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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-06

Voices, The Peoples News

November 6, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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

# Indigenous
Border Patrol union tells ACLU ‘go to Hell,’ over migrant fight, urges votes for pro-border defense candidates: After another clash with foreign nationals illegally entering the U.S., the union representing Border Patrol agents is urging Americans to vote on Nov. 8 for candidates who will defend them, the rule of law, and the southern border
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/border-patrol-union-aclu-migrant-fight-votes-for-pro-border-defense-candidates

‘Wilful Ignorance’: Indigenous Delegation Incredulous At Bankers’ Attitude to Fossil Fuel Impacts:
Indigenous delegates said they had been amazed at the “wilful ignorance” they encountered when demanding global banks cease financing new fossil fuel projects on their ancestral lands in what is today North America.
https://www.desmog.com/2022/11/04/wilful-ignorance-indigenous-delegation-incredulous-at-bankers-attitude-to-fossil-fuel-impacts/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Gut issues and Covid-19: A team of medics at NYU Langone Health in the US analysed 96 men and women who were hospitalized in New York City with the virus in 2020. Their analysis reveal that around a quarter of patients studied had their guts compromised, meaning they were less resilient than others, making it harder to fight off infections. Symptoms such as headaches, brain fog and ringing in the ears have been reported, and recently, physicians are seeing more patients with gastrointestinal problems.
https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/long-covid-and-the-digestive-system-mayo-clinic-expert-describes-common-symptoms/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
How Democrats and Republicans Want to Change Social Security, Explained in Plain English: Today we’re going to break down three complex topics that’ll be explained in plain English:
* How America’s top retirement program got itself into financial trouble.
* The Social Security changes Democrats and Republicans want to make to strengthen the program.
* Why a resolution to Social Security’s problems is a ways off.
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2022/11/05/democrats-republicans-want-change-social-security/

‘Why put seniors through that?’ Chuck Todd corners Rick Scott for plot to cut Social Security: While speaking to Scott on Sunday, Todd noted that the senator has called for making Social Security and Medicare eligible for cuts every five years. “Why do that?” Todd wondered. “Why put Social Security into sort of the political arena every five years? Why put seniors through that? Why do you think that’s a good idea?”
https://www.rawstory.com/rick-scott-social-security/

# Employment / Labor
Rail Unions Got Pressured Into a Bad Deal, Now Workers Are Threatening to Strike: If one railroad union strikes, 11 more could respect the picket line and shut down the nation’s railway infrastructure.
https://truthout.org/articles/rail-unions-got-pressured-into-a-bad-deal-now-workers-are-threatening-to-strike/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
A caustic shift is coming for the Arctic Ocean: Scientists have already begun to observe the ecological effects of acidifying oceans on sea life. The changes ahead may be more drastic.
https://www.wired.com/story/a-caustic-shift-is-coming-for-the-arctic-ocean/

Drought, fire, insects destroyed nearly a third of southern Sierra Nevada forest in last decade: In just 10 years, fires, drought, and insect infestations have devastated close to a third of forests in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains. The Sierra Nevada region of California covers nearly 27 million acres of forests that provide habitat for thousands of animal species and is home to dozens of species of conifers, including native redwoods (the world’s tallest trees), sequoias (the world’s widest trees), or Great Basin bristlecone pines (the world’s longest living trees).
https://www.earth.com/news/one-third-of-sierra-nevada-forest-wiped-out-by-drought-and-fires/

DeSmog Launches Project to ‘DeBunk’ Climate Misinformation: Anti-climate politicians, media and think tanks are pumping out false and misleading arguments which erode public support for climate action.
https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/31/desmog-launches-project-to-debunk-climate-misinformation/

# Environment / Climate / Global
‘Earth is in our hands’: Astronaut Pesquet’s plea for the planet: From his unique viewpoint hundreds of kilometres above Earth, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet told AFP he felt helpless watching fires rage across the planet below, calling for more to be done to protect this fragile “island of life”.
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-earth-astronaut-pesquet-plea-planet.html

‘Carbon timebomb’: Climate crisis threatens to destroy Congo peatlands: The Congo peatlands are a huge carbon ‘timebomb’ that could be triggered by the climate crisis, research has shown. Scientists are now worried that human-caused global heating could tip the fragile system over the edge once more, accelerating the climate crisis.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/02/carbon-timebomb-climate-crisis-threatens-to-destroy-congo-peatlands

100-Year-Old Community Forced To Move As Caribbean Island Sinks: Residents of Gardi Sugdub are the first to be moved by the government to the Panama mainland as the sea rises, but several other communities will soon be impacted. They’ll become the first residents of Latin America to be moved by the government because their island, home to a community for 100 years, is fated to disappear beneath the rising sea
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gardi-sugdub-panama-climate-change-island-evacuation_n_63671b0ee4b06f38ded53721

# General Information / Other News
8 billion humans: How population growth and climate change are connected as the ‘Anthropocene engine’ transforms the planet: The UN estimates the global population will pass 8 billion people on Nov. 15, 2022. From the Stone Age to today, here’s how things spiraled out of control.
https://theconversation.com/8-billion-humans-how-population-growth-and-climate-change-are-connected-as-the-anthropocene-engine-transforms-the-planet-193075

The Anti-Defamation League has partnered with researchers from Princeton University on a new subjective “data collection initiative” to track so-called threats and criticism of elected officials. Why it matters: Last week’s brutal attack on Paul Pelosi was the most dramatic manifestation of the recent rise in threats targeting politicians, candidates and election workers.
https://www.axios.com/2022/11/01/princeton-threats-officials-elections-harassment

Why Donald Trump’s Business is Now Being Watched: Just one day after Donald Trump managed to shut down a lawsuit, the former POTUS might now have been landed with new legal trouble as a judge orders that the Trump Organization be kept under observation. But why is Trump’s business being watched?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulH3DVgbpiM

# Gov / Politics / Global
It’s a Coup: Team Biden Bragged About Rigging Brazil Election Against President Bolsonaro Before Election Day: Just two days ago, Foreign Policy magazines admitted, and bragged that Biden was involved in Brazil’s presidential election. “How Team Biden Tried to Coup-Proof Brazil’s Elections,” reads the headline. Biden personnel from the White House, Defense Department, State Department, and CIA all took part in threatening the Bolsonaro administration in rare, escalatory diplomatic meetings. Then, they took their false narratives to the corporate media.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/10/coup-team-biden-bragged-rigging-brazil-election-president-bolsonaro-election-day-says-stop-steal-leader-ali-alexander/

Saudi Arabia, U.S. on High Alert After Warning of Imminent Iranian Attack: Saudis said Tehran wants to distract from local protests, and the National Security Council said the U.S. is prepared to respond. Despite crackdowns and internet shutdowns, demonstrations against the Iranian government have grown into one of the biggest challenges to its leadership in four decades. WSJ maps out how protests have bubbled up across Iranian society.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabia-u-s-on-high-alert-after-warning-of-imminent-iranian-attack-11667319274

# Gov / Politics / US
RNC chair says committee can’t pay Trump’s legal bills if he announces 2024 run
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/3721990-rnc-chair-says-committee-cant-pay-trumps-legal-bills-if-he-announces-2024-run/

# Law Enforcement
The State Department is giving law enforcement and intelligence agencies unrestricted access to the personal data of more than 145 million Americans, through information from passport applications that is shared without legal process or any apparent oversight
https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-state-dept-gives-law-enforcement-intelligence-agencies-unrestricted-access-to-americans-personal-data-020409616.html

Hundreds of County Sheriffs Think Their Authority Supersedes Federal Law: The survey shows an alarming rate of popularity for the so-called constitutional sheriff movement.
https://truthout.org/articles/survey-hundreds-of-county-sheriffs-think-their-authority-supersedes-federal-law/

Latest QAnon killer had murder hit list: Rory Banks’ murderous QAnon hunt would end in tragedy for a man who had never met him. As a sign of how common QAnon violence has become, the jury verdict was delivered the same day the violent hammer attack on Mr. Pelosi, violence committed by a suspect who, according to his blog, was also obsessed with QAnon.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/latest-qanon-killer-had-murder-034735482.html

# Legal / DOJ
DOJ Considering Special Counsel for Trump Cases in Event He Runs for President: DOJ Considering Special Counsel for Trump Cases in Event He Runs for President. The conversations between DOJ officials indicate that indictments are likely for the former president.
https://truthout.org/articles/doj-considering-special-counsel-for-trump-cases-in-event-he-runs-for-president/

Do we really need a special counsel to indict Trump? It may be argued with some force that we will look like a banana republic if we fail to uphold the rule of law.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/3721939-do-we-really-need-a-special-counsel-to-indict-trump/

A Judge Just Ruled That There Is ‘Ample Evidence’ Of ‘Conspiracy’ Between Rudy Giuliani And The Trump Campaign In Georgia: A judge ultimately ruled that two election workers presented enough evidence to justify their case against the former New York City mayor.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/judge-just-ruled-ample-evidence-220007672.html

# LGBTQ
Republicans in Midterm Races Are Embracing Anti-Trans Rhetoric Like Never Before: Politicians are targeting trans rights and spreading incorrect information about the care provided to trans youth. It’s frequently tied to the idea of ‘parental rights’ and spreads incorrect information about what kind of care is provided to trans youth.
https://19thnews.org/2022/11/election-transgender-rhetoric-gop-campaign-ads/

# Medical / Health Global
British Medical Journal’s BOMB: “US FDA Hides Data on Serious Adverse Events after Covid Vaccines”
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/11/04/british-medical-journals-bomb-us-fda-hides-data-on-serious-adverse-events-after-covid-vaccines/

# Medical / Health
In Government-Regulated Healthcare, There Is No Competition Like No Competition; The Price Of A Highly Concentrated Health Care Market: Imagine you are a young, idealistic doctor. After some years in clinical practice at a private hospital you tire of the fact that more of your time is spent filling out forms and attending staff meeting than with your patients.
https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/forefront.20130306.028873/

Sick sinus syndrome: Sick sinus syndrome is a type of heart rhythm disorder. It affects the heart’s natural pacemaker (sinus node), which controls the heartbeat. Sick sinus syndrome causes slow heartbeats, pauses (long periods between heartbeats) or irregular heartbeats (arrhythmias). Signs and symptoms of sick sinus syndrome may include:
A sensation of rapid, fluttering heartbeats (palpitations), Chest pain or discomfort, Confusion, Dizziness or lightheadedness
Fainting or near fainting, Fatigue, Shortness of breath, Slower pulse (bradycardia)
Many medical conditions can cause these problems. It’s important to get a timely and accurate diagnosis.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/sick-sinus-syndrome/ar-AA13LqRg?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=cc48c3e6605441d2b6cd69a6608bbbae

# Medical Technology
Helping the liver regenerate itself could give patients an option other than a transplant: Mayo Clinic transplant surgeons, hepatologists and other researchers in the Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics are developing and refining a number of regenerative liver therapies for patients who today must wait for whole-liver transplants.
https://www.mayo.edu/research/centers-programs/center-regenerative-biotherapeutics/focus-areas/liver-regeneration

# Military / DOD
‘Committed to Ukraine for as Long as It Takes’; Pentagon announces another $400 million in military aid to Ukraine, establishes headquarters in Germany to handle shipments and training: The Defense Department announced Friday that it will provide another $400 million aid package for Ukraine. The assistance includes, for the first time, funding to refurbish 45 tanks from the Czech Republic. It also includes 1,100 drones, 40 armored boats and money to refurbish air defense missiles and armored vehicles. The Netherlands will provide another 45 refurbished tanks.
https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3210297/400-million-in-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/

Air Force adds nine inns to closure list as funding struggles persist: Nine more Air Force inns are shuttering and others may follow suit as the service struggles to sustain its network of dozens of lodges without taxpayer funding. All the inns in the latest closure round are in the United States.
https://defensecommunities.org/2022/11/air-force-to-close-nine-more-u-s-inns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=air-force-to-close-nine-more-u-s-inns

# Military / Global
‘This is a strong warning’: Austin, South Korean defense chief condemn North’s missile launches, agree to strengthen defenses. The United States and South Korea have agreed to strengthen their alliance and defenses and increase training after a flurry of new missile launches this week by North Korea, the military leaders of both countries said Thursday.
https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3209711/secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-and-south-korean-minister-of-national-d/

Japan suspects North Korean missile that sparked take-shelter alerts was an ICBM: North Korea fired at least four ballistic missiles, including a possible ICBM on Thursday.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/north-korea-fires-suspected-icbm-missile-that-sent-triggered-shelter-alert-in-japan

# Planetary
Marsquakes hint that the planet might be volcanically active after all: Seismic data recorded by NASA’s InSight lander suggest molten rock moves tens of kilometers below the planet’s fractured Cerberus Fossae region.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mars-quakes-volcanic-activity-planet-nasa-insight#:~:text=Researchers%20have%20analyzed%20a%20slew,October%2027%20in%20Nature%20Astronomy

# Social
Hate in America is on the rise. It’s making it more dangerous for everyone from politicians to librarians to do their jobs. The FBI and other federal agencies recently warned other security agencies of the potential of violence on or following America’s midterm elections, according to documents obtained by NPR
* Hate-motivated incidents in 37 US cities increased in 2021 and appear to be trending upward.
* Politicians, poll workers, and even librarians report growing harassment, threats, and attacks.
* The midterm elections and the 2024 presidential race could make the situation worse.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/hate-america-rise-making-more-101500280.html

# Veterans / VA
SBA announces certification process for veteran small businesses to receive contracts: The U.S. Small Business Administration is streamlining its efforts to help veteran-owned small businesses access federal grant dollars ahead of Veterans Day next week
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/sba-announces-certification-process-for-veteran-small-businesses-to-receive-contracts/article_904cd4ae-5b91-11ed-89bb-fb5468ecbe4c.html

# Water
Water is drying up in Arizona because foreign owned megafarms are sucking it up for their crops: That’s because, according to Gary Saiter, a resident and head of the Wenden Water Improvement District, the water was being literally and rapidly pumped out of the ground by a neighboring well belonging to a United Arab Emirates-based company. It’s important because residents of towns Wenden and Salome get their water from the same source as farms – underground pools – but declining water tables in the area show levels have dropped from about 100 feet in the 1950s to about 540 feet in 2022.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/water-is-drying-up-in-arizona-because-foreign-owned-megafarms-are-sucking-it-up-for-their-crops/ar-AA13MYM7?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=cc48c3e6605441d2b6cd69a6608bbbae

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-04

Voices, The Peoples News

November 4, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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

# Indigenous
Despite an optimistic jobs report, new data shows Native American unemployment remains staggeringly high: Persistently high levels of unemployment for Native Americans may be related to the structural racism that permeates the U.S. economy, affecting educational access and attainment as well as employment opportunities for many communities of color.
https://ground.news/article/despite-an-optimistic-jobs-report-new-data-shows-native-american-unemployment-remains-staggeringly-high

# Border / Immigration
New York City opens another hotel for bused-in migrants: The number of migrants seeking asylum in New York City has waned in recent weeks. The third Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center will soon open 175 rooms at the Hotel Wolcott in Midtown Manhattan with a focus on providing shelter and resources for single women and adult families coming to New York, according to a release from the mayor’s office.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_york/new-york-city-opens-another-hotel-for-bused-in-migrants/article_ef609be0-5bb1-11ed-8388-b3a6b7e2ddc1.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Survey: Growing number of small businesses can’t pay rent: Newly released small business survey data shows that an alarming number of businesses are unable to pay rent. According to the report, small businesses cited several reasons for being unable to pay rent, including higher rent costs, gas prices, recessionary fears, supply chain issues, labor costs, less consumer spending and “the cumulative, negative impact of more than a year of high inflation, which has absorbed most sales gains.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/survey-growing-number-of-small-businesses-can-t-pay-rent/article_faded89c-59ea-11ed-8079-5f9f9f787122.html

This graph shows where surging corporate profits increasingly go; Tax havens: The global corporate minimum tax would ensure all companies worldwide pay a minimum tax of 15% and would require higher taxes of large companies in countries where they have customers.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/03/graph-shows-where-surging-corporate-profits-increasingly-go-tax-havens

# Education / Schools
Angry Right-Wing Moms Are Trying to Have Librarians Arrested by ‘Constitutional Sheriffs’: Coty Wamp won that promotion to district attorney and was one of the earliest law enforcement figures to begin to establish a frightening new alliance between far-right sheriff’s offices and the radical right-wing parent’s group seeking to upend America’s educational system.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/ron-desantis-moms-for-liberty-florida-book-bans.html

Hoodie Ban Fuels Wild Brawls and 10 Arrests on H.S. Campus: A Pennsylvania school board ultimately backpedaled on the new ban after a four-hour emergency meeting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-pwDiG8GB0

# Employment / Labor
Nearly two open jobs for every unemployed worker, data shows: There are nearly two open jobs for every unemployed worker in the U.S., the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics new employment data shows
https://www.news-journal.com/nearly-two-open-jobs-for-every-unemployed-worker-data-shows/article_1fbde0f6-4e6f-5784-aa26-c3cbf31ea281.html

Twitter Sued by Staff as Elon Musk’s Mass Layoffs Begin: Workers say the cuts are coming without enough notice to be legal: The lawsuit, brought on behalf of five Twitter employees so far, says one was fired on 1 November, while three were not informed at the time of filing but had been locked out of their email accounts. “Plaintiffs here are reasonably concerned that, absent court intervention, Twitter will engage in similar behaviour and seek releases from laid-off employees without informing them of their rights or the pendency of this case,” the filing stated.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/04/twitter-sued-by-former-staff-as-elon-musk-begins-mass-sackings

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
The White House announces a net-zero initiative that will pour federal funding into research and development of clean fuels, building efficiency, and other “game-changing” clean energy technologies.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/white-house-releases-net-zero-road-map/

Readout of the Fifth Greening Government Initiative Meeting: GGI Countries Shared Ways They are Leading the Transition to Net-Zero Emission Transportation by Greening Their National Government Vehicle Fleets
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ceq/news-updates/2022/09/20/readout-of-the-fifth-greening-government-initiative-meeting/

Biden-Harris Administration Releases Bold Agenda to Reduce Emissions Across America’s Industrial Sector: DOE Report Identifies Pathways for Decarbonizing Critical Components of American Industry, Announces $104 Million to Fund Emission Reduction Technologies and Build on President Biden’s Climate Agenda
https://www.energy.gov/articles/biden-harris-administration-releases-bold-agenda-reduce-emissions-across-americas

Republicans in Congress are dusting off past plans to address climate change as they prepare for the likely prospect they will win control of at least one chamber of Congress in the midterm elections next week. Their ideas include planting millions of trees and boosting energy efficiency, hydropower, nuclear energy and carbon sequestration. They would also increase domestic fossil fuel production by expanding federal oil and gas leasing and banning energy development moratoriums on federal lands.
https://worldoil.com/news/2022/11/3/gop-plans-to-offer-oil-gas-and-trees-as-climate-fixes-in-next-congress/#:~:text=Their%20ideas%20include%20planting%20millions,development%20moratoriums%20on%20federal%20lands

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
This loophole allows pesticide-coated seeds to kill birds. It’s time to close it: Pesticides kill almost 100 million birds every year in the United States, and a federal loophole ensures this crisis will continue. Changing the special status of coated seeds is a long overdue step for wildlife conservation in the U.S.
https://www.ehn.org/pesticides-and-birds-2658578889.html

Port Arthur pollution fight shows how Texas blocks citizen protests: A local activist went before a judge, arguing for lower pollution limits on two new liquified natural gas facilities. The judge sided with him, but the state environmental agency sided with the companies.
https://localtoday.news/tx/port-arthur-pollution-fight-shows-texas-blocking-citizen-protests-houston-public-media-88979.html

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
If the Mexican government bans genetically modified corn, the country’s poorest and America’s farmers will suffer the most: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador administration has prioritized the country’s smaller farms, and a ban on biotech corn and glyphosate appears to be part of that broader effort. The cost, however, is steep.
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/11/04/viewpoint-if-the-mexican-government-bans-genetically-modified-corn-the-countrys-poorest-and-americas-farmers-will-suffer-the-most/

# General Information / Other News
American Who Snuck Out of Dad’s House to Fight Putin Is Dead: Skyler Greggs, 23, was interviewed by The Daily Beast from a hospital bed in Ukraine back in June.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-snuck-dad-house-fight-083853494.html

Exiled Putin foe who sold home to Ivanka Trump mysteriously found dead in DC: A well-known businessman living in exile in the US after criticizing Russia’s Vladimir Putin was found dead outside his apartment building in an upscale neighborhood of Washington, DC, police said. Dan Rapoport, 52, was discovered lying on the sidewalk outside 2400 Main St. apartments in the Georgetown neighborhood shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday, according to police. Police said they made the grim discovery after responding to a call about a “jumper.”
https://nypost.com/2022/08/17/putin-foe-dan-rapoport-found-dead-in-washington-dc/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia Hopes to Solve Low Morale By Killing Deserters: Russian’s Vladimir Putin sparked the wrath of his own people by drafting hundreds of thousands to join the war against Ukraine, and now it seems some of those men were sent not to fight the so-called “enemy” but to “snuff out” any of the Russian troops who dare to retreat.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-now-second-frontline-set-123404714.html

# Gov / Politics / US
House GOP Unveils Road Map For Making Biden’s Life Hell: The “Commitment to America” includes four broad pillars focusing on the economy, safety, individual freedom and government accountability. Big on ideas (“expand U.S. manufacturing”) but short on policy specifics, the agenda is in keeping with tradition established in 1994 with Rep. Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” where the minority party releases their agenda priorities ahead of Election Day.
https://knpr.org/npr/2022-09/house-gop-unveils-its-legislative-roadmap-if-they-win-back-house-november

The Quiet Way Trump and DeSantis Are Preparing for a Fight: There’s a battle brewing between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. And both sides seem to be preparing for a bitter fight. The universe of GOP employees is a notoriously small one, where the most protestant Republican politicians often have overlapping classes among their employees. But there are two GOP stars with remarkably little overlap: Donald Trump And Ron DeSantis
https://darik.news/florida/the-quiet-way-donald-trump-and-ron-desantis-are-preparing-for-a-fight/804041.html

Cheri Beasley Is Running for More Than a Senate Seat In North Carolina: After a string of democratic heartbreaks here, Beasley is banking on a new strategy to win her race against a MAGA extremist. For both parties, North Carolina Senate race is pivotal for 2022 – and 2024
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3714321-budd-grows-lead-over-beasley-in-north-carolina-senate-race-poll/

Trump Pushes Supporters to Become Poll Challengers at Unhinged Iowa Rally: Donald Trump encouraged supporters to take “election integrity” into their own hands by manning polling places during a Thursday night pre-midterm rally in Sioux City, Iowa.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-pushes-supporters-become-poll-035756005.html

The 2022 Midterms Are a Referendum on the Future of Democracy in the U.S: The coming election will show whether the mass of voters in the U.S. support democracy or fascism. A number of politicians running for a variety of political offices believe in conspiracy theories, embrace elements of white supremacy, espouse antisemitic ideology, are election deniers, and argue for white Christian nationalism and policies that endorse voter suppression and the banning of books, among other repressive measures.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-2022-midterms-are-a-referendum-on-the-future-of-democracy-in-the-us/

Why the US midterms matter, from abortion rights to democracy: Guardian writers lay down what’s on the line and what a Republican victory could mean for the future of the country
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/03/why-do-the-us-midterms-matter-abortion-rights-democracy-2024

Trump Team Is Reportedly Eyeing November 14 for a 2024 Campaign Launch: The news comes as the Department of Justice weighs whether it will bring charges against the former president.
https://www.axios.com/2022/11/04/trump-presidential-run-2024-announcement

Nonprofit Watchdog Group Promises to Sue Trump If He Tries to Run for President: The group says Trump’s involvement in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol should disqualify him from running.
https://truthout.org/articles/nonprofit-watchdog-group-promises-to-sue-trump-if-he-tries-to-run-for-president/

Dangerous Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Spiked This Election Season: Immigration advocates worry the lies perpetuated by Republicans this election cycle could spur some to violence.
https://publicintegrity.org/politics/elections/anti-immigrant-rhetoric-spiked-in-this-election-heres-why-its-dangerous/

Pelosi Attack Could Portend Right-Wing Violence on Election Day, Experts Warn: Experts call on officials to speak out against militia activity at the polls as the right prepares to contest the vote.
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/02/1132822805/election-violence-concerns-voting-threats

# Law Enforcement
State Cops Called in After White Firefighters Leave Black Boys Behind: Firefighters Sergeant Daniel Sniegocki and Michael Zlotek were tasked with searching the room the boys were sleeping in on the second floor of a home. The two firefighters called an all-clear for the rooms in which the boys still lay. It wasn’t until six minutes later that another team of firefighters looking to vent the room found the boys and rushed them to safety, only for them to perish days later.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/state-cops-called-white-firefighters-203057597.html

# Legal / DOJ
Trump’s Efforts to Hide Cash From NY AG Shot Down in Court: Judge Arthur F. Engoron forbade the Trump Organization from trying to transfer assets into a new Trump business.
https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trumps-company-watchdog-ensure-201946998.html

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Get a Medical Cannabis Prescription from Anywhere in Texas: In Texas, you must have a prescription from a physician that is registered in the Compassionate Use Program. Texas Original makes this process easy!
https://texasoriginal.com/medical-marijuana-prescription/

# Medical / Health
The Supreme Court Weighs A Massive Change to Medicaid: Marion County agency wants SCOTUS to strip protections for millions of vulnerable Americans. Marion County’s public health agency is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strip legal protections for millions of Americans in a monumental case that experts say could dramatically weaken federal benefit programs.
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2022/10/06/scotus-nursing-home-case-could-threaten-medicaid-protections/69521691007/

# Military / Global
Putin deploys MiG-31K jets, with ballistic Killjoy missile in Belarus; Russia dares the West. The missile, launched from a MiG-31K fighter, is nearly impossible to intercept due to its hypersonic speed, can carry either a conventional or nuclear payload, and has a range of around 1,240 miles, according to an analysis from the Nuclear Threat Initiative
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/foreign/russia-deploys-hypersonic-missiles-belarus

Kim Jong Un Inches Closer to All-Out War Than Ever Before: They’re playing war games on both sides of the North-South line between the two Koreas, coming close to the real thing but stopping short of killing their enemies.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/kim-jong-un-inches-closer-to-all-out-war-than-ever-before/ar-AA13FyXN?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=f9c7641f3d7a40c4a27486141ccd91e1

# Pharmas / Drugs
Taxpayers support medical research that private corporations then profit from. For more equitable drug access, we need a new model for research and development, and how research institutions sell their discoveries. A better model, the global access licensing framework, has already been proposed.
https://undark.org/2022/11/03/the-public-shouldnt-pay-for-drugs-twice/?utm_source=Undark%3A+News+%26+Updates&utm_campaign=e333894951-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5cee408d66-e333894951-144015349

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
A Massive Chinese Rocket Crashed Back to Earth, Somewhere: The 50-foot, 22,000-tonne booster was forecast to fall in an area containing 88 percent of the planet’s population. It’s currently expected to end up somewhere on the surface of our planet late Friday or Saturday.
https://www.cnet.com/science/space/another-uncontrolled-chinese-rocket-is-about-to-crash-back-to-earth/

# Technology / Medical
‘Optical electrodes’ can read your mind, paving the way toward fully-functional prosthetics and brain-machine interfaces. These optrodes bypass several of the most glaring limitations of current electrodes.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/optrodes-prosthetics-nerves-interaction-923524/

Paralyzed patients can now connect their iPhones to their brains to type messages using thoughts alone: It’s now possible to mind control your smartphone. But are we ready to open this can of worms?
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/paralyzed-patients-can-now-connect-their-iphones-to-their-brains-to-type-messages-using-thoughts-alone/

# Technology
Elon Musk Hints at Trump’s Return to Twitter, Possibly in “a Few Weeks”: Polling shows most Americans support the social media bans imposed on Trump.
https://truthout.org/articles/elon-musk-hints-at-trumps-return-to-twitter-possibly-in-a-few-weeks/

# Veterans / VA
First Look at the VA’s New Toxic Exposure Screening All Vets Will Take When Seeing a Doctor: With a short screening, the VA hopes to learn more about combat exposures and help patients learn more about potential services and benefits.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/10/31/first-look-vas-new-toxic-exposure-screening-all-vets-will-take-when-seeing-doctor.html

# Water
Corpus Christi sold its water to Exxon, gambling on desalination. So far, it’s a losing bet: Concerns over ecological destruction have delayed desalination plans for years in this booming seaside city, where environmentalists see water supply as the “chokehold” on an oil sector buildout along the rugged Gulf Coast of South Texas.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04112022/corpus-christi-texas-exxon-water-desalination/#:~:text=So%20far%2C%20it’s%20a%20losing%20bet,-Autumnspanne1&text=Concerns%20over%20ecological%20destruction%20have,Gulf%20Coast%20of%20South%20Texas

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-03

Voices, The Peoples News

November 3, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Chemicals
Dry shampoo added to list of products contaminated with benzene: Findings represent the highest levels found in a consumer product to date, according to Valisure
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/101550

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Student Infected With Debilitating Virus in Undisclosed Biolab Accident: By the time a researcher who pricked her finger in Missouri reported the accident, she was already sick.
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/01/biosafety-lab-accident-chikungunya-virus/

Lab That Created Risky Avian Flu Had “Unacceptable” Biosafety Protocols: Documents obtained by The Intercept reveal disturbing biosafety lapses and troubling gaps in oversight by government agencies.
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/01/biosafety-avian-flu/

The cost of vaccine hoarding: More than one million lives might have been saved if COVID-19 vaccines had been shared more equitably with lower-income countries in 2021, according to mathematical models incorporating data from 152 countries.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03529-3

Groundbreaking: Study Details How Media, Big Tech Censored Doctors and Scientists Who Challenged COVID Narrative: A groundbreaking new scientific paper published Tuesday exposes the suppression and censorship of doctors and medical experts who opposed and challenged the official COVID-19 narrative.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-narrative-big-tech-media-censorship-doctors/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=61483b7f-b9d9-4322-bad6-4e9175d7eef2

The Pediatric Perils of PEG: From MiraLAX to COVID Shots, FDA and CDC Ignore Safety Signals: Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned that some ultrasound contrast agents contain polyethylene glycol (PEG) and therefore shouldn’t be administered to patients with known or suspected allergies to PEG — but there are no similar warnings for adults or children who get PEG-containing COVID-19 shots or MiraLAX, an over-the-counter laxative.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-vaccine-miralax-polyethylene-glycol/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Fed hikes interest rate despite recession warnings from experts: Economists warned that increasing interest rates too quickly was “a very dangerous approach,” could make inflation worse and cause “great pain” without addressing real economic issues.
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2022/11/02/fed-hikes-interest-rates-despite-expert-warnings-more-economic-pain-working

# Education / Schools
The Racism of the Supreme Court’s Supermajority Was on Full Display This Week: The six right-wingers appear poised to gut affirmative action in higher education.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-racism-of-the-supreme-courts-supermajority-was-on-full-display-this-week/

# Employment / Labor
Demand for US workers rebounds despite Fed’s efforts to cool economy: ‘Jolts’ report points to tight labour market amid string of interest rate rises. “The huge increase in job openings was expected to slow, but the numbers show a job market that is speeding up, not slowing down,” said Layla O’Kane, an economist for analytics company Lightcast.
https://www.ft.com/content/c2cc606c-3aef-4c1d-912d-d78da291d69f

Job openings unexpectedly surge in September despite Fed efforts to cool labor market: U.S. job openings unexpectedly surged higher in September, even as the Federal Reserve tries to bring down near-record high inflation and cool the labor market with the most aggressive interest rate hikes in decades.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/job-openings-unexpectedly-surge-september-140922555.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Where Are the Methane ‘Super-Emitters’? NASA Identifies More Than 50 Major Methane Leaks From Space
There is 262 percent more methane in the atmosphere now than there was before the start of the industrial revolution, but where is all that methane coming from?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasa-finds-more-than-50-super-emitters-of-methane-180981045/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Starbucks is suspected in NC action of pumping too much potassium without disclosure: The High Point, NC-based Puroast Coffee Company has filed a complaint with Stein, alleging that Starbucks coffee is adulterated with chemicals deceiving consumers by artificially changing the flavor of its coffee. Spiked potassium levels do not present a traditional food safety issue. However, those with kidney disease could be harmed by elevated potassium levels in the bloodstream. The condition known as hyperkalemia can result.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/11/starbucks-is-suspected-in-nc-action-of-pumping-too-much-potassium-without-disclosure/#:~:text=The%20High%20Point%2C%20NC%2Dbased,a%20traditional%20food%20safety%20issue

Iowa Orders 1.1 Million Chickens Be Killed After A Case Of Avian Flu Was Found: In Wright County, Iowa, a commercial egg-laying facility will be forced to kill 1.1 million chickens in an effort to contain the “highly contagious and deadly” avian flu virus.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2022/10/31/bird-flu-iowa-avian-influenza-hens-destroyed-egg-facility-wright-county/69607869007/

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Domino sugar recalled over metal wire in product: Domino Foods Inc is recalling certain Domino and C&H Sugar Tubs because of the potential of metal wire in the product. The product was distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/11/domino-sugar-recalled-over-metal-wire-in-product/

Rolls recalled over possible microbial contamination: Piantedosi Baking Co., Inc. is recalling bread rolls because products may be contaminated with Cronobacter sakazakii or Clostridium botulinum. The products were distributed in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Mississippi and Colorado. The recall was initiated on Aug. 17, 2022
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/08/dinner-rolls-sandwich-rolls-buns-recalled-because-of-potential-microbial-contamination/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Kim Jong Un Inches Closer to All-Out War Than Ever Before: An unprecedented barrage of missiles from North Korea has some experts fearing the worst is yet to come.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-inches-closer-to-all-out-war-than-ever-before

# Gov / Politics / US
These Texans were trying to help run elections. Then Ken Paxton’s office launched criminal investigations. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hasn’t just been pursuing supposed voter fraud. His office has also criminally investigated at least 10 election workers, in a harbinger of potential post-midterm turmoil.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/03/texas-election-workers-voter-fraud-paxton-midterms/

We Really Need to Fix Presidential Succession, Like Now: The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 is a constitutional crisis waiting to happen.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-really-need-to-fix-presidential-successionlike-now
See also: Under the 1947 Act, any person serving as Acting President can be supplanted or bumped from the acting presidency by an officer higher in the order of succession. Finally, the Act requires that any Cabinet officer, by serving as Acting President, automatically vacates his Cabinet position.
https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/president-pro-tempore/presidential-succession-act.htm

We’re Watching White Anxiety Turn Into Violent Rage: Many white Americans believe in the myth of their own greatness. And it’s become a threat to us all.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/were-watching-white-anxiety-turn-into-violent-rage

The GOP Has a New Way to Take Power From Cities: ‘Rogue city leaders’: How Republicans are taking power away from mayors. State lawmakers are preempting the ability of city leaders to enforce their own regulations. The moves represent a sharp ideological shift for a party that has long championed local control.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/23/republicans-are-taking-power-away-from-mayors-495564

Pelosi Attack Could Portend Right-Wing Violence on Election Day, Experts Warn: Experts call on officials to speak out against militia activity at the polls as the right prepares to contest the vote.
https://truthout.org/articles/pelosi-attack-could-portend-right-wing-violence-on-election-day-experts-warn/

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Lawmakers seeking to change law allowing cops to charge patients with marijuana DUIs even if they are not impaired: A Pennsylvania law allows medical marijuana patients to be charged with driving under the influence even if they are not impaired. Patients and even prosecutors are trying to change the law.
https://www.wtae.com/article/medical-marijuana-dui-charge/41835001#

# Medical / Health
Taxpayers foot the bill for medical research, but companies profit. We’re paying for drugs twice and this needs to change now
https://www.zmescience.com/science/taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-medical-research-but-companies-profit-were-paying-for-drugs-twice-and-this-needs-to-change-now/

# Pharmas / Drugs
Taxpayers foot the bill for medical research, but companies profit. We’re paying for drugs twice and this needs to change now. Part of the problem is an outdated licensing system that allows private companies to buy exclusive rights to use publicly funded research, with few strings attached.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-medical-research-but-companies-profit-were-paying-for-drugs-twice-and-this-needs-to-change-now/

# Security
Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation: Under the guise of counterterrorism, the government is accelerating pressure on social media companies to crack down on speech the feds deem disinformation.
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/

Probe launched into Homeland Security’s ‘taxpayer-funded censorship campaign’: House Oversight Committee Republicans are kicking off an investigation into a “taxpayer-funded censorship campaign” at the Department of Homeland Security.
https://tylerpaper.com/news/national/probe-launched-into-homeland-security-s-taxpayer-funded-censorship-campaign/article_446139ab-8058-5a9a-8ead-2978dbfd090b.html

# Technology
Elon Musk plans to profit from Twitter, not create a town square for global democracy: His acquisition of Twitter, a powerful opinion platform, as a private company also further cements his power.
https://countercurrents.org/2022/11/elon-musk-plans-to-profit-from-twitter-not-create-a-town-square-for-global-democracy/

L’Oréal Becomes Latest Brand to Suspend Twitter Advertising: The announcement comes as a number of other brands are expected to remove themselves from the social media platform.
https://www.ft.com/content/17281b81-b801-4a8f-8065-76d3ffb400fa

# Military / DOD
‘Someone has to do it’: American vets in Ukraine train front-line medics as war rages with Russia: Founded by four U.S. veterans in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Task Force Yankee Ukraine has crisscrossed the country to prepare more than 12,000 Ukrainians to treat the unique injuries of war.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-11-02/american-veterans-ukraine-training-medics-7884246.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-02

Voices, The Peoples News

November 2, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Can Native America Transform The World Again? November is Native American Heritage Month, a good time to take a look at these ancient cultures that have given us so much and have so much more to share now.
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2022/11/can-native-america-transform-the-world-again.html

As climate change worsens, US weighs which communities to save: The Biden administration is considering proposals to relocate Native American communities threatened by global warming. As climate change gets worse, tribes like Shoalwater Bay are being squeezed between existential threats and brutal financial arithmetic. Consigned to marginal land more than a century ago by the United States government, some tribes are now trying to relocate to areas better protected from extreme weather yet lack the money to pay for that move.”
https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-change-worsens-us-weighs-which-communities-save

# Border / Immigration
Operation Lone Star realities: Continued successes, record number of dead: Law enforcement, working with Border Patrol agents, found 856 dead bodies of individuals who’d illegally entered the U.S. and likely died from the natural elements. The number of deaths of illegal foreign nationals reported in fiscal 2022 outpaced the record set in fiscal 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/operation-lone-star-realities-continued-successes-record-number-of-dead/article_ca03885c-57b6-11ed-9844-23242316c3a4.html

GOP States Are Suing to Expel Legal Immigrants at the Border: The states want a court to delegalize Haitian immigration, even if it means more chaos at the border.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/republican-led-states-are-suing-to-expel-legal-immigrants-at-the-border

# Chemicals
‘Everybody’s contaminated:’ Maine hunters worried about PFAS contamination in animals: Hunting season is now underway, but with new worries, as many hunters are forced to avoid areas of PFAS contamination.
https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-hunters-pfas-contamination-animals-deer-turkeys-fairfield-hunting

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
New COVID Shots Same As Old Ones: Two studies performed recently have found that the new COVID-19 bivalent (two-in-one) booster shots developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna/ NIAID do not provide better protection against the Omicron subvariant viruses than the original monovalent formulations of the shots.
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2022/10/new-covid-shots-same-as-old-ones/

New Oxford study finds increased COVID infection among the COVID vaccinated: Researchers from Oxford University in the United Kingdom published a study in The Lancet finding that those who received two doses of COVID-19 shot were 44 percent more likely to be infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus than those who were unvaccinated.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/13/oxford-university-study-says-omicron-can-hit-the-double-vaccinated.html

Pretty Much Everyone is Getting Heart Damage from the COVID Vaccines: “We all know that mRNA vaccines are associated with myocarditis. It’s rare, but it’s an important safety signal. It’s more likely to affect men than women, and more likely to affect people in age range about 16 to 24.
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2022/11/pretty-much-everyone-is-getting-heart-damage-from-the-covid-vaccines/

Now It’s UK: Why Are Labs Racing To See Who Can Create The Most Deadly Virus? Any lab experimenting with the creation of or gain-of-function of human pathogens should be summarily terminated and its researchers banned from further activities. The depth and scope of this kind of research goes far beyond just China and the U.S.
https://www.technocracy.news/now-its-uk-why-are-labs-racing-to-see-who-can-create-the-most-deadly-virus/

‘Trick on Taxpayers’ outlines questionable projects funded by COVID-19 relief: More and more federally funded, controversial projects that came as part of pandemic-relief spending passed by Congress are coming to light, and few of them do not have anything to do with COVID-19
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/trick-on-taxpayers-outlines-questionable-projects-funded-by-covid-19-relief/article_df7c95ce-5a0a-11ed-9efd-9720d76fa313.html

CDC Pushed for COVID-19 Boosters Without Clinical Trials. Disturbing Emails: “Pfizer Recommends It and I Trust in their Guidance”: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pressured U.S. regulators to clear COVID-19 boosters without clinical trial data, according to newly released emails.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/11/01/cdc-pushed-for-covid-19-boosters-without-clinical-trials-disturbing-emails-pfizer-recommends-it-and-i-trust-in-their-guidance/

CDC Inflicts Biowar Vax on Children: Children are being injected with a potentially dangerous substance that brings them essentially no health benefits whatsoever. COVID mRNA vaccines are still classified as experimental.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/11/01/massacre-of-the-innocents-cdc-inflicts-biowar-vax-on-children-now-the-perps-want-amnesty/

The Other Form of Long COVID: How the pandemic sets back children’s learning: The COVID-19 pandemic devastated poor children’s well-being, not just by closing their schools, but also by taking away their parents’ jobs, sickening their families and teachers, and adding chaos and fear to their daily lives.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/covid-19-pandemic-massively-set-back-learning-especially-for-high-poverty-areas

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Fed Fights Inflation With Another 0.75 Interest Rate Hike: The Fed’s latest jumbo increase marks the most aggressive period of monetary policy since the early 1980s. The Federal Reserve ordered another big boost in interest rates on Wednesday, and warned that rates will have to go even higher to bring stubbornly high inflation under control.
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/02/1133195996/fed-federal-reserve-interest-rates-hike-increase-inflation-unemployment-powell

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
‘Powerful victory’ as judge dismisses charges against Line 3 water protectors: “Why are U.S. citizens who are trying to protect themselves from a foreign fossil fuel corporation facing arrest, when no one at Enbridge will ever be held accountable for their crimes?” “Protecting water, land, and treaty rights is not a crime,” said one defendant. “Perhaps now we can hold the Enbridge corporation accountable for their crimes against nature and humanity.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/01/powerful-victory-judge-dismisses-charges-against-line-3-water-protectors

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
The shadowy history of the Cargill family and the richest private company in America: The biggest supervillains in the world are not human, they’re corporations. Cargill Inc. gets dragged into the light. The agricultural conglomerate is the largest private held corporation in the U.S. The current price increases in the food market are driving their profits higher.
https://perfectunion.us/this-evil-company-owns-all-the-food-in-your-house/

Conserving farmland also benefits the air we breathe: A new study shows how land enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program also significantly improves air quality in the region
https://civileats.com/2022/11/02/conserving-farmland-also-benefits-the-air-we-breathe/

# General Information / Other News
Why 18-year-olds in Texas can buy AR-15s but not handguns [Web posted May 26, 2022 .. Reposted Nov 2, 2022] Under federal law, Americans buying handguns from licensed dealers must be 21, which would have precluded Salvador Ramos from buying that type of weapon. That trumps Texas law, which only requires buyers of any type of firearm to be 18 or older.
https://www.propublica.org/article/why-18-year-olds-in-texas-can-buy-ar-15s-but-not-handguns

Trump Org Suddenly Settles With Protesters Beat Up by Guards: Defense lawyers made the last-minute decision after struggling to find Bronx jurors who didn’t have strong feelings about Trump and his eponymous company.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-settles-lawsuit-protesters-allege-210554761.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
‘Final Destruction’: Russia Threatens Norway With Ugly Row: Russia’s foreign ministry has promised to deliver “a timely and adequate response” to what it describes as mounting provocations from the Scandinavian country.
https://news.yahoo.com/final-destruction-russia-threatens-norway-202518969.html

# Gov / Politics / US
They were 12 when Trump became president. Now, they’re voting for the first time: Now 18 and registered to vote, they see abortion access, LGBTQ rights, and immigration as not just issues on which to make their voices heard, but as matters their lives depend on.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paigeskinner/first-time-voters-2022-midterms

AIPAC Echoes Republicans’ Crime Messaging in Pennsylvania: After failing to stop Democrat Summer Lee’s primary bid, the pro-Israel group is now helping Republicans put the seat into play.
https://prospect.org/politics/aipac-echoes-republicans-crime-messaging-in-pennsylvania/

A new wave of celebrity politicians breaks the rules on acceptable behavior, inspired by Trump: GOP candidates Kari Lake, Herschel Walker and Dr. Mehmet Oz have caught people’s attention for outlandish stunts and false statements that are increasingly accepted in politics.
https://theconversation.com/a-new-wave-of-celebrity-politicians-breaks-the-rules-on-acceptable-behavior-inspired-by-trump-193056

# Medical / Health
NIH-funded study finds personalized kidney screening for people with type 1 diabetes could reduce costs, detect disease earlier
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-funded-study-finds-personalized-kidney-screening-people-type-1-diabetes-could-reduce-costs-detect-disease-earlier

New 3D model shows how cadmium exposure may affect heart development: Maternal cadmium exposure in the mouse leads to increased heart weight at birth and programs susceptibility to hypertension in adulthood. NIH researchers develop new tools to demonstrate how environmental agents can lead to diseases.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49807-5

A blood test that screens for multiple cancers at once promises to boost early detection: MCED tests are likely to transform cancer screening in the near future, particularly if they receive strong federal support to enable rapid innovation.
https://theconversation.com/a-blood-test-that-screens-for-multiple-cancers-at-once-promises-to-boost-early-detection-191728

Abortion Rights Opponents Are Targeting Patients Seeking Care in Blue States: Clinic defense is an essential part of the abortion rights movement in the repressive post-Roe era. As draconian abortion bans sweep the nation, cities like New York, Chicago and Santa Fe remain vital holdouts for patients seeking abortion care, and also a site of ongoing focus for the far right.
https://truthout.org/articles/abortion-rights-opponents-are-targeting-patients-seeking-care-in-blue-states/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-01

Voices, The Peoples News

November 1, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Putting Native America Back On The Map To Re-Discover Ourselves: Mapping a New Geography of Hope With Native America shows that our Foundational Stories shape our minds and our relationship to the Earth. The map is available online and via the Native Land app (for both iOS and Android). Just type in your address, and you’ll be able to see what indigenous group(s) once lived there or nearby. It’s even possible members of that community still live in that area, though of course many native people were displaced, thanks to, uh, centuries of shitty federal policy.
https://mashable.com/article/indigenous-map-america

# Border / Immigration
Greg Abbott Is Still Prosecuting Migrants Under a Bogus Disaster Declaration: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s ‘Operation Lone Star’ sets a dangerous precedent for authoritarian attacks on migrants.
https://truthout.org/articles/greg-abbott-is-still-prosecuting-migrants-under-a-bogus-disaster-declaration/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Vaccine Passports Are Here to Stay. Why Worry? The digital Covid vaccination certification, or “passport,” is a mobile app that instantaneously affirms the vaccinated status, Covid test results, birth date, gender, and/or other identifiers of its holder. “Spoiler alert,” tweeted British DJ, Lange. “They are not planning on removing vax passports once introduced. This is just the first step to get you conditioned to accepting government restrictions in your daily life via your mobile phone. This digital ID is going to expand to all aspects of your life.”
https://theintercept.com/2022/01/01/covid-vaccine-passports-surveillance/

Pfizer COVID vaccine price hike to boost revenue for years, rivals may follow: Pfizer’s plan to as much as quadruple U.S. prices for its COVID-19 vaccine next year is beyond Wall Street’s expectations and will spur its revenue for years despite weaker than anticipated demand for the new booster shot so far, analysts said. The price range announced by Pfizer represented a more than 10,000% markup over what experts have estimated it costs the vaccine makers to produce the shots.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/pfizer-covid-vaccine-price-hike-seen-giving-revenue-boost-years-2022-10-21/

Exclusive: 14-Year-Old Leads ‘Miserable Life’ After Being Injured by Vaccines as an Infant: Laura Chicos, now 14, leads “a miserable life,” according to her mother, with allergic reactions to “almost everything,” including but not limited to food, dust and environmental contaminants.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/laura-chicos-allergic-reactions-vaccines-injuries/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Why inflation will likely stay sky-high regardless of which party wins the midterms: Many voters say inflation is the issue that matters to them most as they head to the polls. The problem is, the people they choose can’t do much about it.
https://theconversation.com/why-inflation-will-likely-stay-sky-high-regardless-of-which-party-wins-the-midterms-193416

# Education / Schools
Safety concerns prompts Election Day school closings: Safety concerns have prompted Election Day school closings for Austin Independent School District as schools navigate their roles as polling sites in the wake of threats to poll workers and possible security challenges.
https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2022/10/31/safety-school-election-day-closings

US Schools Have Two Years to Use or Lose Once-in-a-Lifetime Relief Funds: Without adequate planning now, states and districts may be left scrambling to allocate funding efficiently and effectively.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/3712504-us-schools-have-two-years-to-use-or-lose-once-in-a-lifetime-relief-funds/

Supremes Give Icy Reception to Affirmative Action in College: The Supreme Court heard two cases on Monday about the consideration of race in college admissions. The consequences could be massive.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-indicated-it-might-head-toward-ending-affirmative-action-in-harvard-unc-cases

# Employment / Labor
US Unemployment System ‘Wholly Unprepared’ as Fed Risks Throwing Millions Out of Work: “If another wave of job losses does indeed hit, the unemployment safety net isn’t ready to cushion the blow without significant improvements,” warns the co-author of a new study. “If another wave of job losses does indeed hit, the unemployment safety net isn’t ready to cushion the blow without significant improvements,” warns the co-author of a new study.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/01/us-unemployment-system-wholly-unprepared-fed-risks-throwing-millions-out-work

Lawmakers to Powell: ‘How Many Millions Will Be Thrown Out of Their Jobs’ Due to Fed Policy?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/01/lawmakers-powell-how-many-millions-will-be-thrown-out-their-jobs-due-fed-policy

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
In Nevada, a tribe and a toad halt a geothermal plant: The rugged, remote corner of Nevada’s Great Basin region found itself at the epicenter of a confrontation between some of President Biden’s, and the nation’s, most pressing priorities: renewable energy, wildlife conservation and Indigenous rights.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/31/nevada-toad-geothermal-paiute/

Biden Threatens Big Oil With Windfall Profits Tax: President Joe Biden on Monday stepped up his pressure on major oil companies, accusing them of racking up record earnings by profiteering off the war in Ukraine.
https://www.thestreet.com/markets/president-biden-threatens-big-oil-windfall-tax-as-profits-surge

President Biden threatens oil companies with higher taxes if they don’t use recent windfall profits to increase production and lower prices. “They have a responsibility to act in the interest of their consumers, their community and their country, to invest in America by increasing production and refining capacity,” Biden said
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3713013-biden-threatens-oil-companies-with-higher-tax-if-they-dont-increase-production/?utm_medium=email

# General Information / Other News
Watch 9/11: Press For Truth, one of the most well-documented and revealing documentaries on 9/11 that traces the passionate journey of a small group of grieving families who waged a tenacious battle against those who sought to bury the truth of the events surrounding that fateful day. Both a 15-minute summary of key excerpts and the full 84-minute 9/11 video documentary can be viewed for free
https://www.wanttoknow.info/911video

UN General Assembly says Israel must get rid of its nuclear arsenal: Five countries; Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Palau and the United States – opposed the resolution. Israel never admitted to possess nuclear weapons, but nevertheless, the UNGA resolution was aimed at Israel, not Iran.
https://apa.az/en/america/un-general-assembly-says-israel-must-get-rid-of-its-nuclear-arsenal-388359

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Lackey Urges Russians to Choose Death Over War Defeat: An unsettling speech given by Vladimir Putin has prompted the Kremlin’s most prominent mouthpieces to promote martyrdom on Russian airwaves.
https://news.yahoo.com/top-putin-lackey-urges-russians-091047778.html

Fed up with invasion of Ukraine, a billionaire gives up his citizenship: Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov renounced his citizenship to protest the war in Ukraine, becoming one of the first Russian business tycoons to publicly criticize the Kremlin’s actions.
https://www.axios.com/2022/10/11/billionaire-yuri-milner-renounces-russian-citizenship
Go deeper: What about Yuri? https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-e3bd2d0e-8c7d-4f3e-8a18-978a9c6176cd.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

# Gov / Politics / US
Why the Fate of Medicare and Social Security Is a Midterm Issue: “They [Republicans] would put us in default unless we yield to their demands to cut Social Security and Medicare. They’re so determined to cut Social Security and Medicare, they’re willing to take down the economy over it,” Biden told supporters in Syracuse, N.Y., on Thursday.
https://thehill.com/reliable-voters/3709839-why-the-fate-of-medicare-and-social-security-is-a-midterm-issue/

The Crime Wave That Republicans Defend: Corporate theft and fraud is not only tolerated by the GOP, it’s shielded. Yet Democrats rarely use this to attack Republican messaging on crime. Bracketed by Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Rohit Chopra, President Biden took aim at “junk fees.” They are “surprise charges that companies sneak into bills because they can,” Biden said. “They benefit big corporations, not consumers, not working families.”
https://prospect.org/power/corporate-crime-wave-that-republicans-defend/

The US, not China, is the aggressor: Christopher Black, a respected international lawyer, tells Finian Cunningham why the United States is actually the aggressor over Taiwan, not China.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57321.htm

New Senate Report Spotlights ‘Barbaric Consequences’ of GOP Abortion Bans: “Republicans’ crusade against women’s reproductive freedoms has created national chaos that is a mortal threat to women’s health.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/01/new-senate-report-spotlights-barbaric-consequences-gop-abortion-bans?utm_source=daily_newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter

# Law Enforcement
‘Slavery by any name is wrong’; the push to end forced labor in prisons: about 800,000 prisoners out of the 1.2 million in state and federal prisons are forced to work, generating a conservative estimate of $11bn annually in goods and services while average wages range from 13 cents to 52 cents per hour. Five states, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas, force prisoners to work without pay
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/27/slavery-loophole-unpaid-labor-in-prisons

One Dead, 20 Wounded in Halloween Shootings, Police Say: A single drive-by shooting in Chicago left 14 hurt, including two children and a teenager.
https://nypost.com/2022/11/01/separate-mass-shootings-in-chicago-kansas-injures-20-people-halloween-night/

Off-Duty Pentagon Cop Caught Dealing Cocaine, Police Say: Eric Welch, an officer with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, has allegedly been engaged in a decidedly sketchy side hustle.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/pentagon-police-officer-arrested-cocaine

The Fashionable Police Strategy That Is Just Mass Incarceration By Another Name
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/focused-deterrence-police-strategy-just-like-mass-incarceration.html

‘Alarm bells’ ring in red states where election deniers are set to lead election offices: Wyoming’s secretary of state came out forcefully against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s effort to spread lies about the 2020 election. Then-Secretary of State Ed Buchanan (R) said Lindell was “Not the purveyor of election integrity truth” but rather a “peddler of pillows and promises.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/alarm-bells-ring-red-states-094505646.html

# Legal / DOJ
How a 2013 US Supreme Court ruling enabled states to enact election laws without federal approval: In the Shelby v. Holder decision, a key section of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act was eliminated, thus enabling states with histories of racial discrimination to enact new voting laws.
https://theconversation.com/how-a-2013-us-supreme-court-ruling-enabled-states-to-enact-election-laws-without-federal-approval-193064

Bite mark forensic analysis is junk science, but U.S. courts are still convicting innocent people over it: At least two dozen people have been wrongfully convicted for crimes they never committed because of bogus bite mark analysis.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/bite-mark-forensic-analysis-is-junk-science-but-u-s-courts-are-still-convicting-innocent-people-over-it/

# Medical / Health
I’m A Doctor. Here’s Why We Need Universal Healthcare: From each vantage point, as a patient, a provider, and a small business owner, I see everyday how for-profit corporations fail to provide adequate access and coverage for vital health care services. Corporations are about profits. We need a national single payer health insurance program. It is time to join the growing wave of support for passage of the Medicare for All Act of 2021.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/01/im-doctor-heres-why-we-need-universal-healthcare

Five popular tampon brands — including two advertised as organic — have detectable levels of fluorine, an indicator of the group of chemicals known as PFAS, according to a new report from Mamavation.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/tampons-toxic-pfas-forever-chemicals-ehn/

# Military / DOD
Crossing the Border into Ukraine: The U.S. “Screaming Eagles” have been deployed three miles from Ukraine and are ready to fight the Russians. World War III beckons. God help us.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57316.htm

# Military / Global
Putin Parades New Missile Nightmare in Latest Threat to West: A new intelligence report reveals that Vladimir Putin has now deployed nuclear-capable missiles to Russia’s neighbor, Belarus.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/putin-parades-missile-nightmare-latest-182410020.html

# Science
The CIA Just Invested in Woolly Mammoth Resurrection Technology: The embrace of this technology will allow U.S. agencies to read, write, and edit genetic material. The embrace of this technology, according to In-Q-Tel’s blog post, will help allow U.S. government agencies to read, write, and edit genetic material, and, importantly, to steer global biological phenomena that impact “nation-to-nation competition.”
https://theintercept.com/2022/09/28/cia-extinction-woolly-mammoth-dna/

# Security
DHS began meeting monthly with Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia, and others to coordinate ‘content moderation’ efforts starting in 2020 | 31 Oct 2022 | The Department of Homeland Security has been working to influence big tech platforms. This became originally evident when the Biden administration launched the ill-fated Disinformation Governance Board early in 2022, but has been a focus of their efforts even beyond that now-defunct unit, and before.
https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-leaks-starting-in-2020-dhs-began-meeting-with-twitter-facebook-wikipedia-and-more-monthly-to-coordinate-content-moderation-efforts

# Technology
Elon Musk fires Twitter’s top brass after closing $44 billion deal – reports
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/elon-musk-fires-twitters-top-brass-closing-44-billion-deal-reports

Entire Twitter Data Engineer Team Let Go – Reports
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Twitter-s-Entire-Data-Engineer-Team-Let-Go-CNBC–42126215/

Michael Rectenwald’s Appeal to Twitter After the Musk Takeover
https://www.legitgov.org/michael-rectenwalds-appeal-twitter-after-musk-takeover-0

Elon Musk’s Twitter Gambit and What It Means to the ‘Clique in Power’
https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/essays/elon-musks-twitter-gambit-and-what-it-means-to-the-clique-in-power

# Technology / Global
US sending satellite antennas to Ukraine after Musk’s Starlink U-turn: The U.S. said it will send Ukraine satellite communications antennas that can work without Elon Musk’s Starlink network to assist the battered country in its fight against Russia. The four antennas, to be taken from the Department of Defense’s own shelves, were included in a $275 million aid package announced Oct. 28. It’s the Biden administration’s twenty-fourth drawdown of equipment for Ukraine since August 2021.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/c2-comms/2022/10/31/us-sending-satellite-antennas-to-ukraine-after-musks-starlink-u-turn/

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