Voices, The Peoples News
March 8, 2024
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Corporations / Industry
Three More Businesses File Mass Layoff Notices in Texas This Week: Under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, an employer with more than 100 full-time workers must provide a 60-day notice before laying off 50 or more people at a single site. These must be filed with the Texas Workforce Commission, and three notices have been lodged this week.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3359079896165-three-more-businesses-file-mass-layoff-notices-in-texas-this-week?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MDk5MDgzNzUxMzU%3D
# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Outrage Grows Over CDC Inaction on Chinese Biolab in California: Found inside what was supposed to be an unoccupied warehouse, thousands of vials of potentially infectious agents, including ones labeled as coronavirus, chlamydia, E. coli, streptococcus pneumonia, HIV, hepatitis, herpes, rubella, and malaria. A freezer was labeled “Ebola” and about 1,000 lab mice were kept for experimentation. It wasn’t until local officials contacted their congress member, Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.), asking him to intervene at the federal level, that the CDC responded to California state government and local official requests, according to a congressional report from the Select Committee on the CCP that was published in November 2023.
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/outrage-grows-over-cdc-inaction-chinese-biolab-california
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Inflation, Biden Caused It. Nope – Corporations Did. New Task Force Formed to Help Fight It: The truth – supply chain woes and the Pandemic, transportation snarls, and half a dozen other things caused prices to go up in 2021 and 2022. But most of those things were resolved. So, why are food prices up 25%?
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3359826500662-opinion-inflation-biden-caused-it-nope-corporations-did-new-task-force-formed-to-help-fight-it?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MDk5MDM1MDUyNjE%3D
# Employment / Labor
Worker death in Louisiana confined space showcases dangerous trend: Some have died because of lack of oxygen, toxic gases like argon and fires, to mention a few causes. In 2022, 44 workers died in confined spaces, a 41% increase from a decade earlier, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The same agency issued a 2020 report showing that 1,030 workers died from occupational injuries involving a confined space from 2011 to 2018.
https://publicintegrity.org/labor/worker-death-in-louisiana-confined-space-showcases-dangerous-trend/#:~:text=Some%20have%20died%20because%20of,U.S.%20Bureau%20of%20Labor%20Statistics
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Abandoned Water and Oil Wells Are Exploding in Texas, Destroying Land Owners’ Properties: Abandoned water and oil wells around Texas have been suddenly exploding, destroying countless acres of land around it. For many landowners and ranchers, this has become a nightmare.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/abandoned-water-and-oil-wells-are-exploding-in-texas-destroying-land-owners-properties/ss-BB1jzq9F?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=373b21640c454241923ffe90372062a4&ei=27
# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Technology
Large-scale, lab-grown meat: Step inside a cultivated meat factory: Lab-grown meat, cultivated meat, cell-based meat, slaughter-free meat: All of these terms refer to the process of creating real meat from animal cells, despite names that may allude to a vegan product.
https://www.freethink.com/series/hard-reset/upside-foods
# Food Recalls / Alerts
Meat Is Being Pulled From Shelves In 4 States For Potential ‘Life-Threatening’ Reactions: Raw meat across four states have been pulled from shelves due to an undeclared allergen: sesame. The affected products were sold in multiple retail locations. The US Department of Agriculture reported the recall earlier this week, citing potential “life threatening” reactions.
https://www.newsweek.com/meat-recall-pastry-samsa-life-threatening-allergy-risk-warning-1874666
# Gov / Politics / Global
Sweden officially enters NATO: Sweden became NATO’s newest member on Thursday (7 March 2024), upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the Government of the United States in Washington DC. With Sweden’s accession, NATO now counts 32 countries among its members.
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_223446.htm
Russia’s Anti-War Movement Is Alive and Well, if Only Occasionally Visible: Alexei Navalny’s funeral and Boris Nadezhdin’s thwarted presidential bid showed the regime’s opponents that they’re not alone. But what to do with the newly discovered solidarity is unclear. One thing that both Navalny’s funeral, at which those gathered chanted anti-war slogans, and the thwarted presidential bid of Boris Nadezhdin—who ran on an anti-war platform, have shown is that Russia’s anti-war movement is alive and well, if only occasionally visible.
https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/91911#:~:text=One%20thing%20that%20both%20Navalny’s,well%2C%20if%20only%20occasionally%20visible
Japan says it is gravely concerned about closer military ties between China and Russia: Japan says it is gravely concerned about closer military ties between China and Russia. TOKYO, March 7 (Reuters) – Japan’s top government spokesperson said on Thursday that Tokyo was gravely concerned about closer military cooperation between China and Russia in light of security for Japan as well as for the region.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-03-07/japan-says-it-is-gravely-concerned-about-closer-military-ties-between-china-and-russia
Over 200 Students Abducted in Attack on Nigerian School: Armed bandits on motorcycles attacked LEA Primary and Secondary School, in the largest mass kidnapping in Nigeria since 2021. Abductions of students from schools in northern Nigeria are common and have become a source of concern since 2014 when Islamic extremists kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls in Borno states Chibok village. In recent years, the abductions have been concentrated in northwestern and central regions, where dozens of armed groups often target villagers and travelers for huge ransoms.
https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-kaduna-chikun-school-abduction-395e86da2a07155f473e73b00006f466
# Gov / Politics
U.S. Embassy in Moscow issues terror threat alert warning Americans to avoid crowds: The U.S. Embassy in Moscow issued an urgent terror alert to American citizens warning them to avoid concerts and other large gatherings in the capital due to the “imminent” threat of an attack by extremists.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2024/03/08/US-warns-US-citizens-over-terror-threat/7601709898269/
Mike Johnson Hits All-Time Low in Stupidity With Latest IVF Comments: The House speaker is doing some serious mental gymnastics to explain why Republicans are doing nothing to protect IVF.
https://newrepublic.com/post/179666/mike-johnson-stupid-ivf-comments
Senator Brian Schatz Explains What Donald Trump’s “Fascism” Would Mean for America: “We were talking about this today on the floor, actually,” the senator says, “and a colleague of mine was saying, like, we have to explain the practical impacts of fascism. It’s such a weird thing to say—wait, we have to explain the practical impacts of fascism? But I think it’s very true because nobody’s really sure what that means.
https://dnyuz.com/2024/03/07/senator-brian-schatz-explains-what-donald-trumps-fascism-would-mean-for-america/
See also: Fascism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism
Biden Admin Quietly Approves 100+ Arms Sales to Israel While Claiming Concern for Civilians in Gaza: While the Biden administration has been publicly voicing reservations over the mounting death toll in Gaza, a Washington Post investigation revealed the administration has quietly approved and delivered more than 100 separate weapons sales to Israel over the last five months, amounting to thousands of precision-guided
munitions, small-diameter bombs, bunker busters and other lethal aid.
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/7/josh_paul_israel_gaza_war
Israel’s “Killing Machine”: How U.S. Military Support Is Undercutting Ceasefire Talks, Prolonging War: As Israel continues its relentless bombardment and siege of Gaza, where hunger and dehydration have reached deadly levels, Hamas has accused Israel of “thwarting” efforts to reach a ceasefire deal.
https://www.radiofree.org/2024/03/07/israels-killing-machine-how-u-s-military-support-is-undercutting-ceasefire-talks-prolonging-war/
Indicted Serial Liar George Santos to Run for Congress Again: George Santos wants to be back in Congress, or perhaps just back in the spotlight. Santos has alleged widespread corruption and inefficacy among his previous peers, calling Congress “the longest soap opera in the world” in a social media post last month.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/07/george-santos-announces-bid-to-return-to-congress-00145966
Trump’s lawyers are hunting for the identities of secret consultants who approved Russiagate Pulitzer Prizes: Donald Trump is suing the Pulitzer Prize Board for awarding coverage of his ties to Russia. The board said two independent reviews concluded the prizes should stand. In depositions, his lawyers are seen hunting for the identities of those anonymous reviewers.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-lawyers-deposition-journalists-pulitzer-prize-lawsuit-2024-3
TRUMP: Without Presidential Immunity, a President will not be able to properly function, or make decisions, in the best interest of the United States of America. Presidents will always be concerned, and even paralyzed, by the prospect of wrongful prosecution and retaliation, after they leave office
https://960weli.iheart.com/featured/the-joe-pags-show/content/the-joe-pags-show-trump-without-immunity-the-presidency-will-no-longer-exist/
It’s War! Donald Trump Is a ‘Traitor to the United States,’ Says Former White House Aide Anthony Scaramucci: ‘Headed for Prison’: Scaramucci was a hedge funder and longtime Trump associate who served as the White House Communications Director for ten days in 2017, the shortest tenure of the position in U.S. history. Since being fired, Scaramucci has been a vocal critic of the former president. He’s appeared on multiple news segments giving his two cents on Trump’s decision-making and the legal trials that have been piling up on the ex-president.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3359599930858-its-war-donald-trump-is-a-traitor-to-the-united-states-says-former-white-house-aide-anthony-scaramucci-headed-for-prison?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MDk4NTU2MjAxNDk%3D
House Shoots Down Parental Rights Constitutional Amendment: Members of the state House of Representatives met in Representatives Hall on Thursday. The House killed a proposed constitutional amendment that would enshrine parental rights in the state constitution. The House also took action on two other bills expanding parental rights Thursday.
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/0rkLCAUv?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MDk4NTgwNDYyNjY=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
House passes bill raising penalties for fetal deaths, adding ‘unborn person’ language: House File 2575, passed 58-36, would increase penalties for the nonconsensual ending of a pregnancy, in addition to amending language on these crimes from referring to the termination of a “human pregnancy” to the “death of an unborn person.” Republicans in Iowa’s House of Representatives approved a bill Thursday that would criminalize the death of an “unborn person” — over Democrats’ concerns about how it might apply to in vitro fertilization, after an Alabama court found frozen embryos can be considered children.
https://apnews.com/article/iowa-fetal-homicide-unborn-person-ivf-7d3b754e4fa24c60739c5f2f2b0d7c43
Historian Claims United States ‘Could Be a Dictatorship’ By Next Year If Trump ‘Carries Through’ on Threat to ‘Suspend Constitution’: Ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, Beschloss sounded the alarm in an interview on MSNBC when he said: “We could be a dictatorship next year if Donald Trump is elected and carries through on his threat to suspend the Constitution.” He underscored, “That’s what’s at stake.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-beschloss-donald-trump-2025_n_65eaf3a1e4b0c77c741642ec
Eyebrows raised as Viktor Orbán to visit Donald Trump in Florida: Hungary’s Viktor Orbán is putting his chips on the table with a trip to visit Donald Trump, as the US and Europe prepare for key elections later this year.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/viktor-orban-to-visit-donald-trump-in-florida-hungary
Democrats walk out of Kentucky hearing on legislation dealing with support for nonviable pregnancies: Democratic lawmakers walked out of a Kentucky committee hearing Thursday when the GOP-led panel took up a bill to expand access to prebirth and newborn services for pregnant women carrying nonviable fetuses that are expected to die before or soon after birth, in a state that bans abortion in such cases.
https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-legislature-abortion-nonviable-pregnancies-0f39f3fab84f790823fb4d80e1e57b14
Biden’s Use Of ‘Illegal’ To Describe Migrants Raises Red Flags For Democrats: The tone change was abrupt, and Biden’s use of “illegal” to describe migrants who cross borders without formal permission grated on some Democrats. While Democrats and progressives often use “undocumented” to describe such migrants, Republicans, including former president Donald Trump, often use “illegal” instead.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-describing-migrant-as-illegal-draws-fire_n_65eaa2e3e4b0c77c74160140
“They’ve told me he’s Jesus”: Unpacking Trump’s empty pseudo-religion: Trump is one of the most polarizing figures in American history and, as such, his appeal is limited beyond a core group of enthusiastic followers. This translates to a political scenario in which Trump is reliant on his MAGA followers and neofascist cult members — including his supporters on the Supreme Court — to pursue both legal and extra-legal methods to ensure his electoral “victory.”
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3357567647149-theyve-told-me-hes-jesus-unpacking-trumps-empty-pseudo-religion?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MDk4NTgxNzQ0MDk%3D
Mike Johnson Keeps Losing Embarrassing Votes. The Reason? This Guy: Tom Emmer might be the least effective majority whip in congressional history.
https://news.yahoo.com/mike-johnson-keeps-losing-embarrassing-110000517.html
The Coming of the Police State in America: How did we end up with millions behind bars and police armed like soldiers? The numbers are chilling: 2.2 million people behind bars, another 4.7 million on parole or probation. Even small-town cops are armed like soldiers, with a thoroughly militarized southern border.
https://jacobin.com/2015/07/incarceration-capitalism-black-lives-matter
Special counsel: Trump’s ‘deception’ on classified docs distinguishes him from Biden, Clinton and Pence: The new filing from Jack Smith responded to Trump’s contention that he has been unfairly singled out for prosecution.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/07/special-counsel-trumps-deception-on-classified-docs-distinguishes-him-from-biden-clinton-and-pence-00145765
# Juvenile / Children / Youth
Missouri: home to child marriage, corporal punishment and sick ‘child welfare’ ideas: Did you know that child marriage is still legal in much of the US? About 300,000 children and teenagers were legally married in the US between 2000 and 2018, according to the advocacy group Unchained at Last. At least 60,000 of those marriages “occurred at an age or with a spousal age difference that should have been considered a sex crime.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/07/missouri-anti-trans-bill-teacher-sex-offender
# Legal / DOJ
Trump Has Way Too Much Info About the Jury in His First Criminal Trial: Donald Trump is getting a troubling amount of personal information about the jurors in his hush money case.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-way-too-much-jury-221852707.html
Trump asks judge to delay enforcing $83M verdict in Carroll lawsuit: Trump’s lawyers asked New York judge to pause the verdict that would require him to pay columnist E. Jean Carroll more than $80 million for defamation, arguing his appeal would likely reduce or dismiss the case entirely. In a court filing, the lawyers asked Judge Lewis A. Kaplan to suspend enforcement of the fines until a month after Trump’s post-trial motions, which are due by March 7, are considered.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4486185-trump-asks-judge-to-delay-enforcing-83m-carroll-verdict/
Judge refuses Trump’s request to delay penalties in E. Jean Carroll case, with days to pay $83M: Judge Lewis Kaplan made the verdict official in February and gave Mr Trump 30 days to post a bond or put up the cash. On Thursday, Judge Kaplan said Mr Trump waited too long – 25 days – before seeking to delay the payment. “Mr Trump’s current situation is a result of his own dilatory actions,” he wrote
https://www.yahoo.com/news/judge-refuses-delay-trump-83m-225056605.html
# Military / Global
Troops in Iraq, Syria had close calls with militia attacks: While the majority of the attacks targeting U.S. troops in Iraq, Syria and Jordan from October into February didn’t result in casualties, some of those were just lucky near-misses, the head of U.S. Central Command said Thursday
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/03/07/troops-in-iraq-syria-had-close-calls-with-militia-attacks/
# Security
Intel agencies eye brief for Trump, amid fears he could spill secrets: The briefings, which are managed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and approved by the White House, normally take place after the national conventions in late summer. It’s unclear when Trump’s trial will take place or whether the case will be decided before the election. Several current and former intelligence and national security officials who spoke with POLITICO said the normally humdrum decision was fraught with unusual risk this year due to the pending court case and Trump’s historically cavalier attitude toward national security information.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/07/biden-intel-briefings-trump-00145651
# Social
New Massachusetts law will kick homeless people out of shelters onto streets after 9 months: A new bill is in the works in Massachusetts that would drastically limit the number of days homeless individuals and migrants can stay in emergency shelters across the state. Lawmakers in the state’s House approved the bill on Wednesday in a 121-33 vote, and it’s now headed to the state’s Senate. It’s designed to stymie the influx of migrants who are putting the system under strain, it was reported.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3358685272397-new-massachusetts-law-will-kick-homeless-people-out-of-shelters-onto-streets-after-9-months?noAds=1&_f=app_share&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3MDk4NTg2NDI5NTk%3D
# Space / NASA
Robotics: NASA’s Network of Small Moon-Bound Rovers Is Ready to Roll: Construction and testing are complete on the CADRE rovers, which will map the lunar surface together as a tech demo to show the promise of multirobot missions. A trio of small rovers that will explore the Moon in sync with one another are rolling toward launch.
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-network-of-small-moon-bound-rovers-is-ready-to-roll
# Technology
Roku disables TVs and streaming devices until users consent to new terms: Roku users around the country turned on their TVs this week to find an unpleasant surprise: The company required them to consent to new dispute resolution terms in order to access their device. The devices are unusable until the user agrees.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/05/roku-disables-tvs-and-streaming-devices-until-users-consent-to-forced-arbitration/amp/
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