Voices, The Peoples News
September 15, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Hundreds march in Pierre, demanding resignation of numerous South Dakota public officials for Indigenous erasure https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://indiancountrytoday.com/the-press-pool/hundreds-march-in-pierre-demanding-resignation-of-numerous-south-dakota-public-officials-for-indigenous-erasure__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIlMDaCLd$
‘Heartbroken’ Osage Nation leaders decry sale of sacred Missouri cave with ancient artwork. Indigenous leaders had hoped to purchase the land, which is home to 1,000-year-old drawings and was auctioned off for $2.2m https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/15/heartbroken-native-american-leaders-decry-sale-of-sacred-missouri-cave-with-ancient-artwork__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIveFuA8C$
# CoronaVirus
Study Warns Of Pandemic Risks From Thousands Of Other Coronaviruses.
[Why have’n’t we heard of Corona Virus before this? Beginning to wonder how much of this is true.] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-14/thousands-of-covid-like-infections-show-risk-of-next-pandemic__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIh8yPqn1$
FL Landlord Tells Tenants: Get Vaxxed or Get Out. Santiago Alvarez imposed the mandate last month. Two workers have already quit, and one resident has filed a complaint with a state agency.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/lauderhill-florida-landlord-santiago-alvarez-orders-tenants-employees-be-covid-19-vaccinated__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIiWcf_G_$
# Employment / Labor
Amazon is boosting its hourly average starting pay to $18 and plans to hire 125,000 new workers across the U.S., the company announced Tuesday.
The Seattle-based tech giant said in “select locations” sign-on bonuses of up to $3,000 are available.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/technology/572124-amazon-increases-hourly-starting-pay-to-18?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42295__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIlDO5Mnp$
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Indigenous resistance has staved off 25% of U.S. and Canada’s annual emissions. That’s the pollution equivalent of approximately 400 new coal-fired power plants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/protest/indigenous-resistance-has-cut-u-s-and-canadas-annual-emissions/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIldc7rI0$
Climate change spurs threat of war, mass migration in region. Rapid climate change threatens to leave hundreds of millions of people displaced on Australia’s doorstep in southeast Asia in coming decades https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-change-spurs-threat-of-war-mass-migration-in-region-20210913-p58rbx.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIn49dtlq$
Climate change: Vulnerable nations call for ’emergency pact.’ The countries at greatest risk say all nations must take bigger steps to avoid climate catastrophe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-58477926__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIhQpQWy5$
# Environment / Climate / Global
Kim Heacox: Rain fell on Greenland’s ice sheet for the first time ever known. Alarms should ring. Climate scientists believe that if Greenland continues to rapidly melt, tens of millions of people around the world could face yearly flooding. ‘If the people of Miami, Shanghai, Tokyo, Mumbai, Lagos, Bangkok and New York are not concerned, they should be.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/13/greenland-ice-sheet-melting-fridtjof-nansen__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIqIiZC7-$
# Gov / Politics
Senate lawmakers let frustration with Blinken show. Democrats largely placed responsibility for the failures in Afghanistan on presidents of both parties and Congress.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/572250-senate-lawmakers-let-frustration-show-with-blinken__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIqXmtyK2$
The Biden administration added another case to the small outbreak of measles responsible for temporarily halting flights of Afghan evacuees to the U.S., leaving thousands waiting in bases abroad until they can resume operations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/572270-afghan-evacuation-flights-to-us-remain-paused-indefinitely-due-to__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIkCHm6ks$
Republican taps CNN reporter to investigate Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/media/572155-republican-taps-cnn-reporter-to-investigate-biden-administrations-handling-of__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIoRd-xs5$
Hawley pledges to slow walk Biden’s Pentagon, State picks over messy Afghanistan exit https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/572187-hawley-pledges-to-slow-walk-bidens-pentagon-state-picks-over-messy__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIu0LooDg$
Putin knocks US, Turkey during meeting with Syria’s Assad https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyadvent.com/news/amp/ebf5ac97d130a13f206736311730266f-Putin-knocks-US-Turkey-during-meeting-with-Syrias-Assad__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIjjI0Tug$
Opinion: 9/11 and US-China policy: The geopolitics of distraction https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/international/572039-9-11-and-us-china-policy-the-geopolitics-of-distraction__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHImDdRqdu$
Trump Calls Allies to Demand General Milley Be Arrested for Treason. The former president hit the phones, and then went on his former press secretary’s Newsmax show to make the case himself.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-calls-allies-to-demand-gen-mark-milley-be-arrested-for-treason__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIpFcxNdt$
If Biden and the Democrats don’t get it together, the next assault on our democracy will be even uglier and there may not be a next time after that. The revelation that it took a military intervention from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to avert a soft coup by President Trump should terrify you.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/it-took-a-near-coup-from-the-military-to-stop-trumps-coup__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIgWqi5gL$
# Law Enforcement
Cops in This State Still Don’t Want to Explain Why They Kill: Derek Chauvin is a convicted murder, but now activists are enraged again, and have beef with a familiar foe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/cops-state-still-don-t-085008064.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIiNRxSJe$
Philadelphia agrees to pay $2M to innocent woman beaten by cops. “The behavior that occurred during the interaction between Rickia Young, her nephew, her son, and some of the officers on the scene violated the mission of the Philadelphia Police Department.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/572223-black-woman-beaten-by-philadelphia-officers-to-be-paid-2m__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIo4vP_Wn$
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued health warnings about delta-8 THC. “Historical use of cannabis cannot be relied upon in establishing a level of safety for these products in humans.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marijuanamoment.net/fda-and-cdc-issue-warnings-on-delta-8-thc-products-derived-from-hemp/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHInBEDd7H$
The National Urban League, a 100-plus-year-old civil rights organization, is calling for cannabis legalization with a focus on social equity—including reserving half of business licenses for impacted communities. “Marijuana enforcement is more harmful than marijuana itself.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marijuanamoment.net/national-urban-league-backs-marijuana-legalization-with-licenses-reserved-for-impacted-communities/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIhoORnzM$
Michigan medical marijuana patients and caregivers will hold a rally on Wednesday to push back against what they say is a greedy corporate effort to restrict home cultivation rights that’s being mounted by big cannabis businesses.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marijuanamoment.net/michigan-medical-marijuana-activists-push-back-against-alleged-corporate-effort-to-restrict-home-cultivation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIjUfcYm6$
# Medical / Health
Why Texas’ Abortion Snitches Will Target Black Women Most. Fugitive slave laws were stripped from the books in 1864, but the legacy of white self-deputization and vigilantism persists to this day.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-texas-abortion-snitches-will-target-black-women-most__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIqg0fikw$
DOJ Asks Federal Judge to Halt Radical Texas Abortion Ban. The Justice Department has requested a temporary restraining order against the extreme law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-administration-asks-federal-judge-to-halt-enforcement-of-radical-texas-abortion-ban__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIo2T2920$
Pharma-Funded Democrats Are Opposing a Crucial Drug-Pricing Plan. The conservative Democrats’ opposition to the drug-pricing plan could endanger the entire reconciliation bill.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/pharma-funded-democrats-are-opposing-a-crucial-drug-pricing-plan/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIifXq-6A$
# Military / DOD
The Army has set a June 30, 2022, deadline for all its service members to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with active-duty troops required to receive the shot even sooner, according to new guidance released Tuesday. “Continued failure to comply could result in administrative or non-judicial punishment – to include relief of duties or discharge.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/572202-army-sets-june-2022-deadline-for-troops-for-covid-19-vaccine?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42302__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIgF0NVVV$
After the reports on Milley emerged, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) in a Tuesday letter called on President Biden to fire the four-star general over what he said was the “contemplation” of a leak of classified information to China.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/572267-rubio-demands-biden-fire-gen-milley?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=42302__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIgFL3aGM$
# Military / Global
South and North Korea Both Fire Ballistic Missiles as Tensions Mount on Peninsula https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2021/9/15/headlines/south_and_north_korea_both_fire_ballistic_missiles_as_tensions_mount_on_peninsula__;!!On18fmf1aQ!nfuMnstU8aaNcWHc3Lz6ZZ-_ilpCJqYK9HMKHro5gmPCwQc-tX9EbwmR6jhHIvJwK6Rw$
# Tips, Tricks and How To’s
40+ Plastic Wrap Hacks
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