Voices, The Peoples News
January 27, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
The Museum Built on Native American Burial Mounds: For decades, Dickson Mounds Museum in Illinois displayed the open graves of more than 200 Indigenous people. Thirty years after a federal law required museums to begin returning remains, the statewide museum system still holds thousands. For more than 800 years, they laid undisturbed, carefully buried inside a mound of earth overlooking a quiet valley and a slow river. Then in the 1920s, a chiropractor named Don Dickson dug open the mound, eventually exposing the remains of hundreds of Native Americans. He left them in place, and his family turned the excavation into a roadside attraction they called Dickson Mounds. They charged visitors 50 cents for admission.
https://www.propublica.org/article/repatriation-nagpra-museums-dickson-mounds-museum#:~:text=The%20remains%20at%20the%20Dickson,at%20least%207%2C000%20Native%20Americans.
America’s Biggest Museums Fail to Return Native American Human Remains: The remains of more than 100,000 Native Americans are held by prestigious U.S. institutions, despite a 1990 law meant to return them to tribal nations. Here’s how the ancestors were stolen — and how tribes are working to get them back.
https://www.propublica.org/article/repatriation-nagpra-museums-human-remains?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=river
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Feds adapting AI used to silence ISIS to combat American dissent on vaccines, elections –The federal government, working hand-in-hand with universities, private companies and Big Tech, is funneling millions in taxpayer m-ney to fund an AI censorship program to be used on American citizens to quickly identify and censor American dissent on issues like vaccine safety and election integrity, according to grant documents and cyber experts.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/ai-algorithm-used-track-terrorists-now-being-turned-us-citizens-fight
Pfizer Executive: ‘Mutate’ COVID via ‘Directed Evolution’ for Company to Continue Profiting Off of Vaccines, ‘COVID Is Going to be a Cash Cow for Us:| Project Veritas released a new video exposing a Pfizer executive, who claims that his company is exploring a way to “mutate” COVID via “Directed Evolution” to preempt the development of future vaccines. Directed Evolution is different than gain-of-function, which is defined as “a mutation that confers new or enhanced activity on a protein.” In other words, it means that a virus such as COVID can become more potent depending on the mutation/scientific experiment performed on it.
https://www.projectveritas.com/news/pfizer-executive-mutate-covid-via-directed-evolution-for-company-to-continue/
Stroke After Pfizer Booster May Be Connected to Flu Vaccine, Officials: Instances of stroke following receipt of Pfizer’s new booster in the elderly may be connected to the influenza vaccine, officials said on Jan. 26. One-hundred thirty cases of ischemic stroke, which can be deadly, were recorded among people aged 65 or older within 21 days of a bivalent Pfizer booster, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee heard on Thursday.
https://endpts.com/fda-reports-initial-no-signal-for-stroke-risk-with-pfizer-boosters-launches-concomitant-flu-shot-study/
Harris required people to sign ‘attestation of vaccination’ paper to attend her speech: The requirement is a counter-approach to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s claims the vaccine is being used as a weapon. The governor plans to propose protections for residents, such as a ban on vaccine and mask requirements, during the next legislative session.The form was titled “Attestation of Vaccination,” and required guest to indicate whether they are unvaccinated, partially vaccinated or vaccinated.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/vp-harris-required-people-sign-attestation-vaccination-paper-attend-florida-speech-reports
First COVID year linked to spike in heart-related deaths: In 2020, COVID-19 led to the largest single-year increase in the number of individuals dying from cardiovascular disease since 2015 and exceeded the previous record set in 2003, according to a report by the American Heart Association published in Circulation. COVID-19 can cause inflammation of heart tissue and blood clots, directly worsening heart conditions.
https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/covid-19-caused-surge-heart-disease-deaths-first-year-pandemic-report
FDA vaccine advisers vote to harmonize Covid-19 vaccines in the United States: A panel of independent experts that advises the US Food and Drug Administration on its vaccine decisions voted unanimously Thursday to update all Covid-19 vaccines so they contain the same ingredients as the two-strain shots that are now used as booster doses.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/health/fda-covid-19-vaccine-future/index.html
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
California Democrats plot to tax people who fled to red states: California lawmakers are pushing legislation that would impose a new tax on the state’s wealthiest residents, even if they’ve already moved to another part of the country. Several Democrat-led states introduced similar measures in effort to tax rich even more
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-democrats-consider-wealth-tax-people-moved-out-state
Who Will Head the National Economic Council? Fed governor Lael Brainard’s name has been leaked. It’s more important to keep her at the Fed. While the naming of Jeff Zients as Biden’s new chief of staff has gotten more press attention, another key senior appointment is in the offing.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-01-27-lael-brainard-national-economic-council/
# Education / Schools
What Is Critical Race Theory, and Why Is It Under Attack?
Is “critical race theory” a way of understanding how American racism has shaped public policy, or a divisive discourse that pits people of color against white people? Liberals and conservatives are in sharp disagreement. Critical race theory is an academic concept that is more than 40 years old. The core idea is that race is a social construct, and that racism is not merely the product of individual bias or prejudice, but also something embedded in legal systems and policies.
https://www.edweek.org/leadership/what-is-critical-race-theory-and-why-is-it-under-attack/2021/05
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
This company is suing the U.S. over the Keystone pipeline cancellation. Taxpayers are footing the bill. The lawyers, meanwhile, are living handsomely. The case is set to be heard in Washington, D.C., under the auspices of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID, pronounced “ick-sid”. The company brought its suit under a multilateral deal that no longer exists, the North American Free Trade Agreement, Nafta—which is why the United States thinks the suit should be thrown out.
https://newrepublic.com/article/170179/keystone-xl-biden-tc-energy
Meet the top House recipients of oil and gas money: The oil and gas industry donated millions of dollars to members of the House in the last election cycle. Now, many of the top recipients are well-positioned to advance its interests. Two of them, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) — serve in leadership positions. Several more have been assigned to House committees where they will wield outsize influence over energy and climate policy.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/meet-the-top-house-recipients-of-oil-and-gas-money/
Public lands near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters withdrawn from federal mining leases: The release cited departmental concerns over the impacts of mining on ecosystem health, tribal rights, and the local recreation economy.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/27/public-lands-near-minnesotas-boundary-waters-withdrawn-from-federal-mining-leases/
# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Federal food stamps program: The cost of the federal food stamps program known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program increased to a record $119.5 billion in 2022, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/federal-food-stamps-program-hits-record-costs-at-119b
# Gov / Politics / US
Inside Washington’s about-face on sending tanks to Ukraine: Weeks of squabbling opened a rare breach between two of Ukraine’s top allies. Then the president decided to make peace. In the weeks after Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Christmastime visit to Washington, U.S., German and other European leaders became locked in an increasingly ugly tit-for-tat over whether to send tanks to Ukraine. As language got heated behind the scenes, neither the U.S. nor Germany would budge, even as the standoff exposed a rare breach between two of Kyiv’s biggest backers.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/25/inside-washingtons-about-face-on-sending-tanks-to-ukraine-00079560
Biden Admin’s Changing Definition of ‘White’ Further Divides Meanings of Race: The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on Thursday announced a series of proposed changes to the race/ethnicity data that it has kept since 1977. The OMB said changes are warranted because people’s preferences relating to how they identify themselves have changed.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-federal-workers-no-longer-include-middle-eastern-north-african-heritage-under-biden-plan
Congress Nearly Passed a Federal Data Privacy Standard. Here’s Where We Go Next. Congress came close to setting a federal privacy standard in 2022, but fell just short of the finish line. That’s unfortunate because consumer data underpins almost everything that happens in today’s global economy.
https://www.wired.com/story/american-data-privacy-protection-act-adppa/
The Myth of Jeffrey Zients: There is no reason to trust a longtime corporate stooge to serve as President Biden’s chief of staff.
https://prospect.org/power/2023-01-27-myth-of-jeffrey-zients/
# Law Enforcement
Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with murder for allegedly beating a Black man in a traffic stop. The officers, who are all Black, were fired after the Memphis Police Department’s internal investigation determined that they violated several department policies, “including excessive use of force, duty to intervene, and duty to render aid.”
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/tyre-nichols-memphis-cops-arrested-murder-charges
# Legal / DOJ
The “special treatment” Supreme Court justices got during the leak investigation should be inspected: An investigation into the leaked opinion draft turning over Roe v. Wade did not require Supreme Court justices to sign affidavits swearing they had not been involved in the leak, and a progressive advocacy group is urging Congress to investigate this “special treatment.”
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/supreme-court-leak-special-treatment-justices?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01/27/2023%20Incoming%20newsletter&utm_term=News%20confirmed%20list
# Medical / Health
Did Your Health Plan Rip Off Medicare? KHN has released details of 90 previously secret government audits that reveal millions of dollars in overpayments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors. The audits, which cover billings from 2011 through 2013, are the most recent financial reviews available, even though enrollment in the health plans has exploded over the past decade to over 30 million and is expected to grow further.
https://khn.org/news/article/medicare-advantage-audits-investigation-cms-overpayment-recoup-billions/
To no surprise, Arkansas’s latest abortion bill is getting national attention. House Bill 1174, introduced on Thursday, would allow Arkansas prosecutors to pursue murder charges against women who have abortions.
The bill states that “all unborn children should be protected under the state homicide laws as all other persons.”
https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2023/01/23/arkansass-latest-abortion-bill-is-worse-than-expected-feminist-writer-jessica-valenti-says
When Miscarriage Is a Crime: Last June, 27-year-old African-American woman Marshae Jones was indicted by an Alabama grand jury on manslaughter charges when she lost her 5-month-old fetus after being shot. The person who shot Jones, whom the police claimed was acting in self-defense, was not charged in the shooting. Jones, however, was held responsible for being in a fight while pregnant, and faced up to 20 years in prison.
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-advocates-arizona/blog/when-miscarriage-is-a-crime
# Military / DOD
Overmatch secrecy needed as China, Russia surveil US Navy, experts say: The thick fog of secrecy encircling the U.S. Navy’s multibillion-dollar Project Overmatch is still needed to keep rival nations including China and Russia off-balance, unable to discern from afar how the service is readying for future large-scale conflicts, according to a pair of experts.
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2023/01/26/overmatch-secrecy-needed-as-china-russia-surveil-us-navy-experts-say/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mil-ebb&SToverlay=de88742f-46f7-4f2c-819d-3b36a47d6a7e
U.S. Intel Officials Detail Threats From China, Russia: Avril Haines, the director of National Intelligence, discussed the intelligence community’s assessment of China and Russia, America’s strategic competitors, during testimony before Congress this morning. Haines told the House Intelligence Committee that China “remains an unparalleled priority for the intelligence community.” “China is especially effective at bringing together a coordinated whole of government approach to demonstrate its strength, and to compel neighbors to acquiesce to its preferences.”
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2960113/us-intel-officials-detail-threats-from-china-russia/
Russia-Ukraine Conflict Prompted U.S. to Develop Autonomous Drone Swarms, 1,000-Mile Cannon: The U.S. military has new technology on the drawing board in response to warfare trends previously demonstrated in the region. As Moscow keeps U.S. and European leaders guessing about whether it will invade Ukraine again, the Pentagon is pushing forward with projects that reflect priorities set after the onset of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/russia-ukraine-conflict-prompted-u-s-to-develop-autonomous-drone-swarms-1-000-mile-cannon/
The U.S. overestimated Russia’s military might. Is it underestimating China’s? Concerns about American blindspots on the Chinese military are a major factor driving reviews of U.S. assessments of foreign armed forces.
U.S. lawmakers are among those who’ve requested the intelligence reviews, and some have concerns about China in particular.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/15/china-military-00039786
US to buy new Abrams tanks for Ukraine because military has no spares, Pentagon says: “We just don’t have these tanks available in excess in our US stocks, which is why it is going to take months to transfer these M1A2 Abrams to Ukraine,” Singh said, referencing the specific newer version of the tank the US will send.
https://nypost.com/2023/01/26/ukraine-will-wait-to-get-american-tanks-amid-russia-war/
A Battle for the Arctic Is Underway. And the U.S. Is Already Behind. Climate change is opening the Arctic. Can the U.S. and NATO surpass Russian capabilities and ambitions in a new Cold War?
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/17/climate-change-arctic-00071169
The United States is not quite done with war in the Middle East. In fact, coalition troops in Syria regularly fall under attack by Iranian-backed forces. Yet the U.S. rarely responds militarily to such strikes. That stands in stark contrast to Israel’s frequent attacks on Iranian groups in Syria, and their infrequent response.
https://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/threat-news/iran-is-attacking-the-u-s-so-why-arent-we-striking-back-opinion/
# Military / Global
China, Russia Quietly Expanding Arctic Partnership, Says Panel: China is subtly installing a larger presence in the Arctic through an extensive partnership with Russia in areas ranging from multi-use ports and airfields to energy extraction, Arctic security experts said Tuesday. The partnership also includes scientific research and sharing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data. However, this increased interest and activity has not yet led to China establishing a base in Russia.
https://news.usni.org/2022/10/11/china-russia-quietly-expanding-arctic-partnership-says-panel
Russian arctic threat growing more potent, report says: Russia’s Northern Fleet’s ballistic missile submarines and strategic bomber force’s capabilities remain intact despite the heavy toll the country’s invasion into Ukraine has on its naval infantry, army and special forces assigned to the Kola Peninsula, a new report found
https://news.usni.org/2023/01/26/russian-arctic-threat-growing-more-potent-report-says
World War III Update: Germany Joins Biden and Sends Tanks to Ukraine to Escalate War With Russia: On Tuesday the Biden regime agreed to send Abrams tanks to Ukraine to fight the Russian military. This means the US will be forced to send men and women to operate the tanks and perform maintenance. Less than 24 hours later, Germany announced they will be sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-pentagon-holds-news-conference-after-biden-announces-31-abrams-tanks-will-be-sent-to-ukraine
# Technology
Robot can fly, swim or hitch a ride by sticking to other objects: An amphibious drone that can attach itself to other objects with a suction cup could be used to track marine animals such as whales. The amphibious drone was inspired by the kingfisher and the suckerfish. This new drone, devised at Beihang University, is at home both swimming under water and flying in the air.
https://www.zmescience.com/future/this-drone-can-both-fly-and-swim-it-can-also-hitch-a-ride-by-piggybacking-other-moving-objects/
# Water
As the Colorado River shrinks, Washington prepares to spread the pain: The seven states that rely on the river for water are not expected to reach a deal on cuts. It appears the Biden administration will have to impose reductions. “We had people literally throwing rocks, tomatoes when Elephant Butte went down,” recalled Schmidt-Petersen, director of the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission. He was talking about a 2003 deal to release water from a reservoir in southern New Mexico and drop the lake by about 33 feet to assist farmers in the state and neighboring Texas. “Five-hundred or 600 people literally basically wanted to take you away someplace, or pulled guns on you,” he added.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/as-colorado-river-shrinks-pain-of-drought-to-spread/
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