Voices, The Peoples News
April 26, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Former Bay Mills Indian Community Leader Bryan Newland Nominated by Biden to Lead Interior Dept.
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/former-bay-mills-indian-community-leader-nominated-by-biden-to-lead-interior-dept-indian-affairs
# Indigenous / Global
‘Forest gardens’ show how Native land stewardship can outdo nature.
Patches of forest cleared and tended by Indigenous communities but lost to time still show more food bounty for humans and animals than surrounding forests.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/forest-gardens-show-how-native-land-stewardship-can-outdo-nature
# Border / Immigration
Abuse and Lack of Transparency Fuel Vaccine Mistrust in ICE Jails. The vaccine rollout is being derailed by the fact that the people have no trust in the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) jailers giving the shots.
https://truthout.org/articles/abuse-and-lack-of-transparency-fuel-vaccine-mistrust-in-ice-jails/
# Children / Youth
Child Protective Services Investigates Half of all Black Children in California. A new study finds pervasive racial bias in the child welfare system.
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2021/04/child-protective-services-investigates-half-of-all-black-children-in-california/
# CoronaVirus
“SARS-Cov-2 Laboratory Accident?”. Us Intelligence and MIT’s Review validated Manmade Virus’ Theory https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/24/sars-cov-2-laboratory-accident-us-intelligence-and-mits-review-validated-manmade-virus-theory/
The Biden administration sees local doctors as key to the next phase of vaccine distribution, after many family physicians complained they’ve been left out despite being one of the most trusted voices for vaccine-hesitant people.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/550038-local-doctors-push-for-bigger-role-as-vaccinations-enter-new-phase
NEO: Is the US Preparing to Start a Biological War? Washington is expanding its network of military biolaboratories around the world and their covert activities. Ukraine and the United States (as, incidentally, many other countries, where today the US secret biolaboratories are located) signed an agreement, between the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and the US Department of Defense “On Prevention of Spread of Technology, Pathogens and Knowledge that Can Be Used in the Development of Biological Weapons.”
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/25/neo-is-the-us-preparing-to-start-a-biological-war/
CEO Sold Stock Millions Before Company Ruined Vaxxes: Emergent BioSolutions’ stock price has hit the floor after it admitted that ruining some 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/robert-kramer-emergent-ceo-sold-millions-in-stock-before-his-company-ruined-jandj-shots-says-report
Houston Methodist employees will be suspended or fired if they refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The hospital does not know yet how many employees potentially will be suspended or terminated because of the mandatory vaccination policy.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/Houston-Methodist-COVID-vaccine-refusal-fire-16121140.php
44-Year-Old Pastor DEAD after Moderna COVID Shot – Wanted Other Pastors and African Americans to Follow her Example and Take the Shot https://news.yahoo.com/virginia-woman-dies-shortly-receiving-180443242.html
Nursing Mothers Experiencing Their Milk Supply Stop After Receiving a COVID Injection https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/nursing-mothers-experiencing-their-milk-supply-stop-after-receiving-a-covid-injection/
5 Doctors Agree that COVID-19 Injections are Bioweapons and Discuss What to do About It https://www.bitchute.com/video/i2fMnrMH3Zm3/
Journal of Clinical Studies & Medical Case Reports: Coronavirus is a Biological Warfare Weapon. It’s highly probable that the 2019-nCoV organism is a weaponized version of the NCoV discovered by Saudi doctors in 2012.
https://www.heraldopenaccess.us/openaccess/coronavirus-is-a-biological-warfare-weapon
It’s highly probable that the 2019-nCoV organism is a weaponized version of the NCoV discovered by Saudi doctors in 2012. Although this article does not aim at providing an exhaustive presentation on biological weapons, we will try to refresh our memory by presenting some key elements and information about biological weapons.
https://nct-magazine.com/nct-magazine-may-2020/covid-19-a-biological-weapon-a-guide-to-biological-weapons-to-answer-that-question/
Bloomberg Blasted for Using Billions to Block Vaccines for Tobacco Company Workers https://insidesources.com/bloomberg-blasted-for-using-billions-to-block-vaccines-for-tobacco-company-workers/
Time to Say Goodbye to Some Insurers’ Waivers for Covid Treatment Fees https://khn.org/news/article/time-to-say-goodbye-to-some-insurers-waivers-for-covid-treatment-fees/
“Breakthrough Cases” of COVID-19 Emerging Among Fully Vaccinated Americans https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/04/breakthrough-cases-of-covid-19-emerging-among-fully-vaccinated-americans/
A 68-year-old woman died suddenly on Mar. 24, 2021 the day after getting the first dose of an experimental COVID-19 biologic in Kansas.
https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/coronavirus/2021/04/14/family-effingham-kansas-woman-jeanie-marie-myer-evans-died-after-covid-vaccination-hires-attorney/7218240002/
Dozens in Central Florida Contract COVID-19 After Being Fully Vaccinated https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/03/29/dozens-in-central-florida-contract-covid-19-after-being-fully-vaccinated/
Billionaire Bill Gates Says “No” to Sharing Vaccine Recipes With Poor Countries. Earlier this month 66 organizations called on the U.S. to initiate a global vaccine manufacturing program.
https://truthout.org/articles/billionaire-bill-gates-says-no-to-sharing-vaccine-recipes-with-poor-countries/
# Economy / Trade
Biden tries to flip the script on taxes. President Biden’s plan to increase taxes on wealthy Americans is reigniting one of the fiercest divides in politics — how much should the government do, and who should foot the bill?
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/550076-the-memo-biden-tries-to-flip-the-script-on-taxes
How One Biden Tax Proposal Will Hit the Middle Class Hard. Being allowed to keep your or your family’s own money is now a “tax loophole.” And five Democratic senators are poised to lead the fight to end it.
https://www.pottsmerc.com/opinion/guest-column-how-one-biden-tax-proposal-will-hit-the-middle-class-hard/article_22ef74e0-a5fb-11eb-91c1-5782ee13f7a6.html
Truth in Accounting: U.S. national debt closer to $123 trillion, nearly
$796,000 per household. The U.S. national debt is closer to $123 trillion, more than four times what the Treasury Department is reporting, Chicago-based Truth in Accounting calculates in its new annual analysis of the nation’s finances.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/truth-in-accounting-u-s-national-debt-closer-to-123-trillion-nearly-796-000-per/article_60e10fcc-a1f8-11eb-8dc7-ff790d87d9ee.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Standing Rock disputes new figures by Dakota Access owners. Attorneys for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in the Dakotas say the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers unlawfully authorized the Dakota Access pipeline without fully assessing the risks and are asking a judge to shut down the flow of oil while the Corps conducts a second environmental review.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-dakota/articles/2021-04-25/standing-rock-disputes-new-figures-by-dakota-access-owners
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Women of Bears Ears are asking you to help save it. Will sacred lands protected by President Obama be protected once again?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/opinion/bears-ears-Native-American-women.html
People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210419182105.htm
Bumblebees are dying after exposure to the weed killer Roundup
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.13867
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
10 ways new FDA head should protect people from toxic chemicals in food https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/04/10-ways-new-fda-head-should-protect-people-from-toxic-chemicals-in-food/
Paraquat weed killer linked to Parkinson’s disease: Agricultural workers who were exposed to the herbicide paraquat and have been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease https://www.natlawreview.com/article/paraquat-exposure-alert-paraquat-linked-to-parkinson-s-disease-agricultural-workers
Oregon Bill to BAN Livestock — Stunning War on Farming/Ranching https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2021/04/23/oregon-bill-to-ban-livestock-stunning-war-on-farming-ranching/
Experts Face Off on Plant-Based Versus Meat-Based Diets. Dr. Paul Saladino, a proponent of animal-based diets, debates Dr. Joel Fuhrman, who advocates for a primarily plant-based diet https://publicnews.in/health/experts-face-off-plant-based-vs-meat-based-diets/
Ag Giant Resisted Efforts to Change Toxic Weed Killer Formula to Protect Profits https://truthout.org/articles/ag-giant-resisted-efforts-to-change-toxic-weed-killer-formula-to-protect-profits/
Radioactive Residue From Bomb Tests Decades Ago Are Found In Honey. The United States conducted many nuclear tests in the 1950s and 1960s.
Recently, it was discovered that the legacy of these tests can remain for decades in American honey https://www.theepochtimes.com/radioactive-residue-from-bomb-tests-decades-ago-are-found-in-honey_3789883.html
# Food Recalls / Alerts
More Than Gourmet, Inc. Recalls Beef And Veal Broth And Stock Products https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/more-gourmet-inc.-recalls-beef-and-veal-broth-and-stock-products-due-possible
# Gov / Political
Lawmakers and advocates say that while the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was a historic milestone, it should not lead to complacency in the fight for racial justice.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/550077-advocates-warn-against-complacency-after-chauvin-verdict
Democratic states are moving to expand the voting rights of felons as the GOP seeks to tighten voting rules following a spate of losses in the
2020 election.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/550010-democrats-move-to-expand-voting-rights-for-felons
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Sunday that President Biden’s first 100 days in office amounted to a “bait and switch,” and accused the president of pushing policies that were to the left of those he promised during the campaign.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/550155-gop-house-leader-says-bidens-first-100-days-were-bait-and-switch
Democratic State Legislatures Seek to Expand Voting in the South. Some of the pro-democracy proposals are coming out of states with a long history of voter suppression.
https://truthout.org/articles/democratic-state-legislatures-seek-to-expand-voting-in-the-south/
Where Biden stands on some of his key promises for domestic and foreign policy.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-climate-iran-nuclear-immigration-de7b288aa2b4315b5b7fe38559a6e666
Another Air Force Academy Scandal: Trumpster General bucks DOD program on Extremism, Openly supports Insurrection. Clarke is the man who planned the fake bin Laden raid and the “cleanup” afterward. Clarke, according to sources, was an insurrection “insider” among Pentagon brass during the January 6 insurrection and military coup attempt https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/25/another-air-force-academy-scandal-trumpster-general-bucks-dod-program-on-extremism-openly-supports-insurrection/
Trump Plots to Ruin GOP Guv Over Election Vendetta. Donald Trump has told associates he’s so angry about Doug Ducey not overturning the Arizona election results that he’d campaign for the Democrat if Ducey ran for Senate https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-vendetta-against-arizona-gov-doug-ducey
GOP Criminalizes Dissent with Anti-Riot Laws Targeting Black Lives Matter & Anti-Pipeline Protests https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/26/anti_protest_bills
Republicans can’t figure out how to turn their usual racist, sexist attacks against Biden https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/04/republicans-joe-biden-popularity-poll/
# Law Enforcement
The Defund the Police Movement takes Aim at Fusion Centers and Mass Surveillance. Legislators in Maine are debating pulling funding for the state’s fusion center, the first such bill in the country.
https://theintercept.com/2021/04/21/maine-defund-police-fusion-centers-mass-surveillance/
Klobuchar: Chokeholds cannot be ‘considered legitimate’ tools by police:
“To me, you cannot have true justice when chokeholds and knees on the neck are still being considered legitimate in some places,” Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D) said.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/550162-klobuchar-chokeholds-cannot-be-considered-legitimate-tools-by
Bass: Qualified immunity must stop shielding bad cops: Rep. Karen Bass
(D-Calif.) said Sunday that she disagreed with a call from Republicans to preserve qualified immunity for individual police officers, which she said was shielding bad actors like Derek Chauvin from legal action.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/550151-bass-qualified-immunity-must-stop-shielding-bad-cops
Worst Yet!! Unarmed Black Man Shot 10 Times by Officer He Knew While Talking to 911. State police have confirmed the victim was unarmed.
https://www.ajc.com/news/unarmed-black-man-shot-10-times-after-virginia-sheriffs-deputy-opens-fire/L222ZMTDDVFEBDYMBUDJNB7SVA/
“Our Demand Is for Him to Be Fired”: Outrage in Kenosha as Cop Who Shot Jacob Blake Returns to Work https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/26/jacob_blake_rusten_sheskey_kenosha
Family of Andrew Brown Expected to See Bodycam Video of His Killing by North Carolina Police. Authorities redacted video of Andrew Brown shooting before showing it to his family https://abc11.com/live-family-reacts-after-viewing-footage-of-bodycam-from-shooting/10547549/
What the Hell Is Going on at the Columbus Police Department?
Sixteen-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant’s death comes after a string of killings by officers.
https://www.motherjones.com/anti-racism-police-protest/2021/04/what-the-hell-is-going-on-at-the-columbus-police-department/
Video: California police officer punches autistic teen in face. “The officer at that time had the opportunity to deescalate the situation, and he chose to escalate the situation in a manner that resulted in Preston, in my opinion, being assaulted.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/preston-adam-wolf-autism-california-police-punch/
Justice Department Investigations Don’t Actually Challenge Police Violence. The proceduralism of the DOJ won’t stop police killings, just as years of “police reform” didn’t save George Floyd.
https://truthout.org/articles/justice-department-investigations-dont-actually-challenge-police-violence/
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Capitol riot probes home in on Oath Keepers. Federal prosecutors appear to be zeroing in on the Oath Keepers in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, making the paramilitary group a priority among the more than 400 people facing criminal charges over the rampage.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/550067-capitol-riot-probes-home-in-on-oath-keepers
Juvenile Life Without Parole: This is America. The Supreme Court voted
6-3 to allow juveniles to be sentenced to life without parole. April 22, 2021, is a day that will live on in infamy, as the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 (Justice Kavanaugh writing for the Court) to allow juveniles to be sentenced to life without parole.
https://insidesources.com/juvenile-life-without-parole-this-is-america/
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Monday that the Department of Justice would launch an investigation into the Louisville Police Department, the second such probe announced in the last week.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/550302-doj-launches-probe-of-louisville-police-department
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge to restrictions on the carrying of firearms outside the home. The decision tees up a potentially landmark dispute over the scope of the Second Amendment.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/550247-supreme-court-takes-up-major-second-amendment-case
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) called New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) for advice on how to get marijuana legalization through the legislature, as she just did https://www.marijuanamoment.net/connecticut-governor-asks-for-marijuana-legalization-advice-from-new-mexico-counterpart/
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture tweeted about studies focusing on hemp as a possible feed alternative for cattle.
https://twitter.com/USDA_NIFA/status/1385668883692937216
A Congressional Research Service report on Washington, D.C.’s budget provides an overview of the history of Congress interfering with the city’s marijuana laws
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46763
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) tweeted, “Over 90% of Americans support legalizing marijuana in some fashion. Let’s legalize it, expunge records, and invest in the communities hit hardest by the racist War on Drugs.”
https://twitter.com/PramilaJayapal/status/1384711488678494216
Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) will participate in a virtual marijuana convention alongside Willie Nelson this week.
https://variety.com/2021/music/news/willie-nelson-virtual-marijuana-luck-summit-1234956474/
# Medical / Health
Sanders and Warren Urge Biden to Expand Medicare in the American Families Plan Lawmakers argue that lowering the Medicare eligibility age would enact a broadly popular reform to the program.
https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-and-warren-urge-biden-to-expand-medicare-in-the-american-families-plan/
‘We’re Coming for You’: For Public Health Officials, a Year of Threats and Menace https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-04-26/for-public-health-officials-a-year-of-threats-and-menace
Biden Signs Legislation Lowering Drug Costs; Texas Bills Seek To Restrict Copay Accumulators https://khn.org/morning-breakout/viewpoints-biden-signs-legislation-lowering-drug-costs-texas-bills-seek-to-restrict-copay-accumulators/
# Military / DOD
Vital: The Air Force Academy and Nuclear Treason, America’s Nuclear Command Meltdown https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/04/25/vital-the-air-force-academy-and-nuclear-treason-americas-nuclear-command-meltdown/
U.S. Starts Final Military Withdrawal From Afghanistan. Weeks after President Biden said U.S. troops will be gone by Sept. 11, officials are beginning the process, which will leave Afghan forces to deal with the Taliban.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/biden-ready-announce-us-withdrawal-even-peace-eludes-afghanistan-2021-04-14/
# Other News
Speaking to the UN Security Council, Lawrence Wilkerson, the former chief of staff to Colin Powell, calls out the OPCW’s Syria cover-up scandal. “This OPCW business really needs to get settled,” Wilkerson says.
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/04/20/at-un-ex-colin-powell-aide-calls-out-egregious-opcw-syria-cover-up/
Speaking to the UN Security Council, veteran diplomat Hans von Sponeck calls out the OPCW’s “stonewalling and unacceptable smear tactics” amid growing outcry over the Syria cover-up scandal.
https://www.thetotalreport.com/world-news/in-moving-un-speech-veteran-diplomat-confronts-opcw-stonewalling-and-smear-tactics-on-syria/
Challenged on Syria cover-up, OPCW chief lies and US-UK-France evade.
Facing new outcry over the Syria cover-up scandal, OPCW chief Fernando Arias has been caught lying, while the US-UK-France are desperately trying to change the subject.
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/04/24/challenged-on-syria-cover-up-opcw-chief-lies-and-us-uk-france-evade/
A brief history of how it took almost 300 years to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act. The history of the Americans with Disabilities Act reveals long-held biases against millions.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90626408/a-brief-history-of-how-it-took-300-years-to-pass-the-americans-with-disabilities-act
# Social
Violent anti-Asian fury as American as apple pie. Had Trump not denigrated an innocent Chinese population, there’d be no scourge of violence today against American citizens https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/04/26/violent-anti-asian-fury-as-american-as-apple-pie/
# Water
Too much lead in water at some North Carolina child care centers. The testing has found 8.5 percent of centers had at least one tap that exceeded the state’s lead hazard threshold of 15 parts per billion.
https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2021/04/26/tap-water-tests-find-nearly-1-in-10-licensed-child-care-centers-in-north-carolina-have-unsafe-lead-levels/
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