Voices, The Peoples News
February 21, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration
Border Militias Set Up Fake Humanitarian Stations in the Desert to Trap Migrants Author Patrick Strickland discusses what it will take to resist far right militias and protect our communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/border-militias-set-up-fake-humanitarian-stations-in-the-desert-to-trap-migrants/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wSGdwjG6$
# Covid / Pandemics
What science says about the future of COVID-19: There are possible ‘unknown unknowns’ that should concern us https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pacificresearch.org/what-science-says-about-the-future-of-covid-19/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wcLtGWJT$
Flurona: How likely are you to get both COVID and the flu simultaneously? Influenza infections have increased at the same time that the omicron variant causes a fourth COVID wave, sparking “flurona”
concerns.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnet.com/health/covid-and-the-flu-can-you-get-both-at-the-same-time/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wSVMZKwx$
An international team of researchers wants to find people who are genetically resistant to SARS-CoV-2, in the hope of developing new drugs and treatments.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02978-6__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1weELOB2X$
Question the ‘lab leak’ theory but don’t call it a conspiracy: The lab-leak theory is plausible, and it is rational for scientific institutions to investigate closely, even if some of the people promoting the claim are irrational.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-lab-leak-theory-of-covids-origin-is-not-totally-irrational/*__;Iw!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wSObOKpQ$
Here are arguments for and against getting your child immunized against COVID https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/02/21/here-are-arguments-for-and-against-getting-your-child-immunized-against-covid/?mc_cid=d9f07f341c&mc_eid=c87bac2a19__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wRrLze2A$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical NYC’s Big Clean Energy Plan Is Under Attack From One-Time Advocate.
Environmental group Riverkeeper initially supported a proposed 339-mile transmission line from Canada. It’s now asking regulators to reject the deal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-18/champlain-hudson-power-express-plan-to-bring-hydro-power-to-nyc-faces-pushback*:*:text=NYC’s*20Big*20Clean*20Energy*20Plan,regulators*20to*20reject*20the*20deal__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wd6hTgAJ$ .
One California biofuels company is giving its profit margins some gas — by switching its fuel source from landfill-derived methane emissions to a chemically identical byproduct of cattle excrement. In making this choice, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has succeeded in boosting its earnings by millions of dollars overnight https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/595216-equilibrium-sustainability__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wVQl0j8U$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global ‘Cancel this project’: Price tag of Trans Mountain expansion nearly doubles. One campaigner called on Canada’s government to instead “put all of our energy and political will into a just transition that leaves fossil fuels in the ground and supports people, communities, and workers.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/02/21/cancel-this-project-price-tag-of-trans-mountain-expansion-nearly-doubles/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wbrYMf4m$
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure A war to halt logging in Northern California reignites. Will it end differently this time?
Native American tribes indigenous to the area have joined the fray, demanding a say in the fate of their ancestral homeland.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://headtopics.com/us/a-war-to-halt-logging-in-northern-california-reignites-will-it-end-differently-this-time-24203414__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wWSC9U98$
Environmentalist delusions? Why ‘progressive’ opposition to nuclear energy and crop biotechnology are the biggest obstacles to addressing climate change. They are sabotaged by a ruthless “elite minority that has a stranglehold over our economy, our political process, and most of our major media outlets.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/02/14/viewpoint-environmentalist-delusions-why-progressive-opposition-to-nuclear-energy-and-crop-biotechnology-are-the-biggest-obstacles-to-addressing-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wc1Cjuo-$
A 2016 peace treaty between Colombia’s government and leftist rebels has been bad news for the country’s forests — but in diverse ways and for diverse reasons, according to a new study.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/595227-colombias-peace-treaty-bad-news-for-forests-study?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=47305__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wUWi7eU1$
# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other Mapping Contributions by Foundations to Anti-Biotechnology Advocacy
Groups: The impact of the financial relationships that fund the anti-GMO movement can be displayed in both list form and in network maps—we provide the data in both forms. The interactive network maps are composed of two major categories:
* Donor Foundations: Such as, Schmidt Family Foundation, Tides and Bloomberg
* Recipient Nonprofits: Such as, Friends of the Earth, US Right to Know and Sierra Club https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://anti-gmo-advocacy-funding-tracker.geneticliteracyproject.org/?mc_cid=7696c3c25e&mc_eid=c87bac2a19__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wTKR0JTs$
See Also: Human and Agriculture Gene Editing: Regulations and Index https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://crispr-gene-editing-regs-tracker.geneticliteracyproject.org/?mc_cid=7696c3c25e&mc_eid=c87bac2a19__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wc3T46L4$
# Gov / Politics
Election Workers Are in Crisis. Will Congress Actually Help? Election workers are under new threats. Protecting them might be the one national voting reform Congress enacts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/election-workers-are-in-crisis-will-congress-actually-help__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wRVMqY4q$
The Third Party: Our history is so steeped in a two-party political system it’s natural to assume that political parties are government entities. They aren’t. They are nonprofit corporations. And those two corporations have formed a cartel that shuts out competing parties.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insidesources.com/the-third-party/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wWFNwkb6$
The New Domestic Terrorist: The Government’s War on Thought Crimes and Truth-Tellers. The U.S. government, which speaks in a language of force, is afraid of its citizenry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eurasiareview.com/15022022-the-mind-control-police-the-governments-war-on-thought-crimes-and-truth-tellers-oped/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wUS7mIHC$
# Law Enforcement
3 Incarcerated Women Die of COVID After Requesting Compassionate Release https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wvdn.com/25880/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wcZ-qnOi$
Prisoners Sought Compassionate Release. 98 Percent Were Denied. Wardens blocked bids for freedom as COVID-19 spread behind bars, data shows.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/10/07/thousands-of-sick-federal-prisoners-sought-compassionate-release-98-percent-were-denied__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wUWx9N78$
The most significant criminal justice policy changes from the COVID-19 pandemic. Which federal, state, and local policymakers have taken meaningful steps to protect people in prisons and jails from COVID-19, and what exactly did they do?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.prisonpolicy.org/virus/virusresponse.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wdV1yxiq$
Prisoners Keep Dying of COVID While ‘Compassionate Releases’ Stall in Court At least 54 federal prisoners have died from COVID-19 after having a compassionate release request denied or left pending.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgq7ny/prisoners-keep-dying-of-covid-while-compassionate-releases-stall-in-court__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1weHlhotZ$
# Legal / DOJ
Federal Judge Says Trump May Be Held Liable for January 6 Insurrection:
According to the judge, there is clear evidence to suggest that Trump shared an “unlawful goal” with the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers to disrupt the election certification, and sent the rioters in knowing they would commit acts of violence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/02/donald-trump-january-6-lawsuits-liable__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wdmCSMDG$
Former Minneapolis cop sentenced to prison after fatal shooting. “There is no cause for celebration: no one has won. We all have lost, none more than Daunte Wright and the people who love him.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/02/21/former-minneapolis-cop-sentenced-to-prison-after-fatal-shooting/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wSJKBIBz$
# Media
This MintPress study reveals that ninety percent of recent opinion articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal have taken a hawkish view on the Ukraine conflict written by pundits tied to the national security state promoting NATO as a defender of the free world & describe Putin as Hitler incarnate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mintpressnews.com/279612-2/279612/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wQM3cGFy$
# Military / Global
[We must be educated about this conflict in the Ukraine .. so I’m leading with this …] The Crisis in Ukraine Is Not About Ukraine. It’s About Germany in particular, a pipeline that connects Germany to Russia called Nord Stream 2. The US Foreign Policy establishment is not happy about these developments.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eurasiareview.com/16022022-the-crisis-in-ukraine-is-not-about-ukraine-its-about-germany-oped/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1we8d3Sgm$
The Nord Stream 2’s Role in the Ukraine Crisis: U.S. lawmakers worry the pipeline will strengthen Russia’s grip on the European energy market. As Western countries weigh potential sanctions against Moscow amid tensions with Ukraine, the future of the Nord Stream 2 natural-gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is in question. The uncertainty is having ripple effects on gas prices.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1SeYK2eM7w__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wdGAPvZJ$
The dispute over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline: USA nor the European powers are willing to accommodate Russia’s demand for security guarantees and are recklessly heading for a third world war. There are fierce tensions within NATO over who bears the burden of the confrontation and who gets the spoils in the end.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/02/19/nord-f19.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wXdKv7w7$
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US: Extended Russian deployment part of invasion ‘playbook’: Russia on Sunday rescinded earlier pledges to pull tens of thousands of its troops back from Ukraine’s northern border, in a move that U.S. leaders warned put Russia another step closer to launching an invasion of Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/ukraine/2022/02/20/extended-russian-deployment-part-of-invasion-playbook-us-says/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wStNBVFR$
The Russian president is leveraging his country’s reconstituted military might to force the world to reckon with his demands after having complained for years that he was being ignored.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/12/politics/putin-russia-ukraine-us-what-matters/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wRVZVJqq$
# Science
Ukrainian scientists fear for the future: As Ukraine braces for the possibility of an imminent invasion by Russia, several Ukrainian scientists have told Nature that they and their colleagues are taking measures to protect themselves and their work, including gathering items for self-defence and preparing to flee.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00505-9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wc9vyXap$
# Security
Calls to Reform the CIA Are Misplaced. It Shouldn’t Exist at All. New revelations about bulk surveillance of Americans are part of a pattern of abuse that dates to the CIA’s founding.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/calls-to-reform-the-cia-are-misplaced-it-shouldnt-exist-at-all/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wWv2FvkD$
# Social
Rents reach ‘insane’ levels across US with no end in sight. According to Realtor.com, median rent rose an astounding 19.3% from December 2020 to December 2021 in the 50 largest metro areas in the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.abc12.com/news/rents-reach-insane-levels-across-us-with-no-end-in-sight/article_ae333550-9290-11ec-b2c8-43cbb69d14ad.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wf05S9Xm$
Biden’s real challenge is not Russia or China, but poverty in America:
Almost daily, headlines speak of hopeful numbers, sustainable growth, positive trends and constant gains. The reality on the ground, however, tells of something entirely different, which raises the questions: Are Americans being lied to? And for what purpose?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20220218-bidens-real-challenge-is-not-russia-or-china-but-poverty-in-america/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!jD7x63UrRjd5oYr6qRbpwVQfC-9jAmZfhBptlan6sH4OP5L8QR2awQ47v3M1wbhlkjJk$
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