Voices, The Peoples News
February 8, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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“If the only time you think of me as a scientist is during Black History Month, then I must not be doing my job as a scientist.”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
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# Indigenous
Pharma Companies Reach $665M Opioid Settlement With Native American Tribes The deal, involving Johnson & Johnson and three major drug distribution firms, marks a first for Native American tribes that are often relegated to the sidelines in mass tort litigation. At the same time, lawyers in another drug case warn that continued litigation will dampen innovation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thecrimereport.org/2022/02/02/pharma-companies-reach-665m-opioid-settlement-with-native-american-tribes/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8UocQdz7$
# Border / Immigration
Investigators: Human trafficking across U.S. borders result in murders, other atrocities. Investigations into human smuggling stemming from illegal immigration reveal that not everyone makes it safely to the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/nation/investigators-human-trafficking-across-u-s-borders-result-in-murders-other-atrocities/article_04489d79-916f-58f3-bbb9-fc3af52ea8e2.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8eo9RbbL$
Texas and Missouri team up to fight illegal immigration, Biden administration. The attorneys general of Texas and Missouri have been what some may consider an unlikely pair from non-neighboring states, teaming up on lawsuits against the Biden administration over illegal immigration.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ourcommunitynow.com/springfield-mo/texas-and-missouri-team-up-to-fight-illegal-immigration-biden-administration__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8SGoucW9$
# Covid / Pandemics
Documents obtained by NATIONAL FILE show that the University of Pennsylvania, which hosts and funds Joe Biden’s think tank called the Penn Biden Center, directly profits from the sale of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Coronavirus vaccines. The University gets more money if more vaccines are sold. Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. BioNTech pays the University of Pennsylvania Board of Trustees directly, and the university is protected from civil liability if people try to sue for “bodily injury”
or “death” caused by BioNTech vaccines [of which there are hundreds of thousands, truth be told].
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://greenpass.news/university-that-funds-bidens-think-tank-and-hosts-factcheck-org-has-contract-with-biontech-gets-paid-for-vaccine-sales-fda-approvals/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8RDRWh2Y$
Spain’s First Study on Omicron Finds Vaccinated People Spread COVID at Same Rate as Unvaccinated. Several governments in Spain scrapped COVID passports following the study’s release.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fee.org/articles/spain-s-first-study-on-omicron-finds-vaccinated-people-spread-covid-at-same-rate-as-unvaccinated/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8UUlmXid$
Unvaccinated parents will be BANNED from seeing their own sick KIDS in Western Australian hospitals under strict new laws from Mark McGowan *Mark McGowan to lock unvaccinated parents out of hospitals seeing sick kids *New Covid rules will see the unvaxxed denied entry to all ‘high-risk settings’
*Legislation comes after Mark McGowan reneged on re-opening his state https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10447723/Unvaccinated-parents-banned-seeing-sick-KIDS-hospital-Western-Australia.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8av-eVyq$
Unvaccinated Americans are Removed from Organ Transplant List. Recently, two men were taken off lists for heart and kidney transplants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/592091-hospitals-taking-unvaccinated-patients-off-organ__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8eO7HAOP$
‘Obscene inequality’: Oxfam says taxing the world’s richest could help save lives The pandemic has made the rich richer while the income of the rest of the world — about 99% of humanity, dropped, according to a new Oxfam report titled “Inequality Kills.” New billionaire minted every 26 hours, as inequality contributes to the death of one person every four seconds https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/ten-richest-men-double-their-fortunes-pandemic-while-incomes-99-percent-humanity__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8ZxYwnPo$
27,530 New Breakthrough COVID Cases in Mass: Massachusetts health officials on Tuesday reported … 290 more deaths in people with breakthrough cases. In the last week, 27,530 new breakthrough cases – infections in people who have been vaccinated – were reported, with 555 more vaccinated people hospitalized over the period.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bostonherald.com/2022/02/01/massachusetts-coronavirus-breakthrough-cases-up-27530-last-week-infection-rate-keeps-plunging/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Vijf0et$
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Monday said two doses of the company’s vaccine may not provide strong protection against infection from the Covid omicron variant, and the original shots have also lost some of their efficacy at preventing hospitalization. The vaccine may not protect everyone.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.comirnaty.com/?gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=Cj0KCQiAxoiQBhCRARIsAPsvo-zKVi4svldB9pdy9zBAnUpzha3V-GqrQ7fafiVv6Sz6nJEbN-blNT4aAjZcEALw_wcB__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8VJc7E4r$
Inside the $250 million effort to convince Americans the coronavirus vaccines are safe https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-safety-250-million-dollar-marketing-campaign/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8dc10VTs$
Pfizer Forecasts Record-Breaking 2022 Profits, as Billions Remain Unprotected. Just 11 percent of the 1.3 billion people in Africa have been fully vaccinated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/pfizer-forecasts-record-breaking-2022-profits-as-billions-remain-unprotected/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8aXABAF7$
Taxpayers question local COVID relief spending across nation. A county government in southeast Michigan is moving forward with plans to build a sports complex with federal COVID-19 relief money that could cost up to
$80 million. Some residents are pushing back.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.brenhambanner.com/news/national/taxpayers-question-local-covid-relief-spending-across-nation/article_3114723e-2c04-5dff-92fa-2efb7d0fe982.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8fDOXYSv$
Sixteen states file new lawsuit against federal COVID vaccination mandate. Sixteen states again are challenging a federal COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health care workers who work at facilities that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/national_world/sixteen-states-file-new-lawsuit-against-federal-covid-vaccination-mandate/article_879e2e4f-44bf-5cd0-bcaa-ed5198df7497.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8RKhQZzF$
# Education / Schools
School district where toxic chemicals lingered for years offers $34 million settlement to families. The settlement would go to nearly 200 students and parents at a Seattle-area school where PCBs are still being cleaned up eight years later https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/school-district-where-toxic-chemicals-lingered-for-years-offers-34-million-settlement-to-families__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Uj8lwEe$
NYC Public Schools Initiate ‘Vegan Fridays’: Across more than 1,700 public schools in New York City, a new initiative aims to give children more plant-based meals with the launch of Vegan Fridays. Over 1 million students in grades K-12 will have plant-based lunch options at school on Fridays.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/new-york-public-schools-vegan-fridays.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8a_96h5H$
Hunger-Striking Teachers Say School Closures Will Hurt Black and Brown Kids. The hunger strike across multiple Oakland schools has empowered many to speak up against longtime systemic racism.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/video/hunger-striking-teachers-say-school-closures-will-hurt-black-and-brown-kids/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8VKRBIBG$
# Employment / Labor
New Under the Sun: Government Pro-Worker Activism: The White House and Congress endeavor to empower groups of employees, as Republicans try out a sham empowerment of their own.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/new-under-the-sun-government-pro-worker-activism/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8cv9JzyP$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical Biden vows to stop Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Europe if Russia invades Ukraine https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-joe-biden-vladimir-putin-europe-moscow-46f8be10fa71af16bae8f3a9bd82918d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8S1tkWwY$
The place that coal built and fire burned: Deadly Colorado blaze renews focus on underground coal fires. Authorities investigating the cause of a wildfire that destroyed more than 1,000 buildings last month in Colorado are looking at the possibility that the blaze is linked to underground coal fires have long smoldered at old coal mines in the area https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/deadly-colorado-blaze-renews-focus-underground-coal-fires-82565636__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8QWIZXAF$
How Manchin used politics to protect his family coal company. Selling scrap coal has earned Sen. Joe Manchin millions of dollars over three decades, and he has used his political positions to protect the fuel from laws and regulations that threaten his family’s business.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/08/manchin-family-coal-company-00003218__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8UP-UbTL$
Massachusetts provides $13M for 300 EV charging stations. Massachusetts is providing more than $13 million in grants to install more than 300 electric vehicle fast-charging stations at 150 locations around the state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.capecod.com/newscenter/massachusetts-provides-13m-for-300-ev-charging-stations/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8agoje7q$
Methane is spiking ‘dangerously fast’: As global methane concentrations soar to nearly triple preindustrial levels, some researchers fear that global warming itself is behind the rapid rise.The spike has caused many researchers to worry that global warming is creating a feedback mechanism that will cause ever more methane to be released https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theprint.in/environment/why-methane-is-a-far-more-dangerous-greenhouse-gas-than-carbon-dioxide/378858/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8expMFRR$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global Police in Canada’s capital have begun to seize fuel and say they have made multiple arrests after issuing a statement saying that “those trying to bring supplies to support the thousands of protesters opposed to COVID-19 mandates and restrictions gathered in the city would be arrested”. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.gilmermirror.com/2022/02/08/56185/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8WubfQXj$
Ottawa mayor declares state of emergency as police threaten arrests for bringing gas to Freedom Convoy –Approximately 500 vehicles remain in the Canadian capital https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://steinbachonline.com/local/ottawa-mayor-declares-state-of-emergency-as-police-crackdown-on-convoy-supplies__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8YFYGxPh$
Thousands of supporters braved a snowstorm to cheer on the truckers and farmers in the noisy spectacle against lockdown restrictions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rebelnews.com/thousands_of_people_show_up_to_support_huge_edmonton_anti_lockdown_truck_convoy__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8a006yUU$
Canadian Truckers Say They Have Enough Money to Keep Protesting for 4 Years https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/canadian-truckers-vaccine-mandate-protest-raised-enough-stay-years-1674490__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8XN8Ropm$
Freedom Convoy: Why Canadian truckers are protesting in Ottawa https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60164561__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Wv7qW6y$
# Environment / Climate / Interior
This Farmer Has Been Working to Revive California’s San Joaquin River for over 65 Years. Like other bodies of water throughout the western U.S., the San Joaquin has suffered from a decade of drought. The river is also heavily dammed and one of the most diverted in the state https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.outsideonline.com/video/san-joaquin-river-drought-dams/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8V05XoAL$
EPA science advisers recommend tighter soot air quality standards in draft document. In a new draft document, the Environmental Protection Agency’s science advisers recommended that the agency tighten its air quality standard.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/593115-epa-science-advisors-recommend-tighter-soot-air-quality-standards__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8fS_o7W3$
Unnatural disasters plague Canada’s forests, leaving at least half of our tree species at risk of disappearing. With the Earth now warming 50 times faster than at the dawn of the Holocene, the forest isn’t marching north; it’s imploding https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationalobserver.com/2022/02/07/news/unnatural-disasters-plague-canadas-forests-tree-species-risk__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8S6Eg83u$
USDA pledges $1B for ‘climate smart’ ag products: Tom Vilsack announced a $1 billion program to boost agricultural and forestry products that are made with reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/usda-pledges-1b-for-climate-smart-ag-products/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8U4kc499$
Climate pledges crumble under scrutiny: Major companies not living up to the promises they made to reduce their carbon emissions to zero. Study reviewing climate commitments of 25 high-profile businesses highlights urgent need for a thorough system to evaluate industry’s promises.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00366-2__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8ea5q_Qu$
Earthquakes increase in Texas: In 2021, over 200 earthquakes with a magnitude of 3 or greater occurred in the state. Scientific studies show that the spike in earthquakes is almost certainly a consequence of sludgy water injections by oil companies that take place at the end of the hydraulic fracturing process.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/08/west-texas-earthquakes-fracking/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8WDm3lyG$
# Food /Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other What should desert farmers grow? The West is mired in a water crisis that’s difficult to fully comprehend. More than 40 million people in seven states and two countries depend on the Colorado River, and its waters are depleting at a terrifying rate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thefern.org/2022/02/what-should-desert-farmers-grow/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8YZnS8T0$
How a cooperative run by the formerly incarcerated is reshaping Chicago’s food industry. Megacorporations tend to dominate food contracting with schools and other large facilities in America. In Chicago, Black formerly incarcerated people are prepping locally sourced meals for schools, nursing homes and transitional housing facilities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/02/08/how-a-cooperative-run-by-the-formerly-incarcerated-is-reshaping-chicagos-food-industry/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8cMk4V7N$
# General Information / Other News
Unregulated, synthetic vape use growing among kids. To users, these vapes are identical. But because of an obscure loophole, they skirt the FDA’s regulatory umbrella.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/07/unregulated-synthetic-vape-growing-kids-00005932__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Smo02gi$
Western missionaries oversee Haitian orphanages where children are abused and exploited. The state has flagged most of them for allegations of mismanagement or abuse, but closing them is nearly impossible.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/karlazabludovsky/missionaries-orphanages-haiti__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8bju9ZfI$
# Global Politics
China and Russia have outlined a vision of international relations anchored in their potential to reinforce each other in disputes with the United States and its allies while cooperating on an array of economic and diplomatic fronts. Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a joint statement that forecast the “transformation of the global governance architecture and world order.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/china-and-russia-unveil-plan-for-new-world-order__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8dndSeMT$
# Gov / Politics
Eric Lander has resigned as Biden’s science adviser after bullying staff. A two-month internal White House investigation into Lander confirmed his long-time reputation for bullying women.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/eric-lander-biden-science-adviser-resigned-bullying__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8RUfQzC8$
The Fight for Voting Rights Goes On. The John Lewis Voting Rights Act would shield voters from racial discrimination at the ballot box.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/fight-voting-rights-moves-senate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8TLLXZcm$
Supreme Court Reinstates Alabama’s Racial Gerrymander: Even John Roberts says the court’s conservative majority went too far.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2022/02/supreme-court-reinstates-alabamas-racial-gerrymander/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8WDiV4Qr$
With Alabama ruling, SCOTUS delivers ‘another major blow’ to Voting Rights Act.
“We must end the filibuster so the Senate can pass voting rights protections,” declares the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/07/alabama-ruling-scotus-delivers-another-major-blow-voting-rights-act__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8TUgwMSQ$
America, a nation teetering on the edge. The kind of question we the people of America should be asking ourselves, “Can we get along? Why is it that we can’t get along?”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/02/08/america-a-nation-teetering-on-the-edge/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8XadXAsw$
U.S. Sanctions Caused Mass Civilian Deaths in Iraq. Afghan Civilians Are Up Next. Over 30 million Afghans, including 1 million children, are facing hunger and starvation brought on by U.S. sanctions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/us-sanctions-caused-mass-civilian-deaths-in-iraq-afghan-civilians-are-up-next/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Sng3H3v$
Reports of a new Biden administration grant program has drawn widespread criticism for its efforts to reduce the spread of disease by providing crack pipes at taxpayer expense.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wfmz.com/news/us/reports-of-bidens-taxpayer-funded-crack-pipes-draw-scrutiny/article_c14da334-aff4-5b3a-805a-aa64a4134b1e.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8ZdgCTpW$
Democrats divided, police dissatisfied over Biden’s law enforcement messaging. Amid rising violent crime levels around the country, President Joe Biden sent a message to defund the police supporters late last week during his visit to New York.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.oleantimesherald.com/news/nation/democrats-divided-police-dissatisfied-over-biden-s-law-enforcement-messaging/article_d9578b61-9377-5c11-918e-776a46d879ae.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8d9a5i3n$
Erik Prince Helped Fund Pro-Trump Espionage Scheme. The ex-Blackwater chief reportedly met with a Gore-Tex scion to raise money for a scheme to use undercover operatives to infiltrate progressive groups and Demo campaigns.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/erik-prince-helped-fundraise-for-buddy-richard-seddons-pro-trump-spy-venture__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8UXOIDmY$
# Law Enforcement
Minneapolis is reckoning, again, with “no-knock” warrants after police killed Amir Locke. Just days before his reelection, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey’s website claimed he banned “no-knock” warrants. It’s no longer on his website. Locke’s shooting is under investigation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/minneapolis-police-no-knock-frey-locke__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8T89m9aI$
It sure looks like a notorious prison tech giant is preparing to cash in on Pell Grants for prisoners. Millions of dollars in college financial aid will soon be available to prisoners. Aventiv has taken note.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2022/02/aventiv-securus-lantern-college-pell-grants-prisoners/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Z2KS4Bl$
Cops Arrest Teen in Case Behind Fatal Amir Locke Shooting. Police said the fatal police shooting of the 22-year-old Black man was part of a homicide investigation that had nothing to do with him. Days after his death, they made an arrest.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/02/08/minneapolis-police-shooting-amir-locke-teen-arrested-homicide-investigation/6706775001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8WUab-Zl$
Florida’s Juvenile Justice Fees Mire Families in Debt and Poverty: A new report reveals Florida’s 31 different court fees, costs and surcharges imposed on youth involved in the state’s juvenile justice system and their families are ineffective, costly to administer and difficult to collect. They also trap thousands in inescapable debt and poverty https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jonathandesverneyusanews.com/2022/01/26/floridas-juvenile-justice-fees-mire-families-in-debt-and-poverty-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8doEnUu_$
# Legal / DOJ
Montana Plaintiffs Announce First Children’s Climate Trial in History of
U.S.: The youth plaintiffs seek to challenge the constitutionality of the state’s energy policy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/07/montana-plaintiffs-announce-first-childrens-climate-trial-us-history__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8fGhtXD4$
Judicial Watch announced that it filed an opposition to the U.S. Capitol Police’s (USCP) effort to shut down Judicial Watch’s federal lawsuit for January 6 videos and emails. Congress exempts itself from the Freedom of Information Act. Judicial Watch, therefore, brought its lawsuit under the common law right of access to public records.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.judicialwatch.org/videos/pelosi-congress-hides-1-6-videos-under-sovereign-immunity-privilege/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Tslwbm-$
Why it’s so hard to get a defense lawyer confirmed to the Supreme Court https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/2016/3/28/11306422/supreme-court-prosecutors-career__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8fCKdpFA$
Roger Stone Is Raking It In—From Candidates He Endorses. Roger Stone is officially back, tax-evasion cases be damned.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/roger-stone-is-raking-it-in-from-candidates-he-endorses__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8VpHysTC$
# LGBTQ
How a fight over transgender rights derailed environmentalists in
Nevada: Some activists fighting a massive lithium mine project are angry over the involvement of an environmental group they say espouses discriminatory views about transgender people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/06/nevada-transgender-rights-environmentalists-lithium-00001658__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8ZORAphg$
# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Drug Decriminalization Is Working in Oregon. Other States Should Follow.
Decriminalization, in combination with expanded access to health services, can help stem the overdose crisis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/drug-decriminalization-is-working-in-oregon-other-states-should-follow/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8YDsb0Vq$
# Media
Louis DeJoy’s latest scandal: A fleet of gas-guzzling mail trucks.
Democrats are calling for the postmaster general to resign over his “antediluvian” choice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2022/02/louis-dejoys-usps-buys-fleet-of-gas-guzzling-trucks-despite-biden-order-not-to/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8ZReueiX$
# Medical / Health Care
Nursing Home Worker Raped a 99-Year-Old Woman With Dementia. The depravity came to light when the victim’s family installed a hidden camera. Her family fitted the device after her behaviour changed and she had begged: “Don’t leave me, they will hurt me,” the Crown Prosecution Service said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-lancashire-60299916__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8V1Q-GKZ$
# Military / DOD
Another U.S.-Trained Soldier Stages a Coup in West Africa. Damiba is just the latest in a carousel of coup leaders in West Africa trained by the U.S. military as the U.S. has pumped in more than $1 billion in security assistance to promote “stability” in the region. Since 2008, U.S.-trained officers have attempted at least nine coups (and succeeded in at least eight) across five West African countries https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2022/01/26/burkina-faso-coup-us-military/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8fB-xHwj$
# Security
Homeland Security’s Attempts to “Combat Misinformation” Are Suspect. The U.S. should fight misinformation by building trust in public institutions, not by expanding the security state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/homeland-securitys-attempts-to-combat-misinformation-are-suspect/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8Q07jmQR$
# Social
American Cities Lack Safe Infrastructure for Bikers of Color. Efforts to make Los Angeles, and other cities across the country, more bike friendly are ignoring one of the biggest obstacles to making cycling safer for BIPOC residents: cops.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/bicycle-infrastructure-race-us-cities.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8af9fIRl$
Homeless Face Hate Crimes After Killings in LA and NY: Expert Warns.
Three random killings in New York City and Los Angeles, all allegedly committed by homeless men, have ignited a wave of fear and animosity.
But experts say unhoused people are more likely to be victims than perpetrators of violence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jonathandesverneyusanews.com/2022/01/28/homeless-face-hate-crimes-after-killings-in-la-and-ny-expert-warns/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8RAtrK8y$
# Water
Austin, Texas, boil water order could be due to ‘human error’ at water plant. The third boil water notice in four years could be a result of ‘human error’ at the Ullrich Water Treatment Plant.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2022/02/06/austins-boil-water-order-could-due-human-error-water-plant/6684350001/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8eyhqPMI$
The Supreme Court is set to weigh in on the Clean Water Act’s reach: The high court is taking up an Idaho case that could obliterate federal protection for much of the West’s waters. The new court case, to be argued in the fall, tests the reach of the Clean Water Act beyond rivers, lakes and streams.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pressherald.com/2022/01/24/supreme-court-to-weigh-limits-on-reach-of-clean-water-act/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!mvGlKz2s7bcoYdenTJ1b_KbJ5RXUfUq6e7oGbeLbcljFQjV423RX8FxKX60H8eEO1QrS$
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