Month: December 2022

Voices, The Peoples News

December 19, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
New York Bans Puppy Mills and Sale of Cosmetics Tested on Animals:
The law, sponsored by state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Queens) and Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal (D-Manhattan), is aimed at cracking down on so-called notorious “puppy mill” breeders who mistreat animals that are sold to stores for resale. State lawmakers approved the puppy mill ban by huge bipartisan margins last spring despite efforts by pet stores and their political allies to bury the proposal. Pet store owners argued the ban would put them out of business, though they will now be able to charge animal rescue shelters rent to use their space for adoptions.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/15/ny-gov-kathy-hochul-signs-law-banning-puppy-mills-sales/

# Archaeology
# Border / Immigration / Migrants
‘They’ve Gotta Have Something in Place’: Critics Circle as Biden Admin. Prepares for End of Title 42. The imminent expiration of the immigration policy on Wednesday has prompted concern of a surge of arrivals at the southern border.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/18/immigration-border-biden-title-42-00074482

Community-Based Programs Offer Alternative to Detention for Asylum Seekers: Community-based programs for asylum seekers are grossly underfunded, while detention and surveillance are expanding.
https://immigrantjustice.org/research-items/report-better-way-community-based-programming-alternative-immigrant-incarceration

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Pfizer mRNA Vaccines; Risks of Pulmonary Embolism, Myocarditis, Blood Clots. FDA Disturbing Surveillance Data Finally Released: 4 serious adverse reactions sometimes lethal: pulmonary embolism, acute myocardial infarction, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and immune thrombocytopenia. These are the same side effects denounced by Gospa News in many scientific articles based on clinical researches or literary study.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/12/18/vital-pfizer-mrna-vaccines-risks-of-pulmonary-embolism-myocarditis-blood-clots-fda-disturbing-surveillance-data-finally-released/?mc_cid=63f1207a33&mc_eid=3f7488d454

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
McCarthy Faces Debt-Limit Dilemma as House GOP Ratchets Up Demands Amid Speaker Bid: A growing number of Republicans have signaled a willingness to force the country to default and set off a global economic crisis unless Democrats and President Biden accept changes to earned benefit programs including Social Security and Medicare.
https://retiredamericans.org/thank-you-for-signing-up/

What’s the Fed Doing to Fight “She-Flation?”: “Inflation is generally thought to impose a greater burden on people with lower wealth and incomes, leading some to declare it ‘the most regressive tax.’” Among the groups that inflation has hit particularly hard has been women.
https://dcjournal.com/whats-the-fed-doing-to-fight-she-flation/

# Employment / Labor
For Many Workers, the Holiday Season Is the Most Exploitative Time of the Year: As delivery workers support others’ holiday dreams, they urgently need support in their 2023 contract fights.
https://truthout.org/articles/for-many-workers-the-holiday-season-is-the-most-exploitative-time-of-the-year/

It’s Long Past Time for the U.S. to Implement Paid Family and Medical Leave: We must see low-income parents, caregivers and child care providers as human beings with essential needs.
https://truthout.org/articles/its-long-past-time-for-the-us-to-implement-paid-family-and-medical-leave/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
The Scorched-Earth Legal Strategy Corporations Are Using to Silence Their Critics: Energy and extractive industry giants are targeting environmentalists with racketeering charges.
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/16/corporate-rico-environmental-advocate/

‘Firmageddon’: Oregon conifers suffer record die-off as climate crisis hits hard: More than a million acres of state forest contain trees that have succumbed to stressors exacerbated by a multi-year drought.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/15/oregon-dead-fir-trees-conifers-climate-crisis

# Environment / Climate / Global
COP15: Nations reach ‘historic’ deal to protect nature. The plan will put 30% of the planet under protection by the end of the decade. Nations have agreed to protect a third of the planet for nature by 2030 in a landmark deal aimed at safeguarding biodiversity. There will also be targets for protecting vital ecosystems such as rainforests and wetlands and the rights of indigenous peoples.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-64019324

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Part I:  Analysis, Secret alliance: How Kenyan anti-GMO activists are scrambling to block President’s decision authorizing GM corn imports and local cultivation. The East African-wide famine and supply chain issues exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have reenergized the anti-GMO movement in Kenya.
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/12/13/part-1-analysis-secret-alliance-how-kenyan-anti-gmo-activists-are-scrambling-to-block-presidents-decision-authorizing-gm-corn-imports-and-local-cultivation/

Part II: Viewpoint, Kenyan protestors aggressively promote disinformation in campaign to scuttle GM crop imports and cultivation: Are anti-biotechnology advocacy groups honestly engaging in science in their attacks on genetically modified crops?
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/12/14/part-ii-viewpoint-kenyan-protestors-aggressively-promote-disinformation-in-campaign-to-scuttle-gm-crop-imports-and-cultivation/

U.S. Announces $2.5 Billion in Food Assistance for Africa: U.S. President Joe Biden announced billions of dollars in additional humanitarian assistance to address acute food insecurity in Africa, which is facing a bigger and more complex food crisis than ever before.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-12-15/u-s-announces-2-5-billion-in-food-assistance-for-africa

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
One of the most common food allergies people in the United States suffer from is being allergic to shellfish. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a Class 1 recall alert for a product called InnovAsian Crispy Chicken with Almonds entrée because it has been discovered that this product is not labeled correctly. The Walmart recall is affecting stores across 28 states, and it is imperative that if you or someone you know has a shellfish allergy, they do not consume this product.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/a-health-related-walmart-recall-is-affecting-shoppers-in-nearly-30-states/ar-AA15swNw?ocid=HPCDHP&li=BBnb7Kz

# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
Things We Never Knew Our Microwave Is Capable Of Doing: Our microwaves have so many uses, many of us don’t know half of them. So in this article, we bring you some of the best uses for that wonderful appliance!
https://www.theecofeed.com/en/microwave-never-things-capable?ly=native_one

# Gov / Politics / Global
UK sending 1,200 troops to fill in as ambulance crews strike: Ambulance crews are due to strike on Wednesday, joining nurses, railway staff, passport officers and postal workers, who are all staging a series of walkouts in the coming weeks. The U.K.’s most intense strike wave for decades is a response to a cost-of-living crisis driven by soaring food and energy prices in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/britain-strikes/2022/12/18/id/1100956/

Xi of Arabia and the petroyuan drive: Xi Jinping has made an offer difficult for the Arabian Peninsula to ignore. China will be guaranteed buyers of your oil and gas, but we will pay in yuan.
https://thecradle.co/Article/Columns/19565

Israel’s far-right government removes the mask that enabled western complacency:     No other country can thumb its nose at international law as Israel does and not pay a price. Maybe the West will have to accept that there is no legal or moral difference between the occupation in Ukraine and the occupation in Palestine
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-far-right-government-mask-removed-western-complacency

# Gov / Politics / US
GOP Blocks Funding to Cut Child Poverty After Approving $858 Billion for Defense: The GOP is refusing to negotiate on reviving the expanded Child Tax Credit, which cut child poverty by over 40 percent. Republican House and Senate Budgets Would Harm Children and the Nation. The Republican-led House and Senate recently passed their respective FY16 budget resolutions with only Republicans votes. Both would cut spending on crucial programs for poor and low-income children to unprecedented levels while increasing defense spending and giving
tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans
https://www.childrensdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fy2016-house-and-senate.pdf

Biden Moves Ahead on Trump Plan to Build Israel Embassy on Stolen Palestinian Land: Objections from the land’s rightful owners, including U.S. citizens, are going unacknowledged by the administration. The organizations argued that continuing with Trump’s decision to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem violates international law, specifically given Jerusalem’s special status as a city whose sovereignty is undetermined.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/us-plans-to-build-jerusalem-us-embassy-on-palestinian-land/282852/

# Law Enforcement
Over 25,000 People in Prison Await Decisions on Their Clemency Applications: Across the U.S., people in prison are hoping for compassion, and clemency, allowing them to rejoin their loved ones.
https://action.aclu.org/petition/biden-bring-25000-people-home-through-clemency

# Legal / DOJ
What to watch as Jan. 6 committee wraps up its investigation: The committee has called the Capitol riot an “attempted coup” that warrants criminal prosecution from the Justice Department. The committee’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said the referrals may include criminal, ethics violations, legal misconduct and campaign finance violations. Lawmakers have suggested in particular that their recommended charges against Trump could include conspiracy to defraud the United State, obstruction of an official proceeding of Congress and insurrection.
https://apnews.com/article/january-6-final-hearing-trump-what-to-watch-a9d0eb77311df5d0391735cd64afa8fb

Jan. 6 Panel Unanimously Refers Trump to DOJ for Criminal Charges: “The Justice Department must apply the same standard of law to Donald Trump as they would to any citizen,” said Rep. Adam Schiff, a committee member. “That’s what Attorney General Garland promised to do. And the country will hold the department to it.”
https://www.axios.com/2022/12/19/january-6-committee-trump-criminal-charges

Trump’s Giving Prosecutors Evidence to Use Against Him in Court: Former President Donald Trump may have provided evidence that could be used against him as House Democrats will soon decide whether to make his tax return documents public.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-tax-return-documents-social-media-comments-giving-prosecutors-evidence-use-court-1768211

# Media
DOJ Preps Charges Against Former ABC News Producer: The FBI had been tracking Meek for suspected criminal activity unrelated to his work as a journalist long before the April 27 raid, according to those sources as well as two others. Additionally, new details have emerged surrounding the matter.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/doj-preps-charges-against-former-130251924.html

# Media / Global
Attacks on Press Freedom Are an Attack on Democracy: The murder of 13 reporters this year has made Mexico the most dangerous country for journalists.
https://dcjournal.com/attacks-on-press-freedom-are-an-attack-on-democracy/

# Military / DOD
Not a Joke, the Pentagon Wants to Name a Warship the USS Fallujah: Why is the U.S. choosing to celebrate its most murderous and merciless battles in Iraq?
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/17/uss-fallujah-iraq-warship/

US Sends Infantry Unit To Base Just Miles Away From Russian Border:  US Embassy in Lithuania announced the Pentagon plans to step up troop deployments in the Baltic states, taking what was previously categorized as “episodic” troop deployments and turning toward a “persistent rotational presence” across the Baltics, including in Estonia – which shares two small stretches of land-border with Russia.
https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-bolsters-troop-presence-just-kilometers-russian-border-estonia

For the 1st time, a Black female Marine is set to be a 2-star general: Brig. Gen. Lorna Mahlock is on her way to becoming a major general. President Joe Biden appointed Brig. Gen. Lorna Mahlock to the grade of major general, the Pentagon announced on Dec. 6, and the Senate confirmed her Thursday. Mahlock is the deputy director of cybersecurity for combat support at the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2022/12/16/for-the-1st-time-a-black-female-marine-is-set-to-be-a-2-star-general/

# Military / Global
North Korea fires first ballistic missiles in a month, South’s military says: North Korea on Sunday fired a pair of medium-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, South Korean military officials said.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-12-17/north-korea-ballistic%C2%A0missile-launch-8457348.html?utm_source=Stars+and+Stripes+Emails&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines&utm_medium=email

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Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Archaeology
Mysterious sarcophagi in Notre Dame have been opened, revealing this: The burning of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris was a day of incredible shock and sadness throughout France as well as the world. When archaeologists were asked to survey the damage caused by the fire, they stumbled upon some unique finds which had been hidden underneath the centuries old cathedral.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/mysterious-sarcophagi-in-notre-dame-have-been-opened-revealing-this/ar-AA15o2Zp?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=c5da9388f852452e82bd45272bad898e

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Gov. Ron DeSantis asks grand jury to investigate whether Floridians were misled by COVID shot firms – as he compares vaccine makers to opioid companies –The firebrand Florida governor is asking for a probe into leading vaccine makers –He is asking the state’s Supreme Court to gather a grand jury for the probe Florida is also launching its own public health committee to rival the CDC
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11534179/Gov-Ron-DeSantis-asks-grand-jury-investigate-Floridians-MISLED-COVID-vaccine.html

FDA Announces Recall of COVID-19 Tests Due to False Results: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday announced a COVID-19 test manufacturer is issuing a recall due to false test results.  The recall affects a total of 11,102 tests shipped to customers from July 26th, 2022 through August 26th, 2022. The test was granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on October 28, 2021.
https://www.cnet.com/health/medical/detect-recalls-covid-tests-over-increased-risk-of-false-negatives/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
‘A major problem’: The US surpasses $31 trillion in debt, made worse by rising interest rates, the number climbed to $31.3 trillion in December. This is who holds the IOUs
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/a-major-problem-the-us-surpasses-31-trillion-in-debt-made-worse-by-rising-interest-rates-and-this-is-who-holds-the-ious/ar-AA13UaKx?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=c5da9388f852452e82bd45272bad898e

New Study Reveals Billions of Dollars in Political Spending by US Trade Associations, Most of It on PR: Out of $3.4 billion spent by trade associations over 10 years, nearly $2.2 billion went towards advertising and promotion, with the oil and gas industry the biggest spender.
https://www.desmog.com/2022/12/14/trade-associations-spend-billions-climate-politics-fossil-fuels-brulle-downie/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
A Gary, Indiana Plant Would Make Jet Fuel From Trash and Plastic. Residents Are Pushing Back: Fulcrum BioEnergy says its “sustainable aviation fuel” will divert waste from Chicago-area landfills and reduce airline carbon emissions. But critics say there’s nothing sustainable about it, and even question its viability.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90826158/indiana-residents-pushing-back-plant-turn-trash-into-jet-fuel

The Energy Department Hails a Breakthrough in Fusion Energy, Achieving a Net Energy Gain With Livermore’s Vast Laser Array: The project’s director said the lab is “a few decades of research” away from a commercial power plant.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13122022/nuclear-fusion-breakthrough/

Manchin’s Permitting Reform Could Lead to More Oil Spills Like Keystone’s, Safety Experts Warn: With Republicans taking control of the House in January, the fossil fuel industry sees a new opportunity to revive an effort to streamline pipeline environmental reviews.
https://insideclimatenews.org/todaysclimate/manchins-permitting-reform-could-lead-to-more-oil-spills-like-keystones-safety-experts-warn/
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
The collapse of insects: The most diverse group of organisms on the planet are in trouble and the consequences could be dire. Habitat loss, pesticides and climate change are threatening insect populations worldwide. Insects play critical roles in pollinating plants we eat, breaking down waste in forest soil and forming the base of a food chain that other, larger animals, including humans, rely upon.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2022/02/24/1082752634/the-insect-crisis-oliver-milman

Lessons for the Next Resistance: Veterans of the EPA knew it would face unprecedented attacks under Donald Trump. We banded together and did something about it.
https://democracyjournal.org/magazine/lessons-for-the-next-resistance/

Which wetlands to protect? Supreme Court will soon decide: The U.S. loses about 60,000 acres of wetlands a year. An upcoming Supreme Court decision could settle decades of legal ambiguity about which wetlands should get federal protection under the Clean Water Act, bringing major changes to how these vital ecosystems are managed.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/us-supreme-court-wetlands

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Climate Change is Driving Millions to the Precipice of a ‘Raging Food Catastrophe’: Researchers have long warned of the negative impacts that climate change will have on the world’s staple crops. But a recent spike in hunger and famine are revealing the instability of a global food system that is ill prepared for shocks, whether from war, pandemics, severe storms or drought.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11122022/kenya-somalia-africa-famine-hunger-climate-change/

# General Information / Other News
US, Germany and Italy alongside Ukraine in opposing UN anti-Nazi Resolution: The UN General Assembly adopted the Russian proposal, which the collective West opposed
https://www.rt.com/news/568335-un-nazism-axis-us-ukraine/

Tucker Carlson Shocked When High-Level CIA Source Confirms CIA Killed JFK: “The Answer Is Yes. I Believe They Were Involved” – Top Intelligence Source Tells Tucker Carlson the CIA Was Involved in Assassination of John F. Kennedy (VIDEO) But one thing is clear. It is now time to revive past proposals to abolish the CIA altogether made by Senators Bernie Sanders, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, and others.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/12/answer-yes-believe-involved-top-intelligence-source-tells-tucker-carlson-cia-involved-assassination-john-f-kennedy-video/

Trump issues threat in ‘our country is sick’ attack on the DOJ and the FBI: The ex-president’s cries of a witch-hunt by law enforcement, echoed by his allies, have imperiled officers’ physical safety
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/11/trump-mar-a-lago-witch-hunt-fbi-doj-safety

Trump May Face 25 Years in Prison, Be Blocked From Future Office: Kirschner
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-may-face-25-years-prison-blocked-future-office-kirschner-1767910

# Gov / Politics / Global
Isolating the Murderous Iranian Regime Is Just and Necessary: To stop Iran’s indiscriminate executions of protesters, a coordinated international response, including the recall of ambassadors, needs to happen right now.
https://news.yahoo.com/isolating-murderous-iranian-regime-both-043244978.html

Russia Can Finally See That Putin’s ‘Days Are Numbered’: The war in Ukraine has destroyed Putin’s aura of infallibility back home, and even the Kremlin seems to have realized this is the beginning of the end.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/russia-finally-see-putin-days-010335807.html

# Gov / Politics / US
Global tax deal risks having US half in, half out: Democrats’ razor-thin majority in the US Congress may make it impossible for Washington to fully sign on to a budding international agreement.
https://www.politico.eu/article/global-tax-deal-us-facebook-google-congress/

EU’s Tax Move to Swipe Revenue From US Unless Congress Follows: The Tax Landscape for US Multinationals is About to Get Messier Now That the EU Has. The latest Tweet by Bloomberg states, ‘The tax landscape for US multinationals is about to get messier now that the EU has adopted a 15% minimum tax for big companies while Congress shows no sign of getting on board …’
https://www.latestly.com/socially/business/the-tax-landscape-for-us-multinationals-is-about-to-get-messier-now-that-the-eu-has-latest-tweet-by-bloomberg-4597778.html

This is Great Reset terrorism that must be nipped in the bud: Oxford Introducing Traffic Restrictions for Privately Owned Cars After 2023: “Traffic filtering” involves stopping vehicles from moving through selected checkpoints by leveraging a network of preexisting automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras. While locals will be eligible to purchase permits that will allow them to drive between the zones “up to 100 days per year,” exceeding this limit will result in fines.
https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/cars/oxford-introducing-traffic-restrictions-for-privately-owned-cars-after-2023-44498004

# Law Enforcement
It’s Too Easy for Abusive Prison Guards to Keep Their Jobs: Two new scandals have rocked the already beleaguered Federal Bureau of Prisons. Corrupt and predatory officers are a big part of the problem.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/way-too-easy-abusive-prison-041716898.html

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
This Little Weed is one of the Most Useful Medicines on the Planet: This little weed pops up in gardens, on lawns and even in driveway cracks. Those bushy green leaves and small, stalk-like buds are part of the miraculous plantain. Plantain is one of the most medicinally powerful “nuisance” plants.
https://gardeningsoul.com/this-little-weed-is-one-of-the-most-useful-medicines-on-the-planet/

# Medical / Health
Post-Roe v. Wade Fears Realized As Trump Judge Approves Contraception Suit: In retrospect, it was inevitable that this particular judge would come for contraception.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/13/23505459/supreme-court-birth-control-contraception-constitution-matthew-kacsmaryk-deanda-becerra

# Military / DOD
DOD says it will stop treating civilians in Indo-Pacific for chronic health conditions: Civilian employees of the Defense Department in the Indo-Pacific will face even more difficulty securing on-base health care next year.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-12-16/dod-civilian-health-care-acute-chronic-8439422.html

U.S. troops deployed near Russian border –Estonia’s defense ministry has announced the arrival of an American infantry company as part of NATO’s presence in the country
https://www.rt.com/news/568395-us-troops-deployed-estonia/

# Social
Google Goes Full-on Racist, Will Start Marking the Race of Business Owners: Remember the old “Whites Only/Colored Only” signs on water fountains and bathrooms in the old Jim Crow South? Thanks to Google, that kind of open, in-your-face racism is back with a vengeance. Google is so concerned that you not be racist that it is doing the most racist thing a major corporation has done at least since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964:
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2022/12/15/google-goes-full-on-racist-will-start-marking-the-race-of-business-owners-n1654000

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
Pentagon has received ‘several hundreds’ of new UFO reports: The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) was set up in July and is responsible for not only tracking unidentified objects in the sky, but also underwater or in space, or potentially an object that has the ability to move from one domain to the next.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/12/17/pentagon-has-received-several-hundreds-of-new-ufo-reports.html

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Voices, The Peoples News

December 16, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Forest equity, What Indigenous people want from carbon credits: In a world where carbon credit markets are taking advantage of Indigenous people and their forests, the United Nation is losing its leadership on combating climate change, says Indigenous leader Levi Sucre Romero.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/110883299

# Indigenous / Global
The promise and peril of Canada’s approach to Indigenous protected areas: Canada needs to protect more land. There’s 500,000 square kilometres in proposed Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas. So what’s the holdup?
https://thenarwhal.ca/indigenous-protected-areas-ipca-hurdles/

# Archaeology
# Border / Immigration / Migrants
What the Left and Right Get Wrong About Texas Migrant Crisis: The right throws around the word “invasion” so much that it has lost its meaning. To them, it means anytime a migrant steps across the line without permission to enter the United States. By that definition, our country has been in a constant state of “invasion” since 1848 when it stole half of Mexico at the barrel of a gun and converted the seized territory into eight U.S. states.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/left-wrong-texas-migrant-crisis-093256485.html

Abbott calls for investigation into groups assisting with illegal entry into US: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has called for an investigation into the role non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are playing in helping foreign nationals illegally enter Texas from Mexico
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/abbott-calls-for-investigation-into-groups-assisting-with-illegal-entry-into-us/article_6b9f4952-7be4-11ed-9b35-3b422552ae8d.html

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
The Biden administration is again making free COVID-19 tests available to all U.S. households as coronavirus cases are up across 90% of the country.
https://apnews.com/article/white-house-reveals-winter-covid-plans-test-kits-2b015ef4e3c97520a3981c47d00467c3

As it prepares to disband, Michigan task force on COVID racial disparities leaves a healthy legacy: Task force members are looking back on the work they’ve accomplished and the groundwork they’ve laid for continued progress. This dramatic reduction in disparities involved creating more opportunities for testing within communities, connecting people of color with primary care providers, improving contact tracing and isolation strategies, promoting safe reengagement, and utilizing trusted community leaders in the broadcast of reliable COVID-19 information.
https://www.flintside.com/features/task-force-covid-racial-disparities.aspx

# Education / Schools
Video of college student arrest raises questions about use of police on campus: Arrest of student who got in dispute with professor raises questions about the role of campus police.
https://theconversation.com/video-of-college-student-arrest-raises-questions-about-use-of-police-on-campus-196699

# Employment / Labor
Feds settle with Colorado trucking firm in discrimination case: The U.S. Department of Justice reached a settlement with a nationwide trucking company based in Colorado for discriminating against non-U.S. citizen workers.  The department began an investigation of Navajo Express after a non-U.S. citizen filed a complaint alleging the company refused to accept valid documentation proving permission to work. The company also allegedly demanded a different document from the applicant.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/feds-settle-with-colorado-trucking-firm-in-discrimination-case/article_fe554cdc-7ca8-11ed-b06f-efaeae528380.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Will the Senate ban uranium mining in the Grand Canyon? Before the legislative slate is wiped clean on Jan. 3, senators needs to pass the Grand Canyon Protection Act. The Senate has only a few weeks left to pass the Grand Canyon Protection Act, which would permanently ban new uranium mines on more than 1 million acres of federal public lands near the Grand Canyon. The bill has already passed the House twice.
https://www.sierraclub.org/arizona/blog/2022/12/uranium-mine-gears-near-grand-canyon-national-park

# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
Are strawberries berries? Uhm, not really. But bananas are berries, and it gets weirder: The discrepancy in berry nomenclature arose because people called certain fruits “berries” thousands of years before scientists came up with a precise definition for the word, said Judy Jernstedt. Usually, people think of berries as small, squishy fruit that can be picked off plants, but the scientific classification is far more complex, Jernstedt said.
https://www.livescience.com/57477-why-are-bananas-considered-berries.html

These Easy Tricks Will Make Anyone An Expert In The Kitchen: We’ll show you different tricks to make your meals tasty and beautiful. These hacks will save you time and energy in the kitchen, so why not give them a try?
https://toptiphacks.com/en/trick-guide-to-be-a-kitchen-expert/

# General Information / Other News
Trump Family Legal Woes Are Now an International Problem: Although Trump resigned as the director of the Irish company after saying he “couldn’t care less,” Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, remain as directors of TIGL. The Trump family and the former president’s company are already at the center of a number of ongoing lawsuits in the United States.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-family-legal-woes-ireland-golf-course-1767801

# Gov / Politics / Global
Kremlin TV Stars Combust as Russians Admit War Is Aimless: Putin’s media darlings are promptly melting down as more Russians realize they “don’t understand what they’re doing” in Ukraine.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-tv-stars-combust-russians-094351911.html

Is Japan Getting Ready for a War with China? It Looks Like It: The threat of Chinese aggression is producing a quiet revolution in Tokyo’s statecraft, and officials are pushing the nation to get ready for a fight.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/features/2022-11-06/why-japan-is-gearing-up-for-possible-war-with-china-over-taiwan

# Gov / Politics / US
Lifting the Veil, an Investigative History of the United States Pathocracy: “The United States and its allies had been deliberately proliferating radical Islam for decades, only to later spend trillions fighting the enemy they created, thus generating huge war profits for Wall Street moguls.”
https://www.wanttoknow.info/mk/liftingtheveil

The waste and fraud of the “war on terror,” the most obvious evidence for the waning influence of the United States is the current economic crisis: The United States ruling class has enjoyed lone superpower status since the collapse for the Soviet Union in 1991, although it has done everything possible to ensure it replicates the mistakes that ran the Soviets into the ground.
https://isreview.org/issue/82/waste-and-fraud-war-terror/index.html

Ron DeSantis Is a Case Study in the Threat of Fascism in the U.S: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has pursued white supremacist policies with deep roots in the Jim Crow era.
https://truthout.org/articles/ron-desantis-is-a-case-study-in-the-threat-of-fascism-in-the-us/

House Committee wraps up historic investigation into oil industry: The latest tranche of documents caps off a nearly two-year investigation that appears set to come to an end with Republicans taking control of the House of Representatives in January.
https://www.desmog.com/2022/12/14/house-oversight-historic-investigation-oil-industry/

# Medical / Health
Help is coming for RSV: The vaccine makers Pfizer and GSK are racing to get approval for the first-ever jabs against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which has been hospitalizing young children in the United States and Europe at an alarming rate. This week, both companies moved closer to regulatory approvals, and they could each see the first-ever approvals for an RSV vaccine in 2023. Pfizer isn’t far behind, with an early stop for the trial of its vaccine given to pregnant women to protect infants and eyeing an approval filing by year-end.
https://www.fiercepharma.com/marketing/pfizer-gsk-prep-battle-they-look-create-worlds-first-ever-rsv-vaccine-market

# Medical Technology
Anti-cancer CAR-T therapy reengineers T cells to kill tumors, and researchers are expanding the limited types of cancer it can target: Immunotherapy has the potential to eliminate tumors, but works best for select patients. Engineering T cells to bypass cancer’s defenses could help expand treatment eligibility to more patients.
https://theconversation.com/anti-cancer-car-t-therapy-reengineers-t-cells-to-kill-tumors-and-researchers-are-expanding-the-limited-types-of-cancer-it-can-target-196471

# Military / DOD
US to begin training hundreds of Ukrainian troops every month: Starting in January, 500 Ukrainian troops a month will travel to Germany to train with the U.S. Army, the Pentagon announced Thursday.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2022/12/15/us-to-begin-training-hundreds-of-ukrainian-troops-every-month/

Senate backs big land transfer for Nevada military complex:  The U.S. Senate has voted for a massive expansion of a northern Nevada naval air training complex that will transfer of a huge swath of public land to the military.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2022/dec/16/senate-backs-big-land-transfer-for-nevada-military/

# Military / Global
Russian Strikes Hit Power Plants, Forcing Freezing Blackouts: At least two civilian deaths were also reported in the missile blasts, Ukrainian officials reported.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-europe-business-power-outages-cb6c8c74e39fb6ff2f51a9579ef401c4

Russia Claims It’s Being Attacked by Drones Made in the U.S: State media says the drones were used to target energy infrastructure deep inside Russian borders.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/oct/30/russia-ukraine-war-live-us-accuses-russia-of-weaponising-food-after-moscow-suspends-grain-deal

# Social
Science built up the idea of race. Can it ever be torn down? On first hearing, in May of this year, that a gunman had murdered 10 people in a Buffalo supermarket, most Americans likely registered it as another tragic installment in a serial epidemic of gun violence — and it was that. But when the motives of the shooter later surfaced in a bigoted manifesto, the crime took on the aspect of a different incurable disease. That his victims were all Black was not happenstance; it was the point.
https://race.undark.org/

# Sports
# Technology
Developers Found Graves in the Virginia Woods, Authorities Then Helped Erase the Historic Black Cemetery:
The cemetery’s disappearance cleared the way for the expansion of a Microsoft data center, despite layers of federal and state regulations nominally intended to protect culturally significant sites.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-authorities-erased-historic-black-cemetery-virginia

# Water
The nation’s largest water supplier has declared a drought emergency for all of Southern California, clearing the way for potential mandatory water restrictions early next year that could impact 19 million people.
https://napavalleyregister.com/news/state-and-regional/nations-largest-water-supplier-declares-drought-emergency/article_c1d60dc6-e757-5b48-ab86-aa75b670c922.html

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# Indigenous
Testing for ‘forever chemicals’ lacking for tribal water systems: A study by researchers at the PFAS Project Lab found the EPA has sampled tribal water systems at a lower rate than non-tribal systems.
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2022/12/14/testing-for-forever-chemicals-lacking-for-tribal-water-systems/69726206007/

Toxic Salmon Reporting “Deeply Troubling,” Lawmaker Says, Demanding Changes to Protect Pacific Northwest Tribal Health: Citing an investigation into toxic contamination in salmon, state and federal lawmakers across the Pacific Northwest are calling for policy changes and more funding but are lacking details on next steps.
https://www.propublica.org/article/toxic-salmon-columbia-river-basin-lawmaker-response

# Children / Youth
Child Welfare Experts Say New Mexico Can’t Put Kids in Homeless Shelters Just Because It Lacks Other Beds:
A team of experts monitoring child welfare reform in New Mexico has found that foster kids have been placed in homeless shelters and other inappropriate settings
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2850084472735/child-welfare-experts-say-new-mexico-can-t-put-kids-in-homeless-shelters-just-because-it-lacks-other-beds

# Chemicals
As Workers Battle Cancer, The Government Admits Its Limit for a Deadly Chemical Is Too High: The U.S. agency that is supposed to safeguard worker health has all but given up on setting limits to protect them from dangerous chemicals. Meanwhile, workers are dying.
https://www.propublica.org/article/goodyear-niagara-rubber-plant-ortho-toluidine

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
VITAL! WHO Scandal: Covid-19 Investigative Group’s French co-chair Worked in Wuhan Bio-Lab which Enhanced the SARS Viruses: Anthony Fauci and by Bill Gates to conduct chimeric experiments on coronaviruses with enhanced virulence in China), had also been the one who had inspired the letter of 27 scientists from The Lancet magazine who denied the thesis of the artificial origin of SARS-Cov-2 after the research of some Indian biologists who “were forced to retract it”, according to the late virologist Luc Montagnier.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/12/14/vital-scandal-into-who-the-french-co-chair-of-covid-19-investigative-group-worked-in-wuhan-bio-lab-which-enhanced-the-sars-viruses/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Federal Reserve hikes rates again: The US central bank has hiked interest rates again, and warned more rises will be necessary to rein in the rapid pace of price increases. Forecasts from the Federal Reserve showed the bank’s key interest rate could stand above 5% a year from now.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/after-raising-interest-rates-again-federal-reserve-warns-more-hikes-likely-in-2023

# Education / Schools
Discipline Crackdown Freaks Out Parents in Florida Schools: A terrifying sheriff, a right-wing school board, and explosive meetings have some fearing the worst for their kids.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/discipline-crackdown-in-brevard-county-schools-is-freaking-out-parents

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Pennsylvania lifts ban on gas production in polluted village: The agency’s agreement with Houston-based Coterra Energy Inc. is dated Nov. 29,  the same day Coterra pleaded no contest in a high-profile criminal case accusing the company of allowing methane to leak uncontrolled into Dimock’s aquifer. State officials denied that Coterra was allowed to plead to a misdemeanor charge in exchange for being allowed to drill for potentially hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gas.
https://apnews.com/article/business-pennsylvania-state-government-climate-and-environment-politics-778fffd63ac1db58ab7df86fe1958ffa

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Feds list whitebark pine as threatened under Endangered Species Act: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service granted the whitebark pine protections under the Endangered Species Act. Significant threats continue to challenge this keystone species of the American West
https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2022-12/whitebark-pine-receives-esa-protection-threatened-species

As Arctic gets warmer and wetter, Alaska is slammed by extreme events, report says: The 2022 Arctic Report Card highlights Alaska’s heavy rains and snows, flooding, tundra wildfires and other events tied to climate change.
https://alaskabeacon.com/2022/12/13/as-arctic-gets-warmer-and-wetter-alaska-is-slammed-by-extreme-events-report-says/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Shrugs-Off Washington’s Provocations and ‘Sticks to Business’: Last week’s drone attacks on Russian military bases represent a serious escalation in Washington’s proxy war on Russia. One of the attacks involved an airfield that is located less than 200 miles from Moscow. Naturally, the incident rankled Russian President Vladimir Putin who convened an emergency meeting of his Security Council to explore the options for retaliatory strikes. We have no doubt that Russia’s Top Brass recommended tit-for-tat missile strikes beyond Ukraine’s borders as a form of equal payback.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/putin-shrugs-off-washington-provocations-sticks-business/5802142

ICC Wanted to Investigate Israeli War Crimes. Nearly two years have passed since the International Criminal Court (ICC) began investigating war crimes committed in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza.  Now It’s Caving to U.S. Pressure. Two years after launching an investigation of war crimes in Palestine, the ICC is still dragging its feet.
https://truthout.org/articles/icc-wanted-to-investigate-israeli-war-crimes-now-its-caving-to-us-pressure/

Vladimir Putin has reasserted his nuclear threat against the West by appearing to prepare for combat use a massive nuclear missile that is capable of hitting both the US and UK.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/14/putin-readies-massive-nuclear-missile-capable-of-hitting-us-and-uk/

# Gov / Politics / US
Congress considers omnibus as deadline approaches: Lawmakers are expected to pass a continuing resolution this week, possibly Wednesday night, ahead of a Friday deadline to give a few extra days to hammer out the details of a full-year omnibus spending bill
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress-considers-omnibus-as-deadline-approaches

Why Congress Can’t Stop the CIA From Working With Forces That Commit Abuses: The Leahy Law prohibits the U.S. military from providing training and equipment to foreign security forces that commit human rights abuses, but it does not apply to U.S. intelligence agencies.
https://www.rawstory.com/why-congress-cant-stop-the-cia-from-working-with-forces-that-commit-abuses/

The Americans Started the US War with Russia: Biden was brought to power by the national security state to launch a war against Russia.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/09/the-americans-started-the-us-war-with-russia/

# Military / DOD
Military: The Night Raids; CIA-backed operations killed countless Afghan civilians, and the U.S. hasn’t been held accountable. A reporter returns to investigate her past and unravel the legacy of the secretive Zero Units.
https://www.propublica.org/article/afghanistan-night-raids-zero-units-lynzy-billing

Government officials say that the US is poised to send “Patriot missiles” to Ukraine. These missiles are the country’s “most advanced ground-based air defense system.”  The White House had refrained until now from offering these missiles to Ukraine. The officials said a directive could be approved as early as this week.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/13/us/politics/ukraine-us-patriot-missiles.html

What the heck is a Patriot missile? A typical Patriot battery includes a radar system, a power generation supply, and a command and control station connected to several launch stations. With its sophisticated radar system it will be able to engage eight targets at a time. The transfer of the advanced air defense system is something Ukrainian officials have been demanding since shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-patriot-missiles-game-changer-ukraine/story?id=95222548

# Veterans / VA
Veteran’s Affairs (V.A.) Can Actually Do a Lot for Veterans: The V.A. is important, but often misunderstood and underutilized, service for U.S. Veterans. We’re going to discuss the criticisms of the V.A., what benefits it provides, and how the V.A. can be remarkably effective in helping Vets
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/12/14/veterans-affairs-va-doing-good/?mc_cid=acf6e60df8&mc_eid=3f7488d454

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December 14, 2022
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# Indigenous
The federal government has a long history of stealing land from tribes. Co-management is a step in the right direction,
we’re witnessing a monumental shift in federal land management. This national monument, unlike many others, sits entirely within the boundaries of the Navajo Nation on reservation trust land. In 2018, this park embraced a new structure: being managed cooperatively between the tribe, National Park Service, and Bureau of Indian Affairs, a rarity in park management. This type of partnership is a model for U.S. agencies that are beginning to embrace tribal co-management of public lands.
https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/news-analysis/government-tribes-co-management/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
In El Paso, migrants are sleeping on the streets after thousands crossed the border last weekend
A Nicaraguan fisherman planned to spend the night in a parking garage with other migrants, then a good Samaritan offered him a place to sleep. The city is struggling to handle a sudden influx of migrants that has overwhelmed local resources.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/13/hundreds-of-migrants-forced-to-sleep-on-streets-of-el-paso/

# Chemicals
Why the U.S. Is Losing the Fight to Ban Toxic Chemicals: From a powerful chemical industry that helped write the toxic substances law to an underfunded EPA lacking in resolve, the flaws in the American chemical regulatory apparatus run deep.
https://www.propublica.org/article/toxic-chemicals-epa-regulation-failures

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Injury Compensation Implications of Adding Covid-19 Vaccines to CDC Vaccination Schedule: The addition of COVID-19 vaccines to the CDC’s recommended childhood vaccination schedule may signal the beginning of a federal effort to include these vaccines in the federal vaccine injury compensation program’s (VICP) vaccine injury table (VIT).
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/20/cdc-advisers-recommend-adding-covid-shots-to-routine-schedules-for-kids-adults-00062739

DeSantis’ Death Squad Is Pushing Vaccine BS to Win Over GOP: The Florida governor is so determined to take Donald Trump’s place that he is selling COVID misinformation and putting his own supporters at risk.
https://www.businessinsider.com/desantis-latest-anti-covid-vaccine-action-draws-contrasts-with-trump-2022-12

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Walmart Will Charge You for Bags at Over 200 Stores, as of Jan. 1. Customers who don’t bring their own reusable bags will have to pay 10 cents per paper or plastic bag at the register
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/walmart-charge-bags-over-200-191200649.html

Hedge Fund Manager Ken Griffin Sues IRS Over “Unlawful Disclosure” of His Tax Information to ProPublica: The Citadel founder was among dozens of ultrawealthy Americans spotlighted in our Secret IRS Files series, which used a trove of agency data to reveal how billionaires avoid paying taxes and use their money to influence tax policy.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/12/13/billionaire-ken-griffin-sues-irs-over-leak-exposing-taxes-paid-by-25-richest-americans/?sh=597556394565

America’s Highest Earners and Their Taxes Revealed: Secret IRS files reveal the top US income earners and how their tax rates vary more than their incomes. Tech titans, hedge fund managers and heirs dominate the list, while the likes of Taylor Swift and LeBron James didn’t even make the top 400.
https://projects.propublica.org/americas-highest-incomes-and-taxes-revealed/

The Fed Keeps Throttling the Economy: Powell’s astonishingly ignorant response to easing inflation pressures
The Federal Reserve Board’s policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee, as expected, raised short-term interest rates another half-point.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/10/federal-reserve-recession-inflation-financial-crisis-tooze.html

# Education / Schools
Washington State Proposes Reforms for Special Education Schools: Education officials investigation showed state failed to address complaints about abuse, lack of academics.
https://www.propublica.org/article/therapeutic-schools-northwest-soil-washington-reforms

An 11-year-old graduated from university with a bachelor’s in physics. He wants to make humans immortal. He even had time to drop out of one university and enroll in another.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/an-11-year-old-graduated-with-a-bachelors-in-physics-he-wants-to-make-humans-immortal/

# Employment / Labor
Union Leader: Stellantis Will Send Electric-Vehicle Jobs to Mexico: 1,350 union workers are losing their jobs at an Illinois plant, an early signal about the staying power of green manufacturing jobs in the United States.
https://prospect.org/labor/stellantis-will-send-electric-vehicle-jobs-to-mexico/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s incentive structure keeps residents hooked on fossil fuels: The federally owned utility company could be leading the clean energy transition. Instead, it’s poisoning the countryside.
https://newrepublic.com/article/169464/tennessee-valley-authority-jeff-lyash

A recent, almost two-week-long gas leak in Pennsylvania created enough methane emissions to cancel out the emissions reductions associated with about half the electric vehicles sold in the U.S. last year.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/28/nord-stream-methane-gas-leaks-may-be-biggest-ever-with-warning-large-climate-risk

Republican officials in West Virginia, Texas, Louisiana, Florida and other states have withdrawn billions of dollars from global asset manager BlackRock because of its support for reaching net-zero emissions.
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2022/12/10/23496712/esg-gop-climate-corporate-responsibility

House Committee report shows how Big Oil has been gaslighting us all along: The fossil fuel industry has done everything it can to gaslight the public into believing that we are all equally responsible for causing the climate crisis and that the industry was working hard to solve it.
https://www.desmog.com/2022/12/12/house-committee-report-shows-how-big-oil-has-been-gaslighting-us-all-along/

Internal Documents Reveal Big Oil’s Plan for Profiting Amid Climate Pressures: The largest oil and gas companies are leveraging the climate crisis to further entrench their domination of energy markets.
https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/oversight-committee-releases-new-documents-showing-big-oil-s-greenwashing

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
As salt coats snowy roadways in winter, freshwater ecosystems pay a heavy price: Keeping paved surfaces clear of snow and ice comes at an accumulating cost to lakes, streams, and drinking water supplies.
https://www.audubon.org/magazine/winter-2022/as-salt-coats-snowy-roadways-winter-freshwater

Florida ag commissioner wants to ban land sales to foreign entitities: Florida’s new Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson wants to restrict the sale of The Sunshine State’s farmland to foreign countries after increasing concerns about what foreign buyers, namely Chinese companies closely affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are doing with the agricultural land once they purchase it.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/florida/florida-ag-commissioner-wants-to-ban-land-sales-to-foreign-entitities/article_c649fce8-7b09-11ed-8be2-4b1091fa8b6a.html

# Environment / Climate / Global
The Arctic is becoming wetter and stormier, scientists warn: In their annual assessment of the region and its climate, researchers highlighted new signs of a huge transformation underway. The NOAA report determined the past year has been the region’s sixth-warmest year on record, and the Greenland ice sheet lost ice for the 25th consecutive year.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3773938-climate-change-driving-warmer-wetter-stormier-arctic-conditions-noaa/

# Gov / Politics / Global
China’s War Against Taiwan Has Already Started: How Beijing tries to make a democracy submit without putting up a fight
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/12/taiwan-china-disinformation-propaganda-russian-influence/672453/

# Gov / Politics / US
At a donor conference in Paris, countries and international groups pledged over $1 billion in aid to Ukraine, AP reports. Additionally, the US is considering sending a small number of troops to Ukraine, according to senior US officials.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-government-france-b25c89ae62e715531a7470fdc8e489d2

US poised to approve Patriot missile battery for Ukraine: U.S. officials say the Biden administration is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-government-and-politics-ba8468e34e3c7eb78bdc47393c417ecb

Rev. Barber Tells Senate Dems to Bring Voting Rights, Minimum Wage, Abortion Bills to Floor: “You can’t say the rules keep you from doing something when you have the power to change the rules,” says Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/13/rev-barber-tells-senate-dems-bring-voting-rights-minimum-wage-abortion-bills-floor

Conservative Activist Poured Millions Into Groups Seeking to Influence Supreme Court on Elections and Discrimination: Newly obtained records show how Leonard Leo, an architect of the right-wing takeover of the courts, has been funding groups pushing to change elections and anti-discrimination laws.
https://www.propublica.org/article/leonard-leo-scotus-elections-nonprofits-discrimination

State Lawmakers Considered Over 70 Bills to Give Politicians More Power in 2022: Conservatives are trying to make it so that their abortion bans, among other things, aren’t subject to court rulings. These bills all appear to be related to the right’s current quest to hand total power to politicians while stripping away other officials’ ability to keep them in check, representing an attack on the concept of checks and balances in state government.
https://truthout.org/articles/state-lawmakers-considered-over-70-bills-to-give-politicians-more-power-in-2022/

# Law Enforcement
“The Death Penalty Is Immoral”: Oregon Governor Commutes All Death Row Sentences: “Justice is not advanced by taking a life,” Democratic Gov. Kate Brown said.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-death-penalty-is-immoral-oregon-governor-commutes-all-death-row-sentences/

# Legal / DOJ
The Special Counsel Investigating Trump Is Wasting No Time: A new subpoena is the latest step showing that the DOJ’s man in charge is aggressively pursuing his target.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/12/trump-investigations-subpoena-special-counsel-jack-smith-doj.html

Inside the Jury Room for the Trump Org Criminal Trial: Jurors thought a Trump Organization lawyer was insulting. They knew the employees were liars. And the defense team’s jingle fell flat.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-jury-room-for-the-trump-organization-criminal-trial

Trump Organization convicted in executive tax dodge scheme: A jury found two corporate entities at the Trump Organization guilty on all 17 counts, including charges of conspiracy and falsifying business records. Trump himself was not on trial. The verdict in state court in New York came after about 10 hours of deliberations over two days.
https://www.northernnewsnow.com/2022/12/06/trump-org-jury-seeks-clarity-deliberations-continue/

# LGBTQ
Texas’ Republican AG Wanted License Info of Trans Residents: “This is another brick building toward targeting these individuals,” Austin attorney Ian Pittman said.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/12/14/report-texas-ag-ken-paxton-sought-data-on-transgender-texans/

# Media
Publishing is not a crime: Twelve years after WikiLeaks exposed the dirty secrets of U.S. diplomacy in a massive publication of State Department cables, co-founder Julian Assange remains in a high-security British prison awaiting extradition to the United States. He faces espionage charges that could add up to 175 years in U.S. prison.
Attorney General Merrick Garland has the power to drop the case against Assange immediately. Instead, the Biden administration has continued the effort at prosecution begun under former President Donald Trump.
https://truthout.org/articles/publishing-is-not-a-crime-the-new-york-times-joins-the-fight-to-free-assange/

# Medical / Health
Maternal, Infant Death Rates Were Already Higher In States That Now Ban Abortion: “Making abortion illegal makes pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous and threatens the health and lives of all women of reproductive age,” said report coauthor Laurie Zephyrin, M.D.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/states-abortion-bans-maternal-and-infant-death-rates-are-dramatically-higher-study-finds?itm_source=parsely-api

# Military / Global
New Commander, New Goals for Russia in Ukraine: The new state-of-emergency laws introduced by the Kremlin in October are aimed at being able to provide a strategic defense of the “captured objectives” rather than all-out warfare to the bitter end.
https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/88301

Dangerous ‘situation in Kosovo resembles Ukraine Donbass crisis’ before the conflict. Russian Envoy, Pristina’s attitude towards Serbs seems to be similar to that of Kiev towards Donbass, Moscow’s ambassador to Belgrade believes
https://www.gospanews.net/en/2022/12/13/dangerous-situation-in-kosovo-resembles-ukraine-donbass-crisis-before-conflict-russian-envoy-said-on-rt/

Putin makes real Nuclear threat; US yawns: Such a change would align Russia’s nuclear posture with Washington’s own strategic doctrine and, at one stroke, make the world far more dangerous.
https://original.antiwar.com/mcgovern/2022/12/11/putin-makes-real-nuclear-threat-us-yawns/

Russia Primes Nuclear Bomb 12 Times More Powerful Than Dropped on Hiroshima: The mass circulation paper’s report outlined some of the missile’s specifications, which include a launch weight of 46,000 tons, an operational range of up to 12,000 kilometers (7,456 miles) that can strike the U.S. or anywhere in Europe, and a payload of up to 500 kilotons.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-missile-yars-icbm-hiroshima-bomb-1766933

# Nuclear
What to know about DOE’s fusion milestone: Experiments at a U.S. government lab may have provided “proof that the physics work.” But future fusion reactors might turn to a different technology for replicating the energy that powers the sun.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/13/fusion-breakthrough-doe-energy-00073631

Nuclear-fusion lab achieves ‘ignition’: Scientists at the world’s largest nuclear-fusion facility have for the first time achieved the phenomenon known as ignition, creating a nuclear reaction that generates more energy than it consumes. The breakthrough at the US National Ignition Facility (NIF) has excited the global fusion-research community
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/nuclear-fusion-lab-achieves-ignition

The One Thing Everyone’s Ignoring About the Fusion Discovery: One of the year’s most monumental scientific achievements is indebted to decades of research into weapons of mass destruction.
https://news.yahoo.com/one-thing-everyone-ignoring-fusion-095819172.html

# Pharmas / Drugs
States Challenge Biden to Lower Drug Prices by Allowing Imports From Canada: Buyers in the United States pay among the highest prices in the world for brand-name pharmaceuticals. Drugs are generally less expensive in neighboring Canada, where the government controls prices.
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/states-challenge-biden-lower-drug-prices-allowing-imports-canada

# Science
Protein-folding AI tackles next big challenge: Researchers are repurposing AlphaFold, an artificial-intelligence (AI) system that predicts protein structures, to tackle ever-more-complex challenges in the field. Two years ago, the deep-learning algorithm, developed by DeepMind, swept a competition in which amino-acid sequences were used to predict proteins’ 3D shapes, which are important for determining their function. This year’s competition added harder problems, such as protein–drug interactions and multi-protein complexes. AlphaFold methods aced most tests, but still struggled to predict complexes containing antibodies.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04438-1

The best science images of 2022: An almighty eruption, the cosmos remastered, swirling cells and more.
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-022-04372-2/index.html?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=b0206d83a8-briefing-dy-20221214&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-b0206d83a8-43812897

# Social
The Federal Program to Rebuild After Hurricane Katrina Shortchanged the Poor. New Data Proves It. For years, low-income residents of New Orleans have said the state’s Road Home program paid them less to rebuild their homes compared to wealthier residents. They were right.
https://www.route-fifty.com/public-safety/2022/12/federal-program-rebuild-after-hurricane-katrina-shortchanged-poor-new-data-proves-it/380785/

Katrina Survivors Were Told They Could Use Grant Money to Rebuild. Now They’re Being Sued for It. After Hurricane Katrina, struggling homeowners said, they were told not to worry about the fine print when they received grants to elevate their homes. Now the state is going after them because they did exactly that
https://www.propublica.org/article/katrina-survivors-grant-money-lawsuits?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river

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December 13, 2022
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# Border / Immigration
More than 1,500 migrants waded across the Rio Grande from Juárez into El Paso on Sunday night in one of the largest mass crossings ever in the region. The crossings come at a time when local shelters are at max capacity.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/12/el-paso-migrants-released-border/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
One Billion Dead: The Death Jab:
Post-vaccination COVID-19 deaths: We gotta ask: exactly how many people did the alleged SARS COV 2 virus actually kill? Scientists are beginning to question whether COVID has actually killed anybody at all. https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/we-gotta-ask-exactly-how-many-people-did-the-alleged-sars-cov-2-virus-actually-kill/

# Education / Schools
Thousands of youths in high school forced to join the JROTC: Students are being placed in the military program without electing the classes on their own. In some Texas schools, at least 75% of students in certain grades are enrolled in the program. “They told us it was mandatory.”
https://buffalonews.com/thousands-of-youths-in-high-school-forced-to-join-the-jrotc/article_99b5916d-74bb-5b3d-bb8a-13da99c89fb0.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Calls Grow to ‘Stop Building New Oil Pipelines’ as Data Shows Severity of Keystone Leaks: With its latest leak of nearly 600,000 gallons in northern Kansas, the sprawling Keystone pipeline system has now spilled more crude oil in the United States than any other pipeline, according to a new analysis
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/13/calls-stop-building-new-oil-pipelines-grow-data-shows-severity-keystone-leaks

‘Corporate greed at its worst’: top US utility giants reap $14 billion in profits as households suffer: “Utility companies have chased higher and higher profits and enriched investors rather than keep prices stable for working families.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/13/corporate-greed-its-worst-top-us-utility-giants-reap-14-billion-profits-households

Pipeline company wants to quietly expand gas shipments in the Pacific Northwest: TC Energy’s upgrade of its GTN XPress pipeline would result in a huge increase in methane gas volumes to the region. But it would undermine climate laws already on the books.
https://www.desmog.com/2022/12/08/tc-energy-gtn-xpress-pipeline-expand-gas-pacific-northwest/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tc-energy-gtn-xpress-pipeline-expand-gas-pacific-northwest

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Alaska’s Arctic waterways are turning orange, threatening drinking water: Scientists think climate change may be the culprit.  “It seems like something’s been broken open or something’s been exposed in a way that has never been exposed before.”
https://www.hcn.org/articles/north-water-alaskas-arctic-waterways-are-turning-orange-threatening-drinking-water#:~:text=The%20prevailing%20hypothesis%20is%20that,making%20the%20water%20more%20acidic

‘The treeline is out of control’: How the climate crisis is turning the Arctic green: Reindeer pulling sleighs in Breivikeidet, Norway. Photograph: Morten Falch Sortland/Getty Images. In northern Norway, trees are rapidly taking over the tundra and threatening an ancient way of life that depends on snow and ice
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jan/20/norway-arctic-circle-trees-sami-reindeer-global-heating

As permafrost thaws, the ground beneath Alaska is collapsing: As the climate warms, the ancient ice that used to cover an estimated 85 percent of Alaska is thawing. As it streams away, there are places where the ground is now collapsing. Many of the valley’s spruce trees lean drunkenly. Sometimes, only a thin layer of soil covers yawning craters where the ice has vanished, what Hasson calls “ghost ice wedges.” Its absence has already fundamentally changed how, and where, people can live.
https://grist.org/science/alaska-permafrost-thawing-ice-climate-change/

# Environment / Climate / Global
‘Panic’ sets in as armed groups occupy, deforest Colombian national park: Authorities say illegal cattle ranching, coca growing and land-grabbing are driving deforestation, much of it done at the hands of armed groups affiliated with FARC dissident factions. Local communities have also reportedly been threatened by these groups.
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/panic-sets-in-as-armed-groups-occupy-deforest-colombian-national-park/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
How food became a weapon in America’s culture war: First came the politics of right-wing grievance. Then came the new foodie culture. Together, they combined to create one toxic food fight.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/food-culture-wars-1990s/

# Gov / Politics / Global
China operating over 100 police stations across the world with the help of some host nations, report claims: Anon-governmental organization that documented dozens of undeclared Chinese “overseas police service centers” in September has now confirmed the operations of dozens more, a new report said on Monday. Undeclared consular activities outside of a nation’s official diplomatic missions are highly unusual and illegal. “What we see coming from China is increasing attempts to crack down on dissent everywhere in the world, to threaten people, harass people, make sure that they are fearful enough so that they remain silent or else face being returned to China against their will,” said Safeguard Defenders Campaign director Laura Harth
https://www.newsweek.com/china-overseas-police-service-center-public-security-bureau-safeguard-defenders-transnational-crime-1764531

Prominent American “Anti-Racist” Jews Are Funding Racist Gangs Attacking Arabs In Israel: Whatever superficial differences they project to the public, liberal Jews and more virulent Kahanist Jews retain their racial synergy and solidarity against Gentiles, whether its oppressing whites in America or beating and killing Arabs in Israel, they are thick as thieves.
https://alethonews.com/2021/05/09/prominent-american-anti-racist-jews-are-funding-racist-gangs-attacking-arabs-in-israel/

India on High Alert as China Clash Sparks Fears of Escalation at Border: Aclash between Indian and Chinese troops has resulted in New Delhi putting its forces on alert, according to reports. Tensions have remained high between China and India for years as the two superpowers skirmish over border disputes.
https://www.newsweek.com/india-china-border-clash-high-alert-escalation-latest-update-1766646

Viktor Bout, the arms dealer the US swapped for Brittney Griner, joins Russian ultranationalist party and could run for parliament: On Monday he became a member of a far-right, ultranationalist party that backs the war in Ukraine.
https://news.yahoo.com/viktor-bout-arms-dealer-us-113225818.html

Xi in Saudi Arabia: China Ejecting America From the Middle East: As a result of the “pioneering trip”—Xi’s characterization in his op-ed appearing in Saudi media—Beijing could eject America from the region, China might take over Washington’s place there, and the renminbi appears set to end the dollar’s reign as the world’s reserve currency. The Chinese Communist Party could also rescue its quickly failing economy. Xi’s trip, in short, highlights what could end up being the most damaging setback for America’s global standing in the three decades since the Cold War.
https://www.newsweek.com/xi-saudi-arabia-china-ejecting-america-middle-east-opinion-1766569

# Gov / Politics / US
U.S. Government Quietly Declassifies Post-9/11 Interview With Bush and Cheney: A U.S. government panel quietly released a newly declassified summary of an Oval Office joint interview conducted with President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney about the September 11 attacks. The interview, carried out by members of the 9/11 Commission, was not recorded and the summary document constitutes the only known official record of the meeting.
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/10/september-11-bush-cheney-interview/

Congress aims to close off presidential election mischief and fraud with simple and bipartisan solutions: Weaknesses in the law governing how elections are run and votes counted in Congress contributed to the Jan. 6 insurrection. An election law scholar analyzes Senate legislation to fix those problems. When people cast votes, they’re actually voting for a group of people called “electors.” Groups of these presidential electors meet in December. They send their votes along to Congress, which counts them in January. The presidential candidate who gets the majority of electoral votes is, finally, declared the winner.
https://theconversation.com/congress-aims-to-close-off-presidential-election-mischief-and-fraud-with-simple-and-bipartisan-solutions-196204

Kyrsten Sinema is putting Democrats in a bind with her decision to declare herself an independent. Democrats are pushing ahead anyway. Sinema’s move away from the Democratic Party is unlikely to change the power balance in the next Senate. Democrats will have a narrow 51-49 majority that includes two independents who caucus with them: Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Angus King of Maine.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/09/politics/kyrsten-sinema-leaves-democratic-party/index.html

Republicans Seek to Sabotage Year-end Spending Bill: On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve is expected to again hike its benchmark interest rate, though this time by a more modest 0.5 percentage points, signaling a shift after four straight 0.75-percentage-point increases. Fed Chair Jerome Powell is slated to hold a news conference that could provide further indications about the central bank’s outlook.
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20221212-Interest-Costs-National-Debt-Are-Soaring

Prizatization of Medicare: Labor leaders provide cover for Medicare privatization. What’s left out of both the Democrat talking points and the AFL-CIO’s 2022 national resolution on healthcare is any acknowledgment that the real threat to Medicare and healthcare today is the decades-long tax-subsidized privatization supported by both major parties.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/13/labor-leaders-provide-cover-for-privatization-of-medicare/

Behold the cult marriage made in hell: party can’t win with Trump, can’t win without him: When does the GOP declare the obvious, that Trump is the monumentally flawed cancer at the center, his and the party’s worst enemy?
https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/12/13/behold-the-cult-marriage-made-in-hell-party-cant-win-with-trump-cant-win-without-him/

Ilhan Omar defends Qatar’s slavery while trashing America (again): Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) hasn’t made the news for trashing the United States in some time, so she decided the World Cup was the perfect opportunity to return to her favorite habit. In the process, she decided to defend Qatar’s use of slave labor.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/ilhan-omar-defends-qatars-slavery-while-trashing-america-again

More Confidential Documents Found At Trump Storage Site: Discovery appears to confirm DoJ’s suspicions that former president possessed additional government records, sources say                                                                                    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/07/trump-classified-documents-found

# Law Enforcement
Cop Smiles after Violently Beating Homeless Army Vet: Attorneys for Dalvin Gadson, a 29-year-old veteran, are calling for an investigation following the release of a photo of Gadson’s bloodied face after he was beaten by police officers. According to a Newsone report, the cops were also photographed smiling with bloody knuckles as Gadson laid on the ground.
https://www.theroot.com/cop-smiles-after-violently-beating-homeless-army-vet-1849887277

# LGBTQ
Biden signs historic same-sex marriage bill at White House: The Respect for Marriage Act passed the House on Thursday in a 258-169-1 vote, with 39 Republicans joining all Democrats in supporting the measure.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3767773-biden-signs-historic-legislation-to-enshrine-marriage-equality/

# Media
Qatar World Cup became Journalists’ Tomb! Third Sudden Deaths: British Roger Pearce Passed Away
https://www.gospanews.net/en/2022/12/13/qatar-world-cup-became-journalists-tomb-third-suddenly-deaths-british-roger-pearce-passed-away/

Simon says (and says, and says, and says) Welcome to West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration. It is not unusual during the White House briefing for reporters toward the back of the room, who are not routinely called on, to shout out a question.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/12/12/simon-says-and-says-and-says-and-says-00073476

# Medical / Health
Alzheimer’s tied to cholesterol, abnormal nerve insulation: Researchers found evidence that the Alzheimer’s-related gene APOE4 disrupts cholesterol management in the brain and weakens insulation around nerve fibers.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/alzheimer-s-tied-cholesterol-abnormal-nerve-insulation

A notorious Trump judge just fired the first shot against birth control: In retrospect, it was inevitable that this particular judge would come for contraception.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/12/13/23505459/supreme-court-birth-control-contraception-constitution-matthew-kacsmaryk-deanda-becerra

# Medical Technology
Machine learning approach detects brain tumor boundaries: Data from thousands of patients with glioblastoma worldwide were used to develop an accurate model for detecting tumor boundaries.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/machine-learning-approach-detects-brain-tumor-boundaries

# Military / DOD
Air Force conducts first launch of prototype hypersonic missile: The U.S. Air Force said it conducted the first test launch of a fully operational prototype of its hypersonic Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon.
https://www.defensenews.com/air/2022/12/12/air-force-conducts-first-operational-launch-of-arrw-hypersonic-missile/

Biden admin wants to boost efforts to track US weapons in Ukraine, may send another handful of troops: Senior U.S. officials stressed that any new U.S. troop presence in Ukraine would be limited and modest, likely in the single digits
https://www.yahoo.com/now/biden-admin-wants-boost-efforts-190000419.html

# Sports
‘Life no longer as we know it’: war in space would have devastating effects, military experts say:  Asked what the end game could be, she said, “Life as we know it would no longer be as we know it.” Attacks on satellites can take out GPS systems, banking systems, power grids, first responders’ communications, and impact on military operations.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/nov/29/life-no-longer-as-we-know-it-war-in-space-would-have-immediate-effects-expert-says

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December 12, 2022
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# Indigenous / Global
# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Meet the largest spider in the world: a tarantula the size of a puppy: It doesn’t cast a web, but the goliath frogeater has plenty of tricks up its eight sleeves.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/meet-the-biggest-spider-in-the-world-a-tarantula-the-size-of-a-puppy/

Bees can count, and they do so left to right, just like most of us: These crafty little fellows are not bad at math.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/biology/bees-can-count-and-they-do-so-left-to-right-just-like-most-of-us/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Top Oncologist: Cancer in patients exploding after COVID shots: The well-established link between the Covid-19 mRNA shots and blood clots, myocarditis, heart attacks and strokes is reason enough to stop the vaccine,  argues a London oncologist.
https://www.therighting.com/daily-news-stream/2022/11/29/top-oncologist-says-cancer-in-patients-exploding-after-covid-shots

COVID Trend That Spelled Big Trouble in 2020 Is Back: We could be looking at a new surge of COVID deaths with over-65s now more vulnerable to infection with waning immunity and a low uptake on booster jabs.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/covid-trend-spelled-big-trouble-095436788.html

NYC Health Officials Urge Residents To Mask Up Amid ‘Tridemic’: A ‘tridemic‘ of flu, RSV, and Covid-19 cases have led New York City health officials to ‘strongly’ recommend that people wear ‘a high-quality mask, such as a KN95 or KF94, or an N95 respirator’ indoors and in crowded outdoor settings.
https://headtopics.com/us/nyc-health-officials-urge-new-yorkers-to-wear-masks-amid-rise-in-tridemic-cases-32696008

# Education / Schools
Segregating Disabled Children From Their Peers Doesn’t Help Them, Advocates Say: Classrooms that include students with diverse physical and intellectual capacities improve learning outcomes for all. They said the case could have implications for children with disabilities everywhere. But nearly a year later, the state of Georgia has done nothing to change or abolish the GNETS system. Also, the DOJ has not sued, as threatened in its initial letter, although the state has retained outside counsel.
https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/2016/07/13/georgias-system-segregating-children-disabilities-resists-calls-reform

# Employment / Labor
How a federal agency’s funding crisis imperils workers’ rights: Workers need a robustly funded and staffed NLRB now more than ever as employers invent new ways to subvert union drives and deny workers a voice on the job.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/12/12/how-a-federal-agencys-funding-crisis-imperils-workers-rights/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Fusion energy, the ‘holy grail’ of clean power, a step closer to reality: Scientists hit a key milestone in the quest to create abundant zero-carbon power through nuclear fusion. But they still have a long way to go. Nuclear fusion has been seen as the unattainable holy grail of clean energy for decades, but just in the last year it’s been seeming more and more within reach
https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/The-Holy-Grail-Of-Clean-Energy-Is-Closer-Than-Ever.html

Keystone Pipeline Dumps 14,000 Barrels of Oil Into Kansas Creek: The Keystone Pipeline dumped at least 14,000 barrels (588,000 gallons) of oil into a creek in Washington County, Kansas, forcing the shutdown of the pipeline. The full impact of the spill is still unknown, and cleanup efforts will likely be complicated by the fact that the spill impacted a waterway and because the sludgy tar sands transported by the pipeline is both extremely toxic and heavier than water, causing it to sink.
https://www.ecowatch.com/keystone-pipeline-dumps-14000-barrels-of-oil-into-kansas-creek.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
UK Approves First New Coal Mine in 30 Years: The UK has approved its first new coal mine in 30 years, against the counsel of the government’s own climate advisors. Michael Gove greenlights £165m project that will produce estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/07/uk-first-new-coalmine-for-30-years-gets-go-ahead-in-cumbria

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Pesticide industry ‘helped write’ disinformation playbook used by Big Oil and Big Tobacco: New analysis sheds light on key tactics Monsanto used to distort science and spin the narrative in defense of its herbicide product.
https://www.desmog.com/2022/12/09/pesticide-industry-science-denial-monsanto-glyphosate-cancer/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Plant-based Meat Substitutes Lack Nutritional Quality of the Real Thing, Study Reveals: Meat alternatives like “impossible” burgers and other plant-based substitutes lack the nutritional value of the foods they’re replacing, according to researchers in Sweden. Their study found that meat substitutes contain proteins and nutrients which the human body can’t absorb
https://studyfinds.org/meat-substitutes-lack-nutrition/

# General Information / Other News
Donald Trump Is Out of Power, and Out of Luck: The ex-president is finally fair game for an entire legion of lawyers. In professional football slang, being a JAG means that a player is average, nothing special. A JAG lacks game-changing talent and unique status. A JAG is not a star. If a JAG makes too many demands, he’ll be kicked off the team and thrown out on the street. Trump is finally finding out that being a former president is not the same thing as being president.
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/08/trump-legal-investigations/

10 years after the Sandy Hook shooting, Alex Jones is being held accountable for spreading conspiracy theories – but those sorts of lies now plague the US: Conspiracy theories are powerful forces in the U.S. They have damaged public health amid a global pandemic, shaken faith in the democratic process and helped spark a violent assault on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.
https://www.goskagit.com/opinion/conversation/10-years-after-the-sandy-hook-shooting-alex-jones-is-being-held-accountable-for-spreading/article_4257199f-7ea5-5d8a-9a67-21ab47131fcc.html

Leaked files: private spying firm targets global population with illegal spyware: A Washington DC-area Anomaly 6 firm is marketing illegal spy tech that can scrape an individual’s most sensitive personal data by tracking their smartphone. The British Ministry of Defence and GCHQ are potential buyers.
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/12/06/files-anomaly-6-firm-spyware/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Several U.S. Cities Have Increased Policing of Palestine Solidarity: Multiple U.S. cities have adopted a definition of antisemitism that silences Palestinians and expands surveillance.
https://truthout.org/articles/several-us-cities-have-increased-policing-of-palestine-solidarity/

# Gov / Politics / US
McCarthy Faces Debt-Limit Dilemma as House GOP Ratchets Up Demands Amid Speaker Bid: A group of seven hard-line conservative House Republicans who have withheld support from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid for Speaker laid out a list of demands for the House they expect from a Speaker.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3768571-seven-hardline-house-republicans-lay-out-speaker-demands-amid-mccarthy-opposition/

The secretive US Embassy-backed group cultivating the British left: The British-American Project (BAP), set up in the 1980s with US embassy funding amid CIA concern about ‘anti-American’ drift in the Labour Party, recently added senior Labour politicians to its secret membership rolls, Declassified can reveal.
https://declassifieduk.org/the-secretive-us-embassy-backed-group-cultivating-the-british-left/

Weaponising Antisemitism; How the Israel Lobby Brought Down Corbyn, and the recent victories of Palestine Action with Huda Ammori: The flag of Israel has been spotted in white nationalist displays of violence such as the insurgency of January 6, 2021. The Star of David was there. There were also white men wearing shirts that read “Camp Auschwitz,” “Arbeit macht frei,” and “6MWE” (a neo-Nazi slogan meaning “6 million wasn’t enough”). These are obvious expressions of antisemitism that reveal a strange and explosive interweaving with Zionism, or rather Israelism.
https://contendingmodernities.nd.edu/global-currents/weaponizing-antisemitism/

Sanders Vows to Vote Against $858B Defense Bill, Calls for Medicare for All: “We have got to start protecting the needs of working families,” Sen. Bernie Sanders emphasized
https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-vows-to-vote-against-858b-defense-bill-calls-for-medicare-for-all/

Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Jan. 6 Attack Would Have Been “Won” Had She Led It: The White House condemned Greene’s comment for going “against our fundamental values as a country.”
https://truthout.org/articles/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-jan-6-attack-would-have-been-won-had-she-led-it/

# Legal / DOJ
2 Ga. Men Exonerated by Podcast After 25 Years in Prison: Darrell Clark and Cain Storey were teenagers when they were convicted of their friend’s murder, despite circumstances indicating the victim had accidentally shot himself.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/10/us/georgia-men-exonerated-wrongful-imprisonment/index.html

# LGBTQ
After Club Q, we must build a movement for Queer and Trans Liberation: The Club Q shooting is part of a wave of fascist violence. Now’s time for a mass movement for LGBTQ liberation. After Club Q, how do we stop the system from taking more trans lives? Queer activist and movement lawyer Z Williams discusses what needs to be done to achieve liberation.
https://wagingnonviolence.org/2022/12/club-q-how-do-we-stop-system-from-taking-more-trans-lives/

This ‘Sneaky’ DeSantis Power Grab Might Be His Cruelest Yet: Republicans are going after trans people across America. But the potential 2024 contender from Florida is targeting people more efficiently than anyone else.
Along the way, DeSantis has been employing a power grab some fear will be adopted by other Republican governors, with disastrous results.
https://upstract.com/x/2fc60332d73a3d10

# Medical / Health
Strep A is surging: An unseasonal rise in group A Streptococcus (strep A) infections has killed 13 children in England and made many more ill. Strep A infections usually cause just a mild sore throat, but occasionally they can lead to scarlet fever and, rarely, to even more serious conditions, such as meningitis.  Some researchers theorize that the off-season outbreaks are a result of past surges that spawned new strep strains, which happened before the pandemic.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04403-y

# Military / Global
Christians Persecuted by NeoNazi Kiev Regime: Another Ukraine Security Service SBU’s Raids in Orthodox Churches: Ukraine’s domestic security agency, the SBU, conducted a new series of raids on Orthodox Christian churches in northeastern Kharkov Region on Saturday (10 December 2022). The operation, which targeted 14 religious institutions, comes amid Kiev’s crackdown on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), the largest denomination in the country, over its alleged links to Russia.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/12/12/christians-persecuted-by-neonazi-kiev-regime-another-ukraine-security-service-sbus-raid-in-orthodox-churches/

# Nuclear
How a Nuclear site was allowed to poison its own workers: Over the years, hundreds of Hanford contractors have breathed in foul invisible fumes. For years, workers at Hanford, which turned out unfathomable amounts of plutonium for the US’s atomic weaponry, and is now home to the most expensive environmental clean-up ever, received mixed messages about whether or not they should wear respirators while working in areas that could potentially expose them to noxious, even radioactive fumes.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/12/09/how-a-nuclear-site-was-allowed-to-poison-its-own-workers/

# Security
Leaked List Shows Over 300 Oath Keepers Have Worked for Homeland Security: The Department of Homeland Security is theoretically tasked with protecting the public against threats like the far right militia group. 309 listed members of the extremist group reported having worked for various DHS agencies, including the Secret Service and Border Patrol
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/oath-keepers-worked-department-homeland-security-1234646005/

# Water
Indignation as Michigan judge drops Flint water charges against GOP ex-Gov Snyder: “The people of Flint deserve justice, and it’s unacceptable that the people responsible for Flint’s water crisis aren’t being held accountable,” said Food & Water Watch in response to the development.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/09/indignation-michigan-judge-drops-flint-water-charges-against-gop-ex-gov-snyder

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December 11, 2022
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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
New Autopsy Report Reveals Those Who Died Suddenly Were Likely Killed by the COVID Vaccine: A major new autopsy report has found that three people who died unexpectedly at home with no pre-existing disease shortly after Covid vaccination were likely killed by the vaccine. A further two deaths were found to be possibly due to the vaccine. The report, published in Clinical Research in Cardiology, the official journal of the German Cardiac Society, detailed autopsies carried out at Heidelberg University Hospital in 2021.
https://brownstone.org/articles/new-autopsy-report-reveals-those-who-died-suddenly-were-likely-killed-by-the-covid-vaccine/

Hospital condemns girl to death over COVID jab: Mother of adopted 14-year-old pleads for help after Duke hospital refused to perform life-saving kidney transplant because she is not vaccinated. The Hickses argued with the medical team, pointing out that Yulia has already had COVID so has a level of immunity, but the doctors still refused
https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/news/unvaxxed-14-year-old-rejected-by-top-hospital-for-life-saving-surgery/

# Education / Schools
The Right Has Expanded Its Dark Money Strategy for Dominating School Boards: The far right built an elaborate new infrastructure for attacking public education in the run-up to the midterms
https://truthout.org/articles/the-right-has-expanded-its-dark-money-strategy-for-dominating-school-boards/

The Right Has Expanded Its Dark Money Strategy for Dominating School Boards: The far right built an elaborate new infrastructure for attacking public education in the run-up to the midterms.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-right-has-expanded-its-dark-money-strategy-for-dominating-school-boards/

School Board Meeting Explodes After Dozens of Teachers Quit: More than 50 staff members have resigned this year amid reports of being assaulted by students.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/09/staff-quit-school-district-over-violent-and-unruly-kids/

# Employment / Labor
Bernie to Biden: You Can Give Rail Workers Sick Days: The Vermont senator leads over 70 members of Congress urging the president to sign an executive order extending sick days for federal contract workers to the rail industry.
https://prospect.org/labor/bernie-to-biden-you-can-give-rail-workers-sick-days/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Petition Circulators Are Telling California Voters that a Ballot Measure Would Ban New Oil and Gas Wells Near Homes. In Fact, It Would Do the Opposite: The canvassers are backed by the oil industry in its quest to stop a new law that bans wells near residential areas and imposes new environmental controls. If petition circulators succeed in gathering enough signatures, the law would be blocked until the 2024 election.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30112022/californa-voters-petition-oil-gas-wells-homes/

Kansas residents hold their noses as crews mop up massive Keystone pipeline oil spill: “We could smell it first thing in the
morning; it was bad,” said Washington, Kansas, resident Dana Cecrle, 56. He shrugged off the disruption: “Stuff breaks. Pipelines break, oil trains derail.”
https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/national/kansas-residents-hold-their-nose-as-crews-mop-up-massive-u-s-oil-spill

Keystone pipeline shut after oil release into Kansas creek: Keystone shut the line at about 8 p.m. CT on Wednesday after alarms went off and system pressure dropped, the company said in a release, saying booms were being used to contain the creek.
https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/national/keystone-pipeline-shut-after-oil-release-into-kansas-creek

Momentum Accelerates for Houston Carbon Capture Hub: Eleven companies announced today that they are collaborating on a potential carbon capture and storage hub in Houston.
https://www.houston.org/news/momentum-accelerates-houston-carbon-capture-hub

Plain Talk: Nobel laureate says Biden canceling Keystone pipeline was ‘symbol’ that led to higher gas prices:
Dr. Vernon Smith is speaking this week at North Dakota State University’s Challey Institute as a part of the Menard Family’s Distinguished Speakers Series. His work has focused on natural resources
https://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/columns/plain-talk-nobel-laureate-says-biden-canceling-keystone-pipeline-was-symbol-that-led-to-higher-gas-prices

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
‘No sacred cows’ as pipeline company TC Energy prepares for $3.7B asset sales: Calgary, Alberta-based TC is widely known for its Keystone oil pipeline, a critical artery for moving Canadian oil to U.S. refiners that dominated headlines over the past decade for an expansion
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/residents-hold-their-nose-crews-mop-up-huge-us-oil-spill-2022-12-10/

# General Information / Other News
Who Isn’t Included in COP and Biodiversity Conference Concerns? 5G, Wireless, and War: As the Solstice approaches, Christmas shoppers bound to earth are experiencing price increases for basic necessities like heat and food,-  being blamed on variables including geopolitics, ‘climate,’ and the pandemic effect on the supply chain.
https://safetechinternational.org/who-isnt-included-in-cop-and-biodiversity-conference-concerns-5g-wireless-and-war/

‘No more kings’: Law professor explains how 3 judges ‘utterly demolished’ Trump’s Mar-a-Lago defense: Another day, another court ruling against Donald Trump; this time, a major blow to his defense in his Mar-a-Lago lawsuit!
https://www.alternet.org/no-more-kings-utterly-demolished/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Saudi Arabia and China Partner Moving Without USA and Israel: Since the creation of Israel, the US has been under a toxic spell. The influence of Israeli/Zionist over anything that has to do with the Arab and Muslim worlds.
https://www.veteranstodaynetwork.com/2022/12/10/saudi-arabia-and-china-partner-ignore-usa-and-israel-well-done-mbs/

Ukrainian court rules SS division’s symbols are not Nazi: The symbols of the SS Galicia Division, a notorious Ukrainian Nazi collaborator unit, are legal to use in the country | 6 Dec 2022 | Ukraine’s supreme court has ruled that the symbols of the infamous 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, also known as the 1st Galician Division, are not Nazi and therefore not banned in the country.
https://www.rt.com/russia/567782-ss-division-not-nazi-court/

# Gov / Politics / US
Supreme Court Appears Split on Whether to Allow Partisan Control of Elections: The case could cede control of elections to partisan state legislatures and end state court oversight of voting rules.
https://truthout.org/articles/supreme-court-appears-split-on-whether-to-allow-partisan-control-of-elections/

Top Adviser Believes Bernie Sanders Will Give 2024 “A Hard Look” If Biden Doesn’t Run: The independent Vermont senator has previously sought the Democratic nomination for president in 2016 and in 2020. Shakir served as Sanders’s campaign manager in his last failed bid for the White House. The longtime Sanders adviser noted that the senator is “very aware that he’s older now,” but felt confident that he would consider a third presidential run.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/09/bernie-sanders-will-take-a-hard-look-at-2024-if-biden-doesnt-run-adviser-says/

Democrats’ Kyrsten Sinema Nightmare Is Just Getting Started: She was doomed in a primary. But there’s precedent for a politician everyone seems to hate sticking around, and having lots of power. She’s not the first senator to switch parties, Jim Jeffords of Vermont defected from the GOP 20-plus years ago, giving control of the Senate to Democrats.
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/10/1142034532/sinemas-break-with-the-democratic-party-may-not-help-her-as-much-as-shed-like

# Legal / DOJ
January 6 Committee Considering Criminal Referrals for Trump and 4 Others: The committee’s final report will include a “public presentation,” Committee Chair Bennie Thompson said.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3768106-jan-6-committee-considering-criminal-referrals-for-trump-at-least-4-others-reports/

# Media
Prominent American journalist Grant Wahl has died in Qatar after collapsing while covering the World Cup, sparking an outpouring of shock and grief across the sports world. He was 49. He “collapsed” while covering Friday’s Argentina-Netherlands match, a witness told CNN.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/09/football/grant-wahl-death-world-cup-qatar-intl-hnk/index.html

# Medical / Health
Type 2 Diabetes Cases Among Young People Skyrocketing Due to Rising Obesity Rates: By Study Finds The number of young people developing Type 2 diabetes has soared over the past 30 years, driven mainly by rising obesity rates, a new study shows. Data from over 200 countries and regions reveals the rise is particularly affecting women under 30.
https://studyfinds.org/young-people-type-2-diabetes/

# Military / DOD
Top Recipient of War Industry Money to Head GOP House Armed Services Committee: Rep. Mike Rogers, now set to influence military budgets, took more defense sector money than any other lawmaker in 2022.
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/12/incoming-gop-house-armed-services-and-defense-appropriations-chairs-top-recipients-of-defense-sector-contributions

US sends Ukraine another $275 million in military aid, including anti-drone systems: Included in the new aid package are more generators to help Ukrainian troops through the winter, more ammunition, Humvees, ambulances, medical and field equipment, and new air defense capabilities.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-send-ukraine-anti-drone-air-defense-aid-worth-275-million-2022-12-08/

# Military / Global
Debunking Lies About the War in Ukraine:
* Lie #1: The war started on 24 February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine.  Ukraine’s war is that it started on 24 February 2022, instead of during 20-26 February 2014. Even Ukraine’s President acknowledges that it is false. For some reason, the leaders of Ukraine’s ‘allies’ (especially the U.S.) do not acknowledge it.
* Lie #2: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 was illegal. Zelensky is a U.S.-NATO stooge. This entire problem is a problem of U.S. imperialism. Ukraine is America’s proxy. Russia is defending itself against U.S. aggression.
https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2022/11/30/debunking-lies-about-the-war-in-ukraine/

# Pharmas / Drugs
Paxlovid and Pfizer Vaccine Expected to Skyrocket in Price Next Year: Millions of those least able to afford the drug and at the highest risk of severe illness may have to pay full price.
https://khn.org/news/article/paxlovid-covid-sticker-shock-insurance/

# Water
Michigan Judge Drops Flint Water Charges Against Ex-Gov Snyder, Sparking Outrage: Thousands of Flint, Michigan residents were poisoned by contaminated water on the Republican governor’s watch.
https://truthout.org/articles/michigan-judge-drops-flint-water-charges-against-ex-gov-snyder-sparking-outrage/

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December 9, 2022
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# Indigenous
As acidification threatens shellfish along North America’s Pacific Coast, Indigenous sea gardens offer solutions. As seawater acidifies, clams and other shellfish are struggling to grow and survive.
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/clamshells-face-the-acid-test/

# Border / Immigration
Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy was used to separate thousands of immigrant parents and their children: If defense attorneys could prove it was unconstitutional and inherently racist, a judge would strike the entire thing, potentially affecting hundreds of cases. “We regularly see people who receive years in prison for what is essentially glorified trespassing.”
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adolfoflores/racist-lawmakers-immigrantion-laws-attorneys-tactic

Nearly 2,000 migrants, including about 500 in the past five days, have been released to the streets of El Paso — just as local governments and nonprofits brace for the end of a controversial public health law that could bring the humanitarian crisis at the border’s doorstep to a head.
https://elpasomatters.org/2022/12/08/el-paso-migrant-street-releases-surge-as-biden-sends-title-42-back-to-court/

New route for illegal entry into U.S: Vermont: While record numbers of foreign nationals continue to enter the U.S. through the southern border every month, one of the tiniest states by geography and population is also being impacted by the surge: Mexican cartels are now flying foreign nationals from all over the world to Quebec from Mexico City. Cartel scouts help them  make their way from Canada into northern states illegally, they said. Vermont, which is seeing record-breaking illegal entries, has a population of roughly 645,545 people.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/vermont/new-route-for-illegal-entry-into-u-s-vermont/article_efc9f600-772a-11ed-8dbd-7b366fbbaef9.html

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Very Dangerous Covid Boosters Authorized by FDA for Babies as 6 months. Despite a Disturbing Study on Bivalents: Pfizer: “An application to extend Pfizer and BioNTech’s Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine marketing authorization in the EU to include children ages 6 months through 4 years is under discussion with the European Medicines Agency (EMA)”
https://www.gospanews.net/en/2022/12/09/very-dangerous-covid-boosters-authorized-by-fda-for-babies-as-6-months-despite-a-disturbing-study-on-bivalents/

# Education / Schools
What the UC Strikers Need to Do Differently: Go off-campus, says a veteran strike and bargaining maven, and visit the offices of regents and legislators. And sit down and settle in there.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/what-the-uc-strikers-need-to-do-differently/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After 22nd Spill: The company said it had shut down the pipeline after oil spilled into a creek near a Kansas town of about 1,000 people.
https://truthout.org/articles/keystone-pipeline-shut-down-after-22nd-spill/

# Environment / Climate / Global
Biodiversity: Ocean ‘dead zones’ are proliferating: An ongoing decrease in oxygen levels underwater is an important component of the loss of marine life. More than 400 “dead zones” – where aquatic life can no longer survive – existed in the world’s oceans in 2007, according to a study led by a scientist at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, compared to 150 in 2003. Deprived of essential oxygen, these marine areas span 245,000 square kilometres and threaten vertebrate animals, with more than a third of marine mammals affected.
https://www.france24.com/en/environment/20221208-biodiversity-ocean-dead-zones-are-proliferating

# General Information / Other News
Newly Found Secret Trump Documents Could Trigger New FBI Search, Experts Say: In recent weeks, lawyers for Trump found at least two items marked “classified” at a storage unit in West Palm Beach.
https://truthout.org/articles/newly-found-secret-trump-docs-could-trigger-new-fbi-search-experts-say/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=737609a0-b4e0-4917-a985-3e12bea56a7e

# Gov / Politics / Global
Why Is Russia Insisting That Poland Wants to Annex Parts of Ukraine? The outlandish claims have evolved from the conjectures of controversial politicians to direct statements by senior officials. In the Kremlin’s twisted logic, Ukraine is an artificial construct, and only Russia—as the successor of the country that once granted Ukraine its current borders by seizing land from its neighbors—can now ensure the inviolability of Ukraine’s western territories.
https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/88585

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Is Ousted and Arrested: The events are the latest in an “enduring crisis” in Peru going back to dictatorship in the ’90s, says Peruvian scholar.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/peru-president-detained-pedro-castillo-coup

# Gov / Politics / US
How a Jim Crow-era strategy blocked 4.6 million people from voting in 2022: Disenfranchising people with felony convictions was a tactic by white supremacists after the Civil War to prevent Black men from influencing elections. Why are 48 U.S. states still doing it?
https://publicintegrity.org/politics/elections/who-counts/how-a-jim-crow-era-strategy-blocked-4-6-million-people-from-voting-in-2022/

Noam Chomsky: “We’re on the Road to a Form of Neofascism”: The ground is well prepared for neofascism to fill the void left by class war wrought by neoliberalism, says Chomsky.
https://truthout.org/articles/noam-chomsky-were-on-the-road-to-a-form-of-neofascism/

Near record-high numbers of young people voted during the midterms, signaling a possible shift, or exception, in voting trends
https://theconversation.com/near-record-high-numbers-of-young-people-voted-during-the-midterms-signaling-a-possible-shift-or-exception-in-voting-trends-194957

MAGA Is Eating Itself After GOP’s Midterm Disaster: We are starting to see evidence that those on the far right are jockeying for position in a potential post-Trump world.
https://news.yahoo.com/maga-eating-itself-gop-midterm-094400189.html

Climate foes push Great Reset conspiracy theory: Welcome to the conspiratorial world of the “Great Reset” theory. Its followers claim that government officials want to impose draconian lockdowns similar to the worst days of Covid-19 in order to cut greenhouse gas emissions. The conspiracy theory holds that a global elite is planning to shut down society and restrict personal freedoms, such as eating meat and driving gas-powered cars in their zeal to address climate change. The Great Reset has been boosted by climate deniers, right-wing media and conservative think tanks that oppose regulations on fossil fuels.
It all began in June 2020 during the depths of Covid-19 lockdowns.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/climate-foes-push-great-reset-conspiracy-theory/

Arizona senator leaves Democratic Party, declares to be independent: U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona says she’s left the Democratic Party and will be unaffiliated with either major political party.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/09/sinema-arizona-senate-independent-00073216

# Legal / DOJ
How financial barriers stifle formerly incarcerated people: Barriers to reentry are particularly relevant in Philadelphia, where nearly a quarter of residents live below the poverty line. Difficulty accessing banking, a lack of credit, court fines and fees and dismal employment opportunities are common challenges. Together they can have devastating consequences for individuals and families, researchers say.
https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/finance/how-financial-barriers-stifle-formerly-incarcerated-people/

# LGBTQ
Same-Sex Marriage Will Finally Be Written Into Law: The House passed a final version of the bill Thursday, sending the measure to Joe Biden’s desk.
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/29/1139676719/same-sex-marriages-bill-senate-vote

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
POTUS Signs Law Amending Federal Rules Governing Cannabis Research and Drug Development: Under the new law, the Attorney General is provided with a 60-day timeline to either approve or deny applications from scientists wishing to conduct human trials with cannabis.
https://hightimes.com/news/biden-signs-bill-to-expand-medical-cannabis-research/

# Medical / Health
Vitamin D Supplements May Provide Powerful Brain Boost That Prevents Dementia: Vitamin D deficiency may be associated with an increased risk of dementia, according to a recent study published in TheAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Boosting low vitamin D levels to normal ranges could help protect the brain against a loss of thinking skills as people age, the study authors wrote.
https://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20220620/dementia-linked-to-vitamin-d-deficiency-study-says

Clashes Over Access to Birth Control Could Divide GOP’s Fragile House Majority: After the Supreme Court tossed Roe, 195 House Republicans voted against the Right to Contraception Act.
https://truthout.org/articles/clashes-over-access-to-birth-control-could-divide-gops-fragile-house-majority/

What is voluntary sterilization? A health communication expert unpacks how a legacy of forced sterilization shapes doctor-patient conversations today: The term voluntary sterilization, referring to the choice to receive permanent birth control, arose as a contrast to the involuntary, or forced, sterilization that stems from the eugenics movement.
https://theconversation.com/what-is-voluntary-sterilization-a-health-communication-expert-unpacks-how-a-legacy-of-forced-sterilization-shapes-doctor-patient-conversations-today-194796

An Autopsy After Stillbirth Can Provide Crucial Answers: After a stillbirth, some doctors do not offer patients postmortem exams, and some patients decide against them without fully understanding the potential benefits. Now, researchers and national obstetric groups are calling on doctors and hospitals to offer systematic stillbirth evaluations.
https://www.propublica.org/article/stillbirths-autopsy-placenta-exams-pregnancy

# Technology
We Are Living in a Digital Police State. You Can Thank Big Tech: The Department of Homeland Security and Silicon Valley have dumped money and new surveillance technology into local police departments across the country.
https://truthout.org/articles/we-are-living-in-a-digital-police-state-you-can-thank-big-tech/

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# Indigenous
These bumblebees like playing and it’s the sweetest thing: Bumblebees roll wooden balls just to have fun. A new study suggests bees may experience pleasure and joy when playing, which would indicate more complex cognitive behavior than previously thought. In mammals, play has also been documented as an important behavior, in insects, playing has been far less studied.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/these-bumblebees-like-playing-and-its-the-sweetest-thing/

Biden Administration Announces News Steps to Strengthen Tribal Co-Stewardship of Public Lands; Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland spoke recently at the 2022 White House Tribal Nations Summit: “As the United States works to honor our treaty and trust responsibilities to protect Tribal sovereignty and revitalize Tribal communities, we must also protect access to resources for subsistence, and cultural and spiritual practices.”
https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-harris-administration-announces-news-steps-strengthen-tribal-co-stewardship

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Purina Pro Plan is recalling certain cans of Veterinary Diets EN Gastroenteric Low Fat (PPVD EN Low Fat) prescription wet dog food. Some of the cans were mislabeled.
https://www.petful.com/recalled/purina-pro-plan-veterinary-diets-en-gastroenteric-low-fat/

# Children / Youth
For Black Families in Phoenix, Child Welfare Investigations Are a Constant Threat: One in three Black children in Maricopa County, Arizona, faced a child welfare investigation over a five-year period, leaving many families in a state of dread. Some parents are pushing back.
https://www.propublica.org/article/for-black-families-in-phoenix-child-welfare-investigations-are-constant-threat

Child Welfare Experts Say New Mexico Can’t Put Kids in Homeless Shelters Just Because It Lacks Other Beds:
An experts’ report found that New Mexico’s child welfare system has housed foster kids in homeless shelters and other inappropriate settings, corroborating an investigation by ProPublica and Searchlight New Mexico.
https://www.propublica.org/article/report-confirms-new-mexico-fosters-teens-homeless-shelters

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Recent Studies Suggest COVID-19 Vaccinated People are Infecting Unvaccinated. French Study, McCullough Analysis & Pfizer Paper: Confidential Pfizer Documents & New Study confirm COVID ‘Vaccine Shedding’ has been occurring with shocking & dangerous consequences. Ever since the roll out of the experimental COVID-19 “vaccines” there has been abundant anecdotal evidence of “vaccine shedding,” where individuals who received one of the experimental mRNA injections were somehow also infecting those around them, even those who were unvaccinated.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/12/07/recent-studies-suggest-covid-19-vaccinated-people-are-infecting-unvaccinated-french-study-mccullough-analysis-pfizer-paper/?mc_cid=f0f85309c8&mc_eid=3f7488d454

Bill Gates Revealed, the Real COVID-19 Agenda: The true beneficiaries of Gates’ philanthropic endeavors tend to be those who are already rich beyond comprehension, including Gates’ own charitable foundation. Four health organizations, working closely together, spent almost $10 billion on responding to Covid across the world. But they lacked the scrutiny of governments, and fell short of their own goals, a POLITICO and WELT investigation found.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/14/global-covid-pandemic-response-bill-gates-partners-00053969

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Whistleblower: Enviva claim of ‘being good for the planet… all nonsense’:  Statements by the whistleblower have been confirmed by Mongabay’s own observations at a November 2022 forest clear-cut in North Carolina, and by NGO photo documentation. These findings are especially important now, as the EU considers the future of forest biomass burning as a “sustainable” form of renewable energy.
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/envivas-biomass-lies-whistleblower-account/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
The uncertain future of old-growth forests in North Carolina: The recent decision to harvest 26 acres that encompass an old-growth patch of forest on a 3,500-foot mountaintop – the Southside Project – underscores what some say is the widening incongruity between the U.S. Forest Service’s mission, climate change crisis and the public’s will.
https://carolinapublicpress.org/57909/the-uncertain-future-of-old-growth-forests-in-north-carolina-part-one/

Democrats ditch Manchin’s ‘dirty deal’ after opposition from climate activists: A last-ditch effort to force through legislation that would weaken environmental protections and fast-track energy projects has failed.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/07/joe-manchin-legislation-energy-fast-track-democrats-defense-act

# Environment / Climate / Global
Tiny Vanuatu uses its ‘unimportance’ to launch big climate ideas: “Through no fault of its own considering its negligible contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions (0.0016%), Vanuatu is already experiencing devastating effects of climate change,” the plan states. It wants a top international court to weigh in on whether nations are legally bound to protect against climate risks.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/tiny-island-nation-lays-out-big-plans-for-climate-change/

Melting ice created the perfect storm for a rapidly acidifying Arctic Ocean: The Arctic Ocean has grown more acidic at a surprising rate in recent years, three times faster than the rest of the global ocean.
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/melting-ice-created-the-perfect-storm-for-a-rapidly-acidifying-arctic-ocean/

# General Information / Other News
Trump Doesn’t Respect (or Even Understand) the Constitution: The ex-president has shown throughout his life that he’d happily toss constitutional rights aside if he could, while also claiming rights for himself that don’t exist.
https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-doesn-t-respect-094643248.html

Classified Docs Found at Trump Storage Unit With ‘Swords and Wrestling Belts’: Lawyers for the former president turned over more sensitive documents to the FBI after conducting an independent search of his properties
FBI searching Mar-a-Lago in August and finding more than 100 additional classified documents, the Department of Justice believed that the ex-president was still in possession of government records that were not his to keep. And, as it turns out, that hunch was right!
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/12/donald-trump-classified-documents-swords-wrestling-belts

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Preparing to Flee When Russia Implodes, Ex-Aide Says: “The leader’s entourage has not ruled out that he will lose the war, be stripped of power, and have to urgently evacuate somewhere.”
https://news.yahoo.com/putin-preparing-flee-russia-implodes-162403585.html

# Gov / Politics / US
President Vladimir Putin warned the Russian public that the war in Ukraine “might be a long process.” Many are concerned that the Kremlin will announce another partial military mobilization in the coming months
https://nypost.com/2022/12/07/putin-warns-risk-of-nuclear-war-continues-to-grow/

Biden administration signs off on $425M in arms sales to Taiwan: The Biden administration has approved two separate arms sales to Taiwan worth more than $425 million as China has stepped up its threats and aggression toward the island.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3765425-biden-administration-signs-off-on-425m-in-arms-sales-to-taiwan/

Congress unveils defense budget: Today, after months of negotiations, Congress unveiled its compromised defense budget, which includes a repeal of the COVID vaccine mandate and a pay raise for troops.
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/budget/2022/12/07/congress-reveals-plan-to-increase-defense-budget-by-8/

Sanders eyeing Yemen war powers resolution vote ‘hopefully next week’: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he could introduce a war powers resolution soon that would block U.S. support for the war in Yemen led by Saudi Arabia.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3765425-biden-administration-signs-off-on-425m-in-arms-sales-to-taiwan/

Republicans Who Want to Move On From Trump Look to Georgia: Herschel Walker’s defeat in the Georgia Senate runoff completes the state’s rejection of former President Donald Trump but not the Republican Party.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/trump-move-on-republicans-georgia

# Law Enforcement
The Cienfuegos Affair: Inside the Case that Upended America’s Drug War: Two years ago, the DEA arrested a Mexican general, hoping to lay bare the high-level corruption at the heart of organized crime. Then the case fell apart, and took down U.S.-Mexican cooperation on drug policy with it.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mexico-drug-cartels-cienfuegos-case-dea?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature

12-Year-Old Faces Murder Charge for Deadly Hit-and-Run Crash: Police arrested the boy Wednesday in connection with a hit-and-run that killed an 82-year-old woman.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2022/12/07/12-year-old-accused-of-murder-in-dallas-hit-and-run-that-killed-82-year-old/

# Legal / DOJ
Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Upend Federal Election Rules: Republican politicians advance theory that could shift power away from courts in determining election rules and maps. The United States Supreme Court engaged in tense arguments on Wednesday in a Republican appeal that could transform the country’s elections by giving politicians more power over voting rules and curbing the ability of state courts to scrutinise their actions.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/12/7/us-supreme-court-hears-case-to-determine-authority-over-elections

# LGBTQ
Shangela Is the Fearless Drag Queen America Needs Right Now: The “Drag Race” legend, who made history on “Dancing With the Stars,” on her fight to bring drag to the mainstream and promote joy—especially as the LGBT community is under attack. It’s sobering to think that the same jazz routine that landed her a perfect score of 40 on national television could land her in jail in the state of Tennessee, if pending legislation passes.
https://news.yahoo.com/shangela-fearless-drag-queen-america-093955117.html

Drag queens are fearing for their lives as right-wing extremist attacks intensify: Just weeks since five people were killed at a gay bar in Colorado Springs the night of a drag event, performers across the country are determined for the show to go on, but fear what could happen next. More than 124 drag events were threatened or protested in 2022, according to a report published by GLAAD last month; this past weekend alone, shows in Ohio, New York, Florida, and North Carolina were targeted.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/drag-queen-right-wing-attacks

Tennessee GOP files bill to ban drag performances in public spaces: Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, a Republican, has introduced legislation to prohibit drag entertainers from performing on public property or at private functions where their performance may be viewed by a minor.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3729828-tennessee-gop-files-bill-to-ban-drag-performances-in-public-spaces/

# Media / Global
“We’re Coming for You”: Italy’s Neofascists Target Journalists as They Assume Power: Italy’s new prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, has inspired a surge of far-right threats and attacks against journalists and critics.
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/07/italy-giorgia-meloni-journalists/

# Medical / Health
How to Research Your Hospice (and Avoid Hospice Fraud): A guide for readers, patients and caregivers. When done right, hospice offers Medicare beneficiaries an intimate, holistic and vital service, one that allows them to experience as little pain as possible and to spend meaningful time with loved ones.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-research-your-hospice-and-avoid-hospice-fraud

They Trusted Their Prenatal Test. They Didn’t Know the Industry Is an Unregulated ‘Wild West.’: As regulators stay on the sideline, a growing industry expands its reach but leaves some pregnant patients feeling misled and heartbroken.
https://bioethics.com/archives/66996

New oral compound may help prevent and treat osteoporosis: Parathyroid hormone can stimulate bone formation, and analogs of the hormone are often prescribed to patients with osteoporosis; however, these medications are only effective when administered by daily injection.
https://www.massgeneral.org/news/press-release/new-oral-compound-may-help-prevent-and-treat-osteoporosis

7-Year-Old Texas Boy Dies of Bat Bite: In the months following the bite, the boy suffered a bevy of symptoms, including seizures and delusions, and was at one point misdiagnosed with shingles.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/7-year-old-texas-boy-dies-of-bat-bite-in-rare-rabies-case-cdc-says
See also: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7149a2.htm

# Medical Technology
This Bot Can Predict the Side Effects for Brand New Drugs: It could cut down on drug mortality rates from adverse reactions.
https://www.genengnews.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-model-accurately-predicts-patient-response-to-drug-compounds/

# Military / DOD
The War Caucus Always Wins: The new $857 billion defense bill lines the pockets of contractors and pushes the U.S. toward a new Cold War. The Dominant Political Story emanating from Washington, D.C., these days centers around the battles between the Trumpist movement and the bipartisan “adults in the room” caucus
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/07/ukraine-weapons-russia-china-ndaa/

# Technology
Apple will finally let you encrypt iCloud backups, increasing your security against hackers, law enforcement, and Apple itself. Encrypting data “end-to-end” means that the digital key required to unlock it is only stored on someone’s device. iPhones and iPads have been encrypted for years, but backups of these devices to iCloud have not.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/7/23498580/apple-end-to-end-encryption-icloud-backups-advanced-data-protection

FTC Sues to Block Microsoft’s Acquisition of Blizzard $69B merger: The lawsuit is a roadblock in Microsoft’s effort to acquire gaming industry titles like Call of Duty and Candy Crush. The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Microsoft’s planned $69 billion takeover of video game company Activision Blizzard, saying it could suppress competitors to Microsoft’s Xbox game console and its growing games subscription business.
https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-microsoft-corp-activision-blizzard-inc-game-consoles-e4772c9594fc72fac6b511b393655e5b

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