Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-03

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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Have a safe and good holiday.
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# Indigenous / Global
Unions, Native People Fight Mining “Reforms” and Police Repression in Argentina: Indigenous people and workers are resisting a reform which attacks the right to protest. For weeks now, the people of Jujuy, Argentina, have been in the streets resisting right-wing political attacks on wages and the right to protest. In the past few days the conflict has escalated with severe police repression throughout the largely Indigenous and impoverished province.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/unions-native-people-fight-mining-reforms-and-police-repression-in-argentina/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUuMQKMsV$

Europe’s Green Revolution threatens Indigenous culture: The Sámi indigenous people have inhabited northern Sweden for thousands of years.
Now their way of life is threatened by giant wind farms https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2023-sweden-indigenous-sami-green-energy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUkPSwg6H$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Great Bank Robbery Of 2023: The government pays banks big money while letting them rip off everyone else. The yawning gap between what you are paid on your deposits and what banks are earning from other institutions when they loan out or invest your money. It’s a caper that has quietly become a systemic upward transfer of wealth thrumming beneath the macroeconomy, but as you’ll see below, the theft can be stopped.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/the-great-bank-robbery/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUhyv6EBr$

# Education / Schools
The Affirmative Action Decision Doesn’t Have a Damn Thing to Do With Meritocracy: Throughout my career, many have considered me, a Black queer Ivy League graduate, as a beneficiary of unfair advantages. Racism has allowed them to ignore classism and nepotism elsewhere in college admissions https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/the-affirmative-action-decision-doesnt-have-to-do-with-meritocracy-1234782275/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUg72EgIk$

Supreme Court strikes down President Biden’s plan to erase billions in student debt: In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court claimed that the Biden administration’s plan lacked authority and overstepped the powers of the Education Department and instead needed to go through Congress.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/30/supreme-court-strikes-down-bidens-student-debt-relief-plan-00104409__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUpiDhC9V$

# Employment / Labor
New Law Aims to Protect Pregnant Workers, But Our Safety Knowledge Falls Short: Experts say not enough is known about which work circumstances and chemical exposures are dangerous for pregnant people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/new-law-aims-to-protect-pregnant-workers-but-our-safety-knowledge-falls-short/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUtTRBYmt$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
SD governor is investor in ethanol plant partnered with carbon pipeline company: Gov. Kristi Noem is an investor in an ethanol plant that’s partnered with a company proposing a controversial carbon-capture pipeline.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://southdakotasearchlight.com/2023/06/30/noem-investor-in-ethanol-plant-partnered-with-carbon-pipeline-company/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUiu_8BHC$

Lithium scarcity pushes carmakers into the mining business: Ford, General Motors and others are striking deals with mining companies to avoid raw material shortages that could thwart their electric vehicle ambitions
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/02/business/lithium-mining-automakers-electric-vehicles.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUj00ZYT1$

Little publicized but treacherous, methane from coal mines upends the lives of West Virginia families:  In lawsuits targeting the coal operator Arch, residents contend that mining activity has disrupted their lives and emitted a gas that threatens their safety and the planet.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mountainstatespotlight.org/2023/07/02/coal-methane-arch-west-virginia-families/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUt3ekRBB$

A Private Equity-Fueled Oil Disaster In Utah: Private financiers and fossil fuel drillers in Utah are planning to run crude oil trains along the fragile banks of the Colorado River, and get public money to build it. Back in May, Lever reporter Julia Rock investigated the corporate interests pushing the new rail project forward. In this long read, she talks with activists and insiders about why this project could be disastrous for the American West.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/biden-admin-boosts-big-oils-colorado-river-scheme/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUlKw5DEX$

In Denver, oil trains hit a fork in the road to Colorado’s transportation future: “We believe transporting crude oil along the Colorado River is a risk we cannot afford to take,” they wrote in a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. “Were a train to derail, it would be frontline communities who bear the brunt of the damage, in the air they breathe and the water they drink.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://coloradonewsline.com/2023/06/30/the-city-in-denver-oil-trains-hit-a-fork-in-the-road-to-colorados-transportation-future/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUgHl3O6y$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Federal money begins flowing to Lake Erie for projects with an eye on future climate impacts: The $8.2 million for those four projects is just a tiny part of almost $6 billion authorized over the next few years for NOAA’s climate-related programs under the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/03072023/lake-erie-climate-impacts/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUiEqJ2nA$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
New report finds most US kale samples contain ‘disturbing’ levels of ‘forever chemicals’: PFAS was found in seven of eight samples bought at US stores, with organic kale containing higher levels of the toxic compounds.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/30/kale-pfas-forever-chemicals-contamination__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUguhRejs$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russian Progressives and Antiwar Forces May Find Opening in Wake of Failed Coup: Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted coup is over, but it could still have far-reaching consequences for Putin’s government. While the U.S. made it clear that they had nothing to do with the uprising, it did take advantage of the moment to impose a new round of sanctions on the Wagner Group.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/russian-progressives-and-antiwar-forces-may-find-opening-in-wake-of-failed-coup/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUrbhOwO-$

The International Atomic Energy Agency states that Iran is only keeping a fraction of the commitments it made in the Non-Proliferation Treaty Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jns.org/world-news/iran/23/6/5/292769/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUpogaaim$

Prigozhin Told the Truth About Putin’s War in Ukraine: Yevgeny Prigozhin is a disinformation artist whose failed rebellion was marked by a burst of radical honesty. The truth, he said, was that “there was nothing extraordinary happening on the eve of February 24,” the day last year when Russian invaded. Ukraine was not planning any kind of attack against Russia, he added. Russia’s invasion “was started for a completely different reason,” Prigozhin said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/01/prigozhin-truth-putin-war-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUiFKceD0$

# Gov / Politics
Biden Admin May Supply Cluster Bombs to Ukraine, Flouting Human Rights Concerns: Dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICMs) are surface-to-surface warheads that burst and disperse deadly multiple, smaller bomblets over a wide area. Many bomblets fail to explode on initial impact, leaving duds that can indiscriminately wound and kill, like landmines, for many years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-administration-poised-to-supply-ukraine-with-banned-cluster-bombs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUu4X2mO5$

The United States has stopped sharing information with Russia on the status or locations of missiles and telemetry data:  The State Department said international law permits such measures to induce a state to return to compliance with its international obligations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/us-stop-giving-russia-some-new-start-nuclear-arms-data-2023-06-02/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUqjYrXtL$

U.S. is opening its first diplomatic post above the Arctic Circle and it will be staffed by a single ‘consul’: The move, which Blinken announced at a news conference in Oslo after attending a NATO foreign ministers meeting, comes as competition over the high north’s resources with Russia intensifies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fortune.com/2023/06/01/u-s-first-diplomatic-post-above-arctic-circle-norway/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUm9rIsRY$

H.R. 3099 was Introduced in the House of Representatives on May 5, 2023. This bill, known as the “Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords Act,” is the latest act by the United States in the service of Israel. This bill establishes the position of Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords within the Department of State. The Abraham Accords are agreements to normalize relations between Israel and Arab states that do not recognize Israel. It is an anti-Palestinian accord more than anything.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mintpressnews.com/h-r-3099-service-of-israel-troubling-special-envoy-bill-and-its-ramifications/285173/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUvJ5WoZu$

Is North Carolina Going to Become Like Ron DeSantis’s Florida? DeSantis backed by North Carolina House majority leader, 18 other state leaders: Mark Robinson, the leading Republican candidate for governor in North Carolina, has a history of sharing sexist, homophobic, and transphobic views, as well as trivializing assault. Already with a veto-proof GOP majority in the state legislature, North Carolina may be poised to lose its purple state cred.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4071226-desantis-backed-by-north-carolina-house-majority-leader-18-other-state-leaders/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUmEKWeoT$

The ‘law and order’ party is packed full of criminals: The Republican Party has been packed full of criminals for decades, and the past several election cycles show that the rot has only gotten worse. Republicans have historically been the party of crime and corruption, and their posturing about “law and order” is both dishonest and dangerous when looking at both their past leaders and their current makeup.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.occupy.com/article/law-and-order-party-packed-full-criminals*sthash.BruMaZzQ.dpbs__;Iw!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUmgG6iAC$

After Jan. 6, can we stop pretending Republicans are the “law and order” party? Going back to Watergate, “law and order” Republicans often turn out to be criminals who think they’re above the law https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2022/06/09/after-jan-6-can-we-stop-pretending-are-the-law-and-order-party/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUmqCzzUb$

The Moms Who Started The School Board Wars Are Now Presidential Kingmakers: Moms for Liberty have taken over school boards, banned books and made life hell for some educators. And yet Republican presidential candidates are longing their support https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moms-for-liberty-ron-desantis-donald-trump_n_64a02919e4b0dcb22c459ca2__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUldl2rXX$

# Legal / DOJ
AOC: Supreme Court Rulings Show ‘Creep Towards Authoritarianism’: The conservative supreme court is “creeping dangerously towards authoritarianism”, the Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Sunday, raising again the unlikely scenario of impeaching justices for recent actions:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/03/first-thing-supreme-court-creeping-dangerously-towards-authoritarianism-aoc-says__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUkw1oJvl$

Supreme Court Will Consider Right of Domestic Abusers to Own Firearms: United States v. Rahimi is expected to address the scope of the Second Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case that could allow people who are found to pose a credible threat of violence against their partner or child to retain the right to own and use guns.
At issue is a 1994 amendment to the Federal Firearms Act that prohibits those who are actively subject to domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1185371815/supreme-court-domestic-abuse-guns__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUvCIZiHQ$

Supreme Court: Affirmative Action Is OK, If the Students Are Getting Sent to Die in Wars: The precedent set by the court’s decision is primed to transform college admissions standards around the country, yet there is one area where the law mandating diversity in recruitment is remaining conspicuously unchanged: U.S. military academies. By making an exception for military academies, and legacy admissions, the court once again sided with the ruling class.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/06/29/supreme-court-affirmative-action-military-academy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUhfqf8c9$

The Supreme Court’s worst new ruling you never heard of, Standing to bring cases: One ruling hidden inside one of the Supreme Court’s horrendous decisions last week hasn’t got nearly the attention it deserves: the court’s radical expansion of who has standing to bring cases before the court.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-supreme-courts-most-dangerous__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUu8QDp78$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Judges in Kentucky and Tennessee Block Gender Affirming Care Bans: Two judges handed down opinions thoroughly debunking anti-trans talking points within hours of each other. The judges blocked portions of the law that would have banned transgender youth from accessing puberty blockers and hormone therapy. In the Tennessee case, the judge stopped short of also blocking the ban on gender-affirming surgeries for youth.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4073403-judges-block-youth-transgender-care-bans-in-kentucky-tennessee/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUidQEdyc$

# Medical / Health
How Arizona Became Ground Zero for Abortion Rights Battle: First-year Gov. Katie Hobbs (D-AZ) issued a far-reaching executive order that strips the state’s fifteen local county attorneys of their authority to prosecute abortion related cases. Turns out elections have consequences.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-arizona-became-ground-zero-for-the-abortion-rights-battle?ref=wrap__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUmf-vOpB$

# Military / DOD
America Is a Military Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy: The architects of the police state have us exactly where they want us: under their stamping boot. The message being sent to the citizenry is clear: there is no place in our nation today for the kind of revolution our forefathers mounted against a tyrannical government. “What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance?” Thomas Jefferson.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/political/state-martial-law-america-military-dictatorship-disguised-democracy__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUnCvt_4Y$

# Military / Global
Iran has alarmed Israel by unveiling what it claims is its first domestically made hypersonic missile. It had previously said it would be able to hit Israel within 400 seconds. The Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, attended the unveiling of the missile, named Fattah, or “conqueror” in Farsi.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/6/7/iran-has-a-hypersonic-missile-what-does-that-mean__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUuMtXp-8$

Both the United States and Cuba have denied a report that China is going to build a spy base in Cuba. However, the U.S. says that China has had a spy base in Cuba since 2019 and efforts to expand its intelligence gathering are ongoing. Nevertheless, current and former U.S. officials claim that China and Cuba are indeed negotiating to establish a new joint military training facility on the island, sparking alarm in Washington
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/us-confirms-china-spy-base-cuba-2019-99987323__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUm3qi4yR$

China has refused U.S. requests to re-establish military-to-military communications: Secretary of State Antony Blinken admitted Monday that Chinese President Xi Jinping denied his request to re-establish a military backchannel to avoid potential conflict — as has existed for decades between the US and Russia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/06/19/blinken-says-xi-refused-to-establish-pentagon-deconfliction-hotline/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUs7rYhSH$

Russia is deploying nuclear weapons in Belarus. NATO shouldn’t take the bait: In June 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a new policy of Russia deploying some of its nuclear weapons in Belarus. The nuclear sharing arrangements between Russia and Belarus represent a fundamental change in Russian nuclear policy and the European security landscape.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thebulletin.org/2023/04/russia-is-deploying-nuclear-weapons-in-belarus-nato-shouldnt-take-the-bait/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUjk2WXJz$

United States says that the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war is “real”: The Russian Federation’s recent announcement of plans to station non-strategic nuclear weapons in Belarus represents the first “nuclear sharing” agreement made since the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons entered into force in 1970, emphasizing that against the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict, the risk such arms will be used is higher today than at any time since the end of the cold war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://press.un.org/en/2023/sc15250.doc.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUoiFBhuM$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Pharma Giants Block Access to Vaccine Doses for Research: Pfizer and Moderna are preventing scientists from using their current vaccines for research. The U.S. should act now to restore competition.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-07-03-pharma-giants-block-access-vaccine-research/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUvEgtpkt$

# Technology / Global
Israel Is Already Weaponizing AI — But Not in the Ways It Claims to Be: Israel claims to be a leader in AI tech, but its main innovations are lax industry ethics and widespread surveillance. To avoid falling into the trap of Israeli hype, we must take a step back and look at the Israeli methods of oppression and state violence over time.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/israel-is-already-weaponizing-ai-but-not-in-the-ways-it-claims-to-be/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=5558fe1abd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_3_20_2023_13_41_COPY_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-5558fe1abd-650262369&mc_cid=5558fe1abd&mc_eid=b8214b3276__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2n2fXt9xIGgdiKrUNQ5QOa2CtaTKFXMV4qbFNuUGITr2sNPce9hRkxP4L3p1Ab3pP74n1YA9iBWNK2ss_pa9RqzGUgZyNb5c$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-02

Voices, The Peoples News

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

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Biden plan to move migrant teenagers into North Carolina boarding school ‘alarming’: North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Walker expressed serious concerns over the Biden administration’s handling of unaccompanied minors at the southern border in light of a new operation to fly thousands of teenagers into his hometown.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/biden-plan-move-migrant-teens-north-carolina-boarding-school-alarming__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5fFMhW0p$

Texas sends another migrant bus to Los Angeles church ahead of July 4th: The migrants, including 11 children, are from countries including Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. CHIRLA believes the bus was sent through Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s state-funded busing efforts, but has not received confirmation from the governor’s office. ABC News has also reached out to Abbott’s office to confirm.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abc7ny.com/los-angeles-migrants-texas-karen-bass/13451226/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5UrxEwPx$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Long COVID is not a single condition, but a spectrum of evolving symptoms: In a comprehensive nationwide study published in the Open Forum Infectious Diseases, experts report that long COVID is not a singular condition, but rather a spectrum of persisting symptoms with varying presentations that fluctuate over time
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.earth.com/news/long-covid-is-not-a-single-condition-but-a-spectrum-of-evolving-symptoms/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5dKGXkox$

# Education / Schools
Why Is Biden Giving Teachers’ Union Boss More Power? Randi Weingarten, the influential leader of one of the largest teachers’ unions in the U.S., helped create our current education disaster. She still has the president’s ear.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-on-earth-is-biden-giving-teachers-union-boss-randi-weingarten-more-power__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5f08ushf$

Supreme Court Decides Fake Plaintiffs Are Good Plaintiffs: In using a case where the stated plaintiff had no involvement in the lawsuit to wipe away student debt cancellation for over 43 million borrowers, the Supreme Court has gotten away with substituting their own beliefs for the law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/justice/2023-06-30-supreme-court-decides-fake-plaintiffs-good/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5UVC4zx7$

Affirmative Action: What the Corporate Pundits Missed
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/30/affirmative-action-what-the-corporate-pundits-missed/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5VKo2K-V$

Advocates for Racial Equity on Campus Say SCOTUS Ruling Won’t Deter Their Fight: Civil rights leaders said a “colorblind” society is a conservative fantasy and schools must lift up students of color. Civil rights leaders said the fight is not over and cautioned that the ruling does not prevent a prospective student’s identity or experiences with racism from being considered as part of the application process, a point Chief Justice John Roberts was also careful to make after issuing a divisive 6-3 opinion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/experts-scotus-affirmative-action-decision-highlights-diversity-higher/story?id=99942281__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5Rd54AsV$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Advocates from Across the Country Rally in Chicago for Coal Ash Rule Reform: More than 100 coal ash sites sit within two miles of the Great Lakes, a drinking water source for 30 million people. Community groups called on the EPA for stricter regulation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01072023/coal-ash-rally-chicago/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5edIZtIF$

Q&A: Kate Beaton Describes the Toll Taken by Alberta’s Oil Sands on Wildlife and the Workers Who Mine the Viscous Crude: The title of her graphic memoir, “Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands,” refers to an incident in 2008 when hundreds of ducks landed on a pond of mine tailings and died.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01072023/qa-cartoonist-kate-beaton-albertas-oil-sands-wildlife-workers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5WHSd6xp$

Rush to Build Carbon Pipelines Leaps Ahead of Federal Rules and Safety Standards: At least two companies are planning to convert natural gas pipelines to carry carbon dioxide instead, but there aren’t yet any federal safety rules to cover them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01072023/carbon-pipelines-safety-standards/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5Wi3WTJ-$

Texas Pipeline Operators Released or Flared Tons of Gas to Avert Explosions During Heatwave: Oil and gas companies in West Texas released hundreds of tons of toxic gases into the air last week as a record-breaking heatwave drove pressure inside pipelines and compressors to dangerously high levels.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30062023/texas-pipeline-flare-release-gasheat/*:*:text=Oil*20and*20gas*20companies*20in,compressors*20to*20dangerously*20high*20levels__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5T-3izaF$ .

The U.S. government is facing backlash after auctioning off an Italy-sized portion of the country: ‘Sad to see’: This area was heavily damaged by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, and more drilling could lead to a repeat of the disaster. The parcel is called lease 259.
It stretches from the southern tip of Texas to the Alabama-Florida border, covering 73.3 million acres, an area as large as Italy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/lease-259-gulf-of-mexico-oil-drilling/*:*:text=The*20U.S.*20government*20is*20facing,a*20repeat*20of*20the*20disaster__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5bGTO_7e$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Youth Climate Activists Turn Up The Heat: Climate Defiance, a new youth-led org that’s bringing disruptive, direct action to our nation’s most influential leaders and fossil fuel enablers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/you-love-to-see-it-youth-climate-activists-turn-up-the-heat/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5W4i9bGB$

Now that President Biden’s student loan cancelation program has been cancelled, here’s what’s next: The Supreme Court rejected President Joe Biden’s student loan program that aimed at delivering up to $20,000 of relief per borrower. But that will change on Sept. 1, 2023, when interest will once again begin to accrue on outstanding student loans. Payments on the actual loans is set to resume in October 2023. When payments resume, the average student loan payment is expected to be between $200 and $500 per month
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/now-that-president-bidens-student-loan-cancellation-program-has-been-canceled-heres-whats-next-208551__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5dmHl3f1$

‘It gets worse every day’: Why are sea lions and dolphins dying along California’s coast? The unprecedented outbreak has scientists concerned as record number of animals turn up lifeless on beaches.The culprit is an algae named pseudo-nitzschia, which produces an amino acid that can act as a neurotoxin. A similar outbreak last year sickened dozens of sea lions and other marine life, but many think this year’s outbreak is even worse.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/28/california-beaches-sea-lions-dolphins-dead*:*:text=The*20culprit*20is*20an*20algae,year’s*20outbreak*20is*20even*20worse__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5VlNPUMR$

Rainfall Extremes Increasingly Threaten Mountain Regions and Areas Downstream From Them: A new study suggests the threat of flooding rains, landslides and erosion has been underestimated, especially in high-elevation and snow-dominated regions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28062023/rainfall-extremes-mountain-regions/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5QcD01ks$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Another Russian Billionaire Has Renounced His Citizenship: He was previously sanctioned by Canada, the U.K., and Australia but has citizenship in Cyprus, according to Forbes. Yury Milner said on Twitter on October 11 that he left Russia in 2014 after Moscow’s illegal seizure of Ukraine’s Crimea, and that he has now further cut ties with his homeland.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-billionaire-renounces-citizenship/32075480.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5VDyiqWx$

# Gov / Politics
We’re Number One! (Actually, 38, out of 38): A recent Oxfam study of 38 OECD nations ranked the U.S. last or near last in minimum wages, unemployment standards, worker protections, and the right to organize. A new Oxfam survey on worker well-being compares us to the other advanced and semi-advanced economies. America remains exceptional-y bad. On wages and unemployment benefits, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands ranked 1-2-3. The U.S. ranked 36th, behind the Czech Republic, but ahead of Denmark and Mexico.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/labor/2023-06-26-were-number-one-oxfam-worker-survey/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5c67Gimz$

As Youngkin Tries to Pull Virginia Out of RGGI, Experts Warn of Looming Consequences for Low-Income Residents and Threatened Communities: A narrow vote has advanced the governor’s move to withdraw from the cap and trade initiative. But foes of his plan point out that in just three years, hundreds of millions of dollars have flowed to energy efficiency and climate mitigation in the state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25062023/glenn-youngkin-rggi-virginia-climate-change/?utm_source=InsideClimate*News&utm_campaign=8755572de6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_01_01_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-8755572de6-327817917__;Kw!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5dvlXGhW$

# Law Enforcment
Stop Cop City Week of Action Showed Movement’s Strength Amid Rampant Repression: Police sought to repress and intimidate protesters during the week of action, but the movement only emerged stronger.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rightsanddissent.org/news/dozens-of-cops-descend-on-a-peaceful-vigil-as-the-stop-cop-city-week-of-action-begins/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5d4hMbb5$

# Legal / DOJ
Samuel Alito’s Revealing Temper Tantrum: Justice Alito’s preemptive response to the ProPublica story about his connections with GOP donors reveals much about his breach of judicial ethics. Let’s compare his behavior to Justice Barrett. It is sometimes possible to gauge the legitimacy of an exposé by the nature of the response. Consider, for example, recent revelations concerning Supreme Court justices Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/justice/2023-06-27-samuel-alitos-revealing-temper-tantrum/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5Y6jIy6T$

Feds Say They Have 80,000 Pages of Evidence on George Santos: The truth-averse freshman representative received the grim news in a court appearance on Friday. Federal prosecutors have charged Santos with 13 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and making false statements to Congress. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. Taken together, the allegations suggest Santos relied on “repeated dishonesty and deception to ascend to the halls of Congress and enrich himsel.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/prosecutors-turn-over-more-than-80000-pages-of-material-to-rep-george-santos-in-fraud-case__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5d3CkPHX$

# Media
The Struggle Against Assange’s Extradition Continue: As Julian Assange’s appeal of his extradition to the United States wends its way through British courts, now is a good time to review what’s at stake. Nothing less than a free press and the rule of law. That’s because Assange is being persecuted for publishing proof of U.S. military criminality, among other war and political matters.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/06/30/the-struggle-against-assanges-extradition-continue/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5UeoH22_$

# Medical / Health
‘Profit Over the Public’s Health’: Study Details Efforts by Makers of Forever Chemicals to Hide Their Harms: After examining decades of once-secret files, researchers find that DuPont and 3M waited at least 20 years before disclosing dangers of PFAS
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27062023/profit-over-publics-health-study-makers-of-forever-chemicals-hide-harms/?utm_source=InsideClimate*News&utm_campaign=8755572de6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_01_01_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-8755572de6-327817917__;Kw!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5SuhPUhz$

Minnesota Stands Out in Midwest on Abortion: Minnesota has become a haven for those seeking abortion from neighboring red states, showing how Democratically controlled legislatures can expand the right to abortion post-Dobbs. A MinnPost and Change Research poll found that nearly 75 percent of college-educated Minnesotans oppose a ban on abortion. Maye Quade, the state senator, says that level of agreement is extremely rare: “I don’t think you can get 75 percent of Minnesotans to agree on what the weather is right now.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-06-29-minnesota-stands-out-midwest-abortion/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5XQiy_PW$

Indiana Supreme Court Greenlights Near-Total Abortion Ban: Indiana was the first state to pass a near-total abortion ban following the U.S. Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade. The court, in a 4-1 decision, found that the Indiana constitution does not include a broad right to abortion, allowing Indiana to join 14 other Republican-led states in enforcing abortion bans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4076110-indiana-supreme-court-upholds-near-total-abortion-ban/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5QNToDhA$

The quiet privatization of government health insurance programs: “The debate over Medicare Advantage payments is good example of what this all means politically,” he added. “The bottom line of health insurance companies now depends crucially on their lobbying clout and ability to boost payments in Medicare and Medicaid.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/03/28/medicare-medicaid-privatization-health-insurance__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5WnYSgym$

Abortion bans force doctors like me to watch women suffer. I won’t be silent: In the last six months, I’ve been denied the ability to publicly advocate against legislation that will harm patients. But I will no longer be silenced, no matter what comes next. When politicians and others attack physicians who provide abortion care, they know that these types of attacks have ended in murder before. I might have been the first example of post-Roe political targeting of physicians, but I will not be the last. How much worse will it get?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2023/07/02/indiana-abortion-doctor-speaks-attacks-after-roe/70366244007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5ajNeA49$

# Military / DOD
David (Bam) Bramlette found himself in a classroom in Washington, D.C. discussing whether Russia might invade Ukraine. At the time, he admits, he found the prospect of a Russian invasion implausible. Russia pulled the trigger and invaded Ukraine last year. David had completed stints working for the U.S. military as a Green Beret on a counter-Russia mission and as an Army Ranger in Iraq and Afghanistan, felt compelled to go fight the Russians.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/former-us-troops-reveal-most-horrifying-surprises-of-russias-war-in-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5X7tJgs1$

US official; CIA chief made secret trip to Ukraine prior to Wagnermutiny: The US spy chief traveled to Kiev in June to meet with his intelligence counterparts and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Director Burns met with the Ukrainian president and other intelligence chiefs in a meeting before the Wagner rebellion, which was not discussed, confirms a U.S. official.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/cia-director-met-zelenskyy-secret-trip-ukraine-rcna92166__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5XiJhcDc$

Wagner Group’s aborted mutiny sign of war’s ‘corrosive effect’ on Russia: CIA chief
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/01/cia-chief-sees-aborted-mutiny-as-sign-of-corrosion-in-russia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5V83BTtt$

# Military / Global
A Marine special ops commander explains why Russia’s stalled advance in Ukraine is no surprise Russia doesn’t wage war elegantly: I served 24 years as a Special Operations Officer in the United States Marine Corps. This article is based upon factual research and my own perspective after conducting Special Operations missions around the world, to include detailed studies of potential adversaries.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://taskandpurpose.com/news/russia-invasion-ukraine-strategic-failures/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5f-yijXd$

CIA-GATE’S X-FILE: Pretty Yoga-Coach at top of US Counter-Intelligence Leading Alleged Weapons Black-Market: We can see that the CIA controls a significant part of the arms trade black market. Millions of dollars are being spent on financing terrorist groups and political radicals around the globe. Biden has already allocated more than $50 billion for purchasing weapons for Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/cia-gates-x-file-2-pretty-yoga-coach-at-the-top-of-us-counter-intelligence-which-leads-an-alleged-weapons-black-market/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5XgrVL7z$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Walgreens to close 150 stores across the U.S. as pharmacy chain faces ’emerging challenges’: The company expects to face “emerging challenges” such as lower consumer spending with the end of stimulus funds and resumption of student loan payments, Brewer said. Walgreens stock closed Friday down about 10% since the company’s earnings announcement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://original.newsbreak.com/@p-world-news-network-1608581/3077295972934-walgreens-to-close-over-450-stores-worldwide-the-impact-of-changing-consumer-trends__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5e20uPxe$

# Science
Microplastic exposure breeds antimicrobial resistance: Laboratory research shows that someway, somehow, PVC plastic makes microbes more virulent and resilient.  Researchers led by Sasha Tetu, a microbiologist at Macquarie University in Australia, have shown that chemicals leaching from marine microplastic pollution can alter the composition of microbial communities, making them more virulent and increasing the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/microplastic-exposure-makes-microbes-more-virulent-180982436/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5cUPWoWn$

Scientists discover game-changing bacterium that literally eats nuclear waste, here’s how it could protect us from toxins: This would help manage leaks at the toxic dump sites where nuclear waste is disposed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/microbes-radioactive-waste-nuclear-energy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5UxcqQwq$

# Weather
Scorching heat and Canada wildfires could be tied to ‘wavy, blocky’ jet stream: Scientists say a closely watched atmospheric pattern, the jet stream, is behind both the Canadian wildfires and the scorching heat
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/scorching-heat-canada-wildfires-could-003942607.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0xF-9ULG68GxsIEPMWyHya-Gb8TdDCTTrNfbX9UcNVkr5ZIhaCeCYrxYQ4cXxa3A_6ZN8w_YFRj934Wo6mvRdl8y5eYKW9BJ$

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