Voices, The Peoples News
December 27, 2020
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Trump’s impact on Indian Country over four years. From legal decisions to on-the-ground policies, 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
In Indian Country, tears, hope and defiance over nomination of first Native Cabinet secretary https://www.brookings.edu/blog/the-avenue/2020/12/18/what-deb-haalands-historic-nomination-as-interior-secretary-means-for-indigenous-peoples/
Leech Lake homelands returned. ‘Miigwech to everyone involved in getting this historic legislation passed’
https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/leech-lake-homelands-returned-eyENf-BH1Em-DhWgoPpq2w
# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
New species of turtle discovered
https://phys.org/news/2020-04-species-turtle.html
# CoronaVirus
Fauci: Herd immunity could require 90 percent of country to be vaccinated https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/531611-fauci-herd-immunity-could-require-90-percent-of-country-to-be-vaccinated
Three Paths This Coronavirus Nightmare Could Take. Yes, the vaccines really are game-changers. What that looks like depends not just on science, but how Americans behave.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/with-vaccines-here-are-three-paths-this-coronavirus-nightmare-could-take-next
WHO Deletes Naturally Acquired Immunity from Its Website. Herd immunity speaks directly, and with explanatory power, to the empirical observation that respiratory viruses are either widespread and mostly mild (common cold) or very severe and short-lived (Ebola).
https://www.aier.org/article/who-deletes-naturally-acquired-immunity-from-its-website/
The PCR Deception: This report is a brief look into the history of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure and the evidence that PCR is unreliable and should not be used as a determinant for the number of
COVID-19 cases or as a factor in political decisions.
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2020/12/the-pcr-deception.html?utm_source=Natural+Blaze+Subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=0fc2d54aec-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_term=0_b73c66b129-0fc2d54aec-387898373
Black Indiana COVID Doc dies of racist treatment in ‘Pence State’ KKK hospital We hear this continually, deaths of African Americans higher because of racist treatment. This may be a worse problem than anyone has imagined.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2020/12/25/black-indiana-covid-doc-dies-of-racist-treatment-in-pence-state-kkk-hospital/
COVID has Caused Tens of Thousands of Medical Doctors and Scientists to Wake Up to Corruption in the Medical Industry https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/covid-has-caused-tens-of-thousands-of-medical-doctors-and-scientists-to-wake-up-to-corruption-in-the-medical-industry/
Trump golfs in Florida as COVID relief hangs in the balance. President Donald Trump spent his Christmas golfing in Florida as a government shutdown looms and COVID relief hangs in the balance.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-florida-coronavirus-pandemic-lindsey-graham-mar-a-lago-96bd53cbc44ea72cb36556c118d14fac
# Economy / Trade
A massive government funding and coronavirus relief package was being sent to Florida on Thursday afternoon, where President Trump is mulling whether to sign it into law.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/531625-relief-bill-being-sent-to-trump-in-florida
GOP senator warns $2K checks can’t pass, urges Trump to sign COVID deal https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/531585-gop-senator-warns-2k-checks-cant-pass-urges-trump-to-sign-covid-deal
US Companies Being Controlled by a Single Foreign Power. Some brands that you may think are quintessentially American are actually owned or overseen by Chinese investment conglomerates. It’s not always obvious until you see it yourself – even sports clubs have some interesting stakeholders.
https://www.businessinsider.com/american-companies-that-are-no-longer-american-2017-6#hellmans-11
Relief bill in Trump limbo arrives at Mar-a-Lago. The package faces an uncertain fate after Trump panned the bill this week following months of back-and-forth talks with congressional Democrats and Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/531665-relief-bill-arrives-at-mar-a-lago-faces-uncertain-fate
Critics: Stimulus package full of wasteful spending on programs unrelated to coronavirus
https://highlandcountypress.com/Content/Opinions/Opinion/Article/Critics-Stimulus-package-full-of-wasteful-spending-on-programs-unrelated-to-coronavirus/4/22/63485
President-elect Joe Biden is already putting pressure on Congress to pass more coronavirus relief early next year, setting the stage for a high profile-battle with GOP lawmakers shortly after he takes office.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/531377-biden-faces-fight-with-congress-for-more-coronavirus-relief
# Employment
Millions set to lose jobless benefits amid Trump standoff with Congress.
Millions of people will lose federal unemployment benefits on Saturday as a result of the standoff between Congress and President Trump over the COVID-19 relief measure passed by the House and Senate this week.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/531683-millions-set-to-lose-jobless-benefits-amid-trump-standoff-with-congress
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Program offers a lifeline to fishermen, and a home for unwanted oysters.
The Nature Conservancy and Pew plan to buy 5 million oysters to help a shellfish industry struggling with the impacts of COVID-19.
https://www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2020/12/24/oyster-program-coronavirus-covid-massachusetts
Trump Administration Sued Over ‘Outrageous Assault’ on Tongass National Forest Protections https://www.ecowatch.com/trump-tongass-national-forest-2649639774.html
Giant Icebergs Are Headed for South Georgia Island. Scientists Are Scrambling to Catch Up. Researchers worry that the icebergs could get stuck near shore, disrupting wildlife in a crucial hub of biodiversity.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25122020/antarctica-iceberg-melting-globa-warming-climate-biodiversity/
# Global Politics and other news
Christmas Card for Americans from a Russian Philosopher. “History is not a teacher of life but serves as a warden, it does not teach anything, but only punishes for ignorance to the lessons.”[Forgotten U.S. History here, good read.] https://www.veteranstoday.com/2020/12/25/christmas-card-for-americans-from-a-russian-philosopher/
# Gov / Politics
Senate Republicans say Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will reach out to Sen.-elect Tommy Tuberville (Ala.) in an attempt to avoid a messy floor fight next month over finalizing the results of the Electoral College vote.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/531562-gop-seeks-to-avoid-messy-trump-fight-over-electoral-college
Judge approves deal to expedite Georgia runoff ballots. A federal judge on Thursday approved an agreement between the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) and civil rights groups that would implement measures to ensure that absentee ballots in Georgia are delivered in time for the state’s two Senate runoff elections next month.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/531623-judge-approves-deal-to-expedite-georgia-runoff-ballots
The craven corruption of Trump’s pardons: Separate justice system for friends and allies. Trump uses pardon power to reward loyalists, undermine prosecutors. The president’s aggressive use of clemency showcased his willingness to exert raw power for personal gain.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/23/trump-corrupt-pardons-reward-white-rich-friends-allies-column/4032002001/
Pentagon takes the ‘Football’ from Trump, martial law talk proves President ‘unbalanced’: Our sources say the “biscuit,” the card with the nuclear codes has been deactivated for the remaining Trump term.
The Pentagon has notified Russia that our capabilities are intact but without Trump. Trump already turned most US defense capabilities over to Russia when he ‘greenlighted’ Russia’s hack of Pentagon systems https://www.veteranstoday.com/2020/12/24/defcon-4-pentagon-takes-the-football-from-trump-martial-law-talk-proves-president-unbalanced/
Vice President Mike Pence is in the top class of 2024 GOP contenders as the Trump era nears its end. The firm expectation across the Republican Party is that Pence will be a candidate in 2024, unless Trump runs again.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/531372-the-memo-could-pence-run-and-win-in-2024
COVID-19 could complicate Pelosi’s path to Speaker next year https://thehill.com/homenews/house/530945-covid-19-could-complicate-pelosis-path-to-speaker-next-year
How Trump’s pardons of Stone and Manafort are the endgame of the four-year-long cover-up of his own wrongdoing and possible criminality in the Trump-Russia scandal.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/12/with-his-pardons-of-stone-and-manafort-trump-completes-his-cover-up/
Study: Congress literally doesn’t care what you think: “The preferences of the average American appear to have only a miniscule, near-zero, statistically non-significant impact upon public policy.”
https://represent.us/action/no-the-problem/
Trump’s Indifference Amounts to Negligent Homicide. The president’s behavior may not meet the term’s legal definition, but it captures the horror a government is visiting upon its people.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/11/this-is-trumps-fault/617159/
Democrats are set to clash in at least three special House races next year that could break open long simmering divides within the party.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/531659-democrats-set-to-clash-in-special-house-elections
Biden should make legal information free and accessible. As President-elect Joe Biden begins his administration with an eye toward rebuilding the fundamentals of a democratic system, he could score an easy legislative win by addressing the lack of access to legal information and save the state and federal governments millions of dollars in the process.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/531215-biden-should-make-legal-information-free-and-accessible
# Law Enforcement
9-Month-Old Baby Taken from Parents Traveling home to New Jersey on Routine Traffic Stop in North Carolina https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/9-month-old-baby-taken-from-parents-on-routine-traffic-stop-in-north-carolina/
FBI Probes Nashville Explosion Believed to Be ‘Intentional’
https://www.eagletribune.com/news/fbi-probes-christmas-day-explosion-in-downtown-nashville-believed-intentional-3-people-injured/image_4c371f3d-ce1f-5aca-b472-59a97b362626.html
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Dominion Voting Systems Employee Sues Trump Campaign And Allies, Alleging Defamation https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/531407-dominion-voting-systems-employee-sues-trump-campaign-allies
2 Jewish Wisconsin judges rejected a Trump case. Now anti-Semites are after them. Justices Face Anti-Semitic, Misogynist Attacks After Trump Ruling. State Supreme Court Justices Jill Karofsky and Rebecca Dallet attacked in post on white-supremacist website.
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2020/12/18/justices-face-anti-semitic-misogynist-attacks-after-trump-ruling/
# Medical / Health
The Future of Vaccines: Experimental Products Tested on the Human Population https://healthimpactnews.com/2020/the-future-of-vaccines-experimental-products-tested-on-the-human-population/
Vaccine Development, Testing, and Regulation https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/articles/vaccine-development-testing-and-regulation
Researchers rush to test coronavirus vaccine in people without knowing how well it works in animals https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/11/researchers-rush-to-start-moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-without-usual-animal-testing/
# Social
Struggling renters face avalanche of evictions without federal aid
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jemimamcevoy/2020/12/24/renters-in-most-states-will-have-no-guaranteed-protection-if-stimulus-deal-falls-through/?sh=20d0c4de4f44
# Weather
The Atlantic Hurricane Season Typically Brings About a Dozen Storms.
This Year It Was 30. Of 2020’s Atlantic storms, 13 were hurricanes, six of them Category 3 or higher. Warmer ocean waters are fueling an increasing number of storms.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24122020/hurricanes-atlantic-extreme-weather-warming-climate-storms-louisiana-environmental-justice/
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