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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-19

Voices, The Peoples News

July 19, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Western tribes’ last-ditch effort to stall a large lithium mine in Nevada: It’s the latest development in a more than two year legal battle over a plan by the Canadian firm, Lithium Nevada, to build an open pit mine near Thacker Pass, along a remote stretch of sagebrush-studded land close to the Nevada-Oregon border.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184812267/western-tribes-last-ditch-effort-to-stall-a-large-lithium-mine-in-nevada__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlinl7OsJ$

Federal ruling blocks tribes’ objection, approves building largest lithium mine: A federal appeals court on Monday denied a last-ditch effort by tribes to block construction of what’s likely to be the largest lithium mine in North America on federal land in Nevada.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/07/17/1188204958/tribes-object-federal-ruling-approves-lithium-mine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlhM17BSR$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Texas officials push back on media narrative about illegal border crossings: Texas officials are speaking out about what they argue is a false narrative being perpetrated by several media outlets regarding illegal border crossers at the Rio Grande River in Texas https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_5d7868d8-25d3-11ee-b169-773c26e70994.html*:*:text=(The*20Center*20Square)*20**C20Texas,Rio*20Grande*20River*20in*20Texas__;I34lJSXigJMlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlsyw4mh_$

Texas trooper alleges ‘inhumane’ practices against migrants at the border: The reported incidents have coincided with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s push for intense border security efforts through his Operation Lone Star. Troopers at the Texas border were ordered to push children back into the Rio Grande and failed to provide water to asylum seekers in extreme heat conditions, according to an email sent by a Department of Public Safety trooper, and first reported by the Houston Chronicle.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-18/texas-border-migrants-immigration-abbott-inhumane-mistreatment-mexico__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlmLF0_jV$

Security concerns grow as the U.S. continues to be outmatched in arctic territory: The Committee of Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security held a hearing on Tuesday concerning security threats in the Arctic Region. “The arctic has never been more essential to America’s national security,” said Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich. “Unfortunately, the Coast Guard’s icebreaking capabilities are outmatched by our enemies, and rising threats from China and Russia pose a serious risk to American prosperity and security.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_08ba124a-2580-11ee-a528-7f90ab71117d.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlovrYR8I$

Migration Bill Passed by UK Violates International Human Rights Law: UN Experts. “This bill sets a worrying precedent for dismantling asylum-related obligations that other countries, including in Europe, may be tempted to follow,” said the U.N. human rights chief
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/uk-migration-bill*:*:text=According*20to*20the*20U.N.*20Human,they*20are*20survivors*20of*20human__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlqK-ovbt$

Biden Urged to Stop ‘Monstrous’ Texas Policy of Pushing Migrant Children Back Into Rio Grande: “Where is the federal response to Greg Abbott’s illegal games?” asked one observer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/migrant-children-rio-grande__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZloDw0aXf$

State investigating claim that DPS troopers were told to push migrants back into the Rio Grande and deny them water: The Office of the Inspector General investigating the claims, which include pushing small children and women with nursing babies back into the river and turning away a 4-year-old girl who later passed out from the heat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/18/texas-troopers-department-public-safety-migrants-rio-grande-border/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlq4ImwB_$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Biden administration suspends funds to Wuhan lab over failure to provide COVID-related info: A memo that was obtained by Bloomberg News stated that a previous review revealed that the Wuhan laboratory does not adequately follow federal regulations. The lab had also failed to send documents about their security and safety
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-18/us-suspends-wuhan-institute-funds-over-covid-stonewalling__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlhnMLlfU$

# Education / Schools
AP Students Report Teacher Who Assigned Ta-Nehisi Coates Memoir: ‘Topic Is Too Heavy to Discuss.’ High school English students write to school board complaining that lesson plan runs afoul of new law
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://themessenger.com/news/ap-students-report-teacher-for-assigning-ta-nehisi-coates-memoir-topic-is-too-heavy-to-discuss?utm_source=onsite&utm_medium=related_story__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlh5vVH4O$

Moms for Liberty Convince Florida Schools to Ban Award-Winning Young Adult Books: The group had warned that the district could be held under ‘felony prosecution’ for continuing to stock the five books
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://themessenger.com/news/moms-for-liberty-convince-florida-schools-to-ban-award-winning-young-adult-books__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlspjiW05$

Secular Group Demands School Ban Bible After ‘Moms For Liberty’ Gets 5 Books Pulled: Among the recently banned books were Alice Sebold’s ‘Lucky’ and ‘Push’ by Sapphire
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://themessenger.com/news/secular-group-demands-school-ban-bible-after-moms-for-liberty-gets-5-books-pulled__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZloNiJz0C$

California Governor Spars With School Board Over Harvey Milk Comments as Book Ban Fight Heats Up: Newsom said in a statement shared to Twitter that the state was “stepping in” and would be purchasing and providing the textbook that mentions Milk for students at TVUSD, noting in a tweet that it’s “the same one that hundreds of thousands of kids are already using.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/newsom-rips-school-board-over-rejected-textbook-harvey-milk-reference-1812896__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlnUQA3M1$

How School Board Meetings Became Flashpoints for Anger and Chaos Across the Country: In the first wide-ranging analysis of school board unrest, ProPublica found nearly 60 incidents that led to arrests or criminal charges. Almost all were in suburban districts, and nearly every participant was white.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://projects.propublica.org/school-board-meetings-flashpoints-for-anger-chaos/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZls3riF5C$

# Employment / Labor
Where Discrimination Flourished Like Mushrooms: Washington state fines a mushroom grower $3.4 million for firing women farmworkers and replacing them with male contract labor.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/labor/2023-07-19-where-discrimination-flourished-like-mushrooms/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlilQein2$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
For clean energy, miners want a road in one of the most remote national parks: Between August and early October, when the first snows fell, crews worked to clear trees and brush from dozens of areas where future, larger crews could build concrete landing pads and begin delivering equipment necessary to build a 211mile private ‘industrial access’ corridor, sliced through one of the largest and most pristine wilderness areas on Earth.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mining.com/web/this-road-could-save-the-planet-and-carve-up-alaskan-wilderness/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlp2T2CBF$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Extreme heat grips 3 continents as climate change warms Earth: Across North America, Europe and Asia, hundreds of millions of people endured blistering conditions. Punishing heat waves gripped three continents Tuesday, breaking records in cities around the Northern Hemisphere less than two weeks after the Earth recorded what scientists said were likely its hottest days in modern history.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2023-07-millions-extreme-continents.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZliHigFn3$

New GOP Bill Would Curb Biden’s Power to Fight Climate Change: The Capito-Pfluger legislation would prohibit the president from declaring a national emergency “on the premise of climate change,” under any of three laws — the National Emergencies Act, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and the Public Health Service Act, according to the bill text.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/27/house-passes-oil-stockpile-bill-00079877__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlkWR7Gpc$

# Gov / Politics
Why the Ukraine Conflict will Unravel NATO and Biden: If Biden’s has failed in this intermediate Russian stage, it can hardly go onto its final, Chinese one. Biden is about to lose his military wager in Ukraine. That is bound to end Biden’s project of uniting US allies, the closest thing there has been to a Biden Doctrine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/18/why-the-ukraine-conflict-will-unravel-nato-and-biden/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlg9WpiEo$

A Scott Ritter Investigation: Agent Zelensky – Part 1: Palestinian Attorney Noura Erakat: The U.S. Is Normalizing Apartheid by Hosting Israel’s President.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLeBb6hPUC8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlhu4G6Yg$
A Scott Ritter Investigation: Agent Zelensky – Part 2: What are the true reasons behind the current situation in Ukraine today? What kind of operation has the CIA been running in Ukraine over the course of many years?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq-Jab4DUhA__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlnN3q9kJ$

Forbidden questions, denied warrants, witness tipoffs: Agents detail interference in Biden probe: Retired FBI supervisor’s account to Congress of how the bureau tipped off Joe Biden’s team in December 2020 about plans to conduct an interview of his son Hunter not only corroborates a key allegation from two IRS whistleblowers, it further paints a portrait of unusual meddling into the investigation of the first family’s overseas business dealings and taxes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/18/two-wagner-fighters-killed-for-refusing-to-partake-in-mutiny/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlgWMQpBN$

Ron DeSantis and the Politics of Ugly Freedoms: Freedom in the current historical moment turned ugly. The dark side of freedom as a call to domination and repression is with us once again, longer hides in the shadows; nor is it relegated to the margins of society. It is also being weaponized as a political tool to eliminate those institutions which provide support for those individuals considered enemies, or dehumanized because of their color, identity, politics, and ethnicity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/19/ron-desantis-and-the-politics-of-ugly-freedoms/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlue075uB$

Alabama Republicans are basically daring the Supreme Court to enforce its recent Voting Rights Act decision: Alabama Republicans, under orders of the U.S. Supreme Court to redraw congressional districts to give minority voters a greater voice in elections, rejected calls Monday to craft a second majority-Black district and proposed a map testing the judges’ directive. Lawmakers must adopt a new map by Friday after the high court in June affirmed a three-judge panel’s ruling that Alabama’s existing congressional map — with a single Black district out of seven statewide — likely violated the Voting Rights Act.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/17/alabama-republicans-reject-second-majority-black-house-district-00106675__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlveCDufK$

# Juvenile Justice System
ACLU Urges Court to Save Children From Deadly Heat at Louisiana’s Angola Prison, With heat indexes 133 degrees this month, a medical expert for the plaintiffs warned the court that the conditions could be fatal: “It has been dangerously hot in Angola so far this summer,” said one medical expert. “Confining children for all or most of the day to concrete and cement buildings without air conditioning is foolhardy and perilous.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theappeal.org/angola-prison-louisiana-children-deadly-heat/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZll6XD-kT$

Emergency Filing Details Routine Solitary Confinement for Youth at Angola Prison: Advocates are asking a federal judge to take emergency action and remove children from Angola Prison after mounting abuses
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/emergency-filing-details-routine-solitary-confinement-for-youth-at-angola-prison__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlvsJCw6B$

# Legal / DOJ
2hrs ago – Donald Trump arrested: Judge won’t move New York hush money case to federal court: A New York federal judge on Wednesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s efforts to move his New York criminal case to federal court. The former president failed two main components needed to justify his move of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case from state to federal court.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/judge-deny-trump-hush-money-case-federal-court__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlhNIjEEX$

# LGBTQ / Gender
State Spying Poses ‘Roadblock’ for Interstate Seekers of Abortion, Transgender Care: “Digital surveillance data makes profiling easy and suggests that travel data will be weaponized to identify new targets for healthcare prosecutions and investigations.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/abortion-surveillance__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZliD4Cf6B$

# Medical / Health
Climate connections: a warming planet, pathogens and disease: People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/climate-connections-diseases-pathogens/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlkq3_KDL$

# Military / DOD
Raytheon, Northrop Grumman secure further hypersonic weapon development contract: RTX and Northrop Grumman secure contract advancing hypersonic weapons for the US Army as hypersonic weapon development competition heats up.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/raytheon-northrop-grumman-contract-hypersonic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZljaMYW2l$

# Military / Global
Wagner Fighters Executed for Refusing to Join Mutiny: Two Wagner Group mercenaries were executed by their colleague for refusing to participate in Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived armed mutiny last month, according to Russian officials and news reports.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/18/two-wagner-fighters-killed-for-refusing-to-partake-in-mutiny/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlgWMQpBN$

# Recycle / Repurpose / Reuse
Living on Earth: The risks of ‘chemical recycling’: So-called ‘chemical recycling’ of plastics is a highly inefficient process that releases large amounts of carbon emissions and hazardous pollutants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=23-P13-00028&segmentID=3__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZljxmFdzv$

# Social
FEMA Has So Far Paid Out Less Than 1% of What Congress Allocated for Victims of New Mexico Wildfire: Congress gave FEMA $3.95 billion to compensate victims of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire in northern New Mexico. Seven months later, just $3 million has been paid, and most hasn’t gone to households.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-paid-out-less-than-one-percent-of-claims-new-mexico-wildfire__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZljO1xL5P$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-17

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Since Dobbs Ruling, Native People Face a Web of Obstacles to Reproductive Care: In addition to external constraints, many tribal governments appear reluctant to actively fight for abortion access: The ruling is likely to increase already high rates of pregnancy-related mortality for Native pregnancy-capable people (NPCP) in the U.S., creating “the perfect environment for Native women to die,” Abigail Echo-Hawk, citizen of Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and executive vice president of the Seattle Indian Health Board
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/since-dobbs-ruling-native-people-face-a-web-of-obstacles-to-reproductive-care/*:*:text=In*20addition*20to*20external*20constraints,actively*20fight*20for*20abortion*20access.&text=Truthout*20is*20a*20vital*20news,living*20history*20of*20political*20struggle__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLOBVfUtD$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Four more Texas counties declare invasion at southern border: With the signing of a new resolution, the judges and commissioners of Frio, Karnes, La Salle and Medina declared an invasion. The movement to declare an invasion was led by Kinney County, which first issued a disaster declaration April 21, 2021.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/four-more-texas-counties-declare-invasion-at-southern-border__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLCvZV7mG$

# Children / Youth
Child Sex Trafficking Is Not a Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory, I desperately wish it was: Every instinct in us should recoil at the thought of people abusing children. But we must know so we can do something about it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/child-sex-trafficking-is-not-a-right-wing-conspiracy-theory/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLPl6_9yN$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
How the U.S. is gearing up for a repeat “tripledemic” this fall as threats of a surge in COVID-19 cases grow: A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel unanimously recommended last month that COVID-19 vaccines under development for the fall vaccination campaign should be updated. Specifically, they said that the new versions should target one of the currently dominant XBB subvariants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/07/12/how-the-u-s-is-gearing-up-for-a-repeat-tripledemic-this-fall-as-threats-of-a-surge-in-covid-19-cases-grow/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLKWIsQOg$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Life is about to get much more expensive for millions of families with a triple whammy of pandemic-era safety net programs coming to an end around the same time this fall.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/07/17/student-loans-child-care-medicaid-food-stamps-inflation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLOmeYzYC$

# Education / Schools
GOP Advances Education Cuts That Could Remove 220,000 Teachers from Classrooms: Funding Bill Kicks Teachers Out of Classrooms, Takes Away Job Opportunities, and Harms Women and Children; “If left to their own devices, Republicans would gleefully take public education to the graveyard,” said one Democrat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-republican-funding-bill-kicks-teachers-out-of-classrooms-takes-away-job__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLKIfBXoa$

President Biden’s Most Powerful Student Loan Tool: Income-driven repayment can be used to forgive as much student debt as he wants: That reflects the fact that at this point, the IDR tool is probably the best tool Biden possesses to provide student debt relief. It will be an annoying headache for the administration to set up, but its powers are basically limitless, and arguably established on a firmer legal footing than any other option.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/education/2023-07-17-bidens-most-powerful-student-loan-tool/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLLMnRtA1$

# Employment / Labor
How federal law can protect all workers on sweltering summer days: “How in the world can you deny your workers an opportunity to get a drink of water?” Unless all Americans have commonsense safeguards like these, workers across the country will continue to get sick and die during ever-worsening heat waves.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/17/how-federal-law-can-protect-all-workers-on-sweltering-summer-days/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLIFxCSLY$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
How utilities’ fossil fuel investments are driving up rates for the most vulnerable: These rate hikes are largely driven by utilities looking to fund ‘very expensive’ natural gas pipe replacement and expansion projects. Many utilities say these upgrades are needed to meet safety requirements or growing customer demand.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/rising-energy-costs-2661985726.html*:*:text=These*20rate*20hikes*20are*20largely,requirements*20or*20growing*20customer*20demand__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLOZBPn6q$

Seafood industry groups have called for a pause on plans to extract minerals from the ocean floor. The intervention comes as the International Seabed Authority (ISA) meets in Kingston, Jamaica, to discuss proposals by Canada’s The Metals Company to exploit seabed minerals in the Pacific
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/11/seafood-industry-joins-chorus-of-groups-calling-for-a-halt-to-deep-sea-mining-plans__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLBeI-Byd$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Global Russia withdraws from Black Sea grain export deal: The Black Sea agri-commodities export corridor, which allowed Ukrainian grain and oilseeds to be shipped safely, is now set to expire, after Russia announced it is pausing its participation. Moscow suggested that if demands to improve exports of its own grain and fertilizer were met it would consider resurrecting the Black Sea agreement. However, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that a U.N. pact that helped Russia to make shipments over the past year was also terminated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/black-sea-grain-deal-expire-monday-if-russia-quits-2023-07-17/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLHQKlE8P$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Saudi Arabia’s Huge U.S. Investments Lose Money, but Buy Influence: Following Saudi Arabia’s purchase of the PGA Tour, a new Senate report revealed the dictatorship’s ballooning share of the American economy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/14/saudi-arabia-us-investments-influence-liv-pga-golf/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLKMjjwn2$

Former Ukrainian diplomat and political insider Andrii Telizhenko, now under US sanctions on what he says are false grounds, speaks out: Telizhenko worked for the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office in Kyiv before moving to Ukraine’s US Embassy in 2015. He went on to work for Blue Star Strategies, a Democrat-run lobbying firm that represented Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company that appointed Biden’s son Hunter to a lucrative board seat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thegrayzone.com/2023/07/13/bidens-corruption-led-to-ukraines-destruction-fmr-kiev-diplomat/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLDGES95T$

# Gov / Politics
First GOP Presidential Debate Is Next Month, but No One Seems to Know Who’s Attending: The venue and date are set but no word on who will take the stage in Milwaukee on Aug. 23.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6293007/republican-debate-presidential-candidates/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLNqMj-YB$

First GOP debate next month faces threats of boycott as lower-polling candidates scramble to qualify: Some candidates, like former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, are struggling to meet fundraising and polling requirements to make it on stage. He and others are pushing back on a loyalty pledge the Republican Party is insisting candidates sign to participate. And the race’s frontrunner, former President Donald Trump, is considering boycotting and holding a competing event instead.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-republican-presidential-debate-1e4d65a395f83ac078139d14e41d4b63__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLEjX66aR$

Is Biden Preparing to take the U.S. to War Against Russia? Biden and his team appear intent on provoking a nuclear war. This is disturbing and alarming, Biden issued an order activating up to 3000 Ready Reserve and Select Reserve military personnel and sending them to Europe for potential combat with Russia. This is not a hoax. It is on the White House website. Operation Atlantic Resolve is the name for the U.S. military response to Russia’s Special Military Operation. Is Biden making a direct threat to Russia that is likely to elicit a very unpleasant response from Putin? In terms of bolstering U.S. military capabilities this is a nothing-burger. But it is the symbolism and the thinking behind this decision that is frightening. But this is not all.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57685.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLHKmoT-r$

Slavery Isn’t Just Black History, It’s U.S. History: Over 100 political leaders descend from enslavers. It’s time for the U.S. to confront this history and its impacts. A recent Reuters investigation reveals that more than 100 U.S. political leaders descend from slaveholders. This includes five living U.S. presidents, two Supreme Court justices, 11 governors and 100 legislators across party lines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/slavery-isnt-just-black-history-its-us-history/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLKXK09vf$

# Legal / DOJ
When John Roberts Tried To Take Power From The Courts: Court watchers said Roberts’s alignment is not a reflection of his role as chief justice, and instead shows his prominence in the ideological middle of the high court.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/when-john-roberts-tried-to-take-power-from-the-courts/*:*:text=On*20October*203*2C*20the*20first,of*20reappointment**C20by*20the*20Senate__;I34lJSUlJSXigJ0lJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLL8X2Zv-$

Trump gets bad news from Georgia Supreme Court in election interference probe: The Georgia state Supreme Court unanimously rejected Donald Trump’s motion to “quash” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ special grand jury report, to block her from prosecuting him, and to bar her from using any evidence the grand jury obtained to charge him criminally or civilly.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/trump-georgia-election-interference/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLJqEvqt0$

# Media
Is the Media Finally Waking Up to a New Kind of Supreme Court Coverage? Judicial coverage has long sidestepped the politicking that goes on in and around the Supreme Court. Post-Dobbs leak, and amid mounting ethics concerns, that may be changing. “It needs to be covered in a more comprehensive way,” a legal affairs reporter says.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/supreme-court-justices-media__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLCe2loiQ$

UPS CEO’s Political Donations Boost Anti-Union Republicans: Carol Tomé, who positioned herself as a friend of workers when she took the helm at UPS, is facing a potential strike by her workforce. As Tomé positioned herself as a friend of the workers who make her company run, she continued to donate money to national Republicans set on gutting worker power and maximizing salaries for America’s top earners.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/14/ups-strike-carol-tome-anti-union-republicans/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLJtj5sHo$

# Medical / Health
The Abortion Justice Act Is the Reproductive Rights Legislation the U.S. Needs: While the act may have little chance of passage, it’s a message to those who need an abortion that they are not alone. In addition to affirming a legal right to both abortion and miscarriage care, the bill calls for federal investments in abortion care training, research and outreach. It would protect both providers and the patients https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/the-abortion-justice-act-is-the-reproductive-rights-legislation-the-us-needs/*:*:text=In*20addition*20to*20affirming*20a,companies*20to*20cover*20abortion*20care__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLG6EV8zO$

Problems With Abuse, Neglect and Cover-Ups at Choate Extend to Other Developmental Centers in Illinois: Prompted by an outcry over abuse, Illinois proposed moving residents from Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center to similar facilities in the state. New reporting shows the problems at Choate are common throughout the statewide system.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/07/17/problems-with-abuse-neglect-cover-ups-at-choate-extend-to-other-developmental-centers/70401715007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLAQaHoCo$

# Military / DOD
Typo Sends Millions of U.S. Military Emails to Russia Ally: Sensitive information including the trivial itinerary of senior generals has been misdirected. The sensitive Pentagon messages were sent to a company running the West-African country’s internet domain. Mali has been in a state of civil war since 2012.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/millions-secret-military-emails-sent-30483817__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLF8C32Te$

Looking to Sell Weapons, Military Contractors Push Arms Race With China: The intensified cold war with China and Russia is perhaps among the gravest of threats to humanity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/looking-to-sell-weapons-military-contractors-push-arms-race-with-china/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLLrNLi04$

President Biden activated the Individual Ready Reserve: The federal Selected Reserve and state National Guards augment the active duty military with part-time service members that can be called up to active duty when needed. These components saw regular deployments to the Middle East during the Global War on Terror and continue to deploy in support of military operations around the world. However, many Americans may not know that the Individual Ready Reserve is another source of service members who can augment the active duty military.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-news/president-biden-activated-the-individual-ready-reserve/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLNkKNUAE$

# Military / Global
What are China’s plans for Turkey’s IDEF defense expo? Seventy-four Chinese firms are scheduled to attend the International Defence Industry Fair, or IDEF, which is taking place July 25-28 in Istanbul. Meanwhile, five American businesses are signed up.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2023/07/17/what-are-chinas-plans-for-turkeys-idef-defense-expo/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLFVHcj1s$

Turkey’s defense and aerospace exports grew sharply in 2022: TLand systems and drones rank high on the list of weapons exported by Ankara: SASAD, an umbrella organization for Turkey’s defense and aerospace exporters, said that total exports in 2022 reached $4.4 billion, up from $3.2 billion in 2021. Ozgur Eksi, an Ankara-based analyst, attributed the rise in demand mainly to land systems and drones.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2023/07/17/turkeys-defense-and-aerospace-exports-grew-sharply-in-2022/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLIr4eh5S$

Taiwan rings alarm bells as record number of Chinese warships spotted around island: Taiwan raged at China’s latest attempt to intimidate the island as Beijing signals its forces are prepared to launch an invasion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wral.com/story/taiwan-reports-record-number-of-chinese-warships-in-waters-around-the-island/20957531/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLDfccUd_$

# Science
Synthetic human embryos made from stem cells? Research into artificial monkey embryos leads the way: A team of Chinese scientists created “synthetic monkey embryos” or, more precisely, synthetic monkey embryo-like structures from stem cells and used these for reproduction. The reported research involved an in vitro study, meaning it was conducted in the lab, as well as an in vivo study, conducted in the body. The in vitro study involved the ongoing culture of the monkey embryo-like structures in the lab to see how they might develop after the time at which implantation would typically occur.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/07/10/synthetic-human-embryos-made-from-stem-cells-research-into-artificial-monkey-embryos-leads-the-way/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLNYvglCn$

# Social
LA Promised to Preserve Low-Cost Housing. These Tenants’ Homes Were Turned Into Hotel Rooms Anyway: When the American Hotel converted into a tourist hotel, its long-term residents lost not just their affordable housing but the creative community that long thrived in the iconic building. The American is now a boutique tourist hotel in L.A.’s downtown Arts District. Nearly all of its longtime residents have been replaced. But the culprit is not gentrification. It’s the city’s failure to enforce its own laws to preserve affordable housing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://capitalandmain.com/l-a-promised-to-preserve-low-cost-housing-these-tenants-homes-were-turned-into-hotel-rooms-anyway__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLJio51GF$

# UFO Disclosure / Other
Bigfoot, Sasquatch, tedious old hoax – call it what you like, but the hairy beast remains one of the world’s most beloved and enduring mysteries.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/new-drone-footage-of-bigfoot-hailed-as-the-best-yet/ar-AA1dYKIn?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=bd49642201aa4e7ea77aa73eedf37d10&ei=64__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLIZh3hKl$

# Technology
Senators eye electronic warfare capability demonstration in western US: Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, said the interstate demonstration would “better replicate some real-world threat conditions.” Included in a Senate version of fiscal 2024 defense legislation is a provision for a “Western regional range complex demonstration,” in which multiple services would together evaluate capacities to communicate, gather intelligence, conduct offensive and defensive cyber operations, and jam and spoof.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/senators-eye-electronic-warfare-capability-172437526.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLKjBdem7$

Weapons of mass destruction you won’t believe are being created: From genetic to cyber, and everything in between. Cyber warfare is nothing new, nor is the use of biological weapons, but these are much more sophisticated now. Plus, we have a few new weapons, both hypothetical and real ones, that are worth mentioning.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.starsinsider.com/lifestyle/498142/weapons-of-mass-destruction-you-wont-believe-are-being-created__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLEUoaoKo$

# Veterans / VA
Veterans Quit as Training, Mission for DeSantis’ State Guard Turn Militaristic: Veterans resign from force established as civilian disaster relief, citing concerns over ‘militaristic’ training and ‘abuse.’ Promoted by DeSantis as an “emergency focused, civilian defense force” when it was established in June 2022, the state guard has quickly morphed into something quite different, the report found.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/15/ron-desantis-florida-state-guard-militia-veterans-quit__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLLU-oMhc$

# Water
A Saudi company took as much water as it wanted during Arizona drought: Lax rules let a Saudi-owned company pump water from Arizona state land to grow alfalfa for the kingdom’s cattle. Fondomonte relented, telling the state that it had used 16,415 acre-feet of water last year at its farm in the Butler Valley. That’s enough to cover about 12,500 football fields with a foot of water.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/arizona-saudi-arabia-fondomonte-butler-valley-water-residents-cut-off-2023-7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLAUBKRxp$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-16

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Nearly a thousand migrants that recently crossed from Guatemala into Mexico formed a group Saturday to head north together in hopes of reaching the border with the United States: Migrants from around the world remained determined Saturday to continue their journey through Mexico to the United States, even as the government has ordered a crackdown on temporary travel permits allowing them to make their way to the northern border.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/05/13/migrants-from-over-100-countries-have-crossed-into-mexico/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_iOL_Bhf$

Mexico files complaint over Texas border control efforts in Rio Grande: Mexican officials lodged a complaint with the United States government over the floating barriers Texas installed in the Rio Grande River to deter migrants from crossing into the state illegally. If the orange buoys impede the flow of the river, they could be in violation of 1944 and 1970 treaties between Mexico and the US that govern the boundaries and water that separate the two nations, Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretary Alicia Bárcena wrote in a diplomatic note.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/15/mexico-files-complaint-over-texas-border-control-efforts-in-rio-grande/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_sFb2wOU$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
COVID-19 data: How infection rates changed on the day a lockdown or similar measure was introduced: Using an approach based on computer vision technology, researchers can work back from COVID-19 mortality data to see how infection rates changed on the day a lockdown or similar measure was introduced. The approach could be generally useful in future epidemics and pandemics. The work was published July 14 in Science Advances.
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DeSantis asked by GOP officials in Florida to ban vaccine as ‘biological weapon’: The Brevard Republican Executive Committee has joined a growing list of Florida GOP chapters calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to ban the COVID-19 vaccine, which it called a ‘biological weapon’ in a resolution this week. The nonbinding resolution was passed by a super majority vote of committee membership Thursday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/desantis-biological-weapon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_oa1lmOz$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Report finds pandemic spending difficult to track even for experts: A new report found that the $5 trillion Congress spent on pandemic relief efforts has been so difficult to track that it has even stumped some government investigators
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Major Cuts to Social Security Are Back on the Table — What’s Being Proposed Now? A group of Republican lawmakers aims to balance the federal budget and reduce government spending by targeting programs like Social Security — and some seniors could see a big reduction in lifetime benefits if the plan makes it into law.
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Britain officially joins an Asia-Pacific trade group that includes Japan and 10 other nations: Britain on Sunday officially joined an Asia-Pacific trade group that includes Japan and 10 other nations during a meeting in New Zealand. It also includes New Zealand, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/britain-officially-joins-an-asia-pacific-trade-group-that-includes-japan-and-10-other-nations/ar-AA1dVFf0?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=66a9340376814482a8d1be5a639f4180&ei=18__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_qjm3-_K$

# Education / Schools
Denver school principal’s sudden firing has a chilling effect on educators, “Speaking out will backfire on us”: The firing of Denver Public Schools principal Kurt Dennis left educators unable to speak up since Dennis was allegedly fired after speaking against gun violence in schools.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://co.chalkbeat.org/2023/7/12/23793263/kurt-dennis-mcauliffe-firing-denver-schools-chilling-effect-marrero-grievance-lawsuit__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_hNZJg-j$

The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) today announced a -1.3% net return on investments for the 2021–22 fiscal year, ending with the total fund value at $301.6 billion as of June 30, 2022. The 2021–22 return, CalSTRS’ first negative return since 2009, reflects the ongoing volatility of global financial markets impacted by inflation, rising interest rates, the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
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Biden’s Unconstitutional “Bankruptcy Abuse” Act Makes Peons of Student Debtors: The law prohibits education loans from being discharged through bankruptcy. It should be repealed to provide relief.
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Outrage as woke school board axes advanced math classes for being too white and Asian: Parents in Cambridge are speaking out after algebra was cut from middle school. Decision was made years ago due to racial disparities in advanced placement
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/outrage-as-woke-school-board-axes-advanced-math-classes-for-being-too-white-and-asian/ar-AA1dV8Gm?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=66a9340376814482a8d1be5a639f4180&ei=145__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_qGCP3uQ$

# Employment / Labor
Workers Are Funding The War On Themselves: How workers’ retirement savings are enriching billionaires and, in every way imaginable, financing the apocalypse.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/workers-are-funding-the-war-on-themselves/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_ps_ng12$

US: Private equity losses weigh on pension funds: US public pension funds should brace for a big negative surprise when they prepare their reports for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2023. Only then will their returns reflect losses from 2022 in their private equity (PE) portfolios.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ipe.com/north-america/us-private-equity-losses-weigh-on-pension-funds/10065853.article__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_jCgsnSl$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
As an Obscure United Nations Gathering Deliberates the Fate of Deep-Sea Mining, the Tuna Industry Calls for a Halt: New research finds deep-sea mining operations could conflict with the tuna fishery and cause populations to crash as the species moves to escape ocean warming.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11072023/tuna-deep-sea-mining/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_nR8jaGS$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Humanity has etched its way into Earth’s geology, atmosphere and biology with such strength and permanence, a special team of scientists figures we have shifted into a new geologic epoch, one of our own creation. It’s called the Anthropocene. A geologic task force is recommending to mark this new epoch’s start in the small but deep, pristine Crawford Lake outside Toronto, Canada with a ‘golden spike’. The start of the human epoch is sometime around 1950 to 1954. The specific date will be determined soon
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What Is The Anthropocene Epoch—And Why Do Scientists Think A Lake In Suburban Canada Defines It? The start of the epoch is evident in the sediment of Crawford Lake, which at nearly 80 feet deep is deep enough that its bottom layer of water doesn’t mix with upper layers, leaving its bottom layer “isolated from the rest of the planet.” those layers of plutonium and fossil fuel combustion reveal “environmental change” to the earth, comparing the bottom sediment where those changes are analyzed to a “massive dirty lollipop” in a BBC interview, adding: “But it contains these beautiful, annually laminated sediments.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/07/11/what-is-the-anthropocene-epoch-and-why-do-scientists-think-a-lake-in-suburban-canada-defines-it/?sh=22ddd93d47ad__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_uexpBus$

Florida Researchers are recording ocean temperatures that pose severe risks to coral reefs and other marine life. Water temperatures in the mid-90s are threatening delicate coral reefs, depriving swimmers of cooling dips and adding a bit more ick to the Sunshine State’s already oppressive summer weather. Forecasters are warning of temperatures with humidity will feel like 110 degrees by week’s end. If that’s not enough, Florida is about to get a dose of dust from Africa’s Saharan desert that’s likely to hurt air quality.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/florida-ocean-heat-climate-coral-record-bfc3010460eb077fc14d53a6f768931d*:*:text=(AP)*20**C20Record*20global*20ocean,State’s*20already*20oppressive*20summer*20weather__;I34l4oCUJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_h3djLfE$

In Oregon timber country, a town buys the surrounding forests to confront climate driven wildfires: A logger, forester and former mayor joined forces to help Butte Falls manage its forests to protect the town and build an economy supported by tourism rather than logging.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09072023/in-oregon-timber-country-a-town-buys-the-surrounding-forests-to-confront-climate-driven-wildfires/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_uzfRch4$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global Invisible but everywhere: B.C. woman uncovers microplastic pollution in Antarctic waters: A woman’s scientific journey from B.C. to a polar sea unveils plastic pollution has reached Earth’s most remote places
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.richmond-news.com/highlights/bc-woman-finds-plastic-in-worlds-most-remote-region-7264467__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_o2i74BC$

Lula Saves The Trees: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest dropped 34 percent in the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s term, reversing a four-year clearcutting trend. Experts say January decrease is ‘positive’, but caution it is too soon to say whether it marks a long-term reversal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/10/brazil-amazon-deforestation-drops-in-lulas-first-month-in-office__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_sndnL3d$

Antarctic Glacier Sped Up As Its Ice Shelf Collapsed [Video] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aD2S7Yt9IU__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_tYE5msN$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Patient count in Cyclospora parasite outbreak jumps by more than 200: The number of patients in a large outbreak of infections from the cyclospora parasite has increased significantly, with the count approaching 600. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking the outbreak since April 1. As of this week there are 581 laboratory confirmed patients.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/07/patient-count-in-cyclospora-parasite-outbreak-jumps-by-more-than-200/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_ifXsT5b$

# General News
“He’s Fiercely Protective”: Trump Aide Walt Nauta May Pay the Ultimate Price for Loyalty: The former Navy cook remains glued to the ex-president in Mar-a-Lago, “I don’t think King Charles has anyone this good,” says one senior adviser. But could the threat of decades in prison drive the valet to turn on Trump?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://headtopics.com/us/he-s-fiercely-protective-trump-aide-walt-nauta-may-pay-the-ultimate-price-for-loyalty-41182367__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_vkcfAg3$

Donald Trump brands US a ‘third-world hellhole’ run by ‘perverts’ and ‘thugs’: Former president claimed American dream ‘dead’ under Joe Biden during Turning Point Action Conference. Donald Trump branded the US a “third-world hellhole” run by “perverts” and “thugs” in his latest 2024 campaign speech, a rambling, nearly two-hour long set of remarks to close out a right-wing conference in Florida
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-brands-us-third-002241707.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_oNK2TAc$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Sent Wagner to Belarus to Prepare Attack on Poland: Russian Lawmaker: Russian lawmaker Andrey Kartapolov suggested that President Vladimir Putin expelled the Wagner Group to Belarus to allegedly prepare for an attack against Poland during a recent appearance on Russian state television.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/putin-sent-wagner-belarus-prepare-attack-poland-russian-lawmaker-1813181*:*:text=Russian*20lawmaker*20Andrey*20Kartapolov*20suggested,appearance*20on*20Russian*20state*20television__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_ppmhxxW$

# Gov / Politics
The Latest On Joe Biden and His Battle to Restrict Online Speech: President Joe Biden has reason to smile, as a federal appeals court applied a temporary pause to a lower court’s order preventing the federal government from pressuring social media companies to censor political activists and journalists. The “administrative stay” ordered by a New Orleans court allows the government to continue its actions while legal proceedings continue.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/05/biden-admin-thinks-it-has-divine-right-to-nix-conservatives-free-speech-rights/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_ukJcHQ7$

Joe Biden Has the World on Edge: In case you hadn’t heard, President Joe Biden announced an escalation in America’s ongoing involvement in the Russo-Ukraine War. The problem: Biden is not in the best cognitive shape. He has activated 3,000 reservists and has told them to be ready for deployments to Europe. Normally, calling up the reserves is the first step of taking America to war. In this case, it’s even weirder:
Biden is saying simply to “be ready” to go to Europe.
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# Industry / Corporations
Mexican toilet paper company plans to expand in Montgomery County: GCP Paper USA, an arm of privately held Grupo Corporativo Papelera based in Mexico City, confirmed plans to acquire 32 acres in the East Montgomery County Industrial Park in New Caney for a new manufacturing and distribution complex.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/gcp-paper-buys-land-toilet-paper-montgomery-county-18200911.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_lP8qtne$

# Law Enforcment
FBI opens criminal investigations into violent Los Angeles County deputy encounter, including one in which a deputy punched a woman in the face as she held her baby. In addition to the federal investigations, the California Department of Justice has agreed to review the case of 18-year-old Andres Guardado, who was shot in the back three years ago by a sheriff’s deputy in the city of Gardena, south of Los Angeles, the email said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fbi-opens-criminal-investigations-violent-los-angeles-county-101312691__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_sJIIOhN$

At least 4 killed in mass shooting in western Georgia city; suspect still at large: At least four people have been killed in a mass shooting in Hampton, a small city in western Georgia, on Saturday morning. Law enforcement identified Andre Longmore of Hampton as a suspect in the killings in a news conference Saturday evening https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/at-least-4-killed-in-mass-shooting-in-western-georgia-city-suspect-still-at-large/ar-AA1dUH3f?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=8ecd281e85bb401c93fa3336db782e83&ei=24__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_hqHftpn$

# Legal / DOJ
Why Gorsuch’s Opinion in ‘303 Creative’ Is So Dangerous: Andrew Koppelman on what Justice Gorsuch implies in ‘303 Creative,’ “that all antidiscrimination laws are unconstitutional in all their applications,” is part of a larger agenda.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/justice/2023-07-12-gorsuch-opinion-303-creative-dangerous/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_vA_XhSp$

# LGBTQ / Gender
These 5 States Are Doing the Most to Target LGBTQ People: Anti-LGBTQ legislation is at a record high, and these states are responsible for the worst of it https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/worst-anti-lgbtq-states-america-trans-legislation-1234788961/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_vW_0cpA$

# Media
UPS Workers Prep to Strike for Demands That Would Improve Lives of Over 340,000: UPS to Train Nonunion Employees as Talks Stall With Union for 340,000 Workers and Deadline Nears. A little more than a week after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers broke down, UPS said it will begin training many of its non-union employees in the U.S. to step in should there be a strike, which the union has vowed to do if no agreement is reached by the end of this month https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2023-07-14/ups-to-train-nonunion-employees-as-talks-with-union-for-340-000-workers-stalls-and-deadline-nears__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_jliYkcP$

Julian Assange Is “Dangerously Close” to Extradition for Revealing U.S. War Crimes: This is the first time a publisher has been charged under the Espionage Act for disclosing government secrets. For nearly five years, publisher and journalist Julian Assange has fought extradition to the United States where he faces 175 years in prison for revealing evidence of U.S. war crimes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/julian-assange-is-dangerously-close-to-extradition-for-revealing-us-war-crimes/*:*:text=For*20nearly*20five*20years*2C*20publisher,evidence*20of*20U.S.*20war*20crimes__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_m0QqDOT$

# Military / DOD
Old Pentagon battles over provoking Russia relent with new European Command mission: The Pentagon announced EUCOM’s 9-year-old Atlantic Resolve mission that has deployed thousands of troops over the years to defend NATO’s eastern flank was reclassified as a contingency operation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2023-07-14/atlantic-resolve-eucom-russia-10735945.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_swsgs1n$

# Military / Global
Air-raid warning issued on half of territory of Ukraine, cruise missile carriers take off. The Ukrainian Air Force has recorded the takeoff of two Tu-22M3 aircraft from Russia, which means the danger of cruise missile launches. Quote: “East, South, Centre, the danger of missile attack! Air raid alerts were declared across Ukraine early on Friday, local time, with some areas reporting explosions. Ukraine’s military added that central regions were at risk from drone attacks. Explosions were reported in other cities, including in the central city of Krivyi Rih
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.voanews.com/a/latest-in-ukraine-air-raid-alerts-extended-throughout-ukraine/7099964.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_mGfc7bb$

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Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
Industry wants new pipeline on Navajo land scarred by decades of fossil fuel extraction: Developers tout hydrogen as a clean energy source; Navajo opponents say it is another way outsiders will profit by harming their environment and health. Representatives from Tallgrass Energy have shown a map indicating the pipeline would run from Shiprock, New Mexico, in an arc across the northern reaches of the reservation to a spot north of Flagstaff, Arizona. And according to reports from others who attended the meetings, the final destination may actually be Mexico
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://capitalandmain.com/industry-wants-new-pipeline-on-navajo-land-scarred-by-decades-of-fossil-fuel-extraction__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sekqHFGo$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Unaccompanied 15-Year-Old Migrant from Guatemala Dies in U.S. Custody: The girl was provided medical treatment “according to the mother’s wishes and aligned with the recommendations of the hospital’s health care provider team,” the statement said. The girl’s condition deteriorated Friday, and she died Monday as a result of multi-organ failure due to an underlying disease,
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unaccompanied-migrant-child-dies-us-custody-fourth-such-death-this-year/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sU0pCwYn$

County attorney calls on Abbott, Patrick to prioritize border security in next special session: With Abbott likely to soon schedule a third special legislative session, Kinney County Attorney Brent Smith is calling on him to prioritize border security and create a state agency to specifically secure the border. Smith first made the request in a letter to the governor and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on May 31.
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
House Lawmakers Announce Bipartisan Group Focused on the Debt: A group of lawmakers led by Democratic Rep. Scott Peters of California and Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga of Michigan have formed the “Bipartisan Fiscal Forum” — BFF, for short — which they say is dedicated to “sounding the alarm about our nation’s unsustainable debt trajectory and working together to get control of our fiscal future.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://finance.yahoo.com/news/house-lawmakers-announce-bipartisan-group-225902975.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sWastdxB$

Central bankers are planning CBDC currency implants ‘under your skin’ – top economist: A central banker reportedly told economist Richard Werner there are plans to issue CBDCs that ‘look like a small grain of rice,’ to be implanted under the skin. A prominent German economist says central banks plan to concretize central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) in the form of microchips implanted under the skin, a technology that would enable absolute government control over personal finances.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/top-economist-central-bankers-are-planning-cbdc-currency-implants-under-your-skin/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sfz8UFoY$

Nigel Farage warns about ‘tyranny’ of cashless society after getting de-banked: After having his bank accounts closed and a total of nine banks turning him away, Farage said, “The ultimate fear is if we get CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies), we could finish up like the Canadian truckers, people who were within the law, found themselves outside the law, and had their bank accounts frozen. Controlling people’s money would be the ultimate form of tyranny.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/nigel-farage-warns-about-tyranny-of-cashless-society-after-getting-debanked/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sVyxYJ09$

Bank of America pays $250 million to customers and in penalty fees for illegal practices: CFPB said Bank of America implemented a “double-dipping scheme” to “harvest junk fees” from customers and those actions are “illegal and undermine customer trust.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/business/ap-bank-of-america-to-pay-more-than-100m-for-doubling-fees-opening-accounts-without-customer-consent/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sUZMqMPM$

# Education / Schools
New school safety laws related to armed guards, mental health training and panic alerts: Experts say many of the changes will bolster school safety but some requirements may be challenging for public schools to implement by the upcoming school year with limited funding and staffing constraints.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/14/texas-school-safety/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sRgMAJmN$

Biden Cancels $39B in Student Loan Debts: Over 800,000 people will have the remainder of their loans forgiven. In a statement, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona called the move a “historic step,” but Republicans were livid.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/14/bidens-department-of-education-to-cancel-39b-in-student-loans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sZb0HgKH$

The Education System Isn’t Ready for Another Widespread Closure: The pandemic showed the hard and fast limits on the potential for fully remote learning to be adopted broadly. In many communities, schools serve more than an educational function, they support children’s mental health, social needs, and nutrition and physical health needs.
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Fossil fuel workers are dying inhaling gases, despite US warnings to big oil: There were nine incidents of workers dying from inhaling gases while gauging tanks between 2010 and 2014, according to two government agencies. All of the workers died alone. Most of their bodies were found slumped over thief hatches at the top of storage tanks. But the oil industry seems not to have taken note.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/13/fossil-fuel-deaths-inhaling-gas__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sddyQXqW$

Offshore wind just got its biggest boost yet: The Biden administration has approved the United States’ largest offshore wind project. The 98-turbine Ocean Wind 1 project will be built off the coast of New Jersey and could provide power for up to 380,000 homes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/energy/offshore-wind-just-got-its-biggest-boost-yet/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sb8seGXz$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
In a Texas city, heat proved deadly even for those long used to it: Extreme heat killed 10 people in Laredo, a sign that the eventual death toll from this year’s widespread heat waves could be substantial.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ustoday.news/in-one-texas-town-heat-proved-deadly-even-to-those-long-used-to-it/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sWN584b6$

19 states ban utility shutoffs during heat waves. More should follow: This is not a red state vs. blue state issue; it’s about common sense and basic decency.
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# General Recalls / Alerts
Nissan to Recall 1.38 Million Cars in US, Europe and Japan: Nissan Motor Co. issued a recall of about 1.38 million vehicles including Note, Kicks, Serena and Leaf models, a company spokeswoman said Friday. The move will affect vehicles in the US, Europe and Japan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.autonews.com/regulation-safety/nissan-recall-138-million-cars-us-europe-japan__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sSdUeN3O$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia Threatens to End Ukraine Grain Deal as U.N. Warns 1 in 10 Worldwide Faced Hunger in 2022: Concerns are growing that Russia will not extend a United Nations-brokered deal that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to parts of the world struggling with hunger, with ships no longer heading to the war-torn country’s Black Sea ports and food exports dwindling.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wavy.com/news/business/ap-russias-threat-to-pull-out-of-ukraine-grain-deal-raises-fears-about-global-food-security/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sYw4Yt9g$

# Gov / Politics
Republicans Are Looking to Give Themselves $8,000 Raises While Slashing Welfare: The minimum wage and House pay have remained the same since 2009, but Republicans only want to raise one of the two. This would be an $8,000 raise over their current salaries of $174,000. If Republicans get their way, the raise would come in a bill that otherwise cuts spending across the board except for defense, veterans’ care and border militarization, drastically decreasing funding for public programs and the social safety net.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/house-republicans-seek-8k-pay-rise-themselves-oppose-other-spending-2023-7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sRIuJAah$

Democrats Turn Against Defense Bill Ahead Of Final Passage Vote: House Democrats are jumping ship on the traditionally bipartisan defense authorization bill after Republicans passed amendments overturning the Pentagon’s new abortion travel policy and restricting transgender medical care.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2023/07/13/house-dems-bail-on-defense-bill-as-gop-votes-to-repeal-abortion-policy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-seMsHDN0$

Kevin McCarthy Cedes Speakership to the Far Right Once Again: Facing the prospect of yet another conservative mutiny that would derail the House floor, McCarthy once again conceded to far-right demands and set up votes on controversial topics that conservatives want to go on the record about and GOP moderates wanted to avoid.
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Investor Exits DeSantis Fundraiser To Avoid Pay-To-Play Issue: A Wall Street titan with Florida pension business withdraws from the governor’s fundraiser after questions from The Lever.
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Republicans’ new bill, the ACE Act, features restrictions on mail-in voting and fewer limits on money in politics. There’s also a total rewrite of the District of Columbia’s election law, with the stated intention of using the district as a petri dish for conservative policies to restrict voting.
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Ron DeSantis May Have a Successor in the Wings: Byron Donalds: Donalds, the only Black member of the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus, who was nominated to challenge Kevin McCarthy’s Speakership, is considering a run for governor in Florida.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/byron-donalds-interested-florida-governor__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sZHHHR3W$

Cluster Bomb Decision Puts Blood of Future Civilian Victims on Biden’s Hands: In Washington, using taxpayer money to shred the bodies of children and other civilians isn’t a big deal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/biden-cluster-bombs-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sdD_Bo9p$

Congress Escalates Pressure on Tech Giants to Censor More, Threatening the First Amendment: In their zeal for control over online speech, House Democrats are getting closer and closer to the constitutional line, if they have not already crossed it. For the third time in less than five months, the U.S. Congress has summoned the CEOs of social media companies to appear before them, with the explicit intent to pressure and coerce them to censor more content from their platforms.
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70 House Republicans voted in favor of an amendment to the country’s annual defense bill that would have cut off all US military aid to Ukraine: “Notwithstanding any provision of this or any other Act, no federal funds may be made available to provide security assistance to Ukraine,” reads the one-sentence amendment, one of the dozens offered by hard-right Republicans that lawmakers voted on over the course of Thursday evening.
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# Legal / DOJ
How DOJ’s E. Jean Carroll Reversal Could Be Used Against Trump in the Next Indictment: The reversal of the department’s previous position in Carroll’s civil case might have significant ramifications not just for that case but for a potential further looming prosecution of the former president.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/07/will-fani-willis-doj-trump-indictment.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sSpQjllJ$

Former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, reportedly told a grand jury that Trump truly believed the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him. (It wasn’t.) The federal investigation is focusing on Trump’s failed efforts to stay in power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jared-kushner-testified-before-grand-jury-in-2020-election-interference-case-report_n_64b06a6fe4b038c60cc37505?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2023-07-14&utm_term=us-morning-email__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sYl5reWk$

A lawyer for Hunter Biden reportedly warned the former president to stop spreading dangerous rheoteric about the current president’s son online, citing several examples. Trump has faced legal repercussions for rhetoric he has spread both online and offline.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hunter-biden-lawyer-trump-cease-and-desist_n_64b0ac0fe4b0dcb4cab227d9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sUVLsOm2$

‘Corruption’: Thomas Aide Accepted Money From Lawyers Who Have Had Cases Before Supreme Court “This court loses more and more of its legitimacy every day.” In 2019, an aide to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas pocketed cash from multiple lawyers who have argued cases before the high court, including ones who recently helped gut affirmative action and the federal government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas pollution
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/12/clarence-thomas-aide-venmo-payments-lawyers-supreme-court__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sQ51j3kx$

# Media
UPS Workers Prep to Strike for Demands That Would Improve Lives of Over
340,000: Negotiations have stalled after the company and the union failed to reach an agreement. These demands are mainly economic, such as wage increases for all workers, including for people who have worked at the company for a long time, as well as for part-time workers. The Teamsters are also demanding improved pension benefits and protections for health and welfare benefits.
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USPS Is Closing More Post Offices, Effective Immediately: Now, new weather concerns are prompting dozens more closures, with several new additions just announced. Read on to find out about the latest USPS service suspensions.
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USPS Lists Hundreds of Post Offices and Other Facilities Where It Will Consolidate Operations The changes will take place as soon as next month. More than 200 post offices and other U.S. Postal Service facilities are set to shed some of their operations as soon as this year as the mailing agency seeks to consolidate those functions at larger buildings, according to documents shared by management.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.govexec.com/management/2022/08/usps-lists-hundreds-post-offices-facilities-consolidate-operations/376385/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sV_4WJPo$

# Medical / Health
Proposed Medicaid Rule Could Strip States of Local Control, Expert
Warns: The Biden administration is attempting to expand its power over the management of Medicaid at the local level.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbpp.org/research/health/states-complex-medicaid-waivers-will-create-costly-bureaucracy-and-harm-eligible__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sdd6uqxH$

# Military / DOD
Bipartisan bill bans JROTC programs at Chinese Communist Party-linked
schools: Sen. Ted Cruz, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, introduced an act that would prohibit the Department of Defense from establishing or maintaining a Junior Reserve Officers’
Training Corps program at any private school operated by entities linked to the People’s Republic of China, Chinese Communist Party, or the People’s Liberation Army https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_340ff702-21ac-11ee-a637-ef4286e2fbc2.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sYCN9FXC$

Biden authorizes activation of up to 3,000 reserve troops for ‘Operation Atlantic Resolve’: Biden’s order specifies no more than 3,000 can be activated at any one time, of whom no more than 450 may be members of the Individual Ready Reserve, which consists of trained soldiers who have previously served in the Active Army or Selected Reserve.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/13/biden-authorizes-pentagon-to-deploy-3k-reserve-troops-to-europe-in-response-to-ukraine-war/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-saegwob0$

US Electromagnetic Weapons and Human Rights: This research explores the current capabilities of the US military to use electromagnetic (EMF) devices to harass, intimidate, and kill individuals and the continuing possibilities of violations of human rights by the testing and deployment of these weapons.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.californiaskywatch.com/warcosts/wp-content/uploads/us-navy/417E_7_2006_U.S._Electromagnetic_Weapons_and_Human_Rights_December_2006_by_Phillips.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sVlgbTxO$

How the United States tortures and murders its own citizens: In the summer of 1988, the International Committee began to study the development of electromagnetic weapons by the United States of America. The term “offensive microwave weapons” comes from a report published in 1982 by the Congressional Clearing House on the Future titled, “Future Agenda”. It presented offensive microwave weapons as a growing threat which would certainly be a hot issue 10 years in the future. In fact, it is now 18 years later and the term offensive microwave weapons is still a mystery to most people.
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Health Impacts of Crowd-Control Weapons: Directed Energy Devices: Directed energy weapons, also known by the brand name Active Denial System, are a new technology developed by the U.S. military. This technology delivers very high-frequency millimeter-wavelength electromagnetic rays that heat skin on contact, causing a painful burning sensation. These weapons have not been used on protestors to date but are actively in development for military as well as crowd-control purposes, and they are being marketed to law enforcement as well as military agencies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phr.org/our-work/resources/health-impacts-of-crowd-control-weapons-directed-energy-devices/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-scTtcLIs$

High Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse (HEMP) and High Power Microwave (HPM) Devices Threat Assessments: Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) is an instantaneous, intense energy field that can overload or disrupt at a distance numerous electrical systems and high technology microcircuits, which are especially sensitive to power surges. A large scale EMP effect can be produced by a single nuclear explosion detonated high in the atmosphere. This method is referred to as High-Altitude EMP (HEMP). A similar, smaller-scale EMP effect can be created using non-nuclear devices with powerful batteries or reactive chemicals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sgp.fas.org/crs/natsec/RL32544.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sems85cc$

# Science
Making a new person from skin or blood cells, but no egg and sperm?’ Scientists debate ethics of ‘synthetic human reproduction’: Scientists are getting closer to the possibility of making a new person from skin or blood cells, without the need for sex. This approach goes well beyond in vitro fertilization, which combines egg and sperm in a laboratory, because it doesn’t require natural eggs or sperm.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/07/14/making-a-new-person-from-skin-or-blood-cells-but-no-egg-and-sperm-scientists-debate-ethics-of-synthetic-human-reproduction/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sVqlq_CB$

# Security
TSA Rolling Out ‘Voluntary’ Facial Recognition Program to Another 400 Domestic Airports: In March of this year, TSA administrator David Pekoske again noted the process is still (supposedly) optional, but that it’s not going to stay that way for long. How long that will be remains to be seen https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.techdirt.com/2023/07/13/tsa-rolling-out-voluntary-facial-recognition-program-to-another-400-domestic-airports/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-scdbK47_$

# Social
America Just Set a Bleak Record for Mass Killings: This year has seen relentless slaughter unlike any other. The deadliest six months of mass killings unfolded across the U.S. in the first half of 2023, eclipsing any other six-month period for at least 17 years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/mass-killings-record-gun-violence-0174103c37756fe4d247fd15cd3bc009__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sXhEIwkr$

# Space
India launches rocket to land spacecraft on Moon: India’s space agency launched a rocket on Friday that sent a spacecraft into orbit and toward a planned landing next month on the lunar south pole, an unprecedented feat that would advance India’s position as a major space power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.space.com/india-launches-chandrayaan-3-moon-landing-mission__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sWcni1TY$

Japan rocket engine explodes during test: official: The explosion of the Epsilon S engine at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) testing site is the latest in a series of failures that have deflated Japan’s space ambitions. The explosion took place about a minute into the test of the second stage engine, the official said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2023-07-japan-rocket.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sfB8wXTc$

Rocket Lab readies launch of seven satellites from New Zealand: California-based Rocket Lab plans to launch seven miniature satellites that will gather data on Earth’s atmosphere to improve weather forecasting, replace a decommissioned technology spacecraft and send twin navigation satellites into space
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2023/07/13/newzealand-nasa-satellites-launching/1961689097297/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sexp4a4B$

Space Force to open launch business to a third provider: The move would expand competition for national security space launch, a field dominated by SpaceX and United Launch Alliance. The Space Force’s solicitation for the next phase of national security launches will likely seek to distribute its most demanding missions among three providers, a change of course from its plan to choose just two companies to meet its space lift requirements.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2023/07/14/space-force-to-open-launch-business-to-a-third-provider/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-dnr__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sUqOXhNJ$

# Technology
Where Have All The Liberals Gone? The FBI has been forwarding thousands of content moderation “requests” to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube on behalf of the SBU, Ukraine’s Security Agency. Yesterday a House Committee, Republican-led, released a series of documents showing without a doubt that the FBI has been forwarding thousands of content moderation “requests” to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube on behalf of the SBU, Ukraine’s Security Agency. The documents not only contain incontrovertible evidence that our own FBI pressures tech companies to censor material, but that the Bureau is outsourcing such work to a foreign government, in this case Ukraine. This passage below for instance reads “The SBU requested for your review and if appropriate deletion/suspension of these accounts.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/political/taibbi-where-have-all-liberals-gone__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sVjjl98U$

NATO Summit Serves Up Cringe Nothing-Burger – Nothing but 26,000 dead Conscripts for Biden’s Vanity: Rather than provide Ukraine with a concrete road map to membership, NATO declared that it would extend an invitation to Ukraine when “conditions are met”, one of which is that the conflict with Russia must be over. New Twitter Files Contradict FBI Director’s Testimony: The FBI maintained a large operation actively seeking the censorship of thousands
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/nato-summit-serves-up-cringe-nothing-burger-nothing-but-26000-dead-conscripts-for-bidens-vanity/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxL-hJwnN7TIaSzMaQ67dPKVkAcZlUEpdl3R3XeEV7PSRnG0FGTOh6bTfhDb9nKGvDu-1dxgRo-BLHifl5vsALC-sZkI9lfL$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-13

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Border Patrol agents apprehending human smugglers, helping with convictions: Over the last nine months, Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents alone have apprehended over 4,6000 foreign nationals who’ve illegally entered the U.S. from Canada from over 67 countries. Despite being understaffed, they’ve apprehended more people this fiscal year than in the last seven years combined.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e102e190-20da-11ee-bfb8-1bf8caecb6df.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtcBmmxiA$

Biden administration expands parole program to millions from four more countries: Despite a federal judge in Florida ruling more than once that the Biden administration parole program is illegal, the administration has expanded it and created another parole program to allow even more people into the U.S
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/01/05/joe-biden-immigration-plan-el-paso-texas/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtRspTZUP$

# Children / Youth
Senate Republicans: Biden ‘created largest child trafficking ring in US history’: U.S. Senate Republicans launched a video on Wednesday claiming that President Joe Biden has “created the largest child trafficking ring in U.S. history.” The video quotes Republican senators at hearings expressing concern about the extraordinary number of unaccompanied minors being trafficked to and through the U.S. southern border. In one clip, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, says “Biden does not care about the 300,000 plus unaccompanied children that have been placed with sponsors since he became president.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0cc6837a-20dd-11ee-be5c-8f14eaf139f0.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtRNpZP1Q$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
A 27-state coalition of attorneys general is asking the Supreme Court to side with a lower court regarding the unconstitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) funding mechanism: Under current law, CFPB can obtain hundreds of millions in funding by sending a half-page letter to the Federal Reserve. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled last year that the Obama-era funding mechanism is illegal and Congress has the power of the purse to oversee federal agency funding.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b7f58ed2-20db-11ee-b8a6-03b46305e90c.html*:*:text=**BWe*20are*20asking*20the*20Supreme,boundaries*20provided*20by*20the*20Constitution.**B__;I37igJwlJSUlJSUlJeKAnQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtQ3PNkeI$

# Employment / Labor
Kenyan Workers Who Trained ChatGPT Demand Government Investigate Work Conditions: “The fortunes of Big Tech are currently built on the broken backs and minds of African youth,” one legal advocate said. The powerful artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can generate text on almost any topic or theme, from a Shakespearean sonnet reimagined in the style of Megan Thee Stallion, to complex mathematical theorems described in language a 5 year old can understand. Within a week, it had more than a million users.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtQco55_7$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Oil and gas production responsible for $77 billion in annual US health damages: These health impacts affected communities in states with high oil and gas production, as well as states with limited or no gas activity, underlining the need for comprehensive regulatory action to protect Americans from pollutants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230508114018.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtQ8DJRa6$

Developer confirms funding for massive Rio Grande gas terminal: The Port of Brownsville was the last major deepwater port of Texas still undeveloped by large fossil fuel projects.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12072023/rio-grande-lng-export-terminal-brownsville/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtdJGBtLU$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Scientists are freaking out about surging temperatures. Why aren’t politicians? Western leaders’ attention is focused elsewhere as ‘unprecedented’ heat warms oceans and land. The beginning of July marked the planet’s hottest week in recorded history. Last month was the warmest-ever June. The arrival of a strong El Niño is likely to push global temperatures even higher, whipping up extreme weather worldwide.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-scientists-freaking-out-about-surging-temperatures-heat-record-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtdrqiaAt$

A Comal County, Texas ranch owner ponders selling his land, setting off a clash between property rights and environmental concerns: Late last year, Harrison filed an application with the state to build a wastewater treatment plant on the property large enough to serve a 1,400-lot subdivision. The permit would allow 600,000 gallons of treated wastewater per day to be discharged into the west fork of Dry Comal Creek, which connects to the Comal and Guadalupe rivers, the most popular tubing destinations in the state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/13/texas-comal-county-wastewater-permit-ranch-environmentalists/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtVaO0umn$

Biden Is Investing in Green Energy Across the South, Throwing Swing State Union Workers Under the Bus: “What Biden is doing is politically insane, environmentally bankrupt, and it’s poor economics.” The success of the climate program will require continued federal commitment. Biden is placing a bet that clean energy investments could ultimately work the same way as the military-industrial complex.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/10/biden-green-energy-union-workers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtbAeMsjN$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global ‘A Geography of Arks’: Extending Park Networks Across 1% of Earth Could Save More Than 1,000 at-Risk Species. A new study by scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Durham University and Princeton University asserts that bolstering the protections of current conservation areas is as important for keeping biodiversity intact as establishing new protected areas
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/biodiversity-conservation-areas-protections.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtV7m8Mig$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Pesticides from farming leach into world’s waterways at rate of 710 tonnes a year, UN research shows: Safe levels exceeded in 13,000km of rivers globally with ingredients potentially degrading into more persistent substances, new research finds pesticides exceed safe levels in 13,000km of rivers globally.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/13/pesticides-from-farming-leach-into-worlds-waterways-at-rate-of-710-tonnes-a-year-un-research-shows__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtb3u_r_A$

Donald Rumsfeld and the Strange History of Aspartame: WHO plan to list Aspartame as ‘possible carcinogen’ ignites decades old debate about safety, and Donald Rumsfeld’s role in FDA approval. Dr. John Olney, who founded the field of neuroscience called excitotoxicity, attempted to stop the approval of aspartame with Attorney James Turner back in 1996. The FDA’s own toxicologist, Dr. Adrian Gross told Congress that without a shadow of a doubt, aspartame can cause brain tumors and brain cancer and that it violated the Delaney Amendment, which forbids putting anything in food that is known to cause cancer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-rumsfeld-and-the-s_b_805581__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtSAEDUF_$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Major Food And Drink Brands That Are Disappearing Or Rebranding: 1. Diet Pepsi, 2. Victoria’s Secret 3. Campbell’s Soup, 4. Kodak, 5. Harley Davidson, 6. Jell-O, 7. Gap, 8. Chevrolet Volt
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://moneywise.com/life/lifestyle/brands-you-love-that-may-disappear-forever__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtVGJgCjQ$

# Gov / Politics
FBI Director Christopher Wray faced questions from Republicans lawmakers Wednesday over the federal law enforcement agency’s alleged bias against conservatives and Republicans
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4092726-fbi-director-christopher-wray-testifies-house-judiciary-live-updates/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtZE_KiQc$

20 states file brief in case challenging Delaware’s gun control bills: A coalition of 20 attorneys general is requesting the U.S. Court of Appeals reverse a district court decision upholding Delaware’s ban on “assault weapons” and certain magazines
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_0b5339c6-20e6-11ee-a407-77ed4d5cc77c.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtRJOhvMe$

It’s mindblowing that Biden thinks Elliott Abrams is a good man for any job: The US embraces repressive and murderous governments while in the same breath condemning the human rights abuses of its adversaries. Biden officials do not see how hypocritical, and counterproductive, it is to embrace figures like Abrams and Henry Kissinger while trying to rally the globe against their adversaries’ human rights abuses is almost unfathomable.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/biden-elliott-abrams__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtY5KsVwa$

Close to 100,000 Voter Registrations Were Challenged in Georgia — Almost All by Just Six Right-Wing Activists: The recent transformation of the state’s election laws explicitly enabled citizens to file unlimited challenges to other voters’ registrations. Experts warn that election officials’ handling of some of those challenges may clash with federal law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtWtI2Jh8$

# Law Enforcment
L.A. Deputy Seen Punching Mom in Face as She Held a Baby: Sheriff Robert Luna said he had flagged the case for potential criminal charges.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/13/la-sheriffs-deputy-punched-mother-holding-baby/70409225007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtQic0CaR$

# Legal / DOJ
Former Border Patrol Agent Sentenced to More Than Nine Years in Prison for Accepting Bribes to Facilitate the Trafficking of Illegal Drugs https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-border-patrol-agent-sentenced-more-nine-years-prison-accepting-bribes-facilitate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtRbl9D6w$

The stealth Supreme Court rulings no one is talking about; the Shadow Docket: How the Supreme Court uses Stealth Rulings to Amass Power and Undermine the Republic. The court has used the shadow docket to effectively leapfrog over the appeals court system on major decisions, sometimes with devastating effects.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://share.transistor.fm/s/af2bb820/transcript__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtekKOCZK$
See also: Supreme Court “Shadow Docket” Under Review by U.S. House of Representatives (American Bar Association, 2021)
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.americanbar.org/groups/committees/death_penalty_representation/publications/project_blog/scotus-shadow-docket-under-review-by-house-reps/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtYMevmgc$

Twitter Refused to Pay Ex-Employees $500 Million in Severance, Lawsuit Says: Under Elon Musk, the company has laid off over 6,000 people, or about 80 percent of its staff. Twitter Inc on Wednesday was hit with a lawsuit accusing it of refusing to pay at least $500 million in promised severance to thousands of employees who were laid off after Elon Musk acquired the company. Courtney McMillian, who oversaw Twitter’s employee benefits programs as its “head of total rewards” before she was laid off in January, filed the proposed class action in San Francisco federal court.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/legal/twitter-owes-ex-employees-500-mln-severance-lawsuit-claims-2023-07-12/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtWn9pCf3$

# Medical / Health
Problems With Abuse, Neglect and Cover-Ups at Choate Extend to Other Developmental Centers in Illinois: Prompted by an outcry over abuse, Illinois proposed moving residents from Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center to similar facilities in the state. New reporting shows the problems at Choate are common throughout the statewide system.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/abuse-neglect-cover-ups-choate-extends-through-illinois__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtaDprtX-$

Illinois Leaves Three Administrators in Charge at Choate Despite Troubled History of Resident Care: A new state watchdog report calls for a “fundamental overhaul” at Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center. But the state kept on administrators who were in charge during some of the facility’s most troubled years. All three administrators were previously indicted on felony charges in connection with their handling of an abuse allegation at the facility.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/state-leaves-3-administrators-in-charge-at-choate-despite-troubled-history-of-resident-care/article_6f52f6c0-218e-11ee-8fe4-13bf4e7fec38.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtULo80Ej$

FDA approves first over-the-counter birth control pill: Opill will be available in stores without a prescription.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/13/fda-approves-over-the-counter-birth-control-opill-00105711__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtdSdEd6V$

# Military / DOD
Biden Keeps Lying About The US “Not Trying To Surround” China: The U.S. president isn’t trying to fool the Chinese government about the military buildup in the Pacific. His comments are aimed at the Western public and U.S. allies https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://consortiumnews.com/2023/07/12/caitlin-johnstone-biden-lies-about-not-surrounding-china/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtVXNMvYb$

The Military-Industrial Complex Is Finally Facing Intense Bipartisan Scrutiny: A loose coalition of Democrats and Freedom Caucus Republicans are pushing NDAA amendments that challenge Washington’s foreign policy orthodoxy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/11/congress-military-ndaa-amendments/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtVUS5DO2$

# Nuclear
How America’s push for the atomic bomb spawned enduring radioactive waste problems in St. Louis: The federal government and companies responsible for nuclear bomb production and atomic waste storage sites in the St. Louis area. Storage was so haphazard that even the path to the site was contaminated by trucks that spread waste on their hauls from 1966 to 1969. Tons of that nuclear waste flowed into Coldwater Creek, contaminating the often-flooding waterway and adjacent yards for 14 miles
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/nuclear-waste-cancer-st-louis-army-corps-school-9e1ceb765822fc53fcbc2e42005adef2__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtb5ZDxOM$

# Planetary
New radar technique lets scientists probe invisible ice sheet region on Earth and icy worlds: Scientists at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have developed a radar technique that lets them image hidden features within the upper few feet of ice sheets.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/New_radar_technique_lets_scientists_probe_invisible_ice_sheet_region_on_Earth_and_icy_worlds_999.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtXoz9pX6$

Robot team on lunar exploration tour: On the Moon, there are raw materials that humanity could one day mine and use. Various space agencies, such as the European Space Agency (ESA), are already planning missions to better explore Earth’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/07/230712165135.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtQXMu5Ae$

A connected robot team could improve our space exploration capabilities: A team of robots would still be able to complete a mission if one or two of the machines malfunction. Swiss researchers led by ETH Zurich are exploring the possibility of sending an interconnected team of walking and flying exploration robots to the Moon, a press statement reveals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/connected-robot-team-improve-space-exploration-capabilities__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtc578qR3$

# Space
China begins construction of ultra-low orbit satellite constellation: The first satellite of the ultra-low orbit satellite constellation will be launched in December, carrying payloads such as an optical remote sensing camera, spaceborne intelligent processing equipment and an atomic oxygen detector. An ultra-low orbit is an orbital altitude of less than 300 kilometers. Its dynamic environment is complex and needs to offset the effects of the rapid decay of the satellite orbit due to heightened atmospheric drag.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_begins_construction_of_ultra_low_orbit_satellite_constellation_999.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtSISTKMA$

China unveils preliminary plan on manned lunar landing: China plans to land its taikonauts on the moon before 2030 to carry out scientific exploration, according to a preliminary plan released by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Wednesday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://spacenews.com/china-sets-sights-on-crewed-lunar-landing-before-2030/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtZHrF7hJ$

# Technology
Musk launches xAI to rival OpenAI, Google: Elon Musk on Wednesday launched his own artificial intelligence company, xAI, as he seeks to compete with OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT – a program he accuses of being politically biased and irresponsible.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businesstoday.com.my/2023/07/13/musk-launches-xai-to-rival-openai-google/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtayVqCb2$

NASA humanoid robot to be tested in Australia: NASA says knowledge gained from this mission will potentially be used for NASA’s Artemis missions and other Earth-based robotics objectives. NASA’s humanoid robot Valkyrie is starting a new mission in Australia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-humanoid-robot-to-be-tested-in-australia__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtdmrIDMb$

# Technology / Global
Google launches ChatGPT rival Bard in EU, Brazil: Google launched its AI chatbot Bard in the European Union, Brazil and a dozen other countries on Thursday and unveiled new features as it expands access to its answer to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://techxplore.com/news/2023-07-google-chatgpt-rival-bard-eu.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xBS6gD5oE6Qdh24tXOGj8m4HeZOKJ9DG7FaV8kEzypI-xigN9XJ8Npc8cdQNDR9o3a6IndqsCH4uGfb697YzVbtQtd_Cpwti$

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July 12, 2023
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# Indigenous
Removing Klamath dam recognizes rights of Indigenous people, and the river itself: Yurok Tribe’s 2019 Resolution 19-40, which recognizes the rights of the Klamath River itself “to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve; to have a clean and healthy environment free from pollutants; to have a stable climate free from human-caused climate change
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/removing-dams-from-the-klamath-river-is-a-step-toward-justice-for-native-americans-in-northern-california-196472*:*:text=Removing*20the*20dams*20will*20begin,from*20human*2Dcaused*20climate*20change__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK8J4fTdM$

# Children / Youth
Kids Awaiting Foster Care Placement Are Being “Housed” in Jails and Offices: More than half the states in the U.S. have seen a decline in the number of licensed foster homes since 2021.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/kids-awaiting-foster-care-placement-are-being-housed-in-jails-and-offices/*:*:text=This*20is*20because*20child*20welfare,other*20places*20to*20send*20them__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zKxapza3R$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Fauci, Other ‘Bethesda Boys’ Colluded to Suppress COVID Lab-Leak Theory, U.S. House Committee Report Finds: A report released Tuesday by the U.S. House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic presents evidence of a coordinated effort by federal officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, to suppress the COVID-19 lab-leak hypothesis and instead promote the “natural origin” theory.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/authors/michael-nevradakis-ph-d/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zKxDtqZEf$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Millions of Taxpayers’ Data Given to Google, Meta: Lawmakers: TaxAct, H&R Block and TaxSlayer “recklessly” shared info including names, addresses, and incomes, a report alleges. They say some of that data was then used by Meta to create targeted advertising to its own users, other companies, and to train Meta’s algorithms. The Democrats’ report urges federal agencies to investigate and potentially go to court over the wealth of information that H&R Block, TaxAct and TaxSlayer shared with the social media giant.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/irs-taxpayer-tax-preparation-meta-congress-9315cfca7a0942ab89f765d183fbf822__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zKyszanQa$

# Education / Schools
Court’s Student-Loan Decision Is Not Legally Controversial: The court merely restated what then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi explained two years ago: “People think that the president of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. … That has to be an act of Congress.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/courts-student-loan-decision-is-not-legally-controversial/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zKwYSUTDo$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
The U.S. is poised for record-high consumption of natural gas as extreme heat sends demand for air conditioning skyrocketing. “This is an interesting time to monitor the United States’ electricity mix,” the U.S. Energy Information Administration administrator said
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/extreme-heat-pushing-u-toward-200328447.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zKyGRF1xQ$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Analysis Spotlights Leonard Leo’s Role in Republican ‘Crusade’ Against ESG: Dark Money Network Is Helping GOP Attack Climate-Friendly Corporate Investments. Groups tied to Federalist Society co-chair Leo Leonard are targeting environmental, social and corporate governance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-unveil-sweeping-bill-to-massively-suppress-voters-ahead-of-2024/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK8RA0M2a$

Birds Around the World Are Building Their Nests With Trash: A new study has found that 176 bird species around the world are building their nests with trash from humans, such as cigarette butts, candy wrappers and plastic string.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/birds-building-nests-trash.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zKzg-VJ5b$

Wild Bees Emerge From Nests Earlier as Temperatures Rise, Causing ‘Mismatch’ With Flowering Plants, Study Finds: Bees need flowers for food, and flowers need bees to pollinate them, so it is of vital importance that bees emerge from their nests at the same time as plants are flowering each year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/wild-bees-nesting-climate-change.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK2DwFwig$

# General News
Trump Is Trying to Delay the Documents Trial Until He Can Retake the White House and Make All His Legal Problems Go Away: His lawyers insist he can’t get an impartial jury during the election, and also that he has too many other trials on his plate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/world/news/trump-wants-to-delay-his-classified-documents-trial-until-after-the-2024-election/articleshow/101675187.cms__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK7UNFgWV$

Trump Says Hunter Biden Should’ve Gotten the Death Penalty for Not Paying His Taxes on Time: No word on what he thinks the penalty for someone accused of inciting an insurrection and obstructing a federal investigation should be.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-hunter-biden-cocaine-justice-department-b2373556.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK5FOKZfc$

# Gov / Politics / Global
As Ukraine Gets “Closer Than Ever” to Joining NATO, Does Peace Get Further Away? “While this issue of Ukraine being a member of NATO is on the table, [Russia] will keep fighting,” says Medea Benjamin.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/video/as-ukraine-gets-closer-than-ever-to-joining-nato-does-peace-get-further-away/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK2mZ_Iir$

# Gov / Politics
Louisiana Republicans are preparing to use the Supreme Court’s decision overturning affirmative action in college education to argue for a total gutting of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said they would press forward with a similar law that had been on hold.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/voting-rights-act-supreme-court-black-voters-6f840911e360c44fd2e4947cc743baa2__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK7Yunqnj$

Republicans Unveil Sweeping Bill to Massively Suppress Voters Ahead of 2024: The bill is the product of years of Republican fearmongering over Trump’s election lies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-unveil-sweeping-bill-to-massively-suppress-voters-ahead-of-2024/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK8RA0M2a$

GOP Culture War Fights Complicate McCarthy’s Plan to Pass Defense Bill: House Republican leaders reportedly had hoped to clear the massive, must-pass annual defense authorization bill this week, but those plans now look likely to be dashed as far-right members of their own party again present challenges for Speaker Kevin McCarthy and his team.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/07/12/mccarthy-culture-wars-defense-ndaa__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK2KQK1Cy$

# Industry / Corporations
How a UPS strike could disrupt deliveries and roil the package delivery business: A strike would likely mean package delays for consumers across the country. Along with ordinary Americans not receiving electronics and household goods, major industries, like hospitals reliant on medical devices shipped through parcel carriers, could see significant disruptions https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/07/12/1186984345/ups-strike-shipping-package-delivery*:*:text=A*20strike*20would*20likely*20mean,carriers*20**C20could*20see*20significant*20disruptions__;I34lJSUlJeKAlCUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK01T5Tnh$

# Law Enforcement
Austin suspends partnership with state police after trooper pulls gun on 10-year-old: Austin officials ended the police department’s partnership with the Texas Department of Public Safety on Wednesday, citing concerns of reports that troopers pulled a gun on a 10-year-old boy and his father over the weekend. Mayor Kirk Watson’s office told the Statesman that he does not expect to renew the partnership.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/12/texas-dps-austin-police/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK8X2uFst$

Leniency for crimes against children is California’s ugliest trait: It’s not often that you hear crying in a legislative chamber, but what happened in California’s state capitol yesterday certainly made it excusable. Human trafficking victims reportedly sobbed after watching the California Assembly’s Public Safety Committee block a bill that would make the trafficking of children a “serious felony.” All six Democrats and one Republican on the committee voted against it, putting it up for “reconsideration” next year, while two Republicans supported it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/leniency-for-crimes-against-children-is-californias-ugliest-trait__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK59y_UF8$

# Legal / DOJ
DOJ Abandons Trump in E. Jean Carroll Rape Defamation Case: Trump not entitled to immunity in Carroll defamation lawsuit, DoJ says. In reversal justice department says presidency doesn’t shield Trump from lawsuit, paving way for possible trial in January
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/11/doj-trump-not-entitled-to-immunity-carroll-defamation-lawsuit__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK5G-4xLn$

FBI Director Set To Clash With Republicans On The Trump Case, Hunter Biden And More:: As House Republicans rush to argue that the FBI search of Donald Trump’s home is marred by politics, they are readying a future Hunter Biden investigation designed to ensnare Joe Biden ahead of a potential reelection bid.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/10/republicans-hunter-biden-investigation-00050723__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK-MTFk7O$

Criminals From Trump’s Inner Circle Convicted By GOP Leadership, Testimony Reveals: In a detailed examination of FBI Director Christopher Wray, California Congressman Ted Lieu, a Georgetown-trained lawyer, enumerated a series of criminal convictions against numerous people who have worked in former President Donald Trump‘s inner circle.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/criminals-from-trump-s-inner-circle-convicted-by-gop-leadership-testimony-reveals/ar-AA1dMs9w?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=f2c7e445782940c18d8aefde412c156e&ei=69__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK-SpBQwl$

# Medical / Health
Iowa Republicans Pass Six-Week Abortion Ban: The limit is earlier than the point at which many people even know they’re pregnant. Both the state’s Senate and House passed the legislation on Tuesday night after Republican Governor Kim Reynolds called for a rare special session to hold a vote on the restrictions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/12/iowa-passes-six-week-abortion-ban__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK5Qx8gc3$

The Unfolding Medicaid Disaster: As more than 17 million people stand to lose health insurance in the unfolding Medicaid eligibility review disaster, there’s one company licking its lips: Maximus, a little-known federal contractor that is one of the biggest players in privatizing essential government services. Now that Biden and Congress have ended pandemic protections, nearly a million have lost Medicaid coverage for procedural reasons so far, and many more will.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/the-unfolding-medicaid-disaster/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zKzIQe8xM$

# Technology
133 Windows drivers with valid Microsoft signatures found crawling with malware: Microsoft reacts and suspends the licences of many developers. It’s a particularly dangerous problem because these drivers are loaded and installed by the operating system without prompting.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pcworld.com/article/1991875/caution-malware-in-133-windows-drivers-this-is-how-microsoft-reacts.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK6akV3o2$

# Technology / Global
China-Linked Hackers Get Access to U.S. Government Emails: An unnamed federal agency first noticed something was off in June. A Chinese hacking group exploited a weakness in Microsoft’s software to pry into an unnamed federal agency’s private emails, the White House said. The agency first flagged the security breach in June, after the hackers used fake authentication tokens to gain access.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/12/chinese-hackers-government-emails-microsoft-breach-00105879__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2kx4S0zdr_Ov6YMjEQd2Uvek2xKEhQeYpPz_jAGRzszo7SRHf7UWR1F7gzH5PdElnWWZjbtLveIDfdvdC1ZSuC6zK1MkC8eE$

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July 11, 2023
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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
This is the stunning vaquita, the rarest animal in the world. Only 10 of them exist: Vaquitas are little porpoises that live in the northern area of the Gulf of California. Due to overfishing, they are almost extinct. Environmentalists believe fishermen’s use of gill nets is the reason behind the vaquita’s increasing endangerment, Kingdoms TV reports.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/this-is-the-stunning-vaquita-the-rarest-animal-in-the-world-only-10-of-them-exist/ar-AA1dHPCl?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=abb8987121db4692af9e099ed27ce1bf&ei=220__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmuzWVM9h$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Busiest northern border sector: Apprehensions total more than past 7 years combined: Federal agents patrolling the busiest U.S. Customs and Border Protection sector at the northern border are apprehending a record number of foreign nationals illegally entering the U.S. through Canada. More known, suspected terrorists apprehended at northern border than at southern border by a margin of 5-1
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/vermont/article_f8af03ee-1fab-11ee-98e2-d39b84353b6c.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmgUaf_hQ$

Water Stations for Migrants at the Border Are Being Destroyed Amid Heat Waves: Migrant deterrence policies are inhumane and ineffective, says Texas-based human rights activist Eddie Canales. Heat domes are a key part of heat waves and have become hotter and longer due to climate change, making heat the leading cause of weather-related death in the United States.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/video/water-stations-for-migrants-at-the-border-are-being-destroyed-amid-heat-waves/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6Synmsgn963O$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Pandemic Masks and Lockdowns: Test Case for a New Social System? According to Jeffrey Tucker, president of Brownstone Institute, the COVID-19 lockdowns were not about public health but about the exercise of power over the whole population by a tiny elite in the name of science, and Tucker traces the roots of this ideology to post-Enlightenment counterrevolution of science.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-mask-lockdown-social-system/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmvS8jy77$

Potential health risks of mRNA-based vaccine therapy: When considering mRNA vaccines, the current paradigm is that the synthetic RNA cannot integrate into the genome of the vaccine recipients’ cells. To date, there are no published studies on the biodistribution, cellular uptake, endosomal escape, translation rates, functional half-life and inactivation kinetics of synthetic mRNA, rates and duration of vaccine-induced antigen expression in different cell types.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9876036/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmqQ7Fyit$

Researchers Take A Closer Look At Rare ‘Long Vax Syndrome’: Scientists and doctors are aiming to deepen their understanding of a rare link between receiving a covid-19 vaccination and developing side effects that resemble long covid, something that’s being called “long vax syndrome.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.drugdiscoverytrends.com/long-vax-phenomenon-gets-closer-look-in-recent-studies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmoNrFBLu$

One In Three Pfizer Vaccine Shots May Have Been A Placebo: “There’s new evidence that many of the batches of the Pfizer [COVID-19] vaccine administered to the public, up to the 30 percent, were placebos. And even worse, the evidence points to regulators knowing about it and willingly administering them. Now, either they were actively experimenting on the public or they were covering up for the fact that the vaccines came with numerous side effects.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bidmc.org/about-bidmc/news/2022/01/placebo-effect-contributes-to-covid-19-vaccine-adverse-events__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmuXX16xu$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
IRS Caught Red-Handed (Again), As Public Trust Plummets: “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes,” Benjamin Franklin said. But for the IRS, you can add a third item to the list
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2023/07/11/irs-caught-red-handed-again-as-public-trust-plummets-inside-sources/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6Synmh940dGK$

# Employment / Labor
Texas Governor Outlaws Life-Saving Water Breaks for Workers as Climate Crisis Fuels Heat Waves: House Bill 2127 preempts local governments from enacting legislation in eight areas—with potentially deadly results.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texasobserver.org/texans-die-from-heat-exhaustion-after-governor-bans-water-breaks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmkEbbDSH$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Chicago, other cities could sink due to climate change, study warns: Using data from sensors placed beneath downtown Chicago and computer simulations, the researchers found that heat is causing the ground to deform, and it could ultimately cause infrastructure to crack.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/11/chicago-other-cities-sinking-due-to-climate-change-study/70212216007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmocktuPm$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global Plastic-Eating Fungi Thriving in Human-Made ‘Plastisphere’ May Help Tackle Waste Globally: It was identified by an international team of scientists who counted 55 bacterial and 184 fungal strains that are able to break down a biodegradable polyester called polycaprolactone (PCL), often used in polyurethane production, a press release from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/plastic-eating-fungi-china.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmhmszfVG$

# General News
Why Asia matters to NATO as it looks to respond to China’s military expansion: Beijing is source of ‘systemic challenges’ but alliance members are divided on how to engage
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/10/asia-nato-china-military-expansion-beijing-how-to-engage__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmpxZe4IN$

China is knocking on Texas’ door: CCP officials in Argentina are working to establish a naval base at Tierra del Fuego that would grant the Chinese Navy control of a key passage connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as access to the entire region’s communications and maritime transit. If realized, this would open the door to extraordinary strategic Chinese military assets in America’s backyard. Texas hears China knocking at our door. Will President Biden finally act?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-is-knocking-on-texas-door-here-s-how-us-needs-to-respond/ar-AA1dHvgM?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=abb8987121db4692af9e099ed27ce1bf&ei=120__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6Synmo611CvS$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Who Walked Away From The 2022 Russian-Ukraine Draft Peace Treaty? A timeline reveals a pattern of sabotage and aggression. Last June, seven African leaders met with President Putin in Moscow. They were on a peace mission to end the Ukraine war which has severely disrupted food and fertilizer deliveries to their countries.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/who-walked-away-from-the-2022-russian-ukraine-draft-peace-treaty/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=who-walked-away-from-the-2022-russian-ukraine-draft-peace-treaty__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmicavGlI$

Wagner Fighters Who Move To Belarus May Become Instructors In The Military, Secure Belarusian Interests In Africa: Central African Republic; If Wagner Troops Have To Leave The Country, Other Security Groups From Russia Are Welcome. “…The Wagner group enjoys quite a large ‘inheritance’ in Africa. As of today, the private company is present in many countries on the continent, including Mali, Central African Republic (CAR), and several other countries… [Wagner] simply keeps states from disintegrating and ensures the safety of civilians. For instance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that the work of Wagner instructors in the CAR will continue.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.memri.org/reports/russian-media-outlet-vzglyad-wagner-fighters-who-move-belarus-may-become-instructors*:*:text=As*20many*20Wagner*20group*20fighter,for*20Belarusian*20workers*20in*20Africa__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmruzriE8$

Israel Killed Civilians, Targeted Hospitals in Jenin With U.S. Weapons and Support: Israel could not mount its military operations against Palestinians without $3.8 billion in annual U.S. military aid
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/israel-killed-civilians-targeted-hospitals-in-jenin-with-us-weapons-and-support/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmrVH2K8T$

As NATO meets on Ukraine, Russian officials fire warnings at West: Russia has long objected to Ukrainian membership of the Western military alliance. This week’s meeting is stirring old arguments.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/11/russia-slams-nato-leaders-summit-in-vilnius__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmlkLbqBM$

# Gov / Politics
Trump Administration Officials Were Legitimately Worried About Trump Provoking Nuclear War With North Korea: Just something to think about as he attempts to return to the White House. Less than a year into Donald Trump’s presidency, top homeland security officials were so alarmed about escalating tensions with North Korea that they held multiple meetings to prepare for a nuclear attack on American soil
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/10/anonymous-author-trump-nuclear-meetings-00105366__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmqDSRTlZ$

Trump Will Use the Justice Department to Destroy His Enemies in a Second Term, Former Officials Warn: Unlike the first time around, they fear he may actually be successful on the second try. Earlier this year, Rolling Stone reported that Donald Trump had taken to asking close advisers for the names of Justice Department staffers and senior FBI agents who have worked on federal probes involving him, because, in the event he wins the 2024 election, he wants them “quickly” and “immediately” fired.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dnyuz.com/2023/07/10/trump-will-use-the-justice-department-to-destroy-his-enemies-in-a-second-term-former-officials-warn/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6Synmj3Wr0NZ$

With Ukraine’s Cluster Bombs Killing Its Own Citizens, Biden Readies Order To Send More: As the Ukraine war drags on, the Biden administration is now reportedly in the final stages of deciding whether to send more [cluster munitions] to the Ukrainian military. The decision to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine would likely be seen as a setback to nonproliferation efforts aimed at stopping use of the weapon.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/05/ukraine-cluster-bombs-biden/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6Synml0qkjo3$

GOP Lawmakers Say Fauci, Other NIH Leaders Were Reappointed Illegally: The allegations mark an escalation in lawmakers’ attacks on Fauci, who retired from his role as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the end of last year, and the NIH in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fight over whether risky research helped create the virus. The allegations also call into question around $25 billion in medical research grants awarded by the agency in the past 18 months.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2023/07/10/house-committee-questions-legality-of-fauci-nih-appointments/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmkW2x8dA$

‘Trump is disqualified’: activists aim to keep insurrectionist off ballot in key states: “Failing to hold him responsible not only violates the Constitution, but it also sets a dangerous precedent for permitting violent attacks on our democracy,” said the Free Speech for People campaign director.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-14th-amendment-january-6__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmvtFz5EU$

# Industry / Corporations
How Corporations Keep Secrets From the Public, Even When They Lose Lawsuits: A corporation, sometimes called a C corp, is a legal entity that’s separate from its owners. Corporations can make a profit, be taxed, and can be held legally liable. Corporations offer the strongest protection to its owners from personal liability, but the cost to form a corporation is higher than other structures.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/corporations-secrets-public-lose-lawsuits/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=202307011__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmuwK5nlX$

China blocked from slew of takeovers under new National Security Act: Chinese buyers were involved in eight of the cases, many of which involved sensitive technologies. Deputy Prime Minister Oliver Dowden told the BBC: “China represents the largest state-based threat to economic security. So it’s not a surprise that we should look carefully at Chinese transactions. But equally, we look across the board.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-blocked-from-slew-of-takeovers-under-new-national-security-act/ar-AA1dJ5yo?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=abb8987121db4692af9e099ed27ce1bf&ei=154__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmqwfqSMo$

# Legal / DOJ
A grand jury being seated Tuesday in Atlanta will likely consider whether criminal charges are appropriate for former President Donald Trump or his allies for their efforts to overturn his 2020 election result in Georgia
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/grand-jury-trump-georgia-2020_n_64acf2bfe4b0e5efaaddcd30?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2023-07-11&utm_term=us-morning-email__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmumuWq1b$

Clarence Thomas Is Literally in a Club Full of Exorbitantly Wealthy Conservatives: The Supreme Court justice just keeps on outdoing himself. The exclusive Horatio Alger Association brought the justice access to wealthy members and unreported V.I.P. treatment. He, in turn, offered another kind of access.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/clarence-thomas-horatio-alger-association.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmoHMKxTI$

The Biden-Big Tech Collusion Case: A federal judge has blocked contact between Biden administration officials and social media companies, ruling that the two were working together to censor speech. Officials weren’t merely flagging false statements. They were bullying companies to censor anything contradicting government guidance. On July 16, 2021, the President accused social-media companies of ‘killing people.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/judge-blocks-biden-officials-collude-big-tech-censorship__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmjFORVKB$

Biden DOJ to appeal federal ruling on Big Tech collusion: The Justice Department will appeal a federal court ruling that blocked Biden administration officials from contacting social media companies because of collusion concerns, court documents show.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/05/biden-doj-to-appeal-big-tech-collusion-ruling/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6Synmipvk8Vw$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Anti-LGBTQ+ laws violate free speech: Nearly 500 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced in state legislatures in the U.S. in 2023. Many of those bills seek to reduce or eliminate gender-affirming care for transgender minors or to ban drag performances in places where minors could view them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/anti-lgbtq-laws-in-the-us-are-getting-struck-down-for-limiting-free-speech-of-drag-queens-and-doctors-209307__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6Synmh3PVcog$

# Media
Meet the TV Meteorologist Who Quit After Facing Death Threats for Explaining Climate Crisis on Air: Chris Gloninger resigned from his position as chief meteorologist for KCCI-TV in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday after receiving death threats. Last July, Gloninger, who has spent 18 years of his career covering climate change as well as the weather and became KCCI’s chief meteorologist in 2021, shared a series of disturbing emails he received regarding his coverage.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/24/iowa-meteorologist-resigns-death-threats-climate-coverage__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmkTkDOD3$

“Freedom of the Press Has Gone Up in Smoke”: Protesters Demand U.S. Drop Charges Against Assange: In Washington, D.C., protesters are demanding the U.S. government drop its espionage charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and for his immediate release from a British prison as he faces extradition from the U.K. to the U.S. “If the U.S. is allowed to continue this prosecution, the precedent that it sets is that the U.S. can arrest any journalist, of any nationality, in any country around the world, if they print something that the U.S. doesn’t like.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2023/7/11/headlines/freedom_of_the_press_has_gone_up_in_smoke_protesters_demand_us_drop_charges_against_assange__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6Synmvnw_eke$

# Medical / Health
Patients prefer getting their test results immediately: A recent study of 8,000 patients that accessed their test results via an online patient portal found that more than 95% wanted to continue to immediately receive test results through their portal. That percentage stayed at 95% when focused on patients with non-normal results.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/patients-want-their-medical-test-results-immediately-even-when-its-bad-news-survey__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmuQTnfYf$

Ozempic Weight Loss Drug Linked to Increased Risk of Thyroid Cancers: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued a safety signal last month, citing concerns about a possible link to thyroid cancer in people using glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, including semaglutide, which are sold under brand names like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.benzinga.com/news/23/07/33159345/miracle-weight-loss-drug-ozempic-linked-to-thyroid-cancer-regulator-warns__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmgmL1rP0$

Aspartame May Be Declared a Carcinogen by WHO: World Health Organization (WHO) — plans to release the results of a fresh review of safety data on the product. According to Reuters, the agency will declare that aspartame is “possibly carcinogenic to humans.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/2023/7/1/23780348/aspartame-cancer-carcinogenic-health-risk-who-iarc-fda-efsa-diet-coke-sugar-free__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6Synmt5v–hI$

Private Equity Has Been Buying Up Medical Practices and Raising Prices: Private equity firms have been buying up medical practices at a rapidly increasing rate over the past decade, building up market share and increasing prices, according to a study released this week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/practices/acquisition-physician-practices-by-private-equity-firms-increases-study-finds-which__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmhkNi0e0$

# Military / DOD
$886 Billion Defense Bill Could Spark a War Over ‘Woke’: The House is expected to take up the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act this week, following the passage of the $886 billion bill by the Armed Services Committee in a 58-1 vote in June. More controversially, the bill would also provide protections for service members who refuse to take Covid-19 vaccines, block funding for drag shows on military bases, and roll back Pentagon programs aimed at fostering diversity, equity and inclusion, efforts that many Republicans reject as politically correct “
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20230710-886-Billion-Defense-Bill-Could-Spark-War-Over-Woke__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6Synmr9hpDJc$

Weapons contractors hitting Department of Defense with inflated prices for planes, submarines, missiles: At a time when the cost of replacing them is skyrocketing, we wondered why the Pentagon is finding it hard to procure weapons it needs at a price taxpayers can afford? A six-month investigation by 60 Minutes found it has less to do with foreign entanglements than domestic ones, what can only be described as price gouging by U.S. defense contractors. In the competitive environment before the companies consolidated, a shoulder fired stinger missile cost $25,000 in 1991. With Raytheon now the sole supplier, it costs more than $400,000 to replace each missile sent to Ukraine … even accounting for inflation and some improvements that’s a seven-fold increase.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defense-aerospace.com/defense-contractors-accused-of-gouging-pentagon-over-weapon-prices-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmudEsrSJ$

# Military / Global
China sends 34 war jets and four ships on ‘combat readiness’ patrols close to Taiwan amid boiling tensions between the two countries. Taiwan’s defence ministry detected 34 Chinese military aircraft flying near the island as well as four warships carrying out “combat readiness” patrols.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-07-11/taiwan-says-34-chinese-military-aircraft-detected-near-the-island__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmniklXqq$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
The pharmaceutical industry finances about 75 percent of the [FDA]’s drug division: The pharmaceutical industry funding alone has become so dominant that last year it accounted for three-quarters, or $1.1 billion, of the agency’s drug division budget. Advocates for patients and doctors say the agreements have enabled the industry to weaken the approval process meant to ensure that drugs are safe and effective.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/health/fda-drug-industry-fees.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmsXJvxky$

# Social
Fans keep dying at this country music festival, families want answers: At Faster Horses in Michigan, seven reported deaths have occurred over the fest’s short nine-year history. Survivors of a 2021 tragedy want accountability. Despite Faster Horses’ heretofore successful legal argument that the CO deaths were an unforeseeable tragedy caused by a case of individual misuse, there has been more than one incident of carbon-monoxide exposure at MIS over the years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/faster-horses-country-festival-fans-dying-1234783290/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmmVxO3jt$

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Monday called on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear before the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking to account for how Meta is being used to facilitate human trafficking and sex exploitation. Moody did so while announcing what she described as the “stunning” and “disturbing” findings of a statewide investigation that found that Meta platforms are being used more than any other social media platforms by human traffickers to commit crimes. It appears to be the first statewide inquiry and request of its kind.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/florida/article_a0ffff5c-1f7b-11ee-ae32-0768ce6c6daa.html*:*:text=(The*20Center*20Square)*20**C20Florida,human*20trafficking*20and*20sex*20exploitation__;I34lJSXigJMlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmoRX6uV9$

# Technology
Telecom Giants Knew Old Lead-Coated Cables Posed Health Threat But Did Nothing to Protect Public Health, Environment: More than 2,000 toxic, lead-coated cables left by telecom companies underground, underwater and on overhead poles across the country pose a potentially serious risk to the public, and particularly children’s, health, according to a new study published by The Wall Street Journal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/telecom-lead-cable-poles-health-threat/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmkIyLVdz$

# Veterans / VA
Gunning for More VA Privatization: Veterans just dodged a GOP bullet to their health system, but now they face bipartisan fire once again: This threat to essential services, and the appearance that former soldiers had become political pawns, drew an angry response from veterans organizations, putting House Republicans on the defensive.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-07-11-gunning-for-more-va-privatization/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6Synmnk6taH2$

# Weather
First major Saharan dust event reaches Florida. What it means: The dust not only reduces ocean warming but can also impede the development of tropical storms and hurricanes. The increase in dust in the last two weeks is probably among several reasons tropical storms haven’t developed after a fast start to the hurricane season in June.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/massive-dust-cloud-heading-toward-190537372.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xi872EfDJE0MUWk3YDQacSvux7K_0f4fhQkpp6IbvsA0eOEyNire94nc3SoKjRrZP8aWSXcRm8onN4PBLIfz6SynmkCuKwFF$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-10

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
The forgotten sovereigns of the Colorado River: As the West’s major river dries up, tribes have asserted rights to its water long ignored by state and federal authorities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/07/the-forgotten-sovereigns-of-the-colorado-river-00096002__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFszAJHzS9$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Virginia National Guard deploys 100 to Texas border on governor’s
orders: One hundred Virginia National Guard troops deployed to Texas on Saturday as Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) made good on his pledge to support Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott (R) in his efforts to patrol the border with Mexico
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/republican-virginia-governor-sends-100-national-guard-soldiers-to-u-s-mexico-border__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs1213Mt-$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
The Trillion-Dollar Grift: Inside the Greatest Scam of All Time: The pandemic relief was the biggest bailout in history, and it opened the door to wide-scale fraud the likes of which no one had ever seen, more than three years later, we still don’t know how much damage was done
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/pandemic-fraud-waste-billions-small-business-labor-fb1d9a9eb24857efbe4611344311ae78__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs8_wYb3g$

The Great Grift: More Than $200 Billion in COVID-19 Aid May Have Been Stolen, Federal Watchdog Says More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2023-06-27/the-great-grift-more-than-200-billion-in-covid-19-aid-may-have-been-stolen-federal-watchdog-says__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs_Q-lRo5$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Federal Reserve prepares to increase interest rates to highest level since 2001: The U.S. central bank is bumping monetary prices closer to the levels of the dot-com bubble
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://westobserver.com/news/europe/the-federal-reserve-prepares-to-raise-interest-rates-to-the-highest-level-since-2001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs6OUrYRk$

Federal debt explodes by $1 trillion in five weeks since deal suspending limit became law: The U.S. national debt has increased by $1 trillion in the five weeks since President Biden signed a bill into law that effectively turns off the debt ceiling until 2025. Total national debt now sits at $32.47 trillion and counting
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/national-debt-explodes-higher-biden-signs-debt-ceiling-deal?utm_source=Newswav&utm_medium=Website__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFsxurV7FW$

Price Controls: An Inflation Solution That Doesn’t Screw Workers: Economist James K. Galbraith discusses the history of how price controls have been used to address inflation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/07/deconstructed-podcast-price-controls-inflation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs5XclecG$

# Employment / Labor
Why workers demand Julie Su’s confirmation as labor secretary: Americans need Su to watch their backs more than ever, especially as a growing number of workers join unions on the heels of the pandemic and advocates push for a national version of the California law protecting health care workers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/07/10/why-workers-demand-julie-sus-confirmation-as-labor-secretary/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs48t7ZTM$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Activists want to prevent fracking in Ohio’s state parks: Activists are fighting against a new law that requires state agencies to consider proposals to drill for oil and gas under Ohio’s public lands
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alleghenyfront.org/activists-rally-to-prevent-fracking-under-ohio-salt-fork-state-park/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs3DUEmSM$

Spotted Owl, Meet the Sagebrush Lizard: The Biden administration opened up a new front in the oil and gas wars putting the Dunes Sagebrush Lizard on the Endangered Species List. The lizard’s habitat runs through the Permian Basin, where nearly 40 percent of oil and 15 percent of natural gas is produced in the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/spotted-owl-meet-the-sagebrush-lizard/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs4zuR_o5$

People are absolutely ‘livid’ about this deceptive new Tennessee law: ‘Name it what it is, bribery’: In April, Tennessee adopted a law that requires the state government to consider planet-overheating methane gas a “clean” energy source, Heated reports. Methane gas, sometimes called natural gas, which is mostly methane but contains other gases, is an energy source similar to oil and coal. Burning natural gas creates air pollution and heat-trapping gases, including carbon dioxide (CO2), though relatively less than oil or coal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/people-absolutely-livid-deceptive-tennessee-100000822.html*:*:text=In*20April*2C*20Tennessee*20adopted*20a,**C20energy*20source*2C*20Heated*20reports__;I34lJSUlJeKAnSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFswP-eUDs$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Oilsands giants lobbied to weaken emissions cap: Through the Pathways Alliance, an organization of some of Canada’s largest oil producers, high-level bureaucrats were asked for long lead times and a ‘flexible, non-regulatory approach’ to usher in a limit on the sector’s air pollution
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/pathways-alliance-emissions-cap/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs1E5–Fl$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Study: Domestic oil and gas production responsible for $77 billion in health impacts yearly: A new report that tallied thousands of excess deaths and health impacts tied to pollution. The joint study focused on the health impacts of air pollution resulting from domestic oil and gas production and found that it is responsible for approximately $77 billion in health damages annually nationwide.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/study-domestic-oil-and-gas-production-responsible-for-77-billion-in-health-impacts-yearly-2662253302.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs0KaI2wB$

Bernie Sanders: This year is set to be the hottest in history. Congress must act now: If there is not bold, immediate action to address the climate crisis, the quality of life that we are leaving our kids is very much in question. Climate change is ravaging the planet. We are now seeing floods, droughts, extreme weather disturbances and wild fires causing unprecedented damage.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/07/this-year-is-set-to-be-the-hottest-in-history-congress-must-act-now__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs2nM85YD$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global Brazil’s Amazon deforestation plunges in first six months of Lula’s presidency: Lula vowed to end that, he seems to be taking action in this direction. The decline of 33.6% in deforestation was estimated based on satellite images provided by Brazil’s Institute of Space Research. The reduction was especially significant in June, with a 41% decline.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/06/brazil-amazon-deforestation-lula__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFsyz1R36P$

Scientists discover alarming new effect of plastic pollution in the ocean: ‘[Things are] rapidly changing’: plastic trash is acting like life rafts for these species, carrying them to new places. “This discovery suggests that past biogeographical boundaries among marine ecosystems, established for millions of years, are rapidly changing due to floating plastic pollution accumulating in the subtropical gyres.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/scientists-discover-alarming-effect-plastic-133000517.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs7ECaSMr$

# Gov / Politics / Global
The very idea of a President Trump scares some, bolsters others in Asia: Donald Trump’s “isolationist” foreign policy pronouncements are feeding insecurity in some Asian nations fearful of China’s growing power, and risk emboldening nationalists and authoritarians in the region.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-election-trump-asia-idUKKCN0YB12V__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs3b2-uoF$

Cocaine Lie Exposed: Records DESTROY Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Alibi – Reveals Biden Family Was at White House Before Drug Discovery
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/07/post-irresponsible-for-asking-about-cocaine-in-white-house/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFszXnZ8S7$

Vladimir Putin Debuts Deadly ‘Thermobaric Drone Ammo’ Designed to Obliterate People and Objects: ‘No Way of Protecting Yourself From It’: The drone, designed and built specifically to obliterate individual objects, reportedly comes in two sizes – 2kg and 4kg. This type of weapon is particularly effective against targets inside buildings and fortifications, as it leaves nowhere to hide.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://radaronline.com/p/vladimir-putin-deadly-thermobaric-drone-ammo-designed-obliterate-people/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs6M4188O$

# Gov / Politics
Ron DeSantis Will Start Giving Interviews to Mainstream Outlets: His presidential campaign is in the midst of a “strategy shift” as Donald Trump continues to dominate the Republican primary.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4006892-desantis-media-strategy-trump-news-dominates/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs1_YETo7$

As Donald Trump continues threatening to skip the Republican Party’s planned presidential primary debates, one of his rivals is making it clear why the former president may want to stay clear of him: Trump’s onetime debate coach and now unsparing critic, Chris Christie.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-one-thing-that-should-scare-trump-the-man-he-nearly-killed-with-covid_uk_64aa5cdee4b0b6417637b78e__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs90Qtj8D$

Ron DeSantis’ frightening response to Trump’s indictment: The Florida governor threatened to refuse to extradite former President Trump to New York, showing contempt for the Constitution, a threat to the rule of law we haven’t yet seen in this Trump-driven national crisis. As with Trump, DeSantis in making that pledge shows a boundless willingness to undermine America’s democratic institutions for personal political gain.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-04-01/donald-trump-indictment-ron-desantis-extradition__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFswKr4cAf$

Trump questions why he should participate in GOP primary debates: The potential for 2024 general election debates remains in question: The RNC last year voted to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates, accusing the group that has run the debates since 1988 of bias against its candidates.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3970702-trump-questions-why-he-should-participate-in-gop-primary-debates/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs2cVDUtb$

Two Democratic lawmakers have raised concern over the Biden administration’s decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine. “That’s crossing a line,” said Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.), adding the U.S. risked losing its “moral leadership” over the move.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://foreigndesknews.com/europe/congressional-democrats-raise-concerns-on-cluster-bombs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congressional-democrats-raise-concerns-on-cluster-bombs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFszX79Og3$

Trump And Desantis Begin Eyeing Super Tuesday States As They Prepare For 2024 Long Game: As the Republican presidential primary intensifies this summer, most White House hopefuls are devoting their time to events in Iowa and New Hampshire, the states that kick off the nomination process early next year. Not Ron DeSantis or Donald Trump.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-republicans-desantis-trump-super-tuesday-297403b2df67925ecb2b53b4b0c50b85__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs-RnNbcG$

I’ve Seen Cluster Bombs Maim Children. Why Is Biden Sending Them to Ukraine? The administration authorized the military to send cluster munitions to Ukraine. It’s a morally bankrupt decision, and there are better options. The impulse to send these weapons is obvious. Ukraine is short on ammo and needs to beat back the Russians. This is a stop-gap way to get them bombs fast while we work on resupplying them with better weapons.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/biden-ukraine-russia-cluster-bombs-human-rights-1234785326/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs5C75obF$

House GOP threatens to defund Mayorkas’ salary, ”Do your damn job or Congress will act”: Several House Republicans are considering a legislative action that would reduce Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ salary down to zero in response to what they deem to be his failure to enforce the southern border.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-defund-mayorkas-salary-do-damn-job?utm_source=Newswav&utm_medium=Website__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs15B6oky$

# Industry
With hundreds of explosive chemical plants, Louisiana could be a ticking time bomb this hurricane season: In additional reporting by The Advocate, it was revealed that many of these facilities could spread toxic, even lethal chemicals through the air anywhere across a 25-mile radius, were they to be damaged or destroyed in a hurricane. Chemicals like chlorine gas, once used as a chemical weapon in the First World War, could quite literally choke, burn or even kill innocent bystanders living all the way in another parish from the damaged plant.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4088831-with-hundreds-of-explosive-chemical-plants-louisiana-could-be-a-ticking-time-bomb-this-hurricane-season/*:*:text=Tragically*20for*20Louisiana*2C*20the*20state,Times*2DPicayune*20and*20The*20Advocate__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs7OxyqKn$

Russia banned GMOs years ago to distinguish itself from the United States. What’s its current stance toward genetic engineering, CRISPR and other New Breeding Techniques? The only exception to the ban is the import and planting/breeding of GM crops for research purposes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/02/12/gmo-crop-animal-production-ban-necessary-to-safeguard-russias-food-security-says-president-vladimir-putin/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs9emTOQC$

# Legal / DOJ
Dozens of Witnesses Say Rodney Reed Is Innocent. Texas Court Says They’re All Wrong: The Court of Criminal Appeals has repeatedly ignored evidence of Reed’s innocence. Its latest ruling borders on the absurd. Despite overwhelming testimony in favor of Reed, the judge presiding over the evidentiary hearing fully embraced the state’s position that none of Reed’s witnesses were credible.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/07/rodney-reed-cca-texas-death-row/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=theintercept&utm_medium=social__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs977zP8q$

Investigation Uncovers More of Clarence Thomas’ Undisclosed Freebies from Wealthy Pals
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4087798-investigation-finds-clarence-thomas-accepted-more-undisclosed-gifts-from-wealthy-friends-through-elite-association/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs5trks7U$

The DOJ Is Probing Trump’s Push to Overturn the Election. Here’s What We Know: Special Counsel Jack Smith has already indicted Donald Trump, and his second investigation into the former president is heating up
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2021/06/15/1006570584/trump-pressed-the-justice-department-to-reverse-the-election-results-documents-s__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs0ZEzJ_-$

Here are the other investigations Trump has to worry about: He’s already been charged in a 34-count indictment in New York in a hush money case.
The others include federal and state investigations into his efforts to overturn his loss in the 2020 election and a civil case that threatens his ability to ever again do business in New York.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/trump-investigations-charges-classified-documents-d822569227ea882cedfeffd3284f9d4c__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFsxfOedRR$

# Medical / Health
No health-insurance choice for YOU! Democrats despise the thought of Americans making their own decisions on health insurance, so President Joe Biden is moving to crush the short-term, limited policies that 1.5 million of us now choose. That is, he’s rolling back Trump-era regulations that undid Obama rules to allow this choice. These are less-pricey, customizable policies that Democrats call “junk insurance” because it comes without the bells and whistles they deem necessary.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/09/no-health-insurance-choice-for-you/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs3o9ZR5P$

Biden’s new plan threatens health coverage for more than half a million people: His proposal would mandate the very practice of stripping coverage from the sick that he had promised ObamaCare would end. Overall, the Congressional Budget Office estimates such rules would oust 1.5 million people from their current plans, of which 500,000 would lose coverage entirely.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/4087396-bidens-new-plan-threatens-health-coverage-for-more-than-half-a-million-people/*:*:text=His*20proposal*20would*20mandate*20the,500*2C000*20would*20lose*20coverage*20entirely__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs9K_3aHp$

# Military / Global
With Ukraine’s Cluster Bombs Killing Its Own Citizens, Biden Readies Order to Send More: A new Human Rights Watch report says Ukraine’s use of the internationally banned weapon has led to civilian casualties.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/05/ukraine-cluster-bombs-biden/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFsykBRrKR$

Ukrainian Weapons Fund Has Spent Less Than 10% of Its Cash: The fund, designed to arm Kyiv “at pace,” has been running for almost a year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/ukrainian-weapons-fund-has-spent-less-than-10-of-its-cash__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFsyaGwpQ9$

North Korea Threatens to Shoot Down U.S. Spy Planes: The U.S. will surely have to pay a dear price for its provocative air espionage.” North Korea accused the United States on Monday of violating its airspace by conducting surveillance flights and warned that, while Pyongyang was exercising restraint, such flights may be shot down.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-threatens-shoot-down-us-spy-aircraft-nuclear-tensions-south-korea-1811829__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs5Oz7pZ1$

Russia Bombs Humanitarian Aid Point in Ukraine, Killing 4: A regional governor said the school building was hit by a guided aviation bomb. Russia killed at least four people and injured dozens in a strike on a Ukrainian school that was also a humanitarian aid distribution point. The bomb attack took place in Orikhiv, a frontline town in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, National Police of Ukraine said in a statement
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plants-putin-nato-latest-b2372242.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs4ZZLQey$

Russia’s war could reshape the global arms market in favor of China: If these changes lead to long-lasting effects on Russia’s defense-industrial base, opportunities could emerge for other suppliers to reshape the landscape of the international arms market, and China stands to benefit most.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2023/07/10/russias-war-could-reshape-the-global-arms-market-in-favor-of-china/*:*:text=If*20these*20changes*20lead*20to,in*20Ukraine*20and*20the*20pandemic__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs-cYXjGy$

# Science
There’s an enormous gravity hole in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Scientists say they’ve finally worked out what’s causing it: Gravity’s pull is a constant on Earth, but our planet is no uniform sphere. It’s covered in lumps and bumps, with geology of varying density yanking on nearby masses with subtly differing degrees of force in an undulating map known as a geoid.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-giant-gravity-hole-in-the-indian-ocean-and-we-may-finally-know-why__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs_0H86c7$

# Veterans / VA
As Veteran Disability Claims Soar, Unaccredited Coaches Profit Off Frustration with VA System: Austin-based VA Claims Insider says it has helped hundreds of thousands of clients. It has also touched off complaints and investigations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/05/veterans-disability-benefits-brian-reese-va-claims-insider/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1OjvESQN0Ll6CQciG4hKEutQVrk_aRFUtt3yTrNggLxtgDXJTDFcER0v4WZNRNPlElkh3OLb6IivJjsLRwXygPOFs8XySxaB$

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

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
How private interests benefit from tribal water settlements: When power players like mining and agriculture are involved, tribal nations, usually the senior-most water-rights holders, often must fight obstruction.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.7/indigenous-affairs-colorado-river-how-private-interests-benefit-from-tribal-water-settlements__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8BSH3Rpa$

Beyond “paper” water: The complexities of fully leveraging tribal water rights: Even after legal recognition, a host of factors constrain tribes’ control over their water resources
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.minneapolisfed.org/article/2022/beyond-paper-water-the-complexities-of-fully-leveraging-tribal-water-rights__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8LkqwQJF$

Tribes to Receive $1.7 Billion from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Fulfill Indian Water Rights Settlements: Funding will help develop infrastructure projects that fulfill the terms of Tribal water settlements
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/tribes-receive-17-billion-president-bidens-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-fulfill__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8EyTb7sk$

The forgotten sovereigns of the Colorado River: As the West’s major river dries up, tribes have asserted rights to its water long ignored by state and federal authorities. If it weren’t for the Colorado River, Albuquerque wouldn’t exist — at least, not as a city of half a million. Which is interesting, because the city itself is nowhere near the river: The Colorado and its tributaries flow on the opposite side of the Continental Divide from New Mexico’s largest city.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/07/the-forgotten-sovereigns-of-the-colorado-river-00096002__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8MIMbLuW$

‘The fight for our lives’: Arizona’s water regime limits the Hopi Tribe’s future: A 45-year legal saga leaves the tribe fighting for their economic ambitions through water access. Under rules unique to Arizona, the tribe would have to justify how it would use every drop it wanted.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.7/indigenous-affairs-water-the-fight-for-our-lives-arizona-water-regime-limits-the-hopi-tribes-future?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2023-07-07-Newsletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8Oei0T5l$

# Chemicals
Chemicals are forever: a new factory opens near Lake Nipissing, where water is already contaminated: Industrial Plastics Canada’s new North Bay factory is set to use fluoropolymers, part of a group of chemicals known as PFAS that Canada has been slow to regulate
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/pfas-factory-north-bay-ontario/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8PPLEJ0g$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
How and Why the Spy of Biden & Gates Hids the ManMade SARS-Cov-2 in the US Intelligence Dossier: The lawyer Avril Haines who now leads ODNI is the former CIA deputy director and prophetess of pandemic coronavirus without memory of Fauci’s SARS researches as “dual use” to develop vaccines and bio-weapons
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/how-and-why-the-spy-of-biden-gates-hids-the-manmade-sars-cov-2-in-the-us-intelligence-dossier/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8GA8tGi_$

After Long Silence on ‘Long Vax,’ Science Magazine Links Autoimmune Disorders to COVID Shots: After years of organizing and advocacy by people suffering autoimmune injuries from the COVID-19 vaccine, one of the world’s top scientific journals reports on the existence of “Long Vax.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/long-vax-science-magazine-autoimmune-disorders-covid-shots/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8NkOW1Gy$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
How the super rich are killing Social Security: It’s going to run out of money before you can ever receive it if the rich don’t start paying their fair share. As the rich have become far richer, more and more of the nation’s total income has escaped the Social Security payroll tax. For example, a CEO earning $20 million a year pays Social Security taxes on roughly 1% of their income, while a worker earning under the cap pays Social Security taxes on 100% of their income.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://robertreich.org/post/722034724903829504__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8J5ilv18$

# Education / Schools
Supreme Court preserves college preferences for wealthy whites: In its recent ruling on affirmative action in college admissions, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices squarely came down on the side of race and class-based preferences for wealthy whites.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/07/06/supreme-court-preserves-college-preferences-for-wealthy-whites/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8CZaxuft$

Affirmative action lasted over 50 years: 3 essential reads explaining how it ended: The Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action programs reverses nearly 50 years of its own decisions that ruled diversity was of vital national importance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/affirmative-action-lasted-over-50-years-3-essential-reads-explaining-how-it-ended-209273__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8HK4DrXT$

# Employment / Labor
One simple solution to tackle the gender pay gap: Equal pay advocates say that forcing companies to be clear about how much they are willing to pay for a position gives women crucial information to negotiate a higher salary than they would get otherwise.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://publicintegrity.org/accountability/one-simple-solution-to-tackle-the-gender-pay-gap/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8DZSI4oU$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
EPA seeks to slash chemical plants’ cancer-causing emissions: Major updates to air pollution regulations could reduce frontline communities’ excess cancer risk by 96%.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyclimate.org/chemical-plants-2662234270.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8A8E-ag4$

‘Double agents’: fossil-fuel lobbyists work for US groups trying to fight climate crisis: More than 1,500 lobbyists in the US are working on behalf of fossil-fuel companies while at the same time representing hundreds of liberal-run cities, universities, technology companies and environmental groups that say they are tackling the climate crisis, the Guardian can reveal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/05/double-agent-fossil-fuel-lobbyists__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8Mv3kHJX$

Carbon Capture Faces a Major Test in North Dakota: An expert weighs in about Project Tundra and the viability of retrofitting coal plants to capture carbon. North Dakota announced the next steps for Project Tundra, an attempt to retrofit a 53-year-old coal-fired power plant so that its emissions are captured before they enter the atmosphere, and then buried underground.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06072023/carbon-capture-north-dakota/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8GesWMxR$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Iran tried to seize 2 oil tankers near Strait of Hormuz and fired shots at one of them, US Navy says: The U.S. Navy said it intervened Wednesday when Iranian naval ships tried to seize two oil tankers and fired on one of them in the Gulf of Oman. It said that in both cases, the Iranian naval vessels backed off after the U.S. Navy dispatched a guided missile destroyer to the scene, and that both commercial ships continued their voyages.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/gulf-iran-us-tensions-shipping-oil-127f8b77aa7e41dcd8266b6fbe5800dc__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8DKDyHlK$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Canada’s Record Wildfires Made Four North American Cities Among the Five Most Polluted Cities in the World: Hundreds of wildfires have been burning in nearly all of Canada’s provinces for almost a month, the smoke from them drifting down into the midwestern and eastern United States.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.indiantime.net/story/2023/07/06/environment/canadas-record-wildfires-made-four-north-american-cities-among-the-five-most-polluted-cities-in-the-world/42661.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8OT-L-m_$

World Passes Highest Average Global Temperature Recorded: The average global temperature reached a new high on July 3 at 17.01 degrees Celsius (62.6 degrees Fahrenheit), the highest average since records initially began in the 19th century and since satellite monitoring began in the 1970s. July 4 was even hotter, reaching 0.17 degrees Celsius (0.31 degrees Fahrenheit) higher.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.researchgate.net/post/Temperature-of-Earth-increases-year-after-year-which-dangerous-for-the-world__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8JelNtls$

Opinion: The Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling puts climate progress and leadership in peril This radical reversal of social equity scaffolding poses a monumental challenge for environmental and climate justice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/affirmative-action-supreme-court-2662243132.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8FE6CCw1$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global The Arctic Is Farting ‘Ancient’ Methane and It’s Scary as Hell: It’s yet another reminder that the “finding out” stage of climate change is upon us, and of the need for more action to rapidly cut greenhouse gas emissions. Rapidly receding glaciers are leaving new tracts of Arctic land uncovered and causing a potent greenhouse gas to bubble out of the ground, according to scientists studying the region.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/arctic-farting-ancient-methane-scary-180413294.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8Oxc5FGx$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Heat is a mortal threat to farmworkers. A nurse may have found a way to protect them: Educating field workers to listen to their bodies can help save lives as the climate grows warmer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2023/07/05/farmworker-deadly-heat/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8Hn25Fdo$

2022 national food stamp payment error rates hit nearly 12%: For the first time since the COVID pandemic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released the fiscal year 2022 national payment error rate for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_3cbec6de-1b36-11ee-9900-9720c6712a9a.html?a&seyid=75609*utm_source=thecentersquare.com&utm_campaign=*2FNational*2Flists*2Ft2*2F*2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=read*20more__;PyUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8EHEnOSp$

A remote Alaska village depended on the snow crab harvest for survival. Then billions of crabs died: The Indigenous people of St. Paul Island face a decision — stay or go?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/food/alaska-snow-crab-vanish-st-paul-island/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8LFcr1lQ$

U.S. animal industries pose disease risks to people, report says: The United States is home to an enormous array of animal industries, including industrial agriculture, fur farming and the exotic pet trade, that pose a significant risk of creating infectious disease outbreaks in humans
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ustoday.news/report-says-us-animal-industries-pose-disease-risk-to-humans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8FsVWqbn$

# General News
OceanGate Expeditions Suspends ‘Exploration and Commercial Operations’ After ‘Titan’ Implosion: The company announced on its website on Thursday. The announcement comes weeks after five people, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, died in a submersible during an OceanGate expedition to the Titanic wreckage
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/06/oceangate-suspends-all-exploration-commercial-operations-after-titan-implosion/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8C2sZCvW$

Former President Donald Trump posted on his social media platform what he claimed was the home address of former President Barack Obama on the same day that a man with guns in his van was arrested near the property, federal prosecutors said Wednesday in revealing new details about the case.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-politics/ap-trump-posted-what-he-said-was-obamas-address-prosecutors-say-an-armed-man-was-soon-arrested-there/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8KuU-Yuo$

Trump Is Apparently Unconcerned About the Prospect of His Online Ravings Getting Someone Killed (Again): The guy who incited an insurrection that left five people dead is now posting the alleged home addresses of people he doesn’t like and demanding protests on his behalf.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/donald-trump-is-apparently-unconcerned-about-the-prospect-of-his-online-ravings-getting-someone-killed-again__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8OLd0LQy$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Why China’s Latin America push raises US red flags: China’s ties to Cuba and growing presence in Latin America raise security concerns in Washington, even as leaders try to ease tensions
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/chinas-ties-to-cuba-and-growing-presence-in-latin-america-raise-security-concerns-in-washington-even-as-leaders-try-to-ease-tensions-208645__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8Eyeudtk$

# Gov / Politics
The GOP Guv Appointing His Big Donors to State Positions: Two of the governor’s UVA picks have given more than half a million dollars to Youngkin’s fundraising efforts since he announced his candidacy in 2021.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vpm.org/news/2023-06-29/youngkin-board-of-visitors-appointments-republican-donors-uva__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8CW9ryXc$

Biden Welcomes Swedish PM to White House, Pressing NATO Membership for Sweden: President Joe Biden: “Sweden is going to make our alliance stronger and has the same value set that we have in NATO.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/06/biden-ratchets-up-efforts-to-secure-swedens-nato-membership-ahead-of-key-summit__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8JQPu5zm$

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) was recently kicked out of the House Freedom Caucus after a string of disagreements with the conservative group, according to two GOP lawmakers familiar with the situation: Why was Greene removed? Though tensions were already brewing within the Freedom Caucus, the formal vote came shortly after Greene and fellow caucus member Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) got into a heated clash on the House floor
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/07-6-2023/mtg-freedom-caucus-ouster/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8I9a1F6K$

First GOP Debate Next Month Faces Threats of Boycotts: First GOP debate next month faces threats of boycott as lower-polling candidates scramble to qualify. NEW YORK (AP) Seven weeks before the premiere debate of the
2024 GOP primary, anxiety is building that the event could prove messy and divisive for the party.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-republican-presidential-debate-1e4d65a395f83ac078139d14e41d4b63__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8HymmWdT$

Supreme Court Affirms the Truth; Affirmative Action Creates Racial Disharmony: The nation’s highest court has affirmed that Americans shouldn’t face discrimination to get into college or employment based on the color of their skin.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/supreme-court-affirms-the-truth-affirmative-action-creates-racial-disharmony/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8CWUYmPh$

More Than 700K Ohioans Sign Ballot Initiative to Protect Abortion Rights: If passed, the initiative would undo a trigger law that restricts abortions after around six weeks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/more-than-700k-ohioans-sign-ballot-initiative-to-protect-abortion-rights/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8EQEbqwn$

# Law Enforcment
Police treatment in black and white – report on Minneapolis policing is the latest reminder of systemic racial disparities: At a time when Americans celebrated their nation’s independence, it’s clear not every American enjoys the same constitutional rights. The latest reminder that police officers around the country routinely deny Black people their constitutional rights comes from the Justice Department
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/police-treatment-in-black-and-white-report-on-minneapolis-policing-is-the-latest-reminder-of-systemic-racial-disparities-208418__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8ERbADBB$

Court sides with stalkers: The Supreme Court has basically decided that stalking is protected by the First Amendment, Mary Anne Franks writes. She takes apart the flawed logic behind the opinion, and its terrifying implications.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/jun/27/supreme-court-stalking-ruling-alarms-advocates-and-victims__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8GWPfRoO$

# Legal / DOJ
America Has a Supreme Court Problem: Hillary Clinton tried warning us. Now, what do you do with a rogue Court?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/supreme-court-legitimacy-crisis__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8Al974Th$

White House disagrees with judge’s order on social media in Missouri v. Biden: The U.S. Department of Justice will review a U.S. District Court injunction requested by Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey prohibiting President Joe Biden’s administration from some communication with social media companies https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/missouri/article_7f695f84-1b73-11ee-b558-5399f6cfd14e.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8G9hYoS9$

A Trump-Appointed Judge Just Handed Right-Wingers a Huge Victory in Their Fight Against Purported Social Media Bias: The Biden administration essentially won’t be allowed to talk to social media companies about their content.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-appointed-judge-restricts-officials-contact-social-media-giants-rcna92614__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8OZ_oQdA$

Supreme Court disclosures reveal more luxury travel from private interests: During 2021 and 2022, eight of the nine justices reported taking 34 trips at the expense of private groups including universities, legal groups and ideologically-focused organizations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/07/supreme-court-disclosures-reveal-more-luxury-travel-from-private-interests?emci=2ab9365a-311c-ee11-a9bb-00224832eb73&emdi=ba26ae63-4b1c-ee11-a9bb-00224832eb73&ceid=8400680__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8LRW7O4v$

Trump Judge Effectively Names Himself President: Terry A. Doughty says he gets to decide who the FBI, DHS, HHS, and the Justice Department can talk to.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/justice/2023-07-06-trump-judge-effectively-names-himself-president/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8MJDKl8T$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Not all religions embrace the gender binary: Nonbinary genders beyond ‘male’ and ‘female’ would have been no surprise to ancient rabbis, who acknowledged tumtums, androgynos and aylonot
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/nonbinary-genders-beyond-male-and-female-would-have-been-no-surprise-to-ancient-rabbis-who-acknowledged-tumtums-androgynos-and-aylonot-206827__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8Bw6mL8Q$

# Media
What the Teamsters Are Really About: As a strike at UPS looms, the union’s plans may encompass more than winning a good contract. The negotiations between the Teamsters and UPS have broken down, with each side blaming the other for walking away from the table. Teamster contracts are the guarantors of decent wages, fair promotion, health coverage, job security, paid time-off and retirement income. The Teamsters Union also performs vital tasks in such areas as pension management, safety & health, community outreach, governmental affairs and communications.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-07-06-teamsters-ups-strike-looms/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8GNZ_nzA$

# Medical / Health
Why It’s Dangerous To Get Sick In America: The U.S. health care system is broken and corrupt, our coverage shows we can fix it. The U.S. health care system is cruel and dysfunctional. It’s also deeply corrupt. Below, we break down some of The Lever’s reporting on America’s extraordinarily complicated health care system, and the private interests and craven politicians who are profiting off misery.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/why-its-dangerous-to-get-sick-in-america/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8LfX89pK$

Medicare Advantage has a high price tag, and a staggering human cost. ‘Staggering’: Watchdog Finds Medicare Advantage Plans Deny Necessary Care. “These plans are designed to maximize profits for corporations, NOT to provide high-quality healthcare,” said Social Security Works.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/28/staggering-watchdog-finds-medicare-advantage-plans-deny-necessary-care__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8LhUU9yT$

The Unfolding Medicaid Disaster: Now that Biden and Congress have ended pandemic protections, nearly a million have lost Medicaid coverage for procedural reasons so far, and many more will. As states have begun clearing out their Medicaid rolls for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nearly three quarters of the Americans who’ve lost coverage have been terminated not because they’re ineligible for the low-income health insurance program, but due to administrative reasons, such as failing to quickly respond to a piece of mail.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/the-unfolding-medicaid-disaster/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8CvdgXgO$

Fauci Meets The Health Insurance Lobbyists: At a health insurance industry conference, former presidential COVID adviser Anthony Fauci accidentally revealed the truth about buckraking speeches. The lucky speakers and panelists get paid tens and sometimes even hundreds of thousands of dollars to briefly entertain powerful corporate executives, whose jobs involve influencing policy so that it serves their own financial interests, at the expense of everyone else.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/fauci-meets-the-health-insurance-lobbyists/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8AYeG81e$

The System Makes Patients Sick And CEOs Rich: Healthcare executives’ pay topped $335 million last year while 100 million Americans were saddled with medical debt. Big health insurance companies have been on a spending spree buying back shares of their own stock, a gimmick, illegal until a few years ago, that has made a few insurance company CEOs incredibly rich at a time when 100 million Americans are saddled with medical debt.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/the-system-makes-patients-sick-and-ceos-rich/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8LvlQyw-$

How and Why Biden & Gates Spy Hides Man-Made SARS-Cov-2 in US Intelligence Dossier: The report acknowledges that researchers at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, where scientists conducted coronavirus research in the city where Covid first emerged, fell ill in the fall of 2019, shortly before the pandemic began. Advocates of the lab leak theory seized on the news as near-definitive proof that their hypothesis was correct.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/23/biden-administration-intelligence-wuhan-lab-00103523__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8OjEhJV2$

COVID Hasn’t Disappeared — But Empathy, Care and Solidarity Have: Governments worldwide are abandoning people to a debilitating disease with one simple trick: saying it no longer exists.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/covid-hasnt-disappeared-but-empathy-care-and-solidarity-have/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8NJuy_P-$

# Medical Science
DARPA’S New SHIELD Program Plans to Purge Your Blood of Pathogens, Roomba-Style: Likening SHIELD’s capabilities to “a Roomba-like treatment circulating within your blood,” the agency said in a statement this week that it aims to offer military personnel an array of preventive treatments for such injuries that often give rise to infections, offering preemptive care and protection against potential pathogens.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thedebrief.org/darpas-new-shield-program-plans-to-purge-your-blood-of-pathogens-roomba-style/*:*:text=Likening*20SHIELD’s*20capabilities*20to*20**Ba,care*20and*20protection*20against*20potential__;I34lJSUl4oCcJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8KSo0O2-$

# Military / DOD
Pentagon looks to improve classified information tracking in wake of secret documents leak: The Defense Department does not intend to scale back the number of its military and civilian employees with classified information access, but it plans to better track who is accessing what secrets, a Pentagon official said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-07-05/pentagon-secret-document-leak-review-10649492.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8AJRDZVP$

The military robots are coming, at some point: Unmanned ground vehicle technology has been progressing, but familiar obstacles remain.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/unmanned/2023/07/06/the-military-robots-are-coming-at-some-point/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8L8mowwX$

How a Notorious Georgia Army School Became America’s Training Ground for Global Torture: Across Latin America, the very name of Fort Benning is enough to strike terror into the hearts of millions, bringing back visions of massacres and genocides. This is because the fort is home to the School of the Americas
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://orinocotribune.com/how-a-notorious-georgia-army-school-became-americas-training-ground-for-global-torture/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8ENYrm2s$

Biden to Send Bombs Banned by 120+ Countries to Ukraine: The weapons can pose a deadly threat to civilians long after a conflict has ended. The weapons, banned by more than 100 countries, will be in a new aid package expected to be announced on Friday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/7/us-to-send-cluster-bombs-to-ukraine-despite-humanitarian-concerns__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8BXve71u$

# Military / Global
UPDATE: Ukraine and Russia each say the other is planning to sabotage the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. They’ve been trading accusations over the past year, but now they say an attack is imminent.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/07/05/1186098943/ukraine-and-russia-accuse-each-other-of-planning-to-attack-zaporizhzhia-power-pl__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8JqXNS8D$

# Nuclear
The Fukushima Disaster: Exposing the nuclear industry and its lies. It begins with the words in 1961 of U.S. President John F. Kennedy: “Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by an accident, or miscalculation or by madness.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/07/06/the-fukushima-disaster-the-hidden-side-of-the-story/*:*:text=**BThe*20Fukushima*20Disaster*2C*20The*20Hidden,deadly*20dangers*20of*20nuclear*20technology__;I37igJwlJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8KrGMUWW$

# Science
Plastic-eating fungi thriving in human-made ‘plastisphere’ may help tackle waste globally: “The growing body of scientific evidence sheds light on the environmental potential for plastic degradation that needs to be unlocked.” The researchers found two of the types of bacteria growing alongside the Dafeng fungi to be promising candidates for breaking down plastic, Streptomyces and the genus Jonesia, which was discovered recently. Jonesia cf. Quinghaiensis was especially dominant in the 55 bacterial strains that were sampled.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2023-05-plastic-eating-fungi-man-made-plastisphere-tackle.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8BZtbhRj$

# Social
White House announces $3.1 billion to address homelessness, including among veterans: The new measure is “the largest-ever, single-year investment … to help communities address homelessness,” the Biden administration said in a statement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.legion.org/news/259318/white-house-announces-31-billion-address-homelessness-including-among-veterans__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8JsxA0KB$

“Some people need to get their asses kicked,” Stephen A. Smith, the sports commentator and anchor is getting closer and closer to the truth of what is happening in the black community.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/some-people-need-to-get-their-asses-kicked-stephen-a-smith/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8IcBJybi$

Guns and drugs are killing people in the US at increasing and unprecedented rates, 20-year study finds: In a paper, “Trends in Mortality From Poisonings, Firearms, and All Other Injuries by Intent in the US, 1999-2020,” published in JAMA Internal Medicine, the researchers find disturbing trends in the rate and manner in which Americans are dying.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-07-guns-drugs-people-unprecedented-year.html*:*:text=The*20study*20finds*20the*20number,an*20average*20rate*20of*207*25__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8D3fuMZP$

# Technology
U.S. Must Beat China in Broadband Spectrum Allocation: It’s no secret, China is spying on us: It’s time for the United States to respond, and the first order of business must be to diplomatically expand broadband services.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/u-s-must-beat-china-in-broadband-spectrum-allocation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8HDS_U-y$

# Water
PFAS are bad, but other water-polluting chemicals are even worse: PFAS get a lot of attention, but there are other compounds in our drinking water that are more dangerous, and much more common. News that 3M is paying more than $10 billion to clean “forever chemicals” from municipal drinking water isn’t helping our confidence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-07-05/pfas-are-bad-but-other-water-polluting-chemicals-are-even-worse__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8EiqAPiU$

Almost half of the tap water in the US is contaminated with chemicals known as “forever chemicals,” according to a new study: The number of people drinking contaminated water may be even higher than what the study found, however, because the researchers weren’t able to test for all of these per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, chemicals that are considered dangerous to human health. There are more than 12,000 types of PFAS, according to the National Institutes of Health, but this study looked at only 32 of the compounds.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/05/health/pfas-nearly-half-us-tap-water-wellness/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8F52s6Wn$

NW drinking water concerns could get worse as the climate changes: Changes in snowpack and streamflow could mean places like the Yakima Basin in Washington and the Willamette River Basin in Oregon have bigger chances for more frequent water shortages in the summer, according to the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group and the Oregon Climate Assessments.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-freshwater-resources__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8PvPBDP-$

# Weather
Earth shatters heat records, faces uncharted extreme weather: Scientists say to brace for more extreme weather and probably a record-warm 2023 amid unprecedented temperatures. Remarkable historic heat is hitting the planet, raising alarm over looming extreme weather dangers, and an increasing likelihood this year will be Earth’s warmest on record.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://globalnews.ca/news/9813396/hottest-day-global-heat-record/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3PNd6Ik1qxRDV6ovIvbWiAnaZlMr9MiNxI16P9cGXb9169OQ4l7MsTLjHXL4IiCbVGP9RM9gJeG8dGREfa8zfEg_8F9SGgu0$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-05

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
The Colorado River Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Decades Later, the Tribe Still Struggles to Take Its Share of Water. The Chemehuevi’s reservation fronts about 30 miles of the Colorado River, yet 97% of the tribe’s water stays in the river, much of it used by Southern California cities. The tribe isn’t paid for it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/chemehuevi-tribe-reservation-water-colorado-river-california__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPiES1Z7a$

Tribal nations push for seats at the table in Colorado River negotiations: As federal and state officials prepare to renegotiate the rules governing the Colorado River, the region’s tribal nations are demanding seats at the table, seats that could make or break the basin’s future.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4077526-tribal-nations-push-for-seats-at-the-table-in-colorado-river-negotiations/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPrly86z0$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Two soldiers arrested in rural Texas for smuggling migrants: Both soldiers were released with pending court dates for the charge of smuggling people, which became a felony in Texas through a law passed earlier this year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/two-national-guard-soldiers-arrested-for-human-smuggling__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPkYoKfK7$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Pfizer-Biontech Covid Vaccine produces the toxic Spike protein in Human Body Even after 2 Years: With an explosive study a microbiologist confirms the tremendous alteration of the DNA in the blood of a former Swiss banker injured by the jabs of the mRNA genic serum
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/pfizer-biontech-covid-vaccines-produces-the-toxic-spike-protein-in-human-body-even-after-2-years/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pfizer-biontech-covid-vaccines-produces-the-toxic-spike-protein-in-human-body-even-after-2-years__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPm1BWm2Y$

Malaria making a comeback in the US? New cases and climate change raise big concerns: The CDC is warning of locally acquired cases in Texas and Florida. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning over the return of locally acquired cases of malaria, meaning infections not linked to foreign travel and transmitted by local mosquitoes. The cases, identified in Florida and Texas, raise a lot of questions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/science/2023/6/23/23771154/malaria-transmission-florida-texas-mosquitoes-risk-prevention-anopheles__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPtMnoBzY$

Symptoms of malaria: Most people, at the beginning of the disease, have fever, sweats, chills, headaches, malaise, muscles aches, nausea, and vomiting. Malaria can very rapidly become a severe and life-threatening disease.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150670__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPr6b6w24$

Some Children Suffered Seizures Following mRNA COVID Shots: Any associations between a vaccine and adverse outcomes produced by this approach are considered statistical signals that indicate the need for further investigation into the safety of a vaccine. The first period of 1-21 days, known as the “primary risk interval,” is believed to be the time-period that vaccinated people are more likely to experience adverse events.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/07/some-children-suffered-seizures-following-mrna-covid-shots/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPqla10q5$

More Evidence SARS CoV-2 Escaped from Chinese Laboratory: U.S. government officials admitted the first patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus were researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) in China, despite claims by former director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) Anthony Fauci. “We may never know” the true origin of the novel coronavirus, Ben Hu, Yu Ping and Yan Zhu, researchers
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/07/more-evidence-sars-cov-2-escaped-from-chinese-laboratory/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPkljA1pv$

CDC is concealing references to a covid vaccine on Minnesota death certificates (that are exceedingly rare to begin with because of widespread medical establishment denialism of vaccine adverse side effects). In almost every death certificate that identifies a covid vaccine as a cause of death, the CDC committed data fraud by not assigning the ICD 10 code for vaccine side effects to the causes of death listed on the death certificate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://brownstone.org/articles/cdc-altered-death-certificates/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPrn0XB15$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Will DeSantis’s Culture War Backfire? Increasing cancellations of convention plans and business investments are starting to damage Florida’s economy. Thanks to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s war on LGBTQ people, public schools, and educational curricula, Florida stands to lose massive amounts of convention business.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/politics/2023-07-05-will-desantis-culture-war-backfire/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPuDfiMdM$

Asset Management Firms Are Gaining Power Over Housing, Hospitals, Water and More: Who owns our world? In recent years, one set of financial actors keep coming up as an answer to that question: asset management firms. Brett Christophers explains how asset managers like BlackRock and Blackstone have come to “own the world.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/asset-management-firms-are-gaining-power-over-housing-hospitals-water-and-more/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPlaCVEFq$

# Education / Schools
Republicans Target Minority Scholarships After Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling: Missouri went on the attack the day the Court ruled, and Wisconsin may be next
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/supreme-court-affirmative-action-minority-scholarships-republicans-1234783254/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPl7uCimX$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Country’s Largest Grid Operator Must Process and Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects, a New Reports Says: PJM could benefit numerous states with thousands of jobs and billions in investment by implementing recent reforms, including priority for proposals ready to proceed and a “fast lane” for smaller deals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05072023/pjm-grid-clean-energy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPmSglb5G$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Ecosystem collapses could happen much sooner than previously expected: Extreme weather events will accelerate change in stressed systems, leading quickly to tipping points. Across the planet, rainforests are turning into savannas or farmland, while savannas are experiencing drying out and transitioning into deserts https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/ecosystem-collapses-could-happen-much-sooner-than-previously-expected/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPpueElrS$

June extremes suggest parts of the climate system are reaching tipping points: Research shows heat domes, wildfires and vanishing polar ice are the symptoms; unabated greenhouse gas emissions are the cause. Earth’s critical reflective polar ice caps are at their lowest extent on record in the satellite era, with the sea ice around Antarctica at a record-low extent by far, spurring worried scientists to share dramatic charts of the missing ice repeatedly.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04072023/june-extremes-climate-tipping-points/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPo94e3Vm$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Scientists create edible food packaging that could replace single-use plastics: California-based startup Sway, makes seaweed-based, home-compostable, and carbon-negative thin film packaging. Its materials even come from different colors of seaweed. Sway co-founder and CEO Julia Marsh said that the funding will help the startup to move closer to launching pilots next year. Some of their investors include Alante Capital, the Sustainable Ocean Alliance, and Conservation International Ventures.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/41271/20221208/california-startup-uses-seaweed-replace-packaging-plastic-bags-work.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPiugs94m$

The problem with ‘humanely raised’ poultry and eggs: Chicken producers are misleading consumers with misinformation. Their own food is chosen; their social, familial, and physical environment is controlled; their reproductive organs and activities are manipulated; and how long they live is determined by humans. They can be abused and killed at will based on economic “necessity.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/problem-humanely-raised-poultry-eggs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPrY3clmT$

# Gov / Politics
Federal Judge Blocks Florida GOP’s ‘Clear and Brazen Attack’ on Voter Registration Efforts “We applaud the court’s decision, but we must ensure this harmful law is struck down altogether,” said the ACLU of Florida’s legal director.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/federal-judge-florida-voter-registration__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPruz8AZx$

As We Celebrate Independence, the U.S. Stifles Freedom Around the Globe: The U.S. has been a major force of violent repression globally that stamps out people’s hopes for freedom and justice. The 4th of July is a strange spectacle: In Washington, D.C., patriots wave American flags at a parade even as the U.S. approves Morocco’s occupation of the Western Sahara, helping to crush the Sahrawi people’s hope for independence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/as-we-celebrate-independence-the-us-stifles-freedom-around-the-globe/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPk7zXOYP$

The 2024 election could be Big Pharma’s reckoning: It’s clear at this point that the 2024 election could very well hinge on which party can capture the populist mantle on Big Pharma.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/06/30/pharma-another-term-without-friend-white-house__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPiXyc3AS$

Judge unleashes on Biden for potentially biggest ‘attack’ on freedom in United States history: Biden likely violated First Amendment during COVID-19 pandemic, federal judge says, Google, Meta and Twitter were all named in the lawsuits. A U.S. District Court judge is temporarily preventing White House officials from meeting with tech companies about social media censorship, arguing that such actions in the past were likely First Amendment violations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-likely-violated-first-amendment-covid-19-pandemic-federal-judge-says__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPtidmO-c$

Meta Hires CIA Agent to Head Election Censorship Division: Facebook parent company Meta has decided to put a former CIA agent in charge of their ‘Elections Policies.’ Just when you thought the left’s censorship efforts couldn’t get any worse, Facebook parent company Meta has decided to put a former CIA agent in charge of their “Elections Policies,” meaning things are about to get worse…much worse!
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.patrioticviralnews.com/articles/meta-hires-cia-agent-to-head-up-their-election-censorship-division/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPosOA72d$

Making Madness Normal in Wartime: A new book on World War I by journalist Charles Glass, who has covered recent wars in the Middle East, offers an opportunity for us to compare then and now.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/making-madness-normal-in-wartime__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPqbWP3RE$

‘Totally indefensible’: Biden nominates death squad backer Elliott Abrams to diplomacy panel: “Elliott Abrams, enemy of human rights, apologist for mass murder, should have no place within spitting distance of any Democratic administration in any capacity.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/07/05/totally-indefensible-biden-nominates-death-squad-backer-elliott-abrams-to-diplomacy-panel/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPtOtXGiv$

As 2024 Crashes Into View, Trump vs. Biden 2.0, Revisionist History Is Rearing Its Ugly Head: Whether or not Trump runs again, his entire operation is about undermining the guy who’s actually trying to help.News execs and political analysts don’t seem to care whether we’ve been here, seen that. Do audiences?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2021/10/07/ready-for-the-mega-ugly-2024-rematch-the-perennial-optimist-vs-the-perma/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPl9nuq6v$

# Law Enforcment
Fourth of July Block Party Shooting Kills 3, Injures 7: It was one of 16 mass shootings in the U.S. over the holiday weekend. The Shreveport Police Department said 11 people were shot and four died after the early Wednesday morning shooting in the city’s MLK neighborhood. More than 200 people were attending the event.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/05/shreveport-la-mass-shooting-3-dead-july-4th-block-party/70382608007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPrftAkvs$

Kenneth Nixon , a black man was wrongly convicted of murder, now he is suing police: Kenneth Nixon accuses the Detroit Police Department of framing him. At 19, he was convicted of a murder he did not commit. A judge dismissed all his charges and vacated his sentence. Now, Nixon is suing the Detroit Police Department, accusing officers of framing him.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/black-man-wrongly-convicted-murder-003137591.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPu_f1vei$

Deadly Holiday Weekend Of Gun Violence: 4 Days, 11 Mass Shootings: More than a dozen mass shootings between Friday and Tuesday of the Independence Day long weekend claimed 19 lives, but shootings on July 4 itself were the lowest they’ve been in years, despite an overall uptick in mass shootings so far this year
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/anafaguy/2023/07/05/july-4-mass-shootings-hit-lowest-level-since-2019-despite-above-average-year/?sh=1773407b6195__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPhwp3AUy$

# Legal / DOJ
Biden’s DOJ Is Pressuring Journalists to Help Build Its Case Against Assange: The prosecution of the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is already a threat to a free media, the justice department’s campaign to get me and other journalists to testify only makes matters worse. The Department of Justice and FBI are pressuring multiple British journalists to cooperate with the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, using vague threats and pressure tactics in the process.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/biden-doj-julian-assange-wikileaks-case-pressuring-journalists-1234782793/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPu8aAc_l$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Use the wrong pronoun? You could face up to five years in prison and other punishments: Michigan House passes bill that could make using wrong pronouns a felony, fineable up to 10,000. A recently passed bill in Michigan could make it a felony to intimidate someone by intentionally using the wrong gender pronouns, according to some legal experts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michigan-house-passes-bill-using-wrong-pronouns-felony-fineable-10000__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPmfpLaEP$

Far Right U.S. Groups Are Exploiting a Loophole to Export Bigotry With a Tax Break: U.S. law allows anonymous donors to give hundreds of millions to groups campaigning globally against LGBTQ rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/donor-advised-funds-daf-us-charity-law-loophole-bankroll-hate/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPkwLnDT2$

# Media
Union Officials Blast UPS for Saying Company Has “Nothing More to Give” Workers: UPS workers have authorized a strike if a new contract isn’t agreed upon by July 31. The Teamsters rejected that notion, and said that the company was disingenuous in stating it “had nothing more to give” to workers. The union also pointed out that workers have been overworked and underappreciated, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, when revenues for the company increased by record margins.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/union-officials-blast-ups-for-saying-company-has-nothing-more-to-give-workers/*:*:text=The*20Teamsters*20rejected*20that*20notion,company*20increased*20by*20record*20margins__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPonyZRKW$

# Medical / Health
Anthony Fauci to become professor at Georgetown University medical school: Anthony Fauci, who was previously the top public health official leading the US response to the Covid-19 pandemic, will be joining the faculty at Georgetown University, in Washington DC. Fauci is the country’s leading expert on infectious diseases anf has served under seven presidents, providing guidance on infectious disease outbreaks in the US, including Ebola and the HIV/Aids epidemic. In 2008, Fauci was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his “determined and aggressive efforts to help others live longer and healthier lives” in efforts to address the HIV/Aids epidemic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.georgetown.edu/news/dr-anthony-fauci-to-join-georgetown-faculty-as-distinguished-university-professor/*:*:text=Starting*20July*201*2C*20Fauci*20will,future*20physicians*20in*20infectious*20diseases__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPj5MCmuF$

# Medical Science
Tooth Regrowing Drug Therapy Set For Human Clinical Trials Next Year: Japanese scientists are reportedly set to start human trials for a drug that can regrow teeth. All being well, the clinical trial will start next year and a tooth regeneration therapy could be ready for people with holey smiles as early as 2030, according to Japanese media.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.iflscience.com/tooth-regrowing-drug-therapy-set-for-human-clinical-trials-next-year-69685__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPv3L5ZT5$

# Military / Global
Putin’s New Lethal Plan Amid Ukraine War; Russia to Unleash Tank Fury on Zelensky: Russia’s largest arms manufacturing company, Rostec, has decided to begin mass tank production. Rostec announced that Uralvagonzavod (UVZ) is suspending all secondary output, and hundred percent of the production capacity will be occupied in manufacturing tanks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/putins-new-lethal-plan-amid-ukraine-war-russia-to-unleash-tank-fury-on-zelensky/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPnEI_8cy$

# Nuclear
Nuclear Weapons “Sharing” Is a Dangerous Practice That Brings Us Closer to War: President Biden is calling Russia’s nuke-sharing in Belarus “irresponsible” despite the U.S.’s own arsenal in Europe. It is irresponsible to disburse nuclear weapons to other countries, increasing the risk that those weapons could be used by accident, miscalculation, or deliberately, especially with an active war nearby.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/nuclear-weapons-sharing-is-a-dangerous-practice-that-brings-us-closer-to-war/*:*:text=It*20is*20irresponsible*20to*20disburse,with*20an*20active*20war*20nearby__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPpvZCcii$ .

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
A son died, his parents tried to sue. How U.S. courts protect Big Pharma: According to a Reuters investigation, parents trying to sue Merck were “stymied by one of Corporate America’s most effective liability shields: the doctrine of federal preemption” which says federal law and federal regulations supersede state laws, but some are now moving forward.
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Merck accused of downplaying early evidence of Singulair drugs brain impact: Merck’s early safety claims later faced intense scrutiny amid reports over two decades that patients, including many children, had died by suicide or experienced neuropsychiatric problems after taking the drug. Merck Knew Its Popular Asthma Drug Could Lead Kids to Commit Suicide, Lawsuits Alleged
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# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
UFO Crash ‘100 Percent’ Covered-Up by U.S. Government, Congressman Says: Representative Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican, is convinced that the United States government covered up an alleged UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. Burchett has accused the U.S. government of covering-up incidents related to UFOs, also known as Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/ufo-crash-100-percent-covered-us-government-congressman-says-1807498__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPqLUJlOo$

Top US officials have ‘first-hand knowledge’ of UFOs: Sen. Marco Rubio: “Some of these people still work in the government,” the 52-year-old Rubio told the outlet. “And frankly, a lot of them are very fearful, fearful of their jobs, fearful [of] their clearances, fearful of their career, and some, frankly, are fearful of harm coming to them.” Rubio’s comments come amid an ongoing investigation, led by House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.), into the alleged the secret military UFO program. The committee is expected to hold a hearing on the matter soon.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/political/top-us-officials-have-first-hand-knowledge-secret-ufo-program-rubio__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPq5W4BLz$

# Technology
Citing ‘Orwellian’ Tactics, Federal Judge Orders White House to Stop Censoring Americans’ Social Media Posts: A federal judge has blocked Biden administration officials from contacting social media companies in a landmark order targeting government censorship and suppression of online postings.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/04/judge-restricts-biden-officials-from-colluding-with-big-tech/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPltwwSRc$

Real-life invisibility cloaks are already here. But how do they work? The cloak acts like a movie screen, reflecting light directly back to the source, which in this case is the mirror. Light rays bouncing off the cloak pass through the transparent part of the mirror and fall on the user’s eyes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/technology-articles/inventions-1/real-life-invisibility-cloaks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPomJCOWL$

In case you haven’t noticed, the “cutting-edge” tech market has really been living up to its name lately: The tech sector saw ~165k layoffs in 2022; this year, it’s already seen 212k+, according to tracking site. Understandably, the market is depressing tech workers’ historically high salary expectations. It’s also pushing many to consider other forms of professional worth, beyond the “net” variety.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehustle.co/some-tech-workers-are-embracing-pay-cuts-and-canada/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1oCZJ2IRtFtVNVQ5K9TQqJDnqGRL67JgOYNfBMbXQQEWWKfXe2GDXFYBSdkdlcVwxSB-IEW6fayVOOnKd2q_3ohZPjBqnCm7$

830 tech companies worlwide/ layoffs 212958 employees laid off in 2023
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