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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-27

Voices, The Peoples News

July 27, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous / Global
Managed retreat? Please, not yet: As climate impacts grow, an Indigenous Fijian community weighs what it means to leave. As climate change rolls on, and as the sea level continues to rise, this low-lying island off the southern coast of Viti Levu, one of the country’s two largest islands, seems like an obvious candidate for relocation efforts, and its inhabitants the latest face of climate refugees. Fiji’s national government has offered its support to help the island’s 100 or so inhabitants move. Yet almost all are choosing to stay put.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hakaimagazine.com/news/managed-retreat-please-not-yet/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1cZ-vrGc$

A fight for salmon fishing rights connects Indigenous peoples across the Pacific Ocean: Inspired by Indigenous groups in the Pacific Northwest, Japan’s Ainu people want to rebuild their self-determination and food sovereignty. For the Ainu, salmon is king, as fundamental to life as the air, mountains, and sea. In fact, shipe, one of several Native names for the fish, is synonymous with food itself. “It returns to us year after year,” says Sashima, “as though it were a promise.” “Salmon is central not just to our cuisine, but to our identity.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://civileats.com/2023/07/26/a-fight-for-salmon-fishing-rights-connects-indigenous-peoples-across-the-pacific-ocean/*:*:text=For*20Japan’s*20Indigenous*20Ainu*20people,reclaiming*20their*20historical*20fishing*20rights__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1QEb7CNM$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Texas State Police Purchased Israeli Phone-Tracking Software for “Border Emergency”: The software was licensed as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s troubled Operation Lone Star border crackdown. Among other effects, the disaster declaration opened a spigot of government money to a variety of private firms ostensibly paid to help patrol and blockade the state’s border with Mexico.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/26/texas-phone-tracking-border-surveillance/*:*:text=July*2026*202023*2C*203*3A03*20p.m.&text=The*20Texas*20Department*20of*20Public,documents*20reviewed*20by*20The*20Intercept__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1Vu2g_lC$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Fed Raises Rates to Highest Level in 22 Years as It Renews Inflation Fight: The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to a target range of 5.25% to 5.5%, its highest level since 2001. The Fed has now raised rates 11 times since March 2022 by a total of 525 basis points as part of its campaign to bring inflation under control.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20230726-Fed-Jacks-Rates-Highest-Level-22-Years__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1XeKCpkV$

Progressives Unveil Bill to Tax Billionaire Wealth Up to 8 Percent: The bill would create four tax brackets to tax those with “runaway wealth.” The bill would levy a 2 percent tax on wealth between 1,000 and 10,000 times median household wealth; a 4 percent tax on wealth between 10,000 and 100,000 times median wealth; a 6 percent tax on wealth between
100,000 and 1 million times median wealth https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/money/23634085/biden-2024-budget-billionaire-tax-capital-gains__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1XLlGLpZ$

# Employment / Labor
Will the Teamsters’ Gains at UPS Help Them Unionize Amazon? The wage increases matter, but banning the constant surveillance of workers should really resonate with Amazon employees. The Teamsters were out not just to win sizable gains for their members, but to make those gains so significant that they’d bolster the union’s prospects for its next, decidedly herculean, venture: unionizing Amazon.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-07-27-will-teamsters-gains-ups-help-unionize-amazon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1VNteUUo$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Mountain Valley pipeline construction moves forward, thanks to Supreme Court: Environmental groups have estimated that the pipeline could have a yearly emissions impact equivalent to 26 coal plants. The U.S. Supreme Court lifted a pair of lower court orders that temporarily halted construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 300-mile fracked gas project that has long been a top priority of Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, a close ally of the fossil fuel industry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/27/supreme-court-mountain-valley-pipeline/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1ROLXCuS$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Military Officers Claim to Have Deposed Niger’s President: Mutinous soldiers claimed to have overthrown Niger’s democratically elected president, announcing on state television late Wednesday that they have put an end to the government over the African country’s deteriorating security.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/niger-tensions-presidential-guard-96f8f63b838af5467d4c95ba7b998b32__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1QxdheTq$

World Leaders Condemn Apparent Coup in Niger: The United States, France and the United Nations have strongly condemned an apparent military takeover in Niger, after soldiers in fatigues appeared on national television to announce the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum’s government.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/27/world-leaders-condemn-unconstitutional-military-takeover-in-niger__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1bcmgrzb$

# Gov / Politics
DC Uniparty kills House resolutions to end US Emergency Powers in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen: In a massive show of support for limitless executive power, Congress rejected legislation that would have terminated national emergency powers allowing Washington to wage war across the Middle East.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thegrayzone.com/2023/07/20/resolutions-emergency-iraq-syria-libya-yemen/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1a61SrFA$

How an Illinois City Council Passed Unprecedented Local Human Rights Protections: A new human rights title will house a bodily autonomy ordinance and any additional rights the council adopts over time. It prohibits city employees, officers and departments from cooperating with states seeking extradition or even just providing information about out-of-state visitors seeking lawful medical treatments in Illinois.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/how-an-illinois-city-council-passed-unprecedented-local-human-rights-protections/*:*:text=On*20July*2011*2C*20in*20front,autonomous*20decisions*20about*20medical*20care__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1bwXZJ8H$

5 crises Republicans made up to distract you: Are they using fake crises to disguise what’s really going on?Here are five totally made-up “crises” Republicans have invented to distract from the real crises facing Americans today: the growing concentration of wealth, the worsening climate crisis, and the undermining of our democracy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/07/27/5-crises-republicans-made-up-to-distract-you/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1WFnjjpC$

# Law Enforcment
Brutal Ohio police dog attack on black truck driver: An Ohio police officer filmed unleashing a police dog on an unarmed Black truck driver during a July 4 traffic stop has been fired.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-ohio-release-k-9-dog-truck-driver-black-man-appeared-to-be-surrendering-circleville-body-cam-footage/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1X9VcHX2$

Ohio cop who sicced dog on unarmed black man fired after video goes public: The Circleville Police Department said actions taken by officer Ryan Speakman “did not meet the standards and expectations we hold for our police officers.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4121687-ohio-officer-who-released-k-9-on-unarmed-black-man-fired/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1SkSLJPU$

Racism Unleashed: Attack Dogs Maul, Bite & Terrorize Prisoners Across United States: Many men were prone or shackled when the dogs attacked. Several men said officers shouted racial slurs as dogs bit into their flesh.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://uk.style.yahoo.com/style/patrol-dogs-terrorizing-mauling-prisoners-100001289.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1eZcrCkc$

# Legal / DOJ
Black and Hispanic residents in Lubbock have filed a civil rights complaint against the city over its zoning code, citing a decadeslong practice of placing industrial companies and super polluters near their neighborhoods.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/politics/government/2023/07/26/lubbock-residents-file-federal-complaint-alleging-discriminatory-udc/70466749007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1ag87-XV$

Trump Lawyers Arrive at Special Counsel’s Office: Trump’s team is reportedly making preparations for a federal grand jury to vote on charges against him: It is not uncommon for defense attorneys to meet with federal prosecutors before an indictment, as Trump’s team did four days before he was charged with mishandling classified documents in a separate case in June. Trump is the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges and has already been indicted twice
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2023-07-27/trump-lawyers-arrive-at-office-of-u-s-special-counsel-abc-news__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1bzRT6Mz$

Feds Tell Trump’s Lawyers to Expect Another Indictment: Trump’s team met prosecutors at the office of special counsel Jack Smith early Thursday ahead of a potential indictment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-classified-documents-explained-a367fbd0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1X3p3rE7$

# Medical / Health
Home Sweet Parking Lot: Some Hospitals Welcome RV Living for Patients, Families, and Workers: The spots help patients keep close to their medical providers and avoid paying for hotels. If patients don’t have access to an RV or would rather stay in a hotel, Dodson’s team refers them to the on-site lodging that OHSU runs in partnership with the local chapter of Ronald McDonald House Charities or a nearby hotel that gives patients a discounted rate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hospitals-rv-living-for-patients-families-workers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1fyeAtsA$

# Military / Global
Wagner Group Disappeared and Executed Civilians in Mali: The Russia-linked mercenaries worked with Mali’s longtime U.S.-backed military to kill and loot with impunity, according to a new Human Rights Watch report. “Malian armed forces and foreign fighters apparently from the Russia-linked Wagner Group have summarily executed and forcibly disappeared several dozen civilians in Mali’s central region,” HRW said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/24/rights-group-says-mali-army-foreign-fighters-executed-civilians__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1Vf4q9RS$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Factory That Fills Wegovy Shots Repeatedly Broke Sterility Rules: Wegovy-maker Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) and its manufacturing partner Catalent (CTLT.N) have said publicly that shipments of the drug were delayed throughout 2022 as Catalent addressed problems raised by the two FDA inspections, without elaborating on what was found.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/wegovy-weight-loss-injection-factory-plagued-by-sterile-safety-failures-2023-07-27/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1XIgs_Ht$

# UFO Disclosure / Other
Ex-intel official claims feds ‘absolutely’ have UFOs, bodies of ‘non-human’ origin during bombshell hearing: U.S. government has a long-standing program that retrieves unidentified flying objects, and said “nonhuman” “biologics” were found at crash sites where the objects were recovered. A former Air Force officer and intelligence official told Congress he believes the government is hiding captured UFOs, and claimed he could not reveal whether anyone was murdered to keep the secret contained.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/26/members-of-congress-had-ufo-sightings-of-their-own-rep-burchett/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1TisW4Tk$

At House UFO Hearing, Military Members Push for Answers: “It Is Long Overdue”: Two former Navy pilots and a former intelligence official called for a safe and transparent system of reporting the phenomena. “If everyone could see the sensor and video data I witnessed,” one said, “our national conversation would change.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/26/house-ufo-hearing-wednesday/70469518007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1dZt6kYT$

Explosive claims, impossible craft and questions of ‘murder’: House UFO hearing probes alleged alien technology defying laws of physics. One witness claimed that ‘non-human biologics’ were recovered from alleged UAP crash sites by the US government. The witnesses agreed that the US is lacking in a proper reporting system for UAP sightings, with Mr Graves noting that both military and commercial pilots who claim to have encountered the craft feel as though they cannot report the sightings without suffering stigma and potential career retaliation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/house-ufo-hearing-aliens-physics-b2382921.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1Z5EYHRD$

UFO whistleblower claims he’s under threat for revealing secret ops: The former airman told lawmakers that he’d learned of the clandestine UFO program while working at the National Reconnaissance Office. “I’ve suffered retaliation for my decision, but I am hopeful that my actions will ultimately lead to a positive outcome of increased transparency,” Air Force Maj. David Grusch told the House Oversight Committee Wednesday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/07/26/ufo-whistleblower-claims-hes-under-threat-for-revealing-secret-ops/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1W7Mvfwc$

# Veterans / VA
VA to review link between military toxic exposures and additional cancers: The Department of Veterans Affairs will review whether three more types of cancers will be added to the list of conditions presumed to be caused by exposure to toxins from military burn pits, the agency announced.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/veterans/2023-07-25/veterans-affairs-burn-pits-toxic-exposure-cancers-10854739.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0OQ2db1Qa7-JOUoOJWLKanx7T828per6LfrCx80uJuNtkmzq9Mhe6jRnHzjeK58Y2udKMmgVu-pe4jwVafKAPBHC1TuiOwTV$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-26

Voices, The Peoples News

July 26, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
A Scientist Said Her Research Could Help With Repatriation. Instead, It Destroyed Native Remains: Federal agencies have awarded millions of dollars to scientific studies on Native American human remains, undermining the goals of NAGPRA as tribes fight for repatriation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.allsides.com/news/2023-07-21-0546/federal-state-and-tribal-powers-scientist-said-her-research-could-help__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgih2rPibX$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Federal judge deals major blow to Biden administration with ruling on immigration policy: The Biden administration was dealt a major blow in its efforts to control the ongoing border crisis on Tuesday when a federal judge blocked a rule introduced in May that makes migrants ineligible for asylum if they have entered illegally and failed to take advantage of expanded lawful pathways set up by the federal government. He found the rule is “both substantively and procedurally invalid” and has delayed his ruling from taking effect for 14 days to give the administration time to appeal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/25/biden-asylum-policy-immigration-00108074__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgivd-tJes$

Gaetz introduces bill to end ‘unqualified birthright citizenship’: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., introduced a bill Tuesday that would deny automatic citizenship at birth to children born within the United States whose parents are not U.S. nationals https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/4118478-gaetz-introduces-legislation-to-end-unqualified-birthright-citizenship/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgihCDU826$

Immigration doesn’t drive up crime rates and this study proves it: The study by Stanford University researchers found evidence that immigrants haven’t contributed to increased crime rates in the US over the past 140 years. In fact, first-generation immigrants haven’t shown a higher likelihood of imprisonment compared to individuals born in the US at all
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/migrants-dont-cause-crime-rates-to-increase-but-false-perceptions-endure-anyway-198054__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgimahZHM0$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
How the Ultrawealthy Use Private Foundations to Bank Millions in Tax Deductions While Giving the Public Little in Return: It’s a simple bargain: The rich get huge tax breaks by donating art, property and company shares to benefit the public. But some donors collect millions while offering little or no public access.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/how-private-nonprofits-ultrawealthy-tax-deductions-museums-foundation-art*:*:text=How*20the*20Ultrawealthy*20Use*20Private*20Foundations*20to*20Bank*20Huge*20Tax,little*20or*20no*20public*20access__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgityrHaMf$

Addressing Tax System Failings That Favor Billionaires and Corporations: Biden’s Build Back Better plan addresses key failings of the U.S. tax system that let the wealthy and corporations avoid paying their fair share; Congress can and should do even more. For years, many policymakers have decried the tax code as being slanted against working people. They now have a rare opportunity to fix it, with a mandate from and the strong backing of the American people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.americanprogress.org/article/addressing-tax-system-failings-favor-billionaires-corporations/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgisbm04C0$

How the Wealthy Save Billions in Taxes by Skirting a Century-Old Law: Congress outlawed tax deductions on “wash sales” in 1921, but Goldman Sachs and others have helped billionaires like Steve Ballmer see huge tax savings by selling stocks for a loss and then replacing them with nearly identical investments.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.moneylife.in/article/how-the-wealthy-in-us-save-billions-in-taxes-by-skirting-a-century-old-law/69820.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgijvp0_yl$

IRS dodging oversight after destroying 30 million records: Lawmakers investigating reports the IRS destroyed tens of millions of taxpayer records say the federal tax agency is not cooperating with the investigation. They argue the agency has “willfully ignored” their request, which dates back to last year. The inquiry comes after a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration report showing the IRS destroyed roughly 30 million taxpayer documents in 2021.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independentnews.com/news/national/lawmakers-irs-dodging-oversight-after-destroying-30-million-records/article_caf010fe-166d-5222-a5b1-4587ff50dac8.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgioL5UcDl$

# Education / Schools
School district woes likened to ‘environmental racism’ in Flint, Mich: Flint, Michigan’s catastrophic public health crisis collided with an economic downturn, systemic racism. All 13 school buildings in East Ramapo received a failing rating in a recent state-mandated survey. General Motors took its plant off the Flint water supply because the water was corroding engine parts. It was more than a year before anything was done for the 100,000 people living in the city, approximately 30,000 of whom were children.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-truth-about-science/when-environmental-racism/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgijf8cHHn$

“We’re Huge in Learning Loss!” Cashing in on the Post-Pandemic Education Crisis: Test scores are plummeting while tens of billions in federal aid flows to schools. A visit to a recent education technology convention provides a glimpse of the frenzy to profit from the recovery efforts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/education-technology-covid-pandemic-crisis-schools__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgirCeNztJ$

The Nightmare of American Public School Teaching: Moral injury is driving teachers out of the profession. Here’s how to help them stay. Becoming a teacher to help students, only to be forced to participate in a system that fails them at every turn, creates moral injury.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/education/2023-07-26-nightmare-of-american-public-school-teaching/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgio7IdK_5$

Based on the Biden administration’s new interpretation of Title IX, schools could only keep federal funding for basic student assistance programs like free or discounted lunches if they began: *Imposing gender pronoun policing;
*Permitting biological males to compete in female sports; *Permitting biological males to use female restrooms and locker rooms; and *Assigning dorms based on gender identity, rather than on biological sex.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/no-free-lunch-biden-admin-will-pull-meal-funding-for-schools-that-dont-comply-with-its-lgbt-agenda/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgivKPwNJg$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
New Taxes on Oil and Gas Could Cause Economic Pain in Alaska and Across America: As the Biden administration escalates its crusade against American energy, perhaps no state has more to lose than Alaska, where the oil industry and its tax dollars are responsible for up to a third of the state’s economic output and a quarter of its jobs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2023/05/08/devastating_alaskas_oil_and_gas_industry_wont_help_taxpayers_898125.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgiomIFovs$

Mining companies are eager to dig up the ocean. That’s a dangerous idea: We already know the damage that mining can cause on land. It could be devastating to the deep sea. It’s a cruel irony that renewable energy, at least at this point of technological development, is thought to require nonrenewable deep-sea minerals, pulled from ecosystems we know so little about. But we can’t protect our planet by destroying it, nor can we mine our way out of the climate crisis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/25/mining-companies-deep-sea-dangerous__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgijgqJ6If$

Ocean Depths Targeted for Mining Are Rich in Complex and Unknown Marine Life, Scientists Find: Like the dry land on the surface of our planet, the ocean’s depths are made up of a variety of terrain, from plains and canyons to volcanic seamounts. Scientists believe there are as many as
10 million undiscovered marine species living on the ocean floor.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2023-07-deep-ocean-rich-unknown-life.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgim9DPzcM$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Florida seawater hits hot tub level and may have set world record: The water temperature on the tip of Florida exceeded 100 degrees (37.8 degrees Celsius) two days in a row. Meteorologists say that could potentially be the hottest seawater ever measured. The warmer water is fuel for hurricanes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/record-hot-water-florida-coral-climate-change-6414d44c6f120507d3ee37c059fb75cd__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgijk_7UDk$

Amid Heat Wave, GOP Adds Climate Denial To Spending Bills: As scientists warn of a mass extinction and ecological tipping points, congressional Republicans are helping their fossil fuel industry donors by quietly inserting provisions into annual spending bills designed to bar the American government from combating and researching climate change
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newrepublic.com/post/174310/earth-hotter-ever-ted-cruz-republican-solution-gut-climate-funding__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgimPvfxp8$

# General News
Zelensky Associate Was Present at Biden Bribery Meetings – Then Went to Work for President Zelensky Who Now Is Holding Blackmail Information Against Joe Biden. Author Peter Schweizer went on Jesse Watters Primetime on Monday, where he proceeded to drop another bomb on the Bidens. According to Schweizer, who wrote the best-seller Secret Empires on Biden family crimes, one of Volodymyr Zelensky’s top officials was sitting in the room when they were discussing bribing the Bidens, Joe and Hunter.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/07/breaking-update-zelensky-associate-was-present-biden-bribery/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgiokQ6H0j$

Hunter Biden Partner to Testify to Congress as White House Says President ‘Never in Business’ With His Son. Hunter Biden’s former business partner is scheduled to testify to Congress as lawmakers look to dig deeper into connections between President [sic] Joe Biden, his son, and foreign nationals. Devon Archer, the associate of Mr. Hunter Biden, is slated to testify to the House Oversight Committee on July 31.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/24/joe-bidens-a-liar-hunters-a-grifter-devon-archer-testimony-proves-it/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgiuAVolo8$

McCarthy: Biden case will ‘rise to impeachment’ as 16 Romanian payments allegedly went to ‘shell companies’: Biden notably boasted in 2016 how he told then-Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to fire a prosecutor looking into Burisma. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicted Republicans will gather enough evidence soon to mount an impeachment inquiry against President [sic] Biden, as the corruption scandal enveloping him and his son Hunter continues to grow.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/25/mccarthy-biden-impeachment-inquiry-fox-news__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgiucEK0af$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Using Ukraine as Cannon Fodder: Ukrainians are disposable in the quest to ‘weaken Russia.’ Potentially tens of thousands of Ukrainians have died in the counteroffensive, which produced no sizable gains for Kyiv. In reality, neither HRVP Josep Borrell nor the US President Joe Biden said: “Ukraine is our army.” HRVP Borrell said in his Munich speech that the EU should be quick in providing Ukraine with weapons to help it stand up to Russian aggression https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/eu-us-and-nato-use-ukrainians-as-cannon-fodder__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgigoWGsaN$

# Gov / Politics
Coup 2024 already underway: Democratic law firm argues mail boxes ‘unsecure’ for voting, in suit pushing for ballot drop boxes. Marc Elias, whose law firm filed the lawsuit, advocated for states to switch to mail-in voting because of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. In a lawsuit to overturn a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that concluded ballot drop boxes are illegal, a Democratic election law firm is now arguing that U.S. Postal Service mailboxes are in fact “unsecured.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the-republican-war-on-drop-boxes-continues/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgigrYkKjb$

# Legal / DOJ
Hunter Biden Plea: Four Key Questions Before ‘Sweetheart’ Deal Court Hearing: Hunter Biden, in June, agreed to plead guilty to two misdemeanor tax charges and enter into a pretrial diversion program that will allow him to bypass prosecution on a separate felony gun charge. However, the plea deal process may have gotten much more muddy after a Tuesday afternoon clash between the attorneys for the younger Biden and a top House Republican seeking to introduce IRS whistleblower testimony to the court docket.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/four-things-to-watch-hunter-biden-plea-agreement__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgiipiALrj$

Judge Says Member Of Hunter Biden’s Legal Team ‘Misrepresented Her Identity’ On Eve Of Plea Deal Hearing: The judge who will review Hunter Biden’s plea deal on Wednesday accused a member of Biden’s legal team of misrepresenting herself in a phone call to the court, a bizarre episode that prompted the judge to threaten sanctions even as Biden’s lawyers insisted it was all a misunderstanding.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/25/hunter-biden-judge-plea-deal-phone-call-00108184__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgii9artq_$

The Fulton County Case Against Trump May Be the Most Serious: Georgia prosecutors eye criminal solicitation charges in Trump inquiry. Among the state election law charges that prosecutors were examining: criminal solicitation to commit election fraud and conspiracy to commit election fraud, as well as solicitation of a public or political officer to fail to perform their duties and solicitation to destroy, deface or remove ballots, the people said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/25/trump-georgia-investigation-fulton-county-prosecutors__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgitAedrKE$

# Medical / Health
How Executives and Well-Connected Investors Make Exquisitely Timed Trades in Health Care Stocks: Secret IRS records reveal dozens of highly fortuitous biotech and health care trades. One executive bought shares in a corporate partner just before a sale, and an investor traded options right before a company’s revenues took off, netting millions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/biotech-executives-investors-trade-health-care-stocks__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgiuKoj1hx$

Hospices in Four States to Receive Extra Scrutiny Over Concerns of Fraud, Waste and Abuse: Federal regulators have announced enhanced oversight of new hospices in Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas, targeting providers highlighted by a ProPublica investigation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bioethics.com/archives/71330__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgijNWiRfO$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
From Philadelphia to California, officials on alert over xylazine threat: A veterinary sedative embedded in the nation’s illicit drug supply has public health officials, state lawmakers and federal leaders on alert as it helps fuel the nation’s overdose epidemic
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_894826c8-2b01-11ee-8fcf-934f158258d8.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgipm-Ytsp$

# Social
The Overwhelming Evil of the Global Slave Market: The latest Jim Caviezel movie, Sound of Freedom, is absolutely riveting. Everyone should see it. Brilliantly done. Stay thru the credits as Jim then speaks to the audience. He tells us, once you know it is happening, you must work to stop the evil. Jim asks the audience, “Can we love God’s children more than we fear evil?” “The Sound of Freedom brings this truth to light,” said Bob Unanue, President and CEO of Goya Foods, and Executive Producer of Sound of Freedom. Goya Cares, inspired by the movie, is a global initiative dedicated to combating child trafficking and educating on child mental health.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newswithviews.com/the-overwhelming-evil-of-the-global-slave-market/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyFLd3JVPFR1VSZUevQTi-WPSzmyKJX_DFP3Vk9wpWb8aWW9UefAY_7xVKL6F_Q7_StA60iZYkfvu3dUbglF4ODgiv2ZchoL$

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July 25, 2023
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
DOJ Threatens to Sue Texas Gov. Abbott for Installing Barrels Wrapped in Razor Wire in Rio Grande The U.S. Justice Department is threatening to sue the state of Texas after Republican Governor Greg Abbott installed barrels wrapped in razor wire in the Rio Grande https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tpr.org/border-immigration/2023-07-21/doj-to-sue-texas-over-gov-abbotts-operation-lone-star-border-security-program__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4n-FRnFK$

# Bundy Rides Again
Jury Decides Ammon Bundy Must Pay More Than $50M for Defaming Hospital: Ammon Bundy Must Pay More Than $50M for Defaming Hospital: The anti-government leader waged a crusade over treatment of an ally’s grandson, known as Baby Cyrus.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/jury-decides-ammon-bundy-must-015348942.html*:*:text=Anti*2Dgovernment*20agitator*20Ammon*20Bundy,officials*20determined*20he*20was*20malnourished__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4sMiuNYY$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
14-Year-Old’s Death After Pfizer COVID Shot a “Significant Public Concern,” Coroner Says: Historically, inquests investigate suspicious or mysterious deaths and set precedents for the medical community, bridging the gap between criminal justice and public health. The multi-day inquest for the family of Joseph McGinty is in progress and a jury will hear evidence surrounding the teenager’s sharp decline and death less than a month after being administered the COVID shot.1
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/07/14-year-olds-death-after-pfizer-covid-shot-a-significant-public-concern-coroner-says/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4jGQfiT6$

Debilitating Autonomic Nervous System Disorder after COVID Vaccines: Several studies have reported adverse events following vaccination, including an increasing number of reports of several neurological and cardiovascular manifestations that are inclusive of POTS. POTS is a common autonomic nervous system disorder that is characterized by tachycardia or an increase of 30 beats/minute or more during 10 minutes of being in the standing position and orthostatic intolerance symptoms. POTS symptomatology includes palpitations, pre-syncope, generalized weakness, light-headedness, nausea, and headache that lasts for more than three months.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news-medical.net/news/20221220/Study-finds-increased-risk-of-POTS-after-SARS-CoV-2-infection-or-COVID-vaccination.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4qnsiolC$

U.S. Military Confirms Myocarditis Spike After COVID Vaccine Introduction: Cases of myocarditis soared among U.S. service members in 2021 after the COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out, a top Pentagon official has confirmed. There were 275 cases of myocarditis in 2021—a 151 percent spike from the annual average from 2016 to 2020
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/07/pentagon-confirms-myocarditis-cases-in-troops-spiked-after-covid-vax-rollout/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4g0U2CeI$

Insane in the membrane: Biden admin allocates $5 billion for new COVID vaccines with little manufacturing guidance: The initiative, known as Project NextGen, has left manufacturers confused about whether they are even eligible for funding.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/coronavirus/biden-admin-allocates-5-billion-new-covid-vaccines-little-manufacturing__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4hvJ1aRQ$

# Education / Schools
Veterans Push Back Against Military Recruitment in Schools: In order to counter both the narrative and incentives that military recruiters offer young people, veterans try to share the truth about traumatic personal experiences as well as practical information. With these challenges in mind, [the nonprofit] NNOMY produced a video called “Before You Enlist!” The 16-minute video seeks to lay out a case against military service that preempts the military’s psychological recruitment tactics. With veteran stories and statistics, the video debunks perks, such as “free education” and job training, that the military uses to appeal to potential recruits.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yesmagazine.org/democracy/2023/04/03/military-recruitment-veterans-push-back__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4u5ih0VP$
See also: Before You Enlist! https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://beforeyouenlist.org/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4lDb9vDl$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
New North Sea oil and gasfields will emit as much carbon as 14m cars, report says: Carbon dioxide pollution from fossil fuel emissions is a significant driver of climate change, with far-reaching health effects. As carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere, they trap heat, leading to global warming. This warming contributes to more frequent and severe extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and disruptions to ecosystems, impacting human health in various ways
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailyclimate.org/new-north-sea-oil-and-gasfields-will-emit-as-much-carbon-as-14m-cars-report-says-2662331712.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4g0maGCz$

Proposed Regulatory Changes Would Raise the Cost of Oil Drilling on Public Land: The new rules would raise more money for cleanup operations and bring more revenue to oil-producing states, but are a far cry from fulfilling President Biden’s promise to end extraction on public lands.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.planetizen.com/news/2023/07/124836-proposed-regulatory-changes-would-raise-cost-oil-drilling-public-land__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4jtlA6Op$

Analysis details how Wall Street underwriting quietly funnels billions into fossil fuels: “Underwriting is a huge missing piece of net-zero transition plans, allowing big U.S. banks to continue to help fossil fuel companies raise billions of dollars with limited scrutiny,” said one campaigner. Since 2016, the six largest U.S. banks—JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs—have provided more than $433 billion in lending and underwriting to 30 of the companies doing the most to increase fossil fuel extraction and combustion worldwide, the report notes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/wall-street-underwriting-fossil-fuels*:*:text=Since*202016*2C*20the*20six*20largest,combustion*20worldwide*2C*20the*20report*20notes__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4kzEvFCK$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure For unhoused people in America’s hottest large city, heat waves are a merciless killer: People experiencing homelessness are dying in cities throughout the U.S. as climate change caused by burning fossil fuels results in record-breaking heat waves.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2023/07/for-unhoused-people-in-americas-hottest-large-city-heat-waves-are-a-merciless-killer/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4vEel_Y7$

The environmental impacts of war: Research by Brown University is shedding light on the impact of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and other conflict zones, finding that the U.S. military, among others, contributes significantly to climate change, becoming one of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters through the fighting of battles. Militaries consume enormous amounts of fossil fuels. Bombing and other methods of modern warfare directly harm wildlife and biodiversity. Pollution from war contaminates bodies of water, soil, and air. Warfare releases greenhouse gas emissions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/papers/ClimateChangeandCostofWar__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4qKYYhUf$

The United States Helped Block a G20 Deal to Boost Renewables, an Ominous Sign for COP28: The United States actively blocked what would have been a major agreement between some of the world’s wealthiest nations to dramatically increase their development of renewable energy, largely because the proposal didn’t include language supporting carbon capture technologies, hydrogen fuel and other controversial solutions for addressing climate change.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25072023/united-states-helped-block-g20-clean-energy-deal-cop28/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4pCWlTSt$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
‘Outrageous’: MEPs condemn pesticide companies for withholding toxicity data: The pesticide companies Bayer and Syngenta have been excoriated in a European parliament hearing after failing to disclose studies on the brain toxicity of their products. The pesticide companies Bayer and Syngenta have been excoriated in a European parliament hearing after failing to disclose studies on the brain toxicity of their products https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/19/meps-condemn-pesticide-companies-withholding-toxicity-data__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4vPI_F2P$

# Gov / Politics
Will Kevin McCarthy’s “Crazy Bastards” Bring the Economy to the Brink Again? The Speaker’s far-right flank is already threatening to force through another hard-line wish list, potentially teeing up a budget scuffle that could end in a shutdown. Both parties have long anticipated a September showdown over keeping the government funded. This week, House Republicans will take their first shot in the fiscal battle
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/house-republicans-start-funding-rumble-083000918.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4u2_z1gl$

Former Anti-Abortion Leader and Aide to Alabama Lt. Gov. Arrested on Child Sex Abuse Charges: Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth once called Cole Wagner “a whiz-kid” and a “bright, young guy.” The former chair of an anti-abortion committee in Alabama was arrested last week on charges of sexual abuse of a child younger than 12, according to the Alabama Political Reporter
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ca.style.yahoo.com/alabama-anti-abortion-advocate-charged-190424945.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4kIxug-m$

Trump Returns to Pennsylvania With a $35,000 Unpaid Bill: Erie Mayor Wants Cash Up Front for Trump Rally: The city never received the $35K+ it is owed from Trump’s 2018 event, he said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/trump-returns-pennsylvania-35000-unpaid-bill-1814996__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4v3auXlM$

Senator Targeted? Fire at Rand Paul’s Office Day After He Referred Fauci for Prosecution : According to a Fox News report, a fire broke out at Senator Ran Paul’s office in Kentucky just one day after the lawmaker referred COVID doctor Anthony Fauci to the DOJ for prosecution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hannity.com/media-room/senator-targeted-fire-at-rand-pauls-office-day-after-he-referred-fauci-for-investigation-watch/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4n6UtXKG$

The Plutocratic Policies of No Labels: Today on TAP: Cutting Social Security, nixing increases to family benefits, No Labels’ economics are old-school Republican. At a time when most Americans believe the United States has become a plutocracy, a candidate like Manchin and a “party” like No Labels can justly be attacked as plutocracy’s friends, just as Trump can be attacked as an autocrat-in-waiting.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-07-25-plutocratic-policies-of-no-labels/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4hiP1dy5$

Ron DeSantis Axes a Third of Paid Campaign Staff in Shakeup: The cuts reportedly total 38 staffers in all. The cuts, which were confirmed by advisers, will amount to a total of 38 jobs shed across an array of departments.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/25/desantis-lets-go-of-more-than-1-3-of-campaign-staff-as-reset-continues-00108046__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4rYRQcgq$

# Law Enforcment
Police Say He Stabbed a Man to Death While Shouting the N-Word. He’s Charged With Only ‘Peace Disturbance’: The 4th of July killing of Mike Rone in Kansas City is sparking outrage, as the alleged killer may soon make bail
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/fury-man-who-killed-black-victim-racist-incident-not-yet-charged-1814726__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4lBNjBh8$

Fake-Ticket Champ in Connecticut Trooper Scandal, Revealed: As outrage grows over the fraudulent tickets that marred the state’s racial-profiling data, the governor announces an independent investigation
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/connecticut-police-allegedly-issued-26-180637523.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4sKPrKLh$

# Legal / DOJ
Key Figure In Effort To Overturn 2020 Election Gives 1,000s Of Files To Special Counsel: Bernard Kerik worked with Rudy Giuliani to investigate unfounded claims of voter fraud after the 2020 presidential election.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bernard-kerik-trump-special-counsel-documents_n_64bf12c7e4b0dcb4caba05d0?mpq&utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2023-07-25&utm_term=us-morning-email__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4q_GPa-x$

# Media
The Magical Math Behind Disney’s Content Purge: Streaming services are pulling content to avoid paying workers, and could claim a tax break for doing so.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/the-magical-math-behind-disneys-content-purge/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4uczpnOa$

Strike Averted as UPS Workers Get ‘Best Contract in History’: “We demanded the best contract in the history of UPS, and we got it,” Teamsters said. UPS and the Teamsters union have reached a tentative contract on working conditions for the 340,000 unionized employees at the shipping giant, both parties announced Tuesday. The contract, if ratified, would avert a strike that was shaping up to be the biggest in 60 years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newrepublic.com/post/174578/ups-teamsters-reach-most-historic-labor-deal-ever-likely-averting-strike__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4kqA7ZfW$

# Medical / Health
Pittsburgh-area hospitals tackling climate emissions, pollution and waste: “We realized early on that we need to be part of the work, not just make an ask of the system. I want the planet to be a safe place for my kids and my grandkids and the next generation.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/hospitals-sustainability-2662289794.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4umSc_ol$

Hospitals hope new Congress doesn’t bring new DSH cuts to safety-net hospitals: A collection of nine hospital groups wrote to congressional leadership Monday calling for action to stave off $8 billion in cuts to Medicaid disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments that could start Oct. 1. While Congress has traditionally delayed the cuts, Republicans and Democrats have been sparring lately on whether the GOP aims to cut Medicaid.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/providers/hospitals-hope-new-congress-doesnt-bring-new-dsh-cuts-safety-net-hospitals__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4sjl_r6B$

The WHO Is a Real and Present Danger: Our governments intend to transfer decisions over our health, families, and societal freedoms to the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), whenever he or she declares it necessary. The success of this transfer of power depends on public ignorance of its implications, and of the nature of the WHO itself and its recent pandemic policy reversals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/who-real-and-present-danger__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4pqA6rGq$

# UFO Disclosure / Other
Tennessee Republican Representative Tim Burchett said this week that Americans “deserve to know” about aliens and UFOs or unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). “That’s what it is about: aliens … I think people deserve to know,” Burchett told Politico, while speaking about a potential House Oversight Committee hearing on UFOs and UAPs. The comments by Burchett come amid ongoing discussion about UFOs, UAPs and aliens throughout the U.S. after Air Force veteran David Grusch, told NewsNation that the U.S. Military has a secret program that previously recovered wreckage of a UFO.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/congressman-says-people-deserve-know-aliens-1812881__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4sEY0gIe$

Ezra Klein Interviews Leslie Kean: A decorated former combat officer and an intelligence officer named David Grusch, who had worked on the government’s Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, said he had turned whistle-blower, and he had testified under oath that he has been told reliably, and given evidence of, secret government programs that have, over a long period of time, recovered and definitively analyzed crash materials, that we have this stuff, and it is being kept from Congress, it is being hidden. And if it were just him, maybe you would dismiss it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/podcasts/ezra-klein-podcast-transcript-leslie-kean.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4j8oKjXH$

# Water
Funding poised to dry up for water projects in Ohio and other states if proposed budget cuts become law: The House proposal would now slash total funding for the clean water state revolving fund by about two-thirds, from $1.6 billion in fiscal year (FY) 2022 and 2023 to $535 million. And total funding for the drinking water state revolving fund would go from about $1.1 billion as of FY 2022 and 2023 to about $460 million.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25072023/funding-poised-to-dry-up-for-water-projects-in-ohio-and-other-states-if-proposed-budget-cuts-become-law/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!0G_4879cuEFPAsYw00e17St5j_onLo_l6QmAB3wB259PSP3JKh4Oy_aCsaolaCQzPP17eTh4DGhZRH1bN_nkmsRS4jDuuQ7D$

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July 24, 2023
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# Indigenous
A Catastrophic Flood on California’s Central Coast Has Plunged Already Marginalized Indigenous Farmworkers Into Crisis: Cascading climate disasters and unjust labor and immigration policies leave undocumented farm laborers without a safety net.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23072023/california-indigenous-farm-workers-climate-dispossession/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvfkOcfB9$

The Native American Activists Exposing Celeb ‘Race-Fakers’: The Tribal Alliance Against Frauds (TAAF) has only been around a year, but it’s made waves addressing alleged race-fakers who the organization say co-opt Native American cultures and stereotypes for monetary and professional gain. “This is the last nail in the coffin of our genocide because these pretendians are, literally, erasing us by replacing us,” TAAF’s director, Lianna Costantino, said in an interview with The Daily Beast.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-native-american-activists-exposing-celebrity-race-fakers__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvZfdJ4u1$

Indigenous Remains Destroyed as Federal Studies Undermine Repatriation Efforts: Federal funds have created incentives for institutions to hold on to ancestral remains, subverting the goals of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/indigenous-remains-destroyed-as-federal-studies-undermine-repatriation-efforts/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvQZrNH2i$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Along Texas’ floating border barrier, migrant children left bloody by razor wire: An internal e-mail from a Texas state trooper, revealed this week, raised the alarm that the state’s efforts had become “inhumane.” On Friday, USA TODAY observed how that razor wire has slashed not just adults but young children.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/07/21/texas-floating-border-wall-children-slashed-by-razor-wire/70447906007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvaLpWmT_$

Mexico’s Migrant Shelters Are Operating at 900% Capacity Due to U.S. Border Policy: The end of Title 42 obscures a harsh reality: New policies have created a dangerous limbo for migrants in Mexico. Mainstream media are obscuring a harsher reality, in which new policies have turned Mexico into a holding country for refugees and migrants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/mexicos-migrant-shelters-are-operating-at-900-capacity-due-to-us-border-policy/*:*:text=Shelters*20in*20Mexico*20City*2C*20working,900*20percent*20of*20our*20capacity.**B__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSXigJ0!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvXTEbLWe$

Border Patrol Is Caging Migrants Outdoors During Deadly Arizona Heatwave: Photos taken by The Intercept show dozens of people trapped with little shade in a lethal desert. Roughly 50 migrants stand caged in an outdoor pen in the record breaking heat at the Ajo Border Patrol Station in Why, Ariz., on July 20, 2023. “We are absolutely horrified at learning about how people are being treated at the border wall and the Ajo border patrol station — it is inhumane.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/21/arizona-heatwave-border-patrol-migrants/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvUFpMLe5$

Abbott Defies DOJ, Won’t Remove ‘Cruel’ Floating Barriers: The White House called Abbott’s defiance “dangerous and unlawful.” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) informed the Biden administration that he will not comply with the Justice Department’s (DOJ) request to remove the floating barriers in the Rio Grande River and was prepared to battle the administration in court.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/4116345-abbott-wont-move-rio-grande-floating-barriers-texas-will-see-you-in-court-mr-president/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvcV8U4u7$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Researchers study links between COVID and POTS: The authors shared more research is needed to understand these connections, but this type of ongoing research could strengthen physician-patient communication and boost vaccine uptake.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/news/2022/researchers-study-links-between-covid-and-pots__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvdesaHFk$

Key Scientist in Covid Origin Controversy Misled Congress on Status of $8.9 Million NIH Grant: Kristian Andersen had a major grant proposal on Anthony Fauci’s desk while writing a paper exonerating an NIH-funded lab in Wuhan, documents show.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/21/covid-origin-nih-lab-leak/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvScgsrXw$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Major cuts to Social Security are back on the table. What’s being proposed now? Bloomberg noted workers expecting an earlier retirement benefit will see lifetime payouts reduced if the full retirement age is raised. Those payouts could be drastically reduced for seniors who claim benefits at age 62, when you are first eligible.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://finance.yahoo.com/news/major-cuts-social-security-back-154637458.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopveE9BpR3$

The Predators Making Big Profits From Poverty: The shady tax refund industry skims onerous junk fees from low-income returns and shares personal taxpayer data in the process.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/2023-07-24-predators-making-big-profits-tax-prep/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvUrdMO8W$

# Education / Schools
Race was a factor in Black professor’s failed hiring, Texas A&M department head says: A Texas A&M department head involved in the failed efforts to recruit a black journalism professor said Friday that then-President M. Katherine Banks interfered in the hiring process and that race was a factor in university officials’ decision to water down her job offer
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/21/banks-tamu-journalism-hire/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvTnKSpai$

GOP Planned to Destroy Public Education in Ohio. We Defeated Them – for Now: SB 83 is part of a larger right-wing goal seeking to muzzle any and all education about structural oppression.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/gop-planned-to-destroy-public-education-in-ohio-we-defeated-them-for-now__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvfw03uVU$

# Employment / Labor
Dems Push Biden Administration for new worker protections: Democrats are asking for better regulations to ensure workers have adequate water breaks, rests, shaded areas or air conditioning, medical services, and “a plan for acclimatization to high-heat work conditions.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/dems-push-biden-administration-for-new-worker-protections-on-a-hot-issue*:*:text=In*20a*20letter*20slated*20to,high*2Dheat*20work*20conditions.**B__;I34lJSUlJSUl4oCd!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvSweQs4C$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Pacific seabed mining delayed as international agency finalizes rules: Efforts to extract the metals used in car batteries have been pushed off amid pressure from environmentalists and nations that oppose them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/deep-seabed-mining-plans-pit-renewable-energy-demand-against-ocean-life-in-a-largely-unexplored-frontier-193273__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvTkXzR5G$

Small-town GOP officials are torn over Biden’s clean energy cash: Despite facing opposition, Zartman believes that these projects would bring jobs, increase tax revenue, and have positive effects on local infrastructure. However, the success of President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which aims to expand clean-energy tax credits, depends on the cooperation of state and local Republican officials, highlighting an irony in the legislation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.energyportal.eu/news/small-town-gop-officials-are-torn-over-bidens-clean-energy-cash/87476/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvTKc6lPK$

This database exposes the client conflicts of more than 1,500 Big Oil lobbyists: New group reveals that hundreds of schools, municipalities, nonprofit organizations, and more are paying lobbyists who also represent the fossil fuel industry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.desmog.com/2023/07/21/database-exposes-client-conflicts-of-more-than-1500-big-oil-lobbyists/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvU9P_caV$

US Supreme Court asked to set aside ruling that blocks construction on Mountain Valley Pipeline: The fate of a controversial natural gas pipeline in West Virginia may rest with the U.S. Supreme Court, as the state appealed a lower court’s ruling that temporarily blocked construction despite a Congressional order clearing the way for the project.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/mountain-valley-pipeline-west-virginia-b44e88fc4cc279199e6c845fd83321db__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvQOgQ4l5$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure America’s beaches are infested with fecal bacteria. Over half of U.S. beaches are contaminated with fecal bacteria. The study found that 55% of the 3,000 tested beaches had potentially hazardous levels of fecal contamination, primarily due to polluted stormwater runoff, faulty sewage systems, and factory farm pollution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/half-of-u-s-beaches-are-contaminated-with-poop/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvbiIq4io$

Proposed BLM ‘Conservation’ Rule Will Create Unnecessary Challenges: Regulatory overreach by federal agencies has become a common theme recently, the recently proposed “Strengthening the Stewardship of America’s Public Lands” rule by the Bureau of Land Management.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/proposed-blm-conservation-rule-will-create-unnecessary-challenges/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvSI5jmig$

As climate clock ticks, US government has been using burning trash to look green: As the trash burns, the municipal incinerator produces enough electricity to power about 45,000 homes and businesses. It also pumps out some of the same kinds of greenhouse gases and other pollutants as power plants that use fossil fuels. But because there’s always more garbage to feed the plant, the electricity it produces can be considered renewable.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://revealnews.org/article/government-recs-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvZ6ho8tB$

The eco collapse we were warned about has begun: The banners of a change inspired by social and climate justice and the effective paths of this socio-ecological transition raised by popular movements are becoming more imperative and urgent today.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/07/23/the-eco-collapse-we-were-warned-about-has-begun/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvQ7iBw6d$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
New SNAP Work Requirements Go Into Effect Sept. 1: SNAP changes were authorized under the Fiscal Responsibility Act enacted on June 3. The act suspended the debt ceiling but also included discretionary spending caps and changes to mandatory programs to reduce the deficit, including work requirements for SNAP.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://finance.yahoo.com/news/snap-requirements-effect-sept-1-150633822.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvRldxjIZ$

# Gov / Politics
Finally, A Third Party For Billionaires: A corporate front group called No Labels is leading a $70 million campaign to give Americans a centrist third-party choice for president because, they claim, people “clearly desire an alternative to what our political system is giving them.” Americans might want a third party, but the latest attempt from No Labels offers more of the same corporate politics with even more billionaire control.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/finally-a-third-party-for-billionaires/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvRv9q-Rj$

White House to Keep Lines to China Open Despite Hack, Elaborates on Putin ‘Loss’: The Biden administration is “concerned” about a recent Chinese hack targeting the websites of U.S. federal agencies but will “keep the lines of communication open,” John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications, said in an interview Thursday with VOA White House correspondent Paris Huang.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.voanews.com/a/white-house-to-keep-lines-to-china-open-despite-hack-elaborates-on-putin-loss-/7180424.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvRsPHEtR$

Inside the DeSantis Doc That Showtime Didn’t Want You to See: Vice put together an in-depth documentary exploring DeSantis’ time at Guantanamo Bay. Showtime suddenly shelved the documentary one day after DeSantis declared for president.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://politicalhotwire.com/t/inside-the-desantis-doc-that-showtime-didn**Bt-want-you-to-see.272051/__;4oCZ!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvataUIQ3$

Vivek Ramaswamy Says He Qualified for First Republican Debate in August: The question still remains: Will Trump even show?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4115710-ramaswamy-says-hes-qualified-for-gop-debate/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopveIk1EWr$

Alabama Republicans Refuse to Create New Majority-Black District: “The Quintessential Definition of Noncompliance”: The move comes as House Republicans look to keep their razor-thin majority in 2024. Alabama Republicans passed a redrawn congressional map that appears to spurn a court-ordered mandate to create two majority-Black districts in the state “or something quite close to it.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/07/21/1189494854/alabama-redistricting-map-black-districts__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvaVSHOvb$

Trump’s Attacks on the Legal System Are a Preview of How He Plans to Govern: When Trump says that he wants to concentrate power in the hands of the president, you’d better believe it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/trumps-attacks-on-the-legal-system-are-a-preview-of-how-he-plans-to-govern/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvfqOlCZq$

North Carolina GOP’s Plan to Hijack Elections Should Concern Voters Everywhere: North Carolina Republicans wrote the playbook for GOP-controlled legislatures. Now they’re planning a bigger power grab.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/north-carolina-gops-plan-to-hijack-elections-should-concern-voters-everywhere/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvZ76n1Sp$

Sanders Says He’s Voting Against NDAA: “The Pentagon Doesn’t Need $886 Billion”: The cycle of defense contractors lobbying in order to obtain government contracts is “legalized bribery,” Sen. Bernie Sanders said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/sanders-says-hes-voting-against-ndaa-the-pentagon-doesnt-need-886b/*:*:text=**BThe*20US*20Senate*20is*20now,’t*20need*20*24886*20billion.**B__;I37igJwlJSUlJSUlJeKAnQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvZkBl3uE$

# Legal / DOJ
Years After #MeToo, Defamation Cases Increasingly Target Victims Who Can’t Afford to Speak Out: Sexual abuse victims without the resources to fight off lawsuits may feel forced to recant their accusations, or never speak out in the first place.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/22/metoo-defamation-lawsuits-slapp/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvRZA_g8a$

Testifying Against Texas, Women Denied Abortions Relive the Pregnancies That Almost Killed Them: The case marks the first time patients denied abortions have sued a state since Roe was overturned.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/19/texas-women-testify-abortion-ban/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvVEmcHNW$

# Medical / Health
House GOP Proposes Cheaper Health Care at the Cost of Consumer Protections: The bills could allow more employers to bypass Affordable Care Act basic benefit requirements and most state standards.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/24/1189332308/house-republicans-choice-act-roll-back-obamacare-protections__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvfo6xNK7$

# Military / Global
‘Something Was Badly Wrong’: When Washington Realized Russia Was Actually Invading Ukraine A first-ever oral history of how top U.S. and Western officials saw the warning signs of a European land war, their frantic attempts to stop it — and the moment Putin actually crossed the border.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/02/24/russia-ukraine-war-oral-history-00083757__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopveFEzQMR$

Senior White House Correspondent: Ukraine is losing badly: Hopes were high throughout the spring, as a Ukrainian military equipped with Western weapons prepared to launch a counteroffensive that would reclaim land seized by Russia, which had invaded its much smaller neighbor for the second time in early 2022.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/senior-white-house-correspondent-ukraine-is-losing-badly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=senior-white-house-correspondent-ukraine-is-losing-badly__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvaqBd8sG$

# Nuclear
Fish Caught Near Fukushima Exceeds Limit of Radioactive Cesium by 180 Times: The fish was cauThe black rockfish caught on 18 May was found by plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) to have 18,000 becquerels per kilogram of cesium-137, compared with the legal maximum level of 100 becquerels per kg caught near a drainage outlet where water will be treated and released from the power plant next month.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/24/fukushima-fish-with-180-times-legal-limit-of-radioactive-cesium-fuels-water-release-fears__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvdxNubfG$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
What’s in New Anthrax Vaccine? Aluminum, Formaldehyde and Benzethonium Chloride: The final product contains no dead or live bacteria. The final product is formulated to contain 1.2 mg/mL aluminum, added as aluminum hydroxide in 0.85% sodium chloride. The product is formulated to contain 25 µg/mL benzethonium chloride and 100 µg/mL formaldehyde, added as preservatives.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/new-anthrax-vaccine-toxic-side-effects/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230724__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopveecm5o0$
See also: Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed Package Inserts https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK220516/*:*:text=The*20final*20product*20contains*20no*20dead*20or*20live*20bacteria.,mL*20formaldehyde*2C*20added*20as*20preservatives__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvdsGEJMX$

# Social
We Can’t Tackle Gun Violence Until We Address Racial Inequity: Years of abandonment of working-class Black communities and incredible wealth inequality lies at the root of this issue.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/we-cant-tackle-gun-violence-until-we-address-racial-inequity/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvRMJ_bRh$

# UFO Disclosure / Other
Congressional Hearing About UFOs Kicks Off This Week: “We’re Done With the Cover-Up”: In a rare bipartisan effort, Republicans and Democrats want to shine a light on documented mysterious aerial sightings.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://people.com/house-hearings-ufo-uap-evidence-7564594__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xgGi7Of3262Q_5iMiffDRmfCn28MxFALCuV9s7KtIkUbbhcxJk-q4pVbAI5rYidGhZTMiAvPr3yicmungvd9OGopvQYwIV9a$

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Voices, The Peoples News

July 22, 2023
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Scam Alert:
Some Americans are receiving emails notifying them of
their eligibility for another stimulus check from the federal
government, but President Biden is not sending out any
new direct payments—it’s a phishing scam.

Multiple local outlets have reported that their viewers
have recently received emails from an address claiming
to be the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that allege
hundreds of dollars in 2023 tax refunds are available
if recipients provide missing information.

Is Biden Sending Another Stimulus Check?
What to Know About ‘IRS’ Email
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# Archaeology
Missing Israeli Treasures Found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago – How Did They Get There? The archeological items were shipped from Israel to the United States for a Hanukkah event attended by Trump, then in office, and Saul Fox, a major Jewish-American donor to the Antiquities Authority.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-07-18/ty-article/.highlight/israeli-antiquities-remain-stranded-at-trumps-estate-as-authorities-fail-to-retrieve/00000189-6448-dc6b-a3f9-ee593e850000__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0Vx0rkhY$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Gov. Abbott: Texas has the sovereign authority to defend its borders: Texas has a right to defend its own border, Gov. Greg Abbott said on Friday in response to the U.S. Department of Justice demanding the state remove marine barriers placed in the Rio Grande River in the Eagle Pass area of Texas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_b4d9645a-2809-11ee-b27c-0f83ddfd35ed.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0ba8bZnW$

# Children / Youth
The Human Trafficking Institute reports that there are currently nearly 5,000,000 sex-trafficking victims of whom 1,000,000 are children, most of them girls. Human trafficking is the crime of using force, fraud, or coercion to compel an individual to work or to engage in a commercial sex act.[Trailor on site] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.outkick.com/medias-insane-attacks-on-sound-of-freedom-speak-volumes/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0dZV5pXR$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Spending Fight Could Reach ‘World War III’ Levels, Lawmaker Warns: The move comes as members of the House Freedom Caucus and the Republican Study Commission insist that Republican appropriators stick to the 2022 discretionary spending level of $1.47 trillion. Instead, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to a discretionary spending level of $1.59 trillion for fiscal year 2024, angering conservatives who want to see bigger cuts in federal spending.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/07/20/republicans-mccarthy-spending-appropriations-ww3__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0U7x44yg$

House GOP Readies More Cuts to Fiscal 2024 Appropriations Bills: House Republican leaders are moving toward deeper cuts in the fiscal 2024 appropriations bills in an effort to win over votes from hard-line conservatives as bills start to move to the House floor next week
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2023/07/20/house-gop-readies-more-cuts-to-fiscal-2024-appropriations-bills/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0ffn3peT$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Facing a Plunge in Salmon Numbers in the Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers, Alaskans Seek a Voice in Fishing Policy: Rising temperatures and commercial trawling in the Bering Sea are making it harder for salmon to survive and swim back upriver. The reverberations are both cultural and economic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18072023/alaska-salmon-yukon-river-mortality/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0eErBXrY$

A Reckoning in North Birmingham as EPA Studies the ‘Cumulative Impacts’ of Pollution and Racism: With the EPA review ongoing at the 35th Avenue Superfund site, the Southern Environmental Law Center on Friday threatened new federal litigation against Bluestone Coke for alleged wastewater pollution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16072023/birmingham-superfund-bluestone-cumulative-impact/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0Wp3hr8S$

# General News
Former President Donald Trump suggests if he is put in pre-trial detention, some of his ‘passionate’ supporters could be dangerous
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2023/07/21/the-lead-panel.cnn?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_google__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0ZTZHZFq$

Mysterious Buyer Picks Up Desolate $22.5m California Ghost Town: Nestled in Riverside County outside Joshua Tree National Park, “Eagle Mountain” was founded as a company town for Kaiser Steel Mine in 1948, CBS Moneywatch reported. The entire property and mining claims were purchased for $22.5 million on April 17, public records show. The buyer, Ecology Mountain Holdings, has little public presence aside from a business address in Cerritos.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/05/23/mysterious-buyer-pays-22-million-for-california-ghost-town/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0X7hC_qU$

# Gov / Politics
Senate passes measure that would keep president from pulling out of NATO without approval: The move coincides with alliance skeptic Donald Trump’s front-runner status as the Republican presidential nominee in 2024.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2023-07-20/nato-membership-trump-10796559.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0ZTsEc8v$

Busted: FBI Corroborates $10M Bribery Scheme Involving Joe Biden: The informant, who was interviewed by the FBI in 2020, alleged that Mykola Zlochevsky – the owner of the Ukrainian gas firm Burisma – admitted to a scheme that involved bribing both President Biden and Hunter with $5 million each.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3097618548044-busted-fbi-corroborates-10m-bribery-scheme-involving-joe-biden__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0eA9PY-M$

‘Ultimate white privilege guy’ Hunter Biden could be hit with 10 criminal referrals: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer joked on Thursday that first son Hunter Biden is the “ultimate white privilege guy” after Democrats accused Republicans of appropriating the phrase “two-tier justice system” from the civil rights movement during a congressional hearing on Wednesday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/20/ultimate-white-privilege-guy-hunter-biden-may-be-hit-with-10-criminal-referrals-comer/amp/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0TOnYMcN$

Prosecutor who investigated Hunter Biden is son of crooked IRS agent: Meyer Weiss, whose son David served as the US Attorney for Delaware, was convicted in 1985 of taking more than $200,000 from businessmen looking to skirt federal tax laws, according to the nonprofit Marco Polo. The elder Weiss worked at the IRS in Philadelphia from 1955 to 1984. The story of his disgrace was covered by the Washington Post in 1984. “Mr. Weiss confessed and cooperated in the investigation,” court records read.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/22/hunter-biden-prosecutor-meyer-weiss-is-son-of-crooked-irs-agent/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0dOh9URZ$

Secret Document Reveals U.S. Covered Up Evidence of Civilian Deaths in Syrian Raid: A formerly classified document published Friday by NPR revealed how the Pentagon dismissed highly credible evidence of civilian deaths caused by the October 2019 U.S. assassination of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in Syria.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/07/21/1186437871/pentagon-files-baghdadi-raid-syria-civilian-casualties__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0aFvtkoh$

He Became the The First Black Mayor in A Rural Alabama Town— And Then White Leaders Revolted! Newberrn, Alabama’s first Black Mayor says white former city officials orchestrated a relentless campaign to keep him from serving. Patrick Braxton, 57, is one of several plaintiffs named in Braxton et al v. Stokes et al.4
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theroot.com/he-became-the-the-first-black-mayor-in-a-rural-alabama-1850661440__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0R-roUCY$

U.S. sold weapons to at least 57 percent of the world’s autocratic countries in 2022: Despite the White House’s rhetoric about supporting global democracy, the U.S. sold weapons in 2022 to 57 percent of the world’s authoritarian regimes. The U.S. is the world’s leading arms exporter, shipping almost $9.4 billion in arms to nearly 100 different countries around the globe in 2020 alone. In recent years, 22 countries have spent over $1 billion purchasing weapons from the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/05/11/united-states-foreign-weapons-sales/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0WSCZWeA$

# Gov / Politics / Global
China is responding to US sanctions, with blocking laws and other countermeasures: China also enacted the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law in 2021. This law authorizes China to take action, such as restrictions on visas and who can enter or exit the country, when a foreign country adopts what China sees as discriminatory measures against any Chinese citizen or organization.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/heres-china-responding-us-sanctions-135400186.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0dU-f-2B$

# Legal / DOJ
DOJ Vows to Sue If Texas Gov. Abbott Doesn’t Remove Floating Barrier From Rio Grande: Texas’ actions “violate federal law, raise humanitarian concerns, present serious risks to public safety and the environment, and may interfere with the federal government’s ability to carry out its official duties.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/21/texas-border-floating-barrier-rio-grande-greg-abbott-justice-departmen/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0V0DnrkQ$

# Military / DOD
Senate bill renews effort to enlist non-citizens in the military: Sen. Duckworth is leading a renewed push to allow the Defense Department to enlist people who have lived in the U.S. for five years, including those who entered the country as children and are now protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-07-20/noncitizens-enlist-recruitment-military-ndaa-10803422.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0ZS241p7$

CIAgate Substack: How CIA-linked companies make money on military aid to Ukraine. How the fraud scheme involving U.S. supplies of UAVs to Ukraine is organized. Personalities in the American intelligence community, who stay behind this money theft. WARNING – The information is so detailed that we believe it is our duty to report their dossiers, even if it is impossible for us to verify them. All links to previous Gospa News articles have been added aftermath for relevance to the topics highlighted
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/cia-gate-3-fraud-scheme-behind-money-theft-involving-us-supplies-of-drones-to-ukraine/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cia-gate-3-fraud-scheme-behind-money-theft-involving-us-supplies-of-drones-to-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0S2u15yd$

# Military / Global
North Korean nuclear attack would ‘end’ communist regime, Yoon says at US submarine: South Korea’s leader boarded a nuclear-capable U.S. ballistic missile submarine this week to warn that a nuclear attack by North Korea “would lead to the end of the regime.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-07-20/north-korea-nuclear-attack-yoon-kentucky-10796042.html*:*:text=The*20submarine’s*20arrival*20**Bmakes*20clear,strategic*20assets*2C**C20he*20said__;I34lJSXigJwlJSXigJ0lJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0c81F8pd$

North Korea fires ‘several’ cruise missiles into sea, South says, amid soaring tensions: Launches come days after Pyongyang suggested docking of US submarine in South Korea could be grounds for nuclear attack
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/22/north-korea-fires-several-cruise-missiles-into-sea-south-says-amid-soaring-tensions__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0VGejEJz$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Blame capitalism? Why hundreds of decades-old yet vital drugs are nearly impossible to find: Patients and their providers increasingly face limited or nonexistent supplies of drugs, many of which treat essential conditions such as cancer, heart disease and bacterial infections. The American Society of Health System Pharmacists now lists over 300 active shortages, primarily of decades-old generic drugs no longer protected by patents.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/blame-capitalism-why-hundreds-of-decades-old-yet-vital-drugs-are-nearly-impossible-to-find-206848__;!!On18fmf1aQ!17rW7Bo07ZqFPkZU0rKY54UsmvDSZ0pw9-6eSszyedEh51bo7EvQCOoC_dAh84O5C_v7kSVN1b6u0Vji9t4W4vSH0RLP-qMu$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-21

Voices, The Peoples News

July 21, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
U.S. rep calls for more safeguards on how welfare money is spent: An Illinois congressman is calling for more scrutiny on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The call follows a scandal in Mississippi where the Department of Human Services allowed well-connected people to spend tens of millions of welfare dollars intended for needy families on other projects
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_5b57815e-2715-11ee-a7bf-0f25dc1eff24.html?a&seyid=78524*utm_source=thecentersquare.com&utm_campaign=*2FNational*2Flists*2Ft2*2F*2F&utm_medium=email__;PyUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwoKVl8MV$

We Must Stand Up to Chinese Companies Skirting Tariff Laws: Most people are waking up to the realities of dealing with China. We now know that they are not a friend or a trading partner. They are a competitor that uses technology theft, espionage and mercantilism, whose primary objective is global displacement of the United States. To achieve its goals, the CCP heavily subsidizes companies that operate in the key industries identified in its Made in China 2025 plan. These subsidies make it difficult for U.S. companies to compete
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/trade/article/21266905/its-time-to-stand-up-to-china__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwm5Cy3bE$

U.S. to Probe Tariff-Dodging Claim Against Chinese Manufacturers: The issue pits U.S. solar manufacturers against installers who use imported cells and modules
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-probe-tariff-dodging-claim-against-chinese-manufacturers-11648500996__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwuYVW6fW$

# Employment / Labor
Third Teen Worker Killed In Industrial Accident As States Try To Loosen Child Labor Laws: A 16-year-old boy’s death in Mississippi after sustaining on-the-job injuries at an industrial site comes weeks after two other minors died on the job in Missouri and Wisconsin, as lawmakers in several states advocate loosening child labor laws that protect minors from hazardous work.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/teen-poultry-factory-child-worker-deaths_n_64b7ecbce4b0ad7b75f67af7*:*:text=For*20the*20third*20time*20in,protect*20minors*20from*20hazardous*20work__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwqT78pnD$

Julie Su Will Be Acting Labor Secretary Indefinitely: Despite criticism from Republican lawmakers and even some Democratic opponents, Biden’s support for Su has been “unwavering.” Her Senate confirmation was halted after Senate Republicans and two Democrats declined to endorse her. The Biden administration believes she can stay in the “acting” role with no time limit since she was already confirmed as deputy labor secretary by the Senate
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bidens-labor-secretary-pick-julie-su-stay-job-indefinitely-sources-say-2023-07-20/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwh-NRj4M$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
After litigation and local outcry, energy company says it will not move forward with LNG plant in Florida Panhandle: The company says it reached the decision months ago, although residents only learned of it this week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21072023/port-st-joe-florida-lng/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwkA_NDmU$

A Texas energy company will pay $1.3 million over pollution in the Permian Basin, EPA says: The EPA last year announced aerial surveillance of “super-emitters.” At least one other company in New Mexico faced a similar fine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/19/callon-permian-basin-epa-fine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwuZAK33c$

Proposed pipeline expansion could upend three states’ climate plans: “These XPress projects are putting millions of cubic feet of gas into the United States at a time when Texas is baking and Oregon is burning.”Utilities say growing demand justifies upgrading the GTN pipeline – but their forecasts may not hold up.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.desmog.com/2023/07/20/tcenergy-gtn-pipeline-expansion-northwest-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwpRpLa-b$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Alaska will start monitoring villages for PFAS in anticipation of new EPA rules: The state Department of Environmental Conservation will test the drinking water in 193 Alaska Native villages starting this fall.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://alaskapublic.org/2023/07/20/alaska-will-start-monitoring-villages-for-pfas-in-anticipation-of-new-epa-rules/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwmUOr5iR$

How Biden steered climate money to red states: Conservative or progressive, urban or rural, pro-oil or pro-renewable, states across the country are taking millions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act to plan how to cut climate pollution. At least, most of them are.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eenews.net/articles/how-biden-steered-climate-money-to-red-states/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwgrHhCbr$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
The Vice of Spice: Confronting Lead-Tainted Turmeric: To enhance the color of turmeric roots, some traders add a toxic substance called lead chromate. The turmeric purchased abroad, in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Morocco, had the highest lead concentrations, meaning that people all over the world could have been affected. This disparity, the study explained, may have been due to the adulteration of spices in countries with poor regulatory control.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25214856/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwgziFV7z$

# Gov / Politics / Global
South Korea to China: It’s not you … It’s the US: Most traditional US allies, in Europe and especially in Asia, strike a delicate balance between strong military relationships with the United States and lucrative trade relations with China. South Korea is fast becoming a striking exception.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/south-korea-to-china-it-s-not-you-it-s-the-us/ar-AA1dD7tq?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=f111efcca5624e3f9620e056f1cd3500&ei=13__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwhGrb2UK$

What’s Causing the Rise in China-South Korea Tensions? Mounting frictions between the two sides appear to be part of China’s efforts to disrupt the ties between South Korea and the United States but could end up drawing the two allies even closer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/whats-causing-rise-china-south-korea-tensions__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwgo9dwO_$

North Korea has been warned it will be eradicated if it used nuclear weapons against the US or South Korea: In a grim warning from the South Korean Defense Ministry, Seoul told Kim Jong-Un’s regime that any nuke fired would be the end of North Korea. The ministry said: “In the event of any North Korean nuclear attack against the South Korea-US alliance, it will face an immediate, overwhelming and decisive response from the alliance, and through this, (we) warn strongly again that (the attack) will result in the end of the North Korean regime.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-north-korea-south-lloyd-austin-733636d869bd6fd477bfaac4e87359cc__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwnrzVKIp$

North Korea will launch a nuclear retaliation “automatically and immediately” if KIM JONG UN is incapacitated in an attack, according to a new law, codifying for the first time that the leader has delegated his strike authority under that severe condition.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2022/09/09/north-korea-will-automatically-launch-nukes-if-kim-killed-00055863__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwjIbUVxO$

The legislation, passed by Kim’s rubber-stamp parliament, also allows for preemptive nuclear strikes if North Korea judges that foreign weapons will soon streak toward its strategic targets or state leadership.

# Gov / Politics
Texas begins withdrawal from multistate partnership to clean voter rolls: A new GOP-backed state law requires Texas to create its own version of a cross-check program or find a vendor that doesn’t cost more than $100,000.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/20/texas-republican-voter-roll-eric/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwn79f69q$

Report: McCarthy Promised to Expunge Trump’s Impeachments: The U.S. Constitution doesn’t include a process for expunging a former president who has been impeached. The symbolic measure is not likely come to a vote before the August recess. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday denied a report claiming he promised former President Donald Trump that the House would hold a vote before its August recess on expunging Trump’s past impeachments.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/20/kevin-mccarthy-donald-trump-impeachment-expunge-promise-00107236__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwvcLb5d9$

# Legal / DOJ
Trump Shares Menacing Video as Jan. 6 Indictment Looms: “If you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before,” Trump is heard saying in the clip. A possible indictment could be handed down as soon as Thursday or Friday, charging the former president in his third criminal case.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/trump-claims-not-frightened-jan-074600166.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwrl9Fvk-$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Last month, the Republican attorneys general of 19 states sent a letter to President Biden’s HHS Secretary, Xavier Becerra, demanding access to the medical records of people who cross state lines to seek abortions or gender-affirming care. The Biden administration is not cooperating, but the next step will be litigation. The Republicans say that they need out-of-state medical records to enforce state bans on abortion and gender-affirming care.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/07/republican-ags-demand-biden-administration-allow-them-to-keep-access-to-out-of-state-medical-records/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwuVhNUV8$

# Medical / Health
Confusion and stress abound for 500,000 Texans bumped from Medicaid: New federal funding legislation has lifted pandemic-era protections that provided continuous health coverage. Now, a good chunk of people stripped from state Medicaid rolls aren’t aware of their loss of coverage.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/health-science/2023/06/22/454968/nearly-2-million-texans-are-about-to-lose-medicaid-coverage/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwuxesYH3$

How the Affirmative Action Ruling will impact health care: Evidence shows a more diverse workforce of doctors does a better job of treating diverse patients. On June 29, the Supreme Court found race-conscious admissions programs unconstitutional. How will the ruling affect the diversity of health care providers, and ultimately, patient care?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://undark.org/2023/07/18/how-the-affirmative-action-ruling-will-impact-health-care/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwtF3tWDx$

# Military / DOD
US sending more Navy ships, Marines to Gulf to counter Iran: The deployment is the latest move to increase security in the region in the wake of Iranian attempts to seize commercial ships there. Read More
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.usni.org/2023/07/20/u-s-sending-marines-more-warships-to-middle-east-over-iranian-threats__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwhnx3E82$

US Navy ‘operationalizes’ drones in 4th Fleet exercise: The U.S. Navy leveraged air and surface drones throughout its two-week UNITAS 2023 naval exercise near Latin America, the first major event since service leadership announced the region would host the sea service’s second unmanned operations hub.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2023/07/20/us-navy-operationalizes-drones-in-4th-fleets-unitas-event/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwh5wKlaM$

# Nuclear
The Big Problem With Small Nuclear Reactors: The diminutive reactors are likely to be just as prone to delays and cost overruns as their behemoth predecessors.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.realclearscience.com/2023/07/21/the_big_problem_with_small_nuclear_reactors_967654.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwg2JAiAw$

# Social
60 Years After the March on Washington, 1 in 3 Black Children Live in Poverty: In the wake of a new report, Martin Luther King III says his dad’s dream is not realized and “our work is not over.” The 60th anniversary of the March on Washington will be celebrated on August 28, but advocates say the hard numbers reveal that King’s dream has yet to be realized for millions of people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/60-years-after-the-march-on-washington-1-in-3-black-children-live-in-poverty/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=5b985f5a28-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_3_20_2023_13_41_COPY_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-5b985f5a28-650262369&mc_cid=5b985f5a28&mc_eid=b8214b3276__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwl3OaM1w$

# Water
Colorado River’s missing water: Researchers are trying to unravel the mystery of snow that falls but never shows up in the river. “It’s one of those nasty, wicked problems that no one wants to touch,” Lundquist said. “You can’t see it, and very few instruments can measure it. And then people are asking, what’s going to happen with climate change? Are we going to have less water for the rivers? Is more of it going into the atmosphere or not? And we just don’t know.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/articles/scientific-research-the-case-of-the-colorado-rivers-missing-water__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwvwEjTSn$

# Weather
80 million, that’s how many people in the United States: Nearly a quarter of the nation’s population will experience actual temperatures or a heat index of 105 degrees Fahrenheit through the weekend, the National Weather Service said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-20/heat-index-over-105f-bakes-us-from-coast-to-coast-weather-watch?srnd=green__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3l6eSlWZfApApPaLcy3obIfU-DiT0Cf4jV3exmfFfvVzvtasku2Et5moyxt9aFmcTeidL1I50iENkwi2aqdoiEZbwuXECFQu$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-20

Voices, The Peoples News

July 20, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
How Long Delays in Repatriation Let Scientists Damage Native Remains With Government Funds: Federal agencies have awarded millions of dollars to scientific studies on Native American human remains, undermining the goals of NAGPRA as tribes fight for repatriation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/delayed-repatriation-allows-destructive-research-native-american-remains__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh0tcy_We$

America’s Biggest Museums Fail to Return Native American Human Remains: The remains of more than 100,000 Native Americans are held by prestigious U.S. institutions, despite a 1990 law meant to return them to tribal nations. Here’s how the ancestors were stolen, and how tribes are working to get them back.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/repatriation-nagpra-museums-human-remains__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXhzlBBfb5$

The Museum Built on Native American Burial Mounds: For decades, Dickson Mounds Museum in Illinois displayed the open graves of more than 200 Indigenous people. Thirty years after a federal law required museums to begin returning remains, the statewide museum system still holds thousands.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/repatriation-nagpra-museums-dickson-mounds-museum*:*:text=The*20remains*20at*20the*20Dickson,of*20the*20state*20of*20Illinois__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh0R1EQuO$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Exclusive: Clinical Trial Documents Suggest Moderna Skimped on Autopsies, Discounted Serious Injuries, Did FDA Know? The documents, previously submitted by Moderna to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as part of the licensing process for Moderna’s Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine, included details on unexplained deaths and fetal abnormalities in animal studies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/moderna-clinical-trial-documents-injuries/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh886JyHY$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Why capitalism is leaving the US, in search of profit: Ongoing controversies and alarms surround this capitalist exodus. ‘We may be looking at the end of capitalism’: One of the world’s oldest and largest investment banks warns ‘Greedflation’ has gone too far
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fortune.com/2023/04/05/end-of-capitalism-inflation-greedflation-societe-generale-corporate-profits/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh7BSt0fM$

‘On what planet is that fiscally responsible?’ GOP spending cuts would kill 500,000 jobs: “Even by the low standards of Congress in 2023, it’s shocking how quickly House Republicans ripped up their end of the bargain that steered the country clear of default last month.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/republican-spending-cuts__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh78tui-E$

Union Warns House GOP Proposal May Put Social Security Administration in Crisis: Republicans’ proposed cuts could push the Social Security Administration to close offices and slash hours. A union representing more than 750,000 federal employees warned the House GOP’s proposed cuts for the coming fiscal year would deeply harm the already strained and understaffed agency, potentially forcing it to close offices and slash service hours.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-social-security-administration*:*:text=A*20union*20representing*20more*20than,offices*20and*20slash*20service*20hours__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh0ydsdYC$

# Education / Schools
Florida Schools to Tell Kids Slavery Benefited Black People: New academic standards slammed as “a big step backward” will require teachers to instruct that enslaved people “developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” The standards, which were approved Wednesday, come in response to the state’s 2022 “Stop WOKE Act,” which stated that race must be taught in “an objective manner” that does not “indoctrinate or persuade students to a particular point of view.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://people.com/florida-middle-schools-must-teach-slavery-personal-benefit-7563531__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh3lPlxWe$

# Employment / Labor
Unions Are Trying to Save Hollywood From Its Own Foolish Executives, Left to their own devices, the CEOs will ruin the American film and TV industry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/labor/2023-07-20-unions-save-hollywood-foolish-executives/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh-uGSRZR$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Energy Company Plotted Gas Plant in Small Pennsylvania Town, But No One Told Residents: Lawmakers helped with a plan to put the natural gas export facility in already polluted Chester, Pennsylvania. In service of its plan to ship liquefied natural gas to Europe, Asia, and Latin America, Penn America has reportedly eyed a privately owned 60-acre site on the Chester waterfront
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/17/chester-pennsylvania-liquefied-natural-gas/*:*:text=In*20service*20of*20its*20plan,was*20using*20it*20for*20business__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh0UUpmhZ$

A Small Town in Pennsylvania Has Been Ripped Apart by a New Gas Plant: There are lessons to be learned from what’s happened in Jessup. The biggest new natural-gas power plant in a state awash with them is taking shape on a mountain ridge overlooking the community it cleaved apart.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2017/11/a-small-town-in-pennsylvania-has-been-ripped-apart-by-a-new-gas-plant/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh0w-fDGC$

Deer Park, Texas, petrochemical fire caused by years of federal and state neglect: For Years, the EPA and Texas Ignored Warning Signs at a Chemical Storage Site. Then an Inferno Erupted. Regulators repeatedly documented, but did little to address, problems at a Houston-area tank farm before a disastrous fire struck in March 2019. The fire released toxic chemicals into nearby communities for weeks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://publichealthwatch.org/2023/04/26/texas-houston-environment-pollution-epa-mitsui/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh2-wD0m3$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Amazon oil drilling could damage reefs: Brazilian petrochemical company Petrobras wants to drill exploratory oil wells in the ocean near the mouth of the Amazon. Researchers worry that, if the plan gets approved, inevitable oil leaks could damage nearby ecosystems, including a vast reef system and the second-largest mangrove area in the world.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63987165__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh3tRLrVT$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure ‘We are damned fools’: Scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come: James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier.’ The world is shifting towards a superheated climate not seen in the past 1m years, prior to human existence, because “we are damned fools
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/19/climate-crisis-james-hansen-scientist-warning__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXhxfuJxQY$

Climate change and extreme weather big yawns for GOP: More than three-quarters of the Republicans on the House Appropriations Committee hail from states under at least one active weather alert, according to an E&E News analysis of National Weather Service data that includes warnings related to excessive heat, flooding and air quality
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.eenews.net/articles/climate-change-and-extreme-weather-big-yawns-for-gop/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh-Gps5nU$

A vast untapped green energy source is hiding beneath your feet. New experiments in the deserts of Utah and Nevada show how advances in fracking, technology developed by the oil industry, can be repurposed to tap clean geothermal energy anywhere on Earth.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wired.com/story/a-vast-untapped-green-energy-source-is-hiding-beneath-your-feet/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh5XGmVoX$

D.C. sues more than 25 companies it says polluted city with toxic chemicals: The attorney general’s office alleged the companies made products that contained dangerous chemicals and hid health risks from the public. D.C.’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against more than 25 chemical companies, alleging they manufactured and sold products that contained dangerous chemicals that have polluted the city since the 1950s.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thewellnews.com/litigation/dc-lawsuit-adds-to-outrage-over-toxic-forever-chemicals/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh1WygNYX$

‘Underground Climate Change’ Is Shifting Chicago’s Foundations, Study Finds: Climate change is causing global temperatures to rise, leading to droughts, heat waves and wildfires. It is warming the surface of the ocean, intensifying hurricanes and increasing acidity and ecosystem imbalances
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/underground-climate-change-chicago-infrastructure.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh4x9Wqbs$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global NASA’s Space Laser is Finally Revealing the Unsolved Mysteries and Hidden Secrets of the Amazon The Mysteries of the Amazon rainforest that have been hidden for nearly five centuries are finally being revealed by a NASA space laser called GEDI.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thedebrief.org/nasas-space-laser-is-finally-revealing-the-unsolved-mysteries-and-hidden-secrets-of-the-amazon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh1skiqqo$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
New SNAP Policy Will Force People Over 50 to Work to Retain Food Benefits: About 750,000 people are forced to work or lose food stamp benefits because of the new bipartisan compromise over SNAP. Previously capped at age 49, the age range of the work mandate will now incorporate a new sliver of the population, for whom unemployment will preclude benefits: able-bodied adults without dependent children, ages 50-54.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/new-snap-policy-will-force-people-over-50-to-work-to-retain-food-benefits/*:*:text=Previously*20capped*20at*20age*2049,children*2C*20ages*2050*2D54__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh3pMIhAn$

Food and beverage companies ‘failing to protect workers from forced labour risks’: The world’s 60 largest food and beverage companies have an average score of just 16/100 when it comes to tackling forced labour risks in their supply chains. KnowTheChain finds ‘alarmingly’ little being done at 60 major companies and urges investor action
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://esgclarity.com/food-and-drinks-companies-fail-to-address-forced-labour-risks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXhyQX2es7$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Danone prepared to ‘protect its rights’ after Putin takes control of Russian subsidiary: Russian authorities have placed Danone’s Russian subsidiary under ‘temporary external administration.’ Baltika Breweries, in which Carslberg owns a stake, is now also under Putin’s control
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2023/07/20/Danone-Russia-under-Putin-s-control?utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20-Jul-2023&cid=DM1086775&bid=161608970__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh5nbT2TE$

# Gov / Politics
Local officials in Harris County are preparing for a Texas law that would dissolve its elections department weeks before elections this year: Texas Republican leaders want to improve elections in the state’s largest county. Their solution could backfire. Unless a judge intervenes, Harris County is expected to dissolve its elections administration office later this year. The duties of running elections will once again be split between the county’s tax assessor and clerk.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/20/Harris-county-elections-law-challenges/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXhwhhU0B_$

IRS whistleblower: Biden family, associates received $17 million from foreign entities: The revelation came as Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and Criminal Investigator Joseph Ziegler, two IRS employees with a combined 27 experience years at the agency, testified before Congress about Hunter Biden’s alleged tax crimes. Ziegler responded to questions from House Oversight Committee Chair Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., laying out about $17 million in alleged payments from 2014 to 2019 to roughly 20 shell companies from Romanian, Chinese and foreign other entities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_942f9fb6-2675-11ee-908b-ef1cc0c220c8.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh6tmPThf$

‘Once You Start Censoring, You’re on Your Way to Dystopia and Totalitarianism,’ RFK Jr. Tells House Committee: In a hearing marred by contentious interruptions and attempts by House Democrats to remove him as a witness, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., CHD chairman on leave from Children’s Health Defense testified before a U.S. House hearing organized by the Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/rfk-jr-house-committee-dystopia-totalitarianism/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230720__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXhyOlyF6b$

# Law Enforcment
Sounds pretty unconstitutional! The Crazily Unconstitutional New Laws Trying to Criminalize Filming Cops: “Few seem to have noticed that a dangerous legislative campaign is underway,” Julie Stone Peters writes. “Its aim: to shield police brutality by shutting down our cameras.” She shines a light on the push to criminalize filming the cops.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/07/jarrell-garris-bodycam-footage-filming-cops-law-indiana-florida.html?pay=1689892301191&support_journalism=please__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh7RI-TZ_$

Arizona House Committee Approves Bill To Criminalize Filming Cops on the Job: “You’ll have a bunch of people who plead to avoid trial or go broke trying to vindicate their rights.” The Arizona House Appropriations Committee on Monday green-lit a bill that would criminalize filming cops on the job in some cases, reinvigorating questions around the constitutionality of such provisions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://reason.com/2022/02/22/arizona-bill-criminalize-filming-cops-republicans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh_x1lFSd$

Family suspects racist policing, foul play in mysterious death of Daniel Barajas: Barajas was detained by Arkansas police, then found dead on a highway. Now his family is demanding answers. After learning that law enforcement wrongly suspected Barajas of being a drug trafficker even after his death, the Barajas family and their attorney fear he was the victim of racial profiling and “foul play” by local authorities in Saline County.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/family-suspects-racist-policing-foul-play-in-mysterious-death-of-daniel-barajas/*:*:text=After*20learning*20that*20law*20enforcement,local*20authorities*20in*20Saline*20County__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh4uje4KZ$

# Medical / Health
Nebraska teen sent to jail over illegal abortion: A Nebraska teen sentenced to 90 days in jail accused of getting an illegal abortion, and prosecutors used Facebook messages between her and her mother to charge them. The teen’s mother was also charged with assisting her daughter with the abortion, and she pleaded guilty earlier this month
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.insider.com/nebraska-teen-sentenced-jail-abortion-police-facebook-2023-7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh_vZH5ta$

Insurers Use Copay Accumulator Programs to Burden Patients with Higher Costs: As patients struggle with healthcare costs, an often-overlooked cost driver is the health insurer’s use of copay accumulator programs. A recent analysis found these programs disproportionately affect patients suffering from chronic illnesses.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/industry-voices-meet-new-insurer-tactic-burdening-chronic-disease-patients-higher-out-pocket__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXhxZAuAGz$

Updated “Nursing Home Inspect.” Here’s What Changed: The new and improved nursing home database includes more data, new views that summarize problems, and advanced search features to help you navigate the new information.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/here-whats-new-in-nursing-home-inspect-database__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh7h4_bW4$

# Military / DOD
US State Dept. clears $2.9 billion sale of missiles to Germany: The U.S. has approved a potential sale with Germany for Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles and similar equipment. The possible foreign military sale would see Germany receive up to 969 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles and related equipment, according to a July 19 news release by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which notified Congress of the department’s approval.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/07/20/us-state-dept-clears-29-billion-sale-of-missiles-to-germany/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh6HXaHVS$

Senate Takes Up Controversial Defense Bill After House Brawl: Senate lawmakers are taking up their version of the annual defense policy bill, less than a week after their colleagues in the House pushed through a highly controversial and partisan version of the must-pass legislation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4106436-senate-takes-up-controversial-defense-bill-after-house-brawl/*:*:text=Senate*20lawmakers*20are*20taking*20up,of*20the*20must*2Dpass*20legislation__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh_B5syzj$

Wanted for Murder, an Army Vet Escaped to Ukraine, and Fought the Russians: Facing extradition to Florida, Craig Lang joined an ultranationalist militia in Ukraine after Russia invaded in 2022.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/19/ukraine-war-american-foreign-fighter/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh4AqHLJ9$

DoD artificial intelligence agents successfully pilot fighter jet: Watch AI pilot a fighter jet in the skies over Edwards Air Force Base in California in a series of recent flight tests https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ai.gov/dod-artificial-intelligence-agents-successfully-pilot-fighter-jet/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh2whbNpQ$

# Military / Global
Ukraine Begins Firing U.S.-Provided Cluster Munitions At Russian Forces: After weeks of intense debates and controversies, Ukraine has begun firing US-provided cluster munitions at Russian forces in the raging war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/russia-ukraine-crisis/ukraine-starts-firing-controversial-us-cluster-munitions-at-russian-forces-as-war-rages-on-articleshow.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh5zUmKnX$

China to hold naval drills with Russia despite ongoing Ukraine war: The move comes despite the growing economic and humanitarian repercussions of Russia’s 16 month-old air, sea and ground assault. China said Wednesday it has dispatched navy ships in preparation for joint exercises with Russia’s sea forces, in a sign of Beijing’s continuing support for Moscow’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rferl.org/a/china-russia-naval-drills/32510046.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh16Wudl2$

# Space
Extreme High Altitude Aircraft Successfully Flies into the Stratosphere over White Sands Missile Range: A potentially revolutionary unmanned pseudo-satellite that runs completely on solar power has just completed its first test flight by reaching the stratosphere over the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thedebrief.org/extreme-high-altitude-aircraft-successfully-flies-into-the-stratosphere-over-white-sands-missile-range/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh0fVPdW6$

# UFO Disclosure / Other
National Security Subcommittee Hearing on UAP: Here’s what to expect next week: With the latest in a series of Congressional hearings on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) quickly approaching, this week in our analysis, we’ll be looking at 1: latest news on next week’s National Security Subcommittee Hearing on UAP, 2: witnesses that will be providing testimony during the hearing, and 3) what we expect out of next week’s open session.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4107752-lawmakers-press-for-transparency-ahead-of-ufo-hearing/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXhzbwKW7q$

# Technology
Future of Satellite Internet: OneWeb vs Starlink: Starlink is already selling its services to the end-users, while OneWeb is targeting other companies (Internet of Things, mostly) rather than the end users. So, is OneWeb internet available? Not just yet, but it should become fully operational in late 2023.8 hours ago
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Future_of_Satellite_Internet_OneWeb_vs_Starlink_999.html*:*:text=Starlink*20is*20already*20selling*20its,fully*20operational*20in*20late*202023__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh1amHlCJ$

# Water
Missouri warned feds in 2021 radioactive contamination of groundwater wasn’t improving: The Department of Energy says it will evaluate alternative ideas to decontaminate the site and groundwater. Federal agencies and private companies, for decades, downplayed concerns about radiological contamination or failed to investigate it fully at sites in St. Louis and St. Charles counties.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://missouriindependent.com/2023/07/17/missouri-warned-feds-in-2021-radioactive-contamination-of-groundwater-wasnt-improving/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ws9M7KJCdMCvVebqo9Ro36AktvPpjtWpjsbzb39U1lXqY8B59QD2ZoP24LJzcIEU6GMicQhchY-X3dpq3BAD-_rXh63kpJig$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-19

Voices, The Peoples News

July 19, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Western tribes’ last-ditch effort to stall a large lithium mine in Nevada: It’s the latest development in a more than two year legal battle over a plan by the Canadian firm, Lithium Nevada, to build an open pit mine near Thacker Pass, along a remote stretch of sagebrush-studded land close to the Nevada-Oregon border.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/06/28/1184812267/western-tribes-last-ditch-effort-to-stall-a-large-lithium-mine-in-nevada__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlinl7OsJ$

Federal ruling blocks tribes’ objection, approves building largest lithium mine: A federal appeals court on Monday denied a last-ditch effort by tribes to block construction of what’s likely to be the largest lithium mine in North America on federal land in Nevada.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/07/17/1188204958/tribes-object-federal-ruling-approves-lithium-mine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlhM17BSR$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Texas officials push back on media narrative about illegal border crossings: Texas officials are speaking out about what they argue is a false narrative being perpetrated by several media outlets regarding illegal border crossers at the Rio Grande River in Texas https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_5d7868d8-25d3-11ee-b169-773c26e70994.html*:*:text=(The*20Center*20Square)*20**C20Texas,Rio*20Grande*20River*20in*20Texas__;I34lJSXigJMlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlsyw4mh_$

Texas trooper alleges ‘inhumane’ practices against migrants at the border: The reported incidents have coincided with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s push for intense border security efforts through his Operation Lone Star. Troopers at the Texas border were ordered to push children back into the Rio Grande and failed to provide water to asylum seekers in extreme heat conditions, according to an email sent by a Department of Public Safety trooper, and first reported by the Houston Chronicle.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-07-18/texas-border-migrants-immigration-abbott-inhumane-mistreatment-mexico__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlmLF0_jV$

Security concerns grow as the U.S. continues to be outmatched in arctic territory: The Committee of Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security held a hearing on Tuesday concerning security threats in the Arctic Region. “The arctic has never been more essential to America’s national security,” said Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich. “Unfortunately, the Coast Guard’s icebreaking capabilities are outmatched by our enemies, and rising threats from China and Russia pose a serious risk to American prosperity and security.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_08ba124a-2580-11ee-a528-7f90ab71117d.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlovrYR8I$

Migration Bill Passed by UK Violates International Human Rights Law: UN Experts. “This bill sets a worrying precedent for dismantling asylum-related obligations that other countries, including in Europe, may be tempted to follow,” said the U.N. human rights chief
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/uk-migration-bill*:*:text=According*20to*20the*20U.N.*20Human,they*20are*20survivors*20of*20human__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlqK-ovbt$

Biden Urged to Stop ‘Monstrous’ Texas Policy of Pushing Migrant Children Back Into Rio Grande: “Where is the federal response to Greg Abbott’s illegal games?” asked one observer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/migrant-children-rio-grande__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZloDw0aXf$

State investigating claim that DPS troopers were told to push migrants back into the Rio Grande and deny them water: The Office of the Inspector General investigating the claims, which include pushing small children and women with nursing babies back into the river and turning away a 4-year-old girl who later passed out from the heat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/18/texas-troopers-department-public-safety-migrants-rio-grande-border/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlq4ImwB_$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Biden administration suspends funds to Wuhan lab over failure to provide COVID-related info: A memo that was obtained by Bloomberg News stated that a previous review revealed that the Wuhan laboratory does not adequately follow federal regulations. The lab had also failed to send documents about their security and safety
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-18/us-suspends-wuhan-institute-funds-over-covid-stonewalling__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlhnMLlfU$

# Education / Schools
AP Students Report Teacher Who Assigned Ta-Nehisi Coates Memoir: ‘Topic Is Too Heavy to Discuss.’ High school English students write to school board complaining that lesson plan runs afoul of new law
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://themessenger.com/news/ap-students-report-teacher-for-assigning-ta-nehisi-coates-memoir-topic-is-too-heavy-to-discuss?utm_source=onsite&utm_medium=related_story__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlh5vVH4O$

Moms for Liberty Convince Florida Schools to Ban Award-Winning Young Adult Books: The group had warned that the district could be held under ‘felony prosecution’ for continuing to stock the five books
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://themessenger.com/news/moms-for-liberty-convince-florida-schools-to-ban-award-winning-young-adult-books__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlspjiW05$

Secular Group Demands School Ban Bible After ‘Moms For Liberty’ Gets 5 Books Pulled: Among the recently banned books were Alice Sebold’s ‘Lucky’ and ‘Push’ by Sapphire
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://themessenger.com/news/secular-group-demands-school-ban-bible-after-moms-for-liberty-gets-5-books-pulled__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZloNiJz0C$

California Governor Spars With School Board Over Harvey Milk Comments as Book Ban Fight Heats Up: Newsom said in a statement shared to Twitter that the state was “stepping in” and would be purchasing and providing the textbook that mentions Milk for students at TVUSD, noting in a tweet that it’s “the same one that hundreds of thousands of kids are already using.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/newsom-rips-school-board-over-rejected-textbook-harvey-milk-reference-1812896__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlnUQA3M1$

How School Board Meetings Became Flashpoints for Anger and Chaos Across the Country: In the first wide-ranging analysis of school board unrest, ProPublica found nearly 60 incidents that led to arrests or criminal charges. Almost all were in suburban districts, and nearly every participant was white.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://projects.propublica.org/school-board-meetings-flashpoints-for-anger-chaos/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZls3riF5C$

# Employment / Labor
Where Discrimination Flourished Like Mushrooms: Washington state fines a mushroom grower $3.4 million for firing women farmworkers and replacing them with male contract labor.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/labor/2023-07-19-where-discrimination-flourished-like-mushrooms/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlilQein2$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
For clean energy, miners want a road in one of the most remote national parks: Between August and early October, when the first snows fell, crews worked to clear trees and brush from dozens of areas where future, larger crews could build concrete landing pads and begin delivering equipment necessary to build a 211mile private ‘industrial access’ corridor, sliced through one of the largest and most pristine wilderness areas on Earth.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mining.com/web/this-road-could-save-the-planet-and-carve-up-alaskan-wilderness/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlp2T2CBF$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Extreme heat grips 3 continents as climate change warms Earth: Across North America, Europe and Asia, hundreds of millions of people endured blistering conditions. Punishing heat waves gripped three continents Tuesday, breaking records in cities around the Northern Hemisphere less than two weeks after the Earth recorded what scientists said were likely its hottest days in modern history.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2023-07-millions-extreme-continents.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZliHigFn3$

New GOP Bill Would Curb Biden’s Power to Fight Climate Change: The Capito-Pfluger legislation would prohibit the president from declaring a national emergency “on the premise of climate change,” under any of three laws — the National Emergencies Act, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and the Public Health Service Act, according to the bill text.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/27/house-passes-oil-stockpile-bill-00079877__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlkWR7Gpc$

# Gov / Politics
Why the Ukraine Conflict will Unravel NATO and Biden: If Biden’s has failed in this intermediate Russian stage, it can hardly go onto its final, Chinese one. Biden is about to lose his military wager in Ukraine. That is bound to end Biden’s project of uniting US allies, the closest thing there has been to a Biden Doctrine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/18/why-the-ukraine-conflict-will-unravel-nato-and-biden/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlg9WpiEo$

A Scott Ritter Investigation: Agent Zelensky – Part 1: Palestinian Attorney Noura Erakat: The U.S. Is Normalizing Apartheid by Hosting Israel’s President.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLeBb6hPUC8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlhu4G6Yg$
A Scott Ritter Investigation: Agent Zelensky – Part 2: What are the true reasons behind the current situation in Ukraine today? What kind of operation has the CIA been running in Ukraine over the course of many years?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq-Jab4DUhA__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlnN3q9kJ$

Forbidden questions, denied warrants, witness tipoffs: Agents detail interference in Biden probe: Retired FBI supervisor’s account to Congress of how the bureau tipped off Joe Biden’s team in December 2020 about plans to conduct an interview of his son Hunter not only corroborates a key allegation from two IRS whistleblowers, it further paints a portrait of unusual meddling into the investigation of the first family’s overseas business dealings and taxes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/18/two-wagner-fighters-killed-for-refusing-to-partake-in-mutiny/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlgWMQpBN$

Ron DeSantis and the Politics of Ugly Freedoms: Freedom in the current historical moment turned ugly. The dark side of freedom as a call to domination and repression is with us once again, longer hides in the shadows; nor is it relegated to the margins of society. It is also being weaponized as a political tool to eliminate those institutions which provide support for those individuals considered enemies, or dehumanized because of their color, identity, politics, and ethnicity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/19/ron-desantis-and-the-politics-of-ugly-freedoms/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlue075uB$

Alabama Republicans are basically daring the Supreme Court to enforce its recent Voting Rights Act decision: Alabama Republicans, under orders of the U.S. Supreme Court to redraw congressional districts to give minority voters a greater voice in elections, rejected calls Monday to craft a second majority-Black district and proposed a map testing the judges’ directive. Lawmakers must adopt a new map by Friday after the high court in June affirmed a three-judge panel’s ruling that Alabama’s existing congressional map — with a single Black district out of seven statewide — likely violated the Voting Rights Act.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/17/alabama-republicans-reject-second-majority-black-house-district-00106675__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlveCDufK$

# Juvenile Justice System
ACLU Urges Court to Save Children From Deadly Heat at Louisiana’s Angola Prison, With heat indexes 133 degrees this month, a medical expert for the plaintiffs warned the court that the conditions could be fatal: “It has been dangerously hot in Angola so far this summer,” said one medical expert. “Confining children for all or most of the day to concrete and cement buildings without air conditioning is foolhardy and perilous.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theappeal.org/angola-prison-louisiana-children-deadly-heat/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZll6XD-kT$

Emergency Filing Details Routine Solitary Confinement for Youth at Angola Prison: Advocates are asking a federal judge to take emergency action and remove children from Angola Prison after mounting abuses
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/emergency-filing-details-routine-solitary-confinement-for-youth-at-angola-prison__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlvsJCw6B$

# Legal / DOJ
2hrs ago – Donald Trump arrested: Judge won’t move New York hush money case to federal court: A New York federal judge on Wednesday rejected former President Donald Trump’s efforts to move his New York criminal case to federal court. The former president failed two main components needed to justify his move of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case from state to federal court.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/judge-deny-trump-hush-money-case-federal-court__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlhNIjEEX$

# LGBTQ / Gender
State Spying Poses ‘Roadblock’ for Interstate Seekers of Abortion, Transgender Care: “Digital surveillance data makes profiling easy and suggests that travel data will be weaponized to identify new targets for healthcare prosecutions and investigations.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/abortion-surveillance__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZliD4Cf6B$

# Medical / Health
Climate connections: a warming planet, pathogens and disease: People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/climate-connections-diseases-pathogens/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlkq3_KDL$

# Military / DOD
Raytheon, Northrop Grumman secure further hypersonic weapon development contract: RTX and Northrop Grumman secure contract advancing hypersonic weapons for the US Army as hypersonic weapon development competition heats up.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/raytheon-northrop-grumman-contract-hypersonic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZljaMYW2l$

# Military / Global
Wagner Fighters Executed for Refusing to Join Mutiny: Two Wagner Group mercenaries were executed by their colleague for refusing to participate in Yevgeny Prigozhin’s short-lived armed mutiny last month, according to Russian officials and news reports.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/18/two-wagner-fighters-killed-for-refusing-to-partake-in-mutiny/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZlgWMQpBN$

# Recycle / Repurpose / Reuse
Living on Earth: The risks of ‘chemical recycling’: So-called ‘chemical recycling’ of plastics is a highly inefficient process that releases large amounts of carbon emissions and hazardous pollutants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=23-P13-00028&segmentID=3__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZljxmFdzv$

# Social
FEMA Has So Far Paid Out Less Than 1% of What Congress Allocated for Victims of New Mexico Wildfire: Congress gave FEMA $3.95 billion to compensate victims of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon Fire in northern New Mexico. Seven months later, just $3 million has been paid, and most hasn’t gone to households.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/fema-paid-out-less-than-one-percent-of-claims-new-mexico-wildfire__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3dqyb3bUMnMglvkatwB3pSQvmsEHKwOG5g3inDk931GBm4hhvy89UEMP7gv5latqW5MnhY6gv-4XVzOTq4l1CQJZljO1xL5P$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-17

Voices, The Peoples News

July 17, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Since Dobbs Ruling, Native People Face a Web of Obstacles to Reproductive Care: In addition to external constraints, many tribal governments appear reluctant to actively fight for abortion access: The ruling is likely to increase already high rates of pregnancy-related mortality for Native pregnancy-capable people (NPCP) in the U.S., creating “the perfect environment for Native women to die,” Abigail Echo-Hawk, citizen of Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and executive vice president of the Seattle Indian Health Board
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/since-dobbs-ruling-native-people-face-a-web-of-obstacles-to-reproductive-care/*:*:text=In*20addition*20to*20external*20constraints,actively*20fight*20for*20abortion*20access.&text=Truthout*20is*20a*20vital*20news,living*20history*20of*20political*20struggle__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLOBVfUtD$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Four more Texas counties declare invasion at southern border: With the signing of a new resolution, the judges and commissioners of Frio, Karnes, La Salle and Medina declared an invasion. The movement to declare an invasion was led by Kinney County, which first issued a disaster declaration April 21, 2021.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/four-more-texas-counties-declare-invasion-at-southern-border__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLCvZV7mG$

# Children / Youth
Child Sex Trafficking Is Not a Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory, I desperately wish it was: Every instinct in us should recoil at the thought of people abusing children. But we must know so we can do something about it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/07/child-sex-trafficking-is-not-a-right-wing-conspiracy-theory/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLPl6_9yN$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
How the U.S. is gearing up for a repeat “tripledemic” this fall as threats of a surge in COVID-19 cases grow: A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel unanimously recommended last month that COVID-19 vaccines under development for the fall vaccination campaign should be updated. Specifically, they said that the new versions should target one of the currently dominant XBB subvariants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/07/12/how-the-u-s-is-gearing-up-for-a-repeat-tripledemic-this-fall-as-threats-of-a-surge-in-covid-19-cases-grow/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLKWIsQOg$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Life is about to get much more expensive for millions of families with a triple whammy of pandemic-era safety net programs coming to an end around the same time this fall.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/07/17/student-loans-child-care-medicaid-food-stamps-inflation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLOmeYzYC$

# Education / Schools
GOP Advances Education Cuts That Could Remove 220,000 Teachers from Classrooms: Funding Bill Kicks Teachers Out of Classrooms, Takes Away Job Opportunities, and Harms Women and Children; “If left to their own devices, Republicans would gleefully take public education to the graveyard,” said one Democrat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/house-republican-funding-bill-kicks-teachers-out-of-classrooms-takes-away-job__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLKIfBXoa$

President Biden’s Most Powerful Student Loan Tool: Income-driven repayment can be used to forgive as much student debt as he wants: That reflects the fact that at this point, the IDR tool is probably the best tool Biden possesses to provide student debt relief. It will be an annoying headache for the administration to set up, but its powers are basically limitless, and arguably established on a firmer legal footing than any other option.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/education/2023-07-17-bidens-most-powerful-student-loan-tool/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLLMnRtA1$

# Employment / Labor
How federal law can protect all workers on sweltering summer days: “How in the world can you deny your workers an opportunity to get a drink of water?” Unless all Americans have commonsense safeguards like these, workers across the country will continue to get sick and die during ever-worsening heat waves.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/07/17/how-federal-law-can-protect-all-workers-on-sweltering-summer-days/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLIFxCSLY$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
How utilities’ fossil fuel investments are driving up rates for the most vulnerable: These rate hikes are largely driven by utilities looking to fund ‘very expensive’ natural gas pipe replacement and expansion projects. Many utilities say these upgrades are needed to meet safety requirements or growing customer demand.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/rising-energy-costs-2661985726.html*:*:text=These*20rate*20hikes*20are*20largely,requirements*20or*20growing*20customer*20demand__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLOZBPn6q$

Seafood industry groups have called for a pause on plans to extract minerals from the ocean floor. The intervention comes as the International Seabed Authority (ISA) meets in Kingston, Jamaica, to discuss proposals by Canada’s The Metals Company to exploit seabed minerals in the Pacific
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/11/seafood-industry-joins-chorus-of-groups-calling-for-a-halt-to-deep-sea-mining-plans__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLBeI-Byd$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Global Russia withdraws from Black Sea grain export deal: The Black Sea agri-commodities export corridor, which allowed Ukrainian grain and oilseeds to be shipped safely, is now set to expire, after Russia announced it is pausing its participation. Moscow suggested that if demands to improve exports of its own grain and fertilizer were met it would consider resurrecting the Black Sea agreement. However, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that a U.N. pact that helped Russia to make shipments over the past year was also terminated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/black-sea-grain-deal-expire-monday-if-russia-quits-2023-07-17/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLHQKlE8P$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Saudi Arabia’s Huge U.S. Investments Lose Money, but Buy Influence: Following Saudi Arabia’s purchase of the PGA Tour, a new Senate report revealed the dictatorship’s ballooning share of the American economy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/14/saudi-arabia-us-investments-influence-liv-pga-golf/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLKMjjwn2$

Former Ukrainian diplomat and political insider Andrii Telizhenko, now under US sanctions on what he says are false grounds, speaks out: Telizhenko worked for the Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office in Kyiv before moving to Ukraine’s US Embassy in 2015. He went on to work for Blue Star Strategies, a Democrat-run lobbying firm that represented Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company that appointed Biden’s son Hunter to a lucrative board seat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thegrayzone.com/2023/07/13/bidens-corruption-led-to-ukraines-destruction-fmr-kiev-diplomat/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLDGES95T$

# Gov / Politics
First GOP Presidential Debate Is Next Month, but No One Seems to Know Who’s Attending: The venue and date are set but no word on who will take the stage in Milwaukee on Aug. 23.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6293007/republican-debate-presidential-candidates/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLNqMj-YB$

First GOP debate next month faces threats of boycott as lower-polling candidates scramble to qualify: Some candidates, like former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, are struggling to meet fundraising and polling requirements to make it on stage. He and others are pushing back on a loyalty pledge the Republican Party is insisting candidates sign to participate. And the race’s frontrunner, former President Donald Trump, is considering boycotting and holding a competing event instead.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-republican-presidential-debate-1e4d65a395f83ac078139d14e41d4b63__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLEjX66aR$

Is Biden Preparing to take the U.S. to War Against Russia? Biden and his team appear intent on provoking a nuclear war. This is disturbing and alarming, Biden issued an order activating up to 3000 Ready Reserve and Select Reserve military personnel and sending them to Europe for potential combat with Russia. This is not a hoax. It is on the White House website. Operation Atlantic Resolve is the name for the U.S. military response to Russia’s Special Military Operation. Is Biden making a direct threat to Russia that is likely to elicit a very unpleasant response from Putin? In terms of bolstering U.S. military capabilities this is a nothing-burger. But it is the symbolism and the thinking behind this decision that is frightening. But this is not all.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57685.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLHKmoT-r$

Slavery Isn’t Just Black History, It’s U.S. History: Over 100 political leaders descend from enslavers. It’s time for the U.S. to confront this history and its impacts. A recent Reuters investigation reveals that more than 100 U.S. political leaders descend from slaveholders. This includes five living U.S. presidents, two Supreme Court justices, 11 governors and 100 legislators across party lines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/slavery-isnt-just-black-history-its-us-history/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLKXK09vf$

# Legal / DOJ
When John Roberts Tried To Take Power From The Courts: Court watchers said Roberts’s alignment is not a reflection of his role as chief justice, and instead shows his prominence in the ideological middle of the high court.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/when-john-roberts-tried-to-take-power-from-the-courts/*:*:text=On*20October*203*2C*20the*20first,of*20reappointment**C20by*20the*20Senate__;I34lJSUlJSXigJ0lJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLL8X2Zv-$

Trump gets bad news from Georgia Supreme Court in election interference probe: The Georgia state Supreme Court unanimously rejected Donald Trump’s motion to “quash” Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ special grand jury report, to block her from prosecuting him, and to bar her from using any evidence the grand jury obtained to charge him criminally or civilly.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/trump-georgia-election-interference/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLJqEvqt0$

# Media
Is the Media Finally Waking Up to a New Kind of Supreme Court Coverage? Judicial coverage has long sidestepped the politicking that goes on in and around the Supreme Court. Post-Dobbs leak, and amid mounting ethics concerns, that may be changing. “It needs to be covered in a more comprehensive way,” a legal affairs reporter says.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/supreme-court-justices-media__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLCe2loiQ$

UPS CEO’s Political Donations Boost Anti-Union Republicans: Carol Tomé, who positioned herself as a friend of workers when she took the helm at UPS, is facing a potential strike by her workforce. As Tomé positioned herself as a friend of the workers who make her company run, she continued to donate money to national Republicans set on gutting worker power and maximizing salaries for America’s top earners.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/14/ups-strike-carol-tome-anti-union-republicans/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLJtj5sHo$

# Medical / Health
The Abortion Justice Act Is the Reproductive Rights Legislation the U.S. Needs: While the act may have little chance of passage, it’s a message to those who need an abortion that they are not alone. In addition to affirming a legal right to both abortion and miscarriage care, the bill calls for federal investments in abortion care training, research and outreach. It would protect both providers and the patients https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/the-abortion-justice-act-is-the-reproductive-rights-legislation-the-us-needs/*:*:text=In*20addition*20to*20affirming*20a,companies*20to*20cover*20abortion*20care__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLG6EV8zO$

Problems With Abuse, Neglect and Cover-Ups at Choate Extend to Other Developmental Centers in Illinois: Prompted by an outcry over abuse, Illinois proposed moving residents from Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center to similar facilities in the state. New reporting shows the problems at Choate are common throughout the statewide system.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/07/17/problems-with-abuse-neglect-cover-ups-at-choate-extend-to-other-developmental-centers/70401715007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLAQaHoCo$

# Military / DOD
Typo Sends Millions of U.S. Military Emails to Russia Ally: Sensitive information including the trivial itinerary of senior generals has been misdirected. The sensitive Pentagon messages were sent to a company running the West-African country’s internet domain. Mali has been in a state of civil war since 2012.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/millions-secret-military-emails-sent-30483817__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLF8C32Te$

Looking to Sell Weapons, Military Contractors Push Arms Race With China: The intensified cold war with China and Russia is perhaps among the gravest of threats to humanity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/looking-to-sell-weapons-military-contractors-push-arms-race-with-china/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLLrNLi04$

President Biden activated the Individual Ready Reserve: The federal Selected Reserve and state National Guards augment the active duty military with part-time service members that can be called up to active duty when needed. These components saw regular deployments to the Middle East during the Global War on Terror and continue to deploy in support of military operations around the world. However, many Americans may not know that the Individual Ready Reserve is another source of service members who can augment the active duty military.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wearethemighty.com/military-news/president-biden-activated-the-individual-ready-reserve/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLNkKNUAE$

# Military / Global
What are China’s plans for Turkey’s IDEF defense expo? Seventy-four Chinese firms are scheduled to attend the International Defence Industry Fair, or IDEF, which is taking place July 25-28 in Istanbul. Meanwhile, five American businesses are signed up.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2023/07/17/what-are-chinas-plans-for-turkeys-idef-defense-expo/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLFVHcj1s$

Turkey’s defense and aerospace exports grew sharply in 2022: TLand systems and drones rank high on the list of weapons exported by Ankara: SASAD, an umbrella organization for Turkey’s defense and aerospace exporters, said that total exports in 2022 reached $4.4 billion, up from $3.2 billion in 2021. Ozgur Eksi, an Ankara-based analyst, attributed the rise in demand mainly to land systems and drones.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/global/mideast-africa/2023/07/17/turkeys-defense-and-aerospace-exports-grew-sharply-in-2022/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLIr4eh5S$

Taiwan rings alarm bells as record number of Chinese warships spotted around island: Taiwan raged at China’s latest attempt to intimidate the island as Beijing signals its forces are prepared to launch an invasion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wral.com/story/taiwan-reports-record-number-of-chinese-warships-in-waters-around-the-island/20957531/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLDfccUd_$

# Science
Synthetic human embryos made from stem cells? Research into artificial monkey embryos leads the way: A team of Chinese scientists created “synthetic monkey embryos” or, more precisely, synthetic monkey embryo-like structures from stem cells and used these for reproduction. The reported research involved an in vitro study, meaning it was conducted in the lab, as well as an in vivo study, conducted in the body. The in vitro study involved the ongoing culture of the monkey embryo-like structures in the lab to see how they might develop after the time at which implantation would typically occur.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/07/10/synthetic-human-embryos-made-from-stem-cells-research-into-artificial-monkey-embryos-leads-the-way/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLNYvglCn$

# Social
LA Promised to Preserve Low-Cost Housing. These Tenants’ Homes Were Turned Into Hotel Rooms Anyway: When the American Hotel converted into a tourist hotel, its long-term residents lost not just their affordable housing but the creative community that long thrived in the iconic building. The American is now a boutique tourist hotel in L.A.’s downtown Arts District. Nearly all of its longtime residents have been replaced. But the culprit is not gentrification. It’s the city’s failure to enforce its own laws to preserve affordable housing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://capitalandmain.com/l-a-promised-to-preserve-low-cost-housing-these-tenants-homes-were-turned-into-hotel-rooms-anyway__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLJio51GF$

# UFO Disclosure / Other
Bigfoot, Sasquatch, tedious old hoax – call it what you like, but the hairy beast remains one of the world’s most beloved and enduring mysteries.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lifestyle-buzz/new-drone-footage-of-bigfoot-hailed-as-the-best-yet/ar-AA1dYKIn?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=bd49642201aa4e7ea77aa73eedf37d10&ei=64__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLIZh3hKl$

# Technology
Senators eye electronic warfare capability demonstration in western US: Sen. Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat, said the interstate demonstration would “better replicate some real-world threat conditions.” Included in a Senate version of fiscal 2024 defense legislation is a provision for a “Western regional range complex demonstration,” in which multiple services would together evaluate capacities to communicate, gather intelligence, conduct offensive and defensive cyber operations, and jam and spoof.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/senators-eye-electronic-warfare-capability-172437526.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLKjBdem7$

Weapons of mass destruction you won’t believe are being created: From genetic to cyber, and everything in between. Cyber warfare is nothing new, nor is the use of biological weapons, but these are much more sophisticated now. Plus, we have a few new weapons, both hypothetical and real ones, that are worth mentioning.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.starsinsider.com/lifestyle/498142/weapons-of-mass-destruction-you-wont-believe-are-being-created__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLEUoaoKo$

# Veterans / VA
Veterans Quit as Training, Mission for DeSantis’ State Guard Turn Militaristic: Veterans resign from force established as civilian disaster relief, citing concerns over ‘militaristic’ training and ‘abuse.’ Promoted by DeSantis as an “emergency focused, civilian defense force” when it was established in June 2022, the state guard has quickly morphed into something quite different, the report found.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/15/ron-desantis-florida-state-guard-militia-veterans-quit__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLLU-oMhc$

# Water
A Saudi company took as much water as it wanted during Arizona drought: Lax rules let a Saudi-owned company pump water from Arizona state land to grow alfalfa for the kingdom’s cattle. Fondomonte relented, telling the state that it had used 16,415 acre-feet of water last year at its farm in the Butler Valley. That’s enough to cover about 12,500 football fields with a foot of water.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/arizona-saudi-arabia-fondomonte-butler-valley-water-residents-cut-off-2023-7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yzajMNzMuqKgUq62_jB9JQdTfnSGSf8TmnlyRdEG8BYuV7CWimhEeTxr4rahPeLK7ZsTna90M5cxkWjpXE08neoPLAUBKRxp$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-07-16

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July 16, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Nearly a thousand migrants that recently crossed from Guatemala into Mexico formed a group Saturday to head north together in hopes of reaching the border with the United States: Migrants from around the world remained determined Saturday to continue their journey through Mexico to the United States, even as the government has ordered a crackdown on temporary travel permits allowing them to make their way to the northern border.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/05/13/migrants-from-over-100-countries-have-crossed-into-mexico/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_iOL_Bhf$

Mexico files complaint over Texas border control efforts in Rio Grande: Mexican officials lodged a complaint with the United States government over the floating barriers Texas installed in the Rio Grande River to deter migrants from crossing into the state illegally. If the orange buoys impede the flow of the river, they could be in violation of 1944 and 1970 treaties between Mexico and the US that govern the boundaries and water that separate the two nations, Mexico’s Foreign Relations Secretary Alicia Bárcena wrote in a diplomatic note.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/15/mexico-files-complaint-over-texas-border-control-efforts-in-rio-grande/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_sFb2wOU$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
COVID-19 data: How infection rates changed on the day a lockdown or similar measure was introduced: Using an approach based on computer vision technology, researchers can work back from COVID-19 mortality data to see how infection rates changed on the day a lockdown or similar measure was introduced. The approach could be generally useful in future epidemics and pandemics. The work was published July 14 in Science Advances.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-07-covid-infection-day-lockdown-similar.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_veOje0q$

DeSantis asked by GOP officials in Florida to ban vaccine as ‘biological weapon’: The Brevard Republican Executive Committee has joined a growing list of Florida GOP chapters calling on Gov. Ron DeSantis to ban the COVID-19 vaccine, which it called a ‘biological weapon’ in a resolution this week. The nonbinding resolution was passed by a super majority vote of committee membership Thursday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/desantis-biological-weapon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_oa1lmOz$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Report finds pandemic spending difficult to track even for experts: A new report found that the $5 trillion Congress spent on pandemic relief efforts has been so difficult to track that it has even stumped some government investigators
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_cbebab60-2270-11ee-822f-532bb9097aad.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_vXvnh9P$

Major Cuts to Social Security Are Back on the Table — What’s Being Proposed Now? A group of Republican lawmakers aims to balance the federal budget and reduce government spending by targeting programs like Social Security — and some seniors could see a big reduction in lifetime benefits if the plan makes it into law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://biz.crast.net/big-cuts-to-social-security-are-back-on-the-table-whats-being-proposed-now/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_mSpQGNA$

Britain officially joins an Asia-Pacific trade group that includes Japan and 10 other nations: Britain on Sunday officially joined an Asia-Pacific trade group that includes Japan and 10 other nations during a meeting in New Zealand. It also includes New Zealand, Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/britain-officially-joins-an-asia-pacific-trade-group-that-includes-japan-and-10-other-nations/ar-AA1dVFf0?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=66a9340376814482a8d1be5a639f4180&ei=18__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_qjm3-_K$

# Education / Schools
Denver school principal’s sudden firing has a chilling effect on educators, “Speaking out will backfire on us”: The firing of Denver Public Schools principal Kurt Dennis left educators unable to speak up since Dennis was allegedly fired after speaking against gun violence in schools.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://co.chalkbeat.org/2023/7/12/23793263/kurt-dennis-mcauliffe-firing-denver-schools-chilling-effect-marrero-grievance-lawsuit__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_hNZJg-j$

The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) today announced a -1.3% net return on investments for the 2021–22 fiscal year, ending with the total fund value at $301.6 billion as of June 30, 2022. The 2021–22 return, CalSTRS’ first negative return since 2009, reflects the ongoing volatility of global financial markets impacted by inflation, rising interest rates, the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.calstrs.com/calstrs-finishes-with-1-3-return-beats-total-fund-benchmark-in-volatile-fiscal-year-2021-22__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_r0KVQmh$

Biden’s Unconstitutional “Bankruptcy Abuse” Act Makes Peons of Student Debtors: The law prohibits education loans from being discharged through bankruptcy. It should be repealed to provide relief.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/bidens-unconstitutional-bankruptcy-abuse-act-makes-peons-of-student-debtors/*:*:text=The*20law*20prohibits*20education*20loans,be*20repealed*20to*20provide*20relief.&text=Truthout*20is*20a*20vital*20news,living*20history*20of*20political*20struggle__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_hDszJRj$

Outrage as woke school board axes advanced math classes for being too white and Asian: Parents in Cambridge are speaking out after algebra was cut from middle school. Decision was made years ago due to racial disparities in advanced placement
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/outrage-as-woke-school-board-axes-advanced-math-classes-for-being-too-white-and-asian/ar-AA1dV8Gm?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=66a9340376814482a8d1be5a639f4180&ei=145__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_qGCP3uQ$

# Employment / Labor
Workers Are Funding The War On Themselves: How workers’ retirement savings are enriching billionaires and, in every way imaginable, financing the apocalypse.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/workers-are-funding-the-war-on-themselves/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_ps_ng12$

US: Private equity losses weigh on pension funds: US public pension funds should brace for a big negative surprise when they prepare their reports for the fiscal year ending 30 June 2023. Only then will their returns reflect losses from 2022 in their private equity (PE) portfolios.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ipe.com/north-america/us-private-equity-losses-weigh-on-pension-funds/10065853.article__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_jCgsnSl$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
As an Obscure United Nations Gathering Deliberates the Fate of Deep-Sea Mining, the Tuna Industry Calls for a Halt: New research finds deep-sea mining operations could conflict with the tuna fishery and cause populations to crash as the species moves to escape ocean warming.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11072023/tuna-deep-sea-mining/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_nR8jaGS$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Humanity has etched its way into Earth’s geology, atmosphere and biology with such strength and permanence, a special team of scientists figures we have shifted into a new geologic epoch, one of our own creation. It’s called the Anthropocene. A geologic task force is recommending to mark this new epoch’s start in the small but deep, pristine Crawford Lake outside Toronto, Canada with a ‘golden spike’. The start of the human epoch is sometime around 1950 to 1954. The specific date will be determined soon
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6293787/1950s-anthropocene-epoch-began/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_qmnO7Uu$

What Is The Anthropocene Epoch—And Why Do Scientists Think A Lake In Suburban Canada Defines It? The start of the epoch is evident in the sediment of Crawford Lake, which at nearly 80 feet deep is deep enough that its bottom layer of water doesn’t mix with upper layers, leaving its bottom layer “isolated from the rest of the planet.” those layers of plutonium and fossil fuel combustion reveal “environmental change” to the earth, comparing the bottom sediment where those changes are analyzed to a “massive dirty lollipop” in a BBC interview, adding: “But it contains these beautiful, annually laminated sediments.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/07/11/what-is-the-anthropocene-epoch-and-why-do-scientists-think-a-lake-in-suburban-canada-defines-it/?sh=22ddd93d47ad__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_uexpBus$

Florida Researchers are recording ocean temperatures that pose severe risks to coral reefs and other marine life. Water temperatures in the mid-90s are threatening delicate coral reefs, depriving swimmers of cooling dips and adding a bit more ick to the Sunshine State’s already oppressive summer weather. Forecasters are warning of temperatures with humidity will feel like 110 degrees by week’s end. If that’s not enough, Florida is about to get a dose of dust from Africa’s Saharan desert that’s likely to hurt air quality.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/florida-ocean-heat-climate-coral-record-bfc3010460eb077fc14d53a6f768931d*:*:text=(AP)*20**C20Record*20global*20ocean,State’s*20already*20oppressive*20summer*20weather__;I34l4oCUJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_h3djLfE$

In Oregon timber country, a town buys the surrounding forests to confront climate driven wildfires: A logger, forester and former mayor joined forces to help Butte Falls manage its forests to protect the town and build an economy supported by tourism rather than logging.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09072023/in-oregon-timber-country-a-town-buys-the-surrounding-forests-to-confront-climate-driven-wildfires/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_uzfRch4$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global Invisible but everywhere: B.C. woman uncovers microplastic pollution in Antarctic waters: A woman’s scientific journey from B.C. to a polar sea unveils plastic pollution has reached Earth’s most remote places
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.richmond-news.com/highlights/bc-woman-finds-plastic-in-worlds-most-remote-region-7264467__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_o2i74BC$

Lula Saves The Trees: Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest dropped 34 percent in the first six months of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s term, reversing a four-year clearcutting trend. Experts say January decrease is ‘positive’, but caution it is too soon to say whether it marks a long-term reversal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/10/brazil-amazon-deforestation-drops-in-lulas-first-month-in-office__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_sndnL3d$

Antarctic Glacier Sped Up As Its Ice Shelf Collapsed [Video] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aD2S7Yt9IU__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_tYE5msN$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Patient count in Cyclospora parasite outbreak jumps by more than 200: The number of patients in a large outbreak of infections from the cyclospora parasite has increased significantly, with the count approaching 600. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been tracking the outbreak since April 1. As of this week there are 581 laboratory confirmed patients.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/07/patient-count-in-cyclospora-parasite-outbreak-jumps-by-more-than-200/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_ifXsT5b$

# General News
“He’s Fiercely Protective”: Trump Aide Walt Nauta May Pay the Ultimate Price for Loyalty: The former Navy cook remains glued to the ex-president in Mar-a-Lago, “I don’t think King Charles has anyone this good,” says one senior adviser. But could the threat of decades in prison drive the valet to turn on Trump?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://headtopics.com/us/he-s-fiercely-protective-trump-aide-walt-nauta-may-pay-the-ultimate-price-for-loyalty-41182367__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_vkcfAg3$

Donald Trump brands US a ‘third-world hellhole’ run by ‘perverts’ and ‘thugs’: Former president claimed American dream ‘dead’ under Joe Biden during Turning Point Action Conference. Donald Trump branded the US a “third-world hellhole” run by “perverts” and “thugs” in his latest 2024 campaign speech, a rambling, nearly two-hour long set of remarks to close out a right-wing conference in Florida
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-brands-us-third-002241707.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_oNK2TAc$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Sent Wagner to Belarus to Prepare Attack on Poland: Russian Lawmaker: Russian lawmaker Andrey Kartapolov suggested that President Vladimir Putin expelled the Wagner Group to Belarus to allegedly prepare for an attack against Poland during a recent appearance on Russian state television.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/putin-sent-wagner-belarus-prepare-attack-poland-russian-lawmaker-1813181*:*:text=Russian*20lawmaker*20Andrey*20Kartapolov*20suggested,appearance*20on*20Russian*20state*20television__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_ppmhxxW$

# Gov / Politics
The Latest On Joe Biden and His Battle to Restrict Online Speech: President Joe Biden has reason to smile, as a federal appeals court applied a temporary pause to a lower court’s order preventing the federal government from pressuring social media companies to censor political activists and journalists. The “administrative stay” ordered by a New Orleans court allows the government to continue its actions while legal proceedings continue.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/05/biden-admin-thinks-it-has-divine-right-to-nix-conservatives-free-speech-rights/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_ukJcHQ7$

Joe Biden Has the World on Edge: In case you hadn’t heard, President Joe Biden announced an escalation in America’s ongoing involvement in the Russo-Ukraine War. The problem: Biden is not in the best cognitive shape. He has activated 3,000 reservists and has told them to be ready for deployments to Europe. Normally, calling up the reserves is the first step of taking America to war. In this case, it’s even weirder:
Biden is saying simply to “be ready” to go to Europe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/07/joe-biden-has-the-world-on-edge/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_lDUzazz$

# Industry / Corporations
Mexican toilet paper company plans to expand in Montgomery County: GCP Paper USA, an arm of privately held Grupo Corporativo Papelera based in Mexico City, confirmed plans to acquire 32 acres in the East Montgomery County Industrial Park in New Caney for a new manufacturing and distribution complex.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/gcp-paper-buys-land-toilet-paper-montgomery-county-18200911.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_lP8qtne$

# Law Enforcment
FBI opens criminal investigations into violent Los Angeles County deputy encounter, including one in which a deputy punched a woman in the face as she held her baby. In addition to the federal investigations, the California Department of Justice has agreed to review the case of 18-year-old Andres Guardado, who was shot in the back three years ago by a sheriff’s deputy in the city of Gardena, south of Los Angeles, the email said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/fbi-opens-criminal-investigations-violent-los-angeles-county-101312691__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_sJIIOhN$

At least 4 killed in mass shooting in western Georgia city; suspect still at large: At least four people have been killed in a mass shooting in Hampton, a small city in western Georgia, on Saturday morning. Law enforcement identified Andre Longmore of Hampton as a suspect in the killings in a news conference Saturday evening https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/at-least-4-killed-in-mass-shooting-in-western-georgia-city-suspect-still-at-large/ar-AA1dUH3f?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=8ecd281e85bb401c93fa3336db782e83&ei=24__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_hqHftpn$

# Legal / DOJ
Why Gorsuch’s Opinion in ‘303 Creative’ Is So Dangerous: Andrew Koppelman on what Justice Gorsuch implies in ‘303 Creative,’ “that all antidiscrimination laws are unconstitutional in all their applications,” is part of a larger agenda.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/justice/2023-07-12-gorsuch-opinion-303-creative-dangerous/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_vA_XhSp$

# LGBTQ / Gender
These 5 States Are Doing the Most to Target LGBTQ People: Anti-LGBTQ legislation is at a record high, and these states are responsible for the worst of it https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/worst-anti-lgbtq-states-america-trans-legislation-1234788961/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_vW_0cpA$

# Media
UPS Workers Prep to Strike for Demands That Would Improve Lives of Over 340,000: UPS to Train Nonunion Employees as Talks Stall With Union for 340,000 Workers and Deadline Nears. A little more than a week after contract talks between UPS and the union representing 340,000 of its workers broke down, UPS said it will begin training many of its non-union employees in the U.S. to step in should there be a strike, which the union has vowed to do if no agreement is reached by the end of this month https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2023-07-14/ups-to-train-nonunion-employees-as-talks-with-union-for-340-000-workers-stalls-and-deadline-nears__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_jliYkcP$

Julian Assange Is “Dangerously Close” to Extradition for Revealing U.S. War Crimes: This is the first time a publisher has been charged under the Espionage Act for disclosing government secrets. For nearly five years, publisher and journalist Julian Assange has fought extradition to the United States where he faces 175 years in prison for revealing evidence of U.S. war crimes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/julian-assange-is-dangerously-close-to-extradition-for-revealing-us-war-crimes/*:*:text=For*20nearly*20five*20years*2C*20publisher,evidence*20of*20U.S.*20war*20crimes__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_m0QqDOT$

# Military / DOD
Old Pentagon battles over provoking Russia relent with new European Command mission: The Pentagon announced EUCOM’s 9-year-old Atlantic Resolve mission that has deployed thousands of troops over the years to defend NATO’s eastern flank was reclassified as a contingency operation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2023-07-14/atlantic-resolve-eucom-russia-10735945.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_swsgs1n$

# Military / Global
Air-raid warning issued on half of territory of Ukraine, cruise missile carriers take off. The Ukrainian Air Force has recorded the takeoff of two Tu-22M3 aircraft from Russia, which means the danger of cruise missile launches. Quote: “East, South, Centre, the danger of missile attack! Air raid alerts were declared across Ukraine early on Friday, local time, with some areas reporting explosions. Ukraine’s military added that central regions were at risk from drone attacks. Explosions were reported in other cities, including in the central city of Krivyi Rih
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.voanews.com/a/latest-in-ukraine-air-raid-alerts-extended-throughout-ukraine/7099964.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yG8KabJk9kPmTdyuXAqZ7MKTSxAgm43gW0FfS4D2Cmblvzu_mhSQ5WwWg9aED4zrCniRuiygpYhCO4YSZloPhFWf_mGfc7bb$

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