June 2023 – Page 3

Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-06-07

Voices, The Peoples News

June 7, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Archaeology
Aztec and Maya civilizations are household names – but it’s the Olmecs who are the ‘mother culture’ of ancient Mesoamerica: The return of an important monument to Mexico puts a spotlight on a culture whose influence is still felt in the Americas today.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/aztec-and-maya-civilizations-are-household-names-but-its-the-olmecs-who-are-the-mother-culture-of-ancient-mesoamerica-206380__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lA23GMmf$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Texas Law Enforcement, California Threaten Criminal Charges Over Ron DeSantis’s Migrant-Shipping Stunts. A South Texas sheriff’s office recommended legal action in connection with migrants’ transportation to Martha’s Vineyard. Meanwhile, Gavin Newsom cited possible kidnapping charges when slamming DeSantis for sending undocumented people to California.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/06/texas-migrants-flight-marthas-vineyard-charges-sheriff__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lKplKZ4m$

Human Rights Advocates Expose Systemic Reproductive Injustices by Border Patrol: “The agency knows this is happening, and they’re turning away from the problem,” said one immigrants’ rights attorney. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) subjects pregnant, postpartum, and nursing migrants to inhumane and dangerous conditions, often in violation of the federal immigration agency’s own standards of care, according to documentation recently made public by advocacy organizations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/human-rights-advocates-expose-systemic-reproductive-injustices-by-border-patrol/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=Truthout*2Fmagazine*2FNews*of*the*day__;JSUrKys!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lKLhW5RZ$

# Children / Youth
NYC Child Welfare Agency Says It Supports “Miranda Warning” Bill for Parents. But It’s Quietly Lobbying to Weaken It: Despite publicly claiming to support a measure that would require child protective services agents to read people their rights, the city’s Administration for Children’s Services has privately proposed gutting the bill.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-families-child-welfare-miranda-warning__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lOOY40Un$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
‘We’re the Dirty Little Secret Nobody Wants to Talk About,’ Says Man Injured by COVID Vaccine: Injured by the COVID-19 vaccine, that his employer forced him to get, Stephen “Steve” Wenger is now unable to work full-time and is facing more than $70,000 in medical bills, he said in an exclusive interview with The Defender.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/steve-wenger-janssen-covid-vaccine-injury/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230607__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lEfRTB6R$

Covid-19 vaccine trials cannot tell us if they will save lives: None of the current trials are designed to detect a reduction in any serious outcome such as hospitalisations, intensive care use, or deaths. Vaccines are being hailed as the solution to the covid-19 pandemic, but the vaccine trials currently underway are not designed to tell us if they will save lives, reports Peter Doshi, Associate Editor at The BMJ today.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/covid-19-vaccine-trials-cannot-tell-us-if-they-will-save-lives/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lP8Vxlt2$

# Education / Schools
Brawl Erupts Outside School Board Meeting on LGBTQ+ Rights: Protesters for and against exposing schoolkids to LGBTQ+ issues came to blows at a Southern California school district headquarters. Three people were arrested after a brawl erupted over LGBTQ+ school studies. Advocates: LGBTQ+ representation important for inclusion in school studies. Opponents say they don’t want LGBTQ+ content to be introduced to children
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsnationnow.com/lgbtq/brawl-erupts-amid-school-meeting-over-lgbtq-studies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lKFeZgkw$

# Employment / Labor
The Supreme Court Has a New Bold Lone Dissenter: Supreme Court handed down a ruling in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters, a medium-sized blow to organized labor that created an unusual split among the liberal justices.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/06/supreme-court-glacier-northwest-unions-strike.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lBrtwHtS$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry
West Virginia Governor’s Coal Empire Sued by the Federal Government,Again: The lawsuit, filed by the Justice Department, seeks millions in unpaid environmental fines as Gov. Jim Justice begins his campaign for the U.S. Senate. Federal authorities sued West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s business empire on Wednesday, seeking $7.6 million in unpaid environmental fines and overdue fees. The move adds to Justice’s growing legal and debt problems and comes just a month into his campaign for the U.S. Senate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/jim-justice-coal-empire-sued-by-federal-government-again__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lCkdjYhG$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Brazil’s beef industry linked to deforestation in Amazon: 800 million trees were cut down in six years due to cattle ranching, which accounts for 80 percent of current deforestation throughout the Amazon.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2022/10/19/23403330/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-cattle-laundering__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lKF7o-kp$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia’s War Has Backfired, and It Will Never Rebuild Its Economy: Putin is caught in a time warp, trying to recreate the Soviet Union and relive its ‘glory days.’ Mikhail Gorbachev embraced a new age of enlightenment, ushering in ‘glasnost’ in 1985 leading to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. The global community welcomed the former communist bloc, allowing Russia to sell its oil and gas to Western markets. Russia became one of the world’s three biggest producers, along with Saudi Arabia and the United States. But since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, it has become an international pariah, barricaded from the West and its economic riches.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/russias-war-has-backfired-and-it-will-never-rebuild-its-economy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lLi_1Ti0$

# Gov / Politics
The fallout over the deal to raise the debt limit continues. A band of House conservatives mounted an extraordinary rebellion against their own party leaders on Tuesday, venting their angst over the recent debt limit fight with a surprise protest that derailed the chamber floor. Roughly a dozen conservatives, most of them members of the Trump-aligned House Freedom Caucus, voted against moving forward on a bill they support.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/06/conservatives-mccarthy-rebellion-debt-deal-00100538__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lMZX3q25$

McCarthy Opposes More Ukraine Funding Pushed by Other Republicans: Speaker attempting to appease restive ultraconservatives. Comments come hours after catastrophic dam blast in Ukraine
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-06/mccarthy-opposes-more-ukraine-funding-pushed-by-republican-hawks*xj4y7vzkg__;Iw!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lBqQWfsw$

The 2024 GOP Field Is Basically Donald Trump and His Mini-Mes: The Never Trump lane is looking pretty empty as candidates serve up MAGA red meat and culture-war cruelty to the crowds in Iowa and New Hampshire.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmKxk0fvaYI__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lK4DWG59$

Republican Party insiders looking to move on from former President Donald Trump increasingly fear that Teflon Don is back. With a growing cast of characters still waiting in the wings to announce their own campaigns, warning signs of a 2016 replay are once again flashing in the GOP.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/28/trump-desantis-republican-2024-presidential-nominee-00099092__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lAgtYI5P$

Republican presidential candidates travel to key states as 2024 race heats up: With the summer campaign season in full swing, the Republican presidential hopefuls are criss-crossing early-voting states hoping to stand out in a growing field of candidates.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/republican-presidential-candidates-travel-to-key-states-as-2024-race-heats-up__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lEgJ1TTr$

In the 13 years since the Citizens United decision opened the floodgates to unprecedented amounts of money in politics, a new class of megadonors has emerged with more power than we’ve seen since the age of the robber barons. These billionaire power brokers include people most Americans don’t know nearly enough about, like Richard Uihlein, Jeffrey Yass, Peter Thiel, Stephen Schwarzman, and Harlan Crow. They’re pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into super PACs and political campaigns and wielding enormous power behind the scenes to pick winners and losers, set policy priorities, and drive media narratives.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/citizens-united-decade-super-pacs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lKiwjbBL$

Citizens United Explained: The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations. The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lHnHf4je$

# Law Enforcement
2 dead in mass shooting at high school graduation in Richmond, Virginia: An 18-year-old graduate and a 36-year-old man were killed in a shooting at a Richmond, Virginia, park Tuesday. Hundreds of families were gathered outside the venue, prompting mass panic as gunfire erupted. A 19-year-old man is in custody.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/06/06/virginia-shooting-richmond-graduation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lEZ8Xnt3$

The Details of the Atlanta Bail Fund Arrest Are More Horrific Than First Described: The Atlanta Solidarity Fund, a nonprofit that supports people who are arrested for protest or activism, pays bail, provides jail support, and refers people who have been arrested to available lawyers. In other words, the Solidarity Fund connects people who are still presumed innocent to things that they are legally entitled to
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/06/cop-city-tortuguita-atlanta-bail-fund-arrest-horror.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lBYseH5_$

# Legal / DOJ
How This Year’s Supreme Court Term Could Be Its Most Damaging to Date: The Supreme Court’s Extreme Majority Risks Turning Back the Clock on Decades of Progress and Undermining Our Democracy. The extreme right-wing majority is poised to roll back long-standing rights and laws. This activism threatens public trust in the court and our democracy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-supreme-courts-extreme-majority-risks-turning-back-the-clock-on-decades-of-progress/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lE3mn2nq$

George Santos Ordered to Reveal His Bail Bond Sugar Daddies: The indicted congressman has three days to give up the names of the individuals who put up the $500,000 bail bond. A judge has given George Santos until Friday to reveal the names of the people who put up $500,000 for him to be released on bail.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dnyuz.com/2023/06/06/george-santos-ordered-to-reveal-his-bail-bond-sugar-daddies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lO5ZFsxq$

Trump Blew an Enormous Hole in His Classified Documents Defense: In the tape recording, reported to be in Smith’s hands, Trump told the two interviewers that he had a document from General Mark Milley containing his plan to invade Iran. Per CNN, Trump expressed regret that he couldn’t show it to them because it contained classified information. Trump reportedly said he wished he’d declassified it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/06/trump-fail-classified-documents-defense-recording.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lN0hZMog$

# LGBTQ / Gender
L.A. Sheriff’s Deputies Arrested a Trans Activist for ‘Robbery.’ Video Tells a Completely Different Story: Cops brutalized and arrested 3 queer volunteers at #wehopride today. The Sheriffs were making fun of the booth and the volunteers responded “This is why we don’t like cops at Pride” The sheriffs then attacked them and are filing bogus charges.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/weho-pride-volunteer-arrested-on-bogus-charge-after-allegedly-robbing-anti-lgbtq-activist/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lNKEnH5v$

How SCOTUS Enabled the Explosion of Anti-Trans Laws: Decisions stripping voting rights and abortion rights paved the way for a rapidly growing and wide-ranging assault on the rights of trans kids and families, what it means for all of us. The sheer number and breadth of proposed new laws targeting trans people is breathtaking, and they are coming from some familiar quarters if you follow the Supreme Court and abortion law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2023/06/supreme-court-assault-on-trans-rights__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lP6LUHE-$

# Media
‘Enough is enough’: Australian PM throws support behind movement to free Julian Assange: A growing number of politicians are calling on the United States to drop its case against WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange. A growing number of politicians, including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, are calling on the United States to drop its case against WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange, who has been locked up for four years in London’s Belmarsh prison awaiting possible extradition to face espionage and hacking charges for publishing leaked documents about U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Among Assange’s supporters is Australian human rights attorney Jen Robinson, who has been a legal adviser to Assange since 2010.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/6/julian_assange_wikileaks__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lOUd3JaY$

LA Times to Lay Off Dozens of Staffers in Latest Media Cuts: The paper would not say which positions or teams would be affected. It’s the first major round of job cuts since the paper was acquired in 2018 by Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire entrepreneur and investor based in Southern California. At the time, he told NPR that he wanted to protect the L.A.
Times from a series of cutbacks that had afflicted the paper under previous owners based in Chicago.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/06/07/1180808470/los-angeles-times-layoffs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lI5q9qeU$

# Medical / Health
Should Ketamine Be Used To Treat Depression?; FDA-Cleared Menopause Drug Veozah Is A Win
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-breakout/perspectives-should-ketamine-be-used-to-treat-depression-fda-cleared-menopause-drug-veozah-is-a-win/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lKa3Hkgf$

# Medical / Health / Global
A Visit to Hallowed Ground: Despite efforts by British Conservative governments to strangle it, the National Health Service remains a jewel of fair and efficient socialized medicine. The system gives priority to prevention and basic acute care. Even a besieged NHS is far better, fairer, and more cost-effective than our system. NHS is true social medicine with salaried doctors and nurses, the money and time wasted in the U.S. on parasite middlemen, coding and billing, rapacious insurance companies, hospital profit-maximization strategies, and excess lucrative procedures, is simply not a problem or a drain in Britain. All the money goes to patient care.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-06-07-visit-hallowed-ground-britain-nhs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lO-gjCtc$

# Medical Science
Brain tumors are cognitive parasites. How brain cancer hijacks neural circuits and causes cognitive decline: Glioblastoma is the most aggressive type of brain cancer, causing significant decline in cognitive function. What exactly causes cognitive decline in brain tumor patients is still unknown. In our recently published research, we found that tumors can not only remodel neural circuits, but that brain activity itself can fuel tumor growth.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/brain-tumors-are-cognitive-parasites-how-brain-cancer-hijacks-neural-circuits-and-causes-cognitive-decline-205901__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lEzJuGo4$

# Planetary
Scientists just realized Earth has a fake moon. No, no, the moon we know and love is still real. The phony is an asteroid, named 2023 FW13, that’s been orbiting the sun and trailing our planet since 100 BC. The space rock at first appears to be another moon, but it’s actually orbiting the sun and not Earth.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.unilad.com/news/astronomers-fake-moon-earth-047285-20230603__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lCJVcmm1$

# Recycle / Repurpose / Reuse
Disturbing new investigation reveals major problem with program touted by Walmart, Target; ‘It makes me furious’: For years, the American Chemistry Council’s Wrap Recycling Action Program (WRAP) has encouraged shoppers to drop off their used plastic bags at Walmarts, Targets, and other public locations to be recycled. However, an investigation by ABC News recently revealed that few bags ever make it that far.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/disturbing-new-investigation-reveals-major-problem-with-program-touted-by-walmart-target-it-makes-me-furious/ar-AA1cfgzx?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=c6f1925d22e04573981aaeeaab4dc6af&ei=30__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lAoZCqVM$

# Social
Fighting Police Abuse: A Community Action Manual: The fact that police abuse remains a significant problem does not mean there has been no progress. In communities all across the United States people have organized to bring about change, and some of the most successful strategies are described in this manual, now in its 3rd printing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aclu.org/other/fighting-police-abuse-community-action-manual__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lOlipzn-$

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
This alien whistleblower is a ‘deep insider’ and we should listen: Nick Pope: UFO expert Nick Pope discuss the whistleblower claiming that the U.S. has alien crafts and remains
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/this-alien-whistleblower-is-a-deep-insider-and-we-should-listen-nick-pope/vi-AA1cebGX?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=c6f1925d22e04573981aaeeaab4dc6af&ei=22__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lN_Y6KNs$

Once hostile, NASA holds first public meeting on UFOs: Scientists at NASA’s first ever public meeting on ‘unidentified anomalous phenomena,’ more commonly called UFOs, called for a more rigorous scientific approach to clarify the origin of hundreds of mysterious sightings. [Note: Maybe they should Skinwalker Ranch on the History channel on Tuesday nights.]
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2023-05-hostile-nasa-ufos.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lMyrqpfC$

‘Design proposal could double space solar cell efficiency: When it comes to supplying energy for space exploration and settlements, commonly available solar cells made of silicon or gallium arsenide are still too heavy to be feasibly transported by rocket.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Proposed_design_could_double_the_efficiency_of_lightweight_solar_cells_for_space_based_applications_999.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zoj56TkkNPbkQL4umoF5G8D6LLKrteLvVyjT-sq_6TTS5qVnvmOl_xhsQ3WrsLKJmVfh3nOXi2BhepMlMQ6wjgi2lM8zoxZN$

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

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
DHS Launches Major Effort To Stem Human Trafficking In Indigenous Communities: The Department of Homeland Security plans to announce Tuesday it is launching a large-scale effort with a major industry in tribal communities to fight human trafficking, which disproportionately affects Native women. The department’s Blue Campaign, its public awareness effort on trafficking, is unveiling a new toolkit specifically tailored to educating frontline tribal gaming and hospitality employees on how to detect and report trafficking in casinos and bingo halls.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/human-trafficking-tribal-gaming-native-women_n_647de203e4b091b09c33d281?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-fringe_2023-06-06&utm_term=us-fringe__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEqEv-okH$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Gavin Newsom Says Ron DeSantis Might Be Charged With Kidnapping for Transporting Migrants: The California Department of Justice is investigating whether dozens of migrants were tricked into flying to Sacramento. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) has said that he has evidence that the two flights, one transferring 16 migrants to Sacramento on Friday, the other sending 20 more migrants on Monday, were part of a “scheme” perpetrated by Florida officials, adding that it’s become “official policy of the state of Florida whereby the state of Florida used public tax dollars” to transport migrants to Democratic Party strongholds under false pretenses.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/newsom-says-desantis-might-be-charged-with-kidnapping-for-transporting-migrants/*:*:text=The*20California*20Department*20of*20Justice,tricked*20into*20flying*20to*20Sacramento__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEpgMipGK$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens and Other Harmful Pollutants, Groundbreaking Study Shows
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06062023/abandoned-oil-gas-wells-health/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIErs-u8sc$

Supreme Court Won’t Hear Industry Challenge to California Offshore Fracking Ban: Lower courts ruled that fracking for oil and gas in the Pacific Ocean could pose a threat to marine life. U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the fossil fuel industry’s challenge to a 2018 court-ordered moratorium on offshore fracking in federal Pacific Ocean waters off the coast of California, a rare victory for environmental groups and coastal conservationists https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/supreme-court-denies-oil-industry-challenge-to-california-offshore-fracking-moratorium__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEqQrohsK$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Climate change: Carbon dioxide soars to record high in Earth’s atmosphere: Levels of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere reached another record high last month. In fact, those levels continued “a steady climb further into territory not seen for millions of years,” NOAA said. “Sadly we’re setting a new record,” said Scripps Oceanography geoscientist Ralph Keeling, who oversees the iconic Keeling Curve record established by his father 65 years ago.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/05/climate-change-carbon-dioxide-soars-to-record-high-in-earths-atmosphere/70289362007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEpqAhuWA$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global Brazil’s Lula lays out plan to halt Amazon deforestation: “Brazil will once again become a global reference in sustainability,” the president said. As part of the announcement, Lula increased a conservation unit in the Amazon by 1,800 hectares (4,400 acres), which frustrated environmentalists. His government has pledged to prioritize the allocation of 57,000,000 hectares of public lands without special protection, an area roughly equivalent to the size of France.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/06/brazils-lula-lays-out-plan-to-halt-amazon-deforestation-00100342*:*:text=As*20part*20of*20the*20announcement,to*20the*20size*20of*20France__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEn7zkOjT$ .

‘Globally Significant Moment for Ocean Conservation’: Australia to Phase Out Gill Net Fishing in Great Barrier Reef: The Australian and Queensland governments have introduced a more than $160 million package to phase out the commercial gill net fishing that damages the Great Barrier Reef.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/06/06/globally-significant-moment-for-ocean-conservation-australia-to-phase-out-gill-net-fishing-in-great-barrier-reef/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEshHBcVs$

Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico was a major center of Pueblo culture from 850 to 1250. Many of the public and ceremonial buildings of this important ancestral area are preserved in a network of archaeological sites called Chaco Culture, which include Chaco Culture National Historical Park, Aztec Ruins National Monument and five smaller archaeological sites managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/chaco-oil-development-native-american-culture-4ac49c2f59c452cab80f95199851bf71__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEt4gV4MZ$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Hay – yes, hay – is sucking the Colorado River dry: Desert farming, wasteful irrigation and the profoundly thirsty crop is bringing the critical river to the brink. Agriculture slurps 80% of the Colorado River in the U.S. each year, and a single forage crop, alfalfa hay, is responsible for over a third of that drain.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-colorado-river-hay-yes-hay-is-sucking-the-colorado-river-dry__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEmU9PXJM$

The ‘Bloody’ Truth About Lab-Grown Meat: While the fake meat industry is being touted as an environmentally friendly and sustainable way to feed the world, the true intent is to recreate the kind of global control that Monsanto and others achieved through patented GMO (genetically modified organism) seed development. Most cultured meat companies still use fetal bovine serum as the growth medium, which is obtained from unborn calves that are cut out of the womb and drained of their blood while still alive.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/bloody-truth-lab-grown-meat-cola/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230606__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEitLkauE$

Arsenic-Contaminated Food and Water Linked to Cancer: Research suggests that arsenic can damage DNA, disrupt cell signaling pathways and impair the immune system, all of which can contribute to cancer development.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.morningagclips.com/arsenic-contamination-of-food-and-water-is-a-global-public-health-concern/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEvuDq_rR$

# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
8 Hydrating Foods to Help You Meet Your Water Goals: It can be hard to stay well-hydrated. But even if you struggle to drink enough water, there are some tasty water-rich foods to help you meet your hydration needs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eatingwell.com/article/17576/8-hydrating-foods-to-help-you-meet-your-water-goals/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEsAJrH0V$

# General News
Trump Earned $82 Million From Properties in Scotland and Ireland While President: A watchdog group called the income “extraordinary conflicts of interest.” Because the properties hurt the Trump Organization’s bottom line (costing him around $300 million to purchase and renovate), “Trump took every chance he got as president to promote them through stays footed by U.S. taxpayers and relentless promotion to the media,”
CREW wrote.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/trump-earned-82-million-from-properties-in-scotland-and-ireland-while-president/*:*:text=Citizens*20for*20Responsibility*20and*20Ethics,came*20with*20extraordinary*20conflicts*20of__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEnkPl09I$

# Gov / Politics
When Historic Successes Don’t Move Voters: Biden’s achievements are significant, but don’t provide the kind of direct individual aid that people actually notice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-06-06-when-historic-successes-dont-move-voters/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEvZao9Ol$

The Republican Presidential Field Keeps Getting Better for Donald Trump:
Three more Republicans, Mike Pence, Chris Christie, and North Dakota governor Doug Burgum, are expected to announce they’re running for president this week. A growing number of contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination could clear the way for a Donald Trump victory while throwing up roadblocks for his main rival Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, party members and strategists said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/us/how-crowded-2024-republican-race-helps-clear-way-trump-victory-2023-06-05/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEhXq7H6l$

As presidential field grows, so do GOP warnings against Trump ’24: Thune backs Scott, while Cornyn, Cassidy doubt Trump can win again
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2023/05/25/as-presidential-field-grows-so-do-gop-warnings-against-trump-24/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEtSDvOdk$

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie filed paperwork Tuesday to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, positioning himself as an alternative to Donald Trump and someone who isn’t afraid of calling out the former president.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.netapp.com/partnerships/dreamworks/?utm_campaign=tbnr-100d-all-na-ww-webc-webp-retargeting-1685432571711&utm_source=google&utm_medium=display&utm_content=image__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIElB9JHPS$

# Law Enforcment
Atlanta City Council Approves Legislation For Controversial ‘Cop City’ Funding: The vote comes after months of organizing against the site and hours of public comment asking for the legislation to be rejected.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cop-city-council-funding_n_64794ba8e4b0b4444c7dec3a?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2023-06-06&utm_term=us-morning-email__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEumZgjkg$

# Legal / DOJ
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office says it completed its investigation into the transport of 49 migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard last September by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration and filed criminal charges with the local district attorney. On Monday, California announced it’s investigating similar flights from El Paso to Sacramento.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/05/texas-san-antonio-migrant-flight-marthas-vineyard-criminal-charges/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEgsMj9Cw$

Clarence Thomas’ Billionaire Benefactor Tied To SCOTUS Bombshell: Thomas was revealed to have failed to disclose decades worth of generous gifts from right-wing billionaire Harlan Crow, the chairman and former CEO of Crow Holdings. But he’s far from the only one on the powerful court that’s happy to be showered in favors from the ultrarich.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jacobin.com/2023/04/clarence-thomas-supreme-court-corruption-billionaire-interests-far-right__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEotU6VOM$

Judge says Rep. George Santos must reveal who cosigned his $500K release bond: A federal judge ordered the unsealing of the identities of two people who cosigned a $500,000 unsecured bond for Rep. George Santos
(R-NY) in his criminal fraud case, one day after the lying congressman’s lawyer said his client would rather go to jail than give up the information.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/06/06/george-santos-judge-to-unseal-records-of-who-paid-reps-bond/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEq1imzfb$

# Media
Why we can’t stop fighting about cancel culture: Is cancel culture a mob mentality, or a long overdue way of speaking truth to power? In the turbulent past few years, the idea that a person can be ‘canceled,’ culturally blocked from having a prominent public platform or career, has become a polarizing topic of debate. The rise of ‘cancel culture’ and the idea of canceling someone coincides with a familiar pattern, a celebrity or other public figure does or says something offensive, a public backlash, often fueled by politically progressive social media, ensues. Then the calls to cancel the person, to effectively end their career or revoke their cultural cachet, whether through boycotts of their work or disciplinary action from an employer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/12/30/20879720/what-is-cancel-culture-explained-history-debate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEhLZsbTA$

# Medical / Health
WHO Gets 20% Budget Increase to Help Address ‘Disease X’ and ‘Emergencies of all Kinds’: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) 76th World Health Assembly (WHA) wrapped up last week without members coming to a final agreement on the pandemic treaty or amendments to the international health regulations (IHR).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/world-health-organization-disease-x-emergencies/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230605__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEuK_JarO$

More U.S. Parents Reject HPV Vaccine Over Safety Concerns: . The authors suggest their findings support efforts to enhance confidence in HPV vaccination and develop strategies for addressing HPV vaccine hesitancy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/pediatrics2/2023/study-increasing-number-of-parents-who-decline-hpv-vaccination-for-teens-cite-safety-concerns/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEhus_X2l$

More Than Half of Young U.S. Adults Have a Chronic Health Condition:
Obesity, depression, high blood pressure, asthma: These are just a few of the chronic health conditions that are now affecting almost 40 million Americans between the ages 18 and 34, new federal data shows. Overall, the 2019 data found that more than half of young adults (nearly 54%) now deal with at least one chronic health issue. Almost one in every four (22%) have two or more of these conditions https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2022-07-28/more-than-half-of-young-u-s-adults-have-a-chronic-health-condition__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEil2y7M1$

Insomnia drug may lower levels of Alzheimer’s proteins: In Alzheimer’s disease, proteins called amyloid-β and tau build up in and around neurons in the brain, eventually causing their death. This loss of brain cells leads to dementia. More than 6 million people in the U.S. are thought to be living with Alzheimer’s disease, and this number is expected to grow in the coming decades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/insomnia-drug-may-lower-levels-alzheimer-s-proteins__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEq3xLDOq$

Erythritol and cardiovascular events: New Cleveland Clinic research showed that erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener, is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Findings were published today in Nature Medicine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newsroom.clevelandclinic.org/2023/02/27/cleveland-clinic-study-finds-common-artificial-sweetener-linked-to-higher-rates-of-heart-attack-and-stroke/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEpG0mEYd$

Widely Used Artificial Sweetener Linked to Leukemia, Obesity, Liver Problems: Sucralose, a Non-nutritive Artificial Sweetener Exacerbates High Fat Diet-Induced Hepatic Steatosis Through Taste Receptor Type 1 Member 3. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease globally, and it is strongly associated with obesity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/splenda-artificial-sweetener-leukemia-obesity-rtk/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230606__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEmKv-Tk6$

# Nuclear
Dam Blown Up, Unleashing Floods and Threatening Ukraine Nuclear Plant: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said there was no immediate nuclear safety risk at the plant due to the dam failure but that it was monitoring the situation closely. The head of the plant also said there was no current threat to the station.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-06-05/ukraine-says-russia-blows-up-major-nova-kakhovka-dam-in-southern-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEovzYJUa$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Merck Sues Government, Saying Plan to Lower Medicare Drug Prices Is ‘Extortion’: The company claims that the plan to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices violates the First and Fifth Amendments. The drugmaker is seeking to halt the program, which was laid out in the Inflation Reduction Act and is expected to save taxpayers billions of dollars in the coming years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/merck-sues-government-saying-plan-to-lower-medicare-drug-prices-is-extortion/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEmHi6Gu_$

How Big Pharma Rigged the Patent System: Drug patents are supposed to expire in 20 years. Thanks to legal trickery, though, it usually takes a lot longer than that. To fully grasp drugmakers’ vehement pushback on any attempts to reduce drug prices, it’s important to pull back the curtain on the industry’s ongoing anti-competitive practices to see what else is really at stake.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6257866/big-pharma-patent-abuse-drug-pricing-crisis/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEnRdS6ve$

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
A whistleblower who served in the U.S. military and in several intelligence roles says the federal government has multiple craft of “non-human” origin, and has been working overtime to cover it up. It’s the age old question.. are we alone in the universe? Well we might get some answers. U.S military officials have gone before a Congress hearing releasing classified videos from fighter pilots’ cockpits. One shows a fleeting image of a spherical object speeding past a military fighter jet. It’s led to the inquiry which heard about hundreds of unexplained encounters. A Government report last year acknowledged that between 2004 and 2021 that there were 144 unexplained sightings.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmMpUYffhjY__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEsCzftVa$

The Pentagon admitted that it still investigates reports of UFOs, or “unidentified aerial phenomena,” in a statement that a former U.K. defense official called “a bombshell revelation,” according to a New York Post report. A Department of Defense spokesman exclusively told the Post in a statement that a secret government initiative called the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program “did pursue research and investigation into unidentified aerial phenomena.” Even though the DOD said it shut down the AATIP in 2012, spokesman Christopher Sherwood acknowledged that the department still investigates claimed sightings of alien spacecraft, the Post reported.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fox5dc.com/news/bombshell-revelation-pentagon-admits-it-investigates-ufos-through-secret-initiative-report-says__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xAg5wM56BSE5U4uPNLRb2WkfVLZ1PYjwCpoT92IvWHVb-3ajMZ7emREF-eaXT1sSximzyWx5F85uHIpuH_DXINMIEorhcDK1$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-06-04

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
New anti-transgender laws will hurt Indigenous peoples’ rights and religious expression: As an Indigenous scholar who studies the history and religion of Indigenous peoples, I am troubled by how these new anti-transgender laws might affect religious expression and the rights of Indigenous communities, not just in Montana but across the nation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/new-anti-transgender-laws-will-hurt-indigenous-peoples-rights-and-religious-expression-205742__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZIkqZe3p$

Erosion and sea-level rise are coming for their Louisiana home. They’re staying anyway: For members of Louisiana’s Pointe-au-Chien Tribe, relocating means a lot more than simply packing up and moving.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/grist-video/erosion-sea-level-rise-and-storms-are-coming-for-their-home-theyre-staying-anyway/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZGE8tozb$

# Archaeology
A Collapsed Cliff Reveals a Groundbreaking Discovery in the Grand Canyon: The Grand Canyon is a fantastic attraction with so much beauty to see! In this deep canyon, you wouldn’t think that a boulder would be one of the most fascinating discoveries to explore. But one geologist found an incredible discovery in this seemingly common rock. He decided to take a photograph of his findings. That casual image changed what we know about Arizona and the prehistoric life that used to reside there.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nps.gov/grca/learn/news/cliff-collapse-reveals-313-million-year-old-fossil-footprints-in-grand-canyon-national-park.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZLWylAmH$

# Chemicals
Three ‘forever chemicals’ makers settle public water lawsuits: The $1.19 billion agreement, announced by Chemours, DuPont and Corteva, wouldn’t resolve all the claims against them. The companies, Chemours, DuPont and Corteva, said they had reached an agreement in principle to set up a $1.19 billion fund to help remove toxic perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, from public drinking water systems.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/pfas-forever-chemicals-dupont-drinking-water-82516dfef51da45b389e00fa956cf8c5__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZHV_Qr9U$

Industry knew about risks of PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ for decades before push to restrict them, study says: Makers of PFAS, a class of chemicals used in everything from cookware to food containers and makeup, knew the substances were toxic. DuPont and 3M knowingly concealed the serious health risks of so-called ‘forever chemicals’ in their products for decades, University of California San Francisco researchers say. Also known as PFAS, the chemicals can be found in everyday products like clothing, household items and food packaging.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6284266/pfas-forever-chemicals-manufacturers-kept-secret/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZKIlN1ZZ$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Kevin McCarthy Got a Debt Deal Passed. It May Cost Him: Several House Republicans are already calling for McCarthy’s Speaker gavel.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/31/mccarthy-debt-limit-deal-gop-divisions-00099567__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZG_tBdIg$

What’s in the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023: The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 would suspend the current $31.4 trillion federal limit until the first day of 2025. On January 2, 2025, the debt limit would increase automatically to whatever level of debt had been accrued up to that point.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2023/05/30/What-s-Fiscal-Responsibility-Act-2023__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZB8_NsrK$

The Potential Economic Impacts of Various Debt Ceiling Scenarios: History is clear that even getting close to a breach of the U.S. debt ceiling could cause significant disruptions to financial markets that would damage the economic conditions faced by households and businesses. Real time data, shown below, indicate that markets are already pricing in political brinkmanship related to Federal government default through higher risk premia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2023/05/03/debt-ceiling-scenarios/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZJKlgLlC$

# Education / Schools
Students and Faculty at Ohio State Respond to a Bill That Would Restrict College Discussions of Climate Policies: The bill is an example of a national trend of Republican-led states seeking to rein in what they see as runaway liberal politics in higher education—a sentiment that threatens to undermine the rigor and accuracy of teaching about arguably the greatest threat to the environment and economy. “You can say gravity isn’t true, but if you step off the cliff, you’re going down,” says climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about restrictions on teaching.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31052023/ohio-state-college-climate-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZGccSIuN$

Violence Erupts as Parents Protest Pride Assembly: Heated clashes between protesters angry about a Pride assembly at a North Hollywood school and LGBT supporters left one man beaten to the ground and many questioning why police didn’t do more to keep the peace.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/violence-erupts-anti-pride-school-224052683.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZJ-69eDs$

How teachers can stay true to history without breaking new laws that restrict what they can teach about racism: A history scholar sees leeway and loopholes in a wave of new state laws that seek to control what teachers can say about racism in America’s past. The laws have been portrayed in the media as measures that would prevent teachers from teaching “divisive concepts” or lessons that would cause “discomfort, anguish or guilt.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/how-teachers-can-stay-true-to-history-without-breaking-new-laws-that-restrict-what-they-can-teach-about-racism-205452__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZNuLdr5e$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry
Minnesota Emerges as the Midwest’s Leader in the Clean Energy Transition: In its most recent legislative session, the state leapfrogged Illinois to become the regional front-runner in equitable clean energy transition efforts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/31052023/minnesota-clean-energy-leader/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZDY6XMni$

SunZia Southwest Transmission Project Receives Final Federal Approval: After more than 15 years, the nation’s largest clean energy transmission project has been given the green light. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued its record of decision last week for the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project, a precursor to its final right-of-way grant required for construction on federal lands, which is expected in the next month or so.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29052023/sunzia-transmission-project-approval/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZKaHCChf$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure EPA Spurns Trump-Era Effort to Drop Clean-Air Protections For Plastic Waste Recycling: Affirming long-standing incineration regulations, the Biden administration has withdrawn a plan to help ease the way for unchecked pyrolysis and gasification of plastic. Both have largely been regulated as incineration for nearly three decades and have therefore had to meet stringent emission requirements for burning solid waste under the federal Clean Air Act.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03062023/epa-pyrolysis-plastic-recycling-clean-air/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZGUjEfu7$

Supreme Court undoing 50 years’ worth of environmental progress: The Supreme Court has taken a brazen anti-regulatory turn. It’s our planet and health that will suffer. whether or not we intentionally nuke our own economy. With all of these hyper-dramas, we quietly managed to harpoon some of the half-century-old cornerstones of environmental law. How, and why, on Earth did we do that?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/supreme-court-ruling-clean-water-act-2660767161.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZFr0xb_j$

Biden administration bans oil and gas drilling around Chaco Canyon: The Interior Department will withdraw public lands around Chaco Canyon from new oil and gas leasing for 20 years. The Biden administration took action on Friday to block new oil and gas leasing on federal land around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico, one of the nation’s oldest and most culturally significant Native American sites.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4032191-biden-administration-bars-drilling-chaco-canyon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZIxW3DD7$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Antarctic alarm bells: Observations reveal deep ocean currents are slowing earlier than predicted: Scientists have detected a 30% slowdown of the deep ocean currents that form in Antarctica, with profound consequences for Earth’s climate. Antarctica sets the stage for the world’s greatest waterfall. The action takes place beneath the surface of the ocean. Here, trillions of tonnes of cold, dense, oxygen-rich water cascade off the continental shelf and sink to great depths. This Antarctic “bottom water” then spreads north along the sea floor in deep ocean currents, before slowly rising, thousands of kilometres away.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/antarctic-alarm-bells-observations-reveal-deep-ocean-currents-are-slowing-earlier-than-predicted-206289__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZAkPGncy$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
‘People are really stressed out’: SNAP recipients to be affected by debt ceiling deal, Inhumane: It’s what Rodney Dawkins thinks of the cuts to federal safety net programs included in the debt-ceiling bill, which is on its way to President Joe Biden’s desk
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/people-are-really-stressed-out-snap-recipients-to-be-affected-by-debt-ceiling-deal/ar-AA1c470z?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=adce60736f48499ab14e189f5f418305&ei=120__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZINZSw4C$

# General News
Former Gun Company Executive Explains Roots of America’s Gun Violence Epidemic: Ryan Busse once worked for a major gun-maker. He now warns about the danger of growing radicalization in the industry. From the movie theater to the shopping mall, inside a church and a synagogue, through the grocery aisle and into the classroom, gun violence has invaded every corner of American life. It is a social epidemic no vaccine can stem, a crisis with no apparent end.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/ryan-busse-explains-roots-of-us-gun-violence__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZGAh7MYr$

# Gov / Politics / Global
War in Ukraine might give the Chinese yuan the boost it needs to become a major global currency, and be a serious contender against the US dollar: Despite China’s economic power, the yuan lags as a major global currency. Here’s why current US interest rates and sanctions on Russia may change that.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/war-in-ukraine-might-give-the-chinese-yuan-the-boost-it-needs-to-become-a-major-global-currency-and-be-a-serious-contender-against-the-us-dollar-205519__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZJL6XEWZ$

# Gov / Politics
Debt Deal’s Harsh Cuts Weren’t Cruel Enough to Please GOP Presidential Hopefuls: Multiple GOP presidential hopefuls led the charge against the debt deal, saying it didn’t cut social programs enough. There was the fury many progressives felt that the GOP had succeeded in manufacturing a crisis around the debt ceiling, and had then used that crisis, and the attendant risk of a global financial meltdown, to force President Joe Biden to negotiate away benefits to millions of low-income people in the U.S. Ultimately, 40 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus voted against the bill.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/debt-deals-harsh-cuts-werent-cruel-enough-to-please-gop-presidential-hopefuls/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZKrkuSbS$

How New York Democrats Could Redistrict George Santos, And the Republican Majority, Out of the House: Democrats in New York are suing in hopes of bringing back a blue-favored congressional map. And this time they might have a favorable court to make it happen.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-new-york-redistricting-lawsuit-gerrymandering-george-santos-1801771__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZPxPGMzE$

Biden Administration Signals Openness to Nuclear Talks With Russia and China: Experts praised the statement but questioned the Biden administration’s long-term vision for arms control. The comments came just a day after the Biden administration announced that it would pause compliance with certain aspects of the New START Treaty, the sole remaining agreement that caps the U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals, which is set to expire in 2026, in reaction to Russian violations of the deal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/biden-administration-signals-openness-to-nuclear-talks-with-russia-and-china/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZKZbwBwd$

# Law Enforcment
CDC Report Recognizes Police-Perpetrated Killing as Major Cause of Violent Death: In a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), federal researchers acknowledge in detail that police-perpetrated killings are a major cause of violent death in the United States, and Black and Indigenous men are disproportionally killed by police. Federal researchers detailed huge racial disparities in deadly police violence, but crucial data is still missing.
file:///C:/Users/19364/Downloads/cdc_57907_DS1.pdf

This Cop Got Out of 44 Tickets by Saying Over and Over That His Girlfriend Stole His Car: Chicago police officer Jeffrey Kriv used the same alibi to contest dozens of traffic tickets over the years. A deeper look at his career sheds light on Chicago’s troubled history of police accountability. The OIG followed that tip and concluded that Kriv had provided false testimony and fraudulent documentation related to parking and traffic violations since 2009, according to prosecutors. Since 2013, he had contested 44 tickets by saying his girlfriend had stolen his car. All 44 had been dismissed
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/this-cop-got-out-of-44-tickets-by-saying-over-and-over-that-his-girlfriend-stole-his-car/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZMszyHKb$

Feds Say Jefferson Parish Deputies May Have Violated Law in Death of Autistic Teen: Officers sat on the 16-year-old’s back for nine minutes before he died. They claim they needed to do so because he posed a threat. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana may have violated the civil rights of a 16-year-old autistic boy when deputies pinned him to the pavement, handcuffed and shackled, as officers sat on his back for more than nine minutes, according to a “statement of interest” filed this month by the Department of Justice as part of a civil rights lawsuit against JPSO.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/feds-say-jefferson-parish-deputies-may-have-violated-law-eric-parsa-death*:*:text=The*20Jefferson*20Parish*20Sheriff’s*20Office,month*20by*20the*20Department*20of__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZKUtU_I0$

# Medical / Health
Number of the Day: 9 Million: “More than 9 million American adults aren’t taking their medications as prescribed due to the cost, with those who are uninsured or disabled among the likeliest to cut corners, according to new CDC data released Friday,” Axios reports. “Skipping doses, taking less than the prescribed amount or delaying refills to save money can make health conditions worse and more expensive to manage, wrote researchers.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/06/02/cdc-millions-cut-corners-on-drugs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZAsD9eWE$

# Medical Science
Scientists Hacked Human Cells to Make Insulin, And It Reversed Diabetes in Mice: Scientists have repurposed human stomach cells into tissues that release insulin in response to rising blood sugar levels in a breakthrough that promises an effective way to manage conditions such as type 1 diabetes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-hacked-human-cells-to-make-insulin-and-it-reversed-diabetes-in-mice?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=ScienceAlert*2Fmagazine*2FScienceAlert__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZGmEac1-$

# Military / Global
President of Eritrea: Ukraine Conflict is Part of US’ 30-Year-Long War on Russia: Eritrea, a Horn of Africa nation located on the Red Sea coast, became one of five states to vote against the Western-sponsored anti-Russia resolution in the UN General Assembly in March 2022, after the beginning of Moscow’s special operation to demilitarize and de-Nazify Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sputnikglobe.com/20230602/president-of-eritrea-ukraine-conflict-is-part-of-us-30-year-long-war-on-russia–1110863206.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZGrYhy7y$

# Science
Why Scientists Have a Hard Time Getting Money to Study the Root Causes of Outbreaks: Government and nonprofit groups that award grants to scientists favor research that’s high tech and treatment oriented rather than studies that seek to understand why contagions leap from animals to people in the first place.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/funding-scientists-pandemic-prevention-spillover__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZE-D2duF$

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
International team discovers mysterious structures at heart of Milky Way: An investigation into the mystery filaments hanging in space around the heart of the Milky Way has turned up an entirely new population of them, aligned along the galactic plane and pointing in the direction of the galactic center. The magnetized strands are likely the remnants of an outflow from the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* interacting with the surrounding gas a few million years ago, says astrophysicist Farhad Yusef-Zadeh of Northwestern University.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencealert.com/hundreds-of-mystery-structures-found-at-the-heart-of-the-milky-way__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZM8zN86S$

New discovery about the atmosphere of Mars: Whispers from outer space never stop. They are echoes of the past that break the sidereal silence. So charged with energy, so empty of everything and nothing at all. Like a giant cardboard box that plays at being infinite and keeps expanding. Homer Simpson said that the universe was like a donut; and if so, each of the colored shavings that adorn it are the planets, stars and satellites that make up that strange galactic melody. Each one has its own history, and it is vestiges of those that sometimes slip through the galactic black. One of the most frequent ones is Mars.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://azpbs.org/horizon/2022/11/new-research-about-mars-atmosphere-has-been-discovered/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZHg43e0L$

With Mars Methane Mystery Unsolved, Curiosity Serves Scientists a New One: Oxygen
For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal changes in the gases that fill the air directly above the surface of Gale Crater on Mars. As a result, they noticed something baffling: oxygen, the gas many Earth creatures use to breathe, behaves in a way that so far scientists cannot explain through any known chemical processes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/with-mars-methane-mystery-unsolved-curiosity-serves-scientists-a-new-one-oxygen__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZPfqjumx$

SpaceX Just Destroyed An Entire Town: The recent SpaceX Starship launch failure caused an unknown amount of unforeseen environmental damage to the surrounding area and damage to the town of Port Isabel, Texas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/tech/spacex-launch-covers-city-debris.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZBW_J4SX$

# Water
Arizona Announces Phoenix Area Can’t Grow Further on Groundwater: Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Thursday that the state would allow no future development in the Phoenix area that relies on groundwater, forcing developers and cities to turn to other costly sources. Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Thursday that the state would allow no future development in the Phoenix area that relies on groundwater, forcing developers and cities to turn to other costly sources.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/06/01/phoenix-water-shortage-population-growth/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZHuJjTde$

As Water Levels Drop, the Risk of Arsenic Rises: In Colorado’s famed San Luis Valley, residents who rely on well water are grappling not only with a shortage amid drought, but questionable quality of the water coming out of the ground. During drought, the number of people in the contiguous U.S. exposed to elevated arsenic from domestic wells may rise from about 2.7 million to 4.1 million, Lombard estimated, using statistical models. Arsenic has been shown to affect health across the human life span, beginning with sperm and eggs, James said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sej.org/headlines/water-levels-drop-risk-arsenic-rises__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yhaQz1VHI6BBahEmhaefR3jfQ0QXlYLaisJgPK_62yzeUAFV1Oeg2sWj1Y_5FTBB_evy0aefszXcqpcYH5UwsAOgZD2LeA52$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-06-02

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Biden admin issues 20-year oil drilling ban near Indigenous site, ignoring pleas from Native Americans: The Biden administration is moving forward with a 20-year ban on new oil and gas leasing near Chaco Canyon cultural site in New Mexico despite stark opposition from Native Americans in the region.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/energy-environment/biden-orders-20-year-oil-drilling-ban-chaco-canyon__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9jqAzvl8$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Border Patrol Staff Didn’t Review 8-Year-Old Girl’s File Before She Died, Probe Finds: The report raises troubling questions about what went wrong during the girl’s nine days in custody, which far exceeded the agency’s own limit of 72 hours. Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder before she appeared to have a seizure and died on her ninth day in custody, an internal investigation found.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://scrippsnews.com/stories/border-patrol-neglected-to-view-medical-file-before-8-year-old-s-death/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9qT0qvWn$

# Chemicals
Like tobacco and Big Oil, secret docs show chemical companies knew PFAS dangers: “The industry used several strategies that have been shown common to tobacco, pharmaceutical, and other industries to influence science and regulation, most notably, suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/pfas__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9oLQdqE7$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
PNC announces it will shut nearly 30 branches – is your state affected? The death of the bank branch! PNC announces it will shut nearly 30 branches after First Republic said it is closing a quarter of its locations – is YOUR state affected? Banking giant will shutter 29 branches in Maryland and part of Virginia. Some 26 are located in grocery stores such as Giant Food and Stop & Shop. First Republic also announced it was shuttering 21 locations this week
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12153783/PNC-announces-shut-nearly-30-branches-state-affected.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9nDtoE7f$

# Education / Schools
Utah School District Bans the Bible: The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children. And the Book of Mormon could be next.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/book-ban-school-library-bible-fc025c8ccf30e955aaf0b0ee1899608a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9noovImO$

India drops the periodic table, Pythagorean theorem and evolution from school textbooks: On June 1, India cut a slew of foundational topics from tenth grade textbooks, including the periodic table of elements, Darwin’s theory of evolution, the Pythagorean theorem, sources of energy, sustainable management of natural resources and contribution of agriculture to the national economy, among others.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/india-removed-periodic-table-evolution-064000257.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9gbSBhHz$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry The debt ceiling bill’s climate killing Mountain Valley Pipeline: How the bill would change the US energy permitting process. The bill would narrow the environmental reviews for new energy projects under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). NEPA requires federal agencies to analyze the potential impacts of major actions that could affect the environment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4030683-heres-how-the-debt-ceiling-bill-would-change-the-us-energy-permitting-process/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9i7YY0Xq$

Sempra Pushes to Expand Pacific Pipelines for Gas Export: Through a ‘tribal justice’ front group, the infrastructure arm of the California and Texas utility owner has lobbied for gas exports that could raise prices for its own customers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/topics/sempra-energy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9rObo97Y$

Federal Hydrogen Program Is Cutting Out Local Groups, Threatening Climate Goals, Advocates Say: Environmental groups sent a letter to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm warning that a lack of transparency in an $8 billion clean hydrogen program leaves communities ‘entirely in the dark.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02062023/federal-hydrogen-program-is-cutting-out-local-groups-threatening-climate-goals-advocates-say/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9qmPMELU$

Manchin’s Pipeline Payoff Strangles Future Permitting Reform Negotiations: The Fiscal Responsibility Act approved several items on fossil fuel industry wish lists, with nothing for renewable energy. That kills leverage for a broader deal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/2023-06-02-manchin-pipeline-payoff-future-permitting-reform/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9lqwdZAc$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Supreme Court undoing 50 years’ worth of environmental progress: The Supreme Court has taken a brazen anti-regulatory turn. It’s our planet and health that will suffer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/supreme-court-ruling-clean-water-act-2660767161.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9loF3Op-$

A pledge to fight climate change is sending money to strange places:
More than a decade after the first pledge was made, nations have yet to meet their promise. They fell $16.7 billion short of the $100 billion goal in 2020 and are expected to miss it again when contributions are tallied for 2021 and 2022, according to OECD estimates. There are no penalties for missing the target, aside from criticism from those who say governments are not doing enough to combat global warming.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dnyuz.com/2023/06/01/a-pledge-to-fight-climate-change-is-sending-money-to-strange-places/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9jEgETgj$

Disruptive Climate Protests Spur Police Raids in Germany and the US: A series of police raids in Germany and the United States this week are resparking the debate over what is and isn’t an acceptable form of protest, as climate activists frustrated by the slow progress of their governments to curb rising carbon emissions continue to block traffic, target art installations and generally disrupt day-to-day public life.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02062023/todays-climate-police-raids-climate-protests/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9s4hKfMv$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Consumer Reports says new FDA apple juice arsenic levels too high for kids and would leave children vulnerable to serious health issues, including damage to the brain and nervous system, which can lead to learning and behavioral problems https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_release/consumer-reports-statement-on-fdas-final-apple-juice-guidance/*:*:text=The*20limits*20set*20by*20FDA,to*20learning*20and*20behavioral*20problems__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9upz4DYF$

# General News
New Details of Jeffrey Epstein’s Death and the Frantic Aftermath Revealed in more than 4,000 pages of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s jail suicide.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/jeffrey-epstein-jail-suicide-prison-death-8d194a756f2b429067f009a0c70f96c0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9lDn0nN4$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Kremlin Building VIP Bunker in Top Moscow Hospital: The swanky shelter will apparently protect up to 800 people from blasts, gas, and radiation. A bomb shelter at the Moscow Central Clinical Hospital has been ordered to be built, with a scheduled completion date of December 20, 2023.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/putin-building-bomb-shelter-moscow-hospital-russia-elites-kremlin-ukraine-1803852__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9o5nbFN3$

Russia, Pro-Ukraine Group Blame Each Other for Deaths: Clashes between Russian armed forces and pro-Ukrainian fighters inside Russia have led to the deaths of at least two civilians, reports suggest, with both sides blaming each other for the casualties
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/belgorod-russia-and-pro-ukrainian-fighters-blame-each-other-for-civilian-deaths__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9sy3kMHq$

# Gov / Politics
How New York Democrats could redistrict George Santos, and the Republican majority, out of the House:Democrats in New York are suing in hopes of bringing back a blue-favored congressional map. And this time they might have a favorable court to make it happen.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-new-york-redistricting-lawsuit-gerrymandering-george-santos-1801771__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9t31Znne$

Meet the House members who voted against the debt limit deal. Surprisingly, some McCarthy allies were among the ‘no’ votes
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2023/06/01/meet-the-house-members-who-voted-against-the-debt-limit-deal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9rvMiX9j$

Debt Deal’s Harsh Cuts Weren’t Cruel Enough to Please GOP Presidential Hopefuls: Multiple GOP presidential hopefuls led the charge against the debt deal, saying it didn’t cut social programs enough.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/debt-deals-harsh-cuts-werent-cruel-enough-to-please-gop-presidential-hopefuls/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9tFttx6O$

# Law Enforcment
Cop City chaos: In what is a first in recent memory, prosecutors are openly charging people with felonies simply for being organizers within a bail collective, in other words, for connecting people who are still presumed innocent to things that they are legally entitled to. Jocelyn Simonson lays out all the troubling implications.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/06/cop-city-tortuguita-atlanta-bail-fund-arrest-horror.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9lyAqRrD$

# Legal / DOJ
Trump-Nominated Judge Will Now Oversee Disney-DeSantis Lawsuit: Judge Mark Walker recused himself from the case due to a family member’s Disney stock
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/disney-desantis-case-judge-stock-conflict-1234746158/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9nA5eVje$

Georgia DA Eyeing a Multi-State, RICO Case on Trump: Fulton County DA Fani Willis’ probe is reportedly expanding into Trump’s election subversion efforts in other states.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/fulton-county-da-fani-willis-reportedly-eyeing-multi-state-rico-case-on-trump__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9hsPPW8M$

# Media
“Operation Mockingbird [was] a domestic propaganda campaign aimed at promoting the views of the CIA within the media. Reporters shared their notebooks with the CIA. Editors shared their staffs. Some of the journalists were Pulitzer Prize winners, distinguished reporters who considered themselves ambassadors without portfolio for their country.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wanttoknow.info/mass_media/media-influence__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9kh_3pEB$

# Medical / Health
The Dark Money Behind Kansas’ Misleading Anti-Abortion Campaign: The dark money network led by conservative Supreme Court architect Leonard Leo financed the nonprofit that bankrolled a misleading text message campaign pretending a Kansas ballot measure would “give women a choice,” when it actually would have eliminated state abortion protections.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/the-dark-money-behind-kansass-misleading-anti-abortion-campaign/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9j8EeKbE$

Nanoplastic ingestion causes neurological deficits: Small plastic particulates can induce inflammatory responses in the gut and brain, but removing them reverses this damage. After two months of daily ingestion of nanoplastics at the estimated human consumption dose, nanoplastic-exposed mice exhibited reduced cognition and short-term memory as assessed by standard neurological assessments such as the open-field test, novel object recognition assay, and the Morris water maze
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/nanoplastic-ingestion-causes-neurological-deficits-71152*:*:text=After*20two*20months*20of*20daily,and*20the*20Morris*20water*20maze__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9hXe8Yp8$

A catatonic woman awakened after 20 years. Her story may change psychiatry: New research suggests that a subset of patients with psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia may actually have autoimmune disease that attacks the brain. Sander Markx, director of precision psychiatry at Columbia University, and his colleagues, discovered that although April’s illness was clinically indistinguishable from schizophrenia, she also had lupus, an underlying and treatable autoimmune condition that was attacking her brain. After months of targeted treatments, and more than two decades trapped in her mind, April woke up.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/06/01/schizophrenia-autoimmune-lupus-psychiatry/?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2023-06-02__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9ljdLBMC$

World Health Assembly cites need to ‘restrict personal liberties’ and expand WHO’s emergency powers: Director-General’s emergency decision-making powers are of concern for the relationship between the organization and Member States. We further question to whom it owes accountability as an international institution, and how to enhance it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://brill.com/view/journals/iolr/19/1/article-p63_004.xml__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9jnEQ9ZH$

CHD Scientists Call for Investigation Into CDC, FDA for Suppressing Evidence Linking COVID Shots and Myocarditis: In a letter to the editor published today in Medical Research Archives, two Children’s Health Defense scientists called for an investigation into how U.S. public health officials suppressed evidence linking myocarditis and COVID-19 vaccines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cdc-fda-chd-investigation-myocarditis-covid-vaccine/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230602__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9jevOMln$

Did CDC Ignore Solid Data on Convulsions and Death After DTP Vaccines? A massive study conducted 20 years ago showed febrile convulsions that in some cases led to death were more likely to occur with combined vaccine products, such as the DTP vaccine for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/cdc-ignore-data-convulsions-death-dtp-vaccines/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230602__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9iqLrLiT$

# Military / DOD
‘That’s the worst part of the deal’: Budget caps for Pentagon in debt compromise worry Capitol Hill defense hawks: The debt-limit compromise on track to pass Congress will lock in Pentagon spending levels for the next two years, forcing lawmakers drafting annual defense policy legislation to stick to a budget that some on Capitol Hill consider insufficient.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-06-01/congress-pentagon-budget-debt-ceiling-10303335.html?utm_source=Stars*and*Stripes*Emails&utm_campaign=Daily*Headlines&utm_medium=email__;KysrKw!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9g6pJkOd$

# Water
Arizona Announces Phoenix Area Can’t Grow Further on Groundwater: Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Thursday that the state would allow no future development in the Phoenix area that relies on groundwater, forcing developers and cities to turn to other costly sources
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2023/06/01/phoenix-water-shortage-population-growth/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x-KPZxVTrGfs56mOdtiK9SgHxHHHFeApYS3CyUuJkzgmVqep1vn7aKbVq4BnA9yDhv79haVSUWXX1t9vELlRYnCo9nF1lWCa$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-05-31

Voices, The Peoples News

May 31, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
A global plastics treaty can end the Age of Plastic: This indigenous worldview can lead treaty negotiations, creating systems that are less demanding of our planet and value nature over profit. A Global Plastics Treaty can stop plastic production at the source and deliver a cleaner, safer planet for us and future generations. Governments need to step up to this moment and not let it go to waste https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/05/31/a-global-plastics-treaty-can-end-the-age-of-plastic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmem4bPLWa$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
New US aid package for Ukraine will total about $300 million: U.S. officials say a military aid package for Ukraine that is expected to be announced this week will include additional munitions for drones: A U.S. military aid package for Ukraine that is expected to be announced this week will total up to $300 million and will include additional munitions for drones, U.S. officials said Tuesday. The drone ammunition comes after new attacks by unmanned aircraft targeted Moscow.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-drones-aid-package-222cc2dc20a26790dbb2c86a148b014b__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmegdaXXQ3$

Debt Limit Deal Heads to House Vote Amid Objections on Both the Left and Right: Lawmakers in the U.S. House are voting today on a bill to suspend the debt limit until January 2025, as Congress races against the clock to avert a potentially disastrous default on June 5.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://finance.yahoo.com/news/crucial-days-ahead-debt-ceiling-041937438.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmeofEHHSa$

Decrying ‘Reckless Hostage-Taking,’ Progressives Vow to Vote Against Debt Ceiling Deal: “We shouldn’t compromise on protecting our most vulnerable and disproportionately impacted communities,” said Rep. Raúl Grijalva.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/progressives-no-debt-ceiling__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmenIq1zDt$

# Education / Schools
“Smart People Are Falling for Stupid Lies”: How One Florida County Has Become Ground Zero for the Far Right’s Education Blitz. ‘As for the activities that are still permitted in schools, DeSantis seems determined to make them as invasive, dangerous, and unpleasant as possible.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/05/schools-and-universities-are-ground-zero-for-americas-culture-war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmekqOZyrl$

Falling ACT Scores and the Dumbing Down of America, ACT test scores for college admission fall for the fifth year in a row: The annual National Assessment of Educational Progress scores released this week offered depressing news about student K-8 learning. But the news is also bad for high school seniors, as the results of the 2022 ACT tests used for college admission show.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://keystonenevadakorner.com/opinion/falling-act-scores-and-the-dumbing-down-of-america/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmeib1FdDY$

# Employment / Labor
Cori Bush Files to Strike Expanded Work Requirements for SNAP Out of Debt Limit Bill: “Work requirements are ineffective at best, and deadly at worst,” Rep. Cori Bush said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/bush-files-to-strike-expanded-work-requirements-for-snap-out-of-debt-limit-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmevYXEfw1$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Supreme Court Guts Clean Water Act as Conservative Justices Side with Polluters and Developers: We look at how a new Supreme Court ruling awards a major victory to polluters and land developers. In a 5-4 decision last week, the justices sharply limited the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to protect and preserve wetlands under the Clean Water Act. The ruling ends protections for about half of all the wetlands in the contiguous United States
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHB2AZyhvMU__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmeraF17x0$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global ‘Simply Inconceivable’ to Dump Fukushima Water in Pacific, Critics Say After Latest IAEA Report: “Piping water into the sea is an outrage,” said one Japanese fisher angered by the plan to release radioactive wastewater into the ocean. “The sea is not a garbage dump.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/iaea-fukushima-report?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=CommonDreams*2Fmagazine*2FLatest*News__;JSUr!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmelBpwU8C$

# General News
Donald Trump is currently facing many a legal problem. For starters, there are the 34 class E felonies he was charged with last month in relation to a hush money payment made in the run-up to the 2016 election. Then there’s the Justice Department’s investigation into his handling of classified documents, which is expected to result in a second indictment. Rounding things out is a DOJ probe of the violent January 6 insurrection and the plot to overturn the 2020 election, as well as a Fulton County investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn the election in Georgia, both of which also have the potential to lead to criminal charges. Trump reportedly vowed to ‘immediately’ fire anyone who investigated him if reelected: According to Rolling Stone, the ex-president’s allies are already working on a list.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dnyuz.com/2023/05/30/nothing-to-see-here-just-trump-reportedly-vowing-to-immediately-fire-anyone-who-investigated-him-if-reelected/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmeufOMQw6$

Biden Accuser Tara Reade Leaves U.S. for ‘Safety’ of Russia: Tara Reade, who accused President Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993, is requesting Russian citizenship from Vladimir Putin due to concerns about her safety in the United States. She served as Biden’s former aide in the 1990s when he represented Delaware as a U.S. Senator.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/biden-accuser-tara-reade-leaves-us-safety-russia-1803459__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmejibY48D$

Chick-fil-A sparks anti-woke outrage for VP of diversity, equity, inclusion post: Chick-fil-A, the chicken sandwich chain long beloved by conservatives for its longstanding opposition to same-sex marriage, is now sparking boycott calls after announcing that it has hired an executive in charge of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/05/30/chick-fil-a-sparks-anti-woke-outrage-for-hiring-vp-of-dei/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmerCSN9tu$

What is ‘woke’? The definition of “woke” changes depending on who you ask. The term has recently been used by some conservatives as an insult against progressive values. The term, however, was originally coined by progressive Black Americans and used in racial justice movements in the early to mid-1900s. To be “woke” politically in the Black community means that someone is informed, educated and conscious of social injustice and racial inequality, Merriam-Webster Dictionary states.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/woke-conservatives/story?id=93051138__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmemZFNwmy$

# Gov / Politics
Will Hard-Line Republicans Let the Country Avert Default? Hard-line Republicans are threatening to take their revenge and oust House Speaker McCarthy after he brokered a debt ceiling deal. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy dismissed threats from Republican hard-liners to oust him over the debt-limit deal he forged with President Joe Biden and expressed confidence Tuesday that lawmakers will pass legislation in time to avert a US default.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fortune.com/2023/05/30/hard-line-republicans-threaten-revenge-mccarthy-ouster-debt-ceiling/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmek8yPlJN$

Biden’s F-16 Move Is Flight of Fancy Signifying Desperation: Biden is acting tough and he is once more recklessly escalating the war with Russia with his latest move on sending F-16s.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://strategic-culture.org/news/2023/05/23/biden-f16-move-flight-fancy-signifying-desperation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmemmPCAX3$

America’s massive effort to distort and suppress truth: Swift said, “Falsehood flies; and the Truth comes limping after.” Truth no longer even limps; it is gagged and shackled.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57593.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmegB0XZ5O$

When will US join global call to end Ukraine War? There are many peace initiatives to end the war in Ukraine being pursued by leaders and countries around the world as the United States clings to its dogged determination to prolong the war at great cost in Ukrainian lives and at the risk of nuclear war. Must our leaders take us to the brink of World War III, with all our lives on the line in an all-out nuclear war, before they will permit a ceasefire and a negotiated peace?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/will-us-push-to-help-end-ukraine-war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmerL17DLz$

Mike Pence to Throw His Hat in the Ring Next Week: The former vice president will go head-to-head with his ex-boss Donald Trump. Pence will make an announcement in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 7, the date of his 64th birthday, putting him on a collision course with his old boss, former President Donald Trump. He is slated to attend a CNN town hall that same day.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/mike-pence-tlaunch-2024-bid-birthday__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmevh5rqGJ$

‘Give Me a Goddamn Break’: House Democrat Slams Food Aid Cuts as Pentagon Budget Soars. “I didn’t come to Congress to hurt people,” said Rep. Jim McGovern. “And when I listen to my Republican friends, what is clear to me is that we don’t share the same values.” Rep. Jim McGovern, a leading anti-hunger lawmaker in the House, expressed anger that the debt ceiling legislation negotiated by Republicans and the Biden administration targets food benefits for older adults while doing nothing to raise taxes on the wealthy or rein in military spending.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/dem-food-aid-cuts-pentagon__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmeqBSNHMu$

Kevin McCarthy pledges to explore ‘uncomfortable’ cuts to Medicare and Social Security: Kevin McCarthy (R-California) revealed Wednesday that he will “announce a commission” to explore cuts to “mandatory spending”
once the debt ceiling debacle is settled https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/kevin-mccarthy-social-security-medicare/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmeuGN5opa$

# Law Enforcment
Fellow Parishioner Accused of Executing NJ Councilwoman: The man accused of gunning down New Jersey city councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour outside her townhouse in February was arrested and identified Tuesday as Rashid Ali Bynum, a 28-year-old man connected to the same church as Dwumfour. Prosecutors said Bynum was charged with first-degree murder but they would not disclose a possible motive. He also faces separate firearm charges.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/sayreville-nj/3042488762209-fellow-parishioner-accused-of-executing-new-jersey-councilwoman__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmeuWZAIWH$

9 Teens Arrested After Viral Video of 3 Marines Being Beaten: Footage showed the servicemen lying on the ground trying to protect themselves from the onslaught. Four males and one female were charged with assault with a deadly weapon and were admitted to the juvenile hall. Another four minors were reportedly charged with misdemeanor assault and battery. The suspects’ identities have been withheld because they are minors, according to authorities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/05/31/nine-teens-arrested-over-brutal-beating-of-three-marines-on-california-beach/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmelW5adTH$

# Legal / DOJ
DOJ Sues West VA Guv’s Son Over Millions in Unpaid Fines: The complaint alleges that a federal agency issued more than 130 violations and over 50 orders to stop mining operations to Jay Justice’s coal companies. The Justice Department is suing the coal empire of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice for failing to pay more than $5 million in civil penalties assessed by the Department of the Interior.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/31/doj-sues-jim-justices-coal-empire-over-unpaid-fines-for-mining-violations-00099421__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmegdLWNNa$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Uganda Just Made Homosexuality Punishable by Death. American Evangelical Groups Played a Role: President Joe Biden, and even Ted Cruz, has condemned the Ugandan law. The legislation comes after years of lobbying from American Christian groups, some of which previously supported such harsh anti-LGBTQ measures.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/ugandas-new-anti-gay-legislation-includes-death-sentence-for-in-some-cases__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmeuXk615G$

How U.S. Evangelicals Helped Homophobia Flourish in Africa: Anti-gay sentiment had previously existed on the continent, but white American religious groups have given it a boost.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/03/19/africa-uganda-evangelicals-homophobia-antigay-bill/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmep0Y0vSY$

# Military / DOD
Debt ceiling agreement locks in Biden’s proposed defense budget: The debt ceiling agreement negotiated between House Republican leaders and the White House would cap the defense budget topline at President Joe Biden’s $886 billion request for fiscal 2024, a 3.3% increase over this year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/congress/budget/2023/05/29/debt-ceiling-agreement-locks-in-bidens-proposed-defense-budget/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmei3A_4y0$

US pressured to secure Persian Gulf after Iran seizes tankers: The United Arab Emirates has pressed the U.S. to make more muscular moves to deter Iran after the Islamic Republic’s military seized two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman in recent weeks. The U.S. military is working with allies to send more ships and aircraft to the Middle East as Iran escalates its seizures of merchant tankers, the National Security Council announced Friday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/12/us-military-middle-east-iran-seizes-tankers-00096708__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmenl3tU4p$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Sackler Family Buys Immunity From Lawsuits for $6 Billion: The Sackler family, whose company helped trigger the opioid crisis, will dole out $6 billion that will likely fund state and local efforts to fight opioid addiction. Purdue, which filed for bankruptcy in 2019 amid thousands of lawsuits, made drugs like OxyContin and is blamed for fuelling the crisis. On Tuesday, an appeals court ruled that its owners, the Sackler family, would receive full immunity from civil suits. In exchange, they will pay $6bn to help address opioid addiction.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nationalpost.com/news/sackler-family-billionaire-owners-of-purdue-pharma-receive-full-civil-immunity-in-6b-opioid-settlement__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmegRVAJov$

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
SpaceX Dragon carrying Axiom crew splashes down off coast of Florida: That Dragon, named Freedom, undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) earlier in the day at 11:05 a.m. EDT (1505 GMT), ending a 10-day mission that included eight days docked at the orbiting lab.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.space.com/ax-2-astronauts-spacex-dragon-splash-down__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmeghCOp5n$

AFRL helps NASA test equipment for Artemis II Mission: The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and NASA worked together over the last two weeks of April 2023 along with other industry partners, such as Lockheed Martin, to test the most current iteration of an astronaut crew seat and flight suit that will be used in the Orion spacecraft during future missions to space.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spoc.spaceforce.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3410742/afrl-helps-nasa-test-equipment-for-artemis-ii-mission*:*:text=The*20Air*20Force*20Research*20Laboratory,during*20future*20missions*20to*20space__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmevKTe-bM$

Quest for alien signals in the heart of the Milky Way takes off: May 30, 2023, Mountain View, CA: Akshay Suresh, a graduate student at Cornell University, spearheads an extraordinary scientific endeavor, a groundbreaking mission to uncover periodic signals emanating from the core of the Milky Way
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.seti.org/press-release/quest-alien-signals-heart-milky-way-takes__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmevH2Q5IW$

# Technology
Statement on AI Risk, AI experts and public figures express their concern about AI risk: Well, this is unsettling, 350+ industry leaders, including Sam Altman, co-signed this one-sentence statement: “Mitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/30/23742005/ai-risk-warning-22-word-statement-google-deepmind-openai__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmekhRCKP-$

BeetleSat conducts two-way data communication using proprietary expandable antenna: BeetleSat’s NSLSAT-2 satellite, a 6U CubeSat, was launched in January 2023 via a SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket. The Company’s high-performance Ka-band antenna, made of proprietary lightweight shape memory material, was folded at launch, allowing for low volume and mass, and successfully deployed when the satellite reached its orbit. This in-orbit deployment of BeetleSat’s 60 cm expandable antenna from a 6U CubeSat was an industry first and proved the viability of its proprietary technology.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/BeetleSat_announces_successful_two_way_data_communication_using_proprietary_expandable_antenna_999.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmenic1-H0$

# Veterans / VA
Veterans program funding ends up a winner in debt limit deal: Funding for veterans programs would go from being one of the most contentious spending debates on Capitol Hill to a bipartisan budget highlight under the debt limit deal set to be voted on by lawmakers this week. Unlike most non-defense agencies, which will see cuts or flat budgets under the terms of the plan, the Department of Veterans Affairs would see a significant bump in spending in fiscal 2024, in line with both White House and House Republican appropriators’ plans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.federaltimes.com/veterans/2023/05/30/veterans-program-funding-ends-up-a-winner-in-debt-limit-deal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmelR4it2g$

# Water
Colorado River Is on Life Support, and 40 Million People Depend on It for Water: Vulnerable communities may be at risk of reduced water supply under a new Colorado River agreement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/40-million-people-rely-on-the-colorado-river-its-drying-up-fast__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3IV88CsjdqGraG_ddj-VHfTZtDYVlc9euLZYy-YDa5xZxmloaGBeQ-kh26xZfaWHd5A2V0ibt91wbpkS7Nn3d5xmehs9WRob$

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