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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-08-03

Voices, The Peoples News

August 3, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Arrests of noncitizens with criminal convictions at border at record highs: Fiscal year to date, OFO agents encountered more than 15,000 people with criminal convictions, up from roughly 6,500 in fiscal 2021. In fiscal 2022, they apprehended nearly 17,000.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arrests-of-noncitizens-with-criminal-convictions-at-border-at-record-highs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbrSzrlTo$

2 Dead Bodies Found Stuck to Buoys Texas Officials Were Ordered to Take Down: The Biden administration had ordered Texas officials to take down the buoys due to humanitarian concerns.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/2-dead-bodies-found-stuck-to-buoys-texas-officials-were-ordered-to-take-down/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjboyXt4D1$

Migrants overwhelm Midtown Manhattan sidewalks: “The overcrowding is absolutely, absolutely out of control,” Paladino said. Democratic New York City Councilman Robert Holden also slammed local and federal officials for the ongoing surge amid border security concerns, calling it “absurd.” “We have 100,000 people in New York City that walked across unvetted.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/media/migrants-overwhelm-midtown-manhattan-sidewalks-absolutely-control__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbjFz406Z$

# Corporations / Industry
Chemical companies’ PFAS payouts are huge, but the problem is even bigger: 3M, DuPont, Chemours and Corteva have agreed settlement in the billions for polluting drinking water with ‘forever chemicals.’ But while the sums are impressive on their face, they represent just a fraction of the estimated $400bn some estimate will be needed to clean and protect the nation’s drinking water.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/03/chemical-companies-pfas-payouts-forever-chemicals*:*:text=A*20second*20June*20settlement*20with,protect*20the*20nation’s*20drinking*20water__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbs0oNvGC$

Dam builder fined $1.1M for contamination in Peace River: In B.C.’s Peace River, home to at-risk species, more than three million litres of wastewater contained a concentration of aluminum ‘acutely lethal’ to fish
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/site-c-peace-river-contamination-fine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbgBj48-A$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Why Is There A Sudden Appearance Of Malaria In The U.S. After Two Decades? On June 26, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported several cases of locally acquired malaria in Florida and Texas, meaning that patients were infected within the U.S.—the first such cases in over two decades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/new-malaria-cases-in-the-u-s-manoj-duraisingh/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbmHH_VtZ$

What to know about malaria after U.S. cases were reported: While there’s concern over a potential rise in cases amid increased summer travel, the risk of contracting malaria in the U.S. remains extremely low.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/06/27/malaria-mosquito-cases-rising-explained__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjboKU0WAY$

The world is not prepared for another cholera wave: Sanitation and vaccination can prevent cholera. But recent outbreaks highlight obstacles to stopping the disease. And many experts believe that climate change will make matters worse, by exacerbating the droughts and storms that can spark outbreaks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.realclearscience.com/2023/08/03/the_world_is_not_prepared_for_another_cholera_wave_970474.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbqFd-841$

# Education / Schools
The U.S. Department of Defense needs to figure out if its Troops-to-Teachers program is meeting its goal to reduce teacher shortages in high-need schools and key subjects such as math, science and special education. A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that it is unclear if the Troops-to-Teachers program is meeting its goals because the Department of Defense lost access to participant data when it canceled the program in 2020
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1bd4edfe-315c-11ee-aa74-b39000aceead.html?a&seyid=80912*utm_source=thecentersquare.com&utm_campaign=*2Fnewsletters*2Flists*2Ft2*2Fnational*2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=read*20more__;PyUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbqNs39wp$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global A look at how much less Antarctic sea ice there is this year: The clear departure from previous years is startling, since sea ice around Antarctica has been slower to respond to climate change than ice in the Arctic Ocean. Antarctic sea ice also set a record low in 2022, but this year’s ice cover is almost 500,000 square miles smaller.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/antarctic-sea-ice-reaches-early-winter-record-low-june-2023__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbjqfUKrX$

We’re gambling with the only good oceans in the universe: Earth’s precious water made life possible. Now it’s simmering. The world’s third-largest barrier reef is dying, and scientists are fishing out coral samples and bringing them to the cool safety of laboratory tanks. One spot along the coastline hit triple-digit temperatures last month, conditions you would expect inside a hot tub. Some coastal Floridians skipped their usual dips in the ocean because it didn’t seem appealing anymore.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/08/marine-heat-waves-earth-climate-change/674892/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbmMXDSPl$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Eyewittness: ‘Zelensky’s Ukraine is no democracy, It’s a thieving, corrupt, murderous gangster regime’: Right now, I’m about to try to get out of Ukraine, and seek political asylum in Hungary. Either I’ll cross the border and make it to safety, or I’ll be disappeared by the Kiev regime. I’m posting this thread just as I’m getting to the border checkpoint. I’m also posting videos on the two channels I have access to, The Roundtable and Gonzalo Lira, Again. If you don’t hear from me in the next 12 hours, whelp! I’m on my way to a labor camp!
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/eyewitness-zelenskys-ukraine-is-no-democracy-its-a-thieving-corrupt-murderous-gangster-regime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eyewitness-zelenskys-ukraine-is-no-democracy-its-a-thieving-corrupt-murderous-gangster-regime__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbk1EDDZd$

China has made its first strike on the West: It is becoming increasingly clear that Chinese computer hackers may have penetrated American military and civil critical infrastructure in ways that could cripple a US response to Chinese armed aggression from the outset. Certainly that would align with Beijing’s strategy, familiar from Sun Tzu’s “Art of War”, which is to win the war before a shot is fired.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-has-made-its-first-strike-on-the-west/ar-AA1eK44k?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=7c73a1e154104b48909c2f0450a15dea&ei=6__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbkvSs2UV$

# Gov / Politics
This Democrat Thinks He Can Do What Beto O’Rourke Couldn’t; Take Down Ted Cruz: Colin Allred, an NFL linebacker turned congressman, accuses Cruz of neglecting Texans while skipping to Cancún and podcasting. “He’s a content machine,” Allred says, “not a legislative machine.” Still, it’s an uphill battle, or potentially, as one strategist warns, a “suicide mission.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/colin-allred-ted-cruz-2024-senate-texas-beto-orourke__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbvakxuDd$

Senate Democrats Blocked Watchdog for Ukraine Aid Ignoring Lessons From Afghanistan: The U.S. special inspector who monitored billions of dollars in U.S. waste in Afghanistan cautions about repeating the same mistakes in Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/08/02/ukraine-aid-special-inspector-afghanistan/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjblqcJJnl$

Decades later, the US government called Hiroshima and Nagasaki ‘nuclear tests’: U.S. military strategists were eager “to use the bomb first where its effects would not only be politically effective, but also technically measurable.” The vast majority of the 125,000 who died in Hiroshima were women and children.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.truthdig.com/articles/decades-later-the-u-s-government-called-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-nuclear-tests/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbgoqKzqq$

The Trump vs. Biden rematch really does seem to be happening, but this time, it’s even more cursed: In fact, a solid majority of voters have an unfavorable view of each of the leading candidates, as people wonder whether either man can manage the increasing turmoil coming from all sides.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2023/06/21/trump-vs-biden-ii-the-rematch-voters-dont-want/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbqzFnCe1$

# Legal / DOJ
It Took Three Indictments for Mike Pence to Get Tough on Trump: “Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president,” the former vice president said. Meanwhile, House Republicans appear fully committed to ignoring January 6.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/donald-trump-mike-pence-indictment__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbgf8i95N$

Attorney General Ken Paxton and his lawyers are set to appear at 9 a.m. Thursday in Harris County district court for his securities fraud indictment. The impeached attorney general appeared in a Houston courtroom, where lawyers from both sides agreed to return in October to set an expected trial date on charges that have been pending since 2015.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/03/ken-paxton-securities-fraud-courtroom/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbjwOwBnD$

I Was Just Subpoenaed by Trump’s Georgia Grand Jury. Here’s What I’ll Tell Them: The Trump election interference case raises unique questions about the role of a free press in preserving democracy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/31/trump-georgia-grand-jury-subpoena/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbnu3xyOU$

The Man With No Pants Is the Star of Donald Trump’s Latest Indictment: Jeffrey Clark was an obscure government lawyer when he nearly seized control of the Justice Department to help the ex-president overturn the
2020 election results.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/08/02/trump-indictment-justice-department-jeffrey-clark/*:*:text=The*20man*20with*20no*20pants*20is*20the*20unnamed*20star*20of,results*20of*20the*202020*20election__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbsxC9awF$

Boris Epshteyn, a strategic adviser to Trump’s 2020 campaign, appears to be the individual referenced in the indictment as Co-Conspirator 6: The indictment refers to co-conspirator 6 as “a political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-indictment-jan-6-live-updates_n_64b811dce4b08cd259da027b/liveblog_64cab37ae4b03d9b515f7073?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2023-08-03&utm_term=us-morning-email__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbvNMiXPm$

Utah’s Secretive Medical Malpractice Panels Make It Even Harder to Sue Providers: Prelitigation panels are meant to judge the merit of a complaint against a provider ahead of a lawsuit. But some attorneys see them as “nothing more than an obstruction” for victims. Patients who wanted to file a lawsuit after receiving a “nonmeritorious” opinion had to find an expert who would disagree with the panel and explain why their case had merit, a process that could cost thousands of dollars
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/secretive-medical-malpractice-panels-make-it-hard-to-sue-providers-utah*:*:text=Utah*20legislators*20in*202010*20put,could*20cost*20thousands*20of*20dollars__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbuRoB1tf$

# Military / Global
Pakistani defense conglomerate unveils new drone, missiles at IDEF: Global Industrial and Defence Solutions showed off its Faaz-RF and Faaz-IIR medium-range, air-to-air missiles, as well as the Shahpar III combat UAV.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2023/08/03/pakistani-defense-conglomerate-unveils-new-drone-missiles-at-idef/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-dnr__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbuhrFwWp$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
The Oliver Twist; How orphan drugs became big business for Big Pharma: Big Pharma’s drive for bigger and bigger profits has made business practices that were once seen as outliers the industry standard.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-08-03-oliver-twist-orphan-drugs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbnSMALO9$
See also: Series on the business of health care, the inner workings of the monopolies and cartels
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/businessofhealthcare__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjblqALl7q$

# Social
Whitewashing Slavery: The tide of freedom in America is receding. Reproductive rights, affirmative action, lgbtq+ rights and the accuracy and integrity of Black history have been crippled for the comfort and convenience of a radically conservative minority. A minority disproportionately represented in our highest court.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/08/03/whitewashing-slavery/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbnvLaaAE$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-08-02

Voices, The Peoples News

August 2, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
Judge Orders DOI to Move on Rule for Tribes Reapplying for Federal Recognition: A federal judge declined on Friday to order the government to allow the Chinook Indian Nation to reapply for federal recognition, but he did toss out the Department of Interior’s decision to ban such second tries and told the department to re-evaluate the rule.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-orders-feds-to-reevaluate-tribal-recognition-rule/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMgFngLxA$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Texas is separating families at the border in apparent ‘harsh and cruel’ shift in policy, immigration attorney says: Texas has separated at least 26 migrant family units on the southern border since July 10 under Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border initiative, according to Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid immigration attorney Kristin Etter. “This is just a very harsh and cruel detour from the asylum process,” Etter told CNN in an interview Wednesday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-is-separating-families-at-the-border-in-apparent-harsh-and-cruel-shift-in-policy-immigration-attorney-says/ar-AA1eIdxR?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=6eb9217e85a2425d99273ed8602ac50d&ei=242__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMjriGnBJ$

# Corporations / Industry
New Factories Are Coming to the US, Even as Existing Ones Struggle: But even amid the recent upswing in optimism, with US stock indexes now at their highest levels in more than a year, the current soft patch in manufacturing makes it harder to definitively ring the all-clear for the US economy’s ability to avoid a recession.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theedgemalaysia.com/node/677031?utm_source=Newswav&utm_medium=Website__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMghSGyUT$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
U.S. Credit Rating Downgraded from AAA by Fitch: Fitch Ratings downgraded the long-term credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA+ on Tuesday, citing the U.S. government’s debt burden and its “expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/fitch-downgrades-united-states-long-term-ratings-to-aa-from-aaa-outlook-stable-01-08-2023__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMv2SFcIb$

Report: Public pensions flagging financially in three Southeastern states: A new report says public pension systems in Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina are struggling financially and need reforms to avoid taxpayer bailouts or riskier investments. The Equable Institute, which authored the report, is a bipartisan nonprofit that helps policymakers solve funding challenges with public pensions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/alabama/article_5ad1b9a6-3099-11ee-b3e9-4f126285c894.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMgzekhpc$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Why the mosquito that spreads West Nile virus is becoming resistant to insecticides: Scientists are reporting increasing insecticide resistance among American Culex mosquitoes that spread West Nile virus to humans. Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that in laboratory studies, these mosquitoes are living longer when exposed to these products, rather than dying.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/health/23814358/west-nile-virus-symptoms-mosquito-repellant-disease-bite-insecticide-resistance__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMuDXh1DQ$

# Gov / Politics
Why Trump’s Indictment Matters: For a brief moment, America is refusing to be an accountability-free zone. Will it last? Accountability must extend to Republican authoritarians, as well as Democrats whose betrayals and soft corruption create backlash conditions that fuel right-wing extremists, as Franklin Roosevelt warned. Accountability must finally become the ethos of the electorate and our culture writ large, which is too frequently electing and empowering the politicians in both parties who are committing environmental, war, economic, financial, and human rights crimes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/email/698ba306-4da2-49d5-a837-ac99a542e886/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMu3UUtUb$

Adam Kinzinger thinks Donald Trump ‘is guilty of knowing what he did’ in Jan. 6 insurrection The Illinois Republican cited “seditious conspiracy,” Trump’s pressure campaign.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/adam-kinzinger-thinks-donald-trump-criminal-involvement-jan/story?id=85482800__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMltblEm4$

National Security Implications of Trump’s Indictment; A Damage Assessment: The Impact of Donald Trump’s Indictments on US Foreign Policy. The indictments against Donald Trump will undoubtedly have far-reaching consequences, and US foreign policy is not immune to their influence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.justsecurity.org/86887/national-security-implications-of-trumps-indictment-a-damage-assessment/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMi7b1K1U$

Trump, Biden in dead tie heading into 2024: Newly released polling data shows President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied in a general election face-off. Trump saw slightly more support from his base than Biden, with 88 percent of registered Republicans selecting Trump versus 83 percent of Democrats choosing Biden.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/01/biden-trump-2024-poll-00109161__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMk-OBvBY$

# Law Enforcment
Rep. Jackson Thrown to Ground ‘Face First’ in Emergency: The former Trump doctor was also handcuffed during the scuffle, according to a witness. Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas was handcuffed and placed on the ground face-first by local law enforcement while he was trying to assist a teenage girl in medical distress at a rodeo over the weekend, according to a witness who spoke to CNN.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/politics/texas-congressman-detained-ronny-jackson/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMrnUB56q$

# Legal / DOJ
Dallas lawyer Sidney Powell appears to be one of the six unnamed co-conspirators that the Justice Department accused Tuesday of playing key roles in former Pres. Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Though she is not named in the four-count indictment filed Tuesday against Trump, the Justice Department makes numerous references to a “co-conspirator 3” whose description matches Powell, a prominent election fraud conspiracy theorist.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/sidney-powell-2662672954/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMgC7_4Ok$

Who Is Tanya Chutkan, the Judge Assigned to Trump’s Jan. 6 Case? ‘Presidents are not Kings’: Judge Tanya Chutkan has incarcerated all 31 Capitol rioters who have come before her, an unmatched record. She’s also dealt with the former president in a case before.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/tanya-chutkan-judge-assigned-to-donald-trumps-jan-6-case-has-clashed-with-him-before*:*:text=Tanya*20Chutkan*2C*20Judge*20Assigned*20to,Has*20Clashed*20With*20Him*20Before__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMjoD2JGe$

Read the Damning 45-Page Indictment Against Donald Trump: The indictment, unsealed Tuesday, charged Trump in relation to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/read-the-damning-45-page-indictment-against-donald-trump-for-trying-to-overturn-2020-election__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMgjdQEMu$

Donald Trump Indicted for an Astonishing Third Time, Now in DOJ Election Case: This comes on the heels of a separate indictment by the Justice Department and one in New York. The federal investigation is the latest criminal case for Trump as he runs for the White House in 2024.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-investigations-other-charges-b8b064a00caad4306fb54d2f6a320468__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMrWtUT0N$

Trump Plans to Defend Himself Against Election Charges by Throwing His Lawyers Under the Bus: Yes, it is a very big shock that Trump may blame other people for his own actions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4044185-michael-cohen-talks-trump-indictment-doj-docs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMvRkyPQF$

Trump facing new charges relating to election interference: Former President Donald J. Trump is facing four new federal charges accusing him of conspiracy and obstructing the 2020 general election.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_67121d98-30b5-11ee-831b-5f810668474e.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMmhDmOq9$

Trump Is Collecting Federal Indictments Like Trophies: The federal indictment means Trump faces nearly 80 total felony charges, bringing his legal woes to a new level. With yesterday’s stunning set of federal indictments on conspiracy charges against him for his role in the events leading up to January 6, the former president now faces nearly 80 federal and state felony charges.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-collecting-federal-indictments-like-trophies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMgSOVivH$

# Medical / Health
‘It’s a Crisis’; Maternal Health Care Disappears for Millions: New data from the nonpartisan health advocacy group March of Dimes shows that the U.S. saw a 4 percent decline in hospitals with labor and delivery services between 2019 and 2020. Access to maternal health care is evaporating in much of the country, as hospitals close and obstetricians become harder to find for millions of pregnant people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/01/maternal-health-care-crisis-00109106__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMguahD2L$

Malaria cases in Florida and Texas raise prospect of greater transmission in a warmer future: Seven people in the U.S. have contracted the disease from local mosquitoes, the nation’s first such cases in 20 years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02082023/malaria-texas-florida-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMt-0T7N2$

# Military / Global
Putin launches attack on NATO doorstep and sends troops in for huge military operation: Russia has launched a massive drone attack against Ukraine less than a mile from NATO’s border sparking fears of escalation in the flashpoint region.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1797994/vladimir-putin-russia-baltic-sea-navy-exercise-nato__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMpsyBGXu$

Russia blows up Black Sea port hours after confirming ‘peace talks’ with Turkey: Vladimir Putin will make a diplomatic trip to Turkey in the coming weeks, his first visit to a Nato-affiliated country since the start of the war in Ukraine. Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed the visit and told Putin that ‘no steps should be taken that will escalate tensions in the Russia-Ukraine war,’ emphasising the significance of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which he called a ‘bridge for peace.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/02/russia-attacks-black-sea-port-after-confirming-peace-talks-with-turkey-19239171/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMpjXx7tU$

Putin on a possible war with NATO: “We are prepared for any scenario.”: At a meeting with Russian journalists in the Kremlin after the two-day Russia-Africa summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin was asked about a possible war with NATO. He assured that Russia is prepared “for any scenario.” This is reported by the German news magazine Berliner Zeitung.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-on-a-possible-war-with-nato-we-are-prepared-for-any-scenario/ar-AA1eFNci?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=6eb9217e85a2425d99273ed8602ac50d&ei=53__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMvLEpdYB$

# Social
Our open border is creating Bidenvilles of homelessness: New York’s dense population and high rents make it harder to hide the homeless than in cities more spread out. With his city’s shelters full, Adams has rented hundreds of hotels and opened dozens of emergency facilities, from churches to parking lots , to house supposed asylum-seekers. He’s even tried to pay private homeowners to put them up. It’ll never be enough, as he now seems to understand.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/our-open-border-is-creating-bidenvilles-of-homelessness__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMm0YDZ5j$

# Water
Not ‘toilet to tap:’ CA will turn sewage into drinking water: Under California’s draft rules, waste would undergo extensive treatment and testing, providing a new, costly but renewable water supply.
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Voices, The Peoples News

August 1, 2023
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 troops from the US-Mexico border mission: The 1,100 troops will conclude their 90-day mission by Aug. 8; the remaining 400 will be extended through August 31, a defense official said on the condition of anonymity to discuss details ahead of an announcement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/us-military-remove-troops-mexico-border-immigration-b82a32f5c82c421f1c645a64715dabb1__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjlBo3_fa$

New York City paying Covid test company millions in no-bid contract to dump migrants: New York City paid a mobile medical services company 432 million to carry out the mayor’s plan to bus thousands of migrants to upstate towns that didn’t want them. Asylum seekers are allegedly coerced or lured onto buses with fake promises of jobs and legal documents. Instead, they said, they were given fake work and residency permits, some printed on phony New York City letterhead, all rejected when they tried to present them at the local Department of Motor Vehicles to secure an ID.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rt.com/news/580629-new-york-migrants-covid-dumping/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjovfnt8c$

# Censorship?
Texas County to Restrict ‘Objectionable’ Library Book Access: It will also boost politically conservative books in the hope of offering “balance.” Montgomery County Commissioners Court voted unanimously this month to prevent visitors under 18 from accessing ‘explicit or questionable’ books, including those with LGBTQ+ themes, at its public libraries. They also will be adding more materials with politically conservative themes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/texas-book-ban-sexually-explicit-material-7ecc8a95bde453cd3cae3aa167ee8655__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjgIFzzjq$

# Children / Youth
Nearly 1 in 10 US kids diagnosed with developmental disability: The number of American children that have been diagnosed with developmental disabilities has increased, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The agency unveiled new findings showing that nearly one in 10 children in the US were diagnosed with a developmental disability in 2021, an increase from previous years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/13/nearly-1-in-10-us-kids-diagnosed-with-developmental-disability-cdc/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjio6lyRR$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
SCIENCE Magazine Finally Admits mRNA Vaccines’ Dangerous Side Effects! Shots linked to Long Covid, Neurological Damages and Cardiovascular POTS https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/science-magazine-finally-admitted-the-mrna-vaccines-dangerous-side-effects/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjlG5Pq_o$

Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in randomized trials in adults: In 2020, prior to COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the Brighton Collaboration created a priority list, endorsed by the World Health Organization, of potential adverse events relevant to COVID-19 vaccines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36055877/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjoK5Ex-J$

Adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines and measures to prevent them: Recently, The Lancet published a study on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and the waning of immunity with time. The study showed that immune function among vaccinated individuals 8 months after the administration of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine was lower than that among the unvaccinated individuals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-022-01831-0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjk0UvH-Y$

More Young People Dying of Heart Attacks: “Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, heart attack deaths across all age groups have become more common in the U.S.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/07/more-young-people-dying-of-heart-attacks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjumkB_YU$

Myocarditis Cases in U.S. Military Spiked by 130 Percent: Myocarditis, Malignant Neoplasms, Embolisms, Ovarian Dysfunction Increased After COVID Shot Mandate
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/07/myocarditis-cases-in-u-s-military-spiked-by-130-percent/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjs_lSvfn$

House Republicans Accidentally Released a Trove of Damning Covid Documents: House Republicans on the subcommittee probing the origin of the Covid-19 virus appear to have inadvertently released a trove of new documents related to their investigation that shed light on deliberations among the scientists who drafted a key paper in February and March of 2020. The paper was the subject of a hearing on Capitol Hill, which coincided with the release of a report by the subcommittee devoted to the “Proximal Origin” paper.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/12/covid-documents-house-republicans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjs5C5YKM$

Key Scientist In COVID Origin Controversy Misled Congress on Status of $8.9 Million NIH Grant: Democrats repeatedly characterized the argument in terms of a “bribe” being paid in exchange for a paper that exonerated a lab in Wuhan, China, that the NIH had been funding to do the kind of risky research that could spark a pandemic . Rather than a bribe, though, the question is one of leverage. “I hate when politics is injected into science – but it’s impossible not to, especially given the circumstance,” [said scientist Kristian Anderson]. “We should be sensitive to that.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/21/covid-origin-nih-lab-leak/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjtL3Rt51$

Biden Officials Launch Office for Studying and Preventing Long COVID: The office is soon launching clinical trials to study potential treatments for the illness that affects millions. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice on Monday. The office will study the illness that leaves some with chronic exhaustion, pain, brain fog, and more for months or years after contracting COVID-19.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/biden-officials-launch-office-for-studying-and-preventing-long-covid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjh-tqe0j$

# Employment / Labor
Five critical lessons from UPS’s union workers: The UPS Teamsters’ negotiations with the world’s largest delivery company offer the American labor movement lessons in organizing. While the union did not win everything it wanted, it secured a majority of its demands in what it called “the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS.” Union members will vote on whether to accept the deal between August 3 and 22.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/five-critical-lessons-ups-workers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjv3E4mqK$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Climate activists and Steve King unlikely allies in Iowa pipeline fight: Liberal environmentalists and conservative landowners, led by the former congressman Steve King, are pressuring Republican candidates to oppose https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://asapnews365.com/local-weather-activists-and-steve-king-unlikely-allies-in-iowa-pipeline-battle/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjomB2m-l$

Regulators deny Steve King’s request to participate in pipeline hearing: Aformer northwest Iowa congressman who has recently spoken out against the use of eminent domain to build carbon dioxide pipelines will be excluded from participating in an upcoming permit hearing as an “intervenor,” according to the Iowa Utilities Board.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/regulators-deny-steve-kings-request-to-participate/article_e73014e4-ab3c-53e5-a4d1-cfc2edca6268.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjky9ADRA$

‘An Important Step Forward’: Deep-Sea Mining Not Approved During International Talks: Weeks of meetings and negotiations by the 168-member International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Jamaica regarding the deep-sea mining of minerals has ended without approval of or regulations for the controversial practice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/deep-sea-mining-international-seabed-authority.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjgAIXiXd$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Massive Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctic Brunt Ice Shelf – View From Space
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjyWFsCvflg__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjimEkf-a$

The Far Right Has a ‘Battle Plan’ to Undo Climate Progress Should Trump Win in 2024: The 920-page proposal, if implemented, would not only undo any progress the Biden administration has made to reduce emissions and fund clean energy development and other climate-related efforts, but it would make it far more difficult for a future administration to pursue any policy that seeks to address global warming at all, according to a report last week by POLITICO.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjqBsllfT$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals For the love of God, stop microwaving plastic: A study of baby-food containers shows that microwaving plastic releases millions upon millions of polymer bits.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wired.com/story/for-the-love-of-god-stop-microwaving-plastic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjkvDDOaT$

# Gov / Politics
DeSantis Unveils Economic Plan Attacking ‘Failed Elites’: As he looks to revive his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, Florida governor Ron DeSantis on Monday introduced a 10-point economic plan built on both populist talking points and long-standing conservative doctrine.
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1 in 5 Republicans Who Think Trump Committed Crimes Say They’ll Vote for Him: The poll results are indicative of just how strongly Trump has convinced his followers that he can do no wrong.
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# Law Enforcment
‘People are dying’: Texas prisoners say heatwave turns cells into ovens: Inside temperatures are estimated to rise regularly above 115F (46C), and have even been recorded to reach as high as 149F, pushing individuals to the point of mental or physical breakdown, or even death. With Texas set to enter the hottest part of the year over the next two weeks, and with a brutal climate-crisis-fuelled heatwave pummeling the US south, conditions inside its dilapidated and overcrowded penal institutions are reaching crisis point. Inmates have told the Guardian that they are stuck virtually around the clock inside cells they described as ovens.
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker allows non-US citizens to become police officers with new law: ‘Fundamentally bad idea.’ Critics slammed the law allowing eligible foreign nationals to become police officers as ‘madness.’ Democratic governor allows foreigners to become police officers with new law, will have ability to arrest U.S. citizens.
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Texas police held a Black family at gunpoint and handcuffed their son after an officer mistyped while running their license plate. The officers pointed their guns at the couple as they commanded them to leave the car and even handcuffed their son. The car drew their attention, the Frisco Police Department said, because it had out-of-state plates and because Chargers were high-theft vehicles, according to WFAA-TV in Dallas. That led to what the police described as a “high-risk traffic stop” on the Dallas North Tollway.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/police-held-family-at-gunpoint-typo-misidentifies-car-stolen_n_64c8618ee4b024f8ebcab0ef__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjjqBQdO1$
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# Legal / DOJ
U.S. Appellate Court Blocks Injunction Against Federal Agencies Acting to Censor Free Speech: Freedom of speech in the United States was delivered a blow on July 14, 2023 when a U.S. Federal Appeals Court issued a temporary stay blocking a preliminary injunction which limited the U.S. Justice Department’s communication with social media companies seeking to remove “content containing protected free speech.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/07/u-s-appellate-court-blocks-injunction-against-federal-agencies-acting-to-censor-free-speech/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjmWWUVM_$

Hunter Biden friend testimony ramps up investigation into presidential family: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., laid out a litany of new evidence in the ongoing investigation into an alleged Biden family “bribery scheme” Monday after interviewing one of the Biden family’s business associates https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hunter-biden-friend-testimony-ramps-up-investigation-into-presidential-family__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjheO9uwS$

Breaking: Trump indicted in federal election probe on four counts –This is Trump’s second federal indictment. Smith charged Trump with four counts, including conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
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2 Trump Cronies Charged With Michigan Vote Machine Tampering: Indicted alongside DePerno is fellow Republican Daire Rendon, a former Michigan state representative. Rendon has been charged on conspiracy to commit undue possession of a voting machine and false pretenses.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/1/2184626/-Two-TFG-Cronies-Charged-with-Felonies-in-Michigan-for-Vote-Machine-Tampering-in-2020-Election__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjibCNX7J$

# Medical / Health
Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed? 26% of the papers had problems that were so widespread that the trial was impossible to trust, he judged — either because the authors were incompetent, or because they had faked the data. Carlisle called these ‘zombie’ trials.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02299-w__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjrPO7pOW$

Over the past fifty years, our health care system has steadily shifted into the model we see today, where private corporations receive public dollars to make a profit off of patients. This model is largely due to the long career of one bureaucrat turned private equity tycoon you may not have heard of: Tom Scully, the man behind Medicare Advantage, physician payment plans, Medicare Part D, and more. Tom Scully is as responsible as anyone for the way health care in America works today.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-08-01-patient-zero-tom-scully/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjpczcTYR$

# Military / DOD
How A Notorious Georgia Army School Became America’s Training Ground For Global Torture: “The school is controversial partly because of its role in promoting US hegemony in Latin America,” James Jordan, national co-coordinator at Alliance for Global Justice, told MintPress, adding, “But even worse, it is how the school has promoted this: teaching methods of torture, even publishing torture manuals, counterintelligence, psyops, repression of political voices that don’t meet the approval of Washington DC.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mintpressnews.com/notorious-georgia-army-school-became-americas-training-ground-for-global-torture/285223/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjj35pWQs$

Biden chooses to keep Space Command headquarters at Peterson SFB in Colorado: President Joe Biden has decided to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado, overturning a decision by former President Donald Trump to move it to Alabama, the Pentagon announced.
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# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
FDA approves 2nd over-the-counter drug to treat opioid, fentanyl overdoses: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a second over-the-counter drug to combat opioid overdoses, including those caused by fentanyl. RiVive, 3 milligram (mg) naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray was approved as the second over-the-counter (OTC), nonprescription nasal spray for the treatment of a known or suspected opioid overdose.
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# Science
New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners: The CIA, along with the U.S. and Canadian military and powerful U.S. charitable foundations, are directly implicated in this ordeal. The Memorial Institute was home to MK Ultra “Subproject 68.” Under the leadership of psychiatrist Ewen Cameron, whom Ponting accused of raping her, experiments in this subproject sought to “depattern” people’s minds using violent methods Cameron termed “psychic driving.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/new-docs-link-cia-to-medical-torture-of-indigenous-children-and-black-prisoners/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjgz-dy5f$

# Security
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens: Such data may be useful, it says, to “identify every person who attended a protest or rally based on their smartphone location or ad-tracking records.” The size and scope of the government effort to accumulate data revealing the minute details of Americans’ lives are described soberly and at length by the director’s own panel of experts in a newly declassified report.
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# UFO Disclosure / Other
NewsNation’s UFO Special Outpaces CNN in Key Ratings Demo: The emergent station has recently cashed in on the public’s interest in UFOs, seeing double-digit audience growth across its programming as it gives wide coverage to the topic. could UFO-Alien disclosure be the pivotal moment, like CNN’s war coverage, to change all that?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fortune.com/2023/07/14/meet-the-little-known-cable-tv-network-thats-cashing-in-on-renewed-interest-in-ufos-aden-ikram/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjto9HYwH$

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