Voices, The Peoples News
December 20, 2020
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Native American art hurt by construction, climate change. Along the Southwest’s drying river banks, the building blocks of traditional creations are withering.
https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona/2020/12/17/native-american-art-hurt-construction-climate-change/3211200001/
Trump’s impact on Indian Country over four years. Indigenous lawyers describe the administration’s tactics as an “onslaught” removing federal protections of land and wildlife.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-trumps-impact-on-indian-country-over-four-years
# Indigenous / Global
Four men arrested after shots fired at Indigenous fisherman, RCMP say https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-four-men-arrested-after-shots-fired-at-indigenous-fisherman-rcmp-say/
# Archaeology
Experts Discovered An Ancient Bracelet In A Cave – And It Could Change Our Understanding Of History
https://scribol.com/anthropology-and-history/buried-treasure/experts-discovered-ancient-bracelet-in-cave-could-change-understanding-history/33/?as=799&asv=1
2,000-Year-Old Realistic Green Mask Found Nestled Inside an Ancient Pyramid https://mymodernmet.com/serpentine-mask-pyramid-sun-teotihuacan/
# Children / Youth
Inside the International Flights Filled With Solo Babies. Why are so many infants quietly being sent to live without their parents?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-the-international-flights-filled-with-unaccompanied-babies
# CoronaVirus
Warning: COVID-19 Vaccine Scams Are Out in Full Force. Medicare would not call beneficiaries with vaccine offers.
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/safety-quality/beware-covid-19-scams-vaccine-approaches-fda-approval
Vaccine Whistleblower Brandy Vaughan Found Dead Inside Her Own Home as Police Open Investigation https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/vaccine-whistleblower-brandy-vaughan-found-dead-inside-her-own-home-as-police-open-investigation/
Coronavirus vaccine from UQ and CSL abandoned after HIV response which scientists say was ‘unexpected.’ Clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the University of Queensland (UQ) and CSL have been abandoned. The UQ vaccine’s molecular clamp technology uses two fragments of a protein found in HIV
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-11/covid19-vaccine-csl-uq-hiv-element-what-went-wrong/12973952
Accomplished university professor thrown in psych hospital after questioning official COVID narrative. Jean-Bernard Fourtillan was taken from his home by a team of French law enforcement officers and forcibly placed in solitary confinement at the psychiatric hospital of Uzès.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/accomplished-pharma-prof-thrown-in-psych-hospital-after-questioning-official-covid-narrative
Connecticut’s COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group held closed-door meeting on coronavirus vaccine distribution, against state law https://www.courant.com/coronavirus/hc-news-coronavirus-vaccine-advisory-group-closed-door-meeting-20201218-stpeiuaofzcl7otkf4i3so4hxy-story.html
Scientists Propose ‘Tattoos’ to Solve Vaccination Issues. Now, a group of MIT researchers funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says that invisible tattoos may be the best way to deal with this tracking issue, although there are some ethical concerns with their proposed solution.
https://nerdist.com/article/invisible-tattoos-vaccination-records-tracking/
New Study Found 80% of COVID-19 Patients Were Vitamin D Deficient. A new study that looked at 216 people with COVID-19 found that 80 percent didn’t have adequate levels of vitamin D in their blood https://www.healthline.com/health-news/new-study-found-80-percent-of-covid-19-patients-were-vitamin-d-deficient
Why does the WHO Now Admit that the PCR COVID Tests are Not Accurate? So They Can Claim the Vaccine is Working?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/12/15/fact-check-covid-19-tests-real-and-masks-do-work/3824781001/
Moderna Experimental mRNA Vaccine Issued Emergency Use Authorization by the FDA Illegally https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/moderna-experimental-mrna-vaccine-issued-emergency-use-authorization-by-the-fda-illegally/
3 more Alaska health workers have adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccine, total 5 https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/2020/12/18/3rd-alaska-health-care-worker-experiences-adverse-reaction-to-covid-19-vaccine/
Senators reach deal on Fed powers, setting stage for coronavirus relief passage https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/531026-schumer-toomey-reach-deal-on-fed-powers-setting-stage-for-coronavirus-relief
Scandal in SARS-Cov-2 Inquiry! Inside WHO Task-Force a Gates’ Partner who funded in Wuhan & US Chimera Viruses Tests https://www.gospanews.net/en/2020/12/19/wuhan-gates-27-scandal-in-sars-cov-2-inquiry-inside-who-task-force-a-gates-partner-who-funded-in-wuhan-us-chimera-viruses-tests/
Stroke and altered mental state increase risk of death for COVID-19 patients https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201218165114.htm
The inside story of how Trump’s denial, mismanagement, and magical thinking led to the pandemic’s dark winter. The virus has caused proportionately more infections and deaths in the United States than in most other developed nations https://www.chron.com/news/article/The-inside-story-of-how-Trump-s-denial-15816424.php
Brazilian President on Pfizer Vaccine: “I won’t get vaccinated.” Cites Fact that Pfizer has No Liability for Side Effects https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/brazilian-president-on-pfizer-vaccine-i-wont-get-vaccinated-cites-fact-that-pfizer-has-no-liability-for-side-effects/
# Economy / Trade
Congressional Progressive Caucus Calls for ‘Direct Payments of at Least $2,000’ for Working Families. “Congress cannot continue to ignore the hunger, pain, and economic uncertainty that millions of people are facing,” argues a grassroots coalition.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/15/congressional-progressive-caucus-calls-direct-payments-least-2000-working-families
# Employment
‘A Catastrophe for Millions of Workers’: McConnell Trying to Block Extension of Paid Sick and Family Leave https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/19/catastrophe-millions-workers-mcconnell-trying-block-extension-paid-sick-and-family
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
In Last Rush, Trump Grants Mining and Energy Firms Access to Public Lands https://us.newschant.com/politics/in-last-rush-trump-grants-mining-and-energy-firms-access-to-public-lands/
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Overview: Transforming land and sea for a more sustainable world. These striking satellite images show how countries are beginning to respond to the global environmental crisis by restoring ecosystems https://e360.yale.edu/features/overview-transforming-land-and-sea-for-a-more-sustainable-world
Congress Passed a Bipartisan Conservation Law. Then the Trump Administration Got in its Way. Republicans and Democrats together approved the Great American Outdoors Act, but the administration has ignored planned projects and imposed rules restricting spending.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16122020/great-american-outdoors-act-congress-climate-election/
For the first time in more than 80 years, salmon spawning in the upper Columbia River https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2020/dec/17/for-the-first-time-in-more-than-80-years-salmon-sp/
‘Most Anti-Wildlife President in History’ Puts Out Lame Duck Rule to Gut Species Protection https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/15/most-anti-wildlife-president-history-puts-out-lame-duck-rule-gut-species-protection
The world’s largest iceberg is headed for South Georgia—and its wildlife. Scientists worry the iceberg could be a “taste of things to come” as Antarctica begins to warm.
https://www.livescience.com/worlds-largest-iceberg-split-a68.html
Scientists Spot Beaked Whale Believed to Be New Species https://newatlas.com/biology/unidentified-beaked-whales-new-species/
Tyson Foods Linked to Largest Toxic Dead Zone in U.S. History https://www.alternet.org/2017/10/tyson-foods-linked-largest-toxic-dead-zone-us-history/
# Environment / Climate / Interior Global Lasers reveal steep decline in ecosystem function of degraded Amazon forests https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/lasers-reveal-steep-decline-in-ecosystem-function-of-degraded-amazon-forests/
Restaura Cerrado: Saving Brazil’s savanna by reseeding and restoring it.
An innovative collaborative group is working to restore Brazil’s savanna by sowing native plant seeds on degraded agricultural lands https://news.mongabay.com/2020/12/restaura-cerrado-saving-brazils-savanna-by-reseeding-and-restoring-it/
A Bolivian ‘cloud forest’ reveals a bonanza of new species. A Bolivian cloud forest makes its case for being a global biodiversity hotspot with the discovery of 20 new species and the re-discovery of 4 previously extinct species.
https://www.andesamazonfund.org/resources/a-bolivian-cloud-forest-reveals-a-bonanza-of-new-species/
Giant iceberg A68a prangs seabed and loses corner
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-55355381
# Gov / Politics
MAGA leaders call for the troops to keep Trump in office. An 1807 law invoked only in the most violent circumstances is now a rallying cry for the MAGA-ites most committed to the fantasy that Donald Trump will never leave office. This growing call to invoke the Insurrection Act shows how hard-edged MAGA ideology has become
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/18/trump-insurrection-act-presidency-447986
Congress passed a days-long stopgap bill on Friday, hours before the government was scheduled to shut down, as negotiations over another coronavirus stimulus bill stretched into the weekend.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2020/12/snags-on-covid-19-relief-may-force-weekend-sessions/
Mitch McConnell received donations from Dominion Voting Systems and shut down two election integrity bills in 2020. McConnell blocked the bill that would have required a physical trail, revealing his true intentions with the 2020 election.
https://federalinquirer.com/mitch-mcconnell-received-donations-from-dominion-voting-systems-and-shut-down-two-election-integrity-bills-in-2020-naturalnews-com/
Forensic audit finds that security log files were deleted from all Dominion machines to hide vote-switching
https://www.planet-today.com/2020/12/forensic-audit-finds-that-security-log.html#gsc.tab=0
Georgia Poll Workers Who Raised Election Concerns Get Terminated https://www.theepochtimes.com/georgia-poll-workers-who-raised-election-concerns-get-terminated_3624301.html
Pence Hyped ‘Strong’ Pfizer Rollout. States Say It’s a Mess. Governors’
offices across the country were fuming as Vice President Mike Pence sat for his COVID-19 vaccine shot on Friday.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-pfizer-vaccine-rollout-is-causing-confusion-among-states-and-there-is-no-end-in-sight
MyPillow CEO Is Bankrolling Pro-Trump Election Challenges. He says he’s “not just some pillow guy” to be mocked. He knows Trump is the chosen one because he’s familiar with “numbers and charts” and soon even “Trump-haters” will see.
https://www.rawstory.com/my-pillow-mike-lindell-trump/
History Will Agree That Trump Used Americans as Lab Rats. Remember the morally abominable Tuskegee experiments? They were conducted on 600 men.
But Donald Trump just Tuskegeed an entire nation.
http://www.usnews.ws/breaking/history-will-agree-that-trump-used-americans-as-lab-rats
Trump’s Final Act: Snuffing out the promise of democracy in the Middle East.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/12/18/donald-trumps-final-act-snuffing-out-the-promise-of-democracy-in-the-middle-east/
The Dangers of Trump’s Final Act, and the Challenges of the Post-Trump Era In his new book, Bradford Kane discusses Trump’s current anti-democratic conduct, and the political dynamics of the post-Trump era.
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-dangers-of-trumps-final-act-and-the-challenges-of-the-post-trump-era-301189390.html
Insane White House Confab, Backed By Russia, Discussed Flynn Military Dictatorship…A Russian Puppet Government. The truth is coming out, the marriage between the GOP and Russia and the last ditch effort to rig the
2020 election to bring down America.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2020/12/19/insane-white-house-confab-backed-by-russia-discussed-flynn-military-dictatorship-a-russian-puppet-government/
‘This Is His Top Priority’: McConnell Advances Another Trump Judge as Covid Relief Bill Remains Unfinished https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/12/19/his-top-priority-mcconnell-advances-another-trump-judge-covid-relief-bill-remains
If You Thought 2020 Was Crazy, Get a Load of This Republican. She texts with Boogaloos. Her QAnon-linked “security” pals were busted with guns en route to a Philly vote-count. Now she’s running for governor.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/virginia-state-senator-2021-gubernatorial-candidate-amanda-chase-is-next-level-maga?via=newsletter&source=Weekend
The Transhumanist Agenda: Loss of Identity
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarwantsingh/2017/11/20/transhumanism-and-the-future-of-humanity-seven-ways-the-world-will-change-by-2030/?sh=2fcc42427d79
Trump is just itching to declare martial law. Some dangerous ideas about the role of the U.S. military in American civil society are finding an audience in President Trump.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/trump-martial-law-flynn/
Krebs: US should be ‘cautious’ about escalating cyber war with Russia.
Former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) chief Christopher Krebs in an interview on Sunday poured cold water on lawmakers’ calls for retaliation in response to a cyber intrusion at numerous government agencies believed to be carried out by Russia.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/531044-krebs-us-should-be-cautious-about-escalating-cyber-war-with-russia
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
They Have COVID. One Has an IQ of 69. Trump Is Killing Them. While Trump is planning pardons, the federal government will execute two sick men before Jan. 20—the culmination of a killing spree unparalleled since the 19th century.
http://www.usnews.ws/breaking/they-have-covid-one-has-an-iq-of-69-trump-is-killing-them
# Space
Space Force troops are now called Guardians. Troops serving in Space Force are now referred to as Guardians, Vice President Mike Pence announced Friday.
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/18/22189637/space-force-military-branch-official-name-guardians
# Technology
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has blamed Russia for the massive cyberattack against multiple U.S. agencies and thousands of individual federal and private entities, saying the country was “pretty clearly”
behind the attack.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/530962-pompeo-russia-pretty-clearly-behind-massive-cyberattack
Pompeo Finally Admits Russia Was Behind Huge Hack. One congressman said the massive cyberattack was starting to look like the “cyber equivalent of Pearl Harbor.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/secretary-state-pompeo-says-hack-was-pretty-clearly-russian-n1251798
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