront fees before they do the job they promised to do.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2019/06/ftc-says-credit-repair-company-en-croa-ched-consumer-rights__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx91NfIwV$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Biden administration plans to resume plans for federal oil and gas development https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/biden-administration-resumes-planning-for-oil-and-gas-drilling-leases-on-federal-lands__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxzaonBQw$

The man who could help big oil derail America’s climate fight: Phil Goldberg, a self-described ‘committed environmentalist’, has a powerful strategy to shield the largest oil companies in America.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/17/the-stealth-operative-for-big-oil-whos-out-to-derail-americas-climate-fight__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx5fWNA5F$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Barcoding Nature: The Largest Global Land Grab in Human History: “We abuse land because we see it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” Aldo Leopold https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.naturalblaze.com/2022/03/barcoding-nature-the-largest-global-land-grab-in-human-history.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx_PZ5QD0$

North Carolina: PFAS chemicals found in wells 25 miles from Chemours. A type of PFAS was detected in wells between Wade and Falcon, seven miles from the previously known border of contamination.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2022/03/19/pfas-found-in-cumberland-county-wells-25-miles-from-chemours/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx72NGgQz$

Weather conditions continue to fuel Texas wildfire. Two firefighters were injured fighting a blaze on Sunday, and more evacuations were ordered.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/texas-wildfire-map-update-evacuations-big-l-lipan-eastland-complex-1689887__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx3TT-m50$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Chemical from tires linked to mass salmon deaths in US found in Australia for first time. Scientists find 6PPD-quinone in Queensland creek and call for urgent research to see if local aquatic life was harmed https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/21/chemical-from-tyres-linked-to-mass-salmon-deaths-in-us-found-in-australia-for-first-time__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx7qOufTc$

Saskatchewan family fights Imperial Oil over land contamination. The Browns walked into a bank for routine financing. They walked away with a shocking land assessment, no business and little hope of selling their property https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/yorkton-saskatchewan-imperial-oil/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxwiUOOSD$

Heatwaves hit both poles at once: Temperature records were smashed in Antarctica last week https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/20/heatwaves-at-both-of-earth-poles-alarm-climate-scientists__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxxZFPqYO$

# Global Politics
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called Russia’s attack on Mariupol “a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come,” in a late night video address.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-60812438__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxxcXq7Sa$

Zelensky Announces Ban on 11 Political Parties: At the onset of the Feb.
24 invasion, Zelensky signed a measure that established martial law and general mobilization.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/ukraine-ban-political-parties-russian-ties-af264ecd-9ad4-4e98-9f87-76f32300fd5f.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx7-IEhOv$

Time May Be Ukraine’s Biggest Ally in War Against Putin. The longer Russia’s war in Ukraine rages on, the more the Kremlin stands to lose.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/david-rothkopf-says-us-ukraine-nato-have-a-secret-weapon-against-russia-patience__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx7KDjZHE$

Moscow steps up assault on besieged port city as new diplomatic push begins. Ukraine Rejects Russian Ultimatum to Surrender Mariupol. Russian forces said that in exchange for a complete laying down of arms, civilians would be guaranteed safe passage out.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ft.com/content/5cf1d56a-1474-482b-be7c-5f928155c4a6__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx_Y_I3J7$

Zelenskyy Warns Of ‘Third World War’ If Negotiations With Putin Fail https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/598934-zelensky-says-if-negotiations-fail-with-russia-there-would-be-a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx5I4ByVa$

Putin puppet urges Russia to ‘take’ back Alaska, fine, trade for DC statehood. Isn’t it reassuring that Russia has its own unhinged, Trumpian-Marjorie Taylor Green-types?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/03/21/putin-puppet-urges-russia-to-take-back-alaska-fine-trade-for-dc-statehood/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxyJI2RCM$

Ukraine Rejects Russia’s Demand to Surrender Mariupol as Crisis Worsens:
“Mariupol residents have described a freezing hellscape riddled with dead bodies and destroyed buildings,” said one human rights advocate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/21/ukraine-rejects-russias-demand-surrender-mariupol-crisis-worsens__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx2HEKyNO$

Kremlin TV Just Declared War on… Arnold Schwarzenegger: Moscow’s mouthpieces did not take well to a recent video message from Arnold Schwarzenegger, in which he urged the Russian people to see through Putin’s web of lies on Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-state-tv-just-declared-war-on-arnold-schwarzenegger?source=articles&via=rss__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxw-ItRQm$

# Gov / Politics
New Mexico’s century-old constitution plays into the hands of oil and gas. Critics maintain that short legislative sessions hinder lawmakers’
abilities to address significant policy issues.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://capitalandmain.com/new-mexicos-century-old-constitution-plays-into-the-hands-of-oil-and-gas__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxxKN7WLl$

Democrats Sue to Disqualify Three GOP Congressmen From 2022 Ballot, Alleging Role in Insurrection, Election Manipulation. Conservative senator calls partisan lawsuit ‘total nonsense’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theepochtimes.com/dems-sue-to-disqualify-3-gop-congressmen-from-2022-ballot-alleging-role-in-insurrection-election-manipulation_4343330.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx8C2nyyN$

Biden to Visit Poland to Discuss Ukraine Invasion Response. Poland flanks Ukraine’s western edge and has been inundated with up to 50,000 terrified refugees every day.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/21/joe-biden-visit-poland-ukraine-crisis__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxy73LOGO$

Some senators say denuclearization talks with Iran should be put on a back burner because Russia is a participant in the talks. Lawmakers say they have been left largely in the dark about the details of the Biden administration’s efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which former President Trump rejected https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/598835-lawmakers-skeptical-of-biden-effort-to-resurrect-iran-nuclear-deal__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx9IJKeV6$

Republicans have stepped up recruitment of Black candidates in an effort to make inroads with minority voters ahead of November’s midterm elections. Party leaders believe recruitment and messaging strategies are resonating with a voting bloc long associated with the Democratic Party https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/598813-gop-stepping-up-appeals-to-black-candidates-voters?utm_source=ourcommunitynow&utm_medium=web__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxyDAUjZo$

# Law Enforcement
Fentanyl Released Through Vents Juvenile Center. Four corrections officers and three juvenile detainees taken to hospital after fentanyl gas released through air vents at Ohio detention center https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/7-hospitalized-when-fentanyl-gets-into-air-vents-at-detention-center/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx2nOcOuU$

Video Captures White Cop Brutally Tasing Young, Black Driver. “Sir, I feel uncomfortable,” the driver said, to which the officer replies, “I don’t give a sh*t what you feel like,” as he begins trying to physically yank him from the car.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/delane-gordons-dashcam-video-captures-white-cop-brutally-tasing-the-black-driver-in-tennessee__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx_xJm20Q$

White Supremacists Accused of Black Vet’s Gas Station Murder: The random attack will be prosecuted as a hate crime, the district attorney’s office said as they released images of the couple’s disturbing tattoos.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-supremacists-christina-garner-jeremy-jones-charged-with-hate-crime-murder-of-justin-peoples__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxwvRyoJ4$

# Legal / DOJ
The One Trump Lawyer the Rest of Trump’s Legal Team Loathes. Facing high-stakes investigations that could cripple his business empire or even mean jail time for him and close associates, former President Donald Trump and his family’s armada of lawyers are facing a threat from within.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/alina-habba-the-trump-lawyer-the-rest-of-trumps-legal-team-loathes__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx6LLJy1Q$

Trump Org Finds New Way to Play Dirty With NY Investigators: A judge gave the Trump Organization an ultimatum back in September: Comply with these subpoenas, or hire an outside firm to do it. The Trump Org found a third option.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-trump-organization-finds-a-new-way-to-play-dirty-with-new-york-attorney-general-investigators__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx1oXXMQM$

# LGBTQ
The Awful Cost of the GOP’s War on Trans Teens: It doesn’t matter if they don’t pass, bans on medical care for trans youth are already risking lives https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/trans-teen-medical-care-law-ban-suicide-1324451/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx1sCGNis$

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Inside A Cartel Illegal Marijuana Operation Worker Camp. Jorge Ventura goes inside a cartel worker camp https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carteldoc.dailycaller.com/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx0vlsHB0$

# Media
AP Journalists Tell of Rescue From Ruins of Mariupol. The last two international journalists in Mariupol described how the Ukrainian army made them leave the ruined city before they became pawns in Putin’s propaganda.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/ap-journalists-tell-of-dramatic-rescue-from-ruins-of-mariupol__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx3f2_iYO$

# Medical / Health Care
St. Jude Fights Donors’ Families in Court for Share of Estates. The high-profile children’s hospital uses donor money to engage in long and costly legal battles over wills. Here’s how St. Jude has created one of the most lucrative charitable bequest programs in the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/st.-jude-fights-donors-families-in-court-for-share-of-estates__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxyAII9R6$
More From This Investigation: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital promises not to bill families. But the cost of having a child at the hospital for cancer care leaves some families so strapped for money that parents share tips on spending nights in the parking lot.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/st-jude-hoards-billions-while-many-of-its-families-drain-their-savings__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx_4zx7XG$

# Military / DOD
Ukraine war is backdrop in US push for hypersonic weapons: The United States is in a race with Russia and China to develop these weapons, which travel at speeds akin to ballistic missiles but are difficult to shoot down because of their maneuverability.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-technology-business-maine-us-navy-9f344a7a73f5767de3520fe7bc53fc6d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx8VFP9B_$

On NATO’s vulnerable eastern edge, Baltic nations face high stakes in Ukraine crisis. As Russia pushes its invasion deeper into Ukraine, Baltic leaders say the world has finally woken up to the admonitions they’ve been making for years that Putin is ready to use force, as he did. in Georgia, Crimea and eastern Ukraine, to advance its political goals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newsnetdaily.com/on-natos-vulnerable-eastern-edge-the-baltics-face-high-stakes-in-the-ukraine-crisis/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx0rwqdm7$

No gun, no helmet, no action: The frustrations of some novice Americans who signed up to fight in Ukraine. There are already concerns about the international legion. Volunteers complain of delays in contracts, extensive paperwork, not getting weapons or training quickly enough, and days of waiting before getting assigned to battlefield units.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/no-gun-no-helmet-no-action-the-frustrations-of-some-novice-americans-who-signed-up-to-fight-in-ukraine/ar-AAVicf3__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxzkXKFLv$

US to send army contingent to Bulgaria as part of NATO battle group. A US Stryker army contingent is being sent to Bulgaria to be part of a NATO battle group.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbug.info/news/nation/us-to-send-army-contingent-to-bulgaria-as-part-of-nato-battle-group/article_b40a9825-4048-5101-9f85-e28ef5943df4.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx2pOApfn$

# Military / Global
Russia bombed a mall in Kyiv Sunday night, killing eight people and burying more under the rubble. Devastation in Ukrainian capital as Putin’s war of attrition continues and Western intelligence claim 1,000 Russian soldiers are dying a day https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10634425/Renewed-Russian-shelling-leaves-civilians-dead-parts-Kyiv.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx23keQEs$

Ukraine rejects Moscow’s Mariupol ultimatum as airstrikes hit Odesa and Kyiv Russia accused of striking residential areas in what would be first attack on Black Sea port https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/21/ukraine-rejects-moscow-mariupol-ultimatum-as-airstrikes-hit-odesa-and-kyiv__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx9p_VoiK$

U.S. Indo-Pacific commander Adm. John C. Aquilino said the hostile actions were in stark contrast to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s past assurances that Beijing would not transform the artificial islands in contested waters into military bases.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/china-fully-militarized-three-islands-south-china-sea-ad53e225-960b-4b17-aab4-c88408c4b4e3.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfx7pBbvy-$

Amid new bombings, Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition: The fall of Mariupol would allow Russian forces across southern and eastern Ukraine to link up.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/20/ukraine-war-of-attrition-00018752__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxzMhp7tl$

# Science
ORG.one: Supporting Sequencing of Critically Endangered Species: Loss of biodiversity is an urgent problem. Oxford Nanopore launched ORG.one to support faster, more localised sequencing of critically endangered species. Using portable nanopore sequencing, biologists can rapidly sequence species close to the sample’s origin.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/videos/orgone-supporting-sequencing-of-critically-endangered-species-359067__;!!On18fmf1aQ!h1n_Mea2wAogC2Vux39YfmJ4auhBc5DnyFXPhuDTLe10kxQqt1bjxVtBqsOfxzrdaXRQ$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-03-20

Voices, The Peoples News

March 20, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Students Accused of Forcibly Cutting Native American’s Long Hair in Class https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/native-american-boy-hair-cut-del-city-1689725?fr=operanews__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ_44My0J$

# Indigenous / Global
Amazon indigenous community restores giant freshwater fish and thrives.
Through control of their territory, the Deni people sustainably manage stocks of pirarucu, boosting their numbers 425% in 11 years https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sustellers.com/the-amazonian-indigenous-community-thrives-by-restoring-giant-freshwater-fish/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ8IaEIN5$

Canada’s First Nations Start Filing Claims for Historic Water Settlement. The settlement could provide compensation to 142,000 people and 250 First Nations who were denied access to clean water.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/indigenous/first-nations-begin-filing-claims-for-canadas-multi-billion-dollar-water-settlement/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJx7nw8hJ$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls ‘Haunting’ video shows father and son illegally kill hibernating bear, cubs.
Warning: Graphic content:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2019/03/28/haunting-video-shows-father-and-son-illegally-kill-hibernating-bear-cubs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJw0JSWdZ$

# Border / Immigration
Russians blocked at US border, Ukrainians are admitted. The scene reflected a quiet but unmistakable shift in the differing treatment of Russians and Ukrainians who enter Mexico as tourists and fly to Tijuana, hoping to enter the U.S. for a chance at asylum.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-immigration-covid-health-caribbean-b263d08de4ec094ee4d5e137c0ca8460__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ39yRZKh$

# Covid / Pandemics
The Never Ending Story: New COVID variant is spreading across the US.
Here’s what you need to know about BA.2. It has a different genetic sequence from BA.1 and was first dubbed the “stealth variant” because it wasn’t as easy to detect.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/03/18/omicron-variant-covid-19-coronavirus/7089686001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ_WWyhM0$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical As the US Rushes After the Minerals for the Energy Transition, a 150-Year-Old Law Allows Mining Companies Free Reign on Public Lands. The Mining Law of 1872 lets miners pay no royalties for the precious minerals they dig from federal land and requires no restraints on their activities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13032022/as-the-us-rushes-after-the-minerals-for-the-energy-transition-a-150-year-old-law-allows-mining-companies-free-reign-on-public-lands/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ4aXOtpQ$

In Florida, DeSantis May End the Battle Over Rooftop Solar With a Pen Stroke. A bill in the state would drastically cut financial incentives for installing rooftop photovoltaic panels. Solar industry representatives and homeowners are urging the governor to veto it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18032022/in-florida-desantis-may-end-the-battle-over-rooftop-solar-with-a-pen-stroke/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ4LaScaJ$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global Coal Mining Emits More Super-Polluting Methane Than Venting and Flaring From Gas and Oil Wells, a New Study Finds https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15032022/coal-mining-methane/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJyIXOPIN$

At Global Energy Conference, Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Argue For Fossil Fuels’ Future in the Energy Transition https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11032022/conference-oil-gas-fossil-fuels-energy-transition/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ4MmnVGJ$

Ex-minister who warned on sanctions works for oil trader linked to Russia. Alan Duncan’s employer Vitol has stake in vast Arctic exploration project backed by the Putin regime https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/20/ex-minister-alan-duncan-who-warned-on-sanctions-works-for-oil-trader-linked-to-russia__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJzLCoDaN$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Unnatural barriers: How the rapid rise of fences is harming wildlife.
From East Africa to Mongolia, fences are going up rapidly as livestock farming and border barriers increase.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://e360.yale.edu/features/unnatural-barriers-how-the-rapid-rise-of-fences-is-harming-wildlife*:*:text=The*202020*20analysis*20found*20that,from*20wildebeests*20to*20mule*20deer__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ-Glaj0w$ .

Recent Megafire Smoke Columns Have Reached the Stratosphere, Threatening Earth’s Ozone Shield: New research warns that wildfire emissions could unravel progress made under the Montreal Protocol to shrink atmospheric ozone holes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17032022/megafire-stratosphere/*:*:text=Close*20study*20of*20Australia’s*20intense,said*20MIT*20scientist*20Susan*20Solomon__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ3fiCgPj$

Sea Potential works to empower people of color in marine sciences. ‘The key is being able to feel comfortable … these spaces need to feel safe.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/articles/north-ocean-sea-potential-works-to-empower-people-of-color-in-marine-sciences__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ68CF1l-$

NOAA Warns US Megadrought Will Persist; May Impact Food Supply Chains https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/912ca714225f93bb93042b7d996c4e56-NOAA-Warns-US-Megadrought-Will-Persist-May-Impact-Food-Supply-Chains__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ8zPJ4U2$

# Environment / Climate / Global
Russia’s war in Ukraine sends tremors into the Arctic: Diplomatic tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are affecting the farthest reaches of the Northern Hemisphere.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/russias-war-in-ukraine-sends-tremors-into-the-arctic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJwZvUd_U$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other GMOs haven’t gone away: Here’s what’s coming to a grocery store (and
town) near you
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://noqreport.com/2022/03/17/gmos-havent-gone-away-heres-whats-coming-to-a-grocery-store-and-town-near-you/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ4uzryxW$

Are GM foods safe? New study of studies challenges long-established claim that GMOs pose no unique health hazards. Let’s review what they found https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/03/16/are-gm-foods-safe-new-study-of-studies-challenges-long-established-claim-that-gmos-pose-no-unique-health-hazards-lets-review-what-they-found/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ6jGg_MY$

Myth busting on pesticides: Despite demonization, organic farmers widely use them https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/02/04/myth-busting-on-pesticides-despite-demonization-organic-farmers-widely-use-them/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ0jwEYyP$

# General Information / Other News
Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows investigated in North Carolina over voter registration fraud allegations, say reports https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/18/doanld-trump-chief-of-staff-mark-meadows-voter-fraud__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJyc5_2_j$

A Ukrainian travel guide livestreamed a tour of Kyiv to more than 1,000 people after Russian troops invaded https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-ukrainian-travel-guide-livestreamed-a-tour-of-kyiv-to-more-than-1-000-people-after-russian-troops-invaded/ar-AAVhhb0?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ0m6wjjv$

# Global Politics
Russian MP demands USA hands over Alaska and that Kremlin takes over Antarctica Oleg Matveychev, a member of Russia’s parliament, has demanded reparations from the US for sanctions the country has faced over its invasion of Ukraine, including the return of Alaska, over a century and a half after Russia sold it https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.patheos.com/blogs/geneveith/2022/03/russia-wants-alaska-back/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ-2sAEIt$

The War that Showed How an Underdog Can Beat Russia: Vladimir Putin needs a history lesson if he thinks his tactics against Ukraine will automatically result in victory.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-winter-war-showed-finland-beat-the-soviet-union-ukraine-and-putin-can-learn-a-lot__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ2glruDd$

Ian Greenhalgh: Ukrainian Naziism Under its Curiously Jewish Oligarch:
Ukraine was by far the richest and most industrialised of the Soviet republics, it had some world-class industries like the massive Kharkov railway works, the Antonov aircraft plant outside Kiev, the iron ore and aluminium smelters of Donbas, the agriculture of the southern grain belt, to name just a few.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/03/18/ian-greenhalgh-ukrainian-naziism-under-its-curiously-jewish-oligarch/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ70o6LxV$

‘A psychopath’: Chechen warlord Kadyrov raises prospect of more brutal phase to Ukraine war. Even though Kadyrov’s journey to the front, he claimed on social media to have nearly reached the capital, Kyiv, which is still under Ukrainian control, may have been fictitious, amounting to little more than a publicity stunt, some say his involvement could lead to an even bloodier conflict.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-psychopath-chechen-warlord-kadyrov-raises-prospect-of-more-brutal-phase-to-ukraine-war/ar-AAVg0GC?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJyLmzWwq$

Zelensky warns of third world war if negotiations with Russia fail: “If there’s just 1 percent chance for us to stop this war, I think that we need to take this chance. We need to do that. I can tell you about the result of this negotiations — in any case, we are losing people on a daily basis, innocent people on the ground,” he said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2022/03/20/zelensky-warns-of-world-war-iii-if-peace-talks-with-russia-fail/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ1RBWR44$

# Gov / Politics
Homer-Dixon: Two things the West must do before Putin is out of control.
This time, ‘Mutual Assured Destruction’ might not work. The Russian leader has already shown extreme irrationality in his calamitous choice to start this war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://windobi.com/homer-dixon-two-things-the-west-must-do-before-putin-is-out-of-control/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ5XfgxN6$

Ohio GOP Senate Debate Nearly Descends Into Fistfight: “You are dealing with the wrong guy,” Josh Mandel said, before calling Mike Gibbons a “p*ssy.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/18/ohio-gop-senate-debate-gibbons-mandel-fight-00018678__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ6t2Ck-I$

Support in both parties grows for providing air power to Ukraine: The debate over whether the United States should facilitate the transfer of fighter jets to Ukraine is heating up on Capitol Hill, where a growing number of lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to fulfill Kyiv’s request for more air power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/598849-support-in-both-parties-grows-for-providing-air-power-to-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ05Hva6p$

Biden warns Beijing: No ‘material support’ to Russia: President Biden warned Chinese President Xi Jinping that Beijing would face consequences if it provides “material support” to Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, the White House said Friday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-xi-talk-as-u-s-threatens-actions-if-china-backs-russia-in-ukraine-war-11647611124?mod=world_major_pos2__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJxbE9LPz$

Ousted Tennessee senator sentenced to probation for fraud. A former Tennessee state senator expelled from office after a conviction for using federal grant money on wedding expenses instead of the nursing school she operates was sentenced Friday to a year of probation but no prison time.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/business-education-tennessee-sentencing-memphis-8766dd9495c024facbdb9a7226c40501__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ9c-BOeE$

Republicans Supporting a No-Fly Zone Are Putting Us at Risk of Nuclear War. A no-fly zone is an act of war. Instead, we should all support the peace movement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-supporting-a-no-fly-zone-are-putting-us-at-risk-of-nuclear-war/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ_mHKTRT$

US ambassador to UN vows aggressive response if Russia uses chemical weapons in Ukraine. “We are concerned that they may use chemical weapons in Ukraine. We’ve been clear if they escalate to this level, we will respond aggressively to what they’re doing,” Linda Thomas-Greenfield https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/598929-un-ambassador-we-will-respond-aggressively-if-russia-uses-chemical__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ1Gjl7bE$

NATO chief: Use of chemical weapons by Russia would violate international law. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that any use of chemical weapons by Russia in Ukraine would be considered a “blatant and brutal violation of international law.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/598939-nato-chief-use-of-chemical-weapons-by-russia-violates-international-law__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ9oeAHfQ$

GOP Is Setting the Stage for a Possible Coup in 2024 While Dems Ignore Threat Democrats are part of the problem because they are failing to hold accountable those attempting to derail elections.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/gop-is-setting-the-stage-for-a-possible-coup-in-2024-while-dems-ignore-threat/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ6TZ8oDM$

# Law Enforcement
Houston police have arrested and charged an 81-year-old man for murder after police say he intentionally ran his neighbor down with his truck in northeast Houston.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/video-shows-truck-circling-man-on-bike-before-running-him-over-in-northeast-houston/ar-AAVfCUP?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJySRmm3V$

# Legal / DOJ
Woman Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Stillbirth Had Her Conviction Overturned Adora Perez was accused of murder after a pregnancy loss. She has already served four years in jail. The Attorney General has made clear that a woman in California cannot be prosecuted for suffering a stillbirth https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jezebel.com/woman-stillbirth-prison-sentence-overturned-1848673058?fr=operanews__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ3m4dFtg$

# LGBTQ
Chicago-area LGBTQ+ high school students shot with gel pellets in what officials say is latest TikTok challenge: Two Barrington High School students who are members of the LGBTQ+ community were allegedly targeted in a pellet gun shooting on campus this week in an incident officials say is likely related to the latest TikTok challenge breaking out across the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-barrington-high-school-pellet-guns-shot-at-lgbtq-students-20220318-ans632prmngx3fxixmgzaq3vbu-story.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ0P_0AYy$

Nearly 240 anti-LGBTQ bills filed in 2022 so far, with most targeting trans people: State lawmakers have proposed a record 238 bills that would limit the rights of LGBTQ Americans this year https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nearly-240-anti-lgbtq-bills-filed-in-2022-so-far-with-most-targeting-trans-people/ar-AAVhMSa?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ25b3tVu$

# Medical / Health Care
Some States Are Enshrining the Right to Abortion As SCOTUS Decision Approaches Currently, 15 states and the District of Columbia have laws that protect the right to abortion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/some-states-are-enshrining-the-right-to-abortion-as-scotus-decision-approaches/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ5ozHqvS$

Missouri considers Texas-style law to stop out-of-state abortions:
Missouri’s state legislature is considering a proposal that would empower private citizens to sue anyone who helps a Missouri woman obtain an abortion, even if the abortion takes place in another state https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theweek.com/roe-v-wade/1011513/missouri-considers-texas-style-law-to-stop-out-of-state-abortions__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJxV6yWN8$

# Military / DOD
Nate Hagens: Are Americans Willing to Risk Nuclear War? An important dialogue with Chuck Watson on why the U.S. public is naïve about nuclear war and how bad one could be.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3LhvVyB_qo__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJxpfkcEQ$

National Guard denies Russian report of US troops killed in Ukraine:
Three current and former members of the Tennessee National Guard, who a Russian media outlet falsely claimed were mercenaries killed in Ukraine, are alive and safe, the National Guard said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wate.com/news/russia-ukraine-conflict/national-guard-dismisses-russian-report-of-278th-regiment-soldiers-deaths/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJzve6M6z$

# Military / Global
Russian mistakes mean war likely to last: Russia’s grinding attack on Ukraine is threatening to drag on for weeks, worsening the death toll on both sides and exacerbating an already serious humanitarian crisis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/598836-russian-mistakes-mean-war-likely-to-last__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ1DUPgei$

Yemen rebels launch wide strikes on Saudi sites: Yemen’s Houthi rebels unleashed a barrage of drone and missile strikes on Saudi Arabia that targeted key facilities including natural gas and desalination plants https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/20/yemen-strikes-saudi-arabia-00018703__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ_YmHPvP$

Russia says it used hypersonic missiles in Ukraine again: Moscow launches cruise and hypersonic missiles targeting Ukrainian military assets as it steps up its military offensive.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/3/20/russia-says-it-used-hypersonic-missiles-in-ukraine-for-second-day__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ7xKvsoG$

Russian forces destroy art school sheltering 400 civilians in Mariupol, authorities say https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/zelenskyy-says-siege-of-mariupol-involved-war-crimes/2022/03/20/0c31c368-a814-11ec-8628-3da4fa8f8714_story.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ-ep8yXF$

# Nuclear
Red Alert for Fukushima Nuclear Plant After 7.3 Quake in Japan. Over two million homes in the Tokyo region were left without power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/03/16/red-alert-fukushima-nuclear-plant-after-73-quake-japan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJxFKfshC$

# Technology
Companies suspend semiconductor operations following earthquake in Japan. The production lines will be down for three weeks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/598800-toyota-and-semiconducter-suppliers-suspend-operations-following__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ngbgwqku-Mtm_vnP_oNTeJ2zakSOLGl9RTYKlvOEHXbLCbKlPFqcU6U9mIreJ2D7vD9B$

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