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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-02-08

Voices, The Peoples News

February 8, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
New ‘Cascadia’ Field Guide will use Indigenous Classification rather than Western Taxonomy https://oceanblueproject.org/literary-field-guide-indigenous-classification/

# Border / Immigration
Biden administration’s CBP revives ‘catch and release’ policy at border amid COVID concerns. Customs and Border Protection forced to return to controversial policy in Texas https://nypost.com/2021/02/05/biden-reinstates-catch-and-release-policy-at-southern-border/

Biden Sets Up Review of Trump’s Military Family Deportations: There’s no public record of exactly how many vets or dependents were removed by the Trump administration, but it’s thought to run into the hundreds.
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article249080870.html

Damage wrought by Trump’s border wall “will not ever be remediated or mitigated”
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/02/damage-wrought-by-trumps-border-wall-will-not-ever-be-remediated-or-mitigated/

# CoronaVirus
More than 35 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across the country, but it is becoming increasingly clear that vaccinations have not been equitable for communities of color that have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/537588-vaccine-inequity-prompts-calls-for-federal-response

New York climbs up list of states with highest COVID-19 nursing home mortality rate after true numbers revealed. Total nursing home deaths are now equal to about 14% of the state’s pre-pandemic nursing home population https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ny-high-covid-19-nursing-home-mortality

Virginia pastor dies shortly after receiving coronavirus vaccine. A Virginia minister died shortly after she received a coronavirus vaccination, authorities said Friday.
https://news.yahoo.com/virginia-woman-dies-shortly-receiving-180443242.html

As COVID-19 vaccines raise hope, cold reality dawns that illness is likely here to stay.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-vaccines-raise-hope-cold-reality-dawns-covid-19-is-likely-here-to-stay-11612693803

TRAGEDY! 9 Dead in Spanish Nursing Home Shortly After First Pfizer Shots but Second Doses Given Anyway – Religious Beliefs in Vaccines Causing Massive Senior Deaths?
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/tragedy-9-dead-in-spanish-nursing-home-shortly-after-first-pfizer-shots-but-second-doses-given-anyway-religious-beliefs-in-vaccines-causing-massive-senior-deaths/

Are COVID-19 vaccines causing deaths? Online claims of coronavirus vaccines being lethal are rife following a string of deaths in care homes that vaccinated residents. DW looks into cases around the world and what was behind them.
https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-are-covid-19-vaccines-causing-deaths/a-56458746

U.K. COVID Variant Now Rapidly Spreading in U.S.: Study https://nypost.com/2021/02/07/uk-covid-19-variant-spreading-rapidly-through-us-study/

Moderna, Pfizer Test mRNA Experimental Biologics on Children https://thevaccinereaction.org/2021/02/moderna-pfizer-test-mrna-experimental-biologics-on-children/

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine Not Recommended for People Over 65 in Germany https://www.biopharma-reporter.com/Article/2021/01/28/Germany-AstraZeneca-COVID-19-vaccine-should-not-be-used-in-over-65s

# Economy / Trade
Congress mulls tightening income eligibility tied to proposed $1,400 stimulus checks.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537625-congress-mulls-tightening-eligibility-for-stimulus-checks

Why 10 Republican senators are negotiating with Biden on Covid-19 relief Biden and a group of Senate Republicans want two very different
Covid-19 relief bills.
https://www.vox.com/2021/2/1/22260253/republican-senators-negotiations-biden-covid-talks

Pfizer expects $15 billion in COVID-19 vaccine sales in 2021 https://money.yahoo.com/pfizer-expects-15-bln-covid-155806611.html

Democrats set to introduce bill that provides $3,600 per child for some
families: The success or failure of the legislation could have ramifications in the 2022 congressional elections.
https://newsvoice.com/i/16684382

The Superstar Research Driving the Checks Debate Has a Problem. It’s based on ZIP code-level data, which may not be as precise as the researchers contend https://prospect.org/first100/superstar-research-driving-checks-debate-has-problem-chetty-income-data/

# Education / Schools
In the Absence of COVID Safety Plans, Teachers Are Resigning and Retiring Early An unprecedented number of teachers and other school employees are leaving the field because of fears about COVID.
https://truthout.org/articles/in-the-absence-of-covid-safety-plans-teachers-are-resigning-and-retiring-early/

# Employment / Labor
Democratic legislators introduce COVID Whistleblower Protection Act. The bill seeks to institute stronger legal whistleblower protections for employees who work for entities that receive COVID-19 relief funds https://www.natlawreview.com/article/covid-whistleblower-protection-act-would-provide-robust-protection-disclosures-about

Labor policy expert: Drop in unemployment masked by bigger issues. A slight decrease in the unemployment rate during January – from 6.7 percent to 6.3 percent – was offset by how few new jobs were created in the private sector https://www.albanyherald.com/news/business/labor-policy-expert-drop-in-unemployment-masked-by-bigger-issues/article_c9dde3d7-8b28-5de4-923a-88edb39eb6a9.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
‘Chemicals don’t just disappear’ — Persistence by researchers, residents uncovers pesticide contamination at Mead ethanol plant https://www.newsbreak.com/nebraska/mead/news/2159439213620/chemicals-dont-just-disappear-persistence-by-researchers-residents-uncovers-pesticide-contamination-at-mead-plant

Representatives of a dark-money political advocacy group sign a guilty plea admitting involvement in a major bribery scandal involving Ohio’s power plant subsidy law https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/02/05/ohio-former-house-speaker-larry-householder-dark-money-generation-now-guilty-plea-racketeering/4401901001/

Former FirstEnergy subsidiary Energy Harbor says it may decline the $1 billion in subsidies for two Ohio nuclear plants included in the scandal-tainted legislation.
https://www.wtap.com/2021/02/08/owners-of-two-ohio-nuclear-plants-may-decline-subsidies/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Keeping one mature street tree is far better for humans and nature than planting lots of new ones https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2156177191752/why-keeping-one-mature-street-tree-is-far-better-for-humans-and-nature-than-planting-lots-of-new-ones

# Environment / Climate / Interior Global Globally, sea levels are rising faster than our worst estimates. This could put millions of people in coastal communities at risk of flood and even displacement. It’s worse than even the most pessimistic estimates.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/climate-change-sea-levels-05022021/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Widely used neonic insecticides may be a threat to mammals, too.
Neonicotinoids, used on corn seed and other crops, are already accused of contributing to declines of insect pollinators.
https://thefern.org/2021/02/widely-used-neonic-insecticides-may-be-a-threat-to-mammals-too/

# Gov / Politics
Florida Governor DeSantis to Penalize Big Tech Companies for Unlawful Practices https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-desantis-tallahassee-news-conference-20210202-r4pdvos3rbcdnj7pgx2qupfdpa-story.html

Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) touted a proposal that would allow tech companies to create local governments.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/537667-nevada-governor-touts-proposal-to-allow-tech-companies-to-create-local

Marjorie Taylor Greene Removed From All Her Committees, Multiple Republicans Vote to Remove Her
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-removed-from-house-committees-11-republicans-cross-aisle-in-vote-01612483101

Wyoming Republican party votes to formally censure Liz Cheney, demands she resign and hand back all state political donations after she voted to impeach Trump
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/06/wyoming-gop-censure-liz-cheney-466561

Democrat Introduces Gun Control Bill: Psych Evaluations, Ammo Bans, Federal Gun Registry https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-introduces-gun-control-bill-psych-evaluations-ammo-bans-federal-gun-registry

The Biden Administration Already is the Most Inclusive in American History. President Joe Biden has shown a greater commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in a few short weeks than perhaps any president before him.
https://insidesources.com/the-biden-administration-already-is-the-most-inclusive-in-american-history/

Report: The Trump campaign paid an Arizona lawmaker amid efforts to overturn state election results https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/02/06/arizona-rep-mark-finchem-paid-by-trump-campaign-during-election-challenge/4413949001/

Shelby Is Latest GOP Senator to Announce He Won’t Run Again. The Alabama Republican joins Sens. Portman, Burr, and Toomey in bowing out of whatever comes next for the GOP.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537813-shelby-wont-run-for-reelection

# Law Enforcement
Yale graduate student ID’d as victim of Saturday fatal shooting in New Haven Police are looking into the incident as a homicide.
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Yale-graduate-student-ID-d-as-victim-of-15931633.php?src=nhrhpdesecp

A last-minute Trump move threatens to send released prisoners back to prison after the pandemic https://www.justiceactionnetwork.org/news/mother-jones-a-last-minute-trump-move-threatens-to-send-released-prisoners-back-to-prison-after-the-pandemic

Georgia officials open inquiry into Trump efforts to overturn election results https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/537901-georgia-officials-open-inquiry-into-trump-efforts-to-overturn-election

Wave of departures leaves federal court seats for Biden to fill https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/537905-wave-of-departures-leaves-federal-court-seats-for-biden-to-fill

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Trump trial set to consume Capitol. Former President Trump’s second impeachment will consume Washington this week, putting the Trump era on trial and GOP divisions on full display.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537589-trump-trial-set-to-consume-capitol

Breaking With G.O.P., Top Conservative Lawyer Says Trump Can Stand Trial https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/07/us/politics/charles-cooper-trump-impeachment.html

Bank of America handed over customer data to feds following Capitol riot. At least one person was interviewed by agents based on info from America’s second largest bank https://nypost.com/2021/02/06/bank-of-america-under-fire-for-helping-feds-in-capitol-riot-probe/

A slim majority in a new poll say Trump should be convicted and barred from any future federal office.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/537732-most-in-new-poll-say-trump-should-be-convicted-barred-from-federal-office

Five ways Trump’s impeachment differs from a court trial.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537630-five-ways-trumps-impeachment-differs-from-a-court-trial?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=36731

Senate Republicans back Trump as impeachment trial nears.
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-censures-roger-wicker-trials-05bdcc3475e661077295627bac922ebd

144 constitutional lawyers call Trump’s First Amendment defense “legally frivolous.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/05/us/politics/trump-impeachment-defense.html

On Cusp of Impeachment Trial, Court Documents Point To How Trump’s Rhetoric Fueled Rioters Who Attacked Capitol https://www.allsides.com/news/2021-02-08-0741/cusp-impeachment-trial-court-documents-point-how-trump-s-rhetoric-fueled

Five ways Trump’s impeachment differs from a court trial. When Trump’s second impeachment trial gets underway on Tuesday, the Senate proceedings will differ from what typically unfolds in a courtroom.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537630-five-ways-trumps-impeachment-differs-from-a-court-trial

Senate leadership announced they have reached a deal on the framework for Trump’s impeachment trial, which will start on Tuesday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537876-schumer-mcconnell-reach-deal-on-trump-impeachment-trial

# Media
Biden has gotten around to firing several Trump loyalists but Louis DeJoy is still postmaster general, because Biden has to overhaul the USPS Board of Governors to get to him.
https://slate.com/business/2020/12/louis-dejoy-postmaster-general-biden-postal-service.html

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Stroke Victims to Be Given Psychedelic Drug DMT in First-Ever US Clinical Trials https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/02/stroke-victims-to-be-given-psychedelic-drug-dmt-in-first-ever-us-clinical-trials.html

# Nuclear / Radiation
New Mexico’s nuclear rush: A massive nuclear waste storage site proposed near Carlsbad is seemingly on a fast track. Can the company behind it be trusted?
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/new-mexicos-nuclear-rush-massive-waste-site-near-carlsbad-seemingly-on-fast-track/article_1f3e2e2c-671c-11eb-b9a1-ab3ec92c8a24.html?mode=comments

# Science
The month’s best science images: While taking aerial photos with his drone, Australian photographer Derry Moroney came across these massive, tree-like patterns in Lake Cakora in New South Wales. The colourful drainage channels form when water full of oil from the surrounding tea trees (Melaleuca alternifolia) runs into the lake.
https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-021-00095-y/index.html?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=6ada806177-briefing-dy-20210208&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-6ada806177-43812897

# Technology
The Trump Organization negotiated on behalf of then-president Trump to make Parler his primary social network, but it had a condition: an ownership stake in return for joining, according to documents and four people familiar with the conversations.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/trump-parler-ownership

Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), and Amy Klobuchar
(D-Minn.) on Friday introduced the Safeguarding Against Fraud, Exploitation, Threats, Extremism and Consumer Harms (SAFE TECH) Act to reform Section 230 and “allow social media companies to be held accountable for enabling cyber-stalking, targeted harassment, and discrimination on their platforms.”
https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrats-seek-to-force-big-tech-to-police-content-more-tightly-in-section-230-reform-bill_3687451.html

# Things that make ya go ‘Hmmmm’
The ‘8th Continent’ Is a Floating Self-Sustainable Ocean Cleaner https://interestingengineering.com/self-sustainable-floating-continent-cleans-ocean-waste

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-02-05

Voices, The Peoples News

February 5, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Biden signs disaster declaration to help Navajo Nation with COVID-19 response. Sens. Romney, Sinema also introduce legislation to expand access to drinking water on tribal nations.
https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/biden-signs-disaster-declaration-to-help-navajo-nation-with-covid-19-response/6001150/

# Indigenous / Global
Curing the ‘colonial hangover’: how Yukon First Nations became trailblazers of Indigenous governance https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/01/30/curing-the-colonial-hangover-how-yukon-first-nations-became-trailblazers-of-indigenous-governance.html

# Archaeology
Archaeologists in Turkey have discovered a major, previously unknown kingdom. The large block’s hieroglyphics could be referring to the King Midas, of the ‘golden touch’ myth. “We had no idea about this kingdom,”
Osborne said. “In a flash, we had profound new information on the Iron Age Middle East.”
https://www.sciencealert.com/archaeologists-in-turkey-have-discovered-a-mysterious-ancient-kingdom-lost-in-history

# Border / Immigration
ICE union contract prompts fear of resistance to Biden: A union contract signed by the Trump administration on its last full day in office could enable Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to stall President Biden’s vision for a reimagined immigration system.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/537387-ice-union-contract-prompts-fear-of-resistance-to-biden

U.S. Citizen Children Deported Under Pandemic Rule: US citizen newborns sent to Mexico under Trump-era border ban. At least 11 migrant women sent to Mexico border towns without birth certificates for newborns since last March https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/05/us-citizen-newborns-mexico-migrant-women-border-ban

# CoronaVirus
Wisconsin Guv Reissues Mask Mandate Minutes After GOP Repeal. The resolution passed 52-42, with seven Republicans voting with every Democrat in the heavily gerrymandered Assembly to oppose the measure.
https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-governor-mask-mandate-d8436b7f9a7539e9d1cd2589483916d8

Johnson & Johnson Asks FDA for Emergency Authorization of Single-Shot
COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/04/johnson-johnson-covid-19-vaccine-single-dose-fda

CDC and TSA Form Federal Mask Police — Enforcement Is Up To Officer Discretion https://www.lewrockwell.com/2021/02/daisy-luther/cdc-and-tsa-form-federal-mask-policeand-enforcement-is-up-to-officer-discretion/

# Economy / Trade
Senate Democrats approved a budget resolution early Friday morning that will allow them to pass coronavirus relief without GOP support.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537482-senate-democrats-approves-budget-resolution-teeing-up-coronavirus-bill

VP Harris Casts Tie-Breaking Vote to Move Ahead with Democratic COVID Relief Bill https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/5/headlines/vp_harris_casts_tie_breaking_vote_to_move_ahead_with_democratic_covid_relief_bill

Biden Coronavirus Relief Plan Clears Senate Budget Hurdle After ‘Vote-a-Rama’
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/02/04/budget-vote-a-rama-begins-as-senate-grinds-toward-late-night/

Most reclaimed wood is used in one-off projects. This furniture company is thinking way bigger. Room & Board’s stunning furniture line uses 400-year-old wood.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90601167/most-reclaimed-wood-is-used-in-one-off-projects-this-furniture-company-is-thinking-way-bigger

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap
https://www.brookings.edu/research/closing-the-racial-wealth-gap-requires-heavy-progressive-taxation-of-wealth/

# Employment / Labor
Senate Democrats are facing internal divisions over efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, which could result in the proposal being watered down or jettisoned from the coronavirus relief bill.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537464-minimum-wage-push-sparks-democratic-divisions

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining Global
Alberta’s ‘back door’ plan to free up billions of litres of water for coal mines raises alarm. Amid concerns about droughts, selenium pollution, at-risk species and Indigenous consultation, the Alberta government is poised to allow coal companies to undercut a functioning water market https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2155884135097/albertas-back-door-plan-to-free-up-billions-of-litres-of-water-for-coal-mines-raises-alarm

For decades B.C. failed to address selenium pollution in the Elk Valley.
Now no one knows how to stop it. There are no viable solutions to stop the tide of selenium leaching into Canadian and U.S. waters. Deformed fish, a potential fish population collapse and contaminated drinking water signal more trouble to come https://nativefishcoalition.org/blog/2020/5/14/for-decades-bc-failed-to-address-selenium-pollution-in-the-elk-valley-now-no-one-knows-how-to-stop-it

B.C. charges mining, fracking companies very little for water use, new research finds. Some of the province’s biggest water guzzlers are paying as little as 28 cents for an Olympic-sized swimming pool’s worth of freshwater https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-industrial-water-use-research/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Climate change is causing sea levels to rise faster than previously thought https://www.zmescience.com/science/climate-change-sea-levels-05022021/

Progressive lawmakers push President Joe Biden to declare a national emergency on climate change that would give him broader powers to act https://energynews.us/digests/dems-push-for-climate-emergency-clean-electricity-standard/

# Environment / Climate / Interior Global B.C. allows logging in nine ‘protected’ old-growth areas. Torrance Coste, national campaign director for the Wilderness Committee, said it is “stunning” to now discover it will be business as usual in the second-growth forests included in the deferral areas.
https://kleanindustries.com/resources/environmental-industry-market-analysis-research/b.c-allows-logging-in-protected-old-growth-forest-areas/

French court convicts the government for not doing enough on climate change https://www.zmescience.com/science/climate-change-sea-levels-05022021/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
New report finds toxic heavy metals in popular baby foods. FDA failed to warn consumers of risk. Significant amounts of arsenic, lead, mercury, and other toxic heavy metals are in baby food made by the largest such companies in the U.S.
https://www.axios.com/baby-food-toxic-heavy-metal-661b8625-2c16-4361-a870-917d6beaf54f.html

Smithfield accused of false environmental marketing, advertising: A complaint filed against Smithfield Foods on Thursday alleges instances of false advertising related to the company’s sustainability effort https://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2021/02/04/smithfield-foods-accused-false-environmental-marketing-advertising-meat-processor-ftc/4376126001/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
European Food Safety Authority accused of minimizing some effects of endocrine disruptors. Experts warn a new European draft report “could significantly delay restrictive measures against harmful chemicals.”
https://www.ehn.org/european-food-safety-authority-endocrine-disruptors-2650289466.html

Op-ed: European food regulators are pushing outdated science. Europe’s food safety regulators have an opportunity to bring a cleaner, safer future to the health of 450 million people https://www.ehn.org/european-food-regulators-endocrine-disruptors-2650289959.html

# General Recalls / Alerts
Hyundai has recently recalled 93,000 Hyundai Tucson cars due to their engine’s possibility of spontaneously bursting into flames.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/256722/20210204/over-93-000-hyundai-tucson-cars-recalled-engine-possibly-bursting.htm

# General News
Atlantic Council Pens Anonymously Authored Expose Calling for Regime Change in China. The report outlines a plan for the United States to pursue a China without Xi Jinping, with a weakened Communist Party, and operating in a region dominated by the US and its allies.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/atlantic-council-pens-anonymously-authored-expose-calling-for-us-regime-change-in-china/275068/

To Counter China’s Rise, the U.S. Should Focus on Xi. A proposal for a full reboot of American strategy toward China.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/01/28/china-foreign-policy-long-telegram-anonymous-463120

The entire U.S.-China relationship is now in a dangerous downward spiral. Can the Trump-Xi meeting stabilize things?
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2019/06/26/can-the-u-s-china-crisis-be-stabilized/

Russia Is a Rogue, Not a Peer; China Is a Peer, Not a Rogue, Different Challenges, Different Responses https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE310.html

# Gov / Politics
House votes to kick Greene off committees over embrace of conspiracy theories https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537445-house-votes-to-kick-greene-off-committees-over-embrace-of-conspiracy-theories

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.), said he may vote this month to convict former President Trump on an article of impeachment, is pushing back against possible retaliation from the Nebraska Republican State Central Committee by warning that his party must choose between “conservatism and madness.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537476-gop-senator-warns-his-party-must-decide-between-conservatism-and-madness

We need a constitutional amendment defining “high crimes and misdemeanors https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/537398-we-need-a-constitutional-amendment-defining-high-crimes-and

Republicans who impeached Trump are already on the chopping block Candidates, donors and local party officials are organizing against the
10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/trump-revenge-gop-impeachment-backers-461189

Trump Plots Petty Revenge Tour Against GOP Critics: Former president is reportedly desperate to head off on a speaking tour specifically designed to drain support from Republicans who backed his impeachment.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-plotting-petty-revenge-tour-against-republicans-who-abandoned-him-says-report?ref=home

Cori Bush Demands Expulsion for Every Republican Who Incited the Capitol Siege Representative Bush called the January 6 Capitol breach a “blatant, heinous, vile white supremacist attack.”
https://truthout.org/articles/cori-bush-demands-expulsion-for-every-republican-who-incited-the-capitol-siege/

Former California mayor charged in corruption probe. “No one is above the law. Public officials should be working to benefit the people, not their own bank account.”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/02/05/former-california-mayor-charged-in-corruption-probe/

In powerful speeches to Congress, AOC & Rashida Tlaib demand accountability for Capitol attack. “Some are already demanding that we move on or, worse, attempting to minimize, discredit or belittle the accounts of survivors.”
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/5/alexandria_ocasio_cortez_rashida_tlaib

# Law Enforcement
Incarcerated Activist Kinetik Justice, Others, Severely Beaten in Alabama Prison DOJ Sued over Abuse https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/5/incarcerated_activist_kinetik_justice_others_severely

Austin Leads the Way in Cutting Police Funding and Using the Money for Housing https://truthout.org/articles/austin-leads-the-way-in-cutting-police-funding-and-using-the-money-for-housing/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Trump hires impeachment lawyer, McConnell wants Senate trial in February for Capitol riot incitement charge https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/21/trump-not-prepared-for-senate-impeachment-trial-for-capitol-riots.html

# Murmurs of War
Head of Strategic Command: US Must Prepare for “Very Real Possibility”
of Nuclear War With China. In an era when international cooperation in the face of pandemics and climate change is essential, the world appears to be racing towards a new Cold War, and unfortunately, few except the military top brass are talking about it.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/strategic-command-us-must-prepare-nuclear-war-china-russia/275088/

# Nuclear / Radiation
New Mexico eyed for major nuclear waste storage facility. Critics say virtual meetings bypassed rural communities and raise concerns about the company behind the proposal.
https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/experts-nuclear-waste-storage-a-concern-in-new-mexico-southwest/article_f360ee7a-2373-11eb-8e97-57673c219e98.html

# Social
U.S. Won’t Let Him in—Even Though His Docs Say He’s American. Under a controversial Trump administration COVID order that Joe Biden has left in place, Óscar Luis Cortes García is stuck in limbo.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-us-wont-let-him-ineven-though-his-documents-say-hes-american

# Technology
Instagram Bans Plum Accounts Obtained Through Extortion. The social media company targeted nine cybercriminals and the middlemen who helped them sell the valuable handles.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/instagram-bans-hundreds-of-coveted-accounts-stolen-through-hacking-and-extortion?source=cheats&via=rss

Apple’s First Virtual Reality Headset Will Feature 8k Screen for Each User’s Eye An 8K Display screen? That’s too big for a screen resolution but that is not impossible for Apple’s first virtual reality headset.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/256732/20210205/apples-first-virtual-reality-headset-will-feature-8k-screen-each.htm

Tiktok to Begin Notifying Users of Misleading Content to Prevent Spread of Misinformation https://www.techtimes.com/articles/256730/20210204/tiktok-misleading-content-prompt-start-warning-users-fact-checking-explained.htm

Android 11 Update: From wireless auto, messaging feature to smart home features Android is up for an upgrade with Android 11 software. The new software promises better messaging features, wireless Android auto, beter media controls and more.
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/256709/20210204/android-11-update-better-messaging-feature-more-storage.htm

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-02-04

Voices, The Peoples News

February 4, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Is it time to decolonize the housing market? In California, COVID-19 is exacerbating housing inequities. Indigenous activist Jackie Fielder believes she has a solution.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537272-republicans-rally-to-keep-cheney-in-power

Reclaiming the National Bison Range: After decades of battling misinformation, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes recover their lands and the herd.
http://victorrocha.com/reclaiming-the-national-bison-range-p2428-215.htm

Apaches’ fight over Arizona copper mine goes before US court: A federal judge will hear arguments Wednesday from a group of Apaches that has been fighting a proposed copper mine in eastern Arizona.
https://www.kold.com/2021/02/03/apaches-fight-over-arizona-copper-mine-goes-before-us-court/

Mountaintop removal threatens traditional Blackfoot territory https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2155342407855/mountaintop-removal-threatens-traditional-blackfoot-territory

# Border / Immigration
In Arizona, building a wall — and destroying a canyon https://www.azpm.org/p/home-articles-news/2020/10/30/183147-the-borderlands-boondoggle/

Media Blackout: Antifa Riot at Portland ICE Facility Overnight, Throw Mortar Explosives at Federal Police Officers. Antifa members rioted at the Portland, Oregon, ICE facility overnight https://www.legitgov.org/media-blackout-antifa-riot-portland-ice-facility-overnight-throw-mortar-explosives-federal-police

After months of border wall construction, a look at the damage done. As President Biden takes the helm, conservation groups take stock of the border wall’s environmental impacts.
https://apnews.com/article/arizona-border-wall-damage-mountains-7986864266a6fc2764c671533957d958

The Border Patrol is leaving migrants to die. A new report shows that the agency systematically ignores emergencies — neglecting thousands of lives.
https://patch.com/arizona/across-az/border-patrol-leaving-migrants-die

ICE Has Begun Detaining Women at One of the Nation’s Deadliest Facilities.
Notorious for lethal medical neglect, Stewart Detention Center has turned particularly deadly amid the COVID pandemic.
https://truthout.org/articles/ice-has-begun-detaining-women-at-one-of-the-nations-deadliest-facilities/

# CoronaVirus
New York undercounted nursing home coronavirus deaths by as much as 50%, state AG says – James’s report said that government guidance may have put residents at increased risk https://apnews.com/article/new-york-nursing-home-coronavirus-deaths-a6c214f4467976efdfca9ba75f8adaef

Second California patient dies soon after COVID-19 vaccination, investigations underway https://www.ocregister.com/2021/01/26/health-care-worker-dies-after-second-dose-of-covid-vaccine-investigations-underway/

The biotech firm Novavax has unveiled that its experimental COVID-19 vaccine is effective against rapidly spreading variants of the coronavirus. But the picture is mixed.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00268-9

Vaccinated Congressman Tests Positive for COVID-19. U.S Rep Stephen Lynch (D-MA) has announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 after receiving both doses of the Pfizer COVID vaccine
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stephen-lynch-covid-vaccine_n_60178b80c5b6aa4bad3554f6

Biden Admin Announces First Federal Mass COVID Vax Sites. The two California sites will be staffed by personnel from FEMA, the Agriculture Department, and HHS.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/oakland-coliseum-and-cal-state-la-selected-as-first-federal-covid-19-vaccination-sites

CDC Broke Federal Law by Manipulating COVID Death Statistics https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/study-cdc-broke-federal-law-by-manipulating-covid-death-statistics/

German Investigative Journalists Still Searching for Proof that
Sars-CoV-2 Exists. Even the Robert Koch Institute and other health authorities cannot present decisive proof that a new virus named
SARS-CoV-2 is haunting us.
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/german-investigative-journalists-still-searching-for-proof-that-sars-cov-2-exists/

International COVID-19 fraud exposed. INTERPOL-coordinated case leads to arrests and sparks investigations around Europe https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2020/Unmasked-International-COVID-19-fraud-exposed

Coronavirus infections, hospitalizations falling, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/537169-cdc-director-covid-infections-hospitalizations-falling

COVID-19 vaccines: countries have a history of acting selfishly – and when they do, everyone loses out
https://theconversation.com/covid-vaccines-countries-have-a-history-of-acting-selfishly-and-when-they-do-everyone-loses-out-154219

CDC Director Warns Coronavirus Variants Could Reverse Drop in Caseload
https://theconversation.com/covid-vaccines-countries-have-a-history-of-acting-selfishly-and-when-they-do-everyone-loses-out-154219

Scientists call for fully open sharing of coronavirus genome data.
Hundreds of scientists are urging that SARS-CoV-2 genome data should be shared more openly to help scientists analyse how viral variants are spreading around the world
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00305-7

Millions in U.S. Have Been Vaccinated. Just 5% Were Black. The CDC is sounding the alarm on ‘potential disparities’ for Black and Latino Americans.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cdc-warns-of-potential-disparities-for-black-latino-americans-getting-covid-vaccine

# Economy / Trade
Sennate braces for chaotic session as Democrats pursue coronavirus bill. Senators are preparing for a chaotic, potentially all-night, session as Democrats race to lay the groundwork for passing coronavirus relief legislation.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/537267-senate-braces-for-chaotic-session-as-democrats-pursue-coronavirus-bill

Biden is smart to pursue more than one path on a relief package
https://wapo.st/36BBJt4

Ending the Free Ride: Elizbeth Warren Vows to Introduce Wealth Tax as ‘First Order of Business’
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/02/02/elizabeth-warren-to-introduce-wealth-tax/

120 Democrats demand repeal of ‘Obscene’ tax cut for Millionaires that GOP buried in previous Covid Relief Bill https://truthout.org/articles/120-democrats-demand-repeal-of-millionaire-tax-cut-gop-buried-in-last-covid-bill/

First 100: The Wonk Case for Limiting Eligibility on Relief Checks Is Wrong The evidence for targeting tells you nothing about whether it’s good policy, and it’s not even decent targeting.
https://prospect.org/first100/wonk-case-for-limiting-eligibility-covid-relief-checks-is-wrong/

Warren, Schumer Introduce Resolution to Cancel $50K in Student Loan Debt. Biden has proposed canceling up to $10,000 of student debt, but lawmakers say that $50,000 would be more impactful.
https://www.fox6now.com/news/dems-to-introduce-plan-to-erase-50000-of-student-debt

# Employment / Labor
How the Congressional Budget Office May Determine Wages for 32 Million Workers https://prospect.org/first100/congressional-budget-office-may-determine-wages-32-million-workers/

Biden Ousts All 10 of Trump’s Union Busters From Powerful Labor Panel.
Joe Biden demanded the resignations of all 10 of Donald Trump’s appointees to the Federal Service Impasses Panel, a powerful labor relations board, in a major victory for federal unions. Eight members resigned, and two were fired after refusing to step down.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/biden-fires-trump-union-busters-federal-service-impasses-panel.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Supreme Court will hear eminent domain battle. The Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on whether a private company can use eminent domain to seize state-owned land to build a natural gas pipeline between Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063724229

# Environment / Climate / Interior
What Does Pete Buttigieg’s Transportation Secretary Role Mean for the Climate?
https://www.ecowatch.com/transportation-secretary-pete-buttigieg-2650267881.html

The Chimeric Beast Overrunning Texas and Spreading Disease. The strange-looking creature encapsulates everything about the best of intentions. Once brought over for conservation and popular for big game hunting, the nilgai are taking over.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nilgai-the-chimeric-beast-overrunning-texas-and-spreading-disease?ref=home

# Global Politics and other news
Canada just declared the Proud Boys “a terrorist entity.” The move comes after members of the Proud Boys were found to have played integral roles in the US Capitol insurrection last month.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/christopherm51/canada-proud-boys-terrorist

# Gov / Politics
Republicans rally to keep Liz Cheney in power https://thehill.com/homenews/house/537272-republicans-rally-to-keep-cheney-in-power

Tulsi Gabbard Calls Adam Schiff, John Brennan ‘Domestic Enemies’
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-schiff-brennan-big-tech

Sen. Josh Hawle (R – MO : It’s time to stand up against the muzzling of America. Everyone knows it can happen to them, so everyone shuts down.
The circle of trust narrows.
https://nypost.com/2021/01/24/its-time-to-stand-up-against-the-muzzling-of-america/

‘Black Lives Matter’ Teams With Democrat in Attempt to Expel Over 100 Republicans From Congress. “It is not enough to denounce the white supremacy behind the attack. We must remove its endorsers from Congress https://www.westernjournal.com/black-lives-matter-teams-democrat-attempt-expel-100-republicans-congress/

McConnell To Force Democrats To Vote on Paying Illegal Immigrants, Funding Schools That Refuse To Open https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mcconnell-to-force-democrats-to-vote-on-paying-illegal-immigrants-funding-schools-that-refuse-to-open

Democrats will force a referendum on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, rejecting attempts to protect her. Greene has expressed belief in the QAnon mass delusion, espoused wild conspiracy theories, and questioned whether the Parkland school shooting actually happened https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmcleod/marjorie-taylor-greene-qanon-committees-vote

Democratic Fascists Prepare to Drop the Hammer. “Free speech must be brought ‘to heel.’”
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56256.htm

We Are Entering a New Totalitarian Era: Anybody who is in opposition to the hegemony of the neoliberal project is going to experience the heavy hand of the state https://blackagendareport.com/ajamu-baraka-we-are-entering-new-totalitarian-era

Senate Agrees to Power-Sharing Deal That Leaves Democrats in Control of Committees https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/4/headlines/senate_agrees_to_power_sharing_deal_that_leaves_democrats_in_control_of_committees

Biden to announce end to US support for offensive operations in Yemen https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/3/us-extends-strategic-nuclear-arms-treaty-with-russia

Sanders Slams GOP for $1.9 Trillion Gift to Rich in First Speech as Budget Chair The GOP has used reconciliation to unilaterally pass tax cuts for the wealthy and attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-slams-gop-for-1-9-trillion-gift-to-rich-in-first-speech-as-budget-chair/

# Law Enforcement
Ex-Columbus Cop in Andre Hill Shooting Arrested. Adam Coy, 44, faces charges of murder, felonious assault, and dereliction of duty after a grand jury brought an indictment against him for the shooting of Andre Hill https://www.thedailybeast.com/adam-coy-ex-columbus-cop-in-andre-hill-shooting-arrested-after-grand-jury-indictment

I Was Shackled to My Bed After Giving Birth. Then They Took My Baby Away.
Prison separates parents from their newborns and makes breastfeeding impossible. This cruelty must end.
https://truthout.org/articles/i-was-shackled-to-my-bed-after-giving-birth-then-they-took-my-baby-away/

New report shows persistent racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarcerations While youth incarceration has dropped by almost half over the last decade, Back and American Indian youth are more likely to be incarcerated than white youth.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/02/04/new-report-shows-persistent-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-in-youth-incarcerations/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Lawyer Lin Wood asked to undergo mental health evaluation by State Bar, said he would not https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/after-filing-election-suits-pro-trump-lawyer-l.-lin-wood-is-asked-to-undergo-mental-health-evaluation

Biden’s new DOJ musing, charging Trump and followers as ‘Racketeers’
while the GOP coverup steams on: The FBI has bent over backwards to avoid arresting their obvious targets…and may never get to any of them it seems as proof of a well planned ‘inside job’ is now overwhelming https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/02/03/bidens-new-doj-musing-charging-trump-and-followers-as-racketeers-while-the-gop-coverup-steams-on/

The House impeachment managers formally requested that former President Trump testify under oath in his Senate impeachment trial that kicks off next week.
https://apnews.com/article/house-dems-trump-testify-impeachment-8fd6b9f5724f48cc0f4e045ec8c37000

PA District Attorney Raped Clients on His Office Desk: Docs: When he was a defense attorney, Chad Michael Salsman used a noise machine to drown out some of the alleged sex attacks, former staff told prosecutors.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pennsylvania-district-attorney-chad-michael-salsman-raped-clients-on-his-office-desk-attorney-general-says?ref=home

# LGBTQ
Biden Makes His Fight for LGBTQ Rights International. “There will be no ambiguity,” one senior administration official said. “This administration prioritizes LGBTQ rights as human rights.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-joe-biden-makes-his-fight-for-lgbtq-rights-international

# Medical / Health
Neuroprosthetic for spinal-cord injuries. “People tend to see the spinal cord as one tube with reflexes and simple circuits,” says Courtine. “The spinal cord is a brain in itself.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00087-y

# Military / DOD
Defense Secretary Orders Military-Wide Stand-Downs to ‘Address White Nationalism,’ Rid Military of ‘Extremists and Racists’
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/537251-pentagon-chief-orders-military-wide-stand-down-to-tackle-elusive-issue-of

Will the US finally get the hell out of Afghanistan once and for all?
You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-withdrawal-afghanistan-uncertain/

# Nuclear / Radiation
U.S. and Russia Extend New START Nuclear Arms Treaty https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/2/3/us-extends-strategic-nuclear-arms-treaty-with-russia

# Science
Scientists have turned spinach into biological sensors that email environmental alerts You’ve got mail: It’s from your spinach, and it’s warning you about the arsenic in your soil.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90600720/scientists-have-turned-spinach-into-biological-sensors-that-email-environmental-alerts?partner=rss#:~:text=A%20new%2C%20engineered%20version%20of,biological%20warning%20tools%2C%20not%20food.

Scientists Have Turned Spinach Into Beating Human Heart Tissue https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-turned-spinach-into-working-human-heart-tissue

# Technology
Florida Governor DeSantis to Penalize Big Tech Companies for Unlawful Practices https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-desantis-tallahassee-news-conference-20210202-r4pdvos3rbcdnj7pgx2qupfdpa-story.html

# Water
Will Flint Water Trial Spark More Court Battles for Environmental Justice? Organizers in Flint hope the charges work as a catalyst for more accountability for polluters and corrupt officials.
https://truthout.org/articles/will-flint-water-trial-spark-more-court-battles-for-environmental-justice/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-02-02

Voices, The Peoples News

February 2, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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“Whoever would overthrow the Liberty of a Nation, must begin by subduing Freedom of Speech…
Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as public Liberty”
— Cato – John Trenchard (1662-1723) & Thomas Gordon (169?-1750) – Source: Letters, 1720

“But this is slavery, not to speak one’s thought.”
– Euripides -(480-406 B.C.) – Source: The Phoenician Women, 411-409 B.C.

“A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered is to fetter ourselves.”
— George Sutherland (1862-1942) U. S. Supreme Court Justice – Source: Grosjean v. American Press Co., 1936
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# Indigenous
The fight for an equitable energy economy for the Navajo Nation Diné activist Nicole Horseherder’s long quest for equity from the rise and fall of the coal economy.
https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.2/south-coal-the-fight-for-an-equitable-energy-economy-for-the-navajo-nation

# Archaeology
Since the sixth century AD, a Roman church has held relics believed to be the remains of two apostles. Now, they have undergone scientific analysis, casting light on their age and origin.
https://www.eurasiareview.com/02022021-scientific-investigations-of-believed-remains-of-two-apostles/

Pristine 2,300-year-old Scythian woman’s boot found in frozen Altai mountains https://www.zmescience.com/science/scythian-boots-0532/

# Border / Immigration
President Biden will sign three executive orders focused on reforming the immigration system and undoing actions of the Trump administration, including establishing a family reunification task force and calling for a review of the public charge rule.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536872-biden-immigration-orders-include-family-unification-task-force

Hundreds deported under Biden, including witness to massacre: Biden’s administration has deported hundreds of immigrants in its early days despite his campaign pledge https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-02-01/hundreds-deported-under-biden-including-witness-to-massacre

# Children / Youth
‘Operation Lost Angels’ recovers 33 missing children during Human Trafficking Awareness Month. One person suspected of human trafficking was arrested on state charges during “Operation Lost Angels,” the FBI said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/33-missing-children-rescued-los-angeles-trafficking-operation-n1255435

# CoronaVirus
President Biden is facing a crossroads as he decides whether to work with Republicans on a coronavirus relief compromise or go for a larger package that likely won’t garner any GOP support.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536869-biden-faces-crossroads-on-virus-relief-bill

7 Dead and 100% of Residents Infected in Spanish Nursing Home After Experimental Pfizer mRNA COVID Shots https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/7-dead-and-100-of-residents-infected-in-spanish-nursing-home-after-being-injected-with-experimental-pfizer-mrna-covid-shots/

Minnesota Doctor Fights Medical Board’s Attempt to Restrict Informed Consent for Vaccines and Free Speech at the National Level https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/minnesota-doctor-fights-medical-boards-attempt-to-restrict-informed-consent-for-vaccines-and-free-speech-at-the-national-level/

Doctor-senator says he’s being targeted for COVID views. Sen. Scott Jensen of Chaska, who is a physician, says state’s medical board is investigating two complaints against him based on interviews and speeches
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/politics/senator-scott-jensen-claims-targeted-for-coronavirus-beliefs/89-e4b5e652-426d-4360-b2d5-11ffaed91db1

America can vaccinate 60 million more people each month. Here’s how https://www.fastcompany.com/90599926/the-secret-weapon-that-could-dramatically-speed-up-americas-vaccine-rollout

U.S. Tops 26 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Shots, Surpassing Confirmed Coronavirus Cases https://www.democracynow.org/2021/2/2/headlines/us_tops_26_million_covid_19_vaccine_shots_surpassing_confirmed_coronavirus_cases

Sputnik V vaccine has 91.6% efficacy against symptomatic Covid, Russian trial suggests. Preliminary findings based on analysis of data from more than 20,000 participants https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/02/sputnik-v-vaccine-has-916-efficacy-against-symptomatic-covid-russian-trial-suggests

How the leading vaccines work: B cells, T cells, spike proteins — what do the vaccine buzzwords all really mean? Science journalist Jon Cohen talks us through the eight platforms used by the major COVID vaccines, the remaining challenges and how the spectacular achievements against COVID might help other diseases.
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/01/how-leading-covid-19-vaccines-work

# Economy / Trade
Scottish Parliament to Address Trump Money Laundering through fake ‘golf resorts.’ Scottish MPs are set to vote on whether the Scottish Government should pursue an Unexplained Wealth Order to investigate the source of financing for former US President Donald Trump‘s Scottish resorts. The debate on Wednesday is being brought to chamber by co-convenor of the Scottish Greens Patrick Harvie.
https://www.moneylaundering.co.uk/news/us-president-accused-of-money-laundering-in-scottish-parliament/

‘Now is not the time to count pennies’: Sanders says GOP relief plan won’t cut it, urges democrats to keep election promises. “What the Republicans are talking about is just totally inadequate to meet the unprecedented crises that we’re facing.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/02/02/now-not-time-count-pennies-sanders-says-gop-relief-plan-wont-cut-it-urges-democrats

NYPD Deploys Counter Terrorism Unit To Protect Wall Street in Response To Gamestop Protests. The NYPD decision comes amid a growing online movement aimed at punishing wealthy hedge funds who have spent enormous sums betting on the demise of a number of companies.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/nypd-deploys-counter-terrorism-unit-protect-wall-street-in-response-gamestop-protests/274996/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
DOI Revokes 70 Improperly Issued Drilling Permits https://nexusmedianews.com/top_story/doi-revokes-70-drilling-permits/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Black-Owned Farms in New Focus as Biden Looks for Solutions to Both Race and Climate Crises https://www.ecowatch.com/black-farmers-biden-race-climate-2650234360.html

Lawsuit Challenging FDA Approval of Novel Genetically Engineered Color Additive That Makes Impossible Burger “Bleed” Moves Forward https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/01/29/lawsuit-challenging-fda-approval-novel-genetically-engineered-color-additive

Center for Food Safety says FDA didn’t conduct adequate testing of the genetically engineered color additive used to make the Impossible Burger appear to “bleed” like real meat.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-failed-to-safety-test-additive-impossible-burger/

# Global Politics and other news
Israel Cracks the Whip: Netanyahu tells Biden how to deal with Iran
https://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/israel-cracks-the-whip/281438

# Gov / Politics
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday blasted Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s embrace of “loony lies and conspiracy theories” as a “cancer for the Republican Party.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536850-mcconnell-says-taylor-greene-a-cancer-to-gop-country

Cheney gets boost from McConnell amid divisive intraparty battle over Trump’s impeachment.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/01/politics/liz-cheney-mitch-mcconnell/index.html

Trump pollster’s campaign autopsy paints damning picture of defeat.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/01/trump-campaign-autopsy-paints-damning-picture-of-defeat-464636

Glenn Kirschner frames Capitol attack as Seditious Conspiracy per the US criminal code. Trump adds words like “fraud” and “steal”, apparently believing it will somehow help shield him from criminal liability.
Here’s why he is wrong.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/02/01/glenn-kirschner-frames-capitol-attach-as-seditious-conspiracy-per-the-us-criminal-code/

Spurred By The Capitol Riot, Thousands Of Republicans Drop Out Of GOP https://www.npr.org/2021/02/01/962246187/spurred-by-the-capitol-riot-thousands-of-republicans-drop-their-party

The Senate confirmed Pete Buttigieg to lead the Transportation Department.
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/536914-senate-confirms-buttigieg-as-transportation-secretary

Watchdogs Appointed by Trump Pose Dilemma for Biden. Removing inspectors general installed by the former president under a political cloud could have the consequence of further eroding good-government norms.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/biden-trump-inspector-general.html

White House Reporters: Biden Team Wanted Our Questions in Advance. “It pissed off enough reporters for people to flag it” for the White House Correspondents’ Association, one of The Daily Beast’s sources said.
https://archive.is/1rO9X#selection-695.0-709.142

Hedges: Papering Over the Rot: The death spiral of the American Empire will not be halted with civility.
https://scheerpost.com/2021/02/01/hedges-papering-over-the-rot/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Trump Legal Team Walked Out After Angry Pay Dispute: The ex president and his lead lawyer, Butch Bowers, reportedly had a bad-tempered disagreement after Bowers requested millions for impeachment defense.
https://www.axios.com/trump-legal-fees-impeachment-trial-8f6578e6-0662-4aea-8edc-aee2530c5165.html

Senate weighs jumping Biden judicial picks ahead of the queue. Some Democrats are urging the Judiciary Committee to reshuffle its priorities, mindful of their fragile majority and Mitch McConnell’s skill at blocking nominees. It is going to take years to prosecute all of the Trump era criminal cases, so getting full operational control over the DoJ is critical.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/28/senate-democrats-joe-biden-judicial-picks-463385

Impeachment managers say Trump conduct demands conviction https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536918-impeachment-managers-say-trump-conduct-demands-conviction

Lawyers representing former President Trump detailed the defense they’ll lay out at next week’s impeachment trial, arguing that it is unconstitutional to impeach a former president and that Trump’s speech did not directly lead to the deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536975-trump-lawyers-call-impeachment-trial-unconstitutional-in-laying-out-defense

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Oregon law to decriminalize all drugs goes into effect, offering addicts rehab instead of prison https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/01/oregon-decriminalizes-all-drugs-offers-treatment-instead-jail-time/4311046001/

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NH), Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) announced a plan to release a federal marijuana legalization proposal “in the early part of this year.”
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/democratic-senate-leaders-announce-steps-to-federally-legalize-marijuana-in-2021/

Five Virginia House and Senate committees and subcommittees have advanced marijuana legalization bills in the past three days alone as Friday’s key crossover deadline approaches.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/virginia-marijuana-legalization-bills-sail-though-committees-as-key-friday-deadline-nears/

Minnesota’s House speaker and majority leader filed a bill to legalize marijuana in 2021. Its path through the Republican-controlled Senate remains unclear, but Gov. Tim Walz (D) is on board with legalizing cannabis.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/top-minnesota-lawmakers-file-marijuana-legalization-bill-for-2021/

The U.S. Census Bureau announced another new move to collect marijuana revenue data from states—and this one includes not only sales taxes but also licensing fees. This information, federally compiled, will help legitimize the industry, advocates say.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/census-bureau-announces-another-new-move-to-collect-marijuana-tax-data-from-states/

Acting U.S. Agriculture Secretary Kevin Shea took the new Biden administration’s first meeting with the hemp industry last week to learn about market needs for the newly legal crop.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/bidens-usda-takes-first-meeting-with-hemp-industry-to-learn-about-market-needs/

The U.S. Department of Agriculture released short podcasts about pest control issues for hemp growers.
https://www.usda.gov/media/radio/daily-newsline/2021-01-29/filling-data-gaps-regarding-hemp-pest-threats

# Medical Kidnapping / Arrests
Clark County Sheriff and Washington Hospital involved in Medical Kidnapping of Senior Now Lying to Media and Putting lives in Danger!
https://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/clark-county-sheriff-and-washington-hospital-involved-in-medical-kidnapping-of-senior-now-lying-to-media-and-putting-lives-in-danger/281412

# Medical Recalls
Urgent Recall Of The Medical Device Following Death Of 14 Patients.
https://www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com/penumbra-recalls-some-jet-7-catheters-after-14-deaths-2/

# Science
National Geographic – scientists reaction watching a deep sea Gulper Eel
– watch it transform
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7QXdlSBGGY&ab_channel=NationalGeographic

This mineral keeps turning up on Mars — and now it’s also been found in Antarctica https://www.zmescience.com/science/geology/jarosite-mars-antarctic-mineral-02022021/

# Technology
The MyPillow CEO appears to have gotten his own corporate Twitter account suspended when he tried to use it to evade his ban from the service.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/02/01/mypillow-twitter-account-suspended-ban-evasion-mike-lindell-trump/4348778001/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-01-29

Voices, The Peoples News

January 29, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous / Global
# Animals / Pets / Food Recalls
Deadly Dog and Cat Food Recall Expands: More Brands and Over 1000 Lots https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-recall/recall-expands/

Outgoing Administration Gave Thumbs Up to Migratory Bird Massacre. It’s Time to Reverse the Damage.
https://www.ecowatch.com/migratory-bird-species-protection-2650169096.html

# CoronaVirus
COVID-19 vaccines are rolling-out. Is it time to talk about immunity passports?
https://www.zmescience.com/other/pieces/immunity-passports-pandemic-28012021/

What people might not be allowed to do if they don’t get vaccinated https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/06/what-people-might-not-be-allowed-to-do-if-they-dont-get-vaccinated.html

Health care worker dies after second dose of COVID vaccine, investigations underway https://www.ocregister.com/2021/01/26/health-care-worker-dies-after-second-dose-of-covid-vaccine-investigations-underway/

After 110K virus deaths, nursing homes face vaccine fears https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-vaccine-nursing-homes-pfizer-8b7899de1c214989bb5fb16305b9c44e

After $100K Donation, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Taps Supermarket for Vaccine Distribution. Some say that giving Publix the only vaccines in Palm Beach will widen racial disparities in vaccine administration.
https://truthout.org/articles/after-100k-donation-fl-gov-desantis-taps-supermarket-for-vaccine-distribution/

New York May Have Underreported COVID Deaths at Nursing Homes by 50 Percent New York reports nursing home deaths differently than other states, which may be obscuring the actual death count.
https://truthout.org/articles/new-york-may-have-underreported-covid-deaths-at-nursing-homes-by-50-percent/

Experts Say We Must End Big Pharma Monopoly on COVID Vaccine Supply and Price. Leaders in the Global South and global health advocates are increasingly decrying vaccine hoarding by richer countries.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/28/coronavirus_vaccine_hoarding_mohga_kamal_yanni

This is how America gets its vaccines. The Biden administration has inherited a web of tech systems and policies that it must navigate to meet its goal of administering 100 million doses in the first 100 days.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/01/27/1016790/covid-vaccine-distribution-us/?utm_source=Nature+Briefing&utm_campaign=6c06d8c1f3-briefing-dy-20210128&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-6c06d8c1f3-43812897

Unlocking US vaccine distribution. Most successful vaccine rollouts in
US: 4 state strategies
https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/most-successful-vaccine-rollouts-in-us-4-state-strategies.html

U.S. supply of COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be limited at first, CDC is providing recommendations to federal, state, and local governments about who should be vaccinated first.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/recommendations.html

The White House said it was unlocking a vaccine reserve — but it was reportedly already empty https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/white-house-said-unlocking-vaccine-170030454.html

Johnson & Johnson vaccine 66 percent effective, drops against South Africa variant https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/536441-johnson-johnson-vaccine-66-percent-effective-drops-against-south-africa

California resident dies several hours after receiving COVID-19 vaccine https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/California-vaccine-death-COVID-Placer-County-15895656.php

4th Zimbabwean Cabinet Official Dies of COVID-19; WHO Begins Probe into Pandemic Origins in Wuhan https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-cabinets-harare-southern-africa-coronavirus-pandemic-5680a7e0435e14b20d631d35db39bb9e

Share the Technology: Experts Say We Must End Big Pharma Monopoly on COVID Vaccine Supply & Price https://truthout.org/video/experts-say-we-must-end-big-pharma-monopoly-on-covid-vaccine-supply-and-price/?amp

COVID-19 Is an Unprecedented Tragedy; It Also Made Medical History https://www.insidesources.com/covid-19-is-an-unprecedented-tragedy-it-also-made-medical-history/

Lawsuits about state actions and policies in response to the coronavirus
(COVID-19) pandemic, 2020-2021
https://ballotpedia.org/Lawsuits_about_state_actions_and_policies_in_response_to_the_coronavirus_(COVID-19)_pandemic,_2020-2021

How the superrich are scheming to get the vaccine before you. As the U.S. continues its fraught vaccine rollout, orderly, fair, and ethical distribution remains a moving target.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90598457/how-the-super-rich-are-scheming-to-get-the-vaccine-before-you

Why some coronavirus variants are more contagious—and how we can stop them https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2021/01/why-some-coronavirus-variants-are-more-contagious/

New COVID cases plunge 25 percent or more as behavior changes https://norwalkreflector.com/news/301129/new-covid-19-cases-plunge-25-or-more-as-behavior-changes/

Time to double mask or upgrade masks as coronavirus variants emerge, experts say https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/coronavirus-double-mask-variants-mutations-20210128.html

U.S. Cases of Troubling South African Variant Found in S.C.: The two U.S. patients have no history of travel, indicating that the variant was already present in the United States.
https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-usa/us-finds-first-cases-of-south-african-covid-19-variant-in-south-carolina-idUSL1N2K32K6

What is double-masking? Here’s how it can keep you safer from the coronavirus. With the news being dominated by coronavirus variants that are reportedly more contagious, it’s time to revisit the steps we are taking to protect ourselves.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/skbaer/double-masking-coronavirus-variants

Lawmakers in more than half the states are moving to curtail emergency powers their governors have used to combat the coronavirus pandemic in increasingly fraught clashes over the balance of power between legislatures and the executive https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/536479-legislators-go-after-governors-to-rein-in-covid-19-powers

# Economy / Trade
10,000 stores are expected to close in 2021, as pandemic continues to pummel retailers https://www.firstinsight.com/press-coverage/10000-stores-are-expected-to-close-in-2021-as-pandemic-continues-to-pummel-retailers

Schumer to Republicans: COVID Relief Bill Is Happening, With or Without You Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said his “preference” was a bipartisan deal, but if Republicans block or stall, he’ll move forward without them.
https://truthout.org/articles/schumer-to-republicans-covid-relief-bill-is-happening-with-or-without-you/

Schumer warns Dems could go-it-alone on coronavirus relief as soon as next week https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536280-schumer-warns-dems-could-go-it-alone-on-coronavirus-relief-as-soon-as-next

In California, COVID-19 is exacerbating housing inequities. Indigenous activist Jackie Fielder believes she has a solution.
https://patch.com/california/across-ca/it-time-decolonize-housing-market

As Americans await coronavirus stimulus checks, Biden offers $4B to migrant countries –Meanwhile, many Americans have not yet received their $600 stimulus check https://www.legitgov.org/americans-await-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-biden-offers-4b-migrant-countries

The GameStop Craziness Pulls Back the Curtain on the Stock Market. Day traders with apps have occupied Wall Street—and shown it to be a sham.
https://prospect.org/power/gamestop-craziness-pulls-back-curtain-on-stock-market/

Democrats are moving quickly to lay the groundwork for passing additional coronavirus relief, with or without help from Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536422-democrats-ready-to-bypass-republicans-on-covid-19-relief-bill

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Lakota Tribes Call on Biden to Shut Down DAPL https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/28/lakota_tribes_call_on_biden_to

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Litigation on the Dakota Access Pipeline https://earthjustice.org/features/faq-standing-rock-litigation

As Biden Issues Groundbreaking Climate Orders, Activists Push to Ban Fracking https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21012021/biden-executive-orders-climate-change/

How Wyoming’s Black coal miners shaped their own history. Many early Wyoming coal towns had thriving Black communities.
https://medium.com/high-country-news/how-wyomings-black-coal-miners-shaped-their-own-history-54e70ce86b11

The governor of Texas issues executive orders authorizing state agencies to sue the federal government over the Biden administration’s efforts to fight climate change if they limit oil and gas production in the state.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/01/28/abbott-biden-energy/

Gov. Abbott calls Biden’s energy plan a ‘hostile attack,’ vows to sue https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/Gov-Abbott-calls-Biden-s-energy-plan-a-15906623.php

Biden Calls on Congress to End $40 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies for Fossil Fuels https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/27/denouncing-handouts-big-oil-biden-calls-congress-end-40-billion-taxpayer-subsidies

# Environment / Climate / Interior
EPA Launches Environmental Justice Investigation in Chicago https://www.ecowatch.com/environmental-justice-chicago-2650168769.html#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20EPA%20launched%20an,city’s%20Southeast%20Side%20last%20year.

‘A sacrifice zone’: Why did a Chicago community of color get saddled with a polluting scrapyard?
https://www.injusticewatch.org/news/2021/epa-investigation-southeast-side-chicago-scrapyard/

Can the new president overcome systemic environmental racism?
https://energynews.us/digests/can-the-new-president-overcome-systemic-environmental-racism/

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Biden Plan Could Improve Health, Reduce Racial Disparities With WIC Investment. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) has a proven record of improving lifetime health for women and their young children.
https://truthout.org/articles/biden-plan-could-improve-health-reduce-racial-disparities-with-wic-investment/

As payments dwindle, farmers drop out of USDA conservation program https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2152414285806/as-payments-dwindle-farmers-drop-out-of-usda-conservation-program

# Gov / Politics
Biden Signs Sweeping Executive Orders on Climate and Science https://www.ecowatch.com/joe-biden-climate-crisis-orders-2650167632.html

At Least 30,000 GOP Voters Have Left the Party Since the Capitol Breach.
The sudden change in party affiliations, however, does not necessarily translate to more Democratic-leaning voters.
https://truthout.org/articles/at-least-30000-gop-voters-have-left-the-party-since-the-capitol-breach/

AOC Asks Who’s Leading the House GOP — Kevin McCarthy or Peddlers of QAnon?
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) made the comments while discussing QAnon Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-asks-whos-leading-the-house-gop-kevin-mccarthy-or-peddlers-of-qanon/

House Democrat touts resolution to expel Marjorie Taylor Greene from Congress. “Her very presence in office represents a direct threat against the elected officials and staff who serve our government, and it is with their safety in mind, as well as the security of institutions and public servants across our country,” Gomez https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536226-house-democrat-touts-resolution-to-expel-marjorie-taylor-greene-from-congress

45 Republican Senators Vote Against Trump Impeachment Trial, Say It’s.
Unconstitutional. The 55 – 45 decision suggests that Trump will not be convicted in an impeachment trial https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/01/26/us/biden-trump-impeachment

Trump establishes ‘Office of the Former President’ in Florida https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535771-trump-establishes-office-of-the-former-president-in-florida

Maricopa County Votes to Perform Forensic Audit of Machines Used in November Election https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/2021-01-26/arizona-county-to-audit-machines-used-in-november-election

Hostility Between Congressional Republicans and Democrats Reaches New Lows Amid Growing Fears of Violence https://www.pehalnews.in/hostility-between-congressional-republicans-and-democrats-reaches-new-lows-amid-growing-fears-of-violence/496782/

How McConnell Derailed Trump’s Impeachment Trial Before It Started https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536408-how-mcconnell-derailed-trumps-impeachment-trial-before-it-started

Trump is Now Obsessed With Getting Rid of Liz Cheney: Cheney was one of ten House GOPers to vote for Trump’s impeachment earlier this month—now he wants revenge.
https://www.bluemountaineagle.com/news/national/trump-and-allies-target-liz-cheney-after-impeachment-vote/video_694fbfc9-c9a1-5627-89a7-801cfca53046.html

Center-right Republicans fear party headed for disaster. The Republican Party is riven by internal tensions, and moderate voices fear it is headed for disaster at the hands of the far right.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536410-the-memo-center-right-republicans-fear-party-headed-for-disaster

Freshman Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is increasingly becoming a liability for her GOP colleagues because of a string of controversies that have thrown the conference off message and led to repudiations by Republican leaders.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/536355-gop-has-growing-taylor-greene-problem

House Republicans are voicing frustrations with Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), underscoring divisions in the conference in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/533440-gop-lawmakers-voice-frustration-with-leadership-response-to-trump-riots

Pelosi Slams GOP for Embracing QAnon Rep. and Her Vile Posts. The QAnon congresswoman has “liked” Facebook posts calling for Pelosi to be executed and filmed herself harassing a Parkland teen.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nancy-pelosi-slams-gop-for-embracing-marjorie-taylor-greene-after-vile-posts

Republicans Come Crawling Back to Trump 3 Weeks After Riots. “We’re stuck with [Trump],” one longtime Republican operative said, citing recent conversations with pollsters, lawmakers, and major donors.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/three-weeks-after-capitol-riot-republicans-come-crawling-back-to-trump

Lone Star State Lawmaker Pushes Texas to Leave United States. The bill is tied to the Texas Nationalist Movement that’s made trips to Moscow, received a “small grant” from the Kremlin and funding from the Anti-Globalist Movement of Russia.
https://www.newsweek.com/kyle-biedermann-texas-state-rep-who-marched-capitol-introduces-bill-secede-union-1565159

Though it is still early, it already seems that when it comes to policy regarding the Middle East and Iran, the Biden Administration, just like the Trump Administration before it, will be taking orders from the Israeli government.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/still-early-but-signs-point-to-an-israel-first-biden-presidency/274892/

We Are Entering a New Totalitarian Era: Anybody who is in opposition to the hegemony of the neoliberal project is going to experience the heavy hand of the state https://www.blackagendareport.com/ajamu-baraka-we-are-entering-new-totalitarian-era

Capitol police chief calls for permanent fencing, back-up security https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/536349-capitol-police-assessment-calls-for-permanent-fencing-back-up

Biden administration pauses Trump’s corrupt foreign weapons sales
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/biden-administration-pauses-arms-sales-to-gulf-states-for-further-review-01611779399

‘Stabbed with a metal fence stake’: Much of the information and videos that have come out revealed the January 6 attack was much darker, more violent, and more organized than many initially believed. Here are 7 disturbing details about the Capitol attack we’re now learning https://www.alternet.org/2021/01/capitol-2650159453/

While America Was Sleeping: America is awakening from a long, troubled sleep to discover that the world has changed beyond all recognition.
https://www.salon.com/2021/01/26/while-america-was-sleeping_partner/

# Law Enforcement
Exposed: Proud Boys Hate Group Leader Enrique Tarrio Was “Prolific” FBI & Police Informant https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/01/28/tarr-j28.html

Two Texas Teens Charged in Brutal Murder of UberEats Driver https://www.crimeonline.com/2021/01/28/breaking-two-juveniles-arrested-for-brutal-murder-of-uber-eats-driver-mom-of-three-found-dead-in-entryway/

Cop Body-Cam Caught Capitol Rioters Trampling Woman Who Died https://abc7.com/us-capitol-riot-rosanne-boyland-donald-trump-supporter-family/9497193/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Convicted Killers of Daniel Pearl Told They Can Go Free. Pearl’s family lawyer, Faisal Siddiqi, said they were in “complete shock” at the decision, calling it a “travesty of justice.”
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/28/asia/daniel-pearl-pakistan-intl-hnk/index.html

# LGBTQ
Scientists who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ) are more likely to experience harassment and career obstacles than their non-LGBTQ colleagues.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-00221-w

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) included marijuana legalization as a priority in his 2021 legislative agenda.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/pennsylvania-governor-includes-marijuana-legalization-in-2021-priority-list/

The Drug Enforcement Administration is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by hemp industry organizations that are challenging its extraction rules.
https://lacannabisnews.com/dea-wants-second-hemp-rule-challenge-tossed/

SCP Moves Beyond COVID-19 Barriers to Lead the Agricultural Industry Forward!
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAAMS/bulletins/2bc8cf0

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) said it is time to legalize marijuana and divert people away from prison for drug offenses, among other criminal justice reforms.
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/rep-jamaal-bowman-biden-centering-racial-justice-in-executive-actions-a-first-step-100074053621

# Medical / Health
Dr. Peter Hotez: “Globalized Anti-Science Movement” Threatens Pandemic Response & Public Health https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/28/covid_19_vaccination_rollout_peter_hotez

Biden to Reverse “Global Gag Rule,” Expand Reproductive Healthcare in U.S.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/28/headlines/biden_to_reverse_global_gag_rule_expand_reproductive_healthcare_in_us

Biden signed an order directing federal agencies to open a special enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges from Feb.
15 to May 15 in response to the coronavirus pandemic and to review existing policies put in place under the Trump administration that limited access to health care.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536340-biden-signs-healthcare-executive-actions-to-undo-the-damage-caused-by

US drug prices more than twice as high than in 32 countries https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2021/01/28/drug-prices-rand-oecd-generics/

# Military / DOD
Reflections on the changing nature of U.S. militarism.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/01/24/trumps-empire-reflections-on-the-changing-nature-of-u-s-militarism/

More Military Influence and Spending Has Not and Will Not Make Us Safer.
As the Biden years begin, it’s time to give some serious thought to how to demilitarize our democracy.
https://truthout.org/articles/more-military-influence-and-spending-has-not-and-will-not-make-us-safer/

Is US defense spending too high, too low, or just right?
https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/is-us-defense-spending-too-high-too-low-or-just-right/

The United States Doesn’t Spend Enough on Its Military. Our future, and the future of our allies, depends on stronger, and yes, more expensive, armed forces.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2015/11/military-spending-the-case-for-spending-more-not-less.html

The Pentagon tried to bury an alarming survey about widespread racism in the ranks https://taskandpurpose.com/news/pentagon-hide-survey-racism/

# Science
Despite rising numbers of support dogs, many universities remain unprepared for their presence on campus and in laboratories. Scientists who use animal helpers are working to open the doors for researchers and their canine companions.
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/the-challenges-of-bringing-service-dogs-into-the-lab-64812

# Security
DHS Issues New Terror Advisory on ‘Domestic Violent Extremists’ Who ‘Object to Presidential Transition’
https://www.dhs.gov/ntas/advisory/national-terrorism-advisory-system-bulletin-january-27-2021

# Social
How formerly incarcerated people are helping fix America’s massive waste problem. The 1-year-old company Formr sells furniture made by formerly incarcerated people, using discarded materials from construction sites.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90598982/how-formerly-incarcerated-people-are-helping-fix-americas-massive-waste-problem

Deadly COVID Mutations Can’t Stop the Party in Florida. Extra-contagious variants and a messy vaccine rollout meet plenty of booze-fueled mayhem.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadly-coronavirus-variant-mutations-cant-stop-the-party-in-florida

# Technology
Point: Biden Should Revoke Section 230 Before We Lose Our Democracy. Big Tech is allowing bad actors to misuse their platforms and refuse to fix their numerous problems.
https://www.insidesources.com/point-biden-should-revoke-section-230-before-we-lose-our-democracy/
Counterpoint: Repealing Section 230 Would Limit Americans’ Speech https://www.insidesources.com/counterpoint-repealing-section-230-would-limit-americans-speech/

Israeli digital forensics company Cellebrite has been quietly providing law enforcement agencies with the tools to retrieve data from any device for years, but they want you to know they’re on the right side of the law.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/cellebrite-spyware-israel-privacy/274854/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-01-27

Voices, The Peoples News

January 27, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on:
nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.”
– Omar Khayyám
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# Indigenous
WATCH: The Klamath River is the lifeblood of the Yurok tribe. Removing four dams across southern Oregon and Northern California is vital to restoring clean water, food sovereignty, and justice for the Klamath River https://www.outsideonline.com/2420252/klamath-river-yurok-tribe-dam-removal#close

Yukoners, First Nations benefit little from mining royalties: Miners extracted minerals worth an average of $335 million per year yet only paid an average of $100,000 per year in royalties.
https://thenarwhal.ca/yukon-mining-royalties-panel-review/

Biden Reaffirms Tribal Sovereignty
https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/biden-reaffirms-tribal-sovereignty

President Biden issues tribal consultation and nation-to-nation directive https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/26/memorandum-on-tribal-consultation-and-strengthening-nation-to-nation-relationships/

# Border / Immigration
A federal judge in Texas has blocked Biden’s 100-day pause on deportations. The judge’s order represents an initial setback for the Biden administration, which has vowed to reform agencies like ICE.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/hamedaleaziz/texas-judge-blocks-biden-deportation-pause

19 Shot and Burned Bodies Found Near U.S.-Mexico Border; Victims Could Be Teenage Asylum Seekers https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/27/headlines/19_shot_and_burned_bodies_found_near_us_mexico_border_victims_could_be_teenage_asylum_seekers

# CoronaVirus
Couple Accused of Taking Vaccine Doses From Indigenous Elders. The response has been unsparing. “I can’t believe I’ve ever seen or heard of such a despicable, disgusting sense of entitlement and lack of a moral compass.”
https://www.thecut.com/2021/01/rich-couple-take-covid-vaccines-from-indigenous-elders.html

There’s good news and bad news about the coronavirus variants and vaccines https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/danvergano/coronavirus-variants-moderna-pfizer-vaccines

An anti-vax pharmacist pleaded guilty to trying to destroy hundreds of COVID vaccines https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/antivax-pharmacist-tamper-covid-vaccine-wisconsin

Report: Proud Boys and Police Sabotaging Vaccine Programs, Turning Away Immigrants and Minorities. A report is, police and Proud Boys have taken control of vaccine distribution, one case through a Walgreens operating under the authority of the Michigan Department of Health.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/01/26/report-proud-boys-and-police-sabotaging-vaccine-programs-turning-away-immigrants-and-minorities/

CNA Nursing Home Whistleblower: Seniors: “They’re dropping like flies.”
After COVID Injections! “How many more lives need to be lost before we say something?”
https://medicalkidnap.com/2021/01/26/cna-nursing-home-whistleblower-seniors-are-dying-like-flies-after-covid-injections-speak-out/

Philly CEO Took Home Vaxx Doses in Plastic Bag, Nurse Says. Philadelphia has cut ties with Philly Fighting COVID after it changed to a for-profit model and altered its privacy policy without informing the city council.
https://www.inquirer.com/health/coronavirus/philly-fighting-covid-coronavirus-vaccine-clinic-city-council-resolution-20210127.html

Commuting patterns can help explain why some ethnicities were worse affected by COVID-19 https://www.zmescience.com/science/commuting-patterns-covid-spread-8246246/

Biden’s Pandemic Plan Might Just Work. The coronavirus is devastating America, and getting worse—but it’s not too late for a concerted effort to save countless lives.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/National-Strategy-for-the-COVID-19-Response-and-Pandemic-Preparedness.pdf

White House goes full-throttle on COVID-19 relief talks. The White House is moving forward with a range of meetings with lawmakers and other stakeholders as President Biden pushes for the passage of his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief proposal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/536146-white-house-goes-full-throttle-on-covid-relief-talks

Sanofi to help produce millions of rival Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccines in Europe. The pharmaceutical company Sanofi will help produce millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German company BioNTech in an effort to help meet the huge demand for the shots.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/536071-sanofi-to-help-produce-millions-of-rival-pfizers-covid-vaccines-in-europe

Yale’s COVID-19 Saliva Test Used In NBA Gets FDA Emergency Approval…
http://ow.ly/coqi50B1bUT

They Lost Sons To Drug Overdoses: How The Pandemic May Be Fueling Deaths Of Despair https://www.npr.org/2021/01/26/960492035/deaths-of-despair-how-the-pandemic-may-be-fueling-lethal-drug-overdoses

# Education / Schools
Biden Chief of Staff Backs Teachers Unions Refusing To Reopen Schools, Says They’re Not ‘Overruling’ Science https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-white-house-chief-of-staff-ron-klain-teachers-unions

# Employment
Don’t Be Fooled: The Official Unemployment Numbers Are a Lie. A dive into the murky waters of unemployment to see the designed failings of a system that purposefully miscounts, disaggregates and excludes millions of people.
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/358905-dont-be-fooled-by-low-unemployment-figures

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
NYC Pension Funds Are Divesting Four Billion From Fossil Fuels https://www.ecowatch.com/fossil-fuels-nyc-pension-2650142167.html

As Kerry Touts U.S. Climate Diplomacy, Biden Is Urged to End Dirty Energy Subsidies https://www.ecowatch.com/biden-fossil-fuels-subsidies-2650140430.html

# Global Politics and other news
Israelis Say They’ll Attack Iran If US Eases Sanctions. Israel said it will attack Iran if the U.S agrees to go back to the nuclear agreement https://breakingdefense.com/2021/01/israelis-say-theyll-attack-iran-if-us-eases-sanctions/

Iran wants the nuclear deal it made. The new administration has a fundamental choice to make https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/iran/2021-01-22/iran-wants-nuclear-deal-it-made

Yemen Crisis Linked to Weapons Maker Raytheon’s Influence on US Foreign Policy. Corporations like Raytheon do not, as they claim, follow U.S.
foreign policy: they make it.
https://truthout.org/articles/yemen-crisis-linked-to-weapons-maker-raytheons-influence-on-us-foreign-policy/

# Gov / Politics
Senate GOP braces for more retirements after Portman stunner.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/27/senate-gop-retirements-2022-462898

Senate GOP boxes itself in on impeachment: The outcome of former President Trump’s second impeachment trial has largely been determined after 45 Republican senators voted in support of a resolution declaring it unconstitutional and the impeachment of a private citizen illegal.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/536006-senate-gop-boxes-itself-in-on-impeachment

Pay for pardons? John Kiriakou on Trump’s final flop and Biden’s new intelligence pick. He says Giuliani demanded $2 million to work on his behalf.
https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/20/john_kiriakou_trump_presidential_pardons

GOP Senators Appear Ready to Let Trump Get Away With Inciting Capitol Attack Trump incited a mob to try to smash the legislature, but most Republican senators still won’t break from him.
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-senators-appear-ready-to-let-trump-get-away-with-inciting-capitol-attack/

McConnell Threatens to Sabotage Senate If Democrats Scrap Filibuster.
Rep. Ilhan Omar blasted Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his
hypocrisy: “You lost all credibility when you stole a Supreme Court seat.”
https://truthout.org/articles/mcconnell-threat-to-sabotage-senate-if-democrats-scrap-filibuster/

More than 30,000 voters who had been registered members of the Republican Party have changed their voter registration after a mob of pro-Trump supporters attacked the Capitol https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/536113-tens-of-thousands-of-voters-drop-republican-affiliation-after-capitol

The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results. They repeated Trump’s lies about widespread fraud as he incited supporters to violently attack Congress and democracy. Why are they still in office?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-overturn-election-results-capitol-insurrection_n_5ffc732fc5b63642b6fdc5d0

# Law Enforcement
Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black People Reveal Troubling Patterns https://www.npr.org/2021/01/25/956177021/fatal-police-shootings-of-unarmed-black-people-reveal-troubling-patterns

Portland Cops ID Suspect in Deadly Hit-and-Run Rampage: The motive for the alleged hit-and-runs hasn’t been pinpointed, but cops have said they don’t think the spree was related to politics, racism, or terrorism.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2021/01/police-accuse-64-year-old-man-of-murder-in-deadly-southeast-portland-hit-and-run-rampage.html

Hostage Stand-Off at Texas Doctors’ Office Leaves Two Dead: A SWAT team’s overheard attempts to talk to the people inside suggested that a doctor may have been the hostage-taker.
https://www.npr.org/2021/01/27/961037992/texas-hostage-standoff-leaves-2-dead

Black Teen Sues Deputy for Allegedly Leading Mob to House. Dameon and Monica Shepard said they were terrified of an armed group of people who questioned them and refused to leave.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article242604661.html

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Biden Orders US DOJ to End Contracts With Private Prisons and Demilitarize Police https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-prisons-coronavirus-pandemic-c8c246f00695f37ef2afb1dd3a5f115e

Trump conveys threats to Senate Republicans ahead of his trial. Trump wanted the word to get around he was still a Republican, and for many, still the leader of his party. The article pointed out this message was a warning to Republicans pursuing Trump’s conviction the former president might wreak vengeance against them.
https://parstoday.com/en/news/world-i132988-trump_conveys_threats_to_senate_republicans_ahead_of_his_impeachment_trial

Only Five GOP Senators Rejected Effort to Declare Impeachment Unconstitutional If the vote serves as a proxy for impeachment, it signals that Trump will be acquitted.
https://truthout.org/articles/only-five-gop-senators-rejected-effort-to-declare-impeachment-unconstitutional/

# Medical Alternatives / Herbology
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) listed cannabis reform as a top 2021 legislative priority when asked by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/chuck-schumer-lists-marijuana-as-a-priority-in-first-post-election-cannabis-comments/

Transition From Trump To Biden Impacts Federal Hemp And CBD Rules https://www.marijuanamoment.net/transition-from-trump-to-biden-impacts-federal-hemp-and-cbd-rules/

A federal court ruled that although marijuana is decriminalized in Maryland, binding precedent held that its odor coming from a person was probable cause for arrest.
https://twitter.com/OrinKerr/status/1353819935412117504

# Medical / Health
Medicaid’s Willful Waste Brings Woeful Want: Every year, Medicaid loses more money to waste and fraud than the GDP of a small country. The healthcare program for the poor made more than $86 billion in “improper payments” this year, one-fifth of its total spending.
https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2021/01/27/opinion-medicaids-willful-waste-brings-woeful-want/

# Military / DOD
For Peace With North Korea, Biden Must End the U.S. – South Korea Military Exercises. If the U.S. holds joint military exercises with South Korea in March, it could sabotage prospects for diplomacy.
https://truthout.org/articles/for-peace-with-north-korea-biden-must-end-the-us-south-korea-military-exercises/

# Social
U.S. Suffers Sharpest Rise in Poverty Rate in More Than 50 Years https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-covid-19-poverty-rate-20210126-lj3g4hsnnbdbfjaujs7n4uw3pu-story.html

Five things to know about Biden’s racial equity executive orders.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535999-5-things-to-know-about-bidens-racial-equity-executive-orders

U.N. Secretary-General Says Neo-Nazism Is on the Rise, Spurred by Pandemic https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/27/headlines/un_secretary_general_says_neo_nazism_is_on_the_rise_spurred_by_pandemic

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-01-26

Voices, The Peoples News

January 26, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Indigenous Authors of “We Are Water Protectors” Win Caldecott Prize https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/26/headlines/indigenous_authors_of_we_are_water_protectors_win_caldecott_prize

An Interior Department official says Native American tribes are exempt from the Biden administration’s temporary pause on oil and gas permitting.
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-01-25/tribes-exempt-from-pause-in-us-federal-drilling-program-official

Reclaiming the National Bison Range: After decades of battling misinformation, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes recover their lands and the herd.
https://missoulian.com/news/local/proposal-gives-most-national-bison-range-management-to-cskt/article_6c3ebe06-1ced-11e4-8def-0019bb2963f4.html

# CoronaVirus
Why the COVID-19 variants are so dangerous and how to stop them spreading
https://theconversation.com/why-the-covid-19-variants-are-so-dangerous-and-how-to-stop-them-spreading-153535

After 10 months of minimal oversight, Biden orders OSHA to get to work https://thecounter.org/osha-months-minimal-oversight-biden-executive-order-covid-19/

Biden’s bipartisan push hits wall on COVID-19 relief bill https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535900-biden-to-sign-series-of-executive-orders-aimed-at-racial-equity

Biden takes steps to boost number of vaccine doses sent to states.
President Biden is taking a range of steps to try to smooth the bumpy vaccine rollout.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535972-biden-takes-steps-to-boost-number-of-vaccine-doses-sent-to-states

Eli Lilly says antibody combo significantly cuts COVID-19 death risk.
Some good news about monoclonal antibody treatments: there’s increasing evidence they can prevent COVID-19 infections, and reduce the risk of hospitalization and death.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535877-lilly-says-antibody-combo-significantly-cuts-covid-death-risk

Johnson & Johnson on track for 100 million vaccine doses by end of June, bolstering US supply https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535853-johnson-johnson-on-track-for-100-million-vaccine-doses-by-end-of-june

Merck First US Pharma Giant To Abandon COVID Vaccine Efforts. New Jersey-based Merck, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, has just abandoned its two experimental COVID vaccine projects after early data showed they generated little, if any, immune response in patients.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/merck-first-us-pharma-giant-abandon-covid-vaccine-efforts

Doctor’s Death After Covid Vaccine Is Being Investigated https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/doctors-death-after-covid-19-vaccine-is-being-investigated/

# Economy / Trade
COVID Windfall for Billionaires Could Fully Fund Relief for the Working Class The wealth of billionaires in the U.S. has soared during a crisis that has taken more than 420,000 lives.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-covid-windfall-for-billionaires-could-fully-fund-relief-for-working-class/

Republicans are signaling a determination to protect their 2017 tax-cut law and prevent President Biden from making good on campaign pledges to partially undo the measure.
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/535783-gop-digs-in-on-preserving-trump-tax-cuts

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Southwest Memphis landowners mount legal defense against oil pipeline’s use of eminent domain. A lawyer for two Southwest Memphis landowners is challenging eminent domain lawsuits filed by Byhalia Pipeline against his clients https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2150055585955/southwest-memphis-landowners-mount-legal-defense-against-oil-pipelines-use-of-eminent-domain

Biden to Stop Leasing Federal Land for Oil and Gas. Last week, Biden pulled the permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline, halting its construction.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-to-suspendnew-federal-oil-and-gas-leasing-11611672331

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Biden’s First Climate Actions Are a Result of Years of Indigenous Activism. Indigenous activists emerged as leaders of a climate movement that put increasing pressure on Joe Biden.
https://truthout.org/audio/bidens-first-climate-actions-are-a-result-of-years-of-indigenous-activism/

Map: Here’s where we could plant 68 billion trees in the U.S.: There’s a lot of former forestland in the country. What if we planted trees on it again?
https://www.fastcompany.com/90596394/map-heres-where-we-could-plant-68-billion-trees-in-the-u-s

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Bill Gates is now the largest farmland owner in America. Let’s talk about why.
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/one-mans-desire-to-buy-the-world-why-is-bill-gates-buying-up-americas-farmland-hidden-edible-vaccines-coming-soon/

Biden issues an executive order to boost SNAP benefits https://thecounter.org/biden-issues-executive-order-boost-snap-benefits-covid-19-hunger/

# Gov / Politics
Watchdog To Investigate Whether DOJ Officials Tried To Overturn Election‌
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/justice-department-probe-overturn-election_n_600f02f1c5b6f401aea6a8a9

Biden: Trump Impeachment Trial ‘Has to Happen’: The president, until now, has been hesitant to share his views on Trump’s second impeachment trial.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/25/joe-biden-donald-trump-impeachment-trial

Trump’s Pardons Included Health Care Execs Behind Massive Frauds https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/trumps-pardons-included-health-care-execs-behind-massive-frauds

First Biden-Putin call shows both cautious on big concerns
https://apnews.com/article/arms-deal-us-russia-ddd710fa6886f3888c412579d14b2ca9

Mitch McConnell Is Already Running Circles Around Chuck Schumer in the Senate https://truthout.org/articles/mitch-mcconnell-is-already-running-circles-around-chuck-schumer-in-the-senate/

Centrist Democrats Manchin, Sinema Side With McConnell to Protect the Filibuster https://truthout.org/articles/centrist-democrats-manchin-sinema-side-with-mcconnell-to-protect-the-filibuster/

Trump Has Made Threats to Launch a New Political Party — the “Patriot
Party”: If Senate Republicans vote to convict Trump, he may try to shatter the GOP by starting a third party.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-has-made-threats-to-launch-a-new-political-party-the-patriot-party/

# Law Enforcement
Teen Suspect Arrested in Indiana Mass Murder. Authorities described the Sunday mass shooting inside an Indianapolis home as a “different kind of evil.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/indianapolis-police-arrest-juvenile-in-mass-murder-that-left-five-people-unborn-child-dead

MAGA Mob Assaulted at Least 139 Cops at Capitol: Prosecutors: A new court filing accusers the pro-Trump rioters of attacking at least 81 Capitol Police and a further 58 D.C. police officers.
https://buzzflash.com/articles/maga-insurrectionist-mob-assaulted-at-least-139-cops-at-capitol-riot-prosecutors-say

Black Woman Sues Cops After Family Was Cuffed at Gunpoint. In August, a shocking viral video showed Colorado police officers detaining four clearly distressed young Black girls at gunpoint.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-woman-whose-family-was-handcuffed-gunpoint-aurora-colorado-police-n1255586

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Trump Files for ‘Domestic Violence Restraining Order’ against Biden (You just can’t make this stuff up)
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/01/25/trump-files-for-domestic-violence-restraining-order-against-biden-you-just-cant-make-this-stuff-up/?mc_cid=8f7900e695&mc_eid=3f7488d454

House formally sends impeachment to Senate, putting Trump on trial for Capitol riot https://thehill.com/homenews/house/535749-house-formally-sends-impeachment-to-senate-putting-trump-on-trial-for-capitol

Allies of former President Trump are waging an intense pressure campaign aimed at convincing GOP senators to vote against his conviction in next month’s impeachment trial https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/535754-trump-builds-pressure-on-gop-ahead-of-impeachment

The Video sending Trump to prison and an end to armed Terrorists pretending to be protesters
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/01/25/the-video-sending-trump-to-prison-and-an-end-to-armed-terrorists-pretending-to-be-protesters/?mc_cid=8f7900e695&mc_eid=3f7488d454

Federal Judge Orders ‘Zip Tie Terrorist’ Moved to DC and Held, After Local Judge Ordered Release in Corrupt Tennessee https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/01/25/federal-judge-orders-zip-tie-terrorist-moved-to-dc-and-held-after-local-judge-ordered-release-in-corrupt-tennessee/

Experts Dispute GOP Senators’ Claim That Trump Impeachment Is Unconstitutional. Historical precedent, plus the wording of the Constitution itself, suggest a former president can be impeached https://truthout.org/articles/experts-dispute-gop-senators-claim-that-trump-impeachment-is-unconstitutional/

Senators were sworn in on Tuesday as jurors for former President Trump’s impeachment trial, which is expected to start in roughly two weeks.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535944-senate-sworn-in-as-jurors-for-trump-impeachment-trial

Justice Dept to End Federal Contracts With Private Prisons. The executive order directing DOJ to not renew federal contracts with private prisons is one of several Biden will sign on Tuesday designed to begin to address systemic racism.
https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2021/01/biden-order-justice-department-private-prisons/

Majority of GOP Senators Vote to End Trump Impeachment Trial. While the trial will move forward, Tuesday’s vote is a sign that the Senate will not reach the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535925-senate-rejects-paul-effort-to-declare-trump-impeachment-trial

Senate GOP signals it’s likely to acquit Trump for second time https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535995-senate-gop-signals-its-likely-to-acquit-trump-for-second-time

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) filed a new bill in Congress to protect military veterans from losing their Department of Veterans Affairs benefits for using marijuana. But the new legislation omits a section from last year’s version that would let VA doctors issue written medical cannabis recommendations.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/gop-congressman-files-bill-to-protect-veterans-who-use-medical-marijuana-from-losing-benefits/

Sinaloa Cartel Plans to Hijack Mexico’s New Legal Pot Market. Cartel farmers tell the Daily Beast they are importing stronger, more lucrative, strains of marijuana to sell in the legal market and maximize profits through front operations.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-sinaloa-cartel-is-setting-up-front-operations-to-hijack-mexicos-new-legal-pot-market

# Media
MAGA Pillow Salesman Mike Lindell Thrown Off Twitter Forever
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/26/twitter-bans-mypillow-ceo-462531

# Medical Kidnapping / Arrests
Washington Family Continues to Fight to Bring Son Home Who was Medically Kidnapped due to Medical Marijuana
https://freedomfiend.com/archives/1690

# Military / DOD
Fort Bliss soldier charged with two counts of murder and laundry list of other offenses The soldier faces more than a dozen charges.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/fort-bliss-soldier-murder-charges/

# National Guard
D.C. National Guard Chief: Pentagon Restricted Quick Response to Capitol Attack It took an hour and a half before the Pentagon allowed the National Guard to respond to the attacks on January 6.
https://truthout.org/articles/dc-national-guard-chief-pentagon-restricted-quick-response-to-capitol-attack/

# Social
Biden’s Vital but Fraught Battle Against Domestic Terrorism. The new Administration must crack down on violent extremism without infringing on civil rights or prompting a rush to join right-wing militias, as happened in the nineteen-nineties.
https://www.newszada.com/bidens-vital-however-fraught-battle-against-domestic-terrorism/

Biden to sign series of executive orders aimed at racial equity https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535900-biden-to-sign-series-of-executive-orders-aimed-at-racial-equity

# Technology
Firefox just walked away from a key piece of the open web. Mozilla has always championed the open web. So why is it abandoning desktop web apps, the most powerful alternative to proprietary App Stores?
https://www.fastcompany.com/90597411/mozilla-firefox-no-ssb-pwa-support

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-01-24

Voices, The Peoples News

January 24, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Klamath Tribes reclaim ancestral lands
https://klamathtribes.org/news/klamath-tribes-reclaim-ancestral-lands/

# Border / Immigration
Biden’s Immigration Declarations Open Up New Political Terrain for Organizers https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-immigration-declarations-open-up-new-political-terrain-for-organizers/

The Texas attorney general filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration Friday over its order to halt most deportations for the next 100 days.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/535453-texas-ag-sues-biden-administration-over-deportation-freeze

# Children / Youth
Investigation finds 33 missing children in Southern California, FBI says https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/01/23/33-missing-children-found-southern-california-fbi-investigation/6686845002/

# CoronaVirus
Baseball Legend Hank Aaron Dead After Receiving the Experimental Moderna mRNA COVID Injection https://www.wkrg.com/honoring-hammerin-hank/baseball-legend-hank-aaron-got-virus-vaccine-earlier-in-january/

Disjointed vaccine distribution poses early test for Biden. Health officials are desperate for clarity from the federal government on vaccine shipments, saying they need accurate numbers for planning weeks in advance.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535506-disjointed-vaccine-distribution-poses-early-test-for-biden

How to stay safe from the new, fast-spreading COVID-19 mutations https://www.fastcompany.com/90597156/how-to-stay-safe-from-the-new-fast-spreading-covid-19-mutations

China Health Experts Call for Suspension of COVID Vaccines as Norway Investigates 33 Deaths, Germany Probes 10 Deaths –Norway upped the number of deaths under investigation, from 23 last week to 33, while in Germany, health officials said they are investigating 10 deaths that occurred among elderly patients who received the COVID vaccine.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/china-health-experts-suspension-covid-vaccines-norway/

NSAIDs might exacerbate or suppress COVID-19 depending on timing, mouse study suggests https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210122154410.htm

Biden says nothing can change the trajectory of the Covid pandemic over the next several months: During a Friday press briefing, Biden said that Covid-19 deaths are expected to reach “well over 600,000.”
https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/6/164070/Biden-says-nothing-will-change-trajectory-of-the-pandemic-in-next-several-months

Disjointed vaccine distribution poses early test for Biden https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535506-disjointed-vaccine-distribution-poses-early-test-for-biden

181 Dead in the U.S. During 2 Week Period From Experimental COVID Injections – How Long Will We Continue to Allow Mass Murder by Lethal Injection? A 2011 report by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc. for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) stated that fewer than one percent of all vaccine adverse events are reported to the
government:
https://healthimpactnews.com/2021/181-dead-in-the-u-s-during-2-week-period-from-experimental-covid-injections-how-long-will-we-continue-to-allow-mass-murder-by-lethal-injection/
U.S. Government funded database
https://vaers.hhs.gov/

# Economy / Trade
This D.C. real estate company is helping Black and Brown residents buy homes https://www.fastcompany.com/90596243/this-d-c-real-estate-company-is-helping-black-and-brown-residents-buy-homes

Senior Democrats drafting plan to give parents at least $3,000 per child in Biden stimulus https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/senior-democrats-drafting-plan-to-give-parents-at-least-3000-per-child-in/

Imperiling quick $1,400 checks, moderate Republicans push back on Biden’s economic plan https://www.yahoo.com/now/imperiling-quick-1-400-checks-093024429.html

Sanders: Senate may use budget reconciliation to pass Biden agenda. “Now as you know, reconciliation, which is a Senate rule, was used by the Republicans under Trump to pass massive tax breaks for the rich and corporations, it was used as an attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and what we’re saying is, ‘You used for that, that’s fine. We are going to use reconciliation … you did it, we’re going to do it to protect ordinary people, not the rich and the powerful,’ ” he said.
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-defends-using-budget-reconciliation-stimulus-checks-emergency-aid-1563990

# Education / Schools
Chicago Teachers Are Voting on Whether to Defy City’s Divisive Reopening Plans Chicago is trying to force its educators back into classrooms amid climbing COVID positive rates in the city.
https://truthout.org/articles/chicago-teachers-are-voting-on-whether-to-defy-citys-divisive-reopening-plans/

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Rare Blue Bees Back From The Dead As Species Prove Not Extinct In Florida. A rare bit of good news (just in time for Endangered Species
Day) saw a rare species of blue bee “back from the dead” as it was spotted in Florida https://www.newsbreak.com/news/1567065864394/rare-blue-bees-back-from-the-dead-as-species-prove-not-extinct-in-florida

Biden Signs Sweeping Orders to Tackle Climate Change and Rollback Trump’s Anti-Environment Legacy https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21012021/biden-executive-orders-climate-change/

The US Rejoins the Paris Agreement, but Rebuilding Credibility on Climate Action Will Take Time https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21012021/biden-paris-climate-agreement/

Why we need to “rewild” our environment. By changing how we feed the world, with plant-based burgers, bioreactor-grown dairy, and more efficient indoor farms, we could turn land now used for agriculture back into wilderness.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90594726/why-we-need-to-rewild-our-environment

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Biden Orders on Food Aid Heralded as ‘Most Significant Anti-Hunger Actions in Modern Times.’ The expected executive action comes as “families are struggling with food insecurity like never before.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/22/biden-orders-food-aid-heralded-most-significant-anti-hunger-actions-modern-times

# Gov / Politics
Democrats are mulling whether they can use the 14th Amendment to prevent former President Trump from ever holding office again.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535467-democrats-float-14th-amendment-to-bar-trump-from-office

White House launches sweeping review of domestic terror threats. The White House announced Friday a sweeping interagency effort to root out domestic extremism following the storming of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535438-white-house-launches-sweeping-review-of-domestic-terror-threats

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Biden a ‘Threat to National Security.’
Files Impeachment Resolution
https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-files-impeachment-articles-against-biden-fundraises-off-effort-1563517
Impeachment resolution:
https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1352368778731020288

‘A Big Deal’: Lawmakers Reintroduce Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United. “We cannot allow the wealthiest individuals and corporations to flood our elections with cash through complex webs of super PACs and dark money groups that put special interests above the will of the American people.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/21/big-deal-lawmakers-reintroduce-constitutional-amendment-overturn-citizens-united

You Counter Trumpism By Ending The Conditions Which Created It, Not With Authoritarian Policies
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/09/23/trump-america-authoritarianism-420681

A new ‘war on terror’ would tear America apart http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/56236.htm

The Great Reset Conspiracy Smoothie: A viral conspiracy theory blends together legitimate critiques with truly dangerous anti-vaccination fantasies and outright coronavirus denialism.
https://theintercept.com/2020/12/08/great-reset-conspiracy/

Davos 2021: to achieve a ‘great reset’, we can’t count on the same old globalists to lead the way
https://theconversation.com/davos-2021-to-achieve-a-great-reset-we-cant-count-on-the-same-old-globalists-to-lead-the-way-153508

Biden administration unveils plan to combat domestic extremism https://www.axios.com/biden-domestic-terrorism-policies-psaki-556279c1-a1a9-4eeb-b5a3-60b823443a85.html

Trump Campaign Paid $2.7 Million To People, Firms That Planned Rally Sparking Capitol Riot: Eight Trump campaign officials were listed on the permit for the rally that ended with the deadly storming of the Capitol, reports the Center for Responsive Politics.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-campaign-officials-firms-funding-capitol-attack_n_600b5ac0c5b6a0d83a1b4af7

Trump’s back room plot to overturn election exposed. The disgraced ex-president backed down only after a group of top DOJ officials threatened to resign if acting Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen was ousted.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/04/politics/donald-trump-georgia-election-joe-biden-congress/index.html

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
The Senate will start President Trump’s second impeachment trial during the week of Feb. 8, Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) announced on Friday
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-biden-cabinet-cabinets-trials-19b1f4281bbfd3df0cd7211368d74aa6

Trump and Justice Dept. Lawyer Said to Have Plotted to Oust Acting Attorney General https://www.voanews.com/usa/nyt-trump-justice-depart-lawyer-tried-oust-acting-attorney-general

Justice Department, FBI debating whether to charge all those involved in Capitol riots: report https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/535545-justice-department-fbi-debate-whether-to-charge-all-those-involved

Klobuchar says Senate impeachment trial of former official is
constitutional: ‘We have precedent.’ Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday defended the Senate impeachment trial of former President Trump, saying it is constitutional and dismissing arguments of her Republican colleagues.
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/535571-sen-amy-klobuchar-on-impeaching-a-former-president-it-is?rnd=1611502014

# Media
Larry King, longtime national talk show host known for his interviews, has died at age 87. https://nbcnews.to/3sRpQJ1

Rand Paul Refuses to Admit That the Election Wasn’t Stolen. “There are not two sides to facts,” ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos retorted after Paul claimed there were, indeed, two sides to the bogus “stolen”
election conspiracies.
https://www.newsweek.com/rand-paul-refuses-say-election-wasnt-stolen-blames-media-saying-were-all-liars-1563997

# Medical / Health
Biden Nullifies Trump Executive Order Issued to Reduce Prices of Insulin and Epinephrine https://news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-life-sciences/bidens-hhs-freezes-trump-insulin-epinephrine-rule-until-march

# Military / DOD
Large US Military Convoy illegaly entered Syria On 1st Day Of Biden
Presidency: It was tweeted and pushed by those who are critical of US foreign policy and particularly some who have latched onto a narrative that former US President Donald Trump wanted to end “foreign wars” while President Joe Biden will “start” a new war. Neither is accurate.
https://www.jpost.com/international/false-claims-in-syria-biden-will-start-war-as-us-presence-there-rejected-656440

Syria demands immediate withdrawal of US forces: “Any foreign forces operating in our territories without our authorization are occupying forces and must withdraw immediately,” al-Moualem said during an address to the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York. “If they refuse, we have the right to take any and all countermeasures authorized under international law,” he said.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-un-assembly-syria/syria-demands-withdrawal-of-u-s-turkish-forces-warns-of-countermeasures-idUSKBN1WD0JL

US carrier group enters South China Sea amid Taiwan tensions. A U.S.
aircraft carrier group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has entered the South China Sea to promote “freedom of the seas”, the U.S. military said on Sunday, at a time when tensions between China and Taiwan have raised concern in Washington.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-01-24/us-carrier-group-enters-south-china-sea-amid-taiwan-tensions

# Science
Not Bot, Not Beast: Scientists Create First Ever Living, Programmable Organism. A remarkable combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and biology has produced the world’s first “living robots.”
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2020/01/not-bot-not-beast-scientists-create-first-ever-living-programmable-organism/

# Sports
Louisiana Wrestling Tournament Was a COVD Superspreader. More than 20 athletes and attendees have tested positive—and hundreds more were likely exposed.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2150660843959/louisiana-wrestling-tournament-was-a-covd-superspreader

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-01-21

Voices, The Peoples News

January 21, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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Nice to be back to some semblance of normalcy. Here’s hoping for a better year to come!

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember
that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
– Epicurus
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# Indigenous
As Biden Axes KXL Pipeline, Water Protectors Urge Him to Reject DAPL and Line 3 Indigenous Water Protectors are taking direct action to stop another tar sands pipeline.
https://truthout.org/articles/as-biden-axes-kxl-pipeline-water-protectors-urge-him-to-reject-dapl-and-line-3/

# Indigenous / Global
Papua tribe moves to block clearing of its ancestral forest for palm oil. They say that the company failed to obtain the community’s consent for the project, and that it’s not clear whether it even has the requisite permits to begin operations.
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/01/papua-tribe-moves-to-block-clearing-of-its-ancestral-forest-for-palm-oil/

Indigenous Cacataibo of Peru threatened by land grabbing and drug trade.
Increasing numbers of outsiders are invading the territory and deforesting large swaths of Indigenous land, largely to grow coca which is used to make cocaine.
http://www.envirolink.org/2021/01/15/indigenous-cacataibo-of-peru-threatened-by-land-grabbing-and-drug-trade/

# Border / Immigration
Biden Admin Imposes 100-Day Pause on Some Deportations. Starting Jan.
22, the deportation process will be halted for “certain noncitizens.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-admin-imposes-100-day-pause-on-some-deportations

Biden Moves for mass amnesty for 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the United States https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/joe-biden-to-prioritize-legal-status-for-millions-of-immigrants-121011700087_1.html

# CoronaVirus
President Biden will issue an executive order on Thursday directing agencies to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) and other powers to speed up the manufacturing of testing and vaccine supplies and other items needed to fight COVID-19.
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535157-biden-to-order-agencies-to-use-defense-production-act-in-coronavirus-fight

A study conducted by Pfizer and BioNTech found that their coronavirus vaccine is likely just as effective against the strain first found in the U.K. that is estimated to be more contagious https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/534982-pfizer-biontech-say-vaccine-likely-as-effective-against-covid-19-variant

12,400 People in Israel Tested Positive for Coronavirus AFTER Being Injected with the Experimental Pfizer COVID Shot https://humansarefree.com/2021/01/12400-israelis-test-positive-for-coronavirus-after-experimental-pfizer-covid-19-vaccine.html

‘Worse Than We Imagined’: Trump Left Biden a COVID Nightmare. The systems to manufacture, distribute, and track vaccine doses set up by the Trump administration are even more broken than Biden’s COVID team feared.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/worse-than-we-imagined-team-trump-left-biden-a-covid-19-nightmare

Brazil’s collapsing health service, new COVID variant, raise Indigenous risk.
Indigenous people are especially vulnerable, with their mortality rate from COVID-19 at least 16% higher than the Brazilian average.
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/01/brazils-collapsing-manaus-health-service-escalates-covid-indigenous-risk/

Pelosi says House will move immediately on COVID-19 relief.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/535243-pelosi-says-house-will-move-immediately-on-covid-19-relief

As Romney Quibbles on COVID Relief Bill, Progressives Urge Biden to Move Swiftly https://truthout.org/articles/as-romney-quibbles-on-covid-relief-bill-progressives-urge-biden-to-move-swiftly/

# Education / Schools
AOC Calls for Canceling Student Loan Debt as Biden Extends Pause on Payments.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and other progressives have long argued that the president has the legal authority to unilaterally cancel all student loan debt.
https://truthout.org/articles/aoc-calls-for-canceling-student-loan-debt-as-biden-extends-pause-on-payments/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
On U.S. public lands, can Biden undo what Trump has wrought? President Joe Biden has an ambitious public lands agenda, vowing to ban new oil and gas drilling on federal territory and restore protections.
https://e360.yale.edu/features/on-u-s-public-lands-can-biden-undo-what-trump-has-wrought

Keystone XL pipeline canceled. Here’s what it means for the future fight against fossil fuels https://www.desmogblog.com/2021/01/20/keystone-xl-pipeline-canceled-biden-future-fossil-fuels

# Environment / Climate / Interior
Monarch butterfly population moves closer to extinction. The number of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has plummeted precipitously to a record low.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Monarch-butterfly-population-moves-closer-to-15882440.php

Mosquito spray tainted with PFAS from shipping containers. PFAS discovered in an insecticide aerially sprayed in more than half of US states leached into the pesticide from plastic shipping containers
https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/Mosquito-spray-tainted-PFAS-shipping/99/web/2021/01

Biden, in a burst of climate orders, rejoins the Paris Agreement.
https://www.todayonline.com/world/biden-burst-climate-orders-rejoins-paris-agreement

Interior Department Puts Breaks on New Oil and Gas Drilling. Biden has said tackling climate change is one of his new administration’s biggest priorities.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/535224-bidens-interior-dept-temporary-blocks-drilling-on-public-lands

# Environment / Climate / Interior Global Protesters hold back military takeover of Balkans’ largest mountain pasture. Montenegro’s military, and maybe NATO, want the Sinjajevina Highlands for maneuvers; traditional herding communities want these biodiverse alpine pasturelands conserved.
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/01/protesters-hold-back-military-takeover-of-balkans-largest-mountain-pasture/

Video: Romania’s deadly fight against illegal logging. Romania’s rich and ancient forests are in peril. Since joining the European Union in 2007, the country has seen its forest cover depleted at record levels.
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/01/video-romanias-deadly-fight-against-illegal-logging/

Indigenous agroforestry revives profitable palm trees and the Atlantic Forest https://www.dailyclimate.org/tag/global-agroforestry

Award-winning Thai community continues the fight to save its wetland forest https://www.rnanews.eu/award-winning-thai-community-continues-the-fight-to-save-its-wetland-forest-84971.html

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
Biden moves to reexamine toxic pesticide. President Biden’s initial wave of planned executive actions includes an order to reexamine one controversial, but widely used, pesticide called chlorpyrifos https://www.npr.org/sections/inauguration-day-live-updates/2021/01/20/958925222/toxic-pesticide-faces-new-scrutiny-from-biden-administration

# Gov / Politics
Inaugural address text
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2021/01/20/inaugural-address-by-president-joseph-r-biden-jr/

Addressing the Staff…the Reality of Leadership Such as we Haven’t seen for 4 years “The people don’t work for us – we work for the people,” said President Biden https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/01/20/addressing-the-staff-the-reality-of-leadership-such-as-we-havent-seen-for-4-years/

Biden’s 17 Executive Orders and Other Directives in Detail https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/executive-actions-biden/index.html

Pledge of Allegiance in sign language by female black fire captain is praised
https://www.today.com/health/firefighter-andrea-hall-signs-pledge-allegiance-inauguration-t206318

Why aren’t more Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Biden’s Cabinet? (Michael Honda, former Democratic member of U.S. Congress) https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/534942-why-arent-more-asian-americans-and-pacific-islanders-in-bidens-cabinet

Biden to Staff: I’ll Fire You if You Disrespect Each Other. Biden appeared to reference the Trump administration’s reported penchant for discord, telling staffers that “decency” should be a priority.
https://nypost.com/2021/01/20/biden-i-will-fire-you-on-the-spot-for-disrespect-to-others/

The Deep State’s Stealthy, Subversive, Silent Coup to Ensure Nothing Changes
https://www.globalresearch.ca/deep-state-stealthy-subversive-silent-coup-ensure-nothing-changes/5734897

Biden’s Secretary of State Blinken supports sending more weapons to Ukraine’s Nazi-infiltrated military.
https://twitter.com/kgosztola/status/1351627498509971459

9 things to know about Antony Blinken, the next US secretary of state https://www.politico.eu/article/nine-things-to-think-about-antony-blinken/

Biden repudiates white supremacy and calls for racial justice.
https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-capitol-siege-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-b30876a77ebece44b2c2381571fb6915

Youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/politics/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poem-transcript/index.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=36296

Made-for-TV inaugural program featuring Tom Hanks, John Legend, Katy Perry, former Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush and Obama … and the most eye-popping fireworks display in the nation’s capital in recent memory https://ew.com/tv/watch-celebrating-america-inauguration-special-tom-hanks/

Biden charged the people of this republic with fixing it. So the people need to grow up https://wapo.st/2KyKgW9

In his inaugural address, President Biden pleaded with America. “Let’s end this uncivil war,” he urged. The speech emphasized themes of unity, while being very aware that he was speaking from the site of recent violence.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhiprakash/joe-biden-inauguration-speech-unity-uncivil-war

Mitch McConnell no longer controls the Senate after Georgia’s Democratic Senators were sworn in. Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock officially give Democrats tiebreaking power in the Senate.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/democrats-control-senate-ossoff-warnock-padilla-sworn-in

21 reasons to hope in 2021
https://www.fastcompany.com/90591674/21-reasons-to-hope-in-2021

President Biden Fires Union-Busting Lawyer Who Refused to Resign from Labor Board https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/01/20/under-pressure-workers-biden-fires-extreme-anti-union-labor-board-lawyer

Senate Democrats file ethics complaint against Hawley, Cruz over Capitol attack
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/21/senate-democrats-file-ethics-complaint-against-hawley-cruz-over-election-challenge-461190

Fauci says it’s ‘liberating’ working under Biden https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535315-fauci-says-its-liberating-working-under-biden

# Law Enforcement
Senate confirms Biden’s intel chief, giving him first Cabinet official.
Senators confirmed Avril Haines to be President Biden’s director of national intelligence, giving him his first Senate-confirmed Cabinet pick.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/535132-senate-confirms-bidens-intel-chief-giving-him-first-cabinet-official

Feds used toxic smoke grenades during summer protests in Portland, researcher finds. “This is a complete and utter misuse of a chemical weapon that could be lethal,” the researcher said.
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2021/01/portland-researcher-finds-federal-agents-used-toxic-smoke-grenades-during-summer-protests.html

Far-Right Proud Boys Leader Joe Biggs Charged over Role in Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection https://nypost.com/2021/01/20/proud-boys-leader-joe-biggs-charged-for-role-in-capitol-riot/

Video Shows Since-Promoted CA Cop Brutalizing Jailed Man. Lt. Kent Tribble can be seen punching Enrique Cruz multiple times in the head, before slamming him against the wall.
https://theappeal.org/vallejo-police-force/

# Legal / Judicial / DOJ
Day One for Biden, Jailing the Trump Family and Friends. As difficult as it will be, the crimes of the past four years must be investigated and, when the evidence supports it, charged and prosecuted. There can be no justice without accountability, which is why President Biden’s words regarding “justice” were as welcome as they were important.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2021/01/20/kirchner-day-one-for-biden-jailing-the-trump-family-and-friends/?mc_cid=5f6a2e4cf6&mc_eid=3f7488d454

Eric Garner’s Mother Says We Must Push for Justice That Her Son Didn’t Receive An international inquiry commission about racist police killings opens with testimony from mothers of the victims.
https://truthout.org/articles/eric-garners-mother-says-we-must-push-for-justice-that-her-son-didnt-receive/

McConnell proposes postponing impeachment trial until February.
McConnell told colleagues that Trump should have at least as much time as the president had in previous trials, which means he would like to postpone the proceeding until the second week of February, according to Republican senators on the call.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/535322-mcconnell-proposes-postponing-impeachment-trial-until-february

‘Zip Tie Guy’ Had Stockpile of Weapons at Home: Prosecutors. A newly released detention letter says Eric Munchel and his mother also stashed weapons outside the Capitol before they stormed the building.
https://www.wsmv.com/news/agents-find-sniper-rifle-stash-of-weapons-in-home-of-zip-tie-guy/article_fb7c6a78-5bf7-11eb-ad33-a32b2e8d199a.html?block_id=995901

# LGBTQ
President Biden issues executive order protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/president-biden-issues-most-substantive-wide-ranging-lgbtq-executive-order-in-u-s-history

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
President Joe Biden named a new acting director for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) released the full legislative details of his marijuana legalization plan though his budget proposal.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/cuomos-new-york-marijuana-legalization-plan-draws-mixed-reviews-from-advocates/

The new Virginia Senate Marijuana Subcommittee debated and approved amendments to the governor’s legalization bill.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/virginia-senate-marijuana-committee-approves-amendments-to-legalization-bill/

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Trade Representative appointed a second official from the National Industrial Hemp Council to serve on a federal agricultural trade advisory committee.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/usda-appoints-another-hemp-executive-to-trade-advisory-committee/

South Dakota lawmakers formed a Cannabis Caucus to coordinate efforts on marijuana bills after voters approved legalization in November.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/south-dakota-lawmakers-form-cannabis-caucus-to-address-marijuana-legalization-issues/

Synthetic cannabidiol, better known as CBD, has been shown for the first time to kill the bacteria responsible for gonorrhoea, meningitis and legionnaires disease https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210119102842.htm

# Medical / Health
Hospital closes because owners are behind on rent: Doctors and patients at the Heights Hospital were left stuck in the parking lot after being told they were not allowed in the building Monday afternoon.
https://khn.org/morning-breakout/houston-hospital-abruptly-closed-until-bill-is-paid/

AI-assisted test diagnoses prostate cancer from urine with almost 100% accuracy https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/ai-prostate-cancer-test/

# Science
Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering Young Researchers Conference: January 28th – 30th, 2021 ADSE is creating an equitable, diverse, and inclusive research workforce drawn from a national fabric of students and researchers from community college through graduate school.
https://www.allianceinscience.org/yrc2021

# Security
Senate Confirms First Woman as Intelligence Director. Haines is Biden’s first Cabinet member to be confirmed.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/avril-haines-becomes-first-woman-director-of-national-intelligence-11611187964

# Social
Self-Described Anarchists Smash Windows at Dems’ Portland HQ. Several arrests were made as a gathering to protest Joe Biden’s inauguration turned chaotic.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/self-described-anarchists-smash-windows-at-democratic-partys-portland-hq

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2021-01-20

Voices, The Peoples News

January 20, 2021
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe.
– Langston Hughes
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# Indigenous
Native American tribes want the Biden administration to strike a balance between pursuing renewable energy goals and protecting culturally important areas, especially in the West.
https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona-environment/2021/01/18/tribes-want-biden-balance-renewable-energy-and-cultural-issues/4102836001/

The Bureau of Land Management formally issues drilling leases for 685 square miles of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which one Indigenous leader calls a “cowardly assault” on her people.
https://www.bdtonline.com/news/trump-administration-issues-leases-in-alaskas-arctic-refuge/article_9da5c4bc-9b5a-5199-b4d0-903454e8dec3.html

Biden-Harris campaign announces tribal nations plan. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris released detailed plans to uphold federal trust responsibilities by addressing health disparities, restoring tribal lands and providing economic opportunity for tribal nations https://indiancountrytoday.com/news/biden-harris-campaign-announces-tribal-nations-plan-tIgiIPyG10Sh3sYMfQnT0A

The Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe reintroduces bighorn sheep on tribal lands https://www.newsbreak.com/news/1510338689553/the-pyramid-lake-paiute-tribe-reintroduces-bighorn-sheep-on-tribal-lands

# Border / Immigration
US officials admit they violated a court order when they expelled 32 immigrant kids to Guatemala. After our reporting on how the hectic day unfolded, government attorneys say they will work to bring the children back to the US as soon as possible.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/12/14/2001905/-Border-officials-admit-they-unlawfully-expelled-dozens-of-kids-following-court-order-forbidding-it

ICE Rips 9-Year-Old Haitian Boy from His Older Brother, Before Deporting 19-Year-Old https://www.democracynow.org/2021/1/20/headlines/ice_rips_9_year_old_haitian_boy_from_his_older_brother_before_deporting_19_year_old

# Children / Youth
170 People Arrested In Largest Child Trafficking Bust In History Of Tallahassee Florida https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/11/17/170-plus-people-charged-massive-child-sex-trafficking-investigation-tallahassee/6331680002/

# CoronaVirus
Microsoft, Big Tech Coalition Developing Rockefeller Funded COVID Passports. The group is calling itself the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), and includes Microsoft, Salesforce and Oracle.
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/microsoft-big-tech-coalition-developing-rockefeller-funded-covid-passports

COVID Detention Camps Proposed by NY State Bill | Sorta true:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/covid-detention-camps-new-york/

40% of L.A. Firefighters Decline COVID-19 Vaccine
https://www.newsweek.com/l-firefighters-reluctant-get-covid-vaccine-offered-prizes-incentive-1559146

COVID-19 Vaccine Passports to be Trialed by Thousands in the UK https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9139923/Covid-UK-Britons-received-jab-offered-vaccine-passport-trial.html

What Are the Differences Between the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines? Here’s What We Know So Far.
https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/difference-between-pfizer-moderna-vaccine

# Economy / Trade
The Justice Department has closed its months-long insider trading investigation involving Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) without charges, the GOP senator said Tuesday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/534947-justice-department-closes-insider-trading-case-against-burr-without-charges

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
2 contractors of oil company indicted for leaks from platforms off Louisiana coast. “they knowingly allowed oil to leak from their platforms off Louisiana’s shores, bypassing safety and environmental protocols meant to prevent such leaks.”
https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_3e9760ba-5a9f-11eb-b0eb-7beb452a34df.html

An FBI investigation helped uncover the dark money political spending of
FirstEnergy: ‘It’s a Secret, a (c)(4) Is a Secret’: Dark Money Powers
$60 Million Bribery Scheme in Ohio
https://readsludge.com/2020/07/29/dark-money-powers-60-million-bribery-scheme-in-ohio/

Federal regulators table a proposal to split the PennEast pipeline into two phases in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and block Mountain Valley Pipeline’s request to bore beneath West Virginia waterways https://www.nj.com/news/2021/01/federal-energy-commission-opts-not-to-consider-penneast-pipeline-a-day-before-biden-becomes-president.html

Joe Biden’s plans to cancel the Keystone XL Pipeline is a gift to someone. The radical green groups for sure: they have opposed the oil link since its inception https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-canceling-keystone-xl-pipeline-is-a-gift-to-china-and-russia/article_10799a88-5b47-11eb-a999-438f4d674807.html

Washington denies permits for massive fracked gas-to-methanol refinery https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/01/20/washington-denies-permits-for-massive-fracked-gas-to-methanol-refinery/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining Global
# Environment / Climate / Interior
Feds triple the size of the Gulf of Mexico’s largest coral sanctuary https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_f013bc58-5aa4-11eb-a27b-0fbd816bfd8e.html

President Biden took action to have the U.S. rejoin the Paris climate accord, following through on a campaign pledge to recommit to the Obama-era agreement on his first day in office.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/535075-biden-recommits-us-to-paris-climate-accord

# Food / GMOs / Chemicals
11th-hour deal strips FDA oversight of genetically modified animals.
This is the latest instance of Trump political appointees overriding the agency’s scientists.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/19/fda-hhs-genertically-modified-animals-460486

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Millions Of Hot Pockets Recalled, May Contain “Pieces Of Glass And Plastic”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hot-pockets-pepperoni-recalled-may-contain-pieces-glass-plastic-usda/

# Global Politics and other news
China Bans Pompeo, Ex-Trump Staff as Biden Takes Office. The new sanctions will bar Pompeo from visiting China or doing business with any Chinese companies or institutions.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-20/china-sanctions-pompeo-other-trump-officials-as-his-term-ends?sref=r2w222lv

# Gov / Politics
Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, capping a winding political career and marking the beginning of a new administration.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/535018-biden-sworn-in-as-nations-46th-president

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is keeping colleagues guessing on his endgame for the upcoming impeachment trial, as Republicans weigh whether to convict President Trump over the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/534920-mcconnell-keeps-gop-guessing-on-trump-impeachment

President Trump’s term of office will end at noon on Wednesday, but his impact will reverberate for years. Trump has been a uniquely destructive figure, insulting every opponent and sowing havoc across the nation.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534921-the-memo-trump-leaves-changed-nation-in-his-wake

President Trump granted clemency to more than 100 people in one of his final acts as commander-in-chief, including his former chief strategist, Stephen Bannon.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534960-trump-grants-clemency-to-more-than-100-people-including-bannon

President-elect Joe Biden plans to sign 17 executive actions in the Oval Office to try to hit the ground running on his top priorities, and to roll back some of President Trump’s initiatives in those areas https://www.npr.org/sections/inauguration-day-live-updates/2021/01/20/958630029/heres-what-biden-plans-to-do-in-his-1st-day-as-president

Now Joe Biden gets to sort out America’s soul. Whatever Biden’s America will become, it will start deep into an exhausted panic.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/mattberman/joe-biden-inauguration-soul

The “Patriot Party”? Trump has talked to associates recently about starting a new political party. The outlet noted that Trump’s wide base of supporters was not heavily involved in the Republican Party before Trump became the party’s 2016 presidential nominee.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534952-trump-has-talked-to-associates-about-forming-new-political-party

Pelosi: Trump’s Role in Riot Makes Him Accessory to Murder. The House speaker said she reached her conclusion on the basis that the president “instigated that insurrection that caused those deaths and this destruction.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/20/pelosi-trump-accessory-murder-capitol-riot-460590

Trump Pardons ISIS Commanders, Rearms them for War on an America that Betrayed Him. 40 ISIS leaders and well over 1000 jihadists were pardoned by Trump, and were released to an American column that approached Ghweran Prison this morning.
https://opinion471358172.wordpress.com/2021/01/20/syria-trump-pardons-isis-commanders-rearms-them-for-war-on-an-america-that-betrayed-him/

Has President Trump Committed a War Crime by Pardoning War Criminals?
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2049&context=auilr

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has long fought climate policy, issues a statement calling on Congress to support “a market-based approach” to cutting emissions.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climate-business/bracing-for-biden-climate-rules-u-s-chamber-asks-congress-to-make-laws-idUSKBN29O2JN

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Baltimore’s climate lawsuit that could determine whether such cases could be heard in state courts.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20012021/supreme-court-climate-change-jurisdiction/

Former Trump aides do not have to abide by any lobbying ban; Trump lifted the order last night, among the pardons and commutations.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534963-trump-revokes-5-year-lobbying-ban-for-administration-officials

Trump leaves White House, promises to be back in ‘some form’
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/534983-trump-leaves-white-house-promises-to-be-back-in-some-form

Joe Biden Will Have to Address the War in Afghanistan—Again: Joe Biden should go slow on Afghanistan. We need patience in this peace process.
Though many are pressuring Biden to resolve the war in Afghanistan quickly once in office, it needs to be done slowly and carefully.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/12/21/sorting-out-afghanistan-take-time-under-biden-column/3928731001/

Post-inauguration, restoring the soul of Biden’s America must be truly inclusive https://www.nationofchange.org/2021/01/20/post-inauguration-restoring-the-soul-of-bidens-america-must-be-truly-inclusive/

Trump Is Walking Out of the White House Into a Minefield of Legal Perils. Trump will likely face a barrage of criminal indictments and high-profile civil lawsuits in multiple states.
https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-walking-out-of-the-white-house-into-a-minefield-of-legal-perils/

Biden’s Goal of Unity Requires a Defense of Democracy First https://www.thedailybeast.com/bidens-goal-of-unity-requires-a-defense-of-democracy-first

# Law Enforcement
Feds Charge Capitol Rioter With ‘Barbaric’ Assault on DC Cop. Patrick McCaughey III is accused of pinning an officer between a police riot shield and a Capitol door—as the cop cried out in pain.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/feds-charge-capitol-rioter-patrick-edward-mccaughey-with-barbaric-assault-on-dc-cop-using-police-shield

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Synthetic CBD kills gonorrhea, may provide first new antibiotic to resistant bacteria in 60 years https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/synthetic-cbd-kills-bacteria-095626/

Biden Transition Team Highlights Top Health Pick’s Medical Marijuana Work. In addition to her recent posts, Dr. Levine is also an accomplished regional and international speaker, and author on the opioid crisis https://www.marijuanamoment.net/biden-transition-team-highlights-top-health-picks-medical-marijuana-work/

The Virginia Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Marijuana Subcommittee held its first hearing on a legalization bill that was filed last week by the governor and top legislative leaders.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/new-virginia-senate-marijuana-committee-holds-first-hearing-on-legalization-bill/

The Washington State House Commerce and Gaming Committee held a hearing on a bill to legalize home cultivation of marijuana—and a vote could be held as soon as this Friday.
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/washington-state-marijuana-homegrow-bill-draws-smooth-reception-at-initial-hearing/

# Medical / Health
New research has shown the potential for clinically available cancer treatments to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200106103446.htm

# Military / DOD
U.S. Soldier Wanted to Help ISIS Blow Up 9/11 Memorial: Cole James Bridges, 20, stands accused attempted material support of a terrorist organization after making threats in a chat with an FBI informant.
https://apnews.com/article/us-soldier-plot-blow-up-nyc-memorial-2b7225db9f47a21097b981ab0e5e3687

# Social
Bent on Revenge, the Far Right Will Rage Against Reality in the Biden Era. Trump’s most dangerous supporters now see themselves as renegades in a stolen country.
https://truthout.org/audio/bent-on-revenge-the-far-right-will-rage-against-reality-in-the-biden-era/

# Water
The ongoing collapse of the world’s aquifers. When humans over-exploit underground water supplies, the ground collapses like a huge empty water bottle.
https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_3e9760ba-5a9f-11eb-b0eb-7beb452a34df.html

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