November 2022

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-30

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Archaeology
Scientists have discovered two partial human skulls in central China that they say could potentially belong to an unknown archaic human species. The skulls are 105,000 to 125,000 years old, and they contain a unique mix of modern human and Neanderthal features. Excitingly, they could be the key to filling in some of the missing pieces of the human family tree in east Asia.
https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-skulls-found-in-china-could-belong-to-an-unknown-human-species

Exciting ancient skull uncovered in China: A rare, well-preserved ancient human skull found in central China could be a million-year-old Homo erectus. As excavation of the fossil continues, archaeologists and palaeoanthropologists anticipate that the skull could give a fuller picture of the diverse family tree of archaic humans living throughout Eurasia in prehistoric times.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/25/asia/dragon-man-china-early-human-scn/index.html

# Border / Immigration
The Supreme Court Could Force the Biden Administration to Arrest, Detain, and Deport a Massive Number of Immigrants: Red states used a racist and xenophobic claim about immigrants to shoehorn their way into court.
https://ground.news/article/the-supreme-court-could-force-the-biden-administration-to-arrest-detain-and-deport-a-massive-number-of-immigrants

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Q&A: COVID-19 vaccine study gains attention: A new study from Lund University in Sweden on how the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine affects human liver cells under experimental conditions, has been viewed more than 800,000 times in just over a week. The results have been widely discussed across social media, but the results have in many cases been misinterpreted.
https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/qa-covid-19-vaccine-study-gains-attention

COVID Bivalent Booster Falls Flat in First ‘Real-World’ Test, CDC Report Shows: Results from a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report suggest the COVID-19 bivalent booster does little more than restore protection levels to pre-vaccination levels.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-bivalent-booster-falls-flat-cdc-report/

Fauci ‘Deliberately Conspired’ to Suppress COVID Lab-Leak Theory: Chinese lab shortly after the onset of the pandemic in the US, calling it a “shiny object that will go away,” according to an email made public Tuesday by House Republicans.
https://nypost.com/2022/01/11/fauci-called-wuhan-lab-leak-theory-shiny-object-in-april-2020-email/

A northeast Kansas woman died after getting a COVID shot. The woman was provided medical treatment at the scene, then taken to a Topeka hospital, where she died. Her family has hired an attorney.
https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/04/14/family-effingham-kansas-woman-jeanie-marie-myer-evans-died-after-covid-vaccination-hires-attorney/7218240002/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
How four decades of tax cuts fueled inequality: As average people struggle, the wealthy and big businesses benefit.
The tax cuts carved a $750 billion hole in the federal budget, prompted cuts in multiple public programs and added to the deficit. The cuts, spread over six years, totaled $2.4 trillion in today’s dollars, basically the cost of the Biden administration’s multi-year, scaled-down Build Back Better bill that never made it out of Congress.
https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/taxes/unequal-burden/how-four-decades-of-tax-cuts-fueled-inequality/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Global
Progressives Say Congress Must Raise Debt Limit Now to Protect Social Programs: Republicans could use a fight over the debt ceiling next year as leverage to push cuts on Social Security and Medicare.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/gop-members-of-congress-threaten-debt-limit-default-to-cut-social-security-and-medicare/

# Employment / Labor
House Passes Rail Contract With 7 Days Paid Sick Leave in Win for Workers: Sen. Bernie Sanders is vowing to ensure that the sick leave proposal is voted on in the Senate.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3756478-house-passes-bill-to-avert-rail-strike/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Meatpacking Giant Tied to Child Labor, Deforestation and Mass COVID Infection: The Department of Labor filed suit against the meatpacking firm JBS for employing children in Minnesota and Nebraska. The complaint was presented to a federal court on November 9. Through an investigation carried out in August, the Department of Labor identified at least 31 children between 13 and 17 years of age in hazardous occupations.
https://truthout.org/articles/meatpacking-giant-tied-to-child-labor-deforestation-and-mass-covid-infection/

# General Information / Other News
QAnon Influencer Sues Newspaper, Gets Exposed as Alleged Child Predator: Phil Godlewski’s lawsuit against a Pennsylvania paper wound up revealing how he groomed a 15-year-old for sex, The Daily Beast reports
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/qanon-influencer-exposed-alleged-child-predator-1234639034/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Blast Sparks Panic at Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid: A letter reportedly addressed to the Ukrainian ambassador contained an explosive device, leaving a staffer injured.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/blast-sparks-panic-at-ukrainian-embassy-in-madrid

# Gov / Politics / US
Kentucky Braces For Raucous GOP Primary to Unseat Dem Guv: Contenders are already lining up in the deep-red state to win the 2023 GOP nomination and face off with Gov. Andy Beshear.
https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2022/06/06/the-gop-primary-for-governor-keeps-growing–

Showing rare party unity after their midterm election losses, the House Democrats moved seamlessly from one history-making leader to another, choosing the 52-year-old New Yorker, who has vowed to “get things done,” even after Republicans won control of the chamber. The closed-door vote was unanimous, by acclamation.
https://apnews.com/article/nancy-pelosi-hakeem-jeffries-congress-government-and-politics-e6dee438b2cfd776b70ff29495072ab5

# Law Enforcement
Paul Whelan’s Family Fear Prison Is ‘Hiding’ His Whereabouts: The former U.S. Marine convicted of spying has not contacted his loved ones for days.
https://www.reuters.com/world/family-concerned-about-whereabouts-whelan-american-jailed-russia-2022-11-30/

San Francisco police can now use robots to kill: The killer robot discussion is no longer strictly the domain ‘RoboCop.’ The language was included in a new “Law Enforcement Equipment Policy” filed by the San Francisco Police Department in response to California Assembly Bill 481, which requires a written inventory of the military equipment utilized by law enforcement.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/30/san-francisco-police-can-now-use-robots-to-kill/

# Legal / DOJ
The Senate just passed legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriage. The bipartisan, 61-36 vote, saw all Democrats joined by 12 Republicans in support of the bill, which will now go back to the House, where it is expected to pass before the end of the year. The Senate, with its 60-vote threshold, was the main obstacle to the bill’s passage, but it passed with a 61-36 vote. The House is expected to easily pass it before sending it to President Biden’s desk.
https://www.axios.com/2022/11/29/senate-protect-same-sex-marriage-bill-passes

Oath Keepers Boss Guilty of Sedition and His Fam Celebrates: Stewart Rhodes styled himself a patriot. A jury just decided he is more like a traitor.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/oath-keepers-boss-stewart-rhodes-220936431.html

# LGBTQ
Landmark Same-Sex Marriage Bill Passed by Senate: After a 61-35 vote, the Respect for Marriage Act will be sent back to the House, which is expected to approve it and send it to President Joe Biden’s desk.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senate-passes-landmark-same-sex-marriage-bill

# Medical / Health
American Cancer Society Should Fight Cancer, Not Vaping: Using e-cigarettes, or “vaping,” are terms used synonymously to refer to the use of a wide variety of electronic, battery-operated devices that aerosolize, but do not burn, liquids to release nicotine and other substances. Nicotine-containing e-cigarettes are regulated as “tobacco products” by the FDA because the nicotine is derived from the tobacco plant. E-cigarettes pose a threat to the health of users and the harms are becoming increasingly apparent.
https://www.cancer.org/healthy/stay-away-from-tobacco/e-cigarettes-vaping/e-cigarette-position-statement.html

# Science
Alzheimer’s Drug Appears to Slow Disease in ‘Historic’ Trial: Experimental drug appears to slow progression of Alzheimer’s disease in clinical trial but raises safety concerns
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/health/lecanemab-alzheimers-drug-study/index.html

Researchers find two never-before-seen minerals in a massive meteorite that crashed in Africa: This could hold clues about the early days of our solar system.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/researchers-find-two-never-before-seen-minerals-in-a-massive-meteorite-that-crashed-in-africa/

Researchers at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University) have discovered a way to use magnetic materials to quickly and affordably remove microplastics from water. The findings show the materials work to remove plastic particles 1,000 times smaller than plastics currently detectable in existing water treatment plants. “The nano-pillar structure we’ve engineered to remove this pollution, which is impossible to see but very harmful to the environment, is recycled from waste and can be used multiple times.”
https://www.ecowatch.com/microplastics-water-magnets.html

# Social
San Francisco Has Voted to Tax Corporate Landlords for Leaving Housing Vacant: The groundbreaking affordable housing victory in San Francisco could serve as a blueprint for other cities to follow.
https://truthout.org/articles/san-francisco-has-voted-to-tax-corporate-landlords-for-leaving-housing-vacant/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-29

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Most Americans Dying of COVID Were Vaccinated: 58 percent of the people who died of COVID-19 in the United States in August 2022 had been vaccinated or vaccinated and boosted for COVID
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/more-vaccinated-unvaccinated-now-dying-covid-19

Woman in Japan Dies 90 Minutes After Getting Pfizer mRNA COVID Shot: The dose was from Pfizer/BioNTech’s experimental Comirnaty bivalent mRNA COVID shot tailored for the BA.5 subvariant of the Omicron virus.
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2022/11/woman-in-japan-dies-90-minutes-after-getting-pfizer-mrna-covid-shot/

CDC Data Suggests ‘Myocarditis Cases Could Be 2X Higher After Shots’ Than After Contracting Virus
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/clinical-considerations/myocarditis.html

# Education / Schools
4 Black Female Judges Use Their Courtrooms to Break the School-to-Prison Pipeline: This pipeline is the phenomenon in which schools’ zero-tolerance policies have been found to disproportionately affect children of color and increase the likelihood of them being incarcerated.
https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2018/09/19/four-black-female-judges-use-their-courtrooms-to-break-the-school-to-prison-pipeline

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
It’s been decades since toxic dust rules for mines have improved. Lawmakers are taking notice: Black lung has surged in Appalachia in recent years. Research has tied the epidemic to silica dust, which can burrow deep into miners’ lungs. The incurable and deadly black lung disease has surged in central Appalachia in recent years. Research has tied the epidemic to silica dust, which can burrow deep into miners’ lungs. Miners are increasingly exposed to the dust as mining companies go after thinner and thinner coal seams.
https://www.wkms.org/ohio-valley-resource/2022-11-28/its-been-decades-since-toxic-dust-rules-for-mines-have-improved-lawmakers-are-taking-notice?_amp=true

Alaska salmon face a tide of new mines: Active and proposed mines threaten key salmon watersheds in Alaska and British Columbia. All five species of Pacific salmon spawn in these water systems, as do eulachon, steelhead, Dolly Varden, cutthroat, and numerous other kinds of fishes. Historically, 80% of king salmon returning to Southeast Alaska are from these watersheds.
https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/public-lands-and-waters/canadian-mega-mines-threaten-southeast-alaska-salmon-and-wilderness

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Sea level rise follows an East Coast island community that already moved once: An island community moved to the mainland. Now the fast-rising sea is following, a warning for the rest of the East Coast.
https://www.nar.realtor/on-common-ground/coastal-communities-prepare-for-deal-with-rising-seas
See also: This map shows you where to move once climate change make parts of the U.S. unlivable
https://thehill.com/changing-america/sustainability/climate-change/481857-where-will-you-go-when-sea-level-rise-floods/

‘Carbon pawprint’: Pet Ownership is Now Under Attack by Unhinged Climate Extremists – Says Dogs and Cats are Part of the Climate Problem: In an effort to lessen their “carbon pawprint,” unhinged climate activists are now advocating for the death of millions of dogs and cats worldwide.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/pet-ownership-now-attack-unhinged-climate-extremists-says-dogs-cats-part-climate-problem/

The Real Environmental Disaster, Toxic “Forever Chemicals” Everywhere, Even Babies’ Umbilical Cords: PFAS have earned the charming nickname “forever chemicals” because, as the name suggests, they don’t degrade in the environment like organic molecules and they stay in the body forever. The body’s natural detoxification organs, the liver and kidneys, are incapable of filtering them out. Once ingested, they remain unmolested in the blood and tissues.
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/83831/the-real-environmental-disaster-toxic-forever-chemicals-everywhere-even-babies-umbilical.html

The secret of seagrass and its crucial role in fighting one of the worst effects of climate change. While we focus on the land, the seas are also having a climate reckoning. As the global sea level rises due to rising temperatures, the action of waves at higher altitudes increases the chances for extensive coastal erosion.
https://www.ipcc.ch/srocc/chapter/chapter-4-sea-level-rise-and-implications-for-low-lying-islands-coasts-and-communities/

Pink snow is a red flag for the West’s water: Researchers are trying to understand what drives snow algal blooms and how they could alter water supplies. The end of welfare water and the drying of the West
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2009/09/red-snow-warning-american-west/

Pink Snow on the Alps is a Red Flag for the Planet: Italian scientists are investigating the appearance of pink glacial ice creating the appearance of pink snow in the Alps, which is caused by algae that darkens ice and causes it to absorb heat and melt more quickly.
https://earth.org/pink-snow-on-the-alps-red-flag-for-the-planet/

# Environment / Climate / Global
Australia argues against ‘endangered’ Barrier Reef status: Australia’s environment minister said Tuesday her government will lobby against UNESCO adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered World Heritage sites, arguing that criticisms of government inaction on climate change were outdated.
https://apnews.com/article/australia-corals-coral-reefs-climate-and-environment-government-politics-b2c68689974ca12af86c144f379e37c0

Netherlands to close farms to comply with EU rules: The Dutch government plans to buy and close down 3,000 farms near environmentally sensitive areas to comply with EU nature preservation rules. Government tries to cut down on nitrogen pollution in a move set to reignite tensions with farmers who say the industry is unfairly targeted
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/11/28/netherlands-close-3000-farms-comply-eu-rules/

Mastercard launches carbon calculator in its latest attempt to go green: The credit card company created a calculator that measures consumers’ carbon footprints based on what they purchase. The tool, which will be available on Monday, focuses on specific spending categories but doesn’t track individual transactions.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/business/mastercard-carbon-calculator

# Gov / Politics / Global
NATO is gathering in Romania on Tuesday to plan how to support Ukraine’s looming energy crisis. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “trying to use winter as a weapon of war,” and said that “NATO will continue to stand for Ukraine as long as it takes.’”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/nov/29/russia-ukraine-war-live-nato-foreign-ministers-meet-in-romania-us-to-announce-substantial-aid?page=with:block-6385de2c8f083bf29b8c8190

Another war is brewing in the Middle East: As war rages in Ukraine, another conflict is ready to explode in the Middle East. US and its allies confront Iran over its nuclear programme, supply of drones to Russia, and repression of anti-government protests.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/11/28/as-the-world-fixates-on-ukraine-another-war-is-brewing-in-the-middle-east/

# Law Enforcement
NYC to Involuntarily Hospitalize ‘Mentally Ill’ People: Mayor Eric Adams’ new initiative will give police the right to involuntarily hospitalize a person even if they aren’t presenting a risk of harm to others. City workers can now immediately hospitalize people who refuse treatment, even if they don’t pose a clear and present danger to themselves or others.
https://nypost.com/2022/11/29/nyc-to-involuntarily-commit-more-mentally-unstable-people/

# Legal / DOJ
Facing possible removal for alleged incompetence, El Paso District Attorney Yvonne Rosales resigns: The first-term DA was under fire for the office’s mishandling of criminal cases and for potentially jeopardizing the prosecution of the man charged in the 2019 Walmart massacre.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/28/el-paso-district-attorney-yvonne-rosales-resigns/

42 Biden Admin Officials Put on Notice by House Republicans: At least 42 Biden administration officials were sent letters by Republicans on House Judiciary Committee this month as they request testimony from a variety of different White House officials. Those letters primarily dealt with the suspected politicization of the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ), investigations into U.S. border security, and Hunter Biden
https://gazette.com/news/us-world/here-are-the-42-biden-administration-officials-house-republicans-have-put-on-notice/article_05e3b873-9ebb-5f5b-9b1c-22b34de09315.html

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Is Medical Marijuana Legal in Texas? The Texas Compassionate-Use Act established requirements for the licensing and registration of dispensaries who provide low-THC cannabis to qualified patients. As of the latter half of 2020, low-THC cannabis products are legally allowed to be prescribed and consumed in Texas based on the guidelines and requirements of the Texas Compassionate Use Act. This chapter of Texas law allows qualified physicians to prescribe low-THC cannabis to certain qualifying patients.
https://texasoriginal.com/is-medical-marijuana-legal-in-texas/

# Medical / Health
“I Was Never Ready for This”: How States Limit Teen Access to Abortion: As abortion access dwindles, America’s “parental-involvement” laws place further restrictions on teenagers, who may need to ask judges for permission to end their pregnancies.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-states-limit-teen-access-to-abortion

# Military / Global
Putin’s Prison Recruiting Scheme Takes a Big, Desperate Turn: Russian efforts to recruit accused rapists and murderers for Vladimir Putin’s floundering war is now going global, two insiders revealed to The Daily Beast.
https://news.yahoo.com/putin-prison-recruiting-scheme-takes-091020534.html

# Nuclear
Pennsylvania’s first proposed hazardous waste landfill would be near homes and schools: Residents can voice their opinions at an upcoming public hearing or in public comments.
https://www.ehn.org/hazardous-waste-disposal-pennsylvania-2658790829.html

# Social
Op-ed: What the media gets wrong about the new world population numbers: The last time that we lived within the productivity limits of our planet was about 50 years ago, that is a problem.
https://www.ehn.org/world-population-8-billion-2658791435.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-28

Voices, The Peoples News

November 28, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Indigenous group pushed off island as Caribbean Sea rises: A community plans to move to a new Panama subdivision as climate scientists say their entire archipelago will be submerged in decades.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/100-old-community-forced-move-035754858.html

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Nebraska to Kill Almost 2M Chickens After 13th Bird Flu Case: The state ranks second among the most birds killed per state during this year’s bird flu outbreak.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/11/27/nebraska-bird-flu-outbreak-2022/9541669582975/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
10 People Died In An Apartment Fire In Xinjiang. Their Doors Were Locked From The Outside Because Of Covid Restrictions: An apartment building fire that left at least 10 people dead in Ürümqi, Xinjiang has been the focal point of outrage since Thursday night. The building residents had been under lockdown for more than 100 days before the fire broke out, and critics say the fire’s deadly impact was due to the stay-at-home measures that resulted in the building’s doors being locked.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stefficao/urumqi-xinjiang-fire-protests

# Education / Schools
At Washington State Special Education Schools, Years of Abuse Complaints and Lack of Academics: Northwest SOIL promised to help students with serious disabilities. But when school districts urged action, the state let the private school stay open and receive millions in tax dollars.
https://www.propublica.org/article/therapeutic-schools-northwest-soil-invisible-washington

Educator Jeffrey Duncan-Andrade: Teachers Must Fight Inequality, Not Create It: Schools typically see children as broken and try to fix them, but it’s our schools and society that is broken.
https://truthout.org/articles/educator-jeffrey-duncan-andrade-teachers-must-fight-inequality-not-create-it/

# Employment / Labor
Outrage as Starbucks Moves to Close First Unionized Shop in Its Home City of Seattle: “Starbucks and Howard Schultz believe they are above the law. They believe they can do whatever they want and get away with it,” said Starbucks Workers United. “This is unacceptable and will not stand.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/22/outrage-starbucks-moves-close-first-unionized-shop-its-home-city-seattle

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Biden gives Chevron permit to restart Venezuelan oil sales: The move could help ease global oil prices and speed the declines in U.S. gasoline prices.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/26/biden-chevron-permit-venezuelan-oil-sales-00070836

The Biden administration last week quietly approved plans to build the nation’s largest oil export terminal off the Gulf Coast of Texas. The Biden administration last week quietly approved plans to build the nation’s largest oil export terminal off the Gulf Coast of Texas.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/23/texas-oil-export-terminal-approval-biden-climate/

Why utilities resist simple upgrades to boost renewables: The use of a so-called dynamic line rating system will open the door for more power to flow onto the grid from western New York wind farms.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/why-utilities-resist-simple-upgrades-to-boost-renewables/?utm_medium=email

‘A Death Sentence’: Biden Blasted for Approving Oil Export Project: “It is peak hypocrisy for President Biden and Secretary Pete Buttigieg to shorten the fuse on the world’s largest carbon bomb by greenlighting additional oil export terminals right after lecturing the world about increasing climate ambitions at COP27,” said one critic.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/22/death-sentence-biden-blasted-approving-oil-export-project

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Alert as World’s Largest Active Volcano Erupts in Hawaii: It’s the first eruption at Mauna Loa since 1984.
https://www.yahoo.com/video/mauna-loa-worlds-largest-active-134111503.html

# Food Recalls / Alerts
10,500 toddler bottles and cups recalled over lead poisoning risk: Green Sprouts recalled the cups and bottles because the base can break off and expose a piece that contains lead.
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/28/1139345301/green-sprouts-sippy-cups-recall-lead-poisoning

# General Information / Other News
Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into Real Estate Tech Company Accused of Collusion with Landlords:
The DOJ will examine whether RealPage helped landlords coordinate rent increases. Questions also swirl around a 2017 merger deal with its largest competitor.
https://www.popsci.com/technology/doj-real-estate-tech-landlords/

# Gov / Politics / Global
China Is Regretting the Day It Made Friends With Russia: Russia was not the first Chinese partner to believe it would win a very fast war and found itself in a hole, but China wasn’t usually pulled into it with them.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/china-is-starting-to-really-regret-its-friendship-with-russia

# Gov / Politics / US
Anonymous Megadonors Propel Pro-Trump Think Tank: Its staff has grown from 21 people to more than 150.
As former President Donald Trump struggles to convert donors and consolidate his base, a nonprofit think tank chock full of political allies is reporting stronger than expected support, anchored by a handful of anonymous megadonors.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumpworld-think-tank-barely-paying-035312150.html

# Law Enforcement
New Proof That Police Use Civil Forfeiture To Take From Those Who Can’t Fight Back: For years, police and prosecutors seized cash, cars and even homes and then took the property for themselves. Worse still, new data show that the police preyed on people in minority and low-income areas—in other words, people who could least afford to fight back.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2021/10/25/new-proof-that-police-use-civil-forfeiture-to-take-from-those-who-cant-fight-back/?sh=cc6789c34e84

How Civil Forfeiture Makes It Harder for Cops to Do Their Jobs: Every year, law enforcement officers seize billions in cash and property. Mostly, these seizures take place without any proof of criminal conduct and are based solely on suspicion, and they typically lead to government ownership of those assets
https://ij.org/report/policing-for-profit-3/

# Medical / Health
Endgame: How the Visionary Hospice Movement Became a For-Profit Hustle: Half of all Americans now die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an industry rife with fraud and exploitation.
https://www.propublica.org/article/hospice-healthcare-aseracare-medicare

$35 Insulin Caps for Medicare Patients Is Not Enough: In 2021, nearly 1 in 5 U.S. adults with diabetes rationed their insulin. Most are not covered by the new price cap.
https://truthout.org/articles/educator-jeffrey-duncan-andrade-teachers-must-fight-inequality-not-create-it/

Without Abortion, Doctors in Texas Are Forced to Witness Horrible Outcomes
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/07/26/1111280165/because-of-texas-abortion-law-her-wanted-pregnancy-became-a-medical-nightmare

# Military / DOD
Pressure builds to step up weapons tracking in Ukraine: Legislation would require greater scrutiny of the $20 billion in military aid President Biden has sent Ukraine, and it has bipartisan support.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2022/11/28/pressure_builds_to_step_up_weapons_tracking_in_ukraine_867047.html

Hey FDA, Free the Birth Control Pill! The Food and Drug Administration might finally allow “the pill” to be sold over the counter, but there’s a catch.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hey-fda-free-birth-control-094130792.html

US to send anti-drone machine guns, air defense munition to Ukraine: The Pentagon will send Ukraine up to $400 million in artillery ammunition, weapons and supplies in its latest drawdown package to help the nation defend itself against Russia.
https://www.technology.org/2022/11/24/heavy-machine-guns-against-drones-u-s-to-provide-150-units-of-these-formidable-weapons/

# Military / Global
Russian missiles have damaged nearly half of Ukraine’s power infrastructure: As Ukrainian power grids take continuous beatings from Russian attacks, critical medical systems in the country suffer. ”
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-hails-chinas-opposition-nuclear-threats-2022-11-15/

Putin’s Secret Recruits Allegedly Stranded, Starving and MIA: Roughly 100 foreign fighters recruited by Vladimir Putin’s private army have been left for dead in Ukraine, two sources in touch with the group told The Daily Beast.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/wagner-group-recruits-from-the-central-african-republic-allegedly-abandoned-in-ukraine

# Pharmas / Drugs
Pfizer Sinks $100 Billion in COVID Profits Into Developing, and Marketing, More Drugs
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/pfizer-100-billion-covid-profits-develop-market-drugs/

# Science
Scientists Revive ‘Zombie’ Virus After 50,000 Years Trapped in Siberian Permafrost: Researchers documented 13 never-before-seen viruses that have been lying dormant, frozen in thick ice, over tens of thousands of years.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/26/scientists-revive-zombie-virus-after-50000-years-trapped-siberian-permafrost

# Social
What the data says about gun deaths in the U.S: Gun violence is a leading cause of premature death in the US, responsible for more than 38,000 deaths annually.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2022/02/03/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/

“I Don’t Know Where I’m Going to Go”: HUD Displaces Even More Residents in This Small City: HUD already closed four public housing complexes in the Cairo, Ill., area. Now the federal agency is set to demolish a high-rise, gutting the city of some of its last affordable housing.
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/i-dont-know-where-im-going-to-go-hud-displaces-even-more-residents-in-this-small-city/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-27

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Furry snake found in swamp in Thailand and it’s so creepy people think its practically a Cryptid, a fur-lined nope rope. An alien-like snake creature was discovered in a swamp in Thailand and has yet to be definitively identified. This unknown serpent seems to have green fur or possibly feathers instead of the traditional scales one expects to find on a snake. The discovery shook Thai locals who had never seen anything like this before and experts have been just as baffled by its identification.
https://exemplore.com/news/furry-snake-thailand

# Border / Immigration
Greg Abbott sends two buses of illegal immigrants to Philly – with some arriving in shorts in 40F
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/greg-abbott-sends-two-buses-of-illegal-immigrants-to-philly-with-some-arriving-in-shorts-in-40f/ar-AA14AhVa?li=BBnbcA1

Two more buses carrying immigrants from Texas have arrived in Philadelphia: Two buses from Texas were arriving with about 80 immigrants at 30th Street Station Friday morning, the third unscheduled and uncoordinated drop-off in 10 days
https://www.inquirer.com/news/immigrants-bus-philadelphia-texas-gov-abbott-20221125.html

Biden administration preps for a rocky end to Trump-era immigration rule: The president had pushed for an end to Title 42. Now that it’s nearing, some tough decisions must be made.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/25/biden-admin-trump-era-immigration-title-42-00070780

Advocates Celebrate End of Trump-Biden Immigration Policy: Title 42, a holdover from the Trump administration which was used to expel over one million migrants, is now over, but the next phase of immigration policy is uncertain.
https://prospect.org/justice/advocates-celebrate-end-of-trump-biden-immigration-policy/#:~:text=While%20Title%2042%2C%20which%20was,of%20immigration%20policy%20is%20uncertain.&text=A%20group%20of%20migrants%20stand,Texas%2C%20May%2021%2C%202022

A Trump judge seized control of ICE, and the Supreme Court will decide whether to stop him: Oh look, a Trump judge thinks he’s in charge of immigration policy. Anyone with even a passing familiarity with federal immigration law will be baffled that this issue required litigation, much less that it needs to be resolved by the Supreme Court. Federal law provides that the secretary of Homeland Security “shall be responsible” for “establishing national immigration enforcement policies and priorities.”
https://www.vox.com/23204150/supreme-court-ice-texas-united-states-drew-tipton-immigration

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Report: 41% of small businesses can’t pay rent this month: The small business network group Alignable released the survey, which found that the hardship varies by industry. A notable 57% of beauty salons said they couldn’t make rent as well as 45% of gyms, 44% of retail and 44% of restaurants. Latest report continues a steady increase in businesses that can’t pay rent.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/report-41-of-small-businesses-cant-pay-rent-this-month/article_a2309fd6-6b6b-11ed-8c8b-07599be3c8c5.html

# Employment / Labor
Lane furniture brand, has terminated all its employees, up to 2,700 by email: “The company, which has operated under the Lane brand in recent years, sent an e-mail, overnight, that immediately terminates all employees, with the exception of over-the-road drivers currently out on delivery.” No doubt various state agencies will get involved.
https://www.practicalmachinist.com/forum/threads/lane-furniture-terminates-2-500-employees-via-email.408043/

Soaring West Virginia Electricity Prices Trigger Standoff Over the State’s Devotion to Coal Power: West Virginia regulators accuse American Electric Power of driving up costs with skimpy use of its coal plants. Others say the high costs of those aging plants are a growing burden to citizens in one of the nation’s poorest states.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20112022/soaring-west-virginia-electricity-prices-trigger-standoff-over-the-states-devotion-to-coal-power/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Australian Mining Billionaire Touts A Green Revolution In U.S. Coal Country, With Skepticism Trailing Close Behind: Andrew Forrest travels the globe trying to persuade leaders of industry and politics, and rank-and-file workers, that despite his polluting past he’s the man to champion green hydrogen as the clean fuel of the future.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2022/06/21/andrew-forrest-green-hydrogen-australian-billionaire/?sh=2fc36c332b70

Dimming the sun to cool the planet is a desperate idea, yet we’re inching toward it: The scientists who study solar geoengineering don’t want anyone to try it. But climate inaction is making it more likely. The idea of “solar geoengineering,” or shooting untold dollars’ worth of particles into the stratosphere to reduce the warming of the Sun, has long been seen as a last resort for tackling a growing climate crisis. Despite plenty of opposition to the idea of meddling with entire ecosystems at once, an increasing number of scientists are starting to seriously study the possibility
https://futurism.com/scientists-calling-dim-sun-geoengineering

America’s billion-dollar tree problem is spreading: Grasslands are being overrun by drought-resistant invaders that wreck animal habitats, suck up water supplies, and can cost landowners a fortune.
https://archive.ph/4T0Yp

The Government Promised to Return Ancestral Hawaiian Land, Then Never Finished the Job: Native Hawaiians are still waiting for state and federal officials to fulfill the promises of land legislation that was signed into law 25 years ago. “Justice delayed is justice denied,” said one former governor.
https://www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1008773601/local-spotlight-returning-ancestral-land-to-native-hawaiians

Belated Justice: The Failures and Promise of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act
https://digitalcommons.law.ou.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1738&context=ailr

# Environment / Climate / Global
The Amazon forest is reaching a tipping point and starting to collapse: Dusty wells. Streams ebbing away. Pristine reserves aflame. Some scientists think the tipping point is already here. It is losing its ability to recover from disturbances such as drought, wildfire and human development, researchers say
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/amazon-rain-forest-nears-dangerous-tipping-point/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
We’re told to ‘eat a rainbow’ of fruit and vegetables: Each color signifies different nutrients our body needs.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-11-told-rainbow-fruit-vegetables-body.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

Farmers can expect high interest rates and higher costs next year: Farmers borrow short term money up front every year to pay for inputs and operating expenses. At harvest time when they sell their crops, they pay back their operating notes
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/farmers-can-expect-high-interest-rates-and-higher-costs-next-year/article_96556190-6b77-11ed-a872-f743a00960a6.html

Wells are running dry in drought-weary Southwest as foreign-owned farms guzzle water to feed cattle overseas:
Frustration is growing in Arizona’s La Paz County. Much of the frustration is pointed at the area’s huge, foreign-owned farms growing thirsty crops like alfalfa, which ultimately get shipped to feed cattle and other livestock overseas. Saudi Arabia outlawed growing crops like alfalfa in 2018 because they are running out of water and can’t afford to use it on high-water-demand crops. So they came here.”
https://medium.com/earthsphere/water-let-the-saudis-have-it-3882db35853e

# Gov / Politics / Global
European officials say US profiting from Ukraine war, call Inflation Reduction Act ‘very worrying’: Nine months after invading Ukraine, Vladimir Putin is beginning to fracture the West. Top European officials are furious with Joe Biden’s administration and now accuse the Americans of making a fortune from the war, while EU countries suffer.
“The fact is, if you look at it soberly, the country that is most profiting from this war is the U.S. because they are selling more gas and at higher prices, and because they are selling more weapons,” one senior official told POLITICO.
https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-war-europe-ukraine-gas-inflation-reduction-act-ira-joe-biden-rift-west-eu-accuses-us-of-profiting-from-war/

# Gov / Politics / US
Hunter Biden owned financial stake in digital banking platform for undocumented migrants, introduced founder yo Joe Biden while company received Mexican Government’s endorsement: ePlata, a digital banking platform partnered with the Mexican government to enable migrants to send and receive remittances, has deep financial and personnel ties to Hunter Biden.
Emails obtained from Hunter Biden’s hard drive prove the president’s son was profiting off of ePlata, receiving a $20,000 wire transfer from the company in April 2015.
https://warroom.org/2022/11/23/hunter-biden-owned-financial-stake-in-digital-banking-platform-for-undocumented-migrants/

More divided than ever because of Donald Trump: The return of Donald Trump to national politics has left many Americans wondering if the former president’s new bid for the country’s highest office will further deepen the divide between its citizens. Some are even again questioning if a civil war is brewing… but how likely is it that Americans could go to war with themselves?
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-trump-legacy-analysis-int/analysis-trumps-legacy-a-more-divided-america-a-more-unsettled-world-idUSKBN29P0EX

Trump leaves America at its most divided since the Civil War: The January 6 assault on the US Capitol capped four years in which Trump relentlessly stoked the nation’s divisions and simultaneously provided oxygen for the growth of White nationalist extremism through his open embrace of racist language and conspiracy theories.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics/trump-divided-america-civil-war/index.html

Ex-prosecutor explains what happens if Trump gets indicted
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJwZS3fBujg

Armed protesters are increasingly intimidating political opponents: “A New York Times analysis of more than 700 armed demonstrations found that, at about 77 percent of them, people openly carrying guns represented right-wing views, such as opposition to LGBTQ rights and abortion access, hostility to racial justice rallies and support for former President Donald J. Trump’s lie of winning the 2020 election,” the newspaper reported. “Anti-government militias and right-wing culture warriors like the Proud Boys attended a majority of the protests, the data showed. Violence broke out at more than 100 events and often involved fisticuffs with opposing groups, including left-wing activists such as antifa.”
https://www.rawstory.com/armed-protesters/

# Legal / DOJ
No joke: Supreme Court case could take a big bite out of the First Amendment: For those seeking to use satire or parody of corporations, jokes often run into trademark or other lawsuits and result in a little more than “ha, ha, thump.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3750501-no-joke-this-supreme-court-case-could-take-a-big-bite-out-of-the-first-amendment/

E Jean Carroll files new suit against Trump as New York sexual abuse law takes effect: JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank also face lawsuits in connection with Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/24/trump-e-jean-carroll-files-new-rape-lawsuit-new-york

Ex-prosecutor explains what happens if Trump gets indicted: What could happen if prosecutors indict former President Donald Trump and how it could affect his presidential campaign
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/11/26/donald-trump-special-counsel-jack-smith-renato-mariotti-smerc-contd-vpx.cnn

Congressmembers tried to stop the SEC’s inquiry into FTX: Eight members of Congress, including the new House Majority Whip Emmer, wrote a letter urging the SEC to cease making inquiries into crypto firms. One of the firms in question was FTX.
https://prospect.org/power/congressmembers-tried-to-stop-secs-inquiry-into-ftx/

# Military / DOD
The Military Pledged to Remove Unexploded Bombs From This Island. Native Hawaiians Are Still Waiting: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which is leading the remediation effort, has been plagued by shoddy work and multiple regulatory disputes, according to an investigation by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/native-hawaiians-land-housing-army-corps-engineers

# Military / Global
Missile strikes on U.S base in Syria days after Turkey’s military operation | Key Details: U.S. Central Command, which oversees the approximately 900 U.S. troops in Syria tasked with countering the Islamic State terror group, first acknowledged the strike Tuesday, saying no U.S. personnel were at the base at the time.
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-warns-turkish-offensive-endangering-us-troops-in-syria/6847380.html

# Nuclear
Kim Jong Un says North Korea’s ultimate goal is to possess world’s strongest nuclear force: The announcement comes after Kim inspected a test of the country’s new Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and pledged to counter U.S. nuclear threats with nuclear weapons on Nov. 18.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/kim-jong-un-says-north-koreas-goal-is-worlds-strongest-nuclear-force-2022-11-26/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-25

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Rent Is Too Damned High: U.S. Tenants Mobilize to Demand Rent Controls: Tenants nationwide are organizing to win affordable housing, limit rental fees and protect their homes and communities. “Over the longer term, policymakers must transform housing from a commodity to a guaranteed public good.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/13/rent-too-damn-high-biden-pressured-act-housing-costs-fuel-inflation

One Day of Warren Buffett Wealth Gains Could Cover Rail Workers’ Paid Sick Leave: The CEO of BNSF Railway’s parent company saw his wealth jump by nearly $1.4 billion in a single day earlier this week.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/25/one-day-warren-buffett-wealth-gains-could-fund-15-days-paid-sick-leave-rail-workers

# Education / Schools
Faced with ‘baseless political lawsuits,’ Biden extends student loan payment freeze: “This is a welcome step towards stimulating the economy and providing some economic relief to millions of Americans.”
https://scheerpost.com/2022/11/23/faced-with-baseless-political-lawsuits-biden-extends-student-loan-payment-freeze/

# Employment / Labor
On Black Friday, Amazon Workers in 40+ Countries Strike and Protest ‘Despicable’ Treatment: “Instead of paying its workers fairly, its taxes in full, and for its damage to our environment, Amazon is squeezing every last drop it can from workers, communities, and the planet.”
https://scheerpost.com/2022/11/25/on-black-friday-amazon-workers-in-40-countries-strike-and-protest-despicable-treatment/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Biden administration announces largest direct federal investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure:
The announcement to dedicate $13 billion in grants to improve transmission and distribution systems will “improve energy resiliency through microgrids, local renewable energy, and energy storage.”
https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-announces-13-billion-modernize-and-expand-americas-power-grid

The renewable energy transition is failing: Renewable energy isn’t replacing fossil fuel energy, it’s adding to it.
Despite all the renewable energy investments and installations, actual global greenhouse gas emissions keep increasing.
https://www.alternet.org/2022/11/renewable-energy-transition-is-failing/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
How much Indigenous territory overlaps with oil fields in South America? The Amazon is home to thousands of indigenous communities and valuable ecosystems. However, this extensive territory is also increasingly occupied by oil concessions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIjfzhXVPzs

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Game birds are surprisingly beautiful, and endangered: This stunning and colorful array of species, from peafowl to pheasants, are often hunted for our consumption.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/game-birds-endangered-turkeys-chickens-peacocks?loggedin=true&rnd=1669286609661#:~:text=This%20stunning%20and%20colorful%20array,shrinking%20due%20to%20human%20development

Top 10 most endangered animals, some of the beautiful creatures most in need of our help, protection and conservation: For some species, time on planet Earth is running out. Human beings are the greatest threat to the survival of endangered species with poaching, habitat destruction and the effects of climate change causing a lot of the problems.
https://onekindplanet.org/top-10/top-10-worlds-most-endangered-animals/

Public Lands in the West: Western voters perceive public lands as helping their state’s economy and want to
see Congress err on the side of conservation rather than energy development. They
are enthusiastic about broad and specific proposals to strengthen protections and
create new public lands for historic and recreation purposes.
https://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/stateoftherockies/conservationinthewest/2022/2022%20State%20of%20the%20Rockies%20Topic%20Report%20on%20Public%20Lands%20d2%20002.pdf

# Environment / Climate / Global
Mumbai’s Aarey forest: The woman fighting to protect it from metro project: Pramila is protesting against a train depot being built in the forest where her community lives alongside leopards.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-india-63721940

Canada unveils new climate adaptation strategy with more than $1-billion commitment: Canada’s first climate adaptation strategy was unveiled today, and commits the federal government to new construction guidelines
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/climate-adaptation-canada-1.6661533

In PNG, researchers find a large pigeon lost to science for 140 years: After following tips from a local hunter, researchers photographed the black-naped pheasant-pigeon, a large, ground-dwelling bird, for the first time using a remote camera trap. Ornithologists believe the pheasant-pigeon is extremely rare and these forests on Fergusson island in the D’Entrecasteaux Archipelago could likely be the only place they exist.
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/in-png-researchers-find-a-large-pigeon-lost-to-science-for-140-years/?mc_cid=76b29cf192&mc_eid=b34babbd89

Fish ‘capable of killing 30 people’ and 1,200 times deadlier than cyanide hits UK shores: An incredibly dangerous fish full of poison and capable of killing 30 people was discovered on a British beach. Loaded up with poison that can be up to 1,200 times more deadly than cyanide, the killer fish was found on a beach in Cornwall by a visiting marine animal investigator. Constance Morris was on a family holiday to Newquay when she discovered the dangerous creature.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1701298/cornwall-beach-puffer-fish-toxic-poison

Antarctica is one of the most extreme environments on Earth. It is also one of the most unexplored. Many of us think of the continent as a vast, white wasteland, populated by nothing more than penguins and seals. But beneath its icy surface, scientists are beginning to discover vast networks of complex life forms that have not been seen anywhere else on the planet.
https://www.newsweek.com/something-big-living-deep-beneath-antarctic-ice-phytoplankton-1760032

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Shades of Soilent Green: Test Tube Turkey Is the Future Thanksgiving Centerpiece: One day, your meat might be grown in huge factory vats. Lab-grown meat, exotic protein sources, and 3-D printing all have the potential to change the way Americans eat. NBC News checked with experts about what might replace cranberry sauce and stuffing on Thanksgiving tables in just a few decades.
https://www.nbcnews.com/technolog/thanksgiving-meal-future-test-tube-turkey-bug-casserole-3-d-2d11663526

# General Information / Other News
Christian Trump event left evangelical pastor ‘absolutely terrified and horrified’: He then elaborated to describe how disturbed he was by Kirk taking people’s deeply held religious faith and welding it directly to a hardcore right-wing political agenda. “What was shocking to me was the people in the room raising their hands and saying, ‘Amen. Hallelujah,'” he said. “They were having a religious experience.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/christian-trump-event-left-evangelical-pastor-absolutely-terrified-and-horrified/ar-AA14xAW4?li=BBnbfcL

# Gov / Politics / Global
Is NATO falling apart? NATO can’t defend ANY of its members against a truly modern military: So, what do we have here? A NATO member state all but accused the US of a major terrorist attack against its capital city, and then that NATO member state openly attacked a US-run facility (let’s not call it a base, that would be inaccurate). NATO is not a defensive alliance, it never was, but it is a tool of US colonial domination.
https://thesaker.is/is-nato-falling-apart/

Breakthrough with Russia as two nations look to avoid nuclear disaster: Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia hope to establish a safety zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1700806/Ukraine-live-Volodymyr-Zelensky-terrorist-state-Russia-Vladimir-putin-missile

# Gov / Politics / US
A return to pragmatism? In the West, this year’s election results generally favored public lands conservation and moderation. Ammon Bundy only got 17% of the votes in the Idaho governor’s race. Phew, I thought. What a relief. Then: Wait, 100,000 people voted for Ammon Bundy? Yikes! “I think it opens the door for a more serious and legitimate challenge from within the party for the next go around,” Den Hartog said. Others, though, viewed Bundy’s third-place finish as a victory for democracy.
https://pluribusnews.com/news-and-events/ammon-bundy-posts-surprise-showing-in-idaho/

# LGBTQ
The Violence Queer and Trans People Face Is State-Sanctioned: The Colorado Springs shooting targeting an LGBTQIA+ club was stoked by the white supremacist, Christian-fascist right.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-violence-queer-and-trans-people-face-is-state-sanctioned/

# Medical Technology
New male contraceptive does not involve hormones: A team of researchers at a company called Contraline has developed a new kind of male contraceptive. Instead of using hormones to disrupt sperm production, the new technique involves placing a hydrogel called ADAM into the vas deferens to prevent sperm from making its way to the urethra. The new technique is not yet available for men seeking an alternative way to prevent pregnancy, however—it is currently undergoing a clinical trial in Australia.
https://www.healthline.com/health-news/nonhormonal-birth-control-for-men-shows-promise-in-early-research

# Military / Global
Russia’s 20-ton nuclear missile Sarmat hits mass production; North America & Europe on Putin’s radar: The Sarmat is a three-stage, liquid-fueled missile with a range of 18,000 kilometers. The Sarmat can carry a 10-ton payload and can load a wide variety of warhead options. With the giant missile, Vladimir Putin can strike targets in North America & Europe.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/watch/russia-s-20-ton-nuclear-missile-sarmat-hits-mass-production-north-america-europe-on-putin-s-radar/vi-AA14wKZO?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=7406d72fe73e4fea82e0e862010f4911&category=foryou

Putin plans to ‘mobilize another 2 million including 300,000 women,’ and ‘impose martial law in Moscow’ but may use crackdown to ‘bow out in favour of handpicked successor.’ Massive ‘national crusade’ mobilisation could happen as
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/21/1124370299/putin-says-russia-will-mobilize-up-to-300-000-additional-troops-to-fight-in-ukra
Putin plans to ‘mobilize another 2 million including 300,000 women,’ and ‘impose martial law in Moscow’ but may use crackdown to ‘bow out in favour of handpicked successor.’ Massive ‘national crusade’ mobilisation could happen as
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/21/1124370299/putin-says-russia-will-mobilize-up-to-300-000-additional-troops-to-fight-in-ukra

# Nuclear
Guinea Pig Nation: How the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reducing government regulations for ‘advanced’ nuclear power plants: “Under the direction of Congress, the NRC is developing new regulations to facilitate licensing of experimental reactors.” “Make no mistake about it—while NRC is doing its part to serve nuclear industry needs, we should not lose sight of the fact that it is the aggressive pro-nuclear agenda of the Biden Administration that has unleashed a juggernaut of financial and PR support for new nuclear reactors.”
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/23/us-nrc-seeks-greatly-reduced-safety-regulations-advanced-nuclear-power-plants

# Science
CRISPR tools abundant in viruses: A sweep of genomes from viruses called phages has found that thousands contain CRISPR–Cas systems, similar to those used as gene-editing tools in the lab. Some of the Cas enzymes are small and compact, and able to edit plant and animal cells.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03837-8

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
NASA’s Orion spacecraft reaches the Moon — in pictures: The capsule, which is designed to carry people, will now travel farther from Earth before returning in December. Images from the journey so far show Orion glimmering in reflected sunlight in deep space, occasionally with the Earth appearing as a pale blue dot in the distance or the Moon as a looming grey presence.
https://www.cnet.com/science/space/artemis-i-launches-nasas-massive-rocket-begins-historic-return-to-the-moon/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-23

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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May your Thanksgiving be bountiful with reasons to be grateful.
May your Thanksgiving and year bring abundance and joy.
Wishing you and yours health and happiness this Thanksgiving.
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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Thyroid Disorders Can Be Caused or Worsened by COVID Shots: There have been a number of reports published in the medical literature describing cases of thyroid autoimmunity developing in individuals, who have received different types of COVID-19 shots.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9277984/

More Than 200 Million Doses of COVID Shots Dumped Due to Diminishing Demand: With 200M unused doses, AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine partner Serum Institute halts production
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/200m-unused-doses-astrazenecas-covid-vaccine-partner-serum-institute-halts-production

RSV Cases Could Be a Long-Term Consequence of COVID Vaccination: That “immunity gap” from the last few years is probably behind the “unprecedented” early surge in RSV infections this year, scientists say – and it has thrown other seasonal respiratory viruses out of whack around the world.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/26/health/rsv-immunity-gap

“Grade-A Gaslighting”: FDA Says Anti-Ivermectin Campaign Was “Just A Recommendation”: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which mocked Americans for taking Ivermectin to treat Covid-19, now says their campaign telling people to “stop” taking it was informal and just a recommendation, according to an argument made by government lawyers during a recent hearing.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/grade-gaslighting-fda-says-anti-ivermectin-campaign-was-just-recommendation

Green Pass forever and More Vaccines with Dangerous mRNA Technology: White House Health Dictatorship with G20 Bali Declaration
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/11/22/green-pass-forever-and-more-vaccines-with-dangerous-mrna-technology-white-house-health-dictatorship-with-g20-bali-declaration/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Global
Chomsky: U.S. Sanctions on Iran Don’t Support the Protests, They Deepen Suffering: The sanctions harm the Iranian economy, causing enormous suffering. But that has been the U.S. goal for over 40 years.
https://truthout.org/articles/chomsky-us-sanctions-on-iran-dont-support-the-protests-they-deepen-suffering/

# Education / Schools
Student loan payments: The Biden administration announced it will extend a pause on federal student loan payments through June amid an ongoing legal battle against the administration’s student loan forgiveness plan.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-government-and-politics-f524c55faae26c2066b6795a9d29bc8d

Philadelphia High School Students Shot Outside School: All four students are expected to survive the shooting. Police haven’t yet released information on the shooter or announced an arrest.
https://www.barrons.com/news/justice-dept-seeks-to-question-pence-in-capitol-attack-probe-01669239608

# Employment / Labor
Will Congress Shut Down Rail Worker Collective Bargaining? Thanks to the Railway Labor Act, a Congressional resolution could force workers back to the railroads under the terms of a contract many of them just rejected.
https://prospect.org/economy/will-congress-shut-down-rail-worker-collective-bargaining/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
New NASA camera spots methane ‘super emitter’ in New Mexico: An International Space Station instrument looks for dust, finds methane vent in the Permian Basin. Built to help scientists understand how dust affects climate, the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation can also pinpoint emissions of the potent greenhouse gas.
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/methane-super-emitters-mapped-by-nasa-s-new-earth-space-mission

# Environment / Climate / Global
Unchecked deforestation destroying evidence of lost Amazon civilisation: Cutting down trees in Bolivia’s Beni region not only damages the environment, it obliterates ancient remains
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/22/amazon-deforestation-bolivia-lost-civilization

Fossil fuel interests have taken over climate talks: ‘Explosion’ in number of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop27 climate summit. Oil and gas industries have 636 representatives at Egypt conference – a rise of more than 25% on previous year
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/10/big-rise-in-number-of-fossil-fuel-lobbyists-at-cop27-climate-summit

UNESCO examines the environmental and biodiversity impacts of gene-edited plants and animals: Video
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/11/08/video-unesco-examines-the-environmental-and-biodiversity-impacts-of-gene-edited-plants-and-animals/

# General Information / Other News
Trump Bragged ‘the Evangelicals’ Would ‘Never’ Leave Him. Then the Defections Began
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-bragged-evangelicals-never-leave-150340109.html

Trump’s Tax Return Fight Is All About His Abuse of Power: The conservative-dominated Supreme Court refused Trump’s request to shield his tax returns from congressional investigators. This could be a turning point for our democracy.
https://news.yahoo.com/releasing-trump-tax-returns-tells-155959516.html

# Gov / Politics / US
Texas Supreme Court orders Harris County to include more than 2,000 late-cast ballots in certified election results
“So our perspective is that those provisional ballots are no different than any other provisional ballots, they are to be counted.”
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=133285

Trump, Who Wants to Be President, Can’t Stop Promoting QAnon Memes: Donald Trump spent his morning promoting QAnon-affiliated posts on social media, boosting a theory that holds that a global cabal of pedophiles control the world and pursue immortality via extracting juvenile hormones.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-wants-president-t-stop-171609268.html

# Law Enforcement
Many Idaho student killing theories have been disproven. Here’s what we actually know. No arrests have been made, no suspect has been identified, and any motive remains unknown, but that hasn’t stopped people from speculating.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/many-idaho-student-killing-theories-155214693.html

At least 7 people were killed in Virginia after a shooter opened fire in a Walmart: At least seven people have been confirmed dead, including the alleged gunman, after a shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia on Tuesday night. Multiple people are believed to have been wounded and receiving medical attention.
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/23/1138872525/walmart-virginia-shooting-deaths

Texas DPS’ billion-dollar ask: The Texas Department of Public Safety is asking state lawmakers for $1.2 billion to turn its training facility north of Austin into a full-time statewide law enforcement training academy. This includes a request for $466.6 million this coming budget cycle to build a “state-of-the-art” active-shooter training facility.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/23/texas-dps-active-shooter-training/

# Legal / DOJ
The Latest Mar-a-Lago Hearing Went Badly for Trump. It’s Likely to Only Get Worse for Him From Here. The Supreme Court Turned Down Trump’s Request to Intervene in Mar-a-Lago Documents Case. Here’s What Happens Next
https://time.com/6221936/supreme-court-trump-mar-a-lago-documents/

DOJ Reportedly Wants to Question Pence for Its Trump Probe: The US Justice Department is seeking to question former vice president Mike Pence about Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, media reports
https://www.barrons.com/news/justice-dept-seeks-to-question-pence-in-capitol-attack-probe-01669239608

# LGBTQ
Right-Wingers Who Stoke the War on Trans People Have Club Q Blood on Their Hands: The mass shooting of people at an LGBTQ nightclub came amid the right’s systemic attack on trans and queer people.
https://peoplesworld.org/article/right-wings-anti-lgbtq-hate-creates-atmosphere-for-colorado-springs-shooting/

# Medical / Health
Thousands of Health Care Workers Face Job Loss as COVID Funding Dwindles: At least 80,000 new employees are needed at the local and federal level to meet basic public health services.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/hospitals/how-many-employees-have-hospitals-lost-to-vaccine-mandates-numbers-so-far

The next abortion fight could be over wastewater regulation: Abortion opponents plan to use environmental laws to curb access to pills used to terminate an early pregnancy. Abortion opponents and their allies in elected office are seizing on an unusual strategy after suffering a wave of election defeats, using environmental laws to try to block the distribution of abortion pills.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/23/abortion-pills-opponents-environmental-laws-00070603

Pfizer’s New RSV Vaccine for Pregnant Women on Fast Track: Pfizer announced positive top-line data from the phase III clinical trial, MATISSE (MATernal Immunization Study for Safety and Efficacy), investigating its bivalent RSV prefusion vaccine candidate, RSVpreF or PF-06928316, when administered to pregnant participants to help protect their infants from RSV disease after birth.
https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/pfizer-announces-rsv-vaccine-candidate

# Medical Technology
Scientists develop mechanically active adhesive that prevents muscle loss: The device constantly stretches and contracts immobilized muscles to prevent muscle loss.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/scientists-develop-mechanically-active-adhesive-that-prevents-muscle-loss/

# Water
Exclusive lab tests show toxic ‘forever’ chemicals in America’s tap water: Toxic chemicals are seeping into the water Americans drink every day. The more we learn about the potential health impacts of these chemicals, the more serious the problem becomes.
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/spotlight-on-america/exclusive-lab-tests-show-toxic-forever-chemicals-in-americas-tap-water

A small Maine town investigates how ‘forever chemicals’ got into its school water: Surry partnered with the Shaw Institute for the work because town officials have prioritized the community’s water quality.
https://www.bangordailynews.com/2022/11/22/news/hancock/surry-investigates-forever-chemicals-school-water/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-22

Voices, The Peoples News

November 22, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
The U.S. Promised Tribes They Would Always Have Fish, but the Fish They Have Pose Toxic Risks: For decades, the U.S. government has failed to test for chemicals and metals in fish. So, we did. What we found was alarming for tribes.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-us-broke-promise-to-protect-fish-for-tribes

Who does the federal boarding schools investigation leave out? Hastiin Tadidiin was an early victim of the boarding school system. But his story is not yet part of the federal investigation. The United States is about to undertake a national investigation into hundreds of American Indian boarding schools that from the 1800s through the 20th century served to “kill the Indian to save the man,” according to one school’s founder.
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/11/1013772743/indian-boarding-school-gravesites-federal-investigation

New federal report lays out the troubling history of Indian boarding schools in the U.S: The investigation, which focused on boarding schools operating from 1819-1969, found Oregon had nine Indian boarding schools.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/oregon-native-american-indian-schools-investigation-report/283-65595355-8479-4bb5-88da-b09497b2e8f3

# Border / Immigration
The Real National Emergency: Zero Tolerance & the Continuing Horrors of Family Separation at the Border:
This report provides a comprehensive non-governmental account of family separations at or near McAllen, Texas during a six month period after the issuance of the Executive Order purportedly ending the practice.
https://texascivilrightsproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/FamilySeparations-Report-Final.pdf

Busing migrants: The second bus of migrants from Texas arrived in Philadelphia on Monday as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant busing program. Immigrant advocates wondered if buses will keep coming.
https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/immigrants-bus-philadelphia-texas-gov-abbott-20221121.html

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
FDA urged to publish follow-up studies on covid-19 vaccine safety signals: In July 2021 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) quietly disclosed findings of a potential increase in four types of serious adverse events in elderly people who had had Pfizer’s covid-19 vaccine: acute myocardial infarction, disseminated intravascular coagulation, immune thrombocytopenia, and pulmonary embolism. More than a year later, however, the status and results of the follow-up study are unknown. The agency has not published a press release, or notified doctors, or published the findings, or updated the vaccine’s product label.
https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj.o2527.full?ijkey=HQrSI4MO2nNKz6O&keytype=ref

Myocarditis after Covid vaccination: Research on possible long-term risks underway: The first research in the U.S. is underway, tracking adverse health effects, if any, that may appear in the years following a diagnosis of vaccine-associated heart problems. Early findings from the research could be published as early as next year. “It could be 2%. It could be 0%. It could be 20%,” he said, referring to the percentage of people with vaccine-associated myocarditis who could experience long-term heart consequences. “We don’t know the answer.”
https://www.yahoo.com/video/myocarditis-covid-vaccine-research-long-140053139.html

Shanghai Disney: Visitors unable to leave without negative Covid test as park shuts: The sudden nature lockdowns have seen people fleeing shops, including workplaces as they try to avoid being trapped inside. Posting on Chinese social media site WeChat, the Shanghai government said the park was barring people from entering and those inside could only leave once they provide three negative test results over three consecutive days. Millions of people are under 200 different lockdowns in China, as of October 24, as the country of 1.45 billion consistently records more than 1,000 new Covid cases a day.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-63456107

Biden, world leaders sign declaration to adopt vaccine passports for international travel: President Joe Biden signed a G20 Bali Leaders’ Declaration agreeing to adopt vaccine passports to “facilitate” international travel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/biden-world-leaders-sign-declaration-to-adopt-vaccine-passports-for-international-travel/article_3b40bcb6-699a-11ed-bce9-67c82639f0e1.html

COVID-19 disrupts gut microbiome: Researchers found that COVID-19 disrupts the gut microbiome and gut lining, allowing pathogenic bacteria to thrive and enter the bloodstream.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/covid-19-disrupts-gut-microbiome

# Education / Schools
University of California workers lead largest academic strike in US history: Academic workers at the University of California system are on strike for better working conditions, with other universities joining. UC staff say the administration has intentionally and illegally obstructed bargaining efforts for more than a year, and are now taking matters into their own hands.
https://therealnews.com/48000-university-of-california-staff-strike-in-the-largest-higher-education-strike-in-us-history

Online groups support women in STEM: Giving women fair access to careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) requires mentorship and a professional network, so-called social capital. “I can’t underscore how important this community is for girls and non-binary people,” says Tarika Barrett, an education reformer and chief executive of the non-profit organization Girls Who Code.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03798-y

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Coal bounces back: Global coal use is not declining, and may actually produce a record amount of planet-warming pollution by the end of the year. Transitioning away from coal, the leading source of global carbon dioxide, is key for zeroing out heat-trapping pollution and staving off the worst effects of climate change.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2022/11/21/coal-bounces-back-00069710

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
How a federal agency is contributing to salmon’s decline in the Northwest: Damming the powerful waters of the Columbia River was a boon for cheap, clean electricity, but the fish that swam those waters are dying out, and the agency in charge isn’t stopping that. The fish cannot get past two federal dams, masses of concrete each hundreds of feet tall. The construction of those dams, which began more than 80 years ago, rendered salmon extinct in hundreds of miles of rivers and destroyed the area’s most important fishing grounds.
https://www.propublica.org/article/salmon-protection-dam-bonneville-power-administration

Toyota just released a new Prius. But the company isn’t as environmentally friendly as people think: Climate advocates call ‘greenwashing’ as Toyota touts its eco-credentials at the same time that it lobbies against clean air regulations behind the scenes.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90813648/toyota-just-released-a-new-prius-but-the-company-isnt-as-environmentally-friendly-as-people-think

# General Information / Other News
Real Estate Investors Sold Somali Families on a Fast Track to Homeownership in Minnesota. The Buyers Risk Losing Everything. For Somali Muslim families in Minnesota, a contract for deed seems like an easier path to homeownership. But predatory practices and poor regulation can make it a financial trap rather than a good deal.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-contracts-for-deed-put-families-at-financial-risk

Merrick Garland Is Just Helping Trump Run Out the Clock: The New Abnormal podcast co-host Andy Levy and new co-host Danielle Moodie talk about their disappointment with Merrick Garland and chat with future Gen Z Rep. Maxwell Frost.
https://news.yahoo.com/merrick-garland-just-helping-trump-094219909.html

Judge Blasts Trump Org Lawyers for Delay Tactics: Judge Arthur Engoron has clearly had enough of the Trump Organization’s stall tactics. He set a trial date for next year.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/judge-blasts-trump-org-lawyers-164812000.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
‘Final Blow’: Putin’s Men Scramble Over Feared Crimea Blitz: Panicking over a nightmare scenario in Crimea, Putin’s officials are allegedly mobilizing troops in secret, all while claiming Russia’s hold on the peninsula is “unshakable.”
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/final-crushing-blow-putin-men-220459689.html

# Gov / Politics / US
No Way Out for the USA: The US is the most indebted nation in world history; it’s broke, and it can no longer win a protracted war. The US became the biggest house on the block, but it was, in fact, a house of cards, which was only as good as the currency it was built upon – not true money but debt.
https://internationalman.com/articles/no-way-out-for-the-usa/

# Law Enforcement
Prison contractor MTC accused of billing Texas millions for inmate treatment programs it didn’t provide: One of the country’s biggest prison contractors, Management & Training Corporation, has been accused of defrauding Texas by collecting millions of dollars for in-prison therapeutic programming it has failed to provide to Texas inmates.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/22/texas-prison-parole-mtc-fraud-allegation/

Alabama Governor Halts Executions After Third Botched Lethal Injection: Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey sought a pause in executions and ordered a “top-to-bottom” review of the state’s capital punishment system Monday after an unprecedented third failed lethal injection.
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/21/1138357929/alabama-executions-pause-lethal-injection

Missouri Teen Asks to Attend Her Father’s Execution: Kevin Johnson faces execution Nov. 29 for killing Kirkwood, Missouri, Police Officer William McEntee in 2005. Johnson’s lawyers have appeals pending that seek to spare his life. If his execution does go ahead, his daughter, Khorry Ramey wants to be able to attend.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/19-year-old-asks-court-let-watch-fathers-execution-rcna58311

# LGBTQ
NBC Reporter: Club Q Massacre Is a ‘Come-to-Jesus Moment’: “Are we more afraid of being on Breitbart for saying that trans people deserve to be alive, or are we more afraid of the dead people?” Collins wondered on Tuesday.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/11/22/2137843/-Outraged-reporter-challenges-media-to-take-a-stand-on-violent-rhetoric-against-trans-people

# Medical / Health
Doctor testifies in Ind. AG’s push to get patient records: Dr. Bernard testified publicity resulted in death threats against her.
https://khn.org/morning-breakout/doctor-testifies-in-ind-ags-push-to-get-abortion-patient-records/

Common painkillers like ibuprofen and naproxen can make arthritis inflammation even worse: They belong to a class of medications known as NSAIDS, or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The study, based on a review of over 1,000 patients, is one of the first to investigate their long-term effects.
https://studyfinds.org/painkillers-arthritis-worse/

# Military / DOD
Meet the Military Contractor Running Fare Collection in New York Subways, and Around the World: Transit authorities have embraced tap-to-pay technology for its convenience and speed, but privacy advocates are worried that the new fare collection systems pose serious surveillance and security risks. In addition to its transit operation, Cubic is a vast military contractor doing hundreds of millions of dollars in business with the U.S. military and sales to foreign militaries.
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/03/cubic-military-public-transit-mta-omny/

New Report Sheds Light on Pentagon’s Secret Wars Playbook: These clandestine conflicts have been enabled by the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, enacted in the wake of the September 11 attacks, as well as the covert action statute, which allows secret, unattributed operations, primarily conducted by the CIA.
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/03/us-military-secret-wars/

# Pharmas / Drugs
Paxton launches investigation into drug makers over inflated insulin costs: Insulin prices are exponentially higher in the United States than in other developed countries. In the last two decades, the retail prices for some insulin products have skyrocketed, in some cases increasing by 200% to 1000%, for a drug that is over 100 years old.
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/paxton-investigates-health-care-industry-schemes-inflate-insulin-prices

# Technology
Mysterious company with government ties plays key internet role: A person familiar with Packet Forensics’ work confirmed that it had used TrustCor’s certificate process and its email service, MsgSafe, to intercept communications and help the U.S. government catch suspected terrorists
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/08/trustcor-internet-addresses-government-connections/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-21

Voices, The Peoples News

November 21, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous / Global
A year after RCMP raids on Wet’suwet’en territory, the Coastal GasLink conflict isn’t going away: A special unit of the force keeps a constant presence as construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline continues. A special unit of the force keeps a constant presence as construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline continues
https://thenarwhal.ca/wetsuweten-coastal-gaslink-rcmp-overview/

Chilean Indigenous Activist Says COP27 Promoted Devastating Mega-Projects: The COP27 climate summit has pitted the human rights of Indigenous peoples against rich nations’ energy needs. Corporate and mining lobbyists promoted high speed trains, lithium car batteries, hydrogen mega projects, and wind farms to transition from fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions
https://truthout.org/articles/chilean-indigenous-activist-says-cop27-promoted-devastating-mega-projects/

# Border / Immigration
Operation Lone Star, the state’s controversial border mission, will now include armored personnel carriers designed to carry troops into battle alongside tanks.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2022/11/18/texas-guard-to-send-tank-like-military-vehicles-to-the-border/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Vaccine Breakthrough Could Finally Bring COVID to Its Knees: A new discovery in the fight against COVID could lead to a long-lasting vaccine that works on all variants of the ever-mutating virus.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/vaccine-breakthrough-could-finally-bring-034316828.html

# Education / Schools
More Texas parents have turned to home-schooling their children in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic. Some new home-schoolers disagree with how race and sex are taught at schools. Others cite safety concerns after the Uvalde shooting and poor academic outcomes.
https://abc13.com/home-schooling-should-i-send-my-child-back-to-school-covid19-texas-houson/10957169/

Biden’s Student Debt Relief Program Is Now in the Hands of the Supreme Court: More than 40 million borrowers are eligible to receive the benefits. Will the Supreme Court uphold their right to do so?
https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-student-debt-relief-program-is-now-in-the-hands-of-the-supreme-court/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
A proposal to prevent future widespread power outages like the one the state experienced in 2021 would cost power customers an additional $460 million yearly. The plan would essentially pay power generators to make sure they have enough reserve electricity to feed the state’s electrical grid in times of extremely high demand
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/18/texas-power-market-overhaul-puc-winter-storm/

Alleging ‘failures’ to protect drinking water, coalition urges EPA to take over Ohio fracking waste wells: Ohio’s “permissive” regulation of fracking waste injection wells threatens public health and the environment, a petition to the EPA says.
https://www.desmog.com/2022/11/18/epa-petition-ohio-fracking-waste-injection-well-primacy/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Multinationals opening new gas sites, despite climate change warnings: Although scientists keep insisting that the planet needs to move away from its dependence on oil, gas and coal to effectively combat climate change, hydrocarbon development projects continue to emerge. Several countries, cities and NGOs are calling for a non-proliferation treaty on fossil fuels.
https://www.france24.com/en/france/20221120-fossil-fuel-projects-on-rise-despite-warnings-from-scientists

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Texas oil and gas agency investigating 5.4 magnitude earthquake in West Texas, the largest in three decades:
The quake was the third largest in Texas history, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. An increase in seismic activity in Texas has been linked to injecting fracking wastewater underground.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/18/texas-earthquake-fracking-railroad-commission/

Car tire chemicals are killing salmon and steelhead: Since the early 2000s, Barb French observed an unexplainable phenomenon among coho salmon in the Pacific Northwest’s Puget Sound.
https://www.pugetsoundinstitute.org/2021/08/discovery-of-tire-related-chemical-that-kills-coho-salmon-sparks-widespread-response/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
South Korea has almost zero food waste. Here’s what the US can learn: In the US, most food waste ends up in landfills while South Korea recycles close to 100% annually, and its model could illustrates some core principles
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/20/south-korea-zero-food-waste-composting-system

# Gov / Politics / Global
University Accused of Hounding Students to Fight Putin’s War: Russian university officials are being accused of a relentless pressure campaign against foreign students to join the war, including threats of axed scholarships and tuition hikes.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-university-accused-of-pressuring-african-students-to-fight-vladimir-putins-war-in-ukraine

# Gov / Politics / US
Scattered complaints from voters and news reports paint a picture of “widespread problems” and dysfunction at Harris County polling places on Election Day. Because the county lacks an effective, centralized system for logging its polling place problems, officials still can’t say how widespread the problems were.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/18/harris-county-voting-problems/

Next Congress Will Have Even More Election Deniers: Yes, a lot of Trump-endorsed Big Lie candidates lost. But they’re still going to rule the GOP roost in the House.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/next-congress-will-have-even-more-election-deniers-than-it-had-on-jan-6

The Democrats’ Generational Change: The 80-year-olds are retiring, with one notable exception. To win in 2024, the Democrats’ change needs to be more than generational.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/democrats-generational-change/

# LGBTQ
Five people were killed and at least 25 were injured following a mass shooting at an LGBTQ club in Colorado
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/20/people-killed-shooting-at-colorado-springs-nightclub

Will Shooting Wake America Up to Anti-LGBTQ Hate? No. For Lauren Boebert—whose anti-LGBTQ bigotry knows no bounds—to profess anger after the Club Q, Colorado Springs shooting, shows just how shameless the GOP’s hypocrisy is.
https://www.newsweek.com/aoc-slams-lauren-boeberts-anti-lgbt-hate-after-colorado-springs-shooting-1760934

Amid Wave of Right-Wing Terror, Trans Communities Are Keeping Each Other Safe: “Trans joy is out there,” Tre’Andre Valentine said. “We are … deserving of space, and time and love, and resources.”
https://truthout.org/articles/amid-wave-of-right-wing-terror-trans-communities-are-keeping-each-other-safe/

Transgender Texas kids are terrified after governor orders that parents be investigated for child abuse
Some experts doubt that classifying gender-affirming care as child abuse would hold up in court, but families still feel targeted by Gov. Greg Abbott’s new order
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/28/texas-transgender-child-abuse/

In Texas, an unrelenting assault on trans rights is taking a mental toll: Anti-trans rhetoric in Texas has grown louder in the past few weeks. Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion that likened gender-affirming surgery, a procedure that gives transgender people a body that aligns with their gender identity, to child abuse.
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/25/1082975946/anti-trans-bills-texas

# Medical / Health
Abortion Protected Democrats in Midterms, But Democrats Won’t Protect Abortion: Democrats have successfully positioned themselves as the defenders of abortion, but refuse to actually protect it.
https://www.leftvoice.org/abortion-protected-the-democrats-but-the-democrats-wont-protect-abortion/

Georgia Set to Become Only State With Work Requirements for Medicaid Coverage: A work provision has been proposed by several states and struck down in federal courts and by the Biden administration.
https://www.ajc.com/life/health/path-cleared-for-georgia-to-launch-work-requirements-for-medicaid/BRNQNPB2GVARXJYO43LS6NK6JU/

Austin AFL-CIO Council Urges Biden to End Medicare Privatization Scheme: The resolution is the latest to reject a plan to build on a privatization ploy constructed by the Trump administration.
https://truthout.org/articles/austin-afl-cio-council-urges-biden-to-end-medicare-privatization-scheme/

# Technology
Trump Allowed Back on Twitter Right After Trashing It: Elon Musk announced the former president would be “reinstated” right after Trump said he doesn’t “see any reason” to return to Twitter, where “they have a lot of problems.”
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-allowed-back-twitter-trashing-010943775.html

# Veterans / VA
Republicans Are Going After Veterans’ Access to Abortion Care: Republicans have threatened legal action if Veterans Affairs hospitals don’t abide by abortion bans in their states.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/15/republicans-threaten-sanctions-against-va-after-department-moves-offer-abortions.html

VA Moves Ahead with Abortion Care as Lawsuits and Republican Opposition Loom
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/09/va-moves-ahead-abortion-care-lawsuits-and-republican-opposition-loom.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-20

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Border / Immigration
U.S. District Judge rules Title 42 rule used to expel migrants is unlawful: U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan on Tuesday ruled that the Trump-era Title 42 immigration rule was “arbitrary and capricious in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act.” Sullivan’s 49-page opinion said the rule, which has been used to deport migrants at least 2 million times under the auspices of COVID-19-related health concerns
https://news.yahoo.com/federal-judge-blocks-title-42-153514691.html

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
G20 Panel calls for a Global Digital Health Certificate acknowledged by WHO to track vaccination status: Despite a growing mountain of evidence showing that the experimental Covid vaccines are ineffective at preventing infection and transmission, the Indonesian minister of health called for the G20 to have a global digital health certificate to track the movement of vaccinated individuals. If this will pass, those who choose not to get vaccinated will be forced to give up their basic human rights.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/11/g20-panel-calls-global-digital-health-certificate-acknowledge-track-vaccination-status-video/

Biden’s Covid bribe: Americans who get a booster vaccine this winter will get $20 discounts on their groceries, amid surging inflation and a sluggish rollout. The enticement coincides with sky high inflation ahead of Thanksgiving. The booster campaign has strengthened with a jump in RSV, influenza cases
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11439641/White-House-offers-grocery-discounts-boost-lackluster-covid-booster-rates.html

The COVID jabs’ mechanisms of injury: Sudden death, blood clots, human mad cow and autoimmune diseases: Unprecedented. This word defined so much about 2020 and the pandemic related to SARSCoV-2. In addition to a disease and its global response, COVID-19 also initiated a process of vaccine research, production, testing, and public distribution
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/11/20/the-covid-jabs-mechanisms-of-injury-sudden-death-blood-cloths-human-mad-cow-and-autoimmune-diseases/?mc_cid=03f0ad4051&mc_eid=3f7488d454
See also: Worse than the disease? Reviewing some possible unintended consequences of the mRNA vaccines
against COVID-19
https://dpbh.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/dpbhnvgov/content/Boards/BOH/Meetings/2021/SENEFF~1.PDF

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Mitch McConnell Busted Taking Zelensky’s Stolen FTX Money, According to New FEC Docs: According to new FEC documents, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell grabbed large sums of m-ney from FTX and quietly pocketed it. According to the documents, someone from FTX, the crypto business that failed last week, donated 2,500,000 to McConnell’s Senate Leadership Fund.
https://truthconservative.com/mitch-mcconnell-busted-taking-zelenskys-stolen-ftx-money-according-to-new-fec-docs/

‘A Massive Mistake’: Alarm as Dems Cast Doubt on Lame-Duck Debt Ceiling Deal
“Biden and Senate Democrats have decided to leave the economic equivalent of a nuclear arsenal on their front porch for Republicans to take and use as they see fit.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/16/massive-mistake-alarm-dems-cast-doubt-lame-duck-debt-ceiling-deal?utm_source=weekly_newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=weekly_newsletter

# Education / Schools
Courts Use Increasingly Lawless Arguments to Block Student Debt Relief: The courts have ruled on an emergency injunction of President Biden’s student debt cancellation program, the conservative judiciary is creating two different legal systems: one for policies they like and one for policies they don’t.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/11/10/bidens-student-loan-debt-forgiveness-plan-blocked-another-court/10664760002/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Lights out: Profitable Michigan utility shut off electricity to homes hundreds of thousands of times: Three months into the pandemic, Michigan’s largest power company, DTE Energy, began ramping up power shut-offs for customers behind on their bills. A regulatory system built to prioritize investors, not affordability, let it happen.
https://energynews.us/2022/03/22/lights-out-profitable-michigan-utility-shut-off-electricity-to-homes-hundreds-of-thousands-of-times/

Texas Activists Sit-In at DOT in Washington Over Offshore Oil Export Plans: Deepwater terminals proposed in the Gulf will fuel oil output and export growth despite Biden administration promises of steep cuts in emissions.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/16/texas-protest-offshore-oil-export-epa/#:~:text=Four%20climate%20activists%20from%20Texas,in%20the%20Gulf%20of%20Mexico.

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Activists Are Suing Texas Over Its Plan to Expand Interstate 35, Saying the Project Is Bad for Environmental Justice and the Climate: The Texas proposal would add two lanes near neighborhoods already historically burdened by pollution, activists say. States all across the country are weighing similar proposals.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16112022/activists-are-suing-texas-over-its-plan-to-expand-interstate-35-saying-the-project-is-bad-for-environmental-justice-and-the-climate/

At COP27, the US said it will lead efforts to halt deforestation. But at Home, the Biden Administration Is Considering Massive Old Growth Logging Projects: Schemes that protect forests to create carbon credits that polluters can buy to offset their emissions have been popular in the rush to green the economy, but they can threaten biodiversity and Indigenous land rights.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/15112022/cop27-deforestation-united-states-logging/

# Environment / Climate / Global
Salmon’s Arctic expansion has communities worried: Inuvialuit fishers are adapting to rising numbers of Pacific salmon in the western Canadian Arctic, but fears remain about impacts on native species
https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjfas-2021-0172

# Gov / Politics / Global
Afghanistan goes full sharia: Taliban supreme leader made it “obligatory” to enforce sharia punishments for crimes: Afghan judges have been ordered to fully implement sharia law and its punishments, which include mutilations, flogging and executions, by Taliban supreme leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada. The announcement was made on Sunday by the Taliban’s chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.
https://www.rt.com/news/566528-afghanistan-taliban-sharia-punishements/

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump Files FEC Paperwork to Run for President in 2024 – ‘America’s Comeback Starts Right Now’ | 15 Nov 2022 | President Donald Trump filed FEC paperwork to run for President of the United States in 2024 on Tuesday. Trump is making his announcement live on Tuesday night from his home at Mar-a-Lago.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3737434-trump-files-paperwork-for-2024-presidential-run/

‘How Democracy Gets Corroded’: Right-Wing Group Gets Two Dark Money Donations of $425 Million: “Let me make a guess: the money was fossil fuel-related, and will buy continued Republican obstruction of obviously necessary climate measures,” suggested Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse. “That’s the pattern.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/17/how-democracy-gets-corroded-right-wing-group-gets-two-dark-money-donations-425

Reed/Inhofe Amendment Would Open Floodgates for War Profiteers, and possibly signals a major ground war against Russia.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/14/reedinhofe-amendment-would-open-floodgates-war-profiteers

Republicans Are in for Two Years of Hell: With an impossibly slim majority in the House, the next two years of Republican politics will be a battle between the establishment and Trumpist factions of the party.
https://prospect.org/politics/republicans-are-in-for-two-years-of-hell/

# Law Enforcement
MAGA Diehard Arrested For Murder Threat Over Trump ‘Slander’: An aspiring country singer is facing federal charges after the feds say he vowed to kill fact-checkers, as well as an FBI agent, in the ex-president’s name.
https://ustoday.news/maga-diehard-stephen-jike-williams-arrested-on-fbi-threat-of-execution-over-trumps-slander/

How Jessica Logan’s Call for Help Became Evidence Against Her: After her baby died in the night, a young mother called 911. Police thought they could read her mind just by listening. Now she’s haunted by the words she chose.
https://www.propublica.org/article/911-call-analysis-jessica-logan-evidence

Chicago Votes in Favor of Removing Police From Mental Health Crisis Response: The response to the referendum was a victory for organizers who have fought to get police out of mental health.
https://truthout.org/articles/chicago-votes-in-favor-of-removing-police-from-mental-health-crisis-response/

# Legal / DOJ
Why Garland Appointing a Special Counsel Likely Benefits Donald Trump: At first glance, the move may seem like bad news for the former president. But actually, it is the best that Trump could have hoped for—and is in fact possibly the pay off he was looking for. “Based on recent developments, including the former president’s announcement that he is a candidate for president in the next election, and the sitting president’s stated intention to be a candidate as well, I have concluded that it is in the public interest to appoint a special counsel,” Garland said.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/special-counsel-appointed-garland-trump.html

Oklahoma’s “Child Abuse” Law Doesn’t Protect Children, It Criminalizes Mothers: Instead of protecting children, an Oklahoma law incarcerates mothers for being victims of violence or poverty. The state classifies child abuse and neglect as a violent offense, regardless of the facts, which means that those convicted under the statute are not eligible to earn time off until they have served at least 85 percent of their sentence.
https://truthout.org/articles/oklahomas-child-abuse-law-doesnt-protect-children-it-criminalizes-mothers/

# LGBTQ
How Texas’ War Against Trans Kids Forced One Family to Flee the Home They Loved: In Texas this week, state legislators launched fresh attacks in the ongoing conservative culture war against trans kids and their families. Two bills were proposed for consideration in the upcoming session that would designate gender-affirming care as child abuse, while another bill, ostensibly targeting “drag” shows, is worded so broadly that it could conceivably ban any trans person from “performing” (acting, singing, lecturing, etc.) in any public venue open to minors.
https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/11/dear-noah-texas-trans-documentary.html

# Medical / Health
A Florida Fund for Injured Kids Raided Medicaid. Now It’s Repaying $51 Million: “The Medicaid program provides a safety net for our most vulnerable populations that do not have access to traditional healthcare coverage,” U.S. Attorney Juan Antonio Gonzalez said. “The misuse of Medicaid funds will not be tolerated.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/miami-nica-settlement-medicaid-repay#:~:text=Under%20the%20settlement%2C%20announced%20Monday,the%20program’s%20reliance%20on%20Medicaid

SCOTUS Medicaid Case Could Endanger Elderly, Disabled People, Advocates Warn: The case could limit private citizens’ right to sue when Medicaid isn’t fairly and safely administered.
https://truthout.org/articles/scotus-medicaid-case-could-endanger-elderly-disabled-people-advocates-warn/

# Military / Global
Ukrainians admitted firing missile near Poland blast site: Kiev previously tried to blame Russia with officials seeking to goad NATO into retaliation
https://www.rt.com/russia/566648-ukraine-admits-fired-missile/

# Science
Down syndrome, like Alzheimer’s, is a double-prion disorder: The brains of people with Down syndrome develop the same neurodegenerative tangles and plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease and frequently demonstrate signs of the neurodegenerative disorder in their forties or fifties. A new study at UC San Francisco shows that these tangles and plaques are driven by the same amyloid beta (Aß) and tau prions that they showed are behind Alzheimer’s disease in 2019.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-11-syndrome-alzheimer-double-prion-disorder.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-18

Voices, The Peoples News

November 18, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Returning Diablo Canyon Lands to Indigenous Hands: The Yak Titʸu Titʸu Yak Tiłhini in California have requested the return of their coastal homelands, currently occupied by a nuclear power plant.
https://hakaimagazine.com/features/returning-diablo-canyon-lands-to-indigenous-hands/

Tribal nations fight for influence on the Colorado River: Indigenous nations in the basin are making a stand for their water, and upsetting the river’s power structure. States wish they wouldn’t. Indigenous nations have significant water rights, but many lack the infrastructure to take advantage of them.
https://grist.org/indigenous/colorado-river-tribal-water-rights-navajo-nation-arizona-nevada-drought-data/

# Indigenous / Global
Indigenous guardian program brings hope, sovereignty to Manitoba’s last undammed river: Thanks to the persistence of five Indigenous communities, Indigenous youth will be able to realize dreams of becoming river guides and stewards of their territory as they protect the 50,000-square-kilometre watershed, home to about two dozen at-risk species, from the impacts of climate change. The land itself stores almost two billion tonnes of carbon — equivalent to eight years worth of Canada’s emissions — in its tundra, forests and wetlands.
https://thenarwhal.ca/seal-river-indigenous-guardians-manitoba/

‘Removing the evidence of our existence’: Logging of culturally important trees rampant in B.C: Trees are an important marker of Indigenous Peoples’ presence on and stewardship of the land, and not enough is being done to protect them. With little independent oversight, experts say these irreplaceable trees are regularly being cut down by the forestry industry.
https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-logging-culturally-modified-trees/

# Border / Immigration
Immigrants in a US detention facility endured excessive, unnecessary gynecological procedures, often without consent, according to a bipartisan Senate investigation that offers the starkest details yet of alleged mistreatment
https://whistleblower.org/in-the-news/bloomberg-law-detained-immigrants-faced-invasive-medical-care-senate-finds/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Global
How scientists from the “Global South” are sidelined at IPCC: Researchers say systemic bias at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has led to projections that perpetuate economic inequality.
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/17/climate-un-ipcc-inequality/

# Education / Schools
A congressional report has found that sexual misconduct by instructors in a military leadership program operating in high schools across the United States was a bigger issue than previously known
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/sexual-misconduct-report-jrotc

Military Acknowledges More Sexual Abuse in J.R.O.T.C.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3738502-house-panel-finds-sexual-abuse-in-militarys-jrotc-more-widespread-than-previously-thought/

Should We End Military Recruiting in High Schools as a Matter of Child Protection and Public Health? Recruiters for the various US armed forces have free access to our nation’s high schools, as mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act. Military recruiter behaviors are disturbingly similar to predatory grooming.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3000735/

An unlikely city in the South could be home to a public education renaissance: Advocates for school improvement in Jackson, Mississippi, want investments in education infrastructure, not more charter schools and privatization.
https://www.alternet.org/2022/11/unlikely-city-in-the-south/

# Employment / Labor
New Wave of Resignations at Twitter After Musk Ultimatum: The tech company is struggling to retain workers after Musk demanded employees sign a pledge to work ‘long hours at high intensity’
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/17/elon-musk-twitter-closes-offices-loyalty-oath-resignations

All Twitter Offices Closed as Hundreds of Employees Resign
https://www.yahoo.com/news/twitter-offices-closed-hundreds-employees-010903837.html

Starbucks Workers Walk Out Nationwide to Protest Chain’s Anti-Union Efforts
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/hundreds-starbucks-workers-strike-red-162254591.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
As evidence mounts, new concerns about fracking and health: Two decades after the advent of fracking, a growing number of studies are pointing to a link between gas wells and public health
https://e360.yale.edu/features/fracking-gas-chemicals-health-pennsylvania

Tiny soot particles from fossil fuel combustion kill thousands annually. Activists now want Biden to impose tougher standards: The soot, known as PM 2.5, has been linked to cardiac arrest, asthma attacks and “premature deaths” from a range of cardiovascular and breathing disorders.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17112022/soot-heath-fossil-fuels-biden-standards/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
What the unusual midterm elections mean for climate action: A split Congress makes it unlikely that Republicans will undo Biden’s climate legislation, but they’re likely to try to slow it.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/what-midterm-election-results-mean-climate-action-and-environment

The Klamath dams are coming down: FERC ordered PacifiCorp to surrender the dam license, the final hurdle after 20 years of studies and advocacy, and local Tribes are rejoicing. For decades, people have “poured their blood, sweat, and tears into making this happen.”
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/11/klamath-river-dams-removal-ferc/

Bison’s complicated return: Growing herds in the Yellowstone area are adopting ancient migratory behavior causing logistical issues for ranchers and Montana state officials. This herd is not in a national park or a protected sanctuary, they are on tribal lands. Belonging to the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of Fort Peck Reservation, the 340 bison is the largest conservation herd in the ongoing bison restoration efforts by North America’s Indigenous people.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/12/how-native-american-tribes-are-bringing-back-the-bison-from-brink-of-extinction

# Environment / Climate / Global
COP27 climate talks in Egypt hit ‘breakdown’ over finance, fossil fuels: With time running out for nations to agree on a road map for tackling climate change, the fate of U.N. climate talks in Egypt appeared in jeopardy. Countries were far from agreeing the contours of a climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Wednesday, with the host country urging negotiators to resolve their differences ahead of a weekend deadline.
https://www.reuters.com/business/cop/cop27-climate-talks-get-boost-g20-declaration-2022-11-16/

“Fossil Fuels Fund Dictatorships”: Ukrainian Climate Activist Suspended from COP27 over Russia Protest
https://freespeech.org/stories/fossil-fuels-fund-dictatorships-ukrainian-climate-activist-suspended-at-cop27-over-russia-protest/

World leaders crack down on methane pollution: Several countries that draw fossil fuels out of the ground, spewing vast amounts of methane gas in the process. At the last climate summit, the US and EU led a push to cut methane emissions 30% by 2030, less than the UN recommendation, with a pledge that has since been signed by more than 140 countries.
https://www.dw.com/en/methane-emissions-cop27-pledges/a-63793929

Rat killers in paradise: An eradication program remakes a tropical atoll: A 2021 study found invasive species cost the U.S. $21 billion a year. Global costs, including from agricultural pests, have been estimated at $1.28 trillion or about 5% of the world’s GDP over the last 50 years.
https://nordot.app/963323853734068224?c=776487456938950656

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
The Fed’s Thanksgiving Turkey: Misleading reports on the rising cost of dinner are feeding the Fed’s appetite for more perverse rate hikes. The American Farm Bureau Federation is out with a report supposedly showing how much more U.S. families will pay for their Thanksgiving dinner this year. The headline number is scary, 20 percent more than last year—enough to make the Federal Reserve keep tightening the money screws.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/feds-thanksgiving-turkey/

Cultured meat gets the green light from the United States Food and Drug Administration: One approach that could appease both groups at the same time would be to take livestock out of the picture entirely and grow meat in the lab. We’ve been seeing a great deal of effort invested in such technology lately, and now the US is getting its first greenlit cultivated meat production in the form of Upside Foods
https://www.zmescience.com/science/cultured-meat-chicken-usa-92352342/

# General Information / Other News
Trump family signs $1.6bn branding deal with Saudi real estate developer: The family business of former US President Donald Trump has signed a licensing deal worth $1.6 billion with a real estate developer based in Saudi Arabia to build a resort in Oman, as the 76-year-old businessman-turned-politician prepares his return to presidential politics.
https://parstoday.com/en/news/world-i189254-trump_family_signs_1.6bn_branding_deal_with_saudi_real_estate_developer

# Gov / Politics / Global
Violence, conflict and unrest robs nearly 580 children of their lives in the Middle East and North Africa since start of year. Ahead of World Children’s Day, UNICEF calls for protection of children and their rights across region
https://www.unicef.org/press-releases/violence-conflict-and-unrest-robs-nearly-580-children-their-lives-middle-east-and#:~:text=As%20this%20date%20approaches%2C%20children,than%2010%20children%20every%20week

Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System Make Fair Trials Highly Implausible: The mass execution of 81 individuals, Saudi and non-Saudi citizens, on Saturday signals an appalling escalation in Saudi Arabia’s use of the death penalty, Amnesty International said today, bringing the country’s tally of executions to 92 so far in 2022 alone.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/03/saudi-arabia-mass-execution-of-81-men-shows-urgent-need-to-abolish-the-death-penalty/

# Gov / Politics / US
State Department Says Saudi Crown Prince Has Immunity from Lawsuit over Khashoggi Killing
https://www.reuters.com/legal/biden-admin-says-saudi-prince-has-immunity-khashoggi-killing-lawsuit-court-2022-11-18/

WaPo slams Biden’s move to shield MBS in Khashoggi killing suit
https://www.axios.com/2022/11/18/biden-admin-saudi-prince-immunity-khashoggi-killing-lawsuit

Russia, India, China, Iran: The Quad That Really Matters: Lavrov stressed how Europe and NATO “want to militarize the region in order to contain Russia and China
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/11/15/692770/Russia,-India,-China,-Iran–the-Quad-that-really-matters

Jeffries Announces Bid to Replace Pelosi as Dem Leader: He would be the first Black leader of a congressional caucus and the top-ranking Black lawmaker in D.C.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3741768-jeffries-announces-bid-for-house-democratic-leader/

# Law Enforcement
Major Corporations and Institutions Are Helping to Build “Cop City” in Atlanta: Police foundations act as a back channel for corporate and wealthy interests by adding to already overinflated budgets.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/atlantas-cop-city-will-become-a-reality-despite-pushback

The US activists holed up in tree houses to block $90m ‘Cop City’: Atlanta wants to build a police training facility in a forested area amid community opposition
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/16/us-activists-protest-atlanta-cop-city-training-forest

# Legal / DOJ
Meet the Special Prosecutor Deciding Whether to Charge Trump: Jack Smith is a Harvard Law grad who served as chief prosecutor for the special court in The Hague, where he’s investigated war crimes in Kosovo. ‘Extraordinary circumstances’ require appointment of Jack Smith to determine whether charges should be brought, Garland says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/18/trump-special-counsel-justice-department-merrick-garland

# LGBTQ
Congress to officially protect same-sex marriage. Here’s what the bill does and doesn’t do: The bill would act as a fail-safe should the Supreme Court’s right-wing majority do to marriage equality what they did to abortion rights. Currently before the Senate, the Respect for Marriage Act will give some measure of relief to activists who had feared that the top US court would reverse its own precedent on marriage equality.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/respect-marriage-act-same-sex-equality-supreme-court

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
5 Science-Backed Wound Healers Found in Nature Support your body’s natural wound healing potential with potent compounds like honey, aloe vera and curcumin. Even tasty fruits like kiwi contain special enzymes to support the wound healing process. The natural biological process that occurs in your body to heal a wound is as incredible as it is complex. Four precise phases, hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation and remodeling, must occur in the proper sequence and with the correct timing for the wound to heal successfully
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2022/11/5-science-backed-wound-healers-found-in-nature.html

2 Tablespoons of Honey Lowers Blood Sugar and Cholesterol Levels: Adding some honey to your meals is a great way to include some extra flavor, and some seriously beneficial health effects, in your diet, according to researchers from the University of Toronto. Scientists have discovered that honey improves multiple key measures of cardiometabolic health such as blood sugar and cholesterol levels. Importantly, raw honey from a single floral source appears to offer the biggest health benefits.
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2022/11/2-tablespoons-of-honey-lowers-blood-sugar-and-cholesterol-levels.html

# Medical / Health Global
Australia may have to stop making cancer medicine if it doesn’t build nuclear waste dump. Ansto chief says it may not be able to keep producing nuclear medicine if it runs out of waste storage space at its Lucas Heights facility. The chief executive of the Australian Nuclear Science Organization (ANSO), Shaun Jenkinson, said the federal government organization would not be able to continue producing nuclear medicine if the waste storage space at the Lucas Heights facility ran out.
https://chof360.com/australia-may-have-to-stop-making-key-cancer-medicine-if-it-doesnt-build-nuclear-waste-dump-peak-body-says-nuclear-waste/

# Medical / Health
Concerns Over Rising Use Of Drugs To ‘Restrain’ Nursing Home Patients: In 1987, Congress passed regulations and reforms for the nursing home industry in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act. These reforms were aimed at protecting nursing home residents rights. The use of chemical restraints and unnecessary medications were specifically prohibited.
https://www.nursinghomeabuseguide.org/neglect/chemical-restraints

# Military / Global
German garrison town gears up for a thousand US arrivals with incoming Army units: U.S. soldiers conduct Avenger missile reload procedures training at Oberdachstetten Training Area in Ansbach, Germany, in March 2022. The Army garrison in Ansbach is preparing for an influx of 500 new soldiers in connection with the arrival of air defense and engineering units.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2022-11-17/ansbach-army-germany-8087412.html

# Pharmas / Drugs
And this year’s ‘Pharma Greed Awards’ go to… “Pharma execs are celebrating their own greed with a round of back-slapping awards and swigging champagne.” Protesting an event celebrating the industry, activists reminded Big Pharma that “it’s disgusting that they present awards to each other titled ‘driving health equity’ while their actions hold back equitable access to medicines for the world’s poorest.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/17/and-years-pharma-greed-awards-go

# Veterans / VA
Veterans Who Have Borne the Battle Suffer the Peace in Isolation: When men and women survive in the military, their greatest struggle lies ahead: Reentering civilian life.

https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2022/11/11/opinion-veterans-who-have-borne-the-battle-suffer-the-peace-in-isolation-inside-sources/?amp=1

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