Voices, The Peoples News
September 4, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Afghan evacuation
Purported child brides brought to Fort McCoy in Wisconsin. U.S. officials are looking into reports that in the evacuation of Afghans from Kabul, older men were admitted together with young girls they claimed as “brides.” Officials at intake centers have identified numerous incidents in which Afghan girls have been presented to authorities as the “wives” of much older men https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/09/03/growing-fears-child-brides-brought-to-us-in-afghan-evacuation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0loHmudvu$
One hundred Afghan evacuees flagged for possible terror ties – report.
An estimated 100 Afghan refugees from Afghanistan to the United States have been flagged for potential ties to terrorist organizations, including the Taliban, according to a new report. Two of the flagged Afghans are being sent to Kosovo for further review amid security concerns https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/one-hundred-afghan-evacuees-flagged-for-possible-terror-ties-report__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lqPZ6U4h$
The War in Afghanistan has always been a black box, but the Biden administration just made matters worse. According to an admission obtained from the State Department, Biden officials directed federal agencies to scrub their websites of official reports detailing the 82.9 billion in military equipment and training provided to the Afghan security forces since 2001.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/08/31/biden-administration-erased-afghan-weapons-reports-from-federal-websites/?sh=9fed70916ba0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lnOCm2yK$
26 Republican senators ask Biden for info on vetting of Afghanistan evacuees, Americans left behind –Senators slam ‘arbitrary and poorly-planned’ Afghanistan withdrawal that ’caused this crisis’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-senators-ask-biden-vetting-afghanistan-evacuees-americans__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0ljKXNF7l$
Evacuee processing speeds up at European bases, as 16,000 move on to US, general says https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://flipboard.com/@starsstripes/stars-and-stripes-ud0o5797z/evacuee-processing-speeds-up-at-european-bases-as-16-000-move-on-to-us-general/a-De5J_RC1RGKCJqvq9Nr6zQ*3Aa*3A2552383729-73a725128a*2Fstripes.com__;JSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lt9CPZOe$
Nearly 2,700 Afghan evacuees leave naval bases in Spain and Italy https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news-europe.fr/countries/italy/2021/09/03/nearly-2700-afghan-evacuees-leave-naval-bases-in-spain-and-italy-stars-and-stripes/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lnkHBCr9$
Military building more capacity in US for evacuees as clock ticks on deadline to leave staging bases in Europe. There is now space for 36,000 Afghan evacuees on eight military installations in the United States and the Defense Department is working to boost that number to 50,000, said Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, the commander of U.S. Northern Command.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://flipboard.com/@starsstripes/stars-and-stripes-ud0o5797z/military-building-more-capacity-in-us-for-evacuees-as-clock-ticks-on-deadline-to/a-6GHbimF8ROaYihhL_lZCoQ*3Aa*3A2552383729-c79dced6a9*2Fstripes.com__;JSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lrhUy6dL$
In Prison, We Helped Fight Wildfires. Upon Release, We Were Handed Over to ICE. Governor Newsom must take decisive action by protecting the immigrants and incarcerated firefighters in our communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/in-prison-we-helped-fight-wildfires-upon-release-we-were-handed-over-to-ice/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lnoO26FF$
US building small cities at bases for Afghans. Each base will have its own city-type leadership organization to deal with sanitation, food and other matters, as an increasing number of Afghans are processed from overseas and arrive in the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2021/09/04/us-military-creating-8-small-cities-at-bases-for-afghan-evacuees/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lvPd3jp2$
‘Sit Down and Shut Up’: Alexander Vindman Fires Back at Ohio Republican Over Afghan Refugees. Republicans have remained unified in its criticisms of the Biden administration’s chaotic Afghanistan evacuation effort, but the resettlement of refugees at home has begun to divide members of the party.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/sit-down-and-shut-up-alexander-vindman-fires-back-at-ohio-republican-over-afghan-refugees/ar-AAO6H3l?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lirTLiyn$
New migrant caravan sets off for U.S. from southern Mexico. A migrant caravan of around 400 people, including many children, set off from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula for the United States on Saturday, just a couple of days after security and migration officials dispersed another large group.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/new-migrant-caravan-sets-off-us-southern-mexico-2021-09-04/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lo47RXqT$
Kabul airport has reopened to receive humanitarian aid and restart domestic flights, reports say https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/kabul-airport-reopened-receive-humanitarian-155033974.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lpbw1lnD$
# CoronaVirus
Geolocation and facial recognition of citizens are both used as a way South. Australia (SA) wants to make sure everyone is compliant with its policies. The app’s name is Home Quarantine SA, and according to reports, all SA residents have been ordered to download it. NSW Council for Civil Liberties wants a moratorium on the use of biometrics and facial recognition https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/04/south-australia-facial-recognition-trial-covid-app-blasted-by-fox-and-breitbart-criticised-over-lack-of-safeguards__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lrs5WI92$
Can teens get vaccinated without their parents’ consent? It depends on where they live on a state-by-state patchwork of widely varied rules.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fastcompany.com/90671596/can-teens-get-vaccinated-without-their-parents-consent-it-depends-on-where-they-live__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lsMwlVx5$
Vaxxed 35-Year-Old Dies of COVID in Wait for Last-Ditch Meds. Doctors didn’t admit Heather Greeley because she showed no signs of pneumonia, but two days later, she couldn’t breathe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.koin.com/news/health/coronavirus/fiancee-on-ecmo-wait-list-dies-of-covid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lujMaAYo$
# Economy / Trade
Spendthrift Democrats ignore looming bankruptcy of Social Security and Medicare. Instead of focusing on the looming bankruptcy of these programs, Democrats are pushing to spend $4-$5 trillion on a progressive wish-list of expensive new federal giveaways.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/570809-spendthrift-democrats-ignore-looming-bankruptcy-of-social-security-and__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lszh1VrL$
# Education / Schools
Virginia Tech Disenrolls 134 Unvaccinated Students. Virginia Tech has disenrolled students for not meeting the COVID-19 vaccine requirement before the start of the fall semester https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wdbj7.com/2021/08/31/134-students-disenrolled-virginia-tech-noncompliance-with-covid-19-vaccinations/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0llMcqdnx$
Men With Zip-Ties Ambush School Principal Over COVID Rules. The surreal confrontation stemmed from the Arizona school asking a child who was exposed to the virus to abide by public health guidelines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.datalounge.com/thread/29276357-angry-men-with-zip-ties-ambush-school-principal-after-covid-masking-request__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lueCRhMB$
NYC Teachers Union Demands City Hall Drop Mandatory Vaccination Policy For Teachers. With the start of the new school year less than two weeks away, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s push to make sure every teacher and school worker is vaccinated is hitting another snag https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thebarbershoptalk.com/nyc-teachers-union-demands-city-hall-drop-mandatory-vaccination-policy-for-teachers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lu4uL6mU$
# Employment / Labor
Jobs report adds fresh concerns over Monday’s unemployment cliff. More than 9 million Americans are set to lose their unemployment benefits and millions more will see their weekly incomes plummet as a host of federal pandemic jobless aid programs expire next week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/finance/570823-jobs-report-adds-fresh-concerns-over-mondays-unemployment-cliff__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lgi_vp9I$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals The Zelensky-Biden Meeting and the TAPI Pipeline. The meeting between Joe Biden and the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky was mostly a diversionary ploy to deflect attention from the catastrophe in Afghanistan. By CLG Founder, Michael Rectenwald, Ph.D.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/1aa33c1fe4ed952cc1b12c1daaac680e-The-ZelenskyBiden-Meeting-and-the-TAPI-Pipeline-By-CLG-Founder__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0liGBZRYO$
Judge’s Order Forces Interior Department to Revive Drilling Lease Sales on Federal Lands and Waters: The oil and gas industry claims the Biden administration is dragging its feet on resuming new leases, while climate activists fear Biden might be backtracking on his promise to stop new drilling.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29082021/interior-drilling-federal-lands-water/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lsmAUvBH$
The Squad Joins Line 3 Pipeline Protests in Support of Fight Against Enbridge. “We are here because the climate crisis is here,” Rep. Ilhan Omar said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/the-squad-joins-line-3-pipeline-protests-in-support-of-fight-against-enbridge/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0ljECfuJS$
Environmental Groups Sue Biden Administration to Block Record Offshore Oil Lease Sale. In violation of campaign promises, Biden will offer 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to the oil and gas industry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/environmental-groups-sue-biden-admin-to-block-record-offshore-oil-lease-sale/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lorzG0Wn$
# Environment / Climate / Interior
After a Clash Over Costs and Carbon, a Minnesota Utility Wants to Step Back from Its Main Electricity Supplier. In the proposed move, Great River Energy would lose its largest full member, a sign of an emerging conflict among electric co-ops over the pace of the energy transition.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30082021/great-river-energy-connexus-energy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0ltqXZBwY$
The Riverkeeper’s Quest to Protect the Delaware River Watershed as the Rains Fall and Sea Level Rises. With wildfires raging in the West and Hurricane Ida pounding the Gulf Coast, the swollen Delaware signals climate change in the Northeast https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/01092021/delaware-river-flooding-fracking-riverkeeper-pennsylvania-new-jersey/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lr2-9L0A$
# Environment / Climate / Global
In the Arctic, Less Sea Ice and More Snow on Land Are Pushing Cold Extremes to Eastern North America. A new study shows how global warming is driving more polar vortex disruptions like the one that froze Texas earlier this year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02092021/arctic-polar-vortex-ice-snow-extreme-freeze/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lkh9YNFO$
# Gov / Politics
Retiring GOP Sen. Pat Toomey (Pa.) urged his party to not nominate former President Trump in the 2024 presidential race.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/570776-retiring-gop-senator-urges-party-not-to-nominate-trump-in-2024__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lvGvOjqt$
A Senate panel has set its sights on the Supreme Court’s increasingly common practice of deciding weighty cases on an emergency basis, a procedure the justices used this week to greenlight Texas’s severe curtailment of abortion access.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/09/03/Senate-judiciary-Supreme-Court-Texas-abortion/2301630690148/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lpvucHge$
The Democrats are on the verge of completely and utterly blowing it for vulnerable Americans https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/democrats-verge-completely-utterly-blowing-122400500.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0luL4KCGe$
# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
“This Isn’t What We Were Promised” — Critics Slam $10BN Purdue Pharma Opioid Settlement For Letting Sacklers “Off The Hook”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/political/isnt-what-we-were-promised-critics-slam-10bn-purdue-pharma-opioid-settlement-letting__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0liJar8oS$
# Medical / Health
Texas law opens door for other states to pursue abortion restrictions:
The Supreme Court’s refusal to block the Texas “fetal heartbeat” law, the most restrictive abortion legislation in the U.S. to date, is expected to inspire more Republican-led states to follow in the Lone Star State’s footsteps.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/570801-texas-law-opens-door-for-other-states-to-pursue-abortion-restrictions__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lnamyBx7$
# Military / Global
B-52 bombers train with Japanese and Indonesian fighters after deploying to Guam https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://flipboard.com/@starsstripes/stars-and-stripes-ud0o5797z/b-52-bombers-train-with-japanese-and-indonesian-fighters-after-deploying-to-guam/a-GDuIDo6PT025lO5Pi-evQw*3Aa*3A2552383729-3b607efae1*2Fstripes.com__;JSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0lrSC20lg$
# Veterans / VA
VT’s Rob Rosebrock and the War on Veteran Homelessness https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/09/03/vts-rob-rosebrock-and-the-war-on-veteran-homelessness/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lx_NvYMwq6Xh6ltCh6m_pro4D5Dxb9A0buvW8df4ClySOgNzU1MmONBjFqK0ls1OkbRq$
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