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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-06

Voices, The Peoples News

January 6, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Biden announces border visit as illegal crossings surge, expands legal immigration: President Joe Biden said Thursday that he will visit the southern border Sunday. The announcement came in a speech on illegal immigration, where Biden promised more border security and pushed for increased legal immigration. Under pressure to address influx, the president also warns potential migrants: ‘Do not just show up at the border.’
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/05/biden-border-plan-illegal-crossings-00076519

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
COVID Boosters Trigger Metastasis. UK Oncologist and US Medical Doctor confirmed the Montagnier’s Warning: The French biologist, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 for the discovery of HIV, was among the first to denounce theartificial origin of SARS-Cov-2 altered precisely with the insertion of sequences of the AIDS virus. And in January 2022 Montagnier reiterated the danger of an increase in cancer cases after the launch of the massive vaccination campaign with boosters (third, fourth and now also fifth dose in Italy and in EU countries).
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/01/05/covid-boosters-trigger-metastasis-uk-oncologist-and-us-medical-doctor-confirmed-the-montagniers-warning/

New Analysis Shows Studies of COVID Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis Hid Critical Safety Signal
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-vaccine-induce-myocarditis/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=02c425c9-427b-4dbc-bc7d-86f33ed2e158

Are COVID Boosters Behind Increase in Cancer Among Younger Adults? Research shows the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein obliterates 90% of the DNA repair mechanism in lymphocytes, white blood cells that help your body fight infection and chronic disease, including cancer.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-boosters-increase-cancer-young-adults-cola/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=02c425c9-427b-4dbc-bc7d-86f33ed2e158

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Global economy 2023: how countries around the world are tackling the cost of living crisis: Price inflation has hit countries differently, but most central banks and governments are concerned about the rising cost of living in 2023. The World Economic Forum (WEF), in a recent blog post, noted that the cost-of-living crisis is at a high mainly due to the twin shocks of Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine.
https://www.businesstoday.in/wef-2023/story/davos-2023-consumers-can-help-in-tackling-cost-of-living-crisis-says-world-economic-forum-359088-2023-01-05

# Education / Schools
Georgia offered schools money to test their water for lead. Most didn’t sign up. Why? Lead exposure can have serious health consequences for children, but only a fraction of Georgia schools have signed up for a free testing program. Advocates worry school leaders are worried about the cost and consequences of discovering lead in their water systems, which the state has not provided funding to address.
https://www.macon.com/news/state/georgia/article268891637.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts, instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific. Urban infrastructure was designed to take stormwater out to the ocean quickly. All that runoff in the middle of a drought begs the question, why can’t more rainwater be collected and stored for the long, dry spring and summer when it’s needed?
https://theconversation.com/how-california-could-save-up-its-rain-to-ease-future-droughts-instead-of-watching-epic-atmospheric-river-rainfall-drain-into-the-pacific-197168

# Environment / Climate / Global
In a Famed Kenyan Game Park, the Animals Are Giving Up: Animals in the park are dying of hunger as a multi-year drought grips the region. The elephant’s tusks were removed by park rangers after its death. Makui is a rancher from a nearby county who has lost dozens of his own animals, sheep and goats, mostly, to the drought. After two years of climate change-fueled drought, thousands of animals have died, not from thirst but from lack of pasture and green shrubs.
https://undark.org/2023/01/04/in-a-famed-kenyan-game-park-the-animals-are-giving-up/#:~:text=Animals%20in%20the%20park%20are,%2C%20mostly%20%E2%80%94%20to%20the%20drought

How We Came to Know and Fear the Doomsday Glacier: It’s the world’s most vulnerable glacier and key to the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, yet we’re only now getting to know Thwaites Glacier. What took us so long?
https://hakaimagazine.com/features/how-we-came-to-know-and-fear-the-doomsday-glacier/

# General Information / Other News
What to know about cellphone radiation: ProPublica recently examined how the federal government, based on quarter-century-old standards, denies that cellphones pose any risks. This guide answers some of the most common questions people ask about cellphone radiation. The Federal Communications Commission, relies on an exposure standard from 1996, when the Motorola StarTAC flip phone was cutting edge, and that the agency brushed aside a lengthy study by a different arm of the federal government that found that cellphone radiation caused rare cancers and DNA damage in lab animals. The newest generation of cellphone technology, known as 5G, remains largely untested.
https://www.propublica.org/article/what-to-know-about-cellphone-radiation

# Gov / Politics / Global
Christmas truce ordered by Putin comes into force: A cessation of hostilities in Ukraine ordered by President Vladimir Putin on the eve of Orthodox Christmas took effect on Friday morning. Russia intends to observe the truce for 36 hours, from 12:00 local time on January 6 until midnight on January 7
https://www.rt.com/russia/569467-christmas-truce-ukraine-start/

Christmas truce ordered by Putin comes into force, Kiev rejected the ceasefire initiative, calling it a military ruse: The Russian truce has been rejected by Kiev, with officials calling it “hypocritical,” and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky describing the offer as a military ruse. Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden suggested that by seeking a pause, Putin “is trying to find some oxygen.” The ceasefire order was issued after an appeal by Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/01/06/christmas-truce-ordered-by-putin-comes-into-force/

# Gov / Politics / US
Homes of 4 Elected Officials in New Mexico Hit by Gunfire: At least three of the eight shots fired at state Senator Linda Lopez’ home passed through her 10-year-old daughter’s bedroom, she said. Nobody was injured in the shootings, which are being investigated by local and federal authorities, said Police Chief Harold Medina. He called the investigation a top priority.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-01-06/democratic-officials-homes-offices-shot-up-in-new-mexico

Convicted Capitol Rioter Announces Run for Congress: Derrick Evans, who livestreamed himself yelling, “Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!” threw his hat into the ring Friday.
https://people.com/politics/west-virginia-capitol-rioter-enters-congressional-race/

# Legal / DOJ
Family of Capitol officer who died after Jan. 6 sues Trump, two rioters: Donald Trump and two Jan. 6 rioters have been sued in the death of a US Capitol police officer:
https://nypost.com/2023/01/06/brian-sicknicks-family-suing-donald-trump-for-wrongful-death/

# LGBTQ / Gender
How Gender Ideology Conquered South Dakota: A concept has emerged in Latin America with the power to rapidly mobilize voters and give new energy to the socially conservative agenda. It’s called “gender ideology,” and according to the conservative politicians and activists who coined the phrase, it redefines reforms that benefit women and LGBTI people, such as the right to same-sex marriage, as the “imposition” of a system of beliefs that threatens “Christian values” and corrupts society.
https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/gender-ideology-fiction-could-do-real-harm

Anti-trans legislation: Lawmakers in at least eight states, including Texas, have filed anti-transgender bills ahead of their respective legislative sessions, with some bills targeting transgender adults. In Texas, one bill would prohibit state funds from being used for gender-affirming treatments, without age requirements. Lawmakers in at least eight states used the last two months of 2022 to prefile anti-transgender bills ahead of state legislative sessions convening this month — setting up another year of statehouse battles over trans rights, while targeting health care for trans adults in new ways.
https://www.them.us/story/trans-health-care-bills-2023-legislative-session-lgbtq

# Medical / Health
A Top HHS Official Blocked Release of Long-Delayed Fluoride Toxicity Review, Internal Emails Reveal
https://fluoridealert.org/news/internal-cdc-emails-claim-assistant-secretary-for-health-blocked-release-of-fluoride-review/

# Science
Interview: Matthew Cobb on the Ethics of Genetic Engineering: In the book ‘As Gods,’ biologist and historian Matthew Cobb explores the “dream and the nightmare” of genetic research and the quandaries the field has grappled with, from its roots in the 1970s to the cloned sheep Dolly and the recent advances made possible by CRISPR and other gene-editing techniques.
https://undark.org/2023/01/06/interview-matthew-cobb-on-the-ethics-of-genetic-engineering/

In Bioethics, the Public Deserves More Than a Seat at the Table: Discussing bioethics is critical to a future everyone has a hand in shaping. But obstacles abound. Every time scientists present a groundbreaking biological innovation, it seems as though there is a crescendo of noise, articles beckoning for public discussion, social media posts sharing the public’s opinions, scientists urging for more public input about bioethical decisions. The noise grows and grows and then — silence.
https://undark.org/2023/01/05/in-bioethics-the-public-deserves-more-than-a-seat-at-the-table/

The Steep Cost of Bio-Based Plastics: Bio-plastics, made from crops like corn, are hyped as a way to reduce the use of fossil fuels and, in theory, pull carbon from the atmosphere. But it would take an astounding amount of land and water to grow enough plants to replace traditional plastics, plus the energy to produce and ship it all.
https://undark.org/2023/01/03/the-steep-cost-of-bio-based-plastics/

# Technology
What You Should Know About Wireless Radiation: The Federal Communications Commission relies on a cellphone radiation exposure standard from 1996, when the Motorola StarTAC flip phone was cutting edge, but the newest 5G generation of cellphone technology remains largely untested.
https://www.propublica.org/article/what-to-know-about-cellphone-radiation

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-05

Voices, The Peoples News

January 5, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Growth Of ‘Most Transmissible Subvariant’ XBB.1.5 Worries Health Officials: White House cautions against panic as XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant spreads. XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, which has rapidly grown to account for 40 percent of U.S. COVID-19 cases, with officials stating it is not yet known if this version is more dangerous.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3798876-white-house-cautions-against-panic-as-xbb-1-5-omicron-subvariant-spreads/

Baby Dies of Blood Clot After Transfusion of COVID-Vaccinated Blood, Parents Claim: The baby’s mother said that Providence Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital in Spokane, Washington, threatened to call Child Protective Services (CPS) if they did not allow their baby, Alexander Eliot Bly, to receive the COVID-vaccinated blood transfusion. “They would not even consider it was the blood transfusion that killed him. They did admit it was the blood clot that killed him. I’m hoping it can warn others about the danger of the blood from the blood bank,” baby Alexander’s mother said.
https://nationalfile.com/baby-dies-of-blood-clot-after-transfusion-of-covid-vaccinated-blood/

WHO Labels Unvaccinated People a ‘Major Killing Force Globally’ | 18 Dec 2022 | The World Health Organization (WHO) has labeled unvaccinated people a “major killing force globally” in a new campaign being promoted on social media. The WHO is promoting a new video that targets “anti-vaccine activism” by blasting those who choose not to be vaccinated for supporting “anti-science aggression.”
https://thinkcivics.com/who-labels-unvaccinated-people-a-major-killing-force-globally/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
No Matter Who Leads House GOP, Advocates Say, ‘They All Want to Cut Your Social Security’: “Democrats must stand strong and united to protect Social Security from Republican hostage-taking,” said Social Security Works.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/social-security-cuts-house-gop

Driven by Economic Injustice, Gen Z Deemed ‘Most Pro-Union Generation’ in US: “Young people see that their parents are worse off than their grandparents. They’re worse off than their parents,” said one economist. “They recognize that their lives have been impacted by the decline in unions.”
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/01/03/gen-z-is-the-most-pro-union-generation/

The little secret about corporate profits: The power of big corporations to raise their prices higher than their costs are rising.
https://robertreich.org/post/705458064464183296

# Education / Schools
‘Shook me to the core’: Threats to San Antonio schools, real or not, more than doubled in 2022: The Uvalde tragedy left students, parents and staff more willing to relay their suspicions. “Recently we have noticed an uptick in the number of incidents that come to our attention,” says San Antonio-based FBI special agent Michelle Lee. She says the bureau, which assists local school districts’ law enforcement officials when needed, takes every threat seriously.
https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/rash-of-recent-threats-against-san-antonio-area-schools-reflects-larger-trend

Texas’ School-to-Prison Pipeline, Ticketing, Arrest & Use of Force in Schools. How the Myth of the ‘Blackboard Jungle’ Reshaped School Disciplinary Policy: This report is the third in a series examining the intersection of school discipline and gateways to the juvenile justice system. It focuses on Class C misdemeanor ticketing and arrest of
students and on use of force (including pepper spray and Tasers) by school police officers.
https://www.njjn.org/uploads/digital-library/Texas-School-Prison-Pipeline_Ticketing_Booklet_Texas-Appleseed_Dec2010.pdf

# Employment / Labor
Amazon to Cut 18,000 Jobs in Biggest Ever Layoffs: The tech behemoth cited an “uncertain economy” for the huge cutbacks.
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amazon-lay-off-over-17000-workers-wsj-2023-01-04/

# General Information / Other News
We’re not entering a new Cold War with China, though it might be better if we were. At least the 20th-century struggle between the West and USSR had clear sides and a single goal: world domination. After decades of deepening ties and building bridges to the West, China is turning inward. It’s expanding its military, developing sophisticated new weapons and growing more belligerent. It’s starting to feel as if the arms races and power struggles of the old Soviet-American rivalry have come roaring back, Beijing taking Moscow’s former place at the heart of the communist world.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-were-not-entering-a-new-cold-war-with-china-though-it-might-be-better/

# Gov / Politics / Global
An Economic Proxy War in the Indian Ocean amid Virtual Realty in a post-truth world. Welcome to 2023!
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/01/05/an-economic-proxy-war-in-the-indian-ocean-amid-virtual-realty-in-a-post-truth-world-welcome-to-2023/

Zelensky to Join World Economic Forum at Davos, Partner With BlackRock to ‘Rebuild’ Ukraine: Dictator plans to meet with the architects of the “great reset” at Davos and partner with globalist firm BlackRock for the “reconstruction” of Ukraine. Zelensky told the people of Ukraine in a recent address to the nation that BlackRock “specialists” are already helping Ukraine to build a “reconstruction” fund, and that next month, he’ll take part in the World Economic Forum’s infamous Davos summit.
https://nationalfile.com/zelensky-to-join-world-economic-forum-at-davos-partner-with-blackrock-to-rebuild-ukraine/

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://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/88726?utm_source=ctw&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=titlelink&mkt_tok=ODEzLVhZVS00MjIAAAGJIz8d5sdi3EpMYxq3D___z5tIOG0cFPjhau-kquSWXDu3OqAH62zIYz45VYlfJRlQHfg0EEtYbdm4vGRX_26eVE2k9pZ0xE9AJjgpxvU

# Gov / Politics / US
Great Power Competition: Implications for Defense, Issues for Congress: The emergence over the past decade of intensified U.S. competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) and the Russian Federation (Russia) often referred to as great power competition (GPC) has profoundly changed the conversation about U.S. defense issues from what it was during the post–Cold War era
https://sgp.fas.org/crs/natsec/R43838.pdf

Biden: A Proxy War with Russia Is Not Enough. We Must Also Seek War with China: If you need any more evidence that U.S. foreign policy is completely out of control, look no further than Commander-in-Chief Biden’s latest pronouncements regarding Taiwan, which is not a country. That’s right. Not according to the United Nations or the United States government. In fact, it is acknowledged by both that Taiwan is part of China.
https://mises.org/power-market/biden-proxy-war-russia-not-enough-we-must-also-seek-war-china

Texas Republicans urge Chip Roy and other McCarthy opponents to let Congress get to work: Texans poised to assume committee leadership are growing frustrated by Republicans blocking Kevin McCarthy’s election for speaker because Congress can’t get to work until a leader is in place.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/04/texas-chip-roy-speaker-kevin-mccarthy/

Republicans and Democrats Quietly Consider a Speaker Deal: Democrats’ Sherman Floats Possible Deal to Make McCarthy Speaker. Democrats could seek concessions on US debt ceiling, spending. Such a deal would likely cost McCarthy more GOP support
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-04/democrat-s-sherman-floats-possible-deal-to-make-mccarthy-speaker?leadSource=uverify%20wall

McCarthy’s Losing Streak Hits 10, The House Republican stalemate continues: For the third straight day, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Republican lawmakers were unable to break their deadlock in voting for the next speaker of the House
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20230105-McCarthy-s-Losing-Streak-Hits-10

# Medical / Health
Women in Deep East Texas drive over an hour to give birth after the last obstetrics unit in the area closed in 2019. But if closing the unit was hard, reopening it is proving nearly impossible. Only 40% of Texas’ rural hospitals offer labor and delivery services, forcing some patients to drive hundreds of miles to give birth. With nurses in short supply, more hospitals are considering cutting those services entirely.
https://www.kbtx.com/2022/01/20/texas-maternity-deserts-grow-staff-shortages-close-rural-labor-delivery-units/

# Military / DOD
‘CIA is behind spate of explosions in Russia’: US Army Special Ops veteran claims intelligence agency and NATO ally are conducting sabotage missions: The CIA is working with an unnamed “NATO ally,” according to Jack Murphy. Murphy was a former senior trainer and adviser to an Iraqi SWAT team –He said the CIA and Joe Biden are personally authorising missions
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11572881/CIA-spate-explosions-Russia-veteran-claims-CIA-NATO-ally-sabotage.html

U.S. military bases that housed Afghan evacuees suffered $260 million in damage: A new Department of Defense (DOD) report found that the U.S. military bases that housed Afghan evacuees suffered 260 million in damages, with the Air Force saying the damage was “unrepairable.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/us-military-bases-housed-afghan-evacuees-suffered-260-million-damage

# Military / Global
Ukraine Intel Boss Warns Putin: Brace for More Strikes: Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine’s chief military intelligence official, said there will be strikes “deeper and deeper” inside Russia in an interview with ABC News. But he didn’t clarify whether Ukraine would be behind the upcoming attacks.
https://upstract.com/x/84a708dec77f723d

New weapons from the West to be sent to Ukraine: France will send “light tanks” to Ukraine’s military, AP reports. This will be the first time that this type of armored vehicle is sent to the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said. The US is also considering sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles, another Western-designed armored vehicle, to Ukraine, a sign that the White House is willing to expand its military support against Russia.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/15/u-s-eyes-new-weapons-for-ukraine-00074153

# Pharmas / Drugs
Warnock Hails Start of Medicare’s $35 Insulin Copay Cap That ‘Will Save Lives’: “If you need insulin, you really need insulin—it is not a choice,” said the Democratic senator from Georgia. “I’m thrilled to see my provision to cap insulin costs for Medicare recipients finally take effect.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/insulin-copay-cap-warnock

# Technology
Disgusting Infrastructure Bill Installs Kill Switches in All New Vehicles, Turns America into a police state: The website Motorious reported that former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr has been sounding the alarm on an item buried within the Biden-McConnell “infrastructure” legislation, which passed in August 2021. According to Barr, the government will now have the power to shut off your vehicle if they determine you are partaking in any “illegal” activity.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/01/big-brother-will-watch-drive-disgusting-infrastructure-bill-installs-kill-switches-new-vehicles-turns-america-police-state/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-04

Voices, The Peoples News

January 4, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
The omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 has rapidly spread to become the dominant COVID-19 mutation in the U.S., now accounting for 40.5 percent of all cases. The XBB subvariant, from which XBB.1.5 descends, is a recombinant of two subvariants that descended from the BA.2 omicron subvariant.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/3793446-covid-variant-xbb-1-5-now-accounts-for-40-percent-of-cases-in-the-us-cdc/

# Environment / Climate / Global
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. About 26 per cent of the Amazon rainforest has already been lost or badly degraded and without intervention the rest could transform into savannah, says a report on its status
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2336521-the-amazon-rainforest-has-already-reached-a-crucial-tipping-point/

# Gov / Politics / Global
In Search of Big Bucks: Zelensky Zips Over to Washington: Russia has stabilized the situation on the battlefield and is preparing to seize the initiative, a reality that obviates the tens of billions of dollars of military assistance that has been dispatched to Ukraine. The current package, except for a single Patriot missile battery, is simply more of the same, virtually guaranteeing that Ukraine will continue to lose this conflict going forward.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/01/03/in-search-of-big-bucks-zelensky-zips-over-to-washington/

Putin’s Top Propagandist Urges Russians to Embrace Death: Vladimir Solovyov’s bizarre tirade comes amid fears of a new military call-up—and after Ukraine said it killed hundreds of Russian draftees left like sitting ducks.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/top-putin-propagandist-vladimir-solovyov-urges-russians-to-embrace-death

# Gov / Politics / US
U.S. House adjourns without electing new speaker. Kevin McCarthy can’t secure majority after 3 votes
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/u-s-house-adjourns-without-electing-new-speaker/article_3f31f6ba-8b9f-11ed-ab74-374cab653e68.html

# Media
Project Censored: Billionaire Press Domination
* Part 1: Fossil fuel subsidies, wage theft, EPA risk reports, congressional conflicts of interest, and dark, dark money: Concentration of corporate wealth and power distorts everything we see—and don’t see—in the world around us every day.
https://prospect.org/power/project-censored-part-1-billionaire-press-domination/
* Part 2: The real causes of inflation, Gates Foundation media investments, the CIA and Julian Assange, ALEC’s push to preserve its influence networks in state legislation, and surveillance advertising are the next five stories on the list.
https://prospect.org/power/project-censored-part-2-billionaire-press-domination/

# Medical / Health
Abortion pills: Under a regulatory change made by the Food and Drug Administration, U.S. retail pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens will now be allowed to offer abortion pills to patients with a prescription from a certified health provider
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-fda-says-abortion-pills-can-be-sold-retail-pharmacies-new-york-times-reports-2023-01-03/

Texas now bans medical abortions after seven weeks of pregnancy: Beginning today, a new law restricts abortion-inducing medication, the most common abortion method in Texas.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/02/texas-ban-medical-abortion/

She didn’t get shoulder surgery but was billed anyway and sent to collections
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kaiser-health-news-cbs-news-investigation-grace-elizabeth-elliott/

# Nuclear
Joint nuclear exercise with South Korea not on the table, US official says: Biden denies US in talks on nuclear exercises with South Korea. S Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said Seoul and Washington were in talks on exercises involving US nuclear assets
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/3/biden-denies-us-in-talks-on-nuclear-exercises-with-south-korea

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-01-03

Voices, The Peoples News

January 3, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Biden declares Arizona floods a federal disaster for Havasupai tribe: The White House has made a federal disaster declaration for the Havasupai Native American tribe that mainly lives deep inside the Grand Canyon
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-u-s-news/ap-northern-arizona-tribe-to-get-federal-aid-for-flood-damage/

# Chemicals
Why the government fails to limit many dangerous chemicals in the workplace: Before his shift at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber plant in Niagara Falls, N.Y., in May 2021, a worker peed in a cup. Before he clocked out, he did it again. Goodyear shipped both specimens to a lab to measure the amount of a chemical called ortho-toluidine. The results, reviewed by ProPublica, showed that the worker had enough of it in his body to put him at an increased risk for bladder cancer, and that was before his shift. After, his levels were nearly five times as high. It’s no secret that the plant’s workers are being exposed to poison. Paralyzed by industry lawsuits from decades ago, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has all but given up on trying to set a truly protective threshold for ortho-toluidine and thousands of other chemicals. The agency has only updated standards for three chemicals in the past 25 years; each took more than a decade to complete.
https://www.opb.org/article/2022/12/15/why-the-government-fails-to-limit-many-dangerous-chemicals-in-the-workplace/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
COVID-19 Omicron Variant XBB.1.5 More Dominant in US according to CDC. Is this the New Artificial SARS Virus?
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/17/dr-fauci-covid-omicron-subvariants-bq1-bq11-are-troublesome.html

Australian Doctor Injured by COVID Vaccine Slams Regulators for ‘Censoring’ Public Discussion, Calls for More Research
https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/2022/12/23/australian-doctor-injured-by-covid-vaccine-slams-regulators-for-censoring-public-discussion-calls-for-more-research/

Gov. DeSantis calls for grand jury to investigate COVID-19 vaccines: DeSantis wants to determine any misconduct by vaccine makers with regards to adverse effects
https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2022/12/13/watch-live-gov-desantis-hosts-roundtable-with-florida-surgeon-general/

U.K. Coronor Says AstraZeneca’s COVID Vaccine Caused ‘Fit and Healthy’ Young Man to Die from Blood Clot in Brain: A 27-year-old man in England developed a blood clot in the brain and died on Apr. 20, 2021, three weeks after receiving the first dose of AstraZeneca/Oxford University’s experimental viral vectored COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria (also known as AZD1222), and a U.K. coroner determined his death was causally related to the vaccination.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-63960457

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Inflation, unemployment, the housing crisis and a possible recession: Two economists forecast what’s ahead in 2023: Although many say the economic outlook for next year appears bleak, there is room for optimism.
https://theconversation.com/inflation-unemployment-the-housing-crisis-and-a-possible-recession-two-economists-forecast-whats-ahead-in-2023-195797

Global economy 2023: Why central banks face an epic battle against inflation amid political obstacles: Central banks are raising interest rates to tame inflation, but 2023 will increasingly turn a technical decision into a political challenge. Where is the global economy heading in 2023? After all the challenges of last year, it’s a question we ask with trepidation. Just as the economy was dealing with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February ramped up inflation.
https://theconversation.com/global-economy-2023-why-central-banks-face-an-epic-battle-against-inflation-amid-political-obstacles-197088

Wells Fargo ordered to pay $3.7 billion for ‘illegal activity’ including unjust foreclosures and vehicle repossessions:
Federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a record $1.7 billion on Tuesday for “widespread mismanagement” over multiple years that harmed over 16 million consumer accounts. Wells Fargo’s “illegal activity” included repeatedly misapplying loan payments, wrongfully foreclosing on homes, illegally repossessing vehicles, incorrectly assessing fees and interest and charging surprise overdraft fees. “Wells Fargo’s rinse-repeat cycle of violating the law has harmed millions of American families.”
https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/20/investing/wells-fargo-cfpb-foreclosure-fine/index.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
The Scorched-Earth Legal Strategy Corporations Are Using to Silence Their Critics: Drummond’s charges represent a scorched-earth legal strategy in which corporations are turning the tables on attorneys and advocates who accuse them of wrongdoing. By shifting the spotlight to these attorneys’ conduct, corporations effectively sidestepped the original allegations against them. The true purpose is to send attorneys and activists a message: Going toe-to-toe with heavyweight corporations can lead to personal ruin.
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/16/corporate-rico-environmental-advocate/

Gas prices to remain high in 2023, projected to peak at $4.12 a gallon in June: The past year saw extremes in the U.S. prices of gas at the pump. Gas prices averaged $5.03 per gallon in June 2022, the highest ever, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. But by December, gas had dropped to $3.32 a gallon.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/gas-prices-to-remain-high-in-2023-projected-to-peak-at-4-12-a-gallon/article_243fc1f4-8ad5-11ed-b7f4-cf73df80595b.html

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Can geoengineering fix the climate? Hundreds of scientists say not so fast: The White House has set into motion a five-year outline for research into “climate interventions”. Those include methods such as sending a phalanx of planes to spray reflective particles into the upper reaches of the atmosphere, in order to block incoming sunlight from adding to rising temperatures.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/25/can-controversial-geoengineering-fix-climate-crisis

# General Information / Other News
The Soleimani Assassination: The virtual worship of Donald Trump on the part of many American nationalists, America-First standard bearers, and professing Christians in the United States has always amazed me, given The Donald’s overt allegiance to the Zionist State and the Israeli Lobby in thought, word, and deed.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2023/01/02/the-soleimani-assassination/?mc_cid=627a717918&mc_eid=3f7488d454

The Soleimani Assassination Was Supposed to Weaken Iraqi Militias. Instead, They’re Flexing Their Muscles.
As U.S. troops fend off attacks by Iran-backed militias, American and Iraqi officials worry that the groups’ growing power is destabilizing Iraq.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/08/04/iraq-militia-drone-strike-soleimani-baghdad-mohandis-501602

“Brazen” Fraud: David Cay Johnston on How Trump’s Tax Returns Show He Fleeced U.S. & Enriched Himself: The new documents show “absolutely brazen” tax fraud. “Donald Trump has been a criminal his whole life,” says Johnston.
https://www.democracynow.org/2023/1/3/trump_taxes_david_cay_johnston

# Gov / Politics / Global
China’s new foreign minister seeks better US ties: New Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang sought better Sino-U.S. ties in a phone conversation with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on New Year’s Day
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/international/new-china-foreign-minister-seeks-better-us-ties-call-blinken

# Gov / Politics / US
What the Pentagon Doesn’t Want You to Know About China: To encourage Congress to authorize the largest defense budget ever, the Pentagon just released its annual report on China, which dangerously misrepresents the country’s defense strategy. Such deliberate lies about China to drum up justification for more US war spending need to be urgently addressed. The Pentagon reports that China may challenge the US in the international arena. It is true that China is taking the lead internationally in economic development, in technological innovation, and in fighting climate change. In contrast, the United States asserts its global dominance through direct or proxy war, occupation, crippling sanctions, and regime-changing coups.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/05/23/5-things-the-pentagon-isnt-telling-us-about-the-chinese-military/

New Texas State laws: Although the 2023 legislative session is not yet underway, a number of laws from Texas’ 2021 legislative sessions have gone into effect in the new year
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/02/new-texas-laws-2023/

Just over 1 in 4 members of Congress in 2023 will be women – at this rate, it will take 118 years until there is gender parity: In order for women to gain half of the seats in Congress, more women need to run, especially on Republican tickets
https://theconversation.com/just-over-1-in-4-members-of-congress-in-2023-will-be-women-at-this-rate-it-will-take-118-years-until-there-is-gender-parity-195504

Kevin McCarthy Can’t Stop Losing House Speakership Votes: The vote over who will take up the gavel has turned into a five-alarm dumpster fire with the House Freedom Caucus stonewalling the rest of the party
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/done-kevin-mccarthy-speakership-battle-154822410.html

George Santos’ First Day in Congress Is Off to a Rocky Start: The New York Republican who made up large swaths of his backstory is set to be sworn into the House of Representatives on Tuesday
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/george-santos-rocky-first-day-congress-1234655332/

# Legal / DOJ
Jan. 6 panel closes down after referring Trump for crimes: The House Jan. 6 committee shuts down Tuesday, when the new Republican-led House is sworn in, having completed a whirlwind 18-month investigation of the 2021 Capitol insurrection.
https://news.wttw.com/2023/01/03/jan-6-panel-shutting-down-after-referring-trump-crimes

# Medical / Health
FDA wants doctors to better inform patients of possible LASIK complications, including “psychological harm.” LASIK is the most common ophthalmologic surgical procedure in the US. Years after the FDA declared it a safe option to improve vision, the organization is reconsidering what information on long-term side effects should be given to patients.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/fjollaarifi/fda-lasik-risk-psychological-harm

15 Million Americans Set to Lose Medical Coverage as Public Health Emergency Ends: America is facing a health crisis and it isn’t made up of bacteria or viruses, instead, it’s an impending medical insurance meltdown. There is an expectation that as of Jan. 11, 2023, an estimated 15 million Americans will begin to lose health coverage
https://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/15-million-people-may-lose-medicaid-coverage-after-covid-19-phe-ends-says-hhs

# Military / DOD
Proposal to use Montana’s Limestone Hills for aerial gunnery practice raises questions: The Montana Army National Guard has requested the FAA establish a joint-use restricted area airspace to authorize helicopter aerial gunnery training for “multiple” Department of Defense service branches.
https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2023-01-02/montana-army-air-force-training-8618213.html

# Military / Global
South Korea asks US for greater role in managing nuclear weapons: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his government is in talks with the U.S. on taking a more active role in managing nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-south-korea-a32718713839355b1df94e871df7c312

# Nuclear
In the Pacific, outcry over Japan’s plan to release Fukushima wastewater: The proposal has angered many of Japan’s neighbors, particularly those with the most direct experience of unexpected exposure to dangerous of radiation.
https://slashdot.org/story/22/12/30/1148245/in-the-pacific-outcry-over-japans-plan-to-release-fukushima-wastewater

# Veterans / VA
Stars and Stripes photo reunites Marine with doctor who saved his life in Vietnam: An iconic 1968 photo taken by Stars and Stripes photographer John Olson of a wounded Marine helped turn U.S. public opinion against the Vietnam War. It also sparked an unlikely reunion 54 years later.
https://www.stripes.com/history/2023-01-02/marine-doctor-photo-vietnam-reunited-8618889.html

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Voices, The Peoples News

January 2, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
‘Shameful and Heartbreaking’: Largest Wolf Cull in Modern History Underway in Sweden: “It’s disastrous for the entire ecosystem,” warned one activist. “The existence of wolves contributes to a richer animal and plant life. Human survival depends on healthy ecosystems.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/sweden-wolves

# Children / Youth
Arizona Governor-Elect Taps Critic of Racism in Child Welfare to Lead CPS Agency: A report found that 1 in 3 Black children in Phoenix had endured a DCS investigation over one five-year period. Matthew Stewart will become the first Black leader of the Department of Child Safety, which ProPublica and NBC News found had investigated the families of 1 in 3 Black children in metro Phoenix during a recent five-year period.
https://www.propublica.org/article/arizona-matthew-stewart-child-safety-hobbs

# Chemicals / Drugs
Bill Gates: “COVID Vaccines Are The Final Solution.” ADL: “That’s Anti-Semitic!”
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/12/31/bill-gates-final-solution/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
After Repeated Interest Rate Hikes, IMF Warns a Third of World Will Suffer Recession in 2023: With the world’s three largest economies slowing down, said the IMF managing director, economic conditions will “feel like recession for hundreds of millions of people” this year.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/global-recession

# Employment / Labor
‘Union-Busting on Day 1’: House GOP Aims to Stop Congressional Staff From Organizing: “We’re going not to stop in the 118th Congress,” said the Congressional Workers Union. “When we fight, we win, and we’re ready to take on any anti-worker battles that may come our way.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/union-busting-on-day-1-house-gop-aims-to-stop-congressional-staff-from-organizing

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Colorado Law Could Force Boulder to Sell Oil and Gas to a Private Company: State regulators could order Boulder County to sell its gas rights without the consent of voters or property owners.
https://truthout.org/articles/when-it-comes-to-greed-and-tax-dodging-sanders-points-out-trump-is-not-alone/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
It might bug you, but University of Manitoba’s insect collection is key to understanding the world: ‘These biodiversity collections are effectively a time machine,’ Jeremy Kerr says
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bugs-insects-collection-climate-change-entomology-university-manitoba-1.6684008

Lake Mead’s receding waters revealed long-lost bodies. But who are they? The remains have caused a public stir, but authorities say the falling water level due to the climate crisis is the real scandal.
https://earthsky.org/earth/lake-mead-shrinking-reveals-bodies-boats/

How agriculture hastens species extinction: Scientists believe humans are now causing a mass extinction of plants and animals. Modern agriculture is a major contributor.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/agriculture-mass-extinction-60-minutes-2023-01-01/

# Environment / Climate / Global
Beavers are moving north because of climate change and overhunting, as Nunavik communities deal with the consequences and look for ways forward.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/beavers-expanding-north-bring-damning-consequences-for-inuit-and-wildlife-1.6694226

Happisburgh: The Norfolk village crumbling into the sea: A nurse says she is heartbroken that nothing can be done to save her house from coastal erosion. During the last 20 years, 34 homes have crumbled into the water in Happisburgh because of coastal erosion.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-63822899

Agroindustry Lobby Is Using the Ukraine War to Push Unsustainable Farming Policy: Warfare killed pollinators and threatened food security in World War II. It’s happening again in Ukraine.
https://truthout.org/articles/agroindustry-lobby-is-using-the-ukraine-war-to-push-unsustainable-farming-policy/

# General Information / Other News
New York approves composting of human bodies: State becomes sixth to pass legislation since 2019 and gives New Yorkers access to an alternative, green method of burial: The legislative move makes the state the sixth to do so since 2019 and gives New Yorkers access to an alternative, green method of burial deemed environmentally friendly.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/01/new-york-governor-legalizes-human-composting-after-death

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin, unaccustomed to losing, is increasingly isolated as war falters: With the Russian president refusing to back down in Ukraine, Russia’s elite is split between those who want the war to end and those supporting further escalation.
https://ground.news/article/putin-unaccustomed-to-losing-is-increasingly-isolated-as-war-falters

How 46 Toddlers Were Disappeared by Putin in One Fell Swoop: Interviews with employees at a Ukrainian children’s home, along with photo and video evidence, paint a disturbing picture of a mass abduction by Russian authorities.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-46-ukraine-toddlers-were-disappeared-by-putin-in-one-fell-swoop

# Gov / Politics / US
President Biden signs $1.7 trillion bill funding government operations: President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end of the federal budget year in September 2023, and provide tens of billions of dollars in new aid to Ukraine for its fight against the Russian military.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/2022/12/30/president_biden_signs_17_trillion_bill_funding_government_operations_873023.html

Biden pardons 6 convicted of murder, drug, alcohol crimes: The pardons, announced Friday, mean the criminal record of the crimes is now purged. They come a few months after the Democratic president pardoned thousands of people convicted of “simple possession” of marijuana under federal law. He also pardoned three people earlier this year and has commuted the sentences of 75 others.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/30/biden-pardons-convictions-00075877

When It Comes to Greed and Tax Dodging, Sanders Points Out “Trump is Not Alone”: Sen. Sanders called out seven major companies that also payed no federal income taxes in 2020.
https://truthout.org/articles/when-it-comes-to-greed-and-tax-dodging-sanders-points-out-trump-is-not-alone/

DoJ is concealing documents that lay bare Hunter and Jim Biden’s payoffs with China and Russia
https://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread1324133/pg1

Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for abuse of power by enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hres57ih/html/BILLS-117hres57ih.htm

Marjorie Taylor Greene Reveals Details of Investigation Into Joe Biden: Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has shared details of the new rules that will govern the House of Representatives when Republicans take charge on Tuesday.
The proposed rules, which will have to be passed on January 3, include a resolution to create a subcommittee to probe “the Weaponization of the Federal Government” under President Joe Biden’s administration.
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-reveals-details-investigation-joe-biden-1770674?utm_source=Flipboard&utm_medium=App&utm_campaign=Partnerships

Progressive Democrats Announce Nationwide Democracy Rallies for Jan. 6 Anniversary: “We cannot be complacent; we are calling for an end to the ongoing violent and criminal attacks on our freedoms.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/progressive-democrats-of-america

‘This Must Be Stopped’: House Republicans Plan to Gut Ethics Office: After public denunciations from watchdogs and criticism from President-elect Donald Trump, House Republicans on Tuesday reversed course and dropped plans to gut an independent agency that polices potential ethical wrongdoing by lawmakers.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/2017/01/03/trump-slams-house-move-ethics-watchdog/96103514/

# Legal / DOJ
Highest-profile January 6 trial begins with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio: Chairman of militia group and four others are charged with seditious conspiracy related to Capitol insurrection. Seating jury of DC residents presents a challenge in Proud Boys trial: Many D.C. residents have strong, negative views of the far-right group.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/25/january-6-proud-boys-trial-begins-enrique-tarrio

Judges Keeping Capitol Riot Trials in DC Amid Bias Claims: More Capitol riot defendants are pushing to get their trials moved out of Washington, D.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-07-06/judges-keeping-capitol-riot-trials-in-dc-amid-bias-claims

Exposé Reveals Lobbyists Bought Access to Supreme Court Justices With Donations: The Supreme Court Historical Society has raked in millions from corporations and lobbyists with cases before the court.
https://truthout.org/articles/when-it-comes-to-greed-and-tax-dodging-sanders-points-out-trump-is-not-alone/

# Military / Global
NATO rapid-response force leadership passes to Germany in wake of armor failures: The German army is about to take the lead of the NATO quick reaction force, shortly after reports of armored vehicle failures that raised concerns about its contributions to the military alliance.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_210076.htm

North Korea’s leader orders ‘exponential’ expansion of nuke arsenal: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s moves suggest he will continue his provocative run of weapons tests this year despite U.S.-led pressure campaigns to curb his nuclear ambition.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/01/north-koreas-kim-orders-exponential-expansion-of-nuke-arsenal-00075992

# Science
The Astonishing Way COVID Could Actually Help Us Cure Cancer: A momentous breakthrough in the fight against cancer may be on the horizon and the pandemic nightmare helped scientists get there.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/astonishing-way-covid-could-actually-023926697.html

# Water
Biden WOTUS rule revives decades-old protections: EPA heralded the rule as rooted in, but improving upon, Reagan-era Clean Water Act regulations.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/12/30/biden-wotus-rule-revives-decades-old-protections-00075840

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