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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-03-06

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Indigenous
The Fight To Return Native Remains to Their Tribes: UC Berkeley alone still holds the remains of 10,000 people.
Museums took our ancestors. They took many people’s ancestors. But they took the remains of Native Americans in vast, vast quantities. Some of these museums have just this huge collections. I https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/transcripts/ZEhZYVk5VTg5cDJabytnOU5zN2RuQU1LejFaTkJlWWZ2akJ4aUlsZVByST0=__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zXx8DytPauBiz3HOObtopMRuGqCxKdiLzXOp9KWrPtTinaPVMAw7I-AmC7AwidNRjUoaOi3hSIHWsSl_F4rrZU5hO870jPLO$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
New Documents Appear To Show Dr. Fauci lied about involvement in COVID lab leak study: Richard Ebright, board of governors professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Rutgers University and laboratory director at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology, told Newsweek these documents show “unequivocally” that NIH grants were used to fund controversial gain-of-function (GOF) research at the Wuhan Insitute of Virology in China—something U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has denied.
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Documents obtained by The Intercept contain new evidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the nearby Wuhan University Center for Animal Experiment, along with their collaborator, the U.S.-based nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance, have engaged in what the U.S. government defines as “gain-of-function research of concern,” intentionally making viruses more pathogenic or transmissible in order to study them, despite stipulations from a U.S. funding agency that the money not be used for that purpose.
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
On Wall St., ‘socially responsible’ is common sense. In Congress, it’s
political: Lawmakers are trying to restrict these investment choices in workplace retirement plans, but big fund managers are trying to give shareholders a voice https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.realclearmarkets.com/2023/03/06/on_wall_street_esg_is_common_sense_in_congress_its_political_885380.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zXx8DytPauBiz3HOObtopMRuGqCxKdiLzXOp9KWrPtTinaPVMAw7I-AmC7AwidNRjUoaOi3hSIHWsSl_F4rrZU5hOzzRl-7l$

# Education / Schools
Fossil fuel companies donate millions to US universities: Fossil fuel companies gave over $700 million in research funding to 27 colleges and universities from 2010 to 2020, according to a new study from the left-leaning think tank Data for Progress. Universities have downplayed the negative impacts of fossil fuel emissions.
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# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Rare insect found at Arkansas Walmart sets historic record, points to deeper ecological questions: A giant insect plucked from the façade of an Arkansas Walmart has set historic records. The Polystoechotes punctata (giant lacewing) is the first of its kind recorded in eastern North America in over 50 years, and the first record of the species ever in the state.
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Kentucky residents angered by U.S. Forest Service logging plan that targets mature trees: Biden pledged to protect old-growth trees, but proposed clear-cutting in national forests collides with climate policy.
last summer’s floods and mudslides that killed 44 people in neighboring counties of the Appalachian Mountain range, a disaster residents view as inextricably linked to wanton extraction of both coal and timber.
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Utah wants to disable the law that led to the creation of four of its magnificent National Parks: Utah’s complaint confirms how successful the Grand Staircase-Escalante and Bears Ears monuments have been in attracting visitors. This is a bad thing, ‌Utah argues, because visitors damage these sites, destroy archaeological sites, and get lost, straining local search-and-rescue teams. But instead of working with Congress to allocate more funds to manage visitors, Utah is asking unelected judges to step in to remove protections from those areas, as if it would make visiting less attractive. In January, the federal government asked the court to dismiss Utah’s lawsuit.
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Plan to incinerate soil from Ohio train derailment is ‘horrifying’, says
expert: Soil is being sent to a nearby incinerator with a history of clean air violations, raising fears the chemicals will be redistributed.
Incinerating the soil is especially risky because some of the contaminants that residents and independent chemical experts fear is in the waste, like dioxins and PFAS, haven’t been tested for by the EPA, and they do not incinerate easily, or cannot be incinerated.
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Time is running out to restore plants and animals that exist only in
captivity: Disappeared from the wild, yet not entirely extinct. And it’s one not peculiar to the Socorro dove. Research has confirmed that at least 33 animals and 39 plants no longer have wild populations, but survive under human care in places such as zoos, aquariums, botanic gardens and seed banks.
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# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Nations reach accord to protect marine life on high seas: For the first time, United Nations members have agreed on a unified treaty to protect biodiversity in the high seas, representing a turning point for vast stretches of the planet where conservation has previously been hampered by a confusing patchwork of laws.
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How Auditing Giant KPMG Became a Global Sustainability Leader While Serving Companies Accused of Forest Destruction: The firm vouched for an Indonesian company with a supply chain beset by deforestation allegations and a project in Canada that led to an Indigenous forest’s “death by a thousand cuts.”
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# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
What’s Wrong With The Chicken Feed? People Are Reporting That Their Chickens Have Stopped Laying Eggs, And Their Feed Might Be The Reason Why. What exactly is causing the egg shortage? Many people are reporting that there are issues with the commercial chicken feed, speculating that it has even prevented their hens from laying eggs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eviemagazine.com/post/whats-wrong-with-the-chicken-feed-people-stopped-laying-eggs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zXx8DytPauBiz3HOObtopMRuGqCxKdiLzXOp9KWrPtTinaPVMAw7I-AmC7AwidNRjUoaOi3hSIHWsSl_F4rrZU5hO1LGFg2a$

# General News
Twitter Bots Are Promising Cheap Guns to Anyone Using the N-Word: Are they undercover cops? Are they phishing scams? Or are they attempts to sow racial division? When Elon Musk acquired Twitter, he made it clear that eradicating spam bots was a top priority. But his strategies on that front have produced, at best, mixed results. Moreover, in recent months, some users have been plagued by a type of spam that directly violates Twitter policy: automated replies from accounts offering guns for sale.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/twitter-bots-guns-n-word-1234690018/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zXx8DytPauBiz3HOObtopMRuGqCxKdiLzXOp9KWrPtTinaPVMAw7I-AmC7AwidNRjUoaOi3hSIHWsSl_F4rrZU5hO8ogrRpL$

# Gov / Politics / US
Donald Trump Will “Absolutely” Stay in the 2024 Race If Indicted: With his main GOP opponents missing in action, the former president won the CPAC poll in a landslide victory. With his main GOP opponents missing in action, the former president won the CPAC poll in a landslide victory.
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# Law Enforcement
We Must Overturn SCOTUS Decisions That Effectively Deny Rights to Black
People: George Floyd’s murder is part of a through line of police violence first enabled by the Dred Scott ruling. The 2020 protests against police brutality after the death of George Floyd were the biggest in United States history. Not since the 1960s assassinations of the Kennedy brothers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. has our nation, and indeed the world, witnessed a more significant martyrdom.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/we-must-overturn-scotus-decisions-that-effectively-deny-rights-to-black-people/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zXx8DytPauBiz3HOObtopMRuGqCxKdiLzXOp9KWrPtTinaPVMAw7I-AmC7AwidNRjUoaOi3hSIHWsSl_F4rrZU5hOw1sMjCV$

# Legal / DOJ
How a New DOJ Memo Sets Up Two Potential Trump Indictments: What seemed like a narrow decision could have far-reaching implications. What they actually did, according to legal scholars, is lay the groundwork for a potential criminal indictment against Trump for inciting the insurrection.
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# LGBTQ / Gender
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
# Media
# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
# Medical / Health
Texas’s Compassionate-Use Program: Chapter 169 of the Texas Occupations Code allows qualified physicians to prescribe low-THC cannabis to patients with certain conditions under Texas’s Compassionate Use Program. ‘Low-THC cannabis’ is defined in Section 169.001: (3) ‘Low-THC cannabis’ means the plant Cannabis sativa L., and any part of that plant or any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, preparation, resin, or oil of that plant that contains not more than one percent by weight of tetrahydrocannabinols.
Texas Legislature has since expanded the list of patients eligible for inclusion. At present, this program is open to patients with the following conditions listed in Texas Occupations Code Section 169.003:
epilepsy, seizure disorder, multiple sclerosis, spasticity, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, autism, cancer post-traumatic stress disorder [an incurable neurodegenerative disease] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.169.htm*169.003__;Iw!!On18fmf1aQ!zXx8DytPauBiz3HOObtopMRuGqCxKdiLzXOp9KWrPtTinaPVMAw7I-AmC7AwidNRjUoaOi3hSIHWsSl_F4rrZU5hO6gPzgB-$
Find a Participating Physician: The Texas Department of Public Safety operates CURT, the Compassionate-Use Registry of Texas. This database can help you find nearby physicians who are registered to prescribe low-THC cannabis.
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Understanding the Law: Reading the law itself can be complicated. To help you understand the law, below we link to resources that attempt to explain the law in simple terms.
Compassionate-Use Program FAQS: The Department of Public Safety has summarized the Compassionate-Use Program in an easy-to-understand question and answer format https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dps.texas.gov/section/compassionate-use-program/frequently-asked-questions-faqs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zXx8DytPauBiz3HOObtopMRuGqCxKdiLzXOp9KWrPtTinaPVMAw7I-AmC7AwidNRjUoaOi3hSIHWsSl_F4rrZU5hO3f2N7TQ$

Health System Parasites: Example No. 452: Middleman companies contract with insurers to find someone else to pay medical costs. The teenage son of a friend broke his arm in a playground fall. Their insurance company, Health New England, paid the hospital bill. Then they received a letter from something called EXL advising that the injury “may have been caused by an act or omission of another person or entity.” In which case EXL would go after said entity to pay some or all of the medical bill, thus saving Health New England some money. EXL demanded they fill out an extensive form about the circumstances of the accident. It is part of the game of paying layers of middlemen to maximize profits and shift costs.
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# Military / DOD
Russia nuclear submarines deployed off U.S. coast spark alarm:
Throughout the war, which began when Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine last February, there has been a buildup of Russian Navy forces in the Black Sea. There has also been an increasing presence of Russian submarines off of U.S. coasts and in the Mediterranean, according to officials.
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DOD’s reversal on civilian medical care ‘a move in the right direction,’
advocates say: The Defense Health Agency said DOD civilian employees in the Indo-Pacific region may seek treatment again at base hospitals for chronic health conditions on a space-available basis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-03-06/dod-civilian-medical-care-access-9373503.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zXx8DytPauBiz3HOObtopMRuGqCxKdiLzXOp9KWrPtTinaPVMAw7I-AmC7AwidNRjUoaOi3hSIHWsSl_F4rrZU5hO2mqi5z_$

# Military / Global
Wagner Boss Appears to Issue Threat to Kremlin Over Bakhmut: Yevgeny Prigozhin, Head of Wagner private military company (PMC), is confident that the retreat of his troops from the city of Bakhmut will collapse the entire front, and then Russia will blame the mercenaries for the defeat in the war https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/wagner-groups-financier-reflects-retreat-092311188.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zXx8DytPauBiz3HOObtopMRuGqCxKdiLzXOp9KWrPtTinaPVMAw7I-AmC7AwidNRjUoaOi3hSIHWsSl_F4rrZU5hO_FIxHBV$

Ukraine’s unexpected resistance in Bakhmut: Russia seemed on the verge of capturing Bakhmut. This past weekend, Ukrainian troops mounted a counteroffensive with unexpected success. Ukrainian military leaders are determined to hold onto Bakhmut, Kyiv officials said Monday, even as Russian forces continued to encroach on the devastated eastern Ukrainian city that they have sought to capture for six months at the cost of thousands of lives.
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Wagner Chief Attacks Kremlin Over Ammunition ‘Betrayal’: “We are trying to figure out the reason: Is it just ordinary bureaucracy or a betrayal?” Yevgeny Prigozhin said. The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary force warned that Russia’s position around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was in peril unless his troops got ammunition, the latest sign of tension between the Kremlin and the private militia chief.
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Russia Dusts Off Old, Patched-Up Tanks for War, Says U.K: Even Russia’s premier tank force is having to use T-62 tanks, says the U.K. Ministry of Defence. The MoD said 800 Soviet-era T-62s had been taken from storage and given slight upgrade since last summer. “In recent days, Russian BTR-50 armored personnel carriers, first fielded in 1954, have also been identified deployed in Ukraine for the first time,” it added.
“However, both these vintage vehicle types will present many vulnerabilities on the modern battlefield, including the absence of modern explosive reactive armour.”
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More: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1632633335540326400__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zXx8DytPauBiz3HOObtopMRuGqCxKdiLzXOp9KWrPtTinaPVMAw7I-AmC7AwidNRjUoaOi3hSIHWsSl_F4rrZU5hO2PKINeh$

Taiwan Bracing For Xi Jinping’s Army’s ‘Sudden Entry,’ Says Defence
Minister: ‘They Would Use Force…’: Chiu Kuo Cheng, on Monday, said that Taipei has to be on alert this year for a “sudden entry” by the Chinese army into areas close to its territory as tensions across the Taiwan Strait mount, reported Reuters. Cheng said the Chinese military might make a “sudden entry” into Taipei’s contiguous zone and get close to its territorial space.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/03/31211648/taiwan-bracing-for-xi-jinpings-armys-sudden-entry-says-defence-minister-they-would-use-force__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zXx8DytPauBiz3HOObtopMRuGqCxKdiLzXOp9KWrPtTinaPVMAw7I-AmC7AwidNRjUoaOi3hSIHWsSl_F4rrZU5hOyLcWaHJ$

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
U.S. Risks Total Chaos in a Space War With China and Russia: The fight could be left to the whims of Elon Musk, JD Vance, and others linked to privatized space defense tech. A growing number of companies are racing to get into the space defense business, but a major conflict of interest scandal could be on the horizon. One such company, True Anomaly, is using artificial intelligence to pilot small satellites that will be able to detect spy satellites from adversaries like China and Russia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/americas-booming-space-defense-business-risks-trouble-with-china-and-russia__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zXx8DytPauBiz3HOObtopMRuGqCxKdiLzXOp9KWrPtTinaPVMAw7I-AmC7AwidNRjUoaOi3hSIHWsSl_F4rrZU5hO_FMeCcT$

# Water
Florida health officials warned Charlotte County officials to be careful with their tap water, after a man died of a brain-eating amoeba. This isn’t the first time that someone has been infected with the amoeba from rinsing their nasal passages with unsterilized tap water.
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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-03-05

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Doctors, Scientists Call on Mississippi Officials to Take COVID Vaccines Off the Market: The group of physicians, vaccine-injured people, and whistleblowers speaking at the Mississippi Capitol building on Monday and Tuesday weren’t asking state officials to cease all COVID-19 vaccinations and to convene a grand jury to investigate its rollout in the state. They were demanding it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theepochtimes.com/doctors-scientists-call-on-mississippi-officials-to-take-covid-vaccines-off-the-market_5087686.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7RyRaeqb$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Junk Fees Biden Hasn’t Talked About: The Biden administration has been persistent in eliminating junk fees ubiquitous throughout many sectors of the economy. There are still many overlooked areas where these fees are still prevalent. Hidden and deceptive fees are seen across consumer transactions, from rental housing to prisons.
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# Employment / Labor
Garment Workers Take on Wall Street and Wage Theft: A new campaign targets brands that are spending on stock buybacks instead of compensating workers for lost wages. A new international campaign is targeting fashion brands like Nike that are spending vast sums on stock buybacks instead of compensating workers for lost pandemic wages.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://inequality.org/research/garment-workers-wage-theft/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7eGJIes6$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical The mining industry’s next frontier is deep, deep under the sea:
Companies are diving to the bottom to scoop up metals essential for our EV-driven future. But how much ocean are we willing to sacrifice?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wired.com/story/deep-sea-mining-electric-vehicle-battery/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7Z3E0XfG$

Activists Make Final Appeal to Biden to Block Arctic Oil Project:
Environmental and Alaska Native advocates rallied outside the White House ahead of an expected final decision on ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03032023/protesters-biden-willow-project-alaska/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7QhyIiOo$

Yet Another Norfolk Southern Train Derails in Ohio, thankfully without hazardous materials on board. Roughly 20 of the train’s 212 cars derailed around 4:45 pm on Saturday near Springfield in Clark County, making it the fourth incident of its kind in the state in the last five months.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/03/yet-another-norfolk-southern-train-derails-in-ohio__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7Z6TkmHH$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Animals and people are clashing more frequently thanks to climate
change: From whales colliding with ships to elephants wandering into villages in search of water, climate impacts have made human-wildlife conflicts a global problem. Climate change is driving more conflicts between humans and wildlife, as expanding development, deepening drought and quickly changing ecosystems force animals and people into new territories where they’re more likely to encounter each other https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/todaysclimate/animal-human-conflict-climate/*:*:text=Climate*20change*20is*20driving*20more,other*2C*20a*20new*20study*20says__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7SfJp1A5$

Two Volcanologists on the edge of the abyss, searching for the secrets of the earth: A new documentary, ‘Fire of Love,’ tells the story of Katia and Maurice Krafft, married scientists who flirted with death to study volcanoes and paid the price.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04032023/katia-maurice-krafftt-french-volcanologists-fire-of-love/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7ZbirXLf$

‘The Biggest Conservation Victory Ever!’ Global Treaty to Protect Oceans
Reached: “This is a historic day for conservation and a sign that in a divided world, protecting nature and people can triumph over geopolitics,” said Greenpeace in response to an agreement to protect world’s marine biodiversity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/global-ocean-treaty-2659502274__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7RVwMNm0$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Blood teak for the super rich props up a cruel regime: Myanmar’s forests are under threat from the lucrative trade of valuable wood. An investigation has revealed how despite sanctions, teak is flooding Europe. One of the most expensive woods on the market, teak is predominantly found in the dense jungles of Myanmar.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dw.com/en/blood-teak-for-the-super-rich-props-up-a-cruel-regime/a-64854613__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7d-zwCbB$

Extinct-in-the-wild species in conservation limbo: Biodiversity loss has reached crisis proportions not seen since an errant asteroid as big across as Paris smashed into Earth 66 million years ago. Since 1950, nearly 100 animal and plant species have been in critical care to avoid extinction. 12 species have been reintroduced into the wild, but 11 have ultimately become extinct. The European bison, red wolves in North America and wild horses in central Asia have been successfully rewilded.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news24.com/fin24/climate_future/environment/extinct-in-the-wild-species-in-conservation-limbo-20230226__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7XrwmxNc$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
As Emissions From Agriculture Rise and Climate Change Batters American Farms, Congress Tackles the Farm Bill The legislation represents a major chance to tackle emissions, but some lawmakers vow to keep climate measures out. Advocates call for more climate-focused conservation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01032023/farm-bill-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7dsfOrob$

# General News
The Disturbing Groupthink Over the War in Ukraine: At this dangerous moment, with threats of nuclear conflict looming, we need a vigorous debate about U.S. policy toward Russia and Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/03/03/russia-ukraine-war-weapons/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7VfnWYQ5$

# Gov / Politics / US
Sanders supporters took over the Nevada Democratic Party, it’s not going
well: The senator lets it be known that he’s unhappy with work his followers have done in the critical battleground state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/25/bernie-world-nevada-democratic-party-00084426__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7XuRAqV6$

Mississippi Republicans Want Their Own Cops and Judges in Majority-Black
Jackson: Black leaders compare the push to expand a state police force responsible for recent shootings to “apartheid.” Unable to seize power electorally in a city where more than 80 percent of residents are Black, Republicans in Mississippi are pushing legislation that would put the capital city of Jackson under the thumb of unelected judges and a notoriously aggressive state police force that answers to controversial state officials rather than local leaders.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/mississippi-republicans-want-their-own-cops-and-judges-in-majority-black-jackson/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7YN3kLOf$

GOP Megadonors Are Trying to Pull the Party Away From Trump. It Could Get Ugly. The onset of the primary season is barely 10 months away, and the scramble for control of the GOP is intensifying.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/gop-megadonors-are-trying-to-pull-the-party-away-from-trump-it-could-get-ugly/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7URHvxh5$

Former President Donald Trump announces a White House bid for 2024: As Trump spoke to a roomful of Republicans who expect him to face primary challengers in the coming months, he also claimed the party cannot afford to nominate “a politician or conventional candidate” if it wants to win back the White House.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://investingoutlook.co/lehman-investigators-new-video-now-in-the-spotlight/?cid=MKT694192&eid=MKT719544&utm_source=criteo&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=prospecting__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7RoVkmEZ$

Blinken lied about exchange with Lavrov – Moscow: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken lied when he claimed that he discussed a jailed American citizen during a brief exchange with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has insisted. The top diplomats did not talk about a former US Marine jailed in Russia, the Foreign Ministry in Moscow has said https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rt.com/russia/572381-lavrov-blinken-prisoner-exchange/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7SxnVrwT$

How D.C. Swamp Money Made Trains More Dangerous: After the catastrophic Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, it didn’t take long for the supercharged partisan atmosphere in Washington to morph the disaster into a political blame game.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217702365__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7Rsi-Ppi$

Democrats to Biden: ‘Reject Willow Now and Protect the Arctic’: “It would be a victory for Big Oil and a huge step backwards on climate,”
warned Rep. Ro Khanna, who co-signed the letter.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/democrats-to-biden-reject-willow-now-and-protect-the-arctic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7W06dJWr$

# Legal / DOJ
5 Lawyers Leave Trump Legal Team Ahead of Impeachment Trial: Butch Bowers, the lead attorney who was slated to represent former President Trump during his second impeachment trial in just more than a week, has left the legal team along with four other members, according to multiple reports.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/news/536641-top-trump-impeachment-lawyer-bowers-leaves-team-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7XzPqACV$

# LGBTQ / Gender
The Useful Idiots Fueling the Right-Wing Transphobia Panic: Centrist and liberal journalists are falling for dubious accounts of children undergoing gender transition that any sensible person would be skeptical of.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-03-02-right-wing-transphobia-panic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7YAxRgRP$

# Media
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy of United States Postal Service has been under scrutiny for his recent changes impacting deliveries for
Americans: The abrupt reversal from DeJoy, who is set to testify Friday before the Senate, comes as more than 20 states, from New York to California, announced they would be suing to stop the changes. Several vowed they would press on, keeping a watchful eye on the Postal Service ahead of the election. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing ahead with Saturday’s vote to prevent election-year mail changes and provide emergency postal funds.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-ap-top-news-health-lawsuits-elections-26926bf85cae5175fbd920efb534ef84__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7ezbGPLu$

# Medical / Health
Private Health Care Companies Are Eating the American Economy: A new analysis from The Center for Health and Democracy sheds light on how private health insurance companies make their money at the expense of adequate care, and what can be done to rein in this trillion dollar industry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-02-27-private-health-insurance-medicare/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7QgMB4fB$

# Military / DOD
How A Russian Nuclear Submarine Accidently ‘Surfaced’ Under a U.S.
Attack Sub: When attempting to detect the extremely quiet submarines currently in use, just a few adverse factors can turn a very difficult task into an impossible one. Therefore, a submarine spying close to an adversary’s homeport might not be able to spot another submarine heading towards it until after the collision—which can be worse than embarrassing for everyone involved.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/03/how-a-russian-nuclear-submarine-accidently-surfaced-under-a-u-s-attack-sub/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7evT2yz2$

# Military / Global
Alexander Vindman Secretly Pitching Ukrainian Military for Millions in Defense Contracts –Personnel employed under the plan would be ‘highly experienced former soldiers or contractors in Iraq and/or Afghanistan’:
Documents recently obtained by Human Events show that Alexander Vindman has been pitching the government of Ukraine to obtain lucrative defense contracts. In August 2022, Vindman, operating as CEO of Trident Support, pitched a deck on a Ukraine Weapons Systems Sustainment Center to address problems with Ukraine’s weapons management, namely readiness, repair, and maintenance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://humanevents.com/2023/03/02/exclusive-alexander-vindman-secretly-pitching-ukrainian-military-for-millions-in-defense-contracts__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7aHBtFRZ$

China’s Xi Jinping Is ‘Getting Ready for War,’ Russian Analyst Says: An analyst appearing on Russian state-run TV recently asserted that Chinese President Xi Jinping is preparing for a future war with the West.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/chinas-xi-jinping-getting-ready-war-russian-analyst-says-1785566__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2UbzbU6ycj3CLA5MDAfA7uP9Dv47slgpcGIMaTyDWDha3VPW0FPeBXgxp3AlwMBIFuAubjDHuBkR_emsHdi8bkOo7Xr-rpHN$

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# Indigenous / Global
‘It’s ludicrous’: Coastal GasLink pushes its pipeline under a Wet’suwet’en river while salmon are spawning: It was back in October when northwest B.C. reporter Matt Simmons broke a story: Coastal GasLink was drilling its pipeline under a river on Wet’suwet’en territory, and it was doing it at the riskiest time for spawning salmon. Just how risky? And were regulators monitoring what was happening on the ground?
Getting any answers proved to be no easy feat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/coastal-gaslink-spawning-salmon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1ElqF6Os$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls ‘Cocaine hippos’ spark conservation row: A population of invasive hippos is dividing the community in Colombia and alarming conservationists.
Four hippos illegally imported by drug-cartel leader Pablo Escobar has grown into a population of 150 individuals. A growing population of invasive hippos threaten the country’s natural ecosystems and biodiversity. “If we don’t do anything, 20 years from now the problem will have no solution.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00606-z__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1GYKZfYL$

‘Plasticosis’: Researchers Discover New Digestive Disease Sickening
Seabirds: “This study is the first time that stomach tissue has been investigated in this way and shows that plastic consumption can cause serious damage to these birds’ digestive system,” the paper’s lead author said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/03/plasticosis-new-disease-caused-by-plastics-discovered-in-seabirds__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1NetXtwL$

# Archaeology
Archaeologists stunned by 2,900-year-old steel tools in Portugal: Steel tools were employed in Europe centuries before they became widespread during the Roman Republic era. “Just like quartzite, this is an extremely hard rock that cannot be worked with bronze or stone tools, but only with tempered steel,” says Araque Gonzalez.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-stunned-by-2900-year-old-steel-tools-in-portugal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1BMEqdSN$

# Chemicals
Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ about to get their first US limits: The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose restrictions on “forever chemicals” in drinking water after finding they are dangerous in amounts so small as to be undetectable. But experts say removing them will cost billions, a burden that will fall hardest on small communities with few resources.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2023-03-toxic-chemicals-limits.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1MhksOjI$

‘Health impact of chemicals doubled in last 5 years’? Media misreporting flawed studies mislead the public https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/03/03/viewpoint-health-impact-of-chemicals-doubled-in-last-5-years-media-misreporting-flawed-studies-mislead-the-public/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1DSk-xKP$

Animals Dying Across Ohio State Parks After East Palestine Train
Derailment: Environmental Protection Agency, and some local officials have ensured air monitoring and water sample tests show everything is under control. But is it?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/animals-dying-across-ohio-state-parks-after-east-palestine-train-derailment?ao_status=skipped__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Jm8puNC$

Workers Cleaning Up Toxic Ohio Train Derailment Are Getting Sick, Rail Union Leader Warns: 40 workers were ordered by the railway to clean up the wreckage. Long said workers weren’t given proper personal protection equipment to clean up the toxic wreckage. He said many workers weren’t supplied respirators, protective clothing, or eye protection. As a result of the chemical exposure, many rail workers “reported that they continue to experience migraines and nausea, days after the derailment, and they all suspect that they were willingly exposed to these chemicals at the direction of [Norfolk Southern].”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.naturalblaze.com/2023/03/workers-cleaning-up-toxic-ohio-train-derailment-are-getting-sick-rail-union-leader-warns.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Btdyb2f$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
COVID-19’s enormous death toll: Worldwide life expectancy has experienced a steep decline: Rrecorded Covid-19 deaths worldwide are at
6.86 million. This is likely an underestimate, given the underreporting of fatalities in countries, such as China. More importantly, based on excess mortality calculations there’s mounting evidence that the
Covid-19 pandemic has taken a massive toll on global life expectancy.
Not since the famine in China in 1959, have we seen such a sharp decline in life expectancy worldwide.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/joshuacohen/2023/03/02/covid-19s-enormous-death-toll-worldwide-life-expectancy-has-experienced-a-steep-decline/?sh=1170f8e74df7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1AZlOko5$

Long COVID now looks like a neurological disease, helping doctors to focus treatments: The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system. Patients with long COVID—sometimes called COVID long-haulers—experience an assortment of symptoms that may persist for weeks, months or even years after their
SARS-CoV-2 infection. While symptoms vary widely, months after COVID-19, some patients can’t shake the feeling that their brain is lost in a maze, and they can’t find their way back. This is a common complaint from COVID long-haulers, which has been described as “brain fog.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/potential-new-treatment-for-brain-fog-in-long-covid-patients/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1CxpyclE$

Pharma ‘myth’ debunked as study shows US public poured $32 billion into mRNA vaccines: “Without public investment, there would be no mRNA vaccines.” “Pharmaceutical companies have sold a false narrative to the public; that it was their investment which gave us mRNA vaccines and that they deserve the $75 billion profit.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/pharma-myth-public-funding-vaccines?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1D1LIlaq$

Russian COVID Vaccine Creator Strangled to Death With Belt in His
Apartment: Andrey Botikov, one of 18 scientists who developed the Sputnik V vaccine at the Gamaleya National Research Center, was identified as the man who had been discovered strangled in his Rogova Street home on March 2, Regnum reported, citing official sources.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/andrey-botikov-covid-vaccine-creator-dead-strangled-moscow-russia-1785352__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1IUrbwRp$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Senators Quietly Arguing Again About Social Security. That’s A Good Thing. This year’s debate started when several influential Republicans urged big Social Security changes as part of broader government reform.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2022/10/26/politicians-arguing-again-about-social-security-thats-good/?sh=540671294bee__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1NX870fD$

House Leadership Delays Social Security Expansion While Crafting Tax Breaks for Rich Retirees: Nancy Pelosi’s office is blocking Social Security expansion, while Congress prepares to pass a windfall for rich retirees, insurance companies, and large asset managers like Vanguard and Fidelity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/power/house-leadership-delays-social-security-expansion-while-crafting-tax-breaks-for-rich-retirees/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1MMsxFJr$

Congressional Authority Over Trade Deals: To appease industrialized allies, the White House could undermine the delicate coalition backing domestic green manufacturing. The White House is brokering trade deals with Europe that could loosen sourcing rules in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), President Biden’s plan for green domestic manufacturing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cfr.org/report/who-decides-congress-and-debate-over-trade-policy-1934-and-1974__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1GwwDh6t$

200+ Top US Economists to Congress: Raise Debt Ceiling or Face
‘Frightening’ Crisis: Failure to raise the borrowing limit, the economists warned, could spark “a swift and severe economic downturn”
and “unnecessary layoffs across the economy.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/economists-congress-debt-ceiling-crisis__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1B2SLoy2$

# Education / Schools
School safety: An eighth grader overheard what she thought was a threat to her school’s safety but when she reported it, she was punished for making a false accusation. The 13-year-old girl was in gym class when she heard a boy tell another classmate, “Don’t come to school tomorrow.”
By the end of the school day, the eighth-grader couldn’t stop turning those words over in her head. After all, her childhood has been punctuated by shootings: Newtown when she was a toddler. Parkland when she was in elementary school. Uvalde, last year, when 19 children and two teachers were gunned down https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/03/02/how-a-texas-girl-scared-of-school-shootings-was-punished/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1GekyXgd$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Lawmakers Urge Biden Administration to Permanently Ban Rail Shipments of Liquefied Natural Gas: Warning of the risk of an explosion and catastrophe along a densely populated route, congressional representatives from Pennsylvania ask a federal agency to finalize a rollback of a Trump-era rule.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03032023/lng-rail-shipments/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Amz4mo1$

Feds ‘Cave to PG&E,’ Allowing California Nuclear Plant to Keep Operating Without Safety Review: “This is an ominous warning sign for how independent the NRC will be in evaluating the earthquake risk and the overall operational integrity of the Diablo Canyon reactors,” said one critic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/diablo-canyon-nuclear-power-plant__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Kfb1FPV$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
In central Alberta, public school teachers gather for session on ‘bright future for oil and gas’: An annual teachers’ conference featured a speaker from a member of the Pathways Alliance, a group of oilsands firms advocating for continued use of fossil fuels alongside carbon capture.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/alberta-teachers-pathways-alliance/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1DBTPbZg$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Deforestation Inc; How ‘green’ firms prevent climate action:
Deforestation Inc. reveals how green certifiers are used to validate forest products linked to human rights abuses, illegal logging and unsustainable deforestation. At least 160 companies in Indonesia, one of the world’s biggest tropical wood exporters, have disregarded environmental regulations over the past decade. 54 FSC-certified companies in Brazil have been fined millions of dollars.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dw.com/en/deforestation-inc-how-green-firms-prevent-climate-action/a-64851705?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1OFvPnF-$

Retailers With Highest Maritime Shipping Emissions Named in New Report:
Brands like Walmart, Target and Home Depot are the focus of a new report on shipping emissions. The report found that just 18 major retailers are linked to 3.5 million metric tons of emissions solely from ship imports into the U.S. in 2021. Major US retailers face call to abandon polluting ships Environmental groups call on retailers to help accelerate switch to zero-carbon fuels https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1144174/Major-US-retailers-face-call-to-abandon-polluting-ships__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1BkPjvUh$

More than 90 scientists from around the world have written an open letter recommending that research be done on the potential of increasing solar radiation modification (SRM), the reflection of sunlight away from Earth’s atmosphere, sometimes referred to as “solar geoengineering,” in order to slow planetary warming and lessen climate impacts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/geoengineering-scientists-climate-change.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1NxOJse1$

# General News
‘We Were Right,’ Says AOC as Amazon Suspends HQ2 Construction in
Virginia: The Democrat said those who opposed the company’s project in Queens protected New Yorkers “from a scam deal to drain public dollars from schools and infrastructure in exchange for empty promises” of jobs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/amazon-hq2-virginia-ocasio-cortez__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1NPt7kev$

Shadow Group Linked to Russian Plane Blast Is Coming to D.C:
Anti-Kremlin officials who have become a massive thorn in the side of Vladimir Putin and his top ally are set for an official visit to America, The Daily Beast has learned.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/belarus-opposition-group-is-visiting-washington-dc-after-russian-plane-explosion__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1KWo9oXA$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia is caught in a trap with Israel and Iran. In an Israel-Iran conflict over Tehran’s nuclear program, Moscow may be the loser. If Israel and Iran enter into conflict over Tehran’s nuclear program, one of the main losers may be Moscow.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/89150__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1CVttRi6$

It’s going to be a long, hard year for Armenia. The prime minister is taking risks to fix overdependence on Russia, but much of what happens depends on Azerbaijan. The Ukraine War Is Reshaping the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict With Russia unable to act as key mediator, the countries are looking elsewhere for help.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegieendowment.org/2022/04/25/ukraine-war-is-reshaping-armenia-azerbaijan-conflict-pub-86994__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1K45liYv$

Huge Russian Victory Feared as Soldier Delivers Grim Message: Ukraine — The wrath of the Russian army is on full display in Bakhmut as the majority of surviving civilians have fled the ongoing carnage while Ukrainian soldiers fight to save the city. Now, as Vladimir Putin’s forces draw closer, those leaving fear what is at stake for their comrades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ustoday.news/major-russian-victory-feared-as-soldier-delivers-grim-message/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Mm7e-FV$

# Gov / Politics / US
Some politicians seem comfortable with the idea of a new cold war. A twenty-first century version almost certainly would not turn out well for anyone. Republican leaders draw on Reagan-era nostalgia to unite their party, but a 21st-century cold war would not end well for anyone.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/commentisfree/2023/feb/27/new-cold-war-russia-ukraine-biden-republicans-china__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1M6GFyR6$

How the U.S. Is Preparing to Handle Foreign Policy Crises: Russia’s escalation of the war in Ukraine, increased tensions with China, and an always volatile Middle East have kept the Biden administration in constant motion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-us-is-preparing-to-handle-foreign-policy-crises__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1KEKtMG3$

Preparing for the Next Foreign Policy Crisis. What the United States Should Do: Managing foreign policy crises has become a recurring challenge for U.S. presidents. Since the end of the Cold War, there have been one hundred twenty occasions in which a threatening development overseas triggered a period of intense, high-level deliberation about what the United States should do in response (see the list of U.S.
foreign policy crises from 1989 to 2019, pages 18–23 in this report) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cdn.cfr.org/sites/default/files/report_pdf/Preparing*20for*20the*20Next*20Foreign*20Policy*20Crisis.pdf__;JSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1M6Rw8X1$

Republican House and Senate Budgets Would Harm Children and the Nation:
The Republican-led House and Senate recently passed their respective
FY16 budget resolutions with only Republicans votes. Both would cut spending on crucial programs for poor and low-income children to unprecedented levels while increasing defense spending and giving tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans, reflecting completely upside-down priorities. At a time when our children lag further and further behind compared to peers in other high-income countries, these budgets would continue to slash funding for programs already at historically low levels.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.childrensdefense.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fy2016-house-and-senate.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1MAq8NQO$

Democrats vote to ‘rein in’ Biden’s executive orders: Nearly 60 House Democrats voted with Republicans in the U.S. House Wednesday to put a check President Joe Biden’s executive orders. The House voted on the REIN IN Inflation Act, which would require the Biden administration to publish the “inflationary impact” of each executive order before issuing it. The bill passed 272-148 with 59 Democrats in support.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e7f4d1ee-b87e-11ed-a910-5b4204607425.html?a&seyid=52223*utm_source=thecentersquare.com&utm_campaign=*2FNational*2Flists*2Ft2*2F*2F&utm_medium=email__;PyUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1GxW6A87$

On Biden Turning Down China’s Push for a Peace Deal in Ukraine: Why won’t the U.S. provide a serious response to the Chinese peace plan, let alone engage with Beijing at a negotiating table?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/china-peace-deal-for-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1IRisMny$

Why Biden snubbed China’s Ukraine peace plan: President Biden and his coterie of neo-conservatives have no interest in peace if it means the U.S. concedes hegemonic power to a multi-polar world unbothered from the all-mighty dollar. A year after Russia’s barbarous invasion and bombing of Ukraine, China — Moscow’s strategic partner, has taken a rare initiative into European problem-solving by offering a 12-point position paper to end the conflict in Ukraine. Why? Beijing’s motives are complex.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3875996-what-to-make-of-chinas-peace-plan-for-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1F-g_NTH$

# Legal / DOJ
Trump CAN Be Sued Over Capitol Riot, Justice Department Says: Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S.
Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday in a federal court case testing Trump’s legal vulnerability for his speech before the riot. The Justice Department told a Washington federal appeals court in a legal filing that it should allow the lawsuits to move forward, rejecting Trump’s argument that he is immune from the claims.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/trump-jan-6-capitol-police-congress-immunity-d18d0c6369837c725578cf6e13c18883__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1DPDSLy3$

Why Is Assange in Jail and Not Seymour Hersh? Seymour Hersh – arguably the most credible investigative journalist of our era – published a bombshell exposé revealing that the United States was guilty of blowing up the Nord Stream II undersea pipeline that was supposed to deliver natural gas from Russia to the Federal Republic of Germany. Hersh’s revelations were based entirely on classified information leaked to him by a member of the government with first-hand knowledge of the planning and implementation of the attack on the pipeline – a member of the government who clearly broke the law by violating his fiduciary duty not to reveal classified information to an unauthorized source.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/02/27/why-is-assange-in-jail-and-not-seymour-hersh/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1IMTXN4Y$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Transphobic Grumps Are Triggered by an Ad for… Chocolate:
Anti-transgender muppets had a meltdown on social media Thursday after The Hershey Company released a new ad featuring a transgender woman for Women’s History Month.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/transphobic-grumps-very-triggered-ad-172039867.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1BEr1RU8$

Tennessee banned drag and restricted gender affirming healthcare. More states are expected to follow suit. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill banning drag shows in public spaces, a measure that will likely force drag shows underground in Tennessee. Other states across the country are proposing similar legislation. In the same sitting, Lee signed a ban on gender-affirming health care for youth in the state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160784530/tennessee-ban-public-drag-shows-transgender-health-care-youth__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Jng7pUh$

Religious activists are trying to weaken new protections for LGBTQ
workers: Three federal judges in Louisiana could soon decide if some businesses can refuse to hire gay or transgender employees following recent oral arguments in a case that seeks to challenge the landmark Supreme Court ruling, Bostock v. Clayton County. The 2020 ruling determined that LGBTQ employees are protected from workplace discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/religious-activists-are-trying-to-weaken-new-protections-for-lgbtq-workers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1N2WhbDv$

# Medical / Health
Too many babies are still dying from serious intestinal disease, as improvements slow and disparities persist: A study published in JAMA Network Open has found that in the U.S. between 1999 and 2020, Black infants disproportionately died from necrotizing enterocolitis compared to White infants, despite overall improvements in the rates of death from the disease.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-babies-dying-intestinal-disease-disparities.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1MjC6JfK$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
How IBM’s Supercomputer Found a Hidden New Parkinson’s Drug: To understand how the AI found this drug, you need to first understand something called mitochondrial dysfunction. This occurs when the powerhouse of a cell (i.e. the mitochondria) doesn’t work properly. It’s further exacerbated when the cells can’t dispose of the defective mitochondria in a process called mitophagy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ibm-supercomputer-found-hidden-parkinson-194812390.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1DJLDx3S$

# Science
Dive beneath the surface of the North Pacific Ocean through these Hakai Institute videos that capture the wonderful lives of the tiny, the miniature, the microworld. Meet all kinds of plankton, living epic lives just out of sight.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/the-big-lives-of-tiny-creatures/?omhide=true&utm_source=Hakai*Magazine*Weekly&utm_campaign=68957ad895-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_06_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0fc1967411-68957ad895-121711450__;Kys!!On18fmf1aQ!0-UgC57lzkyd27nJgIHOFIWYC_jsNfHP1ZTIJvkGY6vqFuIO4VMEbPPtvcKrU1aNi93zpsadCtL97GBSP_rJ02_b1Ae-kD5D$

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# Children / Youth
Missouri bill eliminates mandatory childhood lead testing in hopes of increasing access: Lead is a dangerous neurotoxin that can cause behavioral problems and lower IQ. A Missouri House committee is considering legislation to streamline testing requirements to catch childhood lead poisoning. The bill would do away with the mandatory testing and instead require that all children be evaluated based on a questionnaire. If they are thought to be high risk based on the questionnaire, they would be tested if their guardians consented.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://missouriindependent.com/2023/03/01/missouri-bill-eliminates-mandatory-childhood-lead-testing-in-hopes-of-increasing-access/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uvy3ngSRw$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
FBI confirms COVID-19 likely came from Wuhan lab: The FBI has confirmed initial reports that the Biden administration is now saying the most likely source of COVID-19 is the virology lab in Wuhan, China. Wray’s admission marks the second government agency to publicly back the lab leak theory. The Department of Energy also has backed the assessment that COVID-19 began in a lab, but has labeled it “low confidence.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/03/01/covid-19-lab-leak-christopher-wray/11372746002/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv_apsSPC$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals / Global # Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks Texas GOP Bill Gives Tax Cuts to Heterosexual Parents: A new proposal would give massive breaks to large families, but only if the parents are straight property owners who’ve never been divorced.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/texas-republicans-tax-cuts-straight-couples-many-children-1234689876/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv1aCQs0I$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Fossil fuel companies donated $700m to US universities over 10 years:
Funding at 27 universities can shift not just research agendas, but also policy in the direction the industry prefers, report says https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/01/fossil-fuel-companies-donate-millions-us-universities__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv79cPt2N$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Biden set for veto of Senate bill opposing climate friendly investing:
Two Democrats joined with GOP lawmakers to pass the bill, revealing how vulnerable incumbents can help trip up White House climate policies. The Senate voted 50-46 to block the ESG rule, with two Democrats, Sens. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Jon Tester (Mont.), joining Republicans in opposing the Biden administration policy. The White House has said that Biden would veto the resolution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3879725-senate-sends-bill-nullifying-bidens-esg-investing-rule-to-presidents-desk/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv8dus2cd$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Emergency Food Stamps Program Ends, Cutting Benefits for 31 Million:
Congress gave the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program a big boost during the Covid-19 pandemic, helping millions of households avoid hunger and food shortages over the past three years. As of today, the temporary increase in SNAP benefits is coming to an end, a move that will reduce the level of federal nutritional aid for millions of households.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20230301-Emergency-Food-Stamps-Program-Ends-Cutting-Benefits-31-Million__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1UvyjDKaT9$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Warned of More Mystery Attacks After Plane Explosion: Shadow government officials in Belarus spoke with The Daily Beast about the Russian aircraft blast—and what Putin should expect next if their country isn’t kept out of the war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/belarus-opposition-warns-vladimir-putin-of-more-mystery-blasts-after-russian-plane-drone-explosion__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1UvzSpWcOm$

# Gov / Politics / US
Trump Ties GOP in Knots Over Medicare and Social Security: The former president is assailing his primary opponents for entertaining entitlement cuts in the past, and exacerbating divisions among Hill Republicans in the process. Donald Trump is driving a wedge through the GOP over one of American politics’ thorniest issues: the future of Medicare and Social Security.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/01/trump-gop-medicare-social-security-00084845__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv1_aWLon$

Senate Group Wades Into Tough Talks on Social Security: A bipartisan group of senators is treading carefully into the politically difficult discussion of making changes to Social Security to extend its solvency.
Senators from both parties who have been involved in the talks are tight-lipped when it comes to revealing details, though reports have begun to surface of discussions of potential changes to the age threshold for retirement and raising the taxable wage cap.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3878265-senate-group-wades-into-tough-talks-on-social-security/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv2gmf4v5$

Shock as Tennessee Republican suggests lynching-style hangings as execution method: A Tennessee legislator has apologised after suggesting hanging people from trees as a potential method for state executions, in comments interpreted by some as a call to state-sanctioned lynchings.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/shock-tennessee-republican-suggests-lynching-190830732.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv0vOW_V-$

# Legal / DOJ
House Ethics Committee investigating George Santos for just about
everything: After months of scandal, the House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it has opened a formal investigation into New York Republican Rep. George Santos.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160682985/george-santos-ethics-investigation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv70UJmT4$

New Member Profile: Rep. George Santos: The House Ethics Committee announced a new investigation against Rep. George Santos on Thursday.
Numerous complaints were filed with the Department of Justice, the Office of Congressional Ethics and the FEC after Santos’ false claims called attention to unusual campaign finance disclosures and financial dealings, among other allegations. OpenSecrets has launched new member profiles for the 118th Congress, including Santos.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/george-devolder-santos/summary?cid=N00046427&cycle=2022&emci=2efaac98-1cb9-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&emdi=82ee3ae1-41b9-ed11-a8e0-00224832e811&ceid=8400680__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv1Y6-lbs$

# Media
I don’t usually tout about T.V. programs. This one caught my attention for the simple reason it tells the truth behind social events here and in other countries. Give it a look .. ‘While the rest of us die,’ on Vice T.V.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vicetv.com/en_us/show/while-the-rest-of-us-die__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1UvzpHAKVa$

# Military / Global
Russia Unveils New Nuclear Strategy: Moscow is developing a new military strategy in which nuclear weapons will be used to protect Russia against possible aggression from the United States, according to a Russian Ministry of Defense journal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/russia-new-nuclear-strategy-ukraine-war-1785052__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv_5Yxllo$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
‘Time to end the greed’: Sanders vows bill to cap price of insulin at
$20 per vial: “Insulin manufacturers have shown time and time again that they will put their CEOs’ profits over patients’ lives.” “As a result of unacceptable corporate greed, the price of insulin has gone up by over 1,000% since 1996,” the Vermont senator said after Eli Lilly announced its price cut.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/sanders-insulin-price-cap__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv9zgZx7e$

# Social
Gov. DeSantis: You’re a history grad. Tell me when systemic racism
ended: Today’s champions of white victim hood claim that the teaching of ethnic history and ongoing/systemic racism stokes guilt feelings among white students and anger between students of different racial groups.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/03/01/gov-desantis-youre-a-history-grad-tell-me-when-systemic-racism-ended/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uv-OOL-5m$

# Technology
Time to invoke the precautionary principle for radiofrequency radiation, say senior scientists: The precautionary principle should be applied to public exposures to RF radiation. Why Don’t the Tenets of Toxicology Apply? The picture that has emerged in public discourse has been distorted by some “fundamentally flawed, yet widely publicized reports purporting to show no health risk.” They point out that much of this disinformation comes from “industry-affiliated scientists.” “It is imperative to insist on a complete picture of the evidence and not the whitewashed or distorted version currently promoted,” they say.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://microwavenews.com/news-center/apply-precautionary-principle-rf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!35twa9y6_LpeAiOnEG3lusEmmzIDQTDHs_1eK2eJ9CPtGDwZjzHBtGp0Z73MiFvBxDBw79tztG0EXISeHOubOz1Uvwgk_-fn$

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# Children / Youth
How Did Children End Up as Factory Workers in America Again? Kids as young as 12 or 13 work in jobs that are prohibited, dangerous, and grossly inappropriate places for minors. Child labor is on the rise, and the newest revelations show just how extensive and exploitative it is. These horrifying stories were supposed to be in the history books, not something we see in 2023. How did this happen?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/03/child-labor-factories-migrant-teenagers-cheerios-nytimes-biden.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZJtZ7Oky$

# Chemicals
Kids’ glyphosate exposure linked to liver disease and metabolic
syndrome: Over the last decade, Dr. Charles Limbach noticed something strange in his family medicine practice in East Salinas, California. In a first-of-its kind study, researchers found children exposed to the controversial herbicide were more likely in early adulthood to have a collection of symptoms that increase risk of heart disease, diabetes and stroke.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/glyphosate-childrens-health-2659484037.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZLzV-8N2$

US averages one chemical accident every two days, analysis finds:
Increasing numbers of incidents have increased concern over safety and public health for communities across the country. Increasing numbers of incidents have increased concern over safety and public health for communities across the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/03/01/us-averages-one-chemical-accident-every-two-days-analysis-finds/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZHO1lI59$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
‘My family could provide a wealth of business opportunities at the highest levels.’ Joe Biden’s brother Jim touted his connections in a groveling letter asking for a meeting with a Qatari prince in charge of the nation’s $170b investment fund –Jim Biden wrote the letter, obtained by DailyMail dot com, in August 2017. He dangled the family’s ‘deep and wide’ relationships that ‘lasted through many years and many administrations’ to the senior prince. Joe’s younger brother went on to
gush: ‘I would be honored to assist in effectuating the vision of His Excellency’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11763421/Joe-Bidens-brother-Jim-touted-connections-groveling-letter-Qatari-prince.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZN0FRTwW$

The House voted to kill the Biden administration’s controversial rule that encourages private retirement plan fiduciaries to consider environment, social and governance (ESG) factors when making investment decisions for tens of millions of Americans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-votes-kill-bidens-woke-esg-investment-rule-props-up-phony-climate-movement__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZKH-JCGo$

House GOP announces aggressive, first-of-its-kind effort to combat ESG
movement: Progressives are trying to use financial institutions to ‘force their far-left ideology on the American people,’ top Republican tells Fox News Digital https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-gop-announces-aggressive-first-kind-effort-combat-esg-movement__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZIoZ-wlA$

How the GOP Could Win Its Long War Against Social Security Republicans have wanted to end Social Security as we know it since its inception.
They may finally get their chance. Republicans Are Too Thirsty for Social Security Cuts: Make no mistake, a plan to raise the retirement age is a plan to cut benefits.Social Security is wildly popular among Americans of all political persuasions, yet conservative politicians in Congress have released plans to cut, privatize, and destroy Social Security.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/politics/how-gop-could-win-long-war-against-social-security/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZE4uYP56$

How the US Blew $90 Billion in Afghanistan: A new in-depth report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction examines the collapse of the Afghan security forces in August 2021 – a collapse that occurred despite the expenditure of billions of U.S. dollars and the loss of thousands of American and Afghan lives over nearly two decades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theworld.org/stories/2015-12-18/behold-american-taxpayer-what-happened-nearly-half-billion-your-dollars__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZHhPcrO8$

# Education / Schools
Conservative Justices Skeptical of Biden’s Student Debt Relief Plan: The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments about President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive more than $400 billion of student debt over 30 years, and by most accounts, it didn’t go well for the administration.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/28/supreme-court-appears-skeptical-of-bidens-student-debt-relief-plan-00084793__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZDtEDhq1$

California School Pepper Sprays Students Protesting Racism: An anti-racism protest at Indian Springs High School in San Bernardino, California, turned unruly and led to a campus safety officer using pepper spray on students, authorities said. The school district says the students became “unruly,” but one mom questioned what kind of environment staff created to lead to the protest in the first place.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3879487-high-school-students-pepper-sprayed-at-anti-racism-protest-in-california/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZNrJspEA$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Texas oil and gas producers want their tax break back: An effort to resurrect Texas’ Chapter 313 tax abatement is underway in the Legislature. With the March 10 deadline for new bills in the Texas Legislature fast approaching, pressure is mounting to come up with a replacement for Chapter 313, a recently expired program that helped oil and gas companies, chip manufacturers and other industries secure billions in tax abatements through local school districts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://capitalandmain.com/texas-oil-and-gas-producers-want-their-tax-break-back__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZD2azp47$

DeSantis, Pence allies launching campaign to speed energy approvals: A new group aims to spend up to $10 million to sway Congress to loosen federal rules for both fossil fuel projects and green power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/28/desantis-pence-allies-campaign-speed-energy-approvals-00084353__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZMrWL08p$

Train carrying more than 30,000 gallons of propane fuel derails in Florida – Hazmat crews rush to the scene after six cars overturn | 28 Feb 2023 | A train carrying more than 30,000 gallons of propane fuel has derailed in Florida, sparking new environmental concerns just weeks after a toxic train overturned in Ohio.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11804491/Train-carrying-30-000-gallons-propane-fuel-derails-Florida.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZCQy0hZr$

Alaska’s Willow Project is Part of America’s Energy Security Solution:
For more than a year, President Biden and others have harangued oil and gas companies for earning too much money and then not investing enough of those profits to increase domestic production. Enter ConocoPhillips with its Willow project in the National Petroleum Reserve — Alaska (NPR-A). The development is expected to produce 180,000 barrels of oil daily at its peak, making it the most significant project on Alaska’s North Slope in more than 20 years. Willow will create thousands of construction jobs and hundreds of permanent jobs. It will also generate billions in tax and royalty revenues for the federal government, the state of Alaska and local communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2023/03/01/opinion-alaskas-willow-project-is-part-of-americas-energy-security-solution-inside-sources/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZCuP6nrf$

How to beat the ‘fracking frenzy,’ lessons from the campaign that ended fracking in Ireland: “We want to make the government listen to the community, who for over a decade now have been saying that fracking is not safe, not trusted, not wanted in the territory.” The fossil fuel industry knew this before anyone else. Yet the industry continues to seek new extractive frontiers on all continents in what has been labeled a “fracking frenzy” by campaigners.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/03/01/how-to-beat-the-fracking-frenzy-lessons-from-the-campaign-that-ended-fracking-in-ireland/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZGAhsIN_$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure The little-known physical and mental health benefits of urban trees:
Trees slow climate change — and they help people live happier, healthier, and longer lives.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/02/the-little-known-physical-and-mental-health-benefits-of-urban-trees/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZOR8ggRK$

On the edge: The next deadly pandemic is just a forest clearing away.
But we’re not even trying to prevent it.
The institutions we trust to protect us, from the World Health Organization to U.S. agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focus on responding to epidemics, fighting the fires once they have begun, as if we could not have predicted where they would start or prevented them from sparking.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/pandemic-spillover-outbreak-guinea-forest-clearing__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZHjZMpWY$

Why 23 dead whales have washed up on the East Coast since December:
First a North Atlantic right whale, a critically endangered species, washed ashore in Virginia. Then a humpback floated onto a beach in New Jersey. Not long afterward, a minke whale, swept in on the morning tide, landed on the Rockaway Peninsula in New York City.
And that was in just a single week in February. In all, 23 dead whales have washed ashore along the East Coast since early December, including
12 in New Jersey and New York, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-23-dead-whales-washed-124824174.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZKD0v_7N$

“We’ve come to say goodbye”: Visitors flock to Fairfield Lake State Park on its last day: For decades the park has sat on leased land that the owner recently decided to sell. As the staff closed the gates Monday night for the last time, visitors and staff held out hope that the state could find a way to save the park.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/02/28/texas-fairfield-lake-state-park-closed/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZKuxxsct$

# Environment / Climate / Global
A vanishing world: Winter sea ice is melting away from Labrador: There’s a long list of reasons the prices of food and fuel have spiked across Canada, including here in northern Labrador, forcing much of the working population nearly to its knees. At the heart of financial strife is a climate that grows warmer, more chaotic by the year. Locals normally get resources from the land. Country food like arctic char, seal and ptarmigan, and dry wood from places accessible only by snowmobile, supplement their kitchens and homes. The land provides what they need to survive, without a solid layer of sea ice, they simply can’t get to it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/a-vanishing-world__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZGhcyHVZ$

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Sees Its Worst February on Record as Lula Struggles With Bolsonaro’s Legacy Despite the electoral victory of President Lula da Silva, has promised to end deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon by 2030, the forest just experienced its worst February on record. Brazil’s INPE space research institute’s DETER monitoring system found that 80.6 square miles of forest had been cleared as of Feb. 17, as AFP reported, an area equal to
30,000 football fields. WWF Brazil expert Daniel Silva said the deforestation might not be all it seemed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-brazil-2023.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZCHcKaoV$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
30 million SNAP recipients get food benefits slashed: As one advocate put it, “People had this budget, things haven’t gotten better, and now you’re going to a grocery store where things are more expensive.” As the outlet reported: “That means a family of four could see their monthly benefit cut by about $328 a month. The worst-hit could be elderly Americans who receive the minimum monthly benefit, Vollinger said. They could see their SNAP payments tumble from $281 to as little as $23 per month.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/30-million-face-hunger-snap-cuts-loom__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZOlo0i7t$

# General News
Trump Stiffed Local Cops. Now It’s Coming Back to Bite Him: Months or even years later, the Trump campaign still hasn’t paid some local departments for the overtime pay they earned after working his rallies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/trump-rallies-2024/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZNFxlSmg$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Whispers of Putin’s Secret Lifeline Threaten Rebound in War: Initial efforts to force Ukraine to capitulate failed, Ukraine took back much of Russia’s gains, and, as the conflict drags on, the military’s supplies of everything from tanks to missiles are starting to dwindle.
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# Gov / Politics / US
Washington, D.C. City Council says bill for allowing non-citizens to vote is now law: The law allows for qualified non-citizens to vote as long as they reside in the city for at least 30 days. A Washington, D.C., effort to allow non-citizens, including undocumented immigrants and foreign diplomats according to the Wall Street journal, to vote in local elections is now law.
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# LGBTQ / Gender
The Tennessee governor who said he’ll ban drag performances is going viral for appearing to have dressed in drag:
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, who is expected to sign into law a ban on drag in public, is facing accusations of hypocrisy this week following a resurfaced high school yearbook photo that appears to show him dressed in drag.
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Tennessee governor appears to have dressed in drag, an art form he wants to restrict https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/tennessee-governor-appears-dressed-drag-art-form-wants-restrict-rcna72569__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZKxCLCSm$

Mississippi Enacts Transgender Healthcare Ban for Youth Amid Spate of Anti-Trans Laws in Red States: The Republican-controlled Mississippi Senate gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would ban gender-affirming care in the state for anyone younger than 18, part of a broad effort in conservative states to restrict transgender athletes, gender-affirming care and drag shows. House Bill 1125 won final approval Tuesday in the Republican-controlled Mississippi Senate https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-health/ap-mississippi-senate-passes-limit-on-transgender-health-care/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZEayDza4$

# Medical / Health
Drug Giant Eli Lilly Dramatically Slashes Price of Insulin: The drugmaker will cap monthly out-of-pocket costs at $35 for most patients.
After last year’s “Free Insulin” Twitter debacle prompted Eli Lilly to do some soul searching over the cost of its insulin in the U.S., the Indianapolis-based company has come back from the drawing board with a major discount in hand.
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# Medical Science
People Are Getting Pregnant on TikTok’s Trendy ‘On-Demand’ Birth
Control: “Like putting lemon juice in your vagina and hoping for the
best”: Is hormone-free Phexxi too risky in a post-Roe America? No birth control is perfect, but with the stakes of an unplanned pregnancy higher than ever, some women are raising questions about whether, in post-Roe America, the product should be on the market at all.
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The Pill Helped Start the Sexual Revolution. What Will Phexxi Do?
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# Military / Global
North Korea displays enough ICBMs to overwhelm U.S. West Coast defences:
Administration after administration has failed to stop North Korea from developing such large numbers of an ICBM that could possibly reach the United States to conceivably overwhelm the U. S. defense against them, blowing a hole in decades of denuclearization and homeland security policies.
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Russia deploying nuclear missile carriers in Arctic for first time since collapse of USSR, Norwegian intelligence reports These vessels belong to Russia’s Northern Fleet. The report noted that during the Soviet era, Northern Fleet warships regularly went to sea with nuclear weapons, but this is the first time the modern Russian Federation has done the same.
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The Russian Arctic Threat: Consequences of the Ukraine War: The impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine has been felt in the Arctic. The region’s primary diplomatic venue is paused, and military tensions are increasing. When Sweden and Finland join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), every Arctic country save Russia will be a member of the U.S. led alliance.
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It is believed that Iran has enriched uranium to 84%, just shy of the level needed for a nuclear weapon. Additionally, the IAEA reports that Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile over 18 times limit of 2015 deal.
Experts do not believe that Iran has yet mastered the technology to actually build a bomb. The new figure was discovered by monitoring equipment operated by the world’s nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). But the Bloomberg report did not reveal how much uranium enriched to this extent Iran has produced. The amount needed for a nuclear bomb is about a grapefruit-sized worth, which would weigh around 33 pounds. (Uranium metal is even more dense than lead.) https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/3865793-iran-enriched-uranium-to-84-percent-but-can-it-make-a-nuclear-bomb/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!13uDDv0n3aiqtgUX6jMFLxDzWLOL8vYxEMFOG_OkyHjbZbf2KwaJtRyPHtZiDLwmdImn3lE0D6J1OwOTi5Qj5cONZPu9aHHj$

# Technology
Upper ranks of Big Tech swarming with ex-CIA and FBI, ‘agents of the national security state’ — Evidence is mounting that the many ex-intelligence officials populating the ranks of Big Tech are deliberately placed to control the flow of public information. Big Tech giants such as Twitter, Facebook, and Google are not merely private companies but essentially “agents of the national security state,”
observed a journalist who has extensively studied the subject.
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