Voices, The Peoples News
August 6, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
This almost daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net
You can visit the website and leave your comments if you desire.
# Indigenous
Uranium mine cleanup could benefit state, tribes. The Church Rock spill is just part of the vast uranium waste that the mining industry left behind in Indian Country, and now some tribal advocates, state officials and lawmakers believe cleaning up the waste would not only remove an environmental and health hazard but create good-paying jobs in the affected communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/uranium-mine-cleanup-could-benefit-state-tribes/article_9b7ea3f2-f53a-11eb-ab65-3399d744ff9b.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAeaowz0g$
Tribal scientists and community members are testing wells, solving plumbing problems and delivering clean water to their neighbors.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.8/north-water-reviving-traditional-apsaalooke-water-sources__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAZse4zoZ$
California tribal colleges offer ‘sense of belonging’ for Native students. While the schools boost retention and graduation rates, they face funding and accreditation hurdles.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecollegepost.com/tribal-colleges-native-students/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAfCGsu2Y$
The Klamath River now has the legal rights of a person. A Yurok Tribe resolution allows cases to be brought on behalf of the river as a person in tribal court. With the declaration, the Yurok Tribe joins other Indigenous communities in a growing Rights of Nature movement aimed at protecting the environment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/issues/51.18/tribal-affairs-the-klamath-river-now-has-the-legal-rights-of-a-person__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAdAqwNxq$
# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Something is killing gray whales. Is it a sign of oceans in peril? A leviathan die-off has alarmed legions of whale watchers and perplexed scientists up and down the western coast of North America https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.latimes.com/podcasts/story/2021-08-05/the-times-podcast-gray-whales-death__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAappgkmu$
And So It Begins – Thousands Of Cattle Are Literally Dropping Dead From Starvation In Northern Mexico https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcdirtylaundry.com/and-so-it-begins-1000s-of-cattle-are-literally-dropping-dead-from-starvation-in-northern-mexico/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAa-nEiUc$
# Border / Immigration
ACLU Sues to Overturn Texas Order Restricting Travel by Asylum Seekers https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/6/headlines/aclu_sues_to_overturn_texas_order_restricting_travel_by_asylum_seekers__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAXNlQPgI$
Biden Administration Will Outfit Thousands of Border Agents with Body Cameras https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-outfit-border-agents-with-body-cameras-major-oversight-move-2021-08-04/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAWs5BMLc$
# CoronaVirus
Nine months on the pandemic’s front line have crushed Texas health care workers’ spirits and killed their colleagues. The virus has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 U.S. health care workers; others could face lasting mental scars. It’s “the time when we’re needed most,” one doctor said, “and we’re burned out.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/11/texas-health-care-workers-coronavirus/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAfNpvRBx$
‘At a tipping point’: Officials say Laredo in ‘public health crisis’ as state assistance denied. “That assistance that we asked for from the state was denied on Friday,” Laredo Fire Chief Guillermo Heard said. “We have been asking multiple times for assistance and for them to expand.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/At-a-tipping-point-Officials-say-Laredo-in-16364864.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNARgWiEEQ$
Texas hospitals hit by staffing crisis as burnout depletes workforce and
COVID-19 surges. The lack of available nurses has driven up salaries and created a heated, competitive job market as thousands of positions remain open throughout Texas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/05/texas-hospitals-nurses-covid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAU5nvWnF$
No work, no food: pandemic deepens global hunger. With COVID-19 lockdowns depriving many of jobs and income, increasing numbers of refugees and asylum-seekers are going hungry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/stories/2021/3/6062fe334/pandemic-deepens-hunger-displaced-people-world.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAXecv16Y$
Demon Sperm Doc’s COVID Cure Has Truthers Eating Horse Paste. These geniuses have been convinced to pass on the vaccine and raid rural farm stores so they can suck down “sheep drench” and take swine injections.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/demon-sperm-doctors-new-bogus-cure-has-covid-truthers-eating-horse-paste__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAbJ8RHoq$
Tokyo Covered Up Deadly New COVID Variant for the Olympics. The Daily Beast has discovered that Japan reported a case of the highly infectious Lambda variant in Tokyo three days before the Olympics began. Then it kept it quiet.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/tokyo-covered-up-arrival-of-deadly-lamda-covid-variant-just-before-the-olympics__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAeJSaZih$
Biden ‘May Pull Federal Funding’ of Vaccine Mandate Holdouts. The plan would see funds withheld from institutions that refuse to require vaccines for staff.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-administration-could-pull-federal-funds-from-vaccine-mandate-holdouts-says-report__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAfWK_rsW$
Antibodies for SARS-CoV-2 Found in Wild White-Tailed Deer. Researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture tested 385 deer between January and March and detected antibodies in 40% https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/wild-deer-have-coronavirus-antibodies__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNATl3A3sD$
White House says half of total US population fully vaccinated. Half of the total U.S. population has been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a White House official said https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/566735-wh-official-half-of-total-us-population-fully-vaccinated-from-covid-19__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAfeq0WS9$
Biotechnology Greed Is Prolonging the Pandemic. It’s Inexcusable. The pharmaceutical industry and its allies would have the public believe that patent protections and exorbitant drug prices are necessary for developing and deploying technologies such as Covid-19 vaccines. But examine their logic closely, and it quickly begins to fall apart https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://undark.org/2021/08/05/biotechnology-greed-is-prolonging-the-pandemic-its-inexcusable/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAeatT9yM$
# Education / Schools
TX Schools Can Hide COVID Cases From Parents, Gov’t Says. The Texas Education Agency issued new guidance Thursday, even as the Delta variant is more prevalent in children.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/06/texas-school-reopening-guidelines/?utm_campaign=trib-social&utm_content=1628268573&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAZqXZU-2$
With school openings near, parents and teachers say state leaders have stripped them of weapons against COVID-19. Public health experts and medical professionals are sounding the alarm over the highly transmissible delta variant of COVID-19. The governor has stood firm on his ban against masking mandates in schools.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/07/30/school-COVID-parents-teachers-remote/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAaKZ17Rc$
Texas universities, committed to full returns, face fall terms with surging COVID-19 numbers and no mask mandates. Many public university officials say they are moving forward with reopening plans as faculty and students worry about rising COVID-19 cases across the state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/06/texas-universities-masks-vaccines/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAVX_8A_n$
How to Avert COVID-19 Catastrophe in Southern Schools. Hospitalizations of kids are up even before the school year begins. Right-wing governors must decide if they’re serious about protecting the health of young people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-to-avert-covid-19-catastrophe-in-southern-schools__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAR7biM9P$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Steven Donziger, Lawyer Who Sued Chevron over Amazon Oil Spills, Marks 2 Years Under House Arrest https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WkR3BsOqxM__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAaY2dd_l$
Volatile place.’ New laws thwart Ohio renewables. New policies in Ohio are raising concerns about the long-term future of wind and solar in the battleground state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eenews.net/articles/volatile-place-new-laws-thwart-ohio-renewables/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAS8Q_DiG$
Energy Transfer to increase volume of oil transported per day, still lacks federal permit. “Now with increased capacity, the threat to our health and drinking water supply has only grown. We look to the Biden administration to take action.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/08/06/energy-transfer-to-increase-volume-of-oil-transported-per-day-still-lacks-federal-permit/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAdJGsbbP$
Team Biden quietly approved a fat subsidy for one of America’s top coal suppliers https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/08/biden-administration-interior-subsidy-arch-resources-coal-mining/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAYCNULjz$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global
7 years after Mount Polley disaster, B.C. faces another mining boom — and regulations still fall short https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nativenewspost.com/news/health/7-years-after-mount-polley-disaster-b-c-faces-another-mining-boom-and-regulations-still-fall-short-the-narwhal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAXFa1LOb$
Trudeau offers $5.2 billion bailout for Newfoundland and Labrador’s beleaguered Muskrat Falls hydro dam https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/muskrat-falls-hydro-dam-trudeau-bailout/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNARYjDMP6$
# Environment / Climate / Interior
In three predominantly Black North Birmingham neighborhoods, residents live inside an environmental ‘nightmare.’ Their demands to have the 35th Avenue Superfund site placed on the National Priorities List triggered a bribery scandal to keep it from happening.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06082021/in-three-predominantly-black-north-birmingham-neighborhoods-residents-live-inside-an-environmental-nightmare/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAbc03XdO$
Scientists find more complexity in microplastics polluting the Great Lakes. “Nurdles” scattered on the Lake Michigan shoreline near Muskegon.
Nurdles are the small plastic pellets which are melted down to produce plastic products, and are a common type of microplastic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-environment-watch/scientists-find-more-complexity-microplastics-polluting-great-lakes__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNARdM52QK$
A critical ocean system may be heading for collapse due to climate change. The study, which appeared in the journal Nature Climate Change, found several signs that Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), of which the Gulf Stream is a part, is slowing down and might be about to collapse.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2021/08/05/major-atlantic-current-may-be-on-the-verge-of-collapse-scientists-warn/?sh=34e8585747aa__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAS_HsGMG$
Disasters everywhere. Did scientists see them coming? Climate models consistently suggested for years that human-caused warming is making weather events worse.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eenews.net/articles/disasters-everywhere-did-scientists-see-them-coming/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAZLOOh5f$
Democratic Bill Would Tax Big Polluters $500 Billion to Pay for Climate Damage https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/8/6/headlines/democratic_bill_would_tax_big_polluters_500_billion_to_pay_for_climate_damage__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAZwyqebB$
Drought Shuts Down NorCal Power Plant for First Time Ever. The reservoir has dropped 250 feet in just the past two years at the tallest dam in the nation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/drought-causes-oroville-dam-power-plant-to-shut-down-for-the-first-time-ever__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAS8x_0Gn$
‘No Words’: Dixie Fire Is Now 3rd Largest in Calif. The blaze exploded by roughly 110 miles overnight, after leveling an entire Gold Rush-era mountain town.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/californias-devastating-dixie-fire-is-now-the-third-largest-in-state-history__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAZ90DQIQ$
# Environment / Climate / Global
‘It was hard enough before’: Manitoba’s drought, worsened by climate crisis, is upending Prairie life. Farmers wait, desperate for rain, in a prolonged season of extremely dry conditions across central Canada where both provincial and federal government have intervened with emergency adaptation measures https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/manitoba-drought-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAXxCI995$
“Scientists expected thawing wetlands in Siberia’s permafrost. What they found is ‘much more dangerous.’”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.chron.com/news/article/Scientists-expected-thawing-wetlands-in-Siberia-s-16358493.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAfFcfQfe$
# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
The Ingenious Ancient Technology Concealed in the Shallows. Fish traps have a long history around the world, and a vast network in a Vancouver Island estuary reveals generations of ecological wisdom.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-ingenious-ancient-technology-concealed-in-the-shallows/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAQjmxWD3$
# Gov / Politics
Gov. Greg Abbott announces special legislative session starting Saturday, covering elections, federal COVID-19 funding, quorum rules https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/02/greg-abbott-texas-special-legislative-session/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAYLk4hfu$
Quorum-busting Texas House Democrats still plotting next move ahead of second special session. Following Gov. Greg Abbott’s announcement that a second round of legislative overtime would begin Saturday, the Democrats who relocated to Washington, D.C., to prevent the House from having enough members to conduct business indicated they are still discussing what they’ll do now.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/05/texas-democrats-special-session/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAc9q5v8L$
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is teeing up a Saturday vote to wind down debate on a roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill, with senators hoping to pass the legislation as soon as this weekend.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/566657-schumer-moves-to-shut-down-debate-on-1t-infrastructure-bill__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAcSH24wO$
Jeffrey Clark bombshell shows he worked closely with Trump to overthrow election. The noose around the Trump Steal campaign tightens a little more with these new revelations Documents show how far DOJ official went to push election fraud lie https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/08/05/jeffrey-clark-bombshell-shows-he-worked-closely-with-trump-to-overthrow-election/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAQ_4eE2L$
Cuomo’s political future in question as fallout grows: New York Gov.
Andrew Cuomo (D) is trying to survive a political gauntlet — including multiple criminal investigations, impeachment proceedings and potential primary challengers https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/566569-cuomos-political-future-in-question-as-fallout-grows__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAZOp4JtH$
MLK’s Family and Civil Rights Leaders Call for Voting Rights March on Washington. A mass march on August 28 will call on Senate Democrats to ditch the filibuster and pass voting rights legislation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/mlks-family-and-civil-rights-leaders-call-for-voting-rights-march-on-washington/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNATvMPxcy$
Republicans Are Reaping Millions in Donations With the “Pre-Checked Box.” Trump’s campaign scammed donors with automatic recurring payments
— and now dozens of other Republicans are doing it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2021/08/06/trump-gop-pre-checked-donation-boxes/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNARGmH4lJ$
# Law Enforcement
Justice Department to Probe Excessive Force, Abuse and Discrimination by Phoenix Police https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/phoenix-police-justice-department-excessive-force-homeless-40fe3b68c0aa1fa9a5ca3dcfe0eb4049__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAX5lvUwm$
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
The New York Court of Appeals participates in impeachment trials. Cuomo has appointed all seven members, including two of them in June https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/politics/andrew-cuomo-picked-his-own-impeachment-jury/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNASDiUWCW$
# Media
Journalist Removed From McCarthy Presser Over Question on January 6 Commission. Journalist Grant Stern asked House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy why he opposed the formation of a commission to investigate the Capitol attack.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/journalist-removed-from-mccarthy-presser-over-question-on-jan-6-commission/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNATBfFhBt$
# Medical / Health
Democrats Propose Medicare for a Few More Instead of Demanding Medicare for All. Amid a resurging pandemic, Democrats are reneging on their promise and refusing to go all out for Medicare for All.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/democrats-propose-medicare-for-a-few-more-instead-of-demanding-medicare-for-all/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAaq944dd$
Purdue Pharma drove the opioid crisis. The American Medical Association still took millions from it. The prestigious doctor’s group has made it virtually impossible to discern where public health guidance ends and industry interests begin.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/08/purdue-pharma-american-medical-association-relationship-opioid-crisis-public-health/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAWxRAitN$
# Social
Once Unhoused Herself, Congresswoman’s Protest Forces White House to Extend Eviction Ban https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/cori-bush-protest-exposes-white-house-screwups-on-evictions.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNAZzeUMbm$
Here’s what happened when a San Francisco nonprofit gave unhoused people
$500 a month. The nonprofit, called Miracle Messages, pairs unhoused people with volunteer “buddies” who make weekly calls and texts and offer support.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90662914/heres-what-happened-when-a-san-francisco-nonprofit-gave-unhoused-people-500-a-month__;!!On18fmf1aQ!gexWpE-DvkP_GYcoK3FUu4p8IY4nfSxyIyPduAYKhyIIhlN3Pd4_HVBIcHxNATCadnZO$
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
NOTE: Material appearing here is distributed without profit or monitory gain to those who have expressed an interest in receiving the material for research and educational purposes. At any point, you can select the link in every email to subscribe, unsubscribe, or send news items:
j.selman.1234@livingston.net
The news that is reported is not necessarily the viewpoint of Voices, The Peoples News. Nothing within this message should be construed as endorsing, promoting or abetting any illegal or unethical activity.
Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of International Copyright Law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html
All copyrights belong to original publisher under Bill s.1618 Title III passed by the 105th U.S. Congress. This email cannot be considered spam as long as we include: Contact information & a Remove Link. Reprinted under the Fair Use Law: Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html