Voices, The Peoples News
March 10, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Tribes push to co-manage public lands in historic hearing. Kevin Washburn, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, wants Americans to address what he regards as one of the biggest injustices in U.S. They said Congress could acknowledge past injustices by giving Native American tribes more power to co-manage public land with federal agencies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eenews.net/articles/tribes-push-to-co-manage-public-lands-in-historic-hearing/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn1AJ2NaV$
# Indigenous / Global
Air Force wants to blow up toxic waste on a beach in Guam: An Indigenous-led community group in Guam has filed a lawsuit to stop the Air Force from blowing up toxic military waste on a beach in Guam.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/equity/the-air-force-wants-to-blow-up-toxic-military-waste-on-a-beach-in-guam/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetnzt1kIjZ$
# Covid / Pandemics
Mask and Vaccine Mandates Are Gone, but COVID Is Still Here. We’re ditching COVID safety measures just as another variant looms around the corner. We’ve seen this movie before.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/mask-and-vaccine-mandates-are-gone-but-covid-is-still-here__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetnxVUOZ1S$
Democrats Strip Covid Funds From Spending Deal; Bill Passes House https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/09/congress-government-funding-package-00014322__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetnyRRz3ug$
Pfizer To Begin Testing Covid Pill In Younger Children https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/pfizer-paxlovid-trial-children-covid/620111/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn3DPju9Y$
DOJ finds more than $8 billion in COVID aid fraud. The Department of Justice (DOJ) has uncovered a vast array of alleged fraudulent and criminal activities tied to more than $8 billion in federal COVID-19 aid, the agency announced Thursday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doj-finds-more-than-8-billion-in-covid-aid-fraud/ar-AAUU6sf?ocid=winp1taskbar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn5uoa5wd$
# Economy / Finance / Trade
Congress Is Set to Make the Rich Richer — Again, And we’re all going to pay for it. Over the past 25 years, federal lawmakers, notably Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Ben Cardin (D-MD), have championed a series of bills that relaxed longstanding limits on government-subsidized retirement plans, resulting in an explosion of the savings gap between rich and poor Americans.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/congress-ryan-neal-secure-2-act-retirement-wealth-gap-inequality/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn7T6aVxc$
# Education / Schools
Free School Meals Not Included In $1.5 Trillion Budget https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://khn.org/morning-breakout/free-school-meals-not-included-in-1-5-trillion-budget/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn130R-K3$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical UAE Says OPEC+ Should Boost Output, Setting Up Tension in Group https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/opec-member-uae-says-group-180447346.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn_OdStY4$
It’s unclear how San Antonio-based company Valero Energy will fare following. President Joe Biden’s ban on Russian oil imports. Valero has been a major buyer of Russian oil, importing more than 15 million barrels last year, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/San-Antonio-Valero-Energy-Russian-oil-16987504.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetnwV4LoBg$
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global ‘This is a fossil fuel war’: Ukraine’s top climate scientist speaks out As western governments untangle themselves from Russian oil and gas, Svitlana Krakovska notes that the roots of the climate crisis and invasion are in fossil fuels https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/09/ukraine-climate-scientist-russia-invasion-fossil-fuels__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn4kHL28L$
# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other Poisoned ground: Dealing with Washington’s legacy of pesticides: A new program is helping developers and landowners clean up former orchard lands once doused with dangerous lead arsenate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2536775305995/poisoned-ground-dealing-with-washington-s-legacy-of-pesticides__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn834ppHg$
# General Information / Other News
Trump Begs Fans for Cash to Fund New ‘Trump Force One’ Plane. The fundraising call came hours after news broke that a jet Trump was traveling on was forced to make an emergency landing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-fundraises-trump-force-one-after-plane-makes-emergency-landing-2022-3?r=US&IR=T__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetnx_WKN2V$
The $2 Million Question: What Did D.C. Convoy Donations Buy? The trucker convoy has largely been making it up as they go, but truckers are grumbling that they don’t know the endgame or what all the donations have been used for.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-dollar2-million-question-what-did-the-dc-trucker-convoy-donations-buy__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn_2XJK3e$
US Admits to Funding Biological Laboratories in Ukraine, with Dilyana Gaytandzhieva. State Department official Victoria Nuland admitted on Tuesday that the US government is funding biological laboratories in Ukraine. But what happens behind closed doors? Correspondent Dan Cohen interviews journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, who has investigated these facilities in Eastern Europe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8VIp1tbzWw__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn2dcJ6ss$
See also: Read Dilyana Gaytandzhieva’s reporting on Pentagon-funded biological laboratories here: Documents expose US biological experiments on allied soldiers in Ukraine and Georgia https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://dilyana.bg/documents-expose-us-biological-experiments-on-allied-soldiers-in-ukraine-and-georgia/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn9vdkY2G$
NRA leaders forged ties with Maria Butina while she was helping target Ukraine https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/07/nra-maria-butina-spying-charges-trump-campaign/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn8YhZf6W$
# Global Politics
Russian Billionaire’s Superyacht Mysteriously Vanishes. The Galactica Super Nova yacht owned by Lukoil CEO Vagit Alekperov seems to have turned off its tracking system, which would violate international maritime regulations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-billionaire-vagit-alekperovs-superyacht-galactica-super-nova-mysteriously-vanishes__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetnz2frwDw$
Time to Stop Indulging Saudi Arabia’s Murderous Dictator: It is just patently obvious that bin Salman thinks he can push around the American government however he wants. And it’s not hard to see why. The Saudi government has been dumping oceans of cash into the Washington, D.C., lobbying trough for decades, and firms from one side of K Street to the other, of all ideological stripes, have been eagerly gobbling it up.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/world/stop-indulging-saudi-arabias-murderous-dictator/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn4FZaLrQ$
# Gov / Politics
Once again, Congress comes together on the main thing it can agree on — sticking it to future generations https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/09/congress-appropriations-bill-national-debt-increase/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn6URxsYK$
Florida Lawmakers OK DeSantis’ Election Police Force. Critics have raised concerns that the voting-fraud squad could be used as a partisan weapon.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wavy.com/news/national/florida-lawmakers-ok-election-police-force-sends-bill-to-desantis/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetnwVZe9pU$
Jordan Gans-Morse, a political scientist at Northwestern University and an expert on the former Soviet Union, said that “a new world order” is upon us and that the consequences of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine will echo for years to come.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2022/02/expert-on-ukraine-weve-awoken-today-to-a-new-world-order/&fj=1__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn6BWzbJi$
Florida Republicans Are Creating An Office Of Election Crimes As Trump’s Fraud Claims Continue To Spread. The bill comes as Republicans continue to prop up Donald Trump’s lies about election fraud.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahmimms/florida-republicans-election-crimes-police-bill__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn3FyGd0i$
An elections official who promoted 2020 conspiracy theories has been indicted for election tampering. Tina Peters, who is running for secretary of state, is alleged to have been part of a scheme that resulted in secure elections information being posted online.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahmimms/tina-peters-colorado-elections-indicted__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn1RuPTPn$
TX Flags 27,000 Primary Mail Ballots for Rejection; FL Legislature Approves Election Police Force https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/10/headlines/tx_flags_27_000_primary_mail_ballots_for_rejection_fl_legislature_approves_election_police_force__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetnwyYVPbd$
After Pulling COVID Relief, House Passes Package With $782 Billion for Military The military funding amounts to $29 billion more than Biden originally requested.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/after-pulling-covid-relief-house-passes-package-with-782-billion-for-military/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn5D5Yi8I$
# Law Enforcement
New York’s prison agency is interpreting key provisions of a landmark parole reform law to keep more people locked up. A lead sponsor of the legislation calls it ‘appalling.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/justice/parole-reform-squabble-leaves-hundreds-in-new-york-jails/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn2CFbGvg$
# Legal / DOJ
Sidney “Release the Kraken” Powell has been secretly funding the legal defense of the Oath Keepers. Defending the Republic, the nonprofit Powell founded after the 2020 election, has raised at least $15 million but has been quiet about where that money is going.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kenbensinger/sidney-powell-funding-oath-keepers-defense__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn6VHqdwN$
Heartless Text Sent Days After AG Killed Man With His Car. The family of a man run over and killed by South Dakota’s Republican Attorney General have expressed outrage at a vile text message sent after his death.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-dakota-attorney-general-jason-ravnsborg-got-vile-text-about-joe-boever-days-after-he-was-killed__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn2v70D1W$
# LGBTQ
Fighting care for transgender kids shifts from a fringe issue to a litmus test for Texas Republicans. The issue is no longer contained to just the party’s fringes — and it is unlikely to go away any time soon as the national fervor grows, Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive faces legal challenges and it factors prominently into a slew of GOP primary runoffs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/09/trangender-kids-texas-republicans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn2GOL5YL$
Court upholds order stopping child abuse investigation into Texas trans teen’s family The appeals court’s decision allows a lower court to hold a hearing on whether Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to investigate certain gender-affirming care as child abuse can stand.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/09/ken-paxton-appeal-trans-teen-family/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn1A0t6Qa$
See also: Transgender Texans gender-affirming care https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/series/transgender-texans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn39wQVs_$
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton amended an existing lawsuit, suing the Biden administration over federal guidance that says restricting someone’s ability to receive medical care solely on the basis of their sex or gender identity is a likely violation of the Affordable Care Act.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/09/texas-trans-children-biden-sues-investigations/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetnzjVa3AC$
# Medical / Health Care
Which Companies Aren’t Exiting Russia? Big Pharma. U.S. and global drug companies said they would continue manufacturing and selling their products there.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://khn.org/news/article/big-pharma-reaction-russia-ukraine-war/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn7L6wLvZ$
Missouri Lawmaker Wants to Imprison Those Giving Abortion Meds for Ectopic Pregnancies. A Republican lawmaker in Missouri wants to forbid the transfer and prescription of abortion medications in the state, and to place severe penalties on anyone who helps another person use such drugs, even in cases where the pregnancy isn’t viable and could result in serious complications or death.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/mo-lawmaker-wants-to-imprison-those-giving-abortion-meds-for-ectopic-pregnancies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetnx-4X2Dr$
# Military / DOD
Pro-Ukraine Progressives Fret About ‘Slippery Slope’ to War. “We have to go back to the table and find a diplomatic solution… The continued sending of weapons alone is not going to get them to victory,” Rep.
Jamaal Bowman said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/pro-ukraine-progressives-fret-about-slippery-slope-to-war__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn6lhji9x$
The Pentagon on Wednesday laid out a litany of reasons the United States does not support the transfer of aging Polish fighter jets to Ukraine, calling it a “high risk” plan that would likely heighten tensions with Russia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/597601-us-rules-out-high-risk-fighter-jet-transfer-for-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn5vMFPNI$
# Military / Global
Russia Ramps Up Ukraine Attacks in Effort to Seize Key Port City. Moscow launches a fresh assault on Mariupol, a day after it bombed a maternity hospital there, as U.S. calls for a war crimes investigation https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-ramps-up-attacks-after-deadly-hit-on-maternity-hospital-11646907696__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn1Yp_9zu$
Russian Air Strike On Maternity & Children’s Hospital In Mariupol Kills 3, Claims Ukraine. Three people, including a child, have been killed and at least 17 were injured as a result of the Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/russian-air-strike-on-maternity-and-childrens-hospital-in-mariupol-kills-3-claims-ukraine-articleshow.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn_H3iXEK$
Russia’s Economic Weapons: The latest on the Ukraine invasion. Russia’s Economic Weapons, China Buying Russian Firms, and US Biolabs in Ukraine?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/03/10/russias-economic-weapons-china-buying-russian-firms-and-us-biolabs-in-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetn3Y0Rr9g$
Even Russian State TV Is Pleading With Putin to Stop the War. State propagandists called for Putin to end the “special military operation”
before “frightening” sanctions destabilize his regime and risk civil war in Russia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/even-russias-state-tv-admits-ukraine-disaster-has-putin-in-trouble__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetnzpvYnYZ$
Russia Has a Long, Cruel History of Attacking Hospitals. Maybe This Time Its Leaders Will Be Prosecuted. Now, with the global condemnation of Putin’s assault on Ukraine, there is an opportunity for justice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/03/russia-has-a-long-cruel-history-of-attacking-hospitals-maybe-this-time-its-leaders-will-be-prosecuted/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!lOIOdEEpQHxZL2S_dIrsMnyW4RZP7kpooKc6WxzYCv22DA6WH5pKtQMgUHetnx8Mhs-V$
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