Month: January 2023

Voices, The Peoples News

January 18, 2023
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

# Indigenous
America’s Biggest Museums Fail to Return Native American Human Remains: The remains of more than 100,000 Native Americans are held by prestigious U.S. institutions, despite a 1990 law meant to return them to tribal nations. Here’s how the ancestors were stolen, and how tribes are working to get them back.
https://www.propublica.org/article/repatriation-nagpra-museums-human-remains#:~:text=As%20of%20last%20month%2C%20about,Native%20Americans%20in%20their%20collections

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals / Global
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Biden, House GOP Refuse to Budge as Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms: While Treasury can employ extraordinary measures to keep making payments for the next few months, it’s a bad sign for how messy the standoff will grow. The Biden administration and House Republicans are heading toward an initial Thursday debt ceiling deadline without even a hint of an endgame, ensuring a months-long standoff that’s poised to rattle financial markets amid worries about a recession this year.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/17/biden-house-republicans-debt-ceiling-00078166

200+ Millionaires to World Leaders at Davos: ‘Tax the Ultra-Rich and Do It Now’: “Until Davos attendees start talking about taxing the rich, the entire gathering will remain a very public example of how out of touch they really are.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/tax-the-rich-davos

White House: GOP supports the ‘ruin of millions of American livelihoods’ on debt ceiling
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/andy-biggs-debt-ceiling

# Education / Schools
Florida Gov. DeSantis leads the GOP’s national charge against public education that includes lessons on race and sexual orientation. A judge asked Ryan Newman to define “woke.” Newman answered that “woke” is “the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.” Newman added that DeSantis does not believe systemic injustices exist in the United States.
https://theconversation.com/florida-gov-desantis-leads-the-gops-national-charge-against-public-education-that-includes-lessons-on-race-and-sexual-orientation-196369

Dad Pulls His Biracial Daughter Out Of School After Classmate And Her Teacher Cut Her Hair: A Michigan father is outraged at the liberties taken with his child while she was at school. “I still want to know what justifies a teacher cutting a child’s hair without their parents’ permission? Any of this could have been resolved with a phone call,” Hoffmeyer added. “She doesn’t understand what’s wrong with her hair.”
https://people.com/human-interest/dad-transfers-biracial-daughter-to-new-school-after-classmate-and-school-employee-cut-her-hair/

# Employment / Labor
Sanders Calls on Starbucks CEO to End ‘Concerted and Relentless’ Union-Busting Campaign; “Mr. Schultz, my request to you is simple: Obey the law,” the Vermont senator wrote in a letter to Howard Schultz.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-starbucks-union-busting

Microsoft Joins Tech Layoff Circus: The company said it plans to hire “in strategic areas,” focusing on artificial intelligence. Microsoft is cutting 10,000 workers, almost 5% of its workforce, as it joins other tech companies in a scaling back of their pandemic-era expansions. The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that the layoffs were a response to “macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities.”
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2023-01-18/job-cuts-in-tech-sector-spread-microsoft-lays-off-10-000

When Global Trade Bureaucrats Earn Our Contempt: A panel ruling undermines the USMCA agreement on North American content. Biden should ignore it. The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) was a deal between congressional Democrats and Trump administration to improve the NAFTA in multiple respects. The goal was to ensure that more jobs would actually be created in the U.S.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-01-18-global-trade-bureaucrats-usmca/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
New Mexico’s new pollution rules leave oil and gas operators to police themselves. Lack of enforcement allows industry to keep emitting greenhouse gases, evidence shows.
https://sourcenm.com/2022/12/05/oil-and-gas-operator-pays-millions-for-clean-air-act-violations/

‘This Insanity Belongs in Science Fiction’: At Davos, UN Chief Rips Fossil Fuel Expansion: “Fossil fuel producers and their enablers are still racing to expand production, knowing full well that their business model is inconsistent with human survival,” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/un-chief-fossil-fuel-expansion

# Environment / Climate / Interior
How far can $25 million go to relocate a community that’s disappearing into Alaska’s melting permafrost?
A recent Interior Department grant aims to help residents in Newtok move to higher ground, but it’s just a sliver of what’s needed.  Nearly 200 people live in Newtok today, but the vast majority of them know they’re unlikely to stay here safely for much longer.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/north-climate-change-how-far-can-25-million-go-to-relocate-a-community-thats-disappearing-into-alaskas-melting-permafrost

# General Information / Other News
DOJ Decided Not to Send FBI to Biden Docs Search: Instead, the president’s attorneys looked for the records themselves.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/17/doj-declined-to-have-fbi-agents-monitor-joe-biden-document-search/

# Gov / Politics / US
US military spending in Ukraine reached nearly $50 billion in 2022, but no amount of money alone is enough to end the war: The US is giving record-high amounts of money to Ukraine, signaling it is invested in this war for the long run, a political science scholar explains 3 important things to know.
https://theconversation.com/us-military-spending-in-ukraine-reached-nearly-50-billion-in-2022-but-no-amount-of-money-alone-is-enough-to-end-the-war-197492

House GOP Lays Groundwork for Mayorkas Impeachment: “Senior House Republicans are moving swiftly to build a case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as they strongly weigh launching rare impeachment proceedings against a Cabinet secretary, a plan that could generate sharp backlash from GOP moderates.”
https://politicalwire.com/2023/01/17/house-gop-lays-groundwork-to-impeach-mayorkas/

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Tuesday that he wants to permanently ban numerous safety measures meant to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, including mask and vaccine mandates. “When the world lost its mind, Florida was a refuge of sanity, serving strongly as freedom’s linchpin,” he said at a press conference
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ron-desantis-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-ban_n_63c80785e4b04d4d18dba97f?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-politics_2023-01-18&utm_term=us-politics

# Law Enforcement
A Sheriff in Louisiana Has Been Destroying Records of Deputies’ Alleged Misconduct for Years: A lawsuit brought by the family of an autistic teen who died while in custody found the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office destroyed the disciplinary records of a deputy involved in the case.
https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-parish-sheriff-misconduct-records-allegations-jpso
See also: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/17/louisiana-sheriffs-office-illegally-destroyed-misconduct-records-for-more-than-a-decade/

The family of a young Black man who died in the custody of Memphis, Tennessee, police is outraged and looking for answers,  starting with the release of body camera footage that may help explain what happened to 29-year-old Tyre Nichols during a routine traffic stop this month.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-arrest-fatal_n_63c72036e4b07c0c7df88e8a

Disturbing Video Shows Ohio Cop Repeatedly Punch Black Woman: Ohio’s Butler Township Police Department said it’s now investigating the alarming footage. In the clip, two police officers can be seen standing in front of their police cruiser in a parking lot while moving to restrain the woman.
https://news.yahoo.com/disturbing-video-shows-ohio-cop-173137742.html
Video: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=691942075763580&extid=CL-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&mibextid=2Rb1fB&ref=sharing

# Legal / DOJ
U.S. Won’t Seek Death Penalty for Walmart Massacre Gunman: Federal prosecutors have not petitioned for the death penalty in a new case since the appointment of Attorney General Merrick Garland. Dallas-area native is charged with hate crimes and capital murder for killing 23 people in a racist shooting in El Paso in 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/18/prosecutors-wont-seek-death-penalty-texas-walmart-shooter

# Media
Minority-Owned Broadcast Deal Experiences Perplexing Delays at FCC: Foot-dragging by a federal agency over a deal that would create the largest minority-owned and female-led broadcast station group in U.S. history is raising questions about the Biden administration’s motives.
https://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/201723-minority-ownership-at-stake-with-fcc-rule-change/

# Medical / Health
Websites Selling Abortion Pills Are Sharing Sensitive Data With Google: Some sites selling abortion pills use technology that shares information with third parties like Google. Law enforcement can potentially use this data to prosecute people who end their pregnancies with medication. Using a tool created by the Markup, a nonprofit tech-journalism newsroom, ProPublica ran checks on 11 online pharmacies that sell abortion medication to reveal the web tracking technology they use. Late last year and in early January, ProPublica found web trackers on the sites of at least nine online pharmacies that provide pills by mail: Abortion Ease, BestAbortionPill.com, PrivacyPillRX, PillsOnlineRX, Secure Abortion Pills, AbortionRx, Generic Abortion Pills, Abortion Privacy and Online Abortion Pill Rx.
https://www.propublica.org/article/websites-selling-abortion-pills-share-sensitive-data-with-google#:~:text=Post%2DRoe%20America&text=Online%20pharmacies%20that%20sell%20abortion,a%20ProPublica%20analysis%20has%20found.

# Medical Science
Experimental HIV vaccine regimen safe but ineffective, study finds: The clinical trial began in 2019 and involved 3,900  volunteers ages 18 to 60 years in Europe, North America and South America. Based on the DSMB’s recommendation, the study will be discontinued.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/experimental-hiv-vaccine-regimen-safe-ineffective-study-finds

# Military / DOD
US, Ukraine top military chiefs meet in person for first time: Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met Tuesday with Ukraine’s chief military officer at an undisclosed location in Poland.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-nato-politics-government-united-states-56bf9dc96a24f62c91903c8861ae7af7

U.S. Begins Training Ukrainian Troops at Fort Sill in Oklahoma: Ukrainian troops have arrived at Fort Sill, Okla., and started training on the Patriot missile system, the Pentagon’s top spokesperson confirmed Tuesday.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3816973-ukrainian-troops-begin-patriot-missile-training-at-oklahoma-army-base/

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Voices, The Peoples News

January 17, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Children / Youth
A 12-year-old girl in Argentina died this week after attempting the deadly “choking challenge,”also known as the “blackout challenge,” this dangerous stunt encourages internet clout-seekers to asphyxiate themselves until passing out was first popularized on TikTok.  Milagros Soto had been discovered dead in her home after allegedly participating in the viral “choking challenge” — one of several fatal fads to circulate on TikTok. The little girl was found hanging from a makeshift noose, local outlet El Litoral reported.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/17/12-year-old-girl-dies-in-sick-tiktok-choking-challenge/

11-Year-Old’s Scalp Ripped Off in Horrific Pit Bull Mauling: Justin Gilstrap is recovering and in good spirits after undergoing several surgeries. Justin Gilstrap has been left with horrific life-changing injuries after he was mauled by a group of three vicious pit bulls while cycling through his neighbourhood
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/boy-11-dragged-bike-scalp-28957131

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
White House Warns GOP Not to Tie Debt Ceiling to Social Security Cuts: “In exchange for not crashing the United States economy, you get nothing,” one Democrat said. “You don’t get a cookie.” It’s not that the White House will be hard on Republicans at the negotiating table, she said — rather, there will not be any negotiations to begin with. “We will not be doing any negotiation over the debt ceiling,” Jean-Pierre said.
https://truthout.org/articles/white-house-warns-gop-not-to-tie-debt-ceiling-to-social-security-cuts/

# Education / Schools
Texas Supreme Court clears way for state’s education agency to take over Houston ISD: State-appointed managers can replace elected school board members in the largest district in Texas, according to a decision released by the state’s Supreme Court Friday morning. Justices overruled an appellate court’s decision that had blocked TEA from taking over the district. The case isn’t over, though. A lower court will hear further arguments.
https://www.tpr.org/education/2023-01-14/supreme-court-of-texas-allows-texas-education-agency-to-take-over-houston-isd

Students Need Emotional and Community Support, Not Cops in Schools: Some schools that removed police on campus following the 2020 uprisings are now asking for them to be reinstated.
https://truthout.org/articles/students-need-emotional-and-community-support-not-cops-in-schools/

# Employment / Labor
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Plans for deep seabed mining pit renewable energy demand against ocean life in a largely unexplored frontier. As companies race to expand renewable energy and the batteries to store it, finding sufficient amounts of rare earth metals to build the technology is no easy feat. That’s leading mining companies to take a closer look at a largely unexplored frontier – the deep ocean seabed.
https://theconversation.com/plans-for-deep-seabed-mining-pit-renewable-energy-demand-against-ocean-life-in-a-largely-unexplored-frontier-193273

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Environmental scientists say a newly discovered whale species in the Gulf of Mexico, Rice’s whale, faces extinction unless the federal government sets tougher restrictions on oil and gas activities. The Gulf of Mexico whales have also been sighted near Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. The whale is one of the rarest on the planet, scientists say, and only about 50 are believed to exist. The discovery underscores how much we still need to learn about our oceans and puts a focus on how we need to vigilantly protect what’s living in our waters before species dwindle and disappear.
https://earthjustice.org/from-the-experts/2021-december/new-whale-rices-gulf-biodiversity

# General Information / Other News
Public libraries continue to thrive despite defunding and privatization attacks: Efforts by governments and cities across the nation to defund the public library indicate a misunderstanding of the essential role that libraries play. Public education, for example, has been increasingly privatized by way of racist school voucher programs, and the expansion of for-profit charter schools and for-profit education management organizations (EMOs).
https://www.alternet.org/public-libraries-continue-to-thrive/

Justice Department and Congress Face New Calls to Probe Trump’s Financial Ties to Saudi Arabia: The DOJ must investigate negotiations between Trump and Saudi Arabia while Trump was in power, says Sarah Leah Whitson. LIV has paid millions to golf resorts owned by Donald Trump, who has publicly supported the new league which is attempting to compete with the PGA. Meanwhile, an exposé has revealed that the Saudi government infiltrated Wikipedia to control information on the kingdom.
https://truthout.org/video/doj-and-congress-face-news-calls-to-probe-trumps-financial-ties-to-saudi-arabia/

# Gov / Politics / Global
As Andrew Tate remains in custody, Romanian authorities have seized $3.9 million in luxury cars, watches, and other assets from his compound. Tate was arrested on Dec. 29 along with his brother, Tristan Tate, and two Romanian women in connection with an organized crime, human trafficking, and rape investigation.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/pocharaponneammanee/andrew-tate-cars-seized-romania

Putin: I Could Never Have Foreseen All the Crises I Created: The Russian president claims the country’s setbacks in 2022 “arose largely unexpectedly.” Vladimir Putin appears to be playing dumb to avoid taking the blame for mounting fallout over his war against Ukraine. The Russian leader stated the obvious and admitted that 2022 had been a “difficult” year for the country.
https://news.yahoo.com/putin-could-never-foreseen-2022-161907602.html

# Gov / Politics / US
The Week Everything Changed for the Biden White House: President Joe Biden began the new year with the political winds at his back. Amid the chaos of a fractured Republican majority trying to elect a House speaker, his administration was making a major public effort to show how the laws bolstering his ambitious policy priorities were showing tangible results.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/16/politics/biden-white-house-classified-documents-week/index.html

‘The most important election nobody’s ever heard of’: There are significant policy outcomes hanging on the result. The court chose the state’s political maps for the decade after the Democratic governor and Republican Legislature deadlocked, and it’s likely to hear a case challenging Wisconsin’s 19th-century law banning almost all abortions in the near future.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/16/wisconsin-state-supreme-court-race-abortion-00077958

‘Game on’ as attorneys challenge Illinois’ gun ban with more lawsuits expected: Last week, on the final day of the 102nd General Assembly, the legislature and Gov. J.B. Pritzker approved a ban on certain semi-automatic firearms. No future sales are allowed. Guns already in possession must be registered with Illinois State Police by Jan. 1, 2024. Non compliance can bring a Class 2 felony. Magazines of more than 10 rounds for rifles and 15 rounds for handguns also are banned. Possession could be a petty offense and a fine of $1,000 for each violation.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/game-on-as-attorneys-challenge-illinois-gun-ban-with-more-lawsuits-expected/article_1e2fff76-96a7-11ed-9a6c-ef7472908240.html

Santos to Be Rewarded for His Lies With Committee Spots: “He’ll get seated on committees,” McCarthy said Tuesday. McCarthy moves past GOP gripes to give New York freshman spots. Some New York Republicans have called for Santos’ resignation. The freshman congressman admitted to embellishing some details, but has said he has no plans to step down from Congress despite several calls for his resignation — including some from within the GOP.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3816427-mccarthy-says-santos-will-be-seated-on-committees/

Booted GOP Reps. Gosar, MTG Snag New Committee Assignments: Gosar was given a seat on the House Committee on Natural Resources, while Greene now has a seat on the House Homeland Security Committee.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-paul-gosar-committee-assignments/index.html

# Law Enforcement
In Largest Case Prosecuted in U.S. Focusing on White Supremacist Prison Gang Members, Swift Justice Leads to Conviction of 89 Members/Associates of Aryan Brotherhood of Texas and Aryan Circle: Investigation Targeted White Supremacists With Long and Violent Criminal Histories Who Were Selling Illegal Drugs in North Texas Communities
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndtx/pr/largest-case-prosecuted-us-focusing-white-supremacist-prison-gang-members-swift-justice

In county jails, guards use pepper spray and stun guns to subdue people in mental crisis: Nearly 1 in 3 “use of force” incidents involved a person who was having a mental health crisis or who had a known mental illness. Guards used aggressive, and distressing, weapons like stun guns and pepper spray to control and subdue such prisoners, despite the fact that their severe psychiatric conditions meant they may have been unable to follow orders, or even understand what was going on.
https://khn.org/news/article/in-pa-county-jails-guards-use-pepper-spray-and-stun-guns-to-subdue-people-in-mental-crisis/

# Legal / DOJ
Donald Trump ‘Caught in Repeated Lies’ During Deposition—Attorney: Donald Trump may have severely damaged his case in the defamation lawsuit brought against him by a woman who accused him of rape by expressing “repeated lies” during his deposition, according to an attorney.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-rape-deposition-lies-katie-phang-1774268

# Medical / Health
Microplastics can cross placenta into unborn babies, study shows: Microplastics have been found to cross the placenta into unborn babies, a shocking study reveals. Scientists warn it is impossible to stop children ingesting the tiny plastic particles as well as even smaller nanoplastics, which can be found almost everywhere.
https://www.news-medical.net/news/20220927/Spectroscopy-reveals-a-high-abundance-of-microplastics-in-human-placenta.aspx

# Medical Technology
A woman receives the first-ever successful transplant of a living, 3D-printed ear: Replacement body parts may be much closer to reality than we dare believe.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/first-3d-printed-ear-own-cells-264243/

Super-tough hydrogel could be the knee replacement material of the future: The material could dramatically lower the frequency with which such implants wear out and have to be replaced.
https://newatlas.com/medical/hydrogel-outperforms-natural-cartilage/

# Military / Global
Russia launched one of the deadliest civilian attacks of the war so far in southeastern Ukraine on Saturday. 44 people were killed, including five children, and 79 were injured, AP reports. The missile strike devastated an apartment building in Dnipro, and authorities said that at least 400 people have lost their homes.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-01-17/ukraine-ends-search-for-survivors-in-dnipro-death-toll-hits-44

# Technology
Facebook Wanted Out of Politics. It Was Messier Than Anyone Expected: Hitting mute button on political content recommendations brought unintended consequences, documents show.
https://www.nationandstate.com/2023/01/16/facebook-wanted-out-of-politics-it-was-messier-than-anyone-expected/

# Water
A new bipartisan group of lawmakers has formed to highlight Texas’ increasingly fragile water infrastructure during this legislative session. Thirty-eight legislators from the Texas House plan to prioritize educating fellow state lawmakers about water security issues after more than 3,000 boil-water notices were issued across the state last year.
https://www.newsfromthestates.com/article/new-bipartisan-group-texas-lawmakers-wants-highlight-states-fragile-water-infrastructure

Scottsdale cuts off Rio Verde Foothills water supply amid drought: Some living here amid the cactus and creosote bushes see themselves as the first domino to fall as the Colorado River tips further into crisis.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/arizona-suburb-struggling-scottsdale-cut-061037085.html

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Voices, The Peoples News

January 16, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
CDC identifies potential side effects in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine: Stroke concern identified in people ages 65 and older who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, Bivalent. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced that the data it had collected merited an investigation into potential stroke risks for recipients for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/cdc-identifies-potential-side-effects-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine

‘We need an independent public inquiry’ as excess deaths average more than 1000 a week: There is data emerging across the world now  which is showing a link between the [COVID] vaccines, particularly the mRNA vaccines, and heart issues.
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/01/we-need-an-independent-public-inquiry-as-excess-deaths-average-more-than-1000-a-week-james-wells/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Why Michigan is trying to shut down Canada’s Enbridge Line 5 pipeline: An ageing pipeline is at the centre of a heated debate about environmental and energy concerns. The agreement was meant to end uncertainty about the controversial 69-year-old oil and natural gas pipeline’s safety.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/why-michigan-trying-shut-down-011625007.html

Ignore the buzz, here’s why Enbridge Line 5 won’t likely close anytime soon. Even if a judge sides with Michigan and orders the pipeline closed, it’s far from clear that it would trigger an immediate shutdown. Barring a dramatic change, Line 5 will keep pumping oil through the winter while judges, diplomats and regulators fight over how quickly the aging pipes must vacate the Straits, and whether Enbridge should build a tunnel to replace them.
https://www.greatlakesnow.org/2021/11/enbridge-line-5-wont-close/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Surprise magma chamber growing under Mediterranean volcano: Using a novel imaging technique for volcanoes that produces high-resolution pictures of seismic wave properties, a new study reveals a large, previously undetected body of mobile magma underneath Kolumbo, an active submarine volcano near Santorini, Greece. The presence of the magma chamber increases the chances of a future eruption, prompting the researchers to recommend real-time hazard monitoring stations near other active submarine volcanoes to improve estimations of when an eruption might be likely to occur.
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-magma-chamber-mediterranean-volcano.html

A year on, we now know why the Tongan eruption was so violent. It’s a wake-up call to watch other submarine volcanoes
The Kingdom of Tonga exploded into global news on January 15 last year with one of the most spectacular and violent volcanic eruptions ever seen.
https://phys.org/news/2023-01-year-tongan-eruption-violent-wake-up.html

# Environment / Climate / Global
‘Death by a thousand clearcuts’: Canada’s deep-snow caribou are vanishing: The B.C. government spends millions on wolf culls and maternity pens, to support these mountain-loving herds. The first thing to know about Deep-Snow Mountain Caribou is that they live in the mountains of southeastern British Columbia and nowhere else. The second thing to know is that they’re currently headed for extinction. Of 18 herds that existed in 2005, seven herds have disappeared and only six are still viable.
https://1000clearcuts.ca/

Ecuador moves to expand drilling in the Amazon: A novel idea to leave the country’s vast oil reserves in the ground fizzled for lack of international support. Extraction of 3,600 barrels per day started in the Ishpingo oil field which together with the nearby fields of Tiputini and Tambococha form the so-called ITT block, which holds more than 40 percent of the South American country’s proven crude reserves.
https://phys.org/news/2022-04-ecuador-oil-amazon-reserve.html

# General Information / Other News
Feds Try to Seize Money, Property from Church Accused of Multimillion-Dollar Scheme Targeting Vets: Military.com was first to detail the complex alleged scheme that reportedly went on for nearly 20 years, pushing troops and veterans to relinquish their military paychecks and disability pay and use their Department of Veterans Affairs-backed home loans to drive revenue for the church. Former members say that much of that cash ended up supporting a lavish lifestyle for the church’s leader, Rony Denis.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/feds-try-seize-money-property-194306792.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
The Traitorous Spooks Helping Putin Crush Their Own People: Vladimir Putin orders Russian forces to step up efforts to detect ‘spies.’ Putin’s speech was reportedly poorly received by members of Russia’s security services, according to a post on the Yellow Folder Telegram channel, which is said to be run by former Russian spooks.
“The congratulatory message was interpreted as a reprimand directed at security agencies for their insufficiency effective work,” the post alleged.
https://nypost.com/2022/12/20/angry-putin-orders-security-forces-to-crack-down-on-traitors/

Ukraine building suffers deadliest civilian attack in months: Emergency crews worked through the frigid night at the wrecked multi-story residential building, the site of the worst casualties from a widespread Russian barrage Saturday.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9412400/ukraine-building-civilian-attack-russian-strike/#:~:text=WATCH%3A%20As%20the%20war%20in,killing%20at%20least%2029%20people.

# Gov / Politics / US
America has arrived at a crossroads of history; will it take the RIGHT road? The judges of human history are waiting at the crossroads, waiting for the USA to choose the direction it will take.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/01/16/america-has-arrived-at-a-crossroads-of-history-will-it-take-the-right-road/

# Legal / DOJ
House GOP demands visitor logs in Biden classified docs case in the wake of more records found at his Delaware residence. Comer, R-Ky., said he wants to see all documents and communications related to the searches by the Biden team, as well as visitor logs of the president’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, from Jan. 20, 2021, to present. He said the aim is to determine who might have had access to classified material and how the records got there.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-house-of-representatives-government-delaware-915efbeb28a51ad9b5e9eac3fa81eb95

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
First cannabis bill introduced in new Congress: Congressional Democrats are already moving ahead with plans to consider broad changes to federal marijuana laws in 2019.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2019/02/06/the-first-marijuana-hearing-of-the-new-congress-has-been-scheduled/?sh=1e07fbc51287

# Medical / Health
The Inevitable Prosecutions of Women Who Obtain Abortions. The attorney general of Alabama finally went where the logic of the anti-abortion movement has long pointed
https://prospect.org/health/2023-01-16-prosecution-women-mifepristone-abortion-alabama/

# Military / DOD
Pentagon Announces Ukrainian Troops Will Train in Oklahoma: Shortly after the U.S. announced it will send a Patriot air defense system and more weapons to Ukraine, a Pentagon spokesperson has now announced a group of Ukrainian soldiers will come to the United States to train on a Patriot system so they’ll be ready when their own system arrives.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3807057-u-s-military-to-train-ukrainians-on-patriot-missile-system-in-oklahoma-reports/

# Military / Global
Sixth generation Russian drone shocked the world: We all know that Russia is ahead of the curve.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/01/15/sixth-generation-russian-drone-shocked-the-world/

# Pharmas / Drugs
DeSantis Moves to Lower Prescription Drug Prices, Regulate ‘Middlemen’: In a bid to bring down prescription drug prices in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis, on Jan. 12, announced initiatives aimed at manufacturers and ph-rma benefit managers (PBMs), the companies that act as middlemen in the process. The announcement came amid a series of efforts in Florida and nationally that supporters say will lower prescription drug prices.
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/florida-gov-ron-desantis-targets-prescription-drug-middlemen-33328155

# Science
Using cancer cells to kill tumors? Cell therapy engineered to eliminate and prevent brain cancer in advanced mouse model. From the lab of Khalid Shah, Harvard-affiliated BWH investigators have developed a new cell therapy approach to eliminate established tumors and induce long-term immunity, training the immune system so that it can prevent cancer from recurring.
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/01/13/using-cancer-cells-to-cure-cancer-cell-therapy-engineered-to-kill-and-prevent-brain-cancer-in-advanced-mouse-model/

# Social
Illicit Trade Networks Feed Human Trafficking, Officials Say: The COVID-inspired surge in illicit trade, fake pharma, counterfeit products, and stolen goods, has also led to an increase in the underground network’s most insidious profit center: Human trafficking.
https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2023/01/16/illicit-trade-networks-feed-human-trafficking-officials-sa-inside-sources/

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
Tennessee Congressman Alleges ‘Huge’ UFO Cover-Up in U.S. Government: The report acknowledged a total of 510 UAP sightings, according to the 2022 report, with the overall reported sightings since the previous year’s report jumping by 366. This includes both sightings reported since the 2021 report was published and a further 119 sightings “either discovered or reported late,” but still within the previous report’s timeframe.
https://www.newsweek.com/tennessee-congressman-ufo-coverup-government-tim-burchett-1774007

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January 14, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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“The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral,
begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing
evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar,
but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through
violence you murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In
fact, violence merely increases hate. Darkness cannot drive out
darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate;
only love can do that.”

– Martin Luther King Jr., quote from his 1967 book
Where Do We Go From Here?
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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
XBB.1.5 spreading rapidly through the US: Why the coronavirus continues to confound scientists and public health officials
https://www.acsh.org/news/2023/01/10/xbb15-spreading-rapidly-through-us-why-coronavirus-continues-confound-scientists-and-public-health-16794

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals / Global
Germany orders Russian Holocaust Survivor Institutionalized because she Refused the Covid-19 shot: Soviet-born composer Inna Zhvanetskaya is reportedly in hiding from German authorities after they attempted to have the 85-year-old committed to a mental institution and inoculated against her will with a Covid-19 shot. As a child, she survived the nazi holocaust.
https://www.rt.com/news/569879-germany-institutionalizes-holocaust-survivor-vaccine/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Why America has a debt ceiling: 5 questions answered: Treasury Secretary Yellen announced the US will hit its $31 trillion debt ceiling on Jan. 19. Economists and markets are worried Congress won’t act in time, which could trigger a financial crisis. Republicans and Democrats are preparing to play chicken over the U.S. debt ceiling, with the nation’s financial stability at stake.
https://thecurrentga.org/2023/01/13/why-america-has-a-debt-ceiling-5-questions-answered/

House GOP Says Pentagon Budget Is Safe, But Social Security and Medicare Aren’t: “House Republicans are openly plotting to hold the full faith and credit of the United States hostage—threatening to blow up our entire economy, because they want to force cuts to Social Security and Medicare,” said one House Democrat.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-pentagon-social-security-medicare

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Critic of fossil fuels to lead key off-shore oil agency for Biden: “The administration plans to name Elizabeth Klein the new director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, which also oversees offshore-wind development”.
“The Biden administration is using a new opening at a powerful offshore energy agency to elevate a critic of fossil fuels who previously was blocked from a top Interior Department job because of opposition from oil industry allies in the Senate.
https://www.sej.org/headlines/critic-fossil-fuels-lead-key-offshore-oil-agency-biden

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Craig Pittman: Touting his environmental ‘success,’ DeSantis is more con man than conservationist: Pollution woes continue despite his attempts to paint a happy picture. He really puts the ‘artist’ in the term ‘con artist.’ And I say that in all admiration!
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/580825-touting-his-environmental-success-desantis-is-more-con-man-than-conservationist/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Unlike most of the rest of the world, the European Union uses 30-year old ‘precautionary principle’ to regulate GMOs and gene editing, effectively banning them. Here is a primer
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/01/13/unlike-most-of-the-rest-of-the-world-the-european-union-uses-the-30-year-old-precautionary-principle-to-regulate-gmos-and-gene-editing-effectively-banning-them-here-is-a-primer/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia sets ultimatum to formally pull  3rd country into war: A Kremlin official has announced conditions that would plunge Russia’s closest ally into all-out warfare. Russia’s ally, Belarus, could formally join the war in Ukraine if Moscow concludes that Ukraine has “used force” against either Russia or Belarus, a senior Russian foreign ministry official warned Friday.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russia-sets-ultimatum-for-top-ally-belarus-to-formally-join-vladimir-putins-war-in-ukraine

The Militarization of Mexico: Militarization, now institutionalized in the Constitution and in practice, extended for the next six years and quite possibly forever, is not just the latest bone of contention between political parties. It is an issue that has profound implications for Mexican society, democracy, security, gender equality and human rights.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/13/the-militarization-of-mexico/

Why 2023 Could Be a Dramatic Year for Russia: The resolution of three internal questions could shape the country’s development for decades to come.
https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/88753

# Gov / Politics / US
The Epic Arsenal of Western Guns Coming for Putin This Year: Russia, it seems, may soon be in for a knock-out blow, courtesy of Ukraine’s friends in the U.S. and Europe.
https://news.yahoo.com/epic-arsenal-western-guns-coming-010759481.html

Why New Nebraska Senator’s China Ties Are Causing Concern: Newly-minted Nebraska Sen. Pete Ricketts is headed for Washington, D.C., and straying toward a minefield of potential conflicts of interest, experts warn, thanks to his business entanglements with foreign governments.
https://upstract.com/x/34de184390e77909

# Legal / DOJ
Trump Companies Fined $1.6 Million for Tax Fraud Scheme: Donald Trump’s eponymous company the Trump Organization was already found guilty of illegally avoiding taxes. Now it has to pay up. Donald Trump’s company was fined $1.6 million Friday for a scheme in which the former president’s top executives dodged personal income taxes on lavish job perks, a symbolic, hardly crippling blow for an enterprise boasting billions of dollars in assets.
https://apnews.com/article/politics-legal-proceedings-new-york-city-donald-trump-manhattan-e2f1d01525dafb64be8738c8b4f32085

Biden Admin’s Best Defense May Be a Good Special Counsel: It may seem counterintuitive, but Attorney General Merrick Garland’s decision will only serve to frustrate Republican efforts to weaponize Congressional oversight hearings.
https://news.yahoo.com/special-counsel-may-end-protecting-004442146.html

An AI Lawyer Is About to Defend a Human in a U.S. Courtroom: In February, an AI from DoNotPay is set to tell a defendant exactly what to say and when during an entire court case. It is likely to be the first ever case defended by an artificial intelligence
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351893-ai-legal-assistant-will-help-defendant-fight-a-speeding-case-in-court/

# Medical / Health
NIH spends millions on equity, LGBT issues instead of researching cures: Congress’ recent $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill increased the budget for medical research funding at the National Institutes of Health to nearly $50 billion in 2023 alone. A closer look at the agency reveals that NIH is increasingly spending its time, and funds, on equity and LGBT issues as well as “systemic racism and inequities.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/nih-spends-millions-on-equity-lgbt-issues-instead-of-researching-cures/article_7f169ef6-91db-11ed-8832-93d0829883ef.html

Here is the Truth: Medicare Advantage Is Neither Medicare Nor an Advantage: Medicare Advantage is a money-making scam. I should know. I helped to sell it.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-pentagon-social-security-medicare

Profits or patients? The choice should be clear: As the largest hospital system in America, with nearly $60 billion in annual revenue and 180+ hospitals across the country, you’d think HCA Healthcare would know what they’re doing, right? You’d think staffing would be adequate, workers properly trained and paid, and patient safety would be put first? A union study found HCA’s staffing levels were below the average for other hospitals in 19 of the 20 states where it provided care in 2020.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/workers-us-hospital-giant-hca-say-puts-profits-patient-care-rcna64122

# Military / Global
Zelensky: Ukraine takes threat of possible Russian chemical weapon use ‘very seriously’: Officials in his nation are closely watching the potential threat of chemical weapons use by Russia. “One of the Russian occupiers’ speakers said that they might use chemical weapons against our defenders in Mariupol,” Zelensky said.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/3264652-zelensky-ukraine-takes-threat-of-possible-russian-chemical-weapon-use-very-seriously/

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Voices, The Peoples News

January 13, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments
of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of
challenge and controversy.”
– Martin Luther King Jr.
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# Indigenous
At first, locals protested Alaska’s land sale. Now, they’re reclaiming it: The buyers plan to transform 40 acres of fire-scarred land into a sustainable, Indigenous-led farm.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/north-agriculture-at-first-locals-protested-alaskas-land-sale-now-theyre-reclaiming-it

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Vital CDC DATA: The CDC analysis shows that the number of serious adverse events reported in less than two years for mRNA COVID-19 vaccines is 5.5 times larger than all serious reports for vaccines given to adults in the US since 2009 (~73,000 vs. ~13,000)
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/01/12/vital-cdc-data-serious-adverse-events-by-mrna-covid-vaccines-5-5-times-higher-than-all-others-in-the-us-since-2009/

Modified mRNA wins for COVID vaccines: The debate over the best design for mRNA in COVID-19 vaccines settled: chemically modified mRNA comes out on top. A vaccine made with modified mRNA elicited the same immune protection and caused fewer side effects at the same dose as a version with ‘natural’ mRNA in a comparison by vaccine maker CureVac.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00042-z?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=09f1bfe714-briefing-dy-20230113&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-09f1bfe714-43812897

Bernie Sanders Blasts Moderna over Plan to Quadruple Price of COVID-19 Vaccine: Quadrupling the price of COVID-19 vaccine would make it too expensive for millions of Americans, the Vermont Independent says.
https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/pharma/bernie-blasts-unacceptable-corporate-greed-moderna-mulls-4x-price-hike-covid-vax

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Misleading Reporting on Inflation: The coverage overstates the problem, feeding the narrative of a necessary recession. If you saw the good news about declining inflation rates, from the December report on the Consumer Price Index, you read that inflation declined from a 7.1 percent rate in November to 6.3 percent in December. Except that’s not what happened.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-01-13-misleading-reporting-on-inflation/

Kevin McCarthy’s Misleading, But Revealing Argument On The Debt Ceiling: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said some things that were extremely misleading, and then some things that were extremely revealing, this week about what’s shaping up as the biggest economic policy fight of the coming year.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kevin-mccarthy-debt-ceiliing-medicare-social-security_n_63c1c781e4b0cbfd55f30bb2

# Education / Schools
COVID-19 upended Texas schools’ finances. Now they’re calling for a new funding system. Districts like Pflugerville ISD, which is struggling with a $12 million deficit and weighing school closures, say the pandemic and rising inflation have eroded the value of the state’s last effort to overhaul its public education finance system.
https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/covid-19-upended-texas-schools-finances-now-theyre-calling-for-a-new-funding-system-parmer-lane-elementary-school-austin-pflugerville-isd-public-education-house-bill-3

# Employment / Labor
Sheriff opens rape investigation after CPI-Scripps News reporting: Responses to a CPI-Scripps News investigation suggest that violence against women in the trucking industry is an urgent problem. Female truck drivers reacted with a mix of outrage, sadness and frustration after Public Integrity and Scripps News published an investigation showing an alarming pattern of sexual violence in the trucking industry and the failure of companies to address it.
https://publicintegrity.org/labor/sheriff-opens-rape-investigation-after-cpi-newsy-reporting/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
This giant underground battery is a $1-billion clean energy solution: What can store solar power for after dark, doesn’t require lithium and costs three-quarters of a billion dollars?
https://www.latimes.com/environment/newsletter/2023-01-12/this-giant-underground-battery-is-a-1-billion-clean-energy-solution-boiling-point

Exxon’s Own Science Proved Global Warming, So It Buried It: A new investigation shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
The selection of Sultan Al Jaber, head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to lead this year’s COP28 Climate Change Conference in Dubai has climate activists worried that heavy industry has too big a hand in the worldwide response to the climate crisis.
https://www.ecowatch.com/cop28-oil-executive-climate-crisis.html

# Environment / Climate / Global
Deforestation ‘out of control’ in reserve in Brazil’s cattle capital: Advocates say the forest is mainly giving way to cattle pasture, although illegal mining and land grabbing are gaining ground.
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/deforestation-out-of-control-in-reserve-in-brazils-cattle-capital/

World’s Oceans Broke Heat Records Again in 2022: Those higher temperatures could lead to more coastal erosion, flooding, and extreme weather
https://grist.org/climate/the-worlds-oceans-broke-a-heat-record-again/

# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
Save on Energy Costs With This DIY Solar Oven:  If you’re looking for ways to save money on energy costs this winter, turn to the sun. Solar ovens aren’t just a fun science project, but a legitimate way to cook outdoors, even during the coldest months. The average electric oven/stove contributes roughly $150 a year to your electricity bill, while a DIY box cooker can be made for free with a few supplies you probably already have on hand.
https://www.ecowatch.com/solar-oven-cooker-diy.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
South Korea Warns It Could Build a Nuclear Arsenal to Counter North Korean Threat
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/1/13/headlines/south_korea_warns_it_could_build_a_nuclear_arsenal_to_counter_north_korean_threat

North Korea threatens to use nuke over S. Korea-US drills
https://apnews.com/article/seoul-south-korea-nuclear-weapons-north-d3a1d9d6633e6fc910bfd8a6eadf9158

U.S. and Japan pledge stronger military ties as Biden meets with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: The statement by the US president and Japanese prime minister cited challenges posed by ‘actions inconsistent with the rules-based international order by China.’ US President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, meeting in Washington on Friday, pledged to strengthen their nations’ ties, coordinate their global leadership agendas and bolster alliances in the Indo-Pacific region to counter an increasingly powerful China.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3206805/biden-and-kishida-pledge-strengthen-us-japan-ties-counter-china

# Gov / Politics / US
The myth of the ‘moderate Republican,’and why it’s so dangerous: Those “moderates” and “centrists” are actively supporting neofascist leadership. The current notion of a “moderate Republican” is an oxymoron that helps to move the country rightward.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/01/13/the-myth-of-the-moderate-republican-and-why-its-so-dangerous/

# Law Enforcement
The fringe ideology of “constitutional sheriffs” is attracting believers within Texas law enforcement
Some 50 Texas sheriffs and numerous elected officials have attended trainings on the unsupported notion that sheriffs can single-handedly overrule state and federal law. The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, which offered state peace officers credit for the seminars, is now investigating.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/13/constitutional-sheriffs-texas/

A sheriff in Louisiana has been destroying records of deputies’ alleged misconduct for years: A lawsuit brought by the family of an autistic teen who died while in custody found the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office destroyed the disciplinary records of a deputy involved in the case.
https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-parish-sheriff-misconduct-records-allegations-jpso

Cousin of Black Lives Matter founder dies after being tased: Body camera footage showed Keenan Anderson being detained by multiple officers on Jan. 3 and appears to show an officer’s elbow on his neck before he was tased.
https://smmirror.com/2023/01/lapd-releases-body-cam-video-depicting-tasering-that-preceded-death-of-keenan-anderson/

# Legal / DOJ
A special counsel will investigate classified documents found in Biden’s home and former office:
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/12/1148425062/special-counsel-biden-classified-documents-robert-hur

Biden admitted he stored documents next to his car, insisted he takes seriously his responsibility to safeguard the nation’s secrets. The appointment of a special counsel could prove disastrous for Biden as such inquiries often expand in focus.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/12/wh-admits-more-classified-docs-found-in-bidens-delaware-garage/

# Medical / Health
Japanese condiment fights highly lethal pancreatic cancer: A study published in Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine reveals the potent Japanese horseradish concoction known as wasabi may help fight highly lethal pancreatic cancer
https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/wasabi-extract-fights-highly-lethal-pancreatic-cancer

A reproductive justice pioneer on what the abortion debate misses: Loretta J. Ross, a 2022 MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” recipient, advanced the concept of reproductive justice versus reproductive rights. Since its founding, the group has become a voice for the concept of reproductive justice as an alternative framework to pro-choice and anti-abortion arguments.
https://publicintegrity.org/inside-publici/newsletters/watchdog-newsletter/a-reproductive-justice-pioneer-on-what-the-abortion-debate-misses/

# Military / DOD
More than a dozen Special Operations soldiers at center of drug trafficking probe: “As a professional and disciplined force, we are committed to addressing harmful behaviors that affect our people, our most important asset, and upholding the high standards of conduct displayed by the vast majority of SOF members every day.” Special Operations Command said. ”
https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-01-11/fort-bragg-drugs-army-soldiers-8728330.html

# Technology
Twitter Documents Reveal Collusion Between Twitter, Government Agencies: “A senior Twitter executive reports, “Twitter also agreed to “bounce” content on the recommendations of a wide array of governmental and quasi-governmental actors, from the FBI to the Homeland Security agency CISA to Stanford’s Election Integrity Project to state governments.
Capsule Summaries of Twitter Files Threads
*1: Twitter Files Part 1: December 2, 2022, by @mtaibbi
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1598822959866683394?lang=en
*2: Twitter Files Part 2, by @BariWeiss, December 8, 2022
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1601007575633305600?lang=en
*3: Twitter Files, Part 3, by @mtaibbi, December 9, 2022
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1601352083617505281
*4: Twitter Files Part 4, by @ShellenbergerMD, December 10, 2022
https://twitter.com/shellenbergermd/status/1601720455005511680
*5: Twitter Files Part 5, by @BariWeiss, December 11, 2022
https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1602364197194432515
*6: Twitter Files Part 6, by @mtaibbi, December 16, 2022
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857534737072128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
*7: Twitter Files Part 7, by @ShellenbergerMD, December 19, 2022
https://twitter.com/shellenbergermd/status/1604871630613753856
*8: Twitter Files Part 8, by @lhfang, December 20, 2022
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/12/a_deep_dive_into_twitter_files_8.html
*9: Twitter Files Part 9, by @mtaibbi, December 24th, 2022
https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/twitter-files-part-9-continues-to-allege-government-direction-of-content-moderation-donald-trump-president-joe-biden-misinformation-propaganda-matt-taibbi-shellenberger-elon-musk-social-media-censorship-free-speech-private-company-data
*10: Twitter Files Part 10, by @DavidZweig, December 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/davidzweig/status/1607378386338340867
*11: See Part 11 below.
*12: Twitter Files Parts 11 and 12, by @mtaibbi, January 3, 2023
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1610372352872783872

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January 12, 2023
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# Children / Youth
How does a child become a shooter? Research suggests easy access to guns and exposure to screen violence increase the risk: Watching gun violence on screen can desensitize children to the harm caused by firearms.
https://theconversation.com/how-does-a-child-become-a-shooter-research-suggests-easy-access-to-guns-and-exposure-to-screen-violence-increase-the-risk-197597

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
‘Damaging cuts’ to Medicare and Social Security are looking more likely with McCarthy as House Speaker. Here’s what it will mean for retirees. by making concessions to a small faction of MAGA rebels in order to become House Speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has opened the door for cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/3807765-mccarthy-has-put-social-security-and-medicare-at-risk-to-become-speaker/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure:                                                                                                                          ‘No Time to Lose’: 300+ Groups Push Biden to End Drilling on Public Lands, Waters. “More drilling and more fracking is just a recipe for more climate disaster. For our future, President Biden needs to get real.” More than 300 environmental and Indigenous rights groups said Wednesday that the Biden administration must take a number of concrete actions to protect the nation’s public lands and waters from fossil fuel industry exploitation, and the president’s own campaign pledges.
https://popularresistance.org/no-time-to-lose-300-groups-push-biden-to-end-drilling-on-public-lands-waters/

# Environment / Climate / Global
Rights Advocates Demand Probe Into Murder of Environmental Defenders in Honduras: “It’s vital that an independent impartial investigation is carried out which must take into account the possibility that Aly and Jairo have been retaliated against for their work defending human rights,” said a United Nations researcher.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/honduras-environmental-defenders

# General Information / Other News
Michigan’s Muslim-majority city council approves animal sacrifice for religious purposes: Muslims often slaughter animals, especially goats or sheep, during the holiday of Eid al-Adha or pay someone to do it for them. Meat is shared with family, friends and the poor.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/11/michigans-muslim-majority-city-council-approves-animal-sacrifice-for-religious-purposes/

# Gov / Politics / Global
China looms large as President Biden and Japan’s PM Kishida sit down to discuss defense shift, regional tensions: The meeting is the first between the leaders since Japan outlined a more assertive defense strategy in December.
https://www.voanews.com/a/biden-japan-s-kishida-to-meet-at-white-house-on-jan-13/6903532.html

# Gov / Politics / US
House GOP Begins March Toward Nationwide Abortion Ban With Two ‘Absurd’ Proposals: “Once again, Republicans are proving how dangerously out of touch they are with mainstream America,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-abortion-bans

Texas Congressman files three articles of impeachment against Mayorkas: Fallon is the second congressman to do so in less than a year after U.S. Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, filed impeachment articles against Mayorkas last August.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/texas-congressman-files-three-articles-of-impeachment-against-mayorkas

# Legal / DOJ
A Chicago attorney is getting justice for hundreds of wrongfully convicted people at once: Josh Tepfer has helped exonerate 288 people, many of whom were convicted based on patterns of misconduct by corrupt police or officials.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/melissasegura/josh-tepfer-mass-exonerations-wrongfully-convicted

Pressure Builds on Garland to Appoint Special Counsel After Second Batch of Classified Biden Documents Found: “So, what I think, I think if you believe a special counsel is necessary to assure the public about the handling of classified documents by Donald Trump, you should apply a special counsel to the mishandling of classified documents by President Biden when he was vice president,” said Graham.  “If there’s not a special counsel appointed to find out how this happened with President Biden, regarding classified information, there is going to be a lot of anger. It will hurt the country,” he continued.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/11/gop-calls-on-garland-to-appoint-special-counsel-to-probe-biben/

# Medical / Health
House Passes ‘Born Alive’ Abortion Bill: The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act, enacted in 2002, says that any child born at any stage of development, including potentially after an abortion, should be considered a “person” and a “human being,” and thus is entitled to the same legal protections.
https://www.axios.com/2023/01/11/house-anti-abortion-born-alive-fetus-bill

Common Medications Could Have Terrifying Side Effects
https://medical-news.org/these-common-medications-could-have-terrifying-side-effects/41597/42/

# Military / Global
Iran vows to station warships in the Panama canal after building ties with Latin American dictators: Latest move seen as part of effort to extend Iran’s influence into U.S. backyard
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/12/top-iranian-admiral-says-tehran-will-send-warships/

# Science
Why modern mortar crumbles, Roman concrete lasts millennia: Seawater, the secret behind the strength of the Pantheon and Colosseum.  When they analyzed it, they found that the seawater had dissolved components of the volcanic ash, allowing new binding minerals to grow. Within a decade, a very rare hydrothermal mineral called aluminum tobermorite (Al-tobermorite) had formed in the concrete.
https://www.science.org/content/article/why-modern-mortar-crumbles-roman-concrete-lasts-millennia

Ancient Roman concrete could self-heal thanks to “hot mixing” with quicklime: Mysterious lime clasts, dismissed as defects, turn out to serve a useful purpose.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/ancient-roman-concrete-could-self-heal-thanks-to-hot-mixing-with-quicklime/

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January 11, 2023
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# Indigenous
America’s Biggest Museums Fail to Return Native American Human Remains: The remains of more than 100,000 Native Americans are held by prestigious U.S. institutions, despite a 1990 law meant to return them to tribal nations. Here’s how the ancestors were stolen, and how tribes are working to get them back. Archaeologists and museum collectors looted Native American remains from ancient homes, graves and places of worship.
https://www.propublica.org/article/repatriation-nagpra-museums-human-remains

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Texas AG sues Biden admin over illegal immigration rule ‘increasing burden’ on taxpayers: Texas AG Ken Paxton said that the Biden administration is ‘committed to opening the borders’
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/paxton-sues-biden-over-new-rule-increases-burden-american-taxpayers-illegal-immigration

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Newly Discovered Emails in MO and LA Government Lawsuit Reveal Biden Regime Pressured Facebook to Censor Tucker Carlson and Targeted Robert Kennedy, Jr. The White House pressured Facebook to censor a viral video posted by Tucker Carlson in 2021 alleging adverse side effects in one brand of the Covid-19 vaccine.
https://autos.yahoo.com/white-house-pressured-facebook-censor-225344003.html

More Than 260 Deaths in US Athletes After Vaccination : Over 260 athletes and former athletes in the United States have died from cardiac arrests or other serious issues after taking COVID-19 vaccines, according to data from a recent peer-reviewed letter to the editor. Authored by structural biologist Panagis Polykretis, and board-certified internist and cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough, the letter’s cited data found that from 2021 to 2022, at least 1,616 cardiac arrests or other major medical issues have been globally documented in vaccinated athletes, with 1,114 of those being fatal.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/more-than-270-sudden-cardiac-deaths-in-us-athletes-after-vaccination-peer-reviewed-study_4960561.html

CDC Forced to Release V-Safe Data, Excessive Covid Vaccine Injuries Made Public: “Why did it take numerous legal demands, multiple appeals, two lawsuits, in fact, before the CDC finally handed over the V-safe data
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/01/cdc-forced-to-release-v-safe-data-excessive-covid-vaccine-injuries-made-public/

FDA Approves U.S. Babies and Young Children to Get Omicron Covid Booster Shots:  The action allows everyone over the age of six months to get the newest booster shot. The FDA made the decision to authorize the vaccination of infants and very young children just three days after Pfizer submitted an application to the regulatory agency for the Omicron BA.4/BA.5-Adapted Bivalent Covid vaccine.
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/01/fda-approves-u-s-babies-and-young-children-to-get-omicron-covid-booster-shots/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
GOP-Led House Approves Plan to Rescind Extra IRS Funding: Fulfilling a longstanding vow, the first bill passed in the Republican-controlled House in the 118th Congress aims to rescind most of the $80 billion in funding for the IRS provided by the Inflation Reduction Act last year.
https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-internal-revenue-service-us-republican-party-house-of-representatives-64692090ef20e35a59ba1ea7d21a9eea

Feds borrowed $4 billion per day in 2022, totaling $10K per household: Federal debt soared by $1.4 trillion in 2022 as President Joe Biden and Congress approved multiple new spending packages
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/feds-borrowed-4-billion-per-day-in-2022-totaling-10k-per-household

IRS Still Hasn’t Processed Some 10 Million Returns: A watchdog report claiming the agency has struggled with years of underfunding comes as House Republicans plan to vote to totally gut the agency.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tax-refund-2023-irs-backlog-gao-report/

Joe Biden Wants to Change Social Security: Will the New Congress Help With Reform Efforts? President Joe Biden believes he has the solution that can resolve what ails Social Security, but he’s going to need the help of newly elected lawmakers to fix it. Retired workers could be less than 12 years away from having their benefits cut
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/retirement/joe-biden-wants-to-change-social-security-will-the-new-congress-help-with-reform-efforts/ar-AA164ihd?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=9fe86f9c9f974500a5b6373217f91fc1

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Korean solar company plans to build $2.5 billion plant in Georgia: Korean solar company Hanwha Qcells announced plans to invest $2.5 billion in building a large solar manufacturing plant in Georgia. The substantial investment boosts President Biden’s efforts toward reducing America’s dependence on China for solar panel supplies.
https://theweek.com/climate-change/1020002/korean-solar-company-to-invest-25-billion-in-new-facility-in-georgia

Texas project will use wind to make fuel out of water: New subsidies from the Inflation Reduction Act are powering the race to build the country’s first large-scale producer of  “green hydrogen.” Oil made Texas an energy giant, but this petroleum powerhouse is working to secure a footing beyond fossil fuels. It already generates more wind energy than any other U.S. state, and soon the mighty air that lashes its high plains will power a novel new process: the production of vehicle fuel from water.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09012023/texas-hydrogen-wind/

U.S. Mining Best Way to Address Looming Threat of Foreign Mineral Cartel: America needs to adopt a bold strategy to ramp up mining. The aim should be to solve a major problem in the fight against climate change, a shortage of minerals vital to clean energy technologies like electric cars.
https://www.usgs.gov/news/featured-story/usgs-scientists-help-address-conflict-mining

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
How Can We Stop The Sixth Mass Extinction? Dr. Zach Bush’s Urgent Prescription To Save America shows that  we are in the Sixth Great Extinction now and human survival depends on the urgent restoration of our soils to provide the foods we need. We have just six inches of top soil left, enough to grow food for just 60 years! Now 12 million species are as risk of going extinct. The bird, bees, fish, whales, dolphins, and many others are in serious trouble.
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2023/01/how-can-we-stop-the-sixth-mass-extinction.html

# Environment / Climate / Global
Madagascar’s unique wildlife faces imminent wave of extinction, say scientists: From the ring-tailed lemur to the aye-aye, a nocturnal primate, more than 20m years of unique evolutionary history could be wiped from the planet. The main threats are human-induced habitat destruction, climate change and hunting. During the past decade, the number of mammal species threatened with extinction on Madagascar has more than doubled, from 56 in 2010 to 128 in 2021.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/10/madagascar-unique-wildlife-extinction-aoe#:~:text=In%20total%2C%20it%20is%20likely,2010%20to%20128%20in%202021.

# General Recalls / Alerts
The Fisher Price Rock ‘N Play Sleeper has been recalled again. About 100 infants have died while using it, eight of whom were killed after the initial 2019 recall.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paigeskinner/rock-n-play-sleeper-recalled

# Gov / Politics / Global
Zelensky’s Desecration of Christmas. Kyiv Monastery taken away from Russian Orthodox then Given to Schismatic Priests: The Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Kirill asked for a Christmas truce on January 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin granted it without batting an eye, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky not only refused it but also revoked the citizenship of 13 priests devotees to the Moscow Patriarchate
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/01/10/zelenskys-desecration-of-christmas-kyiv-monastery-taken-away-from-russian-orthodox-then-given-to-schismatic-priests/

# Gov / Politics / US
Santos Took Donation From Migrant-Smuggler: Serial liar and border-hardliner George Santos accepted support from an Italian caught piloting a yacht full of Chinese migrants and from his prominent restaurant-owning family.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/george-santos-took-donation-from-migrant-smuggler-rocco-oppedisano?via=newsletter&source=DDAfternoon

Republicans blast Biden over classified documents, raise questions of double standard: President Joe Biden has come under heavy fire after news reports indicated that classified documents from his time as Vice President were found at the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in Washington
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republicans-blast-biden-over-classified-documents

# Law Enforcement
Law enforcement warns of ‘alarming’ spike in online exploitation of children: Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and several federal law enforcement agencies have issued a public safety alert about “an alarming increase” of online exploitation of children and teens.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/law-enforcement-warns-of-alarming-spike-in-online-exploitation-of-children

# Legal / DOJ
Ending Affirmative Action Is a Blow to Representative Democracy: For an institution established to be above politics, the U.S. Supreme Court has lost an enormous amount of trust lately. First, they came for Roe. Now, they’re about to overturn affirmative action. COVID-19 has already hit students hard, and it has hit young students of color the hardest.
https://dcjournal.com/ending-affirmative-action-is-a-blow-to-representative-democracy/

USVI Attorney General Fired Days After Suing JPMorgan Chase for Financing Epstein Sex Trafficking: The removal of Denise George comes just days after she filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase in New York and accused the company of helping Epstein finance the illegal exploitation of women and children in the U.S. Virgin Islands and beyond. Gov. Albert Bryan Jr. did not provide a reason for relieving George of her duties in a statement Sunday, saying only that she would be replaced by Assistant Attorney General Carol Thomas-Jacobs.
https://apnews.com/article/us-virgin-islands-jeffrey-epstein-new-york-city-legal-proceedings-business-7558ab3f600238b3534751848128ca3c

# Media
‘Avatar 3’ Is Coming in 2024: Everything to Know About the ‘Way of Water’ Sequel
https://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/pictures/avatar-3-everything-to-know-about-the-way-of-water-sequel/

USPS Is Closing 50 Post Offices, Effective Immediately with no immediate information on when they might reopen.
https://www.yahoo.com/now/usps-closing-50-post-offices-212001024.html

# Medical / Health
Alabama AG Says He May Prosecute Women Taking Abortion Pills: Steve Marshall said he may use an older law, one designed to protect children from the ill effects of meth labs, to prosecute women seeking abortion pills.
https://www.al.com/news/2023/01/women-can-be-prosecuted-for-taking-abortion-pills-says-alabama-attorney-general.html

Children near airports may be exposed to dangerous levels of lead: Since leaded gasoline is still used by piston-engine aircraft all around the United States, it appears children are still being exposed to toxic lead levels. This is despite policymakers’ efforts to reduce lead exposure since the 1970s.
https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/3806051-children-living-near-airports-may-be-exposed-to-high-levels-of-lead-study/

Alcohol use is widely accepted in the US, but even moderate consumption is associated with many harmful effects: Alcohol is a necessary underlying cause for more than 30 conditions and a contributing factor to many more. The most common disease categories that are entirely or partly caused by alcohol consumption include infectious diseases, cancer, diabetes, neuropsychiatric diseases (including alcohol use disorders), cardiovascular disease, liver and pancreas disease, and unintentional and intentional injury.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3307043/

Health Insurance Cost-Shifting Is Driving Patients’ Financial Burden Higher: Americans spent $4.3 trillion on healthcare in 2021, nearly 20 percent of the gross domestic product. Due to health insurance cost shifting, patients are paying a larger slice of healthcare costs out of pocket.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4106557/

# Medical Science
Triggering cancer cells to become normal cells – how stem cell therapies can provide new ways to stop tumors from spreading or growing back: Many tumors have cancer stem cells that help them grow and evade treatments. Differentiation therapy forces these cells to mature, stopping growth with less toxicity than traditional treatments.
https://theconversation.com/triggering-cancer-cells-to-become-normal-cells-how-stem-cell-therapies-can-provide-new-ways-to-stop-tumors-from-spreading-or-growing-back-191559

# Military / DOD
Ukrainian soldiers will train for months in Oklahoma to operate the Patriot missile system. Built by Raytheon and considered the most advanced missile defense system in the world, the Patriot blasts incoming missiles and has a radar of over 90 miles. The course will include classroom instruction, time in a simulator and exposure to the system itself.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/10/u-s-train-ukrainians-patriot-system-oklahoma-00077280

# Nuclear
Exposed: The Most Polluted Place in the United States: The most polluted place in the United States, perhaps the world,  is one most people don’t even know. Hanford Nuclear Site sits in the flat lands of eastern Washington. The facility, one of three sites that made up the government’s covert Manhattan Project, produced plutonium for Fat Man, the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki during World War II. And it continued producing plutonium for weapons for decades after the war, helping to fuel the Cold War nuclear arms race. It’s also shrouded in secrecy.
https://www.ecowatch.com/most-polluted-place-in-the-united-states.html

# Social
5 types of threat, how those who want to divide us use language to stoke violence: Language can provoke violence between groups especially when people paint others as threats. Events like the riots in Brazil, the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection two years before it and the mass shooting at the Colorado LGBTQ nightclub each occurred after certain groups repeatedly directed dangerous rhetoric against others. It’s the reason elected officials in the U.S. have begun examining the role language plays in provoking violence.
https://theconversation.com/5-types-of-threat-how-those-who-want-to-divide-us-use-language-to-stoke-violence-196189

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January 10, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Navajo Nation Council votes to allow helium exploration on lands near 2 tribal communities: Despite concerns about the threat of water contamination and the legacy of abandoned uranium mines
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2023/01/09/navajo-nation-council-votes-to-allow-helium-exploration-on-lands/69782406007/

# Children / Youth
A Black sixth-grade student was fatally shot by a man who thought he was trying to break into a car. Karon Blake, 13, was remembered by his middle school principal as a “quiet and inquisitive scholar who loved fashion and football.”
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/juliareinstein/karon-blake-dc-fatally-shot-13-years-old

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Are Vaccines Fueling New Covid Variants? The author of an op-ed published this week in the Wall Street Journal suggested COVID-19 vaccines could be fueling new variants, a theory posited as far back as August 2021 by vaccinologist Geert Vanden Bossche. The new mutation in XBB.1.5 also allows the virus to bind more tightly to human cells through the ACE2 receptor, the doors the virus uses to enter human cells, making it more transmissible.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/wall-street-journal-covid-new-variants/

Opposition to School Vaccine Mandates Has Grown Significantly, Study Finds: 35 percent of parents oppose requirements that children receive routine immunizations in order to attend school. Even among adults who had received previous Covid vaccines, the survey found that more than four in 10 said they felt they did not need this latest shot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/health/vaccines-public-opinion.html

SEERS Pandemic, which Bill Gates and the World Health Organization(WHO), two of the key figures in orchestrating the COVID-19 Plandemic, are projecting and planning to unleash on the world in 2025. Along with that unleashing will be the next round of liberty-violating measures like the lockdowns, social distancing, mask mandates, and vaccine mandates wrought forth from the COVID-19 Plandemic. In this video by YouTube Channel Redacted, the hosts explain that Bill Gates and the WHO have run a “tabletop” simulation in Belgium about the next plandemic, meaning SEERS. Hopefully YouTube doesn’t remove that video, but especially on that note, watch it before it’s censored!
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2023/01/seers-plandemic-coming-in-2025.html

White House Lays Groundwork For What Could Be Last Renewal Of Covid Emergency: With covid again surging, the Biden administration will extend the public health emergency this week. But it could be for the last time, a decision that would have a cascade effect across insurance programs and other public health initiatives.
https://khn.org/morning-breakout/white-house-lays-groundwork-for-what-could-be-last-renewal-of-covid-emergency/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Republicans Signal Cuts To Social Security, Medicare With New House Majority: Republicans don’t plan to alter benefits for current Social Security and Medicare recipients, according to Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas). “What we have been very clear about is, we’re not going to touch the benefits that are going to people relying on the benefits under Social Security and Medicare,” Roy said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “But we all have to be honest about sitting at the table and figuring out how we’re going to make those work
https://news.yahoo.com/republicans-signal-cuts-social-security-175927429.html

The Labor Market and the Soft Landing: The economy is on track to avert a recession, unless the Fed creates one.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-01-09-labor-market-soft-landing-federal-reserve/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Fracking poisoned this town’s water. Now frackers are being allowed back in: Pennsylvania authorities have ended a moratorium on fracking in the town of Dimock, highlighting the contradictory nature of fossil fuel politics. “We got played,” Dimock resident Ray Kemble told the Associated Press
https://newrepublic.com/article/169867/fracking-poisoned-towns-water-now-frackers-allowed-back-in

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
In Ecuador, communities protecting a ‘terrestrial coral reef’ face a mining giant: Imagine a jungle. Now cool it down, add mist and waterfalls and drape everything in moss and orchids. This ecosystem, which runs through Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, holds nearly one-sixth of all plant species on Earth and more bird species than all of North America. less than 15% of Ecuador’s original cloud forests and only 4% of all forests in northwestern Ecuador remain.
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/in-ecuador-communities-protecting-a-terrestrial-coral-reef-face-a-mining-giant/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Why are Saudi farmers pumping Arizona groundwater? A conversation with Natalie Koch, author of ‘Arid Empire: The Entangled Fates of Arabia and Arizona.’ How did a Saudi-owned farm end up in Arizona?
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.1/south-interview-why-are-saudi-farmers-pumping-arizona-groundwater

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Heartland study finds spices second only to paint for the lead poisoning of children: Lead-contaminated spices purchased in foreign countries, brought to the United States, then used in the preparation of food. Over the past weekend, a heartland newspaper shared with its readers the stunning conclusion of its local health department. What was disclosed was that contaminated spices were determined to be the second largest cause of lead poisoning in children in 2021 in Nebraska’s most populous county. Families traveling abroad should be aware of the potential health risks associated with the purchase and use of spices that have not been tested for purity.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16061585/

# General Information / Other News
Epstein’s sex trafficking was aided by JPMorgan, a U.S. Virgin Islands lawsuit says: “These decisions were advocated and approved at the senior levels of JP Morgan,” it said. The bank allegedly “facilitated and concealed wire and cash transactions that raised suspicion of, and were in fact part of, a criminal enterprise whose currency was the sexual servitude of dozens of women and girls,” according to the complaint. A lawsuit says the bank helped conceal the exploitation of women and girls by the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/28/business/jeffrey-epstein-jpmorgan-virgin-islands.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
British-run spy tech powers Ukraine proxy war, putting civilians at risk: Leaked files reveal the Anomaly 6 spy firm is providing intelligence to the British military through a cut-out involved in the Kerch Bridge bombing and other acts of dangerous sabotage in the Ukraine conflict.
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/01/03/british-spy-tech-ukraine-war/

War Correspondents’ Appeal for Peace in Ukraine and vs Weapons’ Race. On Mediaset Berlusconi’s Christmas Gift to Putin: Eleven historical correspondents of major Italian media raise the alarm on the risks of the sided and hyper-simplistic narration of the conflict: “Only a dominant thought is accredited and anyone who does not think in that way is branded a friend of Putin”.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/01/09/war-correspondents-appeal-for-peace-in-ukraine-and-vs-weapons-race-on-mediaset-berlusconis-christmas-gift-to-putin/

The New Abnormal: One Theory for Why Bolsonaro Is in Florida: “The reason Bolsonaro is in Florida, it’s not that he’s sulking there, it’s that he’s under investigation for various potential crimes,” says Ben-Ghiat.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/one-theory-why-bolsonaro-florida-095136603.html

The American PR firm helping Saudi Arabia clean up its image:  Edelman’s work for the ministry included a promise to “research, identify and monitor online conversations and media coverage to identify ‘friends’ and detractors”, mainly in the US media. Since Khashoggi’s murder, the powerful PR firm has received or is contracted to receive $9.6m (£7.9m) in fees from Saudi government agencies and companies controlled by the regime.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/22/edelman-saudi-arabia-pr-image

Former Iranian President’s Daughter Jailed for 5 Years: Faezeh Hashemi was arrested in September for “inciting riots,” according to reports. Before her arrest, Hashemi had said that authorities were referring to the protests over Amini’s death while in police custody for an alleged violation of the country’s hijab law as “riots” and “sedition” in order to suppress them.
https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-hashemi-rafsanjani-5-years-prison-protests/32217167.html

Russian Analysts Threaten Macron With Missile Strike: ‘Should Be No France’: Russian propagandists are pushing for a strike on France due to President Emmanuel Macron’s support of Ukraine in its war with Russia, according to a video posted Monday by Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs.
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-analysts-threaten-macron-missile-strike-should-no-france-1772477

# Gov / Politics / US
GOP Adopts House Rules; First Legislative Victory After Messy Start: House Republicans had voiced concerns in the hours before the vote that they still hadn’t seen text on key concessions to conservatives.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/09/rogers-house-gop-gaetz-00076988

McCarthy Plans to Remove Swalwell from Intel Committee over Ties to Suspected Chinese Spy: House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) said  he plans to follow through on his promises to remove several Democrats from their congressional committees when Republicans take control of the House in the new year.
https://thehill.com/new_members_2023/3745555-mccarthys-planned-expulsions-of-intel-democrats-prompts-howls/

Far Right GOP Now Champions Jail Reforms — But Only for January Sixers: The GOP has a history of promoting policies that disregard human rights and create inhumane prison and jail conditions.
https://truthout.org/articles/far-right-gop-now-champions-jail-reforms-but-only-for-january-sixers/

Biden’s Expansion of Title 42 Takes Us Further From Humane Border Policy: Far from enhancing public health, Title 42 undermines it by creating cruel and inhumane conditions for migrants.
https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-expansion-of-title-42-takes-us-further-from-humane-border-policy/

Republicans Who Voted To Overturn The 2020 Election Get Top Committee Posts: House Republican leaders on Tuesday announced their picks for powerful committee chairs in the new Congress, and most of them have an inherent character flaw: They voted to overturn the 2020 presidential election results after fueling the lie that the election was stolen from Donald Trump.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-voted-overturn-2020-election-173539946.html

All The Things Kevin McCarthy Gave Away To Become Speaker: In the new House, hard-line GOPers will dominate on the powerful Rules Committee and any lawmaker can try to kick him out of his job. One of his top concessions is allowing any member of Congress to call for kicking him out as speaker. A lawmaker simply has to declare the speaker’s office vacant, forcing a no-confidence vote that could cost McCarthy his job, and a single McCarthy-hater like Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) could make a spectacle of himself in the process.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-concessions_n_63bc6602e4b0fe267cb28d26?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-fringe_2023-01-10&utm_term=us-fringe

Biden’s priceless legal and political gift to Trump:  If Trump’s mishandling of SCI materials represented a threat to national security, well, so did Biden’s. Who might have seen the documents over the 2,112 days between the end of Biden’s tenure as vice president and Biden becoming president? Biden chose to accrue the political benefits of silence over the national interest of presidential probity. This decision will significantly weaken the perceived apolitical credibility of any future decision by the Justice Department to charge Trump.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/bidens-priceless-legal-and-political-gift-to-trump

# Law Enforcement
Real-Life ‘Training Day’: Inside the Corruption Scandal That Brought Down the Oakland PD: An exclusive excerpt from the new book ‘The Riders Come Out at Night’ reveals the first days of a rookie officer who turned whistleblower, and the extreme brutality of a crew of rogue cops
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/police-scandal-oakland-bd-training-day-1234657683/

5 Cops Fired, 3 Suspended After Sex Misconduct Probe: Officers with a small Tennessee department were found to have engaged in a scandalous string of hijinks while on duty. Officer Maegan Hall and her fellow law officers allegedly engaged in wild sexcapades that included sending dirty pictures, taking her top off at a “Girls Gone Wild” hot tub party, and even having oral sex with two officers at the La Vergne, Tenn., police station
https://nypost.com/2023/01/09/tennessee-cops-married-female-officer-fired-after-repeated-wild-sex-romps/

Fake Reform Won’t Fix Police Addiction To Forfeiture Cash: Wesley Hottot and Daryl James of the Institute for Justice present a case against the widespread use of civil forfeiture in Michigan, and argue for its abolishment and replacement by criminal forfeiture legislation that would guarantee a conviction before the state can permanently keep a person’s property
https://thecrimereport.org/2023/01/10/fake-reform-wont-fix-police-addiction-to-forfeiture-cash/

Supreme Court weighs in on prone restraint death: The decision to review a case out of Missouri should tell officers across the U.S. that the legal system will scrutinize these cases even more moving forward.
https://www.9news.com/article/news/investigations/prone-restraint-supreme-court-death-st-louis/73-9a5abd44-a98f-411a-8e19-f66b14f9f374

LAPD officers have killed at least three people so far in 2023. Data by the group Mapping Police Violence shows 2022 was the deadliest year on record for police violence as law enforcement killed at least 1,176 people across the U.S.
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/1/10/headlines/31_year_old_black_father_keenan_anderson_dies_after_violent_arrest_by_lapd

# Legal / DOJ
Georgia Grand Jury Completes Final Report on Trump’s Efforts to Overturn Election: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will decide on charges against Trump based on the grand jury’s report.
https://truthout.org/articles/georgia-grand-jury-completes-final-report-on-trumps-efforts-to-overturn-election/

DOJ Reviewing Classified Docs Found at Biden’s Ex-Think Tank: The DOJ is reviewing what the White House described as “a small number of documents with classified markings” that have since been handed over to the National Archives. The material was discovered by Biden’s personal lawyers on Nov. 2, 2022 while they “were packing files housed in a locked closet to prepare to vacate office space,” according to a statement from Richard Sauber, special counsel to the president. Sauber said that Biden used the office space from “mid-2017 until the start of the 2020 campaign” in April 2019.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/09/classified-documents-found-at-biden-think-tank-doj-and-fbi-reviewing-the-material/

# Medical / Health
Taking Antibiotics Regularly Disrupts Gut Health, Increases Risk of Developing IBD: A study finds people over 40 who regularly take antibiotics are more likely to develop inflammatory bowel disease. Researchers from NYU Langone Health say the risk seems to be cumulative and reaches its greatest point one to two years after taking a course of medication, as well as after taking antibiotics which target gut infections.
https://studyfinds.org/antibiotics-increases-risk-ibd/

# Medical Technology
Brain-Computer Interface Found Safe, Can Work For Paralyzed Patients: “I think brain-computer interface is an example of a type of tool that is going to be used as we unlock the brain and start to treat conditions that were previously untreatable and previously impossible.”
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/medical-advances/3571018-revolutionary-brain-computer-interface-offers-hope-to-paralyzed-patients/

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
Ex-Government official reveals stunning truth of UFO phenomenon: Luis Elizondo, an intelligence officer and former US senior deputy of defence officer, has made the stunning revelation that UFOs exist.
https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/luis-elizondo-intelligence-officer-ufo-2659093808

# Technology
AI In Space And Its Future Use In Warfare: Artificial intelligence (AI) has graduated from the hype stage of the last decade and its use cases are now well documented. The US Army has anticipated this impending AI disruption and has moved quickly to stand up efforts like Project Linchpin to construct the infrastructure and environment necessary to proliferate AI technology across its intelligence, cyber, and electronic warfare communities.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/charlesbeames/2022/12/21/ai-in-space-and-its-future-use-in-warfare/?sh=197500973962

Inventor of the world wide web wants us to reclaim our data from tech giants: The internet has come a long way since Tim Berners-Lee invented the world wide web in 1989. Now, in an era of growing concern over privacy, he believes it’s time for us to reclaim our personal data. “You’ll hear people talk about Web 3 and decentralization as being very similar in ideas and goals,” he says. “Owning your own data and really controlling your own commerce infrastructure is something that Web 3 will enable. It will be ultimately really transformational for users.”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/tech/tim-berners-lee-inrupt-spc-intl/index.html

# Water
Researchers solve one of the Borderlands’ biggest water puzzles: Officially, the U.S. and Mexico share 11 groundwater basins. A new map bumps that figure up to a stunning 72.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-water-researchers-solve-one-of-the-borderlands-biggest-water-puzzles

New Map Deepens Understanding of Cross-Border Aquifers: A new analysis of U.S. and Mexico groundwater supplies reveals 72 aquifers shared between the two countries.
https://www.planetizen.com/news/2023/01/120867-new-map-deepens-understanding-cross-border-aquifers

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January 9, 2023
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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The first economic plan the new GOP House proposed would raise the deficit by $100 billion
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/gop-bill-irs-funding-114-billion-deficit

# Education / Schools
6-year-old shot teacher at Newport News, Virginia, elementary school, police say: “This was not an accidental shooting,” Police Chief Steve Drew told reporters during an evening press conference.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/richneck-elementary-school-shooting-newport-news-virginia/

First grader who shot teacher in Virginia is among the youngest school shooters in US history: Barely a week into the new year, a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, becoming one of the youngest school shooters in the nation’s history.
https://theconversation.com/first-grader-who-shot-teacher-in-virginia-is-among-the-youngest-school-shooters-in-us-history-197392

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
California will soon have the largest oil drilling setbacks in the U.S: “You’d never know it by looking at it,” said Don Martin as he faced a tall green wall decorated with a row of bushes. “A danger that’s hidden from view.” Beyond the wall is the Murphy Site, an active oil drilling project operated by E&B Natural Resources that uses chemicals residents believe are contributing to sinister health problems.
https://www.ehn.org/oil-and-gas-pollution-california-2659059703.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Great Salt Lake on track to disappear in five years, scientists warn: Unsustainable water use is pushing the lake toward collapse, researchers say, imperiling ecosystems and exposing millions of people to toxic dust. Currently, the lake is losing an average of 1.2 million acre-feet each year. One acre-foot equates to more than 300,000 gallons of water, per the Water Education Foundation. Why it matters: If the lake dries up, it could result in major health, environmental and economic consequences, the report says.
https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2023/01/09/great-salt-lake-could-disappear-2027

# General Information / Other News
Trump’s Legal Strategy of Annoyance Is No Longer Working: Former President Donald Trump simply can’t escape the New York Attorney General, and his lawyers are flirting with professional embarrassment over their delay tactics.
https://news.knowledia.com/US/en/articles/donald-trump-s-legal-strategy-of-annoyance-is-no-longer-working-a5fc26a9912a004e1699beffc85f116fff0166a7

# Gov / Politics / Global
Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil’s top government offices: Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital.
https://apnews.com/article/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-government-caribbean-0c03c098a5e2a09ac534412c30ae8355

# Gov / Politics / US
GOP lawmakers were ‘intimately involved’ in Jan. 6 protest planning, new report shows
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/gop-lawmakers-were-intimately-involved-in-jan-6-protest-planning-new-report-shows

# Legal / DOJ
Pentagon doc reveals US lied about Afghan civilians killed in 2021 drone strike: One Amnesty International campaigner called the new report “more evidence that we need a huge change in how the U.S. uses lethal force and assesses and reveals its consequences.” One Amnesty International campaigner called the new report “more evidence that we need a huge change in how the U.S. uses lethal force and assesses and reveals its consequences.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/kabul-drone-strike

Trump is headed to court Tuesday to argue that presidents can’t be sued for defamation. Here’s what’s at stake.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-headed-court-tuesday-argue-211237652.html

Trump Attorney Sides With Supreme Court Knocking Down Case to Reinstate Him: Jenna Ellis, a former senior legal adviser to former President Donald Trump, on Monday voiced support for the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to decline hearing a lawsuit that sought to remove President Joe Biden from office and reinstate Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-attorney-sides-supreme-court-1772423

Multi-million dollar lawsuit filed against Trump, ‘alleging conspiracy, wrongful death and more’: “The horrific events of January 6 2021, including Officer Sicknick’s tragic, wrongful death, were a direct and foreseeable consequence of the defendants’ unlawful actions,” the suit alleges.
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-lawsuit-2659088121/

Attorneys find classified info in private office from Biden’s time as VP:
Attorneys for Biden discovered the documents last November and notified the National Archives, Richard Sauber, special counsel to Biden, said in a statement. The archives took possession of the materials the following morning and have since referred the matter to the Justice Department for further investigation.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/3806056-classified-documents-found-from-bidens-time-as-vp-white-cooperating-with-doj/

# Media
USPS Is Making Even More Changes to Your Mail, Starting Jan. 22: So far, changes have included adjustments to pricing structures and shipping standards, but the new year is bringing even more updates for customers, and there are some you might not be happy about.
https://bestlifeonline.com/usps-po-box-price-changes-jan-news/

# Medical / Health
Does Using Tylenol During Pregnancy Lead to Autism? More Experts Raise Alarm: It is a question more parents and healthcare professionals are asking: Is there a link between acetaminophen usage and an increase in autism spectrum disorder? The overall rate of developmental disabilities between 2009–2011 and 2015–2017 increased by 9.5 percent, according to the US National Health Interview Survey. Dr. Ness said that since 2015 an estimated 60,000 children have been born with autism due to acetaminophen exposure.
https://nhjournal.com/does-using-tylenol-during-pregnancy-lead-to-autism-more-experts-raise-alarm/

Weight-Loss Drugs and Surgery Now Recommended for Obese Kids: It’s the first changes in the American Academy of Pediatrics’ recommendations in 15 years. Children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively, including with medications for kids as young as 12 and surgery for those as young as 13, according to new guidelines released Monday.
https://www.statnews.com/2023/01/09/pediatricians-children-obesity/

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January 8, 2023
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# Indigenous
Nearly 200 Countries Approve a Biodiversity Accord Enshrining Human Rights and the ‘Rights of Nature’: The nonbinding agreement nods to a growing understanding that future conservation efforts must promote the well-being of Indigenous peoples, and that forests, mountains and rivers have rights of their own.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02012023/cop15-biodiversity-agreement/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Covid Cases, Hospitalizations Spike as New Variant Gains Foothold: The latest surge, likely worsened by holiday gatherings, comes as the number of vaccines administered hits a three-month lull despite ongoing pleas from public health officials.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/06/covid-cases-hospitalizations-spike-as-new-variant-gains-foothold-00076747

America’s spy agencies failed to protect us from China’s bio-warfare program: The US has nearly 20 intelligence agencies tasked with protecting its citizens from global bio-terror, none of which has yet to determine exactly how the coronavirus originated. American taxpayers shell out billions each year to our 18 spy agencies, the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency) and NSA (National Security Agency) the best-known of them, so they can protect us from foreign threats. And these threats include COVID-19, which originated in China. At minimum, these agencies must use their incredible human spy-power and powerful technology to collect (or even steal) secrets to determine where threats originate so we can neutralize them. Because if we don’t, we will be dealing with these threats again and again.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/07/americas-spy-agencies-failed-to-protect-us-from-chinas-bio-warfare/

# Education / Schools
Teacher Showed Islamic Art Depicting Muhammad, Lost Her Job: Despite numerous content warnings, an art history instructor at Hamline University was fired for sharing images of the prophet. Academic freedom and labor rights are at stake.
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/professor-terminated-art-history-paintings-muhammad-2238922

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
US government approves use of world’s first vaccine for honeybees: Hopes of a new weapon against diseases that routinely ravage colonies that are relied upon for food pollination.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jan/04/honeybee-vaccine-first-approved

Researchers identify potential climate havens for vulnerable plants and animals: As the climate warms, many ecosystems are changing, and plant and animal species are at risk. Researchers identify potential climate havens for vulnerable plants and animals Known as ‘climate refugia,’ these places are better buffered from severe impacts of global warming.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/01/researchers-identify-potential-climate-havens-for-vulnerable-plants-and-animals/

# Environment / Climate / Global
Proposed EU Nature Restoration Law Could be the First Big Step Toward Achieving COP15’s Ambitious Plan to Staunch Biodiversity Loss: The law making its way through the European Parliament aims to ease the accelerating extinction crisis and slow climate change, but has a long road to passage and some formidable adversaries.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02012023/europe-nature-restoration-cop15-biodiversity/

Has the Amazon reached its tipping point? Some Brazilian scientists fear that the Amazon may become a grassy savanna, with profound effects on the climate worldwide.
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/the-amazon-will-reach-tipping-point-if-current-trend-of-deforestation-continues/

# Gov / Politics / Global
What Israel’s New Far-Right Government Means for Palestinians: The coalition agreements, released a day before the government is to be sworn into office, included language endorsing discrimination against LGBTQ people on religious grounds, contentious judicial reforms. The package laid the groundwork for what is expected to be a stormy beginning for the country’s most religious and right-wing government in history, putting it at odds with large parts of the Israeli public, rankling Israel’s closest allies and escalating tensions with the Palestinians.
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/29/1145952664/benjamin-netanyahus-new-israeli-government-will-make-west-bank-expansion-a-prior

Netanyahu’s ‘Big Lie’ Will End Rule of Law in Israel: Critics of Benjamin Netanyahu say reforms to limit the authority of the supreme court will grant his coalition absolute power and overturn Israel’s constitutional rule.
Former prime minister Ehud Barak, an opponent of Netanyahu, told The Daily Beast that the judicial reform was “a big lie covering up régime change, he’s trying to blackmail the country with threats to save himself from trial,” Barak said, adding that “it’s a straight line from [Al] Capone to where we are today.”
https://news.knowledia.com/CA/en/articles/netanyahu-s-big-lie-will-end-rule-of-law-in-israel-5edd4d66cadd4c71eee96a0b8db38d909249a941

Why a New Israeli Minister’s Temple Mount Visit May Signal a Shift in the Status Quo: The country has had right-wing governments before, but none has been this extreme, with a prime minister so beholden to the extremists.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-visit-ben-gvir-refuses-to-say-if-hell-seek-to-change-temple-mount-status-quo/

# Gov / Politics / US
McCarthy Wins the Speakership After Incredible Floor Drama: McCarthy’s path to the speakership wasn’t always clear, but he got the gavel by giving away everything he could.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/06/kevin-mccarthy-republican-wins-house-speaker

McCarthy struggled through 15 ballots, the highest figure since the Civil War, and offered several concessions to secure the support of several of the holdout Republicans. Five Key Concessions Kevin McCarthy Gave Up to Win House Speakership
https://www.newsweek.com/five-key-concessions-kevin-mccarthy-gave-win-house-speakership-1772105

# Legal / DOJ
According to Emails, Donald Trump’s Call To March on Capitol Wasn’t a Secret: The House Ways and Means Committee recently released its findings of the investigation into the January 6th march and Trump’s involvement. A screenshotted email revealed that it was well-known information that Trump would call for a march on the U.S. Capitol.  The email reveals a clear plan to have protestors march on the Capitol. Whether or not the rally was intended to turn violent remains to be seen.
https://wealthynickel.com/according-to-emails-donald-trumps-call-to-march-on-capitol-wasnt-a-secret/

# LGBTQ / Gender
‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ matters now more than ever: The premiere of “Drag Race” was fun, but it’s impossible to separate the entertainment from protests and hate happening around the country. “This highly orchestrated and openly hateful campaign might make any TV show seem trivial. Yet pop culture is deeply bound up with the politics of acceptance.” “This highly orchestrated and openly hateful campaign might make any TV show seem trivial,” says Spencer Kornhaber. In recent years, it’s become easy to roll one’s eyes at the progressive notion that visibility will end the oppression of marginalized people,” says Kornhaber.
Yet pop culture is deeply bound up with the politics of acceptance.”
https://www.primetimer.com/item/RuPauls-Drag-Race-matters-now-more-than-ever-amid-a-wave-of-anti-LGBTQ-legislation-gASRx8

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Here are 10 risky supplements that CR, with the help of a panel of doctors and researchers, says you should steer clear of. In general, risk increases the larger the dosage and the longer the supplement is taken. Also beware of illegal or unapproved drug ingredients, such as tianeptine, methylsynephrine, and phenibut. Chaparral, Coltsfoot, Comfrey. (More on site)
https://www.consumerreports.org/vitamins-supplements/supplements-to-always-avoid-a1185290021/

# Military / DOD
Pentagon says $3B in new Ukraine aid will ‘change dynamic’ in fight with Russia: Pentagon officials said it is the first time that U.S. military aid to Ukraine will include Bradleys, known as a “tank killer.” The new shipment of arms also includes 500 missiles for the armored personnel and attack vehicles to fire.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-01-06/bradleys-ukraine-russia-pentagon-8671721.html

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
Scientists Discovered A Strange ‘Mini Moon’ Asteroid Orbiting Earth: Newly Discovered Asteroid Is a Weird ‘Mini Moon’ on a 200-Year Visit to Earth. The space rock looks to have been captured by our planet’s gravity over 60 years ago.
https://www.cnet.com/science/space/newly-discovered-asteroid-is-a-weird-mini-moon-on-a-200-year-visit-to-earth/

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