Voices, The Peoples News
January 26, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Indigenous Authors of “We Are Water Protectors” Win Caldecott Prize https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/26/headlines/indigenous_authors_of_we_are_water_protectors_win_caldecott_prize
An Interior Department official says Native American tribes are exempt from the Biden administration’s temporary pause on oil and gas permitting.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-01-25/tribes-exempt-from-pause-in-us-federal-drilling-program-official
Reclaiming the National Bison Range: After decades of battling misinformation, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes recover their lands and the herd.
https://missoulian.com/news/local/proposal-gives-most-national-bison-range-management-to-cskt/article_6c3ebe06-1ced-11e4-8def-0019bb2963f4.html
# CoronaVirus
Why the COVID-19 variants are so dangerous and how to stop them spreading
https://theconversation.com/why-the-covid-19-variants-are-so-dangerous-and-how-to-stop-them-spreading-153535
After 10 months of minimal oversight, Biden orders OSHA to get to work https://thecounter.org/osha-months-minimal-oversight-biden-executive-order-covid-19/
Biden’s bipartisan push hits wall on COVID-19 relief bill https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535900-biden-to-sign-series-of-executive-orders-aimed-at-racial-equity
Biden takes steps to boost number of vaccine doses sent to states.
President Biden is taking a range of steps to try to smooth the bumpy vaccine rollout.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535972-biden-takes-steps-to-boost-number-of-vaccine-doses-sent-to-states
Eli Lilly says antibody combo significantly cuts COVID-19 death risk.
Some good news about monoclonal antibody treatments: there’s increasing evidence they can prevent COVID-19 infections, and reduce the risk of hospitalization and death.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535877-lilly-says-antibody-combo-significantly-cuts-covid-death-risk
Johnson & Johnson on track for 100 million vaccine doses by end of June, bolstering US supply https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535853-johnson-johnson-on-track-for-100-million-vaccine-doses-by-end-of-june
Merck First US Pharma Giant To Abandon COVID Vaccine Efforts. New Jersey-based Merck, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, has just abandoned its two experimental COVID vaccine projects after early data showed they generated little, if any, immune response in patients.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/merck-first-us-pharma-giant-abandon-covid-vaccine-efforts
Doctor’s Death After Covid Vaccine Is Being Investigated https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/doctors-death-after-covid-19-vaccine-is-being-investigated/
# Economy / Trade
COVID Windfall for Billionaires Could Fully Fund Relief for the Working Class The wealth of billionaires in the U.S. has soared during a crisis that has taken more than 420,000 lives.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-covid-windfall-for-billionaires-could-fully-fund-relief-for-working-class/
Republicans are signaling a determination to protect their 2017 tax-cut law and prevent President Biden from making good on campaign pledges to partially undo the measure.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/535783-gop-digs-in-on-preserving-trump-tax-cuts
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Southwest Memphis landowners mount legal defense against oil pipeline’s use of eminent domain. A lawyer for two Southwest Memphis landowners is challenging eminent domain lawsuits filed by Byhalia Pipeline against his clients https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2150055585955/southwest-memphis-landowners-mount-legal-defense-against-oil-pipelines-use-of-eminent-domain
Biden to Stop Leasing Federal Land for Oil and Gas. Last week, Biden pulled the permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, halting its construction.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-to-suspendnew-federal-oil-and-gas-leasing-11611672331
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Biden’s First Climate Actions Are a Result of Years of Indigenous Activism. Indigenous activists emerged as leaders of a climate movement that put increasing pressure on Joe Biden.
https://truthout.org/audio/bidens-first-climate-actions-are-a-result-of-years-of-indigenous-activism/
Map: Here’s where we could plant 68 billion trees in the U.S.: There’s a lot of former forestland in the country. What if we planted trees on it again?
https://www.fastcompany.com/90596394/map-heres-where-we-could-plant-68-billion-trees-in-the-u-s
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Bill Gates is now the largest farmland owner in America. Let’s talk about why.
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/one-mans-desire-to-buy-the-world-why-is-bill-gates-buying-up-americas-farmland-hidden-edible-vaccines-coming-soon/
Biden issues an executive order to boost SNAP benefits https://thecounter.org/biden-issues-executive-order-boost-snap-benefits-covid-19-hunger/
# Gov / Politics
Watchdog To Investigate Whether DOJ Officials Tried To Overturn Election
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/justice-department-probe-overturn-election_n_600f02f1c5b6f401aea6a8a9
Biden: Trump Impeachment Trial ‘Has to Happen’: The president, until now, has been hesitant to share his views on Trump’s second impeachment trial.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/25/joe-biden-donald-trump-impeachment-trial
Trump’s Pardons Included Health Care Execs Behind Massive Frauds https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/trumps-pardons-included-health-care-execs-behind-massive-frauds
First Biden-Putin call shows both cautious on big concerns
https://apnews.com/article/arms-deal-us-russia-ddd710fa6886f3888c412579d14b2ca9
Mitch McConnell Is Already Running Circles Around Chuck Schumer in the Senate https://truthout.org/articles/mitch-mcconnell-is-already-running-circles-around-chuck-schumer-in-the-senate/
Centrist Democrats Manchin, Sinema Side With McConnell to Protect the Filibuster https://truthout.org/articles/centrist-democrats-manchin-sinema-side-with-mcconnell-to-protect-the-filibuster/
Trump Has Made Threats to Launch a New Political Party — the “Patriot
Party”: If Senate Republicans vote to convict Trump, he may try to shatter the GOP by starting a third party.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-has-made-threats-to-launch-a-new-political-party-the-patriot-party/
# Law Enforcement
Teen Suspect Arrested in Indiana Mass Murder. Authorities described the Sunday mass shooting inside an Indianapolis home as a “different kind of evil.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/indianapolis-police-arrest-juvenile-in-mass-murder-that-left-five-people-unborn-child-dead
MAGA Mob Assaulted at Least 139 Cops at Capitol: Prosecutors: A new court filing accusers the pro-Trump rioters of attacking at least 81 Capitol Police and a further 58 D.C. police officers.
https://buzzflash.com/articles/maga-insurrectionist-mob-assaulted-at-least-139-cops-at-capitol-riot-prosecutors-say
Black Woman Sues Cops After Family Was Cuffed at Gunpoint. In August, a shocking viral video showed Colorado police officers detaining four clearly distressed young Black girls at gunpoint.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-woman-whose-family-was-handcuffed-gunpoint-aurora-colorado-police-n1255586
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Trump Files for ‘Domestic Violence Restraining Order’ against Biden (You just can’t make this stuff up)
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/01/25/trump-files-for-domestic-violence-restraining-order-against-biden-you-just-cant-make-this-stuff-up/?mc_cid=8f7900e695&mc_eid=3f7488d454
House formally sends impeachment to Senate, putting Trump on trial for Capitol riot https://thehill.com/homenews/house/535749-house-formally-sends-impeachment-to-senate-putting-trump-on-trial-for-capitol
Allies of former President Trump are waging an intense pressure campaign aimed at convincing GOP senators to vote against his conviction in next month’s impeachment trial https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/535754-trump-builds-pressure-on-gop-ahead-of-impeachment
The Video sending Trump to prison and an end to armed Terrorists pretending to be protesters
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/01/25/the-video-sending-trump-to-prison-and-an-end-to-armed-terrorists-pretending-to-be-protesters/?mc_cid=8f7900e695&mc_eid=3f7488d454
Federal Judge Orders ‘Zip Tie Terrorist’ Moved to DC and Held, After Local Judge Ordered Release in Corrupt Tennessee https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/01/25/federal-judge-orders-zip-tie-terrorist-moved-to-dc-and-held-after-local-judge-ordered-release-in-corrupt-tennessee/
Experts Dispute GOP Senators’ Claim That Trump Impeachment Is Unconstitutional. Historical precedent, plus the wording of the Constitution itself, suggest a former president can be impeached https://truthout.org/articles/experts-dispute-gop-senators-claim-that-trump-impeachment-is-unconstitutional/
Senators were sworn in on Tuesday as jurors for former President Trump’s impeachment trial, which is expected to start in roughly two weeks.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535944-senate-sworn-in-as-jurors-for-trump-impeachment-trial
Justice Dept to End Federal Contracts With Private Prisons. The executive order directing DOJ to not renew federal contracts with private prisons is one of several Biden will sign on Tuesday designed to begin to address systemic racism.
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2021/01/biden-order-justice-department-private-prisons/
Majority of GOP Senators Vote to End Trump Impeachment Trial. While the trial will move forward, Tuesday’s vote is a sign that the Senate will not reach the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535925-senate-rejects-paul-effort-to-declare-trump-impeachment-trial
Senate GOP signals it’s likely to acquit Trump for second time https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535995-senate-gop-signals-its-likely-to-acquit-trump-for-second-time
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) filed a new bill in Congress to protect military veterans from losing their Department of Veterans Affairs benefits for using marijuana. But the new legislation omits a section from last year’s version that would let VA doctors issue written medical cannabis recommendations.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/gop-congressman-files-bill-to-protect-veterans-who-use-medical-marijuana-from-losing-benefits/
Sinaloa Cartel Plans to Hijack Mexico’s New Legal Pot Market. Cartel farmers tell the Daily Beast they are importing stronger, more lucrative, strains of marijuana to sell in the legal market and maximize profits through front operations.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-sinaloa-cartel-is-setting-up-front-operations-to-hijack-mexicos-new-legal-pot-market
# Media
MAGA Pillow Salesman Mike Lindell Thrown Off Twitter Forever
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/26/twitter-bans-mypillow-ceo-462531
# Medical Kidnapping / Arrests
Washington Family Continues to Fight to Bring Son Home Who was Medically Kidnapped due to Medical Marijuana
https://freedomfiend.com/archives/1690
# Military / DOD
Fort Bliss soldier charged with two counts of murder and laundry list of other offenses The soldier faces more than a dozen charges.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/fort-bliss-soldier-murder-charges/
# National Guard
D.C. National Guard Chief: Pentagon Restricted Quick Response to Capitol Attack It took an hour and a half before the Pentagon allowed the National Guard to respond to the attacks on January 6.
https://truthout.org/articles/dc-national-guard-chief-pentagon-restricted-quick-response-to-capitol-attack/
# Social
Biden’s Vital but Fraught Battle Against Domestic Terrorism. The new Administration must crack down on violent extremism without infringing on civil rights or prompting a rush to join right-wing militias, as happened in the nineteen-nineties.
https://www.newszada.com/bidens-vital-however-fraught-battle-against-domestic-terrorism/
Biden to sign series of executive orders aimed at racial equity https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535900-biden-to-sign-series-of-executive-orders-aimed-at-racial-equity
# Technology
Firefox just walked away from a key piece of the open web. Mozilla has always championed the open web. So why is it abandoning desktop web apps, the most powerful alternative to proprietary App Stores?
https://www.fastcompany.com/90597411/mozilla-firefox-no-ssb-pwa-support
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