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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-12-08

Voices, The Peoples News

December 8, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Private Prison Firms Set To Cash In On Immigrant Surveillance Boom: As one analyst with financial information company S&P Global wrote in a recent memo on the private prison industry, prison companies have looked to ankle monitors and other forms of surveillance technology as one way to recoup lost revenue from lower prison populations in some of their facilities, a long-term trend over the past decade that accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/private-prison-firms-set-to-cash-in-on-immigrant-surveillance-boom/*:*:text=As*20one*20analyst*20with*20financial,facilities*2C*20a*20long*2Dterm*20trend__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjBU1eMzU$

“The Feeling Of Constantly Being Watched”: This report highlights the excruciating toll that ICE electronic monitoring takes on immigrant communities, underscoring the need for a transformative shift in our approach to immigration. Despite ICE’s claims to the contrary, digital prisons are physically inhibitive and harmful to health and wellbeing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://notechforice.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/TrackedTrapped_final.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjImNRL9D$

“Gross Private Incentivization To Detain More Immigrants”: Could A Slowdown Shackle The U.S. Prison Industry? In addition to macroeconomic pressure, these companies also face legislation reform, ongoing litigation, and heightened investor sensitivity to ESG concerns. In this piece, S&P Global Ratings answers frequently asked questions about how a challenging economy and legislative actions could influence the credit quality of entities with ties to the U.S. prison industry (see company list in appendix).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spglobal.com/_assets/documents/ratings/research/101587525.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjJ2ugBh5$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Conference Board report projects a recession. “After a pause in September, the LEI resumed signaling recession in the near term,” Monica said in a statement, adding that it will be a “very short” recession.
“We forecast that real GDP will expand by just 0.8 percent in 2024.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e03beb1a-8879-11ee-8136-2740bfe50add.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjFTDcA9g$

America is now paying more in gross interest on its record $33 trillion debt than on national defense: America’s gross national debt hit an eye-watering $33 trillion for the first time in September, and in fact is currently closer to the $34 trillion mark. In response, the U.S. is now spending more in gross interest on Treasury debt securities than it does on national defense, according to the Treasury’s latest monthly statement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/the-national-debt-is-now-more-than-33-trillion-what-does-that-mean__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjDUd2_v2$
See also: The US national debt sits at $33 trillion, but here’s why the country won’t pay it down https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://moneywise.com/news/top-stories/why-us-wont-pay-its-debt?utm_source=syn_oath_mon&utm_medium=Z&utm_campaign=33461&utm_content=oath_mon_33461_national*debt__;Kw!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjHuzC5ab$

# Education / School
Federal law guarantees an equal education for children with developmental disabilities. Despite this, students, parents, teachers and advocates say the system is broken.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2023/12/america-promises-equality-for-disabled-students-its-failing/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjHsChWRm$

Columbia University to Set Up $100 Million Fund for Patients of Predator OB-GYN: A New York Magazine revealed that Columbia had failed to act on years of warnings as Robert Hadden, an OB-GYN, abused at least hundreds of patients during his 25-year career at the university.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/columbia-university-settlement-fund-obgyn-robert-hadden__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjKUYjEvO$

# Employment / Labor
A Gaming Company’s Workers Unionized. But the Union Busting Didn’t End There: TCGplayer, a subsidiary of eBay, has stalled negotiations on a first contract, despite the union winning an election in March.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/labor/2023-12-08-gaming-company-union-busting/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjDunhadT$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Exxon and Chevron, two Big Oil giants, want to get even bigger. Exxon is attempting to buy up Pioneer Natural Resources for $60 billion. Chevron is trying to purchase Hess for $53 billion. That’s why Senator Elizabeth Warren recently sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking the agency to protect consumers and workers by reviewing these potential blockbuster mergers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ogv.energy/news-item/chevron-to-buy-hess-for-53-bn-as-biggest-us-oil-firms-get-even-bigger__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjB2m0Gow$

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure Protesting at UN Climate Talks Is Becoming Increasingly Difficult, Activists Say: Activists who have long played a role in shaping the tone and direction of the United Nations’ flagship climate summit say they’re being increasingly restricted at the annual event, complicating their ability to influence the talks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/cop28-climate-youth-activists-restrictions-dubai-91fe6d8a712af484b56336cf9b3f8988__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjJjHO8zi$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Two close associates of Vladimir Putin assassinated within hours: Kyiv officials took credit for the killing of ex-Ukrainian politician Illia Kyva, a 46-year-old pro-Russia politician, whose body was found in a suburb near Moscow. The Russian Investigative Committee also told the news outlet that an “unknown person fired shots” at the former lawmaker and that a case had been opened into his death.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/two-putin-allies-killed-within-hours-each-other-1850247*:*:text=Two*20allies*20of*20Russian*20President,in*20a*20suburb*20near*20Moscow__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjAOtgXsC$

Missing Chinese Foreign Minister Died by Suicide or Torture: The revelation comes amid claims of a Stalin-like purge of allegedly disloyal officials in Beijing by Chinese leader Xi Jinping
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://themessenger.com/news/missing-chinese-foreign-minister-died-by-suicide-or-torture-report__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjHyixyz0$

Putin Confirms He’s Running for President Again in 2024: It means he’ll stay in the Kremlin until at least 2030. Vladimir Putin moved to prolong his repressive and unyielding grip on Russia for at least another six years, announcing his candidacy in the presidential election next March that he is all but certain to win.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-vladimir-putin-president-election-f68dfd9139d232929e3da8db639a55c4__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjG78pI0z$

War for Oil Fears Grow as US Holds Military Drills in Guyana Amid Venezuela Dispute: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva offered to help forge a diplomatic solution, saying, “If there’s one thing we don’t want here in South America, it’s war.” U.S. forces held joint military drills within Guyanese airspace on Thursday as a longstanding and intensifying territorial dispute between Venezuela and Guyana sparked fears of war in South America. At the center of the dispute is Essequibo, an oil-rich region that Guyana has controlled for more than a century
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/guyana-venezuela__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjOoLTD4-$

# Gov / Politics
Brutal GOP Math: Trump May Win Nomination Before Conviction: To win a third straight GOP nomination, Trump only needs 1,235 delegates to win outright. From the Iowa caucus on Jan. 15 to Super Tuesday on Mar. 5, when 15 states will hold primaries, 1,151 delegates will be up for grabs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/gops-brutal-math-donald-trump-could-secure-2024-nomination-before-criminal-conviction*:*:text=To*20win*20a*20third*20straight,will*20be*20up*20for*20grabs__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjBXkSic7$

Judge Rules Election Results Void After Illegal Votes Are Discovered: A judge has ruled an extremely tight election between Republicans and Democrats for a Louisiana parish sheriff is void because of voter fraud.
The race to become Caddo Parish sheriff was closely fought between Democrat Henry Whitehorn and Republican John Nickelson.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/louisiana-sheriff-election-voter-fraud-1849952*:*:text=A*20judge*20has*20ruled*20an,Whitehorn*20and*20Republican*20John*20Nickelson__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjJy217NZ$

‘Should have been done six months ago’: GOP insiders scramble to stop Trump: Donald Trump may have captured the Republican base to build an insurmountable lead in the 2024 presidential primary, but many GOP insiders are hoping there’s still a chance to stop him from locking down the nomination.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/trump-republican-primary-2666482333/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjGhgjk2q$

Judge Appointed By Obama Hands Trump Another Victory: Afederal judge appointed by former President Barack Obama dismissed a challenge to former President Donald Trump being on the 2024 ballot in Arizona. The challenge was based on the claim that Trump’s involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot made him ineligible to hold elected office under the 14th Amendment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/trump-scores-major-victory-obama-appointed-judge-1824052__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjDG0fM5t$

America is returning to the colonial era: Illegal immigrants are flooding into America faster than ever before. Dec. 5 set a record, with more than 12,000 encounters at the Mexican frontier. That would be 4.4 million annually, adding 1.3% to the population in just one year, if the pace stayed constant. It will obviously fluctuate, sometimes below that number, but there is every reason to expect record highs in the next 12 months.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/america-returning-colonial-era__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjJbH_ZvD$

Group calls out Trump’s Social Security whopper: A Washington policy group has called out former President Donald Trump on his plan to use U.S. oil revenue to save the nation’s Social Security program. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget found that Trump’s plan wouldn’t come up with nearly enough money to help the troubled program.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e88feb18-9549-11ee-8588-3bd5a7cab5d1.html?a&seyid=105877__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjOANBMg2$

Trump Furious Over Ruling: ‘This Radical Left Ideology Is A Threat To The Presidency’: The former president vowed to target communists and Marxists, ideological groups that he described as “radical left lunatics,” and, “rout the fake news media until they become real.” “The real threat is not from the radical right. The real threat is from the radical left, and it’s growing every day, every single day,” Trump claimed. “The threat from outside forces is far less sinister, dangerous, and grave than the threat from within.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-root-out-leftists__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjGEW5ZY0$

A deluge of violent messages: How a surge in threats to public officials could disrupt American democracy: Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic content.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/07/politics/threats-us-public-officials-democracy-invs/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjGICShGV$

Sen. Vance’s latest trolling is telling, and deeply dangerous: The Ohio senator’s letter to the attorney general is a trolling attempt to discredit the Justice Department’s case against former President Donald Trump.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jd-vance-robert-kagan-washington-post-doj-rcna128560__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjHmM4mwr$

Coup admission: Trump’s new ‘dictator’ talk with Hannity may boomerang in Jack Smith trial: There are new warnings about Trump’s threat to democracy as he plans an “authoritarian” second term and eyes MAGA loyalists for top cabinet positions. MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports and is joined by Former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance to discuss it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/coup-admission-trump-s-new-dictator-talk-with-hannity-may-boomerang-in-jack-smith-trial/vi-AA1lavjK?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=e54bb093ea5d4d13ac0677852509003b&ei=143__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjFQKrklt$

Growing threat of political violence looms over 2024: former members of Congress: Former members of Congress are deeply concerned about political violence ahead of the 2024 presidential election, former Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama and former Rep. Barbara Comstock of Virginia said at a Thursday joint appearance sponsored by the liberal Center for American Progress and the nonpartisan McCain Institute.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/political-violence-2024/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjDLqogsw$

Trump’s ‘Guard the Vote’ Seen as Language of Warfare and Distrust: Former President Donald Trump is urging supporters to “guard the vote” during next year’s election, a phrase that has set off alarm bells among pro-democracy advocates who say it signals permission to take extreme measures that could intimidate voters and threaten election workers. The phrase is a relatively novel one for Trump, though activists in the far-right movement have been setting the groundwork for it to be deployed more widely.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/trump-guard-vote-election-2024-flynn-39d41fe4f7229d4ab7e1956efc428e10__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjJvCeSoT$

Trump Co-Defendant Cooperating in Fake Electors Probes: He’s reportedly hoping to avoid further charges. An attorney who has already pleaded guilty to involvement in the so-called fake electors scheme in Georgia to overturn the state’s 2020 election result is now also cooperating with investigations into the conspiracy in other states
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trump-and-his-allies-are-starting-to-face-accountability-for-their-plot-to-overturn-the-2020-presidential-election/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjBbiDURe$

Texas GOP Sues Its Lawyer Over Failed Election Challenges: Elizabeth Alvarez is accused by the party of lying about the existence of a “data model” which would prove the 2022 election in Harris County was rigged against Republicans. The justice system is beginning to bring a measure of accountability for the events surrounding the unconstitutional conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a welcome development for the rule of law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trump-and-his-allies-are-starting-to-face-accountability-for-their-plot-to-overturn-the-2020-presidential-election/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjBbiDURe$

# Juvenile / Children / Youth
Gaps in social services are leaving homeless youth with ‘no good choices’: Little age-appropriate support is available for the many unaccompanied teens and young adults experiencing homelessness. One teenager offers a window into his years-long struggle to escape housing insecurity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://publicintegrity.org/education/unhoused-and-undercounted/gaps-in-social-services-are-leaving-homeless-youth-with-no-good-choices/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjM9u44Ug$

# Law Enforcment
Police Harassment. When a new Chicago police team was created to rebuild community trust, drivers of color ended up facing harassment instead
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.wttw.com/2023/10/03/stops-chicago-police-create-fear-and-sow-distrust-finds-survey-conducted-federal-court__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjE_ewudL$
See also: Consultant Report: Community Engagement Results https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.wttw.com/sites/default/files/article/file-attachments/2023.10.03-Consultant-Report_-Community-Engagement-Results*20*281*29.pdf__;JSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjFMgFrdd$

Jailed Navalny Collapses, Loses Contact With Legal Team: His press secretary said prison officials have banned his team from visiting him and that he has been absent from virtual court hearings. Russian lawyer and opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who collapsed in his prison cell last week and was put on an IV, has not been in touch with his team for three days.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/26/russias-navalny-loses-appeal-against-19-year-jail-term__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjMpqfPBS$

# Legal / DOJ
Hunter Biden hit with new indictment in California: Hunter Biden, 53, was hit with three felony and six misdemeanor tax offenses, according to an indictment filed in U.S. District Court, Central District of California. He faces up to 17 years in prison if convicted. The Justice Department said its investigation into Biden is ongoing. Faces 17 years in prison after spending millions on lavish hard-partying lifestyle while dodging taxes: special counsel
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/12/07/news/new-criminal-case-filed-against-hunter-biden-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjOxGL-Om$

DOJ Backs Tenants in Case Alleging Price-Fixing by Big Landlords and a Real Estate Tech Company: Last year, a Texas-based software provider that utilized algorithms to recommend rents to landlords across the country to maximize profits, a practice that experts said may violate antitrust laws. A lawsuit alleging that real-estate software company RealPage illegally fixes rents at millions of apartments should go forward, the U.S. Justice Department said in a court filing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/doj-backs-tenants-price-fixing-case-big-landlords-real-estate-tech__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjDNA9dVx$

# Media
Biden Is Overseeing the Silent Death of the First Amendment: By continuing the persecution of Julian Assange, the US government is signaling how little it cares about press freedom. Julian Assange, the publisher of Wikileaks, could board a plane for extradition to the United States, where he faces up to 175 years in prison on espionage charges for the crime of publishing newsworthy information.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/julian-assange-belmarsh-tribunal/*:*:text=By*20continuing*20the*20persecution*20of,it*20cares*20about*20press*20freedom.&text=A*20mural*20depicting*20Julian*20Assange,the*20Scampia*20neighborhood*20of*20Naples__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjKw_IP38$

# Medical / Health
Trump Sure Seems Eager To Do What He Couldn’t His First Term: Repeal Obamacare: A lot of people were surprised two weeks ago when Donald Trump started posting on social media about trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act. I certainly was. The attempt to wipe out “Obamacare” in 2017 was one of his administration’s most spectacular policy failures, and one of its most damaging political failures too.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/trump-sure-seems-eager-couldnt-213828453.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjBxxNDk2$

# Medical Science
The First Crispr Medicine Is Now Approved in the US: The one-time gene editing fix is meant to halt debilitating pain crises for sickle cell patients, who formerly could only be cured with a risky stem cell transplant. Four decades later, the arrival of the first CRISPR therapy establishes a new industry benchmark that could deliver cures for an array of inherited diseases. “Casgevy’s approval by the FDA is momentous: It is the first CRISPR-based gene-editing therapy to be approved in the U.S.,” Vertex CEO Reshma Kewalramani said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.statnews.com/2023/12/08/fda-approves-casgevy-crispr-based-medicine-for-treatment-of-sickle-cell-disease/*:*:text=Four*20decades*20later*2C*20the*20arrival,Vertex*20CEO*20Reshma*20Kewalramani*20said__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjP-hUWIC$

# Military / DOD
Attacks on US troops in Iraq and Syria have resumed, Pentagon says: After a Thanksgiving weekend break that coincided with a humanitarian pause in the Israel-Hamas war, Iran-backed militias have resumed attacking bases housing American troops in Iraq and Syria, although less frequently than in October and November
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2023/12/07/attacks-on-us-troops-in-iraq-and-syria-have-resumed-pentagon-says/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zP7T6v4tYqhhjQWax0yAG_9rmw3tdqrZPyos8OjKpyFwWtQQjQoIKOyVQqsod0sKRSMxebmsU6cVHUI0ZX4C2PaLjMQW7w1g$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-12-07

Voices, The Peoples News

December 7, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Tribes in Maine Spent Decades Fighting to Rebury Ancestral Remains. Harvard Resisted Them at Nearly Every Turn. The university’s Peabody Museum exploited loopholes to prevent repatriation to the Wabanaki people while still staying in compliance with NAGPRA. The tribes didn’t give up.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-wabanaki-tribes-struggle-to-reclaim-ancestral-remains-from-harvard__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3uhCttpU$

Arizona Border Overwhelmed by Migrant Crossings Shuts Down: So many migrants are crossing from Mexico into the United States around remote Lukeville, Arizona, that U.S. officials say they will close the port of entry there so that the operations officials who watch over vehicle and pedestrian traffic going both ways can help Border Patrol agents arrest and process the new arrivals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-border-officials-are-closing-a-remote-arizona-crossing-because-of-overwhelming-migrant-arrivals__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3rbz7wCB$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls US Government Wants Hunters to Shoot 500,000 Owls: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants hunters to shoot more than 500,000 barred owls to help protect other native species. Barred owls are an invasive species in the Pacific Northwest, originating on the U.S. East Coast, and they pose a huge threat to native protected species, including northern spotted owls.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/invasive-species-barred-owl-cull-pacific-northwest-1850348__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3q1-vfCU$

# Archaeology / Anthropology
Scientists race to save ancient cave paintings: Some of the oldest pictures in the world were drawn more than 45,000 years ago in caves on the southwestern peninsula of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Despite having lasted so long, they’re now disappearing as the surface of the cave walls is peeling off from the white limestone underneath. France races to save 30,000-year-old undersea Stone Age cave art from rising sea levels and plastic pollution. Archaeologists are in a race against time to save a collection of undersea Stone Age cave art from rising sea levels and plastic pollution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2022-05-undersea-stone-age-cave-art.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3hToLB1Y$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
‘Shock after shock’: A visit to China’s secret biolab in California: According to the report, thousands of vials containing potentially dangerous or unknown substances, including some labeled “Ebola” and “HIV,” were uncovered during an inspection of what was initially thought to be a vacant warehouse. The facility was uncovered in December 2022 by Jesalyn Harper, a Reedley code enforcement official who spotted a green hose sticking out of the building, and then went in to investigate. Inside, Harper found an array of laboratory equipment, medical-grade freezers, mice for experiments and vials containing writing in English, Mandarin and an unknown code. Several individuals wearing lab coats were also discovered who claimed to be Chinese nationals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/cdc-responds-claims-about-chinese-biolab-california-1844760__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3hbE9hYj$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
IRS Demands 20,000 People Pay Back Money They Got During COVID: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) initiated a crackdown on dubious Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims, mailing over 20,000 disallowance letters to taxpayers and entities that did not exist or had no employees during the eligibility period.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/irs-demands-repayment-20000-covid-erc-fraudulent-claims-1850228__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3s65HEvy$

Employee Retention Credit: The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) – sometimes called the Employee Retention Tax Credit or ERTC – is a refundable tax credit for businesses and tax-exempt organizations that had employees and were affected during the COVID-19 pandemic. The requirements are different depending on the time period for which you claim the credit. The ERC is not available to individuals. IRS Turns Down 20,000 Refund Claims for Covid Tax Credit Agency denies requests from employers that didn’t exist or have workers during the pandemic
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/irs-turns-down-20-000-refund-claims-for-covid-tax-credit-feb47115__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3vMWejQx$

# Education / School
Black Student Suspended for Hair Style Returns to School, Is Immediately Suspended Again: Darryl George has spent 80% of the school year outside the classroom. A Texas teenager who was taken out of school and sent to an off-campus disciplinary program earlier this year for wearing locs that his school says violates its dress code was given 13 days of in-school suspension just hours after returning to the classroom Tuesday. Darryl George, 18, will spend the remainder of the year in in-school suspension, extending a punishment that was first imposed in August over his hairstyle that district officials maintain violates their dress code policy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/locs-hairstyle-texas-crown-act-racial-discrimination-929f38ec279b672efd78ba61422f4ca8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3sNTXLsg$

# General News
Donald Trump is already assembling a shortlist of loyalists for the most powerful jobs in government if he’s re-elected to a second term. “Trump hasn’t settled on specific roles for specific figures, and hates it when his staff and friends speculate otherwise,” the website reported. “It’s not in his DNA to do detailed personnel planning, and a lot depends on the last few people he’s talked to. But in rolling conversations with friends and advisers, he’s been clear about the type of men — and they’re almost all older, white men — he’d want to serve at his pleasure if he were to win a second term.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/trump-loyalists-2666470600/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3uI2OR1w$

Michael Cohen: Trump ‘will do whatever is necessary for him to take power’: Donald Trump saying that he would only behave like a dictator on “day one” of a second presidency is slammed by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. “He wants to use the presidency of the United States as a ‘get out of jail free’ card,” Cohen tells Joy Reid.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh_q_uSkvuk__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3vcLiswi$

Kevin McCarthy’s Not the Only One Quitting Congress: More than 30 representatives have already announced their intention to bolt—and the year’s not over yet. Apparently, becoming the first House speaker to be voted out of the job was a bit rich for Kevin McCarthy’s blood—he won’t even be sticking around for the rest of his term. But he’s not the only member of Congress getting the hell out of Dodge. “Republicans have finally managed to make members of Congress hate the institution as much as the average American does,” Alexander Sammon writes. He takes a look at what’s behind the near-record rate of defections from the House of Representatives.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/12/kevin-mccarthy-resigns-congress-members-fleeing-record-pace.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3qgbnDe4$

# Gov / Politics / Global
A new academic study has made a shocking and highly controversial finding. Suspicious Israeli stock market activity in the days preceding Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7 indicates that a particular party had foreknowledge of the impending attack and used that information to directly profit from the panic that ensued. The paper concludes that based on a “significant spike” in short selling of listed Israeli companies, persons unknown were aware of the operation was impending, and sought to profit illicitly. Short selling – or shorting – allows traders to bet a stock will perform poorly and reap rewards if they’re correct.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mintpressnews.com/just-like-9-11-israeli-stock-market-trends-hint-at-foreknowledge-of-operation-al-aqsa-flood/286407/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3qxT7_G2$

Russia Is Reaping Political Benefits From the Israel-Hamas War: The conflict has boosted the Kremlin’s hopes of changing the mood around the Ukraine war and strengthened its belief that the Western-centric system of international relations is breaking down. The full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 put an end to most internal Western disagreements when it came to Russia, uniting countries on both sides of the Atlantic. But the Israel-Hamas war has seen divisions resurface at a state level: while the United States insists Israel has a right to self-defense https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/91189__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3jOs0Yra$

# Gov / Politics
Texas claims in new court filings that the lawsuits challenging the November election were improperly served and are therefore invalid. The state argued in court filings that the lawsuits were improperly served and because Gov. Greg Abbott canvassed the results a day earlier, the lawsuits are now effectively invalid. The law requires such lawsuits to be filed and served before the canvass.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/06/greg-abbott-constitutional-amendments/*:*:text=The*20state*20argued*20in*20court,and*20served*20before*20the*20canvass__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3sHC7Y3W$

What We Learned, And Wished We Learned, From The Last GOP Debate: This debate, just weeks before the Iowa caucuses, didn’t reflect much progress in the presidential field from the first time we did this. Just six weeks from the first nominating contest in Iowa, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie unleashed on Donald Trump during Wednesday’s GOP primary debate, calling the absent former president a “dictator.” Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) used what may be the last televised debate of the Republican primary to light into Donald Trump, and the Republicans unwilling to criticize him.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-presidential-debate-takeaways-2024-election_n_65714827e4b0f96b99da07be__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3puteuI8$

Senate Republicans Block Ukraine Aid Bill Over Border Policy: Republican senators on Wednesday blocked a procedural vote on a $111 billion national security package that includes roughly $61 billion in aid for Ukraine as well as funds for Israel and immigration enforcement. All 49 Republicans plus independent Sen. Bernie Sanders voted against moving forward on the bill, leaving Democrats well short of the 60-vote threshold.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/senate-republicans-block-ukraine-and-israel-aid-as-they-demand-border-policy-changes__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3tecQ2wA$

Rand Paul wants to end undeclared war in Syria: “The United States cannot fix Syria,” an Obama administration official said. “I simply fail to understand why we have U.S. troops there.” Paul’s resolution, introduced on November 15, cites the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which was ‘designed to limit the U.S. president’s ability to initiate or escalate military actions abroad’ and directs the Biden administration to remove U.S. military from hostilities in Syria
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/12/05/rand-paul-syria-war-troops/*:*:text=Paul’s*20resolution*2C*20introduced*20on*20November,there*20has*20been*20neither*20a__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3qu6uQfz$

US Risks Being Dragged Into Third War: The U.S. could be heading toward involvement in another global conflict as tensions between Venezuela and neighboring Guyana skyrocket following a controversial referendum that sparked fears of a land grab in South America. The U.S. military said on Thursday that its Southern Command forces would carry out “flight operations within Guyana” later in the day, and that Washington would “continue its commitment as Guyana’s trusted security partner.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/us-military-venezuela-guyana-essequibo-nicolas-maduro-1850475__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3j-XJF_6$

# Law Enforcment
Jailed for Their Own Safety, 14 Mississippians Died Awaiting Mental Health Treatment: Local officials often say they have no choice but to jail people awaiting treatment for mental illness and substance abuse, even if they’re not charged with a crime. But some people have died in the system that’s supposed to protect them. Since 2006, at least 14 Mississippians have died after being placed in jail during the civil commitment process, purportedly for their own safety. Nine of them, including those three men, died by suicide. Twelve had not been charged with a crime.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.pressbee.net/show2454497.html?title=jailed-for-their-own-safety-14-mississippians-died-awaiting-menta__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3tVViOKw$

‘I Don’t Want to Be George Floyd’: Another African American dies in Mobile, as police shootings multiply in Alabama. Two days before Independence Day, two Mobile, Alabama, police officers went to a mobile home park after receiving a report of a suspected burglary. Al.com reported that officers confronted Jawan Dallas, who was sitting in a vehicle. After exiting his car, Dallas replied that he had done nothing wrong and tried to run away. Police caught and wrestled with him, and then tased him. When Dallas arrived at the hospital, doctors pronounced him dead.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/civil-rights/2023-12-07-police-killings-alabama-jawan-dallas/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3mJHhk2c$

# Legal / DOJ
Senate Committee Authorizes Subpoenas of Harlan Crow and Leonard Leo as Part of Supreme Court Ethics Probe: The subpoenas ask for details on gifts, travel and other perks the two men provided or helped arrange for Supreme Court justices and their relatives, but Senate Democrats will need help from their GOP colleagues if Crow and Leo defy the subpoenas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/senate-judiciary-harlan-crow-leonard-leo-subpoenas-scotus-thomas-alito*:*:text=The*20Senate*20Judiciary*20Committee*20voted,of*20the*20subpoenas*20is*20uncertain__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3uV5Qbaz$

Trump Says He Will Stop Participating in the DC Federal Criminal Case Based on His Understanding: Trump Makes Direct Challenge to DC Federal Judge’s Authority in New Motion. In addition to filing a notice of appeal of DC Federal Judge Tanya Chutkan’s order denying his motion to dismiss the criminal indictment based on presidential immunity, Donald Trump filed a motion to stay the entire district court criminal case. Even before Judge Chutkan could address Trump’s request for a stay, Donald Trump unilaterally states in his stay motion: “Trump will proceed based on that understanding and the authorities set forth herein absent further order of the Court.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-says-he-will-stop-participating-in-the-dc-federal-criminal-case-based-on-his-understanding__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3ogF8Zgn$

‘Straight up flout the law’: Trump declares Judge Chutkan no longer has power over his case: Attorneys for the criminally-indicted ex-president declared the judge no longer has any power over the case while they appeal her ruling.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/straight-up-flout-the-law-trump-declares-judge-chutkan-no-longer-has-power-over-his-case/ar-AA1law6t?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=6a27c89d706343b0bee48294ca1a3f4b&ei=14__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3oeIlMoO$

NY appeals court upholds Judge Engoron’s ruling that Trump committed ‘widespread fraud’: Former President Donald Trump was dealt a major blow by the New York Court of Appeals on Thursday in the midst of his ongoing civil fraud trial in the Empire State.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/ny-appeals-trump-fraud/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3rXjWxpz$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Rep. Jim Banks introduces bill to place trans foster kids into abusive homes: His bill, the Sensible Adoption for Every (SAFE) Home Act, would cut federal funding to any child welfare agencies and groups that refuse to place trans kids with transphobic foster parents. “The Biden administration is cruelly preventing countless children in the foster care and adoption system from going to loving homes just because parents are opposed to irreversible sex change procedures on kids,” Banks told Fox News Digital. “This isn’t a liberal or conservative issue. This is just plain wrong, and every sane person knows it.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/12/rep-jim-banks-introduces-bill-to-place-trans-foster-kids-into-abusive-homes/*:*:text=His*20bill*2C*20the*20Sensible*20Adoption,kids*20with*20transphobic*20foster*20parents__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3loRg9yx$

# Medical / Health
“The first child is the one that pays the most”: How one family carved out Medicaid coverage for a rare treatment: Gabe Nolasco was born without a vital immune system gland. His family spent years in quarantines and advocating to state insurance so they could keep him alive. Texas Medicaid had pulled their coverage of Gabe’s surgery because of clerical issues. The state had once again blocked the Nolascos from helping their four-year-old son survive.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/07/texas-medicaid-thymus-transplant/*:*:text=Gabe*20Nolasco*20was*20born*20without,they*20could*20keep*20him*20alive__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3tDiN8wA$

Texas Threatens Doctors After Judge Says Woman Can Get Emergency Abortion: After a judge tearfully granted permission for an abortion, Ken Paxton threatened “anyone” who would aid the 20-week-pregnant mother of two https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.barrons.com/news/texas-judge-allows-woman-with-risky-pregnancy-to-have-abortion-ba1247a3__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3hi8fZlm$

# Military / DOD
As U.S.-Funded Wars Rage in Israel and Ukraine, Pentagon Watchdog Warns of Military Failures: While Congress weighs sending more aid to both countries, a new inspector general report details oversight issues and waste within the U.S. military.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/12/06/pentagon-military-failures-waste/*:*:text=While*20Congress*20weighs*20sending*20more,waste*20within*20the*20U.S.*20military__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3iu4atnK$

US sends Ukraine new $175M aid package of missiles, artillery shells, vehicles and spare parts: The Pentagon announced a new round of military aid to Ukraine on Wednesday worth close to $200 million that includes mostly rockets and artillery shells and other needed equipment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-12-06/ukraine-military-aid-pentagon-russian-war-12277293.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3stC5-0N$

US to conduct military flights over Guyana as fears of a Venezuela invasion grow: US to conduct military flights over Guyana as fears of a Venezuela invasion grow. The U.S. is putting on a show of force in the skies above Guyana on Thursday, as the Biden administration said it was standing with the country amid growing fears that Venezuela was about to launch an invasion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/07/guyana-venezuela-land-dispute-us-britain-support__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3sUnJXA2$

# Military / Global
# Nuclear
# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
# Planetary
A Gigantic Hole Just Opened Up in the Sun: Earlier this week, a giant hole opened up in the face of the Sun, unleashing powerful streams of electromagnetic material onto our planet. It sounds like the beginning of the end of the world, but it’s an ordinary phenomenon called coronal holes which are fascinating but not dangerous.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/the-sun-opens-up-a-coronal-hole-60-times-the-size-of-earth__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3mvRFkn_$

# Technology
US ‘hemorrhaging sensitive technology’ to China, congressional report finds: Federal officials who oversee commercial exports largely have given Beijing a free hand in acquiring microchips and other high-value technology, according to congressional investigators, with the result that Western allies continue to enable China’s growing military power, long after national security leaders have identified the communist regime as a dangerous threat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/us-hemorrhaging-sensitive-technology-china-export__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3rj1DN8j$

Google launches Gemini, the AI model it hopes will take down GPT-4 Google has been an ‘AI-first company’ for nearly a decade. Now, a year into the AI era brought on by ChatGPT, it’s finally making a big move.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/6/23990466/google-gemini-llm-ai-model__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xxjhGdRKpFFY5zPSFQ06jP2n_1OREmSESqKQL0VfLx6usC0RvGYHRi4Z1HYdGgfhQGlXy23Izu2ebnZbHowhTnYj3mU8bthS$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-12-06

Voices, The Peoples News

December 6, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Archaeology / Anthropology
Those unfamiliar with Gaza and its history are likely to always associate Gaza with destruction, rubble and Israeli genocide: The history of Gaza is also a history of great civilizations and a history of revival and rebirth. Shortly before the war, archaeologists in Gaza announced that four Roman-era tombs had been unearthed in Gaza City. They include “two lead coffins, one delicately carved with harvest motifs and the other with dolphins gliding through the water,” ARTNews reported. According to Palestinian and French archaeologists, these are Roman-era tombs dating back 2,000 years. The finding was preceded, two months earlier, in July, by something even more astonishing: a major archaeological discovery of at least 125 tombs, most with skeletons still largely intact, along with two extremely rare lead sarcophaguses.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/history-gaza-conquerors-resurgence-rebirth/286399/

# Corporations / Industry
Amid a nationwide housing crisis, Texas developers and city officials see an opportunity to convert vacant office spaces into affordable housing. Not every downtown high-rise is a good fit for an office-to-housing conversion, but some officials and developers see benefits in turning unused space into new residential units.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/06/texas-office-space-housing-conversion/

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has decided to stop pursuing eminent domain to take back the land Fairfield Lake State Park sits on, effectively throwing in the towel on a monthslong battle to buy or seize the 5,000-acre property. The property was purchased in June by a Dallas-area developer who plans to turn it into a luxury subdivision.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/05/texas-fairfield-lake-state-park-eminent-domain-developer/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
SCOTUS reviews couples’ income tax suit some say could nullify tax code: While the U.S. Supreme Court has yet to announce whether it will take up a case regarding whether or not a Washington state capital gains tax is an income tax, it is currently reviewing the legality of a federal tax that poses its own legal challenge. The lawsuit filed by a couple disputes whether they owe $15,000 under a one-time tax enacted in 2017 that applies to the earnings of U.S. residents who generated income from shares in foreign companies.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/scotus-reviews-washington-couples-income-tax-suit-some-say-could-nullify-tax-code

# Education / School
Vance introduces bill to stop discrimination in higher ed: U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance wants to take funding from colleges and universities that discriminate on race and create a new federal department to investigate those allegations. “Universities should accept students based on merit and achievement, not the color of their skin. Race based admissions have divided our country further and we must pull the plug on this unjust social engineering once and for all.”
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/gop-senators-introduce-legislation-end-racial-discrimination-college-admissions

The War Over a MAGA Rep’s ‘Secretive’ Hiring as College Prez: When the board of trustees at Youngstown State University selected an anti-abortion, election-denying, Trump-endorsing Republican congressman late last month as the school’s next president, faculty, students, and alumni immediately opposed the “secretive” move.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-war-over-maga-congressman-rep-bill-johnsons-secretive-hiring-as-ysu-president#:~:text=When%20the%20board%20of%20trustees,opposed%20the%20%E2%80%9Csecretive%E2%80%9D%20move

# Employment / Labor
Federal Agencies Can Disable Employer Debt TRAPs: Advocacy groups offer a road map for how agencies can use existing authority to ban contracts that force workers to pay employers if they leave their job.
https://prospect.org/labor/2023-12-06-federal-agencies-employer-debt-traps/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global
What Was COP28 President Thinking With His “No Science” Fossil Fuel Claim? The president of the COP28 climate summit, the UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber, made an absurd claim about fossil fuels.
https://newrepublic.com/post/177292/climate-summit-head-cop28-outrage-no-science-fossil-fuel-claim

Cop28 president forced into defence of fossil fuel phase-out claims: Sultan Al Jaber, who is state oil CEO, had said phase-out of fossil fuels would take world ‘back into caves’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/04/cop28-president-says-no-science-for-fossil-fuel-phase-out-claim-was-misinterpreted

Al Jaber says comments claiming there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels were ‘misinterpreted,’ Cop28 as it happened: Cop28 president and oil chief says phase-down and phase-out of fossil fuels is essential and says his comments were misrepresented
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2023/dec/04/cop28-backlash-after-president-claims-no-science-behind-fossil-fuel-phase-out

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
The Desert of Ghost Ships: Only 30 years ago, this was home to our planet’s 4th largest inland water mass; an ancient sea so vast, even Alexander the Great wrote of his struggles to cross it; where fishing commerce boomed and holidaymakers once flocked to its seaside spa town. Now, for the first time in 600 years, the Aral Sea is (almost) bone dry, and the fleet of giant, rusted ships left in its wake have become some of the only proof of the past. The Aral Sea is (or was) so large, it spreads over two Eurasian countries that now straddle its dusty remains: Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan
https://www.thetravel.com/aral-desert-dried-up-sea-ghost-ships-tour/

A Tree-Dwelling Shrimp Has Been Discovered In The Cyclops Mountains: In a groundbreaking expedition to the Cyclops Mountains in Papua, Indonesia, scientists stumbled upon not just one, but two astonishing discoveries that are rewriting the biological narrative. While the world marveled at the rediscovery of Attenborough’s long-beaked echidna, thought to be extinct since the 1960s, another, more obscure finding took place, a new genus of ground- and tree-dwelling shrimp.
https://hasanjasim.online/a-tree-dwelling-shrimp-has-been-discovered-in-the-cyclops-mountains/?fbclid=IwAR3A_KMNO0_2ll4Zpa55YIh0TPri_qMtMtAZXll9W-HSz88BoL5hHbORZao

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
A bill aims to block ‘ethical pork’ from taking effect in California: California is considering Proposition 12 products already in the pipeline. After that, the state plans to close its market to pork products from locations that don’t comply with California animal housing standards. If passed, the bill would prevent state and local entities from regulating the production, raising or importation of livestock and livestock goods from other states. States would still be allowed to regulate imports in the event of an animal disease.
https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-policy/another-bill-takes-aim-at-california-prop-12–

# Food Recalls / Alerts
FDA steps up enforcement on imported cantaloupe, cheese and seafood: The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/10/fda-steps-up-enforcement-on-imports-of-cantaloupe-dates-cheese-and-seafood/

Food Safety and Imports An Analysis of FDA Food-Related Import Refusal Reports: This report examines U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) data on refusals of food offered for importation into the United States from 1998 to 2004. Although the data do not necessarily refl ect the distribution of risk in foods, the study found that import refusals highlight food safety problems that appear to recur in trade and where the FDA has focused its import alerts, examinations (e.g., sampling), and other monitoring efforts.
https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/44258/11766_eib39.pdf?v=0

# General News
Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined to say that he wouldn’t abuse power should he be elected to another term next year during a town hall hosted by Fox News host Sean Hannity. Trump added he planned to act like a “dictator” only on “day one” of a new administration
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-hannity-abuse-power-dictator_n_656fe51be4b01a04ad9106f4#:~:text=Former%20President%20Donald%20Trump%20repeatedly,one%E2%80%9D%20of%20a%20new%20administration

How will you feel if Donald Trump becomes president again? The United States is “sleepwalking into dictatorship,” warns Liz Cheney. Donald Trump has already apparently locked up the Republican nomination, and he’s leading Joe Biden in both national and battleground state polls—despite the fact that Trump has openly called for vengeance, violence, and a dangerous escalation of presidential power. As a recent Washington Post headline put it, “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/177318/stop-trump-boycott-businesses?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tnr_daily&utm_term=slate_trade&utm_content=

‘Apocalyptic’ Horror in Gaza Called ‘Total Failure of Our Shared Humanity’: “How is it that these atrocities are beamed across the world for all to witness, and yet so little is done to stop them?” “Each day we see more dead children and new depths of suffering for the innocent people enduring this hell,” he added, calling for an immediate cease-fire. “The situation in Gaza is a total failure of our shared humanity. The killing must stop.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/6/un-warns-of-horror-and-atrocities-as-israel-steps-up-gaza-assault

# Gov / Politics / Global
Israel – USA ‘How many kids did you kill today?’ They are, in your name, savagely slaughtering doctors and nurses, teachers and students, whole families, workers, clergymen, worshippers.
https://informationclearinghouse.blog/2023/12/06/israel-usa-how-many-kids-did-you-kill-today/

China’s Agenda Is to ‘Destroy’ the US Is Gaining Momentum: Governor Kristi Noem expressed concern about China’s increasing land purchases near U.S. Strategic Air Force bases, stating that their agenda is to “destroy” the United States and become the world’s dominant power. She urged aggressive action to address the issue, supporting a bill to evaluate and potentially halt land purchases near national security sites.
https://www.analyzingamerica.org/2023/12/718362/

# Gov / Politics
This Senator Has A New Idea To Curb Mass Shootings, And Gun Reformers Are Actually Optimistic: A new bill introduced by Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) aims to limit easy access to high-powered rifles that can fire dozens of rounds with blazing speed. The legislation reflects a more sophisticated understanding of how guns work and has spread optimism among gun reformers that it could garner bipartisan support
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gosafe-act-mass-shootings-gun-reform_n_656f7990e4b0f3e5f44b2095#:~:text=Sen.%20Martin%20Heinrich%20(D%2DN.M.)%20introduced%20a,on%20their%20internal%20firing%20mechanisms

Republicans’ Dangerous New Bill Would Try to Muzzle All Criticism of Israel. The resolution would equate anti-Zionism with antisemitism: The four-page resolution “clearly and firmly” cements the false conflation that “anti-Zionism is antisemitism.” That would plaster any Jewish anti-Zionist as an antisemite, and would likely warrant character attacks on any lawmaker who objects to the current iteration of the bill.
https://newrepublic.com/post/177308/republicans-dangerous-new-bill-try-muzzle-criticism-israel

Mike Johnson Did Legal Work for the Leader of the “Largest Militant Antiabortion Group” in America: Disturbing revelations about the House Speaker just keep coming. The Daily Beast reports that before he got into politics, the man who is two heartbeats away from the presidency did legal work for clients “affiliated with some of the nation’s most extreme antiabortion and anti-LGBTQ groups in the country—including agitators connected to militant movements with a penchant for violence
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/12/mike-johnson-clients-anti-abortion#:~:text=The%20Daily%20Beast%20reports%20that,with%20a%20penchant%20for%20violent

Mike Johnson Says He Has to “Blur” Some of the Faces of People Who Appear in January 6 Footage So the DOJ Can’t Charge Them With Crimes: So much for those “legitimate political discourse” claims. This was obviously an incredibly damning moment, as evidenced by the fact that Johnson’s office immediately sought to clarify his comments
https://www.rawstory.com/mike-johnson-capitol-riots/

Johnson Insists on Sweeping Border Changes in Exchange for Ukraine Aid: Republican and Democratic lawmakers appear to be moving further apart on a $111 billion supplemental spending package that includes billions in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as changes in immigration and border policy. Senate Democrats released a version of the package late Tuesday after negotiations on a bipartisan deal stalled.
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2023/12/05/johnson-republicans-border-ukraine-aid-biden

McHenry, who led U.S. House in October, will not seek reelection: North Carolina’s first 24 hours of filing for the 2024 election cycle is becoming more known for who is not than is, according to published reports. For three weeks in October following the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy, McHenry led the chamber in the interim. During that time, he said he was focused on getting the next speaker and did not want the position himself.
https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-congress-election-retirement-2024-dd24d2b7bd772ec4dacd5e76a32a8d4d

Classified Senate Briefing Devolves Into Shouting Match: Some Republicans even stormed out of the meeting early. A classified briefing on Ukraine devolved into a shouting match about border security as senators described a tense meeting that did little to break the Senate’s stalemate over whether to include tighter immigration policies in the aid package.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/politics/senate-classified-briefing-devolves/index.html

Sanders challenges US aid to Israel, citing Gaza conflict and domestic needs: Senator Bernie Sanders stands against the $10 billion military aid to Israel’s Netanyahu government amidst Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, urging focus on U.S. domestic challenges.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/12/06/sanders-challenges-us-aid-to-israel-citing-gaza-conflict-and-domestic-needs/

Kevin McCarthy Says He Will Retire From Congress This Month: The California Republican and former House Speaker announced Wednesday that not only is he retiring, he’s stepping down next month instead of finishing the second half of his term.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/06/news/former-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-announces-he-will-retire-at-the-end-of-2023/

# Legal / DOJ
Pence Added to Witness List in Trump’s Georgia Case: It means the former vice president could be called to testify in the trial. Prosecutors in the Georgia election subversion case against former President Donald Trump have officially listed former Vice President Mike Pence as one of the witnesses who could be called to testify at trial, according to multiple sources familiar with court documents that remain under seal.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/mike-pence-georgia-witness-list-1234917896/

# Media
Washington Post strike: More than 700 Washington Post employees plan to walk off the job Thursday for a 24-hour strike after Post Guild expressed frustration over its ongoing contract negotiations with Post management. The Guild also released a statement asking readers to refrain from interacting with Post journalism in any form over the strike’s duration.
https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/12/05/washington-post-staffers-will-go-on-strike-thursday/

# Medical / Health
Texas woman asks judge to let her terminate pregnancy after lethal fetal diagnosis: The Texas Supreme Court is currently considering that case, which asks whether the state’s abortion bans apply to women carrying non-viable pregnancies like Cox’s. A Travis County judge previously ruled that the laws should not apply to patients with medical complications that could become life-threatening or those who have received lethal fetal diagnoses.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/05/texas-abortion-lawsuit/

Republicans in New Hampshire introduced a 15-day abortion ban, one of the most extreme anti-choice bills in the country: With a Republican trifecta in the Senate, House and governor’s mansion, the bill has a real chance of becoming law next month. The bill includes a felony penalty and a $100,000 fine for any provider who performs or induces an abortion after 15 days’ gestation. The ban will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, if it successfully passes through the state legislature and the governor signs it into law.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-hampshire-15-day-abortion-ban_n_656f66dee4b0f3e5f44b124c#:~:text=The%20bill%20includes%20a%20felony,governor%20signs%20it%20into%20law

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
CVS Says It Will Overhaul How It Prices Prescription Drugs: Drugstore giant CVS Health announced it is dramatically changing the way its pharmacies are reimbursed for prescription medications, shifting to a model that it says is simpler and more transparent. Under the new model, branded CVS CostVantage, the company’s thousands of pharmacies will get paid based on what CVS paid for the drug plus a set markup and a flat fee to cover its services.
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/06/cvs-drug-pricing-overhaul

Medicare is overpaying for generic drugs: The researchers found evidence that the private insurers that sponsor Medicare Part D are artificially inflating the costs of certain generic drugs by overpaying pharmacies. The findings published December 5, 2023 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The concern: that patients are ultimately impacted by these reimbursement practices because of how out-of-pocket costs, such as copayments and deductibles, are calculated. “For instance, if a patient pays 30% as a copayment for a drug, that 30% would be applied to the inflated price, which could mean higher out-of-pocket costs for seniors.”
https://today.ucsd.edu/story/medicare-is-overpaying-for-generic-drugs#:~:text=The%20researchers%20found%20evidence%20that,of%20the%20American%20Medical%20Association

# Security
‘Disgraceful’: Sen. Mike Lee blasts FBI monitoring of U.S. citizens without a warrant: Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, blasted FBI Director Christopher Wray during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday over the agency’s spying on Americans without a warrant
https://www.offthepress.com/disgraceful-sen-mike-lee-blasts-fbi-monitoring-of-citizens-without-a-warrant/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-12-05

Voices, The Peoples News

December 5, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Proposed hydrogen pipeline could diminish Navajo Nation’s water supply: Forty percent of families on the reservation live without access to running water, according to the Navajo Nation Water Management Branch. TallGrass Energy, a multi-billion-dollar energy infrastructure company, has been attending local meetings for communities with their elected Navajo delegate over the past two years, to advocate for its plan to mine blue hydrogen and construct the largest pipeline in the country, from the Navajo Nation to Mexico. According to the Pipeline Safety Trust, hydrogen is more flammable and at risk of explosion than natural gas.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/proposed-hydrogen-pipeline-could-diminish-navajo-nations-water-supply/ar-AA1jaKD4

Navajo advocates push back against proposed hydrogen pipeline: Advocates push back against a proposed hydrogen pipeline that would cross the Navajo Nation, saying it is a perpetuation of the energy colonialism that has ravaged the region for over a century.
https://energynews.us/newsletter/navajo-advocates-push-back-against-proposed-hydrogen-pipeline/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Mexico halts deportations and migrant transfers citing lack of funds: The head of Mexico’s immigration agency has ordered the suspension of migrant deportations and transfers due to a lack of funds amid a record-setting year for migration through the country’s territory. The suspensions were outlined in an agency memo dated Dec.
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-immigration-migrants-venezuela-17615ace23d0677bb443d8386e254fbc

Even Democrats Are Joining GOP To Block Biden’s Use of Federal Land For Migrants: House passes bill to ban migrant housing on public lands. The legislation would also revoke a lease that allows migrants to be housed at Floyd Bennett Field, part of the Gateway National Recreation Area in New York.
https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2023/12/01/house-passes-bill-to-ban-migrant-housing-on-public-lands-00129419

Stunning images show Arizona border crossing overrun by massive surge of adult male migrants from across globe: The Tucson Sector saw over 17,000 encounters in a week, a new record. A remote part of the Arizona border is being overrun by a massive surge of mainly adult male migrants from across the globe, including countries in Africa and the Middle East — just as the state’s Tucson Sector has seen record numbers of crossings in recent days.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/stunning-images-arizona-border-crossing-overrun-massive-surge-adult-male-migrants-from-across-globe?utm_source=Newswav&utm_medium=Website

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
FDA Shuts Down Enquiries About COVID Vaccines Contaminated With DNA Fragments: The recent findings of DNA fragments in the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines has led many to question why the FDA, which is responsible for monitoring the quality and safety of the vaccines, has failed to sound the alarm.
https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/fda-shuts-down-enquiries-about-dna-contamination-covid-vaccines

NGO with Ties to Wuhan Lab Received over $50 Million from Federal Agencies since Pandemic, GOP Congressman Says: Representative Paul Gosar (R., Ariz.) demanded answers from four federal agencies concerning their ongoing funding of EcoHealth Alliance, the Wuhan lab-associated nongovernmental organization that has received upwards of $50 million in taxpayer money since the Covid-19 pandemic began.
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/ngo-with-ties-to-wuhan-lab-received-over-50-million-from-federal-agencies-since-pandemic-gop-congressman-says/

# Education / Schools
“Someone Tell Me What to Do”: Across the country, states require more training to prepare students and teachers for mass shootings than for those expected to protect them. The differences were clear in Uvalde, where children and officers waited on opposite sides of the door. One thing that seemingly unites all sides is the notion of better training for law enforcement. But, in actuality, few laws exist requiring such instruction.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/05/uvalde-officer-student-trainings-mass-shootings/
See also: Why we’re publishing never-reported details of the Uvalde school shooting before state investigators. Over a year after the school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the community still doesn’t know what went wrong. It’s a key reason we’re publishing findings based on a trove of materials investigators have yet to release.
https://www.propublica.org/article/uvalde-school-shooting-investigation-details-publishing-decision

Texas judge orders release of Uvalde shooting records: The state Department of Public Safety has blocked the release of records that could offer more clarity into the police response. The agency can appeal the ruling. A state district judge in Travis County has ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to release law enforcement records related to the May 2022 Uvalde school shooting, more than a year after news organizations sued for access.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-judge-orders-release-of-uvalde-shooting-records

A Sweeping Report on a Michigan School Shooting Finds Multiple Failures and a Troubled Aftermath Parents, already shaken by the fatal incident at Oxford High School, lost confidence in the school district when it hesitated to find and acknowledge accountability for the 2021 shooting. In the end, it took 699 days to account for what went wrong before, during and after a deadly shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan.
https://www.propublica.org/article/michigan-oxford-high-school-shooting-report-guidepost

# Employment / Labor
California Poultry Supplier Illegally Employed Kids, Stole Wages: Labor Department: A California poultry supplier agreed to pay nearly $3.8 million to settle allegations that it endangered child workers as young as 14 and committed wage theft while processing chickens for major U.S. supermarkets, according to the Labor Department. Earlier this year, the Labor Department said its investigators found that another company, Packers Sanitation Services Inc., had employed children in cleaning roles at meatpacking plants, including using “back saws, brisket saws and head splitters.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-poultry-supplier-child-labor-department_n_656e1112e4b0dcfcc980e661#:~:text=Earlier%20this%20year%2C%20the%20Labor,brisket%20saws%20and%20head%20splitters.%E2%80%9D

The Pilots Delivering Your Amazon Packages Are Ready to Strike: Pilots for Amazon’s largest air freight provider voted to strike, complaining of low pay and high turnover. If a strike happens in the new year, Amazon deliveries could be impacted.
https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-air-pilots-vote-strike-delays/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
From fracked gas in Pennsylvania to toxic waste in Texas, tracking vinyl chloride production in the U.S: Appalachia’s fracking boom is fueling the expansion of American plastics manufacturing, including production of vinyl chloride, the carcinogen used to make PVC that burned in East Palestine, Ohio.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05122023/appalachia-fracking-boom-vinyl-chloride-production-in-the-us/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global
An Inevitable Showdown With the Fossil Fuel Industry Is Brewing at COP28: At COP28, More and More Scientists Say Overshooting 1.5 Degrees Is ‘Inevitable’
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05122023/todays-climate-cop28-scientists-say-overshooting-1-5-degrees-is-inevitable/

More Than 100 Countries at COP28 Call For Fossil Fuel Phaseout: Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels. Exclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/dec/03/back-into-caves-cop28-president-dismisses-phase-out-of-fossil-fuels

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Florida’s Food Fight Over Tomatoes Could Send Your Grocery Bill Higher: Some of those tomatoes are grown in Florida, where the Florida Tomato Exchange (FTE) is asking the Department of Commerce to step in and reduce the flow of tomatoes grown in Mexico. Florida farmers don’t like the competition, and they’re in a stew over it. They want the Biden administration to terminate the Tomato Suspension Agreement (TSA), a 2019 deal that ensures producers sell Mexican tomatoes at or above the TSA reference price to “eliminate the injurious effects of exports of fresh tomatoes to the United States.” According to the Florida Tomato Exchange, the TSA does not work and instead keeps Mexico from facing any retribution for dumping tomatoes onto the United States.
https://dcjournal.com/floridas-food-fight-over-tomatoes-could-send-your-grocery-bill-higher/

# General News
A judge has finally made it clear that a president can be put in prison: Former prosecutor and #SistersInLaw co-host Joyce Vance said that for the first time in all of the cases involving Donald Trump, a judge has made the case that the former president could be sent to prison if convicted.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-prison-possibilities/

Can Trump run for president from prison? Yes, and it’s been done before: He could follow the playbook of the socialist firebrand Eugene V. Debs, who in 1920 received nearly a million votes while behind bars. The indictment and other ongoing criminal investigations of Donald Trump raise the real, if still remote, prospect that a leading contender for the 2024 presidential nomination could face prison time.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/06/trump-running-for-president-prison-00090931

Is Trump running for president mostly to avoid prison? Mr Trump has made clear that no verdict or sentence will halt his campaign. That he will carry on running for president from behind bars. Mr Trump has made clear that no verdict or sentence will halt his campaign. That he will carry on running for president from behind bars if he has to. But trying to escape his legal difficulties by running for president will soon become a scheduling nightmare.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-66402180

‘A very embittered man’: Experts alarmed by ‘menacing’ Trump rhetoric: Among the many threatening or violent comments in the list include comparing his opponents to “vermin,” declarations that Ret. Gen. Mark Milley deserved to be executed, and threats to prosecute President Joe Biden and his family. Experts who spoke with the Times about this rhetoric said they were deeply alarmed.
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/other/a-very-embittered-man-experts-alarmed-by-menacing-trump-rhetoric/ar-AA1l2Yfl#:~:text=Among%20the%20many%20threatening%20or,said%20they%20were%20deeply%20alarmed

Donald Trump’s ‘Deadly Serious’ Ruling Could Poison All His Other Cases: A judge’s ruling that Donald Trump engaged in insurrection against the U.S is a “deadly serious” problem for the former president, a law professor has told Newsweek. Appeals by both sides of a Trump ballot dispute are to go before the Colorado Supreme Court for oral arguments on Wednesday. The former president is appealing Judge Sarah Wallace’s insurrectionist ruling, while his opponents are appealing Wallace’s decision to keep Trump on the Colorado ballot for the 2024 presidential election.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-serious-insurrection-ruling-jan-6-1849595

# Gov / Politics / Global
Netanyahu says the Gaza war has entered a new stage and will be ‘long and difficult.’: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation Saturday night that the military has opened a “second stage” in the war against Hamas by sending ground forces into Gaza and expanding attacks from the ground, air and sea. Casting the war as a fight for his country’s very survival, he warned that the assault would only intensify ahead of a broad ground invasion into the territory.
https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-10-28-2023-c9bd7ecc5f4a9fe9d46486f66675244c

Israel expands ground operation in Gaza, hitting underground targets: Israel’s military said it continued to find and target Hamas commanders who directed the attack on October 7. The Israel Defense Forces said Saturday it expanded a ground operation hitting around 150 underground targets in the northern Gaza Strip. Some forces remained in Gaza, Scripps News has learned.
https://scrippsnews.com/stories/israel-expands-ground-operation-in-gaza-hitting-underground-targets/

Dutch lawyers seek a civil court order to halt the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel: The organizations allege that delivery of parts for F-35 jets makes the Netherlands complicit in possible war crimes being committed by Israel in its war with Hamas. The civil case in The Hague opened as the Israeli military renewed calls for mass evacuations from the southern town of Khan Younis, where tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge in recent weeks, as it widened its ground offensive and bombarded targets across the Gaza Strip.
https://www.wdio.com/front-page/world-national/dutch-lawyers-seek-a-civil-court-order-to-halt-the-export-of-f-35-fighter-jet-parts-to-israel/

Reality Check for Putin as Russians Get Damn Tired of War: Tired or not, any dreams of a potential reprieve were extinguished when Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree boosting Russia’s troop numbers by 15 percent or some 170,000 people. This will bring the overall number of Russian military personnel to about 2.2 million, including 1.32 million troops. The Russian Defense Ministry blamed NATO for the required increase and claimed that it would be achieved solely through the recruitment of volunteers and not through conscription or mobilization.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/reality-check-for-vladimir-putin-as-russians-get-damn-tired-of-ukraine-war?ref=home?ref=home

Appropriate response to follow: Putin starts threatening Latvia: Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has reportedly begun threatening Latvia this evening, December 4th. The alleged reason behind this is the supposed “pressure on the Russian-speaking population,” according to the dictator’s statement. “I don’t think that happiness will come to those who pursue such policies
https://bnn-news.com/appropriate-response-will-follow-putin-threatens-latvia-251981

Freed Hostages Drugged to ‘Look Happy’: Israeli Official: The captives were allegedly given a tranquilizer to appear relaxed as they were released. Hamas drugged the hostages who were released during the ceasefire so that they would “look happy” during the transfer to the Red Cross in Gaza, according to Israel’s Health Ministry
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/hamas-drugged-hostages-to-look-happy-israeli-officials-say

State Dept. Spox Speculates on Why Hostage Deal Fell Apart: Matthew Miller asserted that Hamas didn’t want women to reveal how they were treated while in captivity—then walked back that explanation. During a Monday press briefing, the spokesperson for the U.S. State Department claimed that Hamas declined to release all of its hostages during the temporary ceasefire from Nov. 24 through Nov. 30 because the militant group didn’t want the women to reveal how they were treated
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/04/hamas-israeli-women-hostages-release

# Gov / Politics
My friend wants a Dictator: I have a friend who told me recently that democracy doesn’t work and “our country needs a dictator.” We are now at the point in our country when people really do understand what Trump is saying, and they like it. They want what he is offering, and he is offering fascism. And that’s the problem. Trump condemns immigration for a reason that frightens me: because it is “poisoning the blood of our country.” What? He is rejecting everything our Founders stood for by saying that our country is based on purity of blood rather than on a set of principles. This should be shocking, but people love it because they know what he is saying. The fact that this clearly echoes Hitler is not a problem for them. They embrace the message and want to be a part of it.
https://dcjournal.com/my-friend-wants-a-dictator/

Joe Biden Moves To Lift Nearly Every Restriction On Israel’s Access To U.S. Weapons Stockpile: With the WRSA-I, Biden is looking to lift virtually all the meaningful restrictions on the stockpile and the transfer of its arms to Israel, with plans to remove limitations to obsolete or surplus weapons, waive an annual spending cap on replenishing the stockpile, remove weapon-specific restrictions, and curtail congressional oversight. All of the changes … would be permanent, except for lifting the spending cap, which is limited to the 2024 fiscal year.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/26/biden-seeks-to-expand-israeli-access-to-us-weapons-stockpile

Nikki Haley wants to reform Social Security and Medicare. Donors are paying attention [Video]
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/05/politics/nikki-haley-social-security-medicare-reform/index.html

Haley’s Plan to Gut the Government Is Even Worse Than Trump’s: Among Donald Trump’s many second-term aspirations is his planned assault on the federal civil-service system. He wants MAGA bravos to take over the “deep state,” replacing thousands of allegedly disloyal civil servants to reduce resistance to his other outrageous proposals.
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/12/haleys-plan-to-gut-the-government-is-worse-than-trumps.html

New York Mayor Stripped of Emergency Migrant Powers, Heads Back to DC in Makeup of FBI Raid-Aborted Visit: New York City Mayor Eric Adams has had his power to award migrant-related emergency contracts taken away from him, days before heading back to Washington, D.C., to discuss the crisis.
https://themessenger.com/news/new-york-mayor-stripped-of-emergency-migrant-powers-heads-back-to-dc-in-makeup-of-fbi-raid-aborted-visit

Defund the Chinese Communist Party in America: As first reported by the Daily Caller, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) and Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) today introduced the Dump Investments in Troublesome Communist Holdings Act (DITCH Act). This bill would force non-profits, university endowments, public pension plans, and any other tax-exempt entity to divest from Chinese companies or lose their tax-exempt status.
https://gallagher.house.gov/media/press-releases/gallagher-hawley-introduce-bill-help-defund-chinese-communist-party

The Chinese Communist Party’s Threat to America: China’s supreme leader and the Party he commands are masters at disguising their true intentions. They are masters at presenting an illusory image to the outside world while speaking, planning and acting in very different ways behind closed doors.
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/02/28/the-chinese-communist-partys-threat-to-america/

How To Defund The Chinese Communist Party: Despite the growing bipartisan consensus on the need for selective technological and financial decoupling from the CCP, and despite dealing with a pandemic from Wuhan that exposed our dangerous dependency on China, Wall Street cannot seem to get enough of the Chinese market.
https://thefederalist.com/2022/01/11/how-to-defund-the-chinese-communist-party/

US Braces for Potential Government Shutdown Under Speaker Mike Johnson – Is America’s Global Reputation at Risk? White House could threaten to veto bill over two-step approach. Disappointed conservatives may block plan in committee
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-11-12/us-shutdown-risk-lingers-despite-house-speaker-s-compromise-plan

Another Republican Drops Out Of 2024 Race: North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum became the latest Republican candidate to drop out of the 2024 presidential race when he announced Monday that he was suspending his campaign. Despite his underdog status since launching his bid in June, Burgum had rejected growing calls for him to exit the crowded field of GOP hopefuls.
https://apnews.com/article/tim-scott-drops-out-2024-race-b9cc8fbeba57a123789d8d0484164e38

# Legal / DOJ
Legal experts predict Supreme Court won’t spare Trump from trial and verdict: Legal experts say the Supreme Court is unlikely to intercede in the criminal cases against former President Trump to stave off convictions on multiple felony counts, even though Trump appointed three of the six conservative justices on the court.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4138507-legal-experts-predict-supreme-court-wont-spare-trump-from-trial-and-verdict/

Families Rally for Opioid Accountability as Supreme Court Hears Purdue Case: “I don’t want their money,” one woman who lost a son to the opioid crisis said of the Sackler family. “I want them in prison.” U.S. Trustee Program, a watchdog at the Justice Department, has joined some families in arguing that the Sacklers should not be shielded from liability for the opioid crisis. “No Sackler immunity at any $$,” read one sign held by a woman outside the Supreme Court on Monday, while another said, “My dead son does not release Sacklers.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/supreme-court-opioids

Ex-conservative judge forms task force to uphold the judiciary and the law in Trump era: Freedom and democracy in the U.S. are being threatened by Trump 2.0, and a conservative judge says it’s going to take all hands in many sectors to prevent its demise.
https://www.rawstory.com/american-bar-association-donald-trump/

No more ‘special favors’ for Trump — ‘the full range of punishment has to be on the table’:
https://www.alternet.org/msn-uk/no-more-special-favors-trump/

# Medical / Health
Ron DeSantis, Like Trump, Wants to “Replace” Obamacare. But Don’t Ask for the Details: Needless to say, the Florida governor’s plan is not likely to give him the boost he needs in the polls. “Here’s what I will do. What I think they’re going to need to do is have a plan that will supersede ObamaCare, that will lower prices for people so that they can afford health care while also making sure that people will preexisting conditions are protected. And we’re going to look at the big institutions that are causing prices to be high: Big Pharma, big insurance and big government,” he said Sunday on “Meet the Press.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4339833-desantis-health-care-plan-supersede-obamacare/

Hospitals and Doctors Increasingly Rejecting Medicare Advantage: Across the country, health care providers are refusing to accept some Medicare Advantage plans, even as the coverage offered by commercial insurers increasingly displaces the traditional government program for seniors and people with disabilities.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-202-hospitals-doctors-medicare-advantage/

# Medical Technology
Patients expected Profemur Artificial Hips to last, then they snapped in half: Profemur artificial hips were once considered innovative for a feature known as “dual modular necks,” intended to modernize total hip replacement surgery. Hundreds of thousands of Americans undergo hip implant surgery each year and devices are expected to last at least 20 years. The Profemur necks, available in an array of lengths and angles, made it easier to customize the hip implants for patients. But the neck also proved to be a weak point
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/profemur-artificial-hips-recalled-patients-fractures/

# Military / DOD
Another U.S.-China conflict is escalating. It could be thThere’s a growing need for international agreements and norms governing the use of AI in military applications.e most serious of all: The U.S. and China are locked in an arms race to develop AI-controlled weapons.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/another-u-s-china-conflict-is-escalating-it-could-be-the-most-serious-of-all-3dd21f4f

NATO Ally Suddenly Blocks Weapons for Ukraine: Bulgarian President Rumen Radev vetoed the transfer of 100 decommissioned armored vehicles from Sofia to Ukraine on Monday just weeks after Bulgaria’s parliament approved the agreement.
https://www.newsweek.com/nato-ally-suddenly-blocks-weapons-ukraine-1849437

The Air Force is expanding its study of whether service members who worked with nuclear missiles have had unusually high rates of cancer after a preliminary review determined that a deeper examination is needed. The initial study was launched in response to reports that many who served are now ill.
https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2023/12/04/air-force-expanding-review-of-cancers-in-nuclear-missile-community/

Meet the Army’s first female active duty sniper: Though her childhood nickname was “Sniper,” there was no guarantee that’s what Army Sgt. Maciel Hay would become. Maciel Hay, a cavalry scout with 1st Squadron, 91st Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, poses for a photo with her family after graduating sniper school at Fort Moore, Ga., Nov. 3, 2023. With this accomplishment, Hay becomes the first active duty female U.S. Army sniper.
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2023/12/04/meet-the-armys-first-female-active-duty-sniper/#:~:text=Maciel%20Hay%2C%20a%20cavalry%20scout,Courtesy%20photo%2F173rd%20Airborne

Backpack jammer prototyped by CACI’s Mastodon passes early Army test: Preliminary testing of a portable jammer soldiers can sling to their backs and use to manipulate electronic signals while on the move was successful, according to its makers and a U.S. Army official. The service in November put the Terrestrial Layer System-Brigade Combat Team Manpack, or TLS-BCT Manpack, through an operational demonstration at Fort Huachuca in Arizona. CACI International-owned Mastodon Design months earlier won a $1.5 million contract to prototype the system, built utilizing the company’s existing Beast and Kraken electronic-warfare products.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/electronic-warfare/2023/12/04/backpack-jammer-prototyped-by-cacis-mastodon-passes-early-army-test/

U.S. to deploy Tomahawk anti-ship missiles on submarines to counter China: The US Navy plans to begin arming submarines next year with ship-targeting versions of the widely used Tomahawk missile, part of Washington’s push to ramp up military capabilities to challenge Chinese maritime forces, particularly around Taiwan.
https://www.leadertelegram.com/news/world/us-to-deploy-anti-ship-missiles-on-subs-in-2024-to-counter-china/article_1f413756-ffd1-507d-acac-f36aec6c958a.html

# Military / Global
Putin to discuss Israel-Hamas war during a 1-day trip to Saudi Arabia and UAE: Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a one-day trip to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia focused on the Israeli-Hamas war and host the Iranian president in Moscow this week. Putin has sought to increase Russia’s influence in the Middle East, and experts say he is emboldened by growing international criticism of Israel amid its bombardment of Gaza, which has left at least 15,500 people dead.
https://time.com/6342604/putin-saudi-uae-israel-hamas/

Deadly but tricky to fly, suicide drones have Ukraine putting thousands of soldiers through pilot training: Private schools are churning out troops who can use hobbyist racing quadcopters as deadly loitering munitions. As Ukraine leans on suicide drones to wear down Russia’s invading forces, private, civilian-run training schools are working to supply the Ukrainian army with thousands of pilots. That’s no mean feat. The drones are extremely hard to fly, requiring weeks of training before a pilot is ready to fight on the front line
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2023/12/loitering-munitions-use-rises-across-ukraine-pilot-training-becomes-new-key-task/392433/#:~:text=As%20Ukraine%20leans%20on%20suicide,fight%20on%20the%20front%20line

After Middle East attacks on ships, US considers naval task force in Red Sea: The White House said the U.S. is considering the plan to escort commercial ships in the Red Sea. . The White House said the U.S. is considering the plan to escort commercial ships in the Red Sea.
https://news.usni.org/2023/12/04/u-s-in-talks-to-form-new-red-sea-task-force-to-guard-commercial-ships-in-the-red-sea-says-white-house

Israel Used U.S. Arms in Deadly Airstrikes on Gaza: Amnesty: The organization said that the munition fragments displayed codes that suggest they were Joint Direct Attack Munitions made by Boeing, which guide bombs by GPS. US-made Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) were used by the Israeli military in two deadly, unlawful air strikes on homes full of civilians in the occupied Gaza Strip, Amnesty International has found based on a new investigation into those strikes
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/12/israel-opt-us-made-munitions-killed-43-civilians-in-two-documented-israeli-air-strikes-in-gaza-new-investigation/

# Social
Black Americans, Asian Americans, Mexican Americans and White Americans: America Is No Longer The ‘Land Of Opportunity’: When the governors of Texas, Arizona and Florida took advantage of the welcoming traditions provided by sanctuary cities, it was meant to get rid of an unwanted problem. More than 23,000 asylum seekers have been bused to Chicago from Texas since the beginning of the year. As the cold weather sets in, people in the nation’s third-largest city are sheltering on sidewalks, at police station foyers and at the city’s airport.
https://thyblackman.com/2023/12/04/black-americans-asian-americans-mexican-americans-and-white-americans-america-is-no-longer-the-land-of-opportunity/

Systemic Inequality: Displacement, Exclusion, and Segregation: How America’s Housing System Undermines Wealth Building in Communities of Color. The United States must reckon with the racism built into its housing system in order to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to build wealth.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/systemic-inequality-displacement-exclusion-segregation/

Systematic Inequality and Economic Opportunity: Eliminating racial disparities in economic well-being requires long-term, targeted interventions to expand access to opportunity for people of color. The U.S. economy was built on the exploitation and occupational segregation of people of color. While many government policies and institutional practices helped create this system, the legacies of slavery, Jim Crow, and the New Deal—as well as the limited funding and scope of anti-discrimination agencies—are some of the biggest contributors to inequality in America.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/systematic-inequality-economic-opportunity/

# Space
James Webb Space Telescope pierces through dust to find an ancient ghostly galaxy: “It’s potentially telling us there’s a whole population of galaxies that have been hiding from us.” You are looking at a very blurry, highly dust-obscured resident of the cosmos whose name is only a string of numbers and letters. It even sits at a distance so far from Earth that it slips in and out of the watchful eyes of various telescopes. The image, captured by the powerful James Webb Space Telescope, spotlights galaxy AzTECC71 — but what’s striking here is that we’re seeing AzTECC71the way it was just 900 million years after the Big Bang. That’s when the universe was turning on its very first stars, absolute eons before our solar system was born.
https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-ghostly-galaxy-early-universe

# Technology
AI doesn’t cause harm by itself. We should worry about the people who control it: We already live in societies in which power is exercised by a few to the detriment of the majority, and that technology provides a means of consolidating that power. As advanced systems like ChatGPT captivate the public imagination, debates intensify over who should guide powerful new technologies — and for what aims. A thoughtful perspective comes from writer Kenan Malik, who argues AI itself does not directly cause harm; rather, we should worry about the humans who control it.
https://original.newsbreak.com/@acv-amor-1789566/3243301389844-who-s-really-in-control-of-artificial-intelligence-ai-how-our-choices-shape-it

Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records: A surveillance program now known as Data Analytical Services (DAS) has for more than a decade allowed federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to mine the details of Americans’ calls, analyzing the phone records of countless people who are not suspected of any crime, including victims.
https://www.wired.com/story/hemisphere-das-white-house-surveillance-trillions-us-call-records/

# Veterans / VA
Thousands of troops may be caught in medical debt. Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants the Pentagon to find out how many. The Pentagon isn’t tracking medical debt among troops despite federal recommendations that it should, and now Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., the chairwoman of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s personnel panel, wants to change that. “Given service members’ frequent relocations, some service members may not discover these charges in a timely manner,” Warren wrote. A CFPB report published in June 2022 found that more than 5,000 troops and family members reported medical billing issues to the agency from 2018 to 2021.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/12/04/sen-elizabeth-warren-implores-pentagon-keep-better-track-of-service-members-medical-debt.html#:~:text=%22Given%20service%20members’%20frequent%20relocations,agency%20from%202018%20to%202021.

# Water
US Sewage, Water Systems Under Attack By Iranian Cyberhackers: Authorities are aware of a campaign of hacks targeting multiple drinking water and sewage systems across the country, Bloomberg reports, with efforts underway to limit the impact. The hackers, calling themselves Cyber Av3ngers, compromised an ICS associated with a booster station that monitors and regulates water pressure, but the water facility said there was no risk to the water supply or drinking water.
https://www.securityweek.com/ics-at-multiple-us-water-facilities-targeted-by-hackers-affiliated-with-iranian-government/

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
War on Dog Breeding Punishes Responsible Breeders: Responsible dog breeding is under attack with efforts at the federal and state levels to limit or end breeding. Don’t Buy the Doggy in the Window: Ending the Cycle That Perpetuates Commercial Breeding With Regulation Of The Retail Pet Industry
https://www.animallaw.info/article/dont-buy-doggy-window-ending-cycle-perpetuates-commercial-breeding-regulation-retail-pet

Puppy Wars: The Fight to Shut Puppy Mills Without Hurting Genuine Breeders: Advocates of pending legislation say it will help prevent puppy mills from selling animals in New Jersey, while opponents argue it will make things much tougher on genuine breeders
https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2017/04/17-04-27-puppy-wars-the-fight-to-shut-down-puppy-mills-without-hurting-legitimate-breeders/

The Dog Factory: Inside the Sickening World of Puppy Mills: An investigation into the underworld of America’s overcrowded dog farms, the secret shame of the pet industry. In puppy mills, in order to produce as many puppies as possible, female dogs are frequently bred under bad conditions. Puppies are taken aback from their mothers when they’re as young as 4 weeks old. These cute little puppies are sold online or in pet stores, where buyers purchase them being unaware of where they’re actually coming from.
https://www.pawfa.org/post/puppy-mills-the-ugly-truth-about-illegal-force-breeding

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Biden wants open borders all the way south to Guatemala: Biden won’t help Guatemala protect its border and fight illegal immigration: The Biden administration wants not just the United States’ border with Mexico kept open, he’d like to see the borders all the way south to Guatemala wide open.
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/12/04/heritage-biden-wants-open-borders-as-far-south-as-guatemala-to-continue-illegal-immigrant-flow-1417234/

Mainstream Media Is Finally Waking Up To The Crisis At The Border: The mainstream media appears to be waking up to the effects of President Biden’s border policies as reporters not often heard challenging the White House are suddenly interested in the topic, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Thursday.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/3653928-the-real-migrant-tragedy-the-media-are-missing/

The Senate’s border security farce: Specifics have not been released, but reports indicate that in exchange for $61 billion for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel, Republicans would get $14 billion for “border security” and reforms to the asylum process that allegedly would help bring order to the border.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/the-senates-border-security-farce

Kamala Harris: “Under No Circumstances” Will US Allow Forced Relocation of Palestinians: As fighting resumes in Gaza, the vice president said that “too many innocent Palestinians have been killed.”
https://www.dawn.com/news/1794682

Biden Pushes to Allow Illegal Aliens to Live in National Parks Using Federal Funds: If the White House wants to bail themselves out of the border crisis using federally owned land, the House of Representatives just gave them a serious reality check. In a bill passed on Thursday, The Daily Signal reported, the GOP-controlled lower chamber specifically prohibited any Washington funding to house illegal immigrants on land managed by the federal government.
https://www.westernjournal.com/bidens-push-allow-illegal-aliens-live-national-parks-using-federal-funds-results-house-gop-block/
See also: U.S. House of Representatives: Debate on Banning Migrant Housing on Federal Land. House lawmakers debated legislation prohibiting federal funding to house undocumented immigrants on federal lands.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?532091-5/debate-banning-migrant-housing-federal-land

Arizona congressman demands National Guard be deployed to border as 10,000 illegal migrants cross in single day: Juan Ciscomani, who serves as the US representative for Arizona’s 6th congressional district, made the request after nearly 10,000 people crossed the border in a single day last week.
https://www.gbnews.com/news/us/us-migrant-crisis-arizona-national-guard-border-crossings

Arizona border crossing temporarily closing over high migrant arrivals: According to border officials, the move is to address a surge in migrant encounters at the border “fueled by smugglers peddling disinformation to prey on vulnerable individuals,” and to redirect personnel to help border patrol take migrants into custody.
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-closing-remote-arizona-border-crossing-citing-overwhelming-migrant-arrivals-/7381362.html

The number of Chinese smuggled into the U.S. has increased since the start of Xi Jinping’s third term: Over 24,000 illegal Chinese immigrants enter the U.S., surpassing the combined number over the past decade. More than 22,000 have entered by September this year, a staggering 12.7 times increase compared to last year. Despite the long and perilous journey through Central and South America, the success rate of entering the U.S. is high. Driven by despair over Xi Jinping’s oppressive regime and harsh COVID-19 lockdowns
https://www.kangnamtimes.com/world/article/61156/

US Lawmakers Want to Use a Powerful Spy Tool on Immigrants and Their Families: Legislation set to be introduced in Congress this week would extend Section 702 surveillance of people applying for green cards, asylum, and some visas—subjecting loved ones to similar intrusions.
https://www.wired.com/story/section-702-immigrant-families-surveillance/#:~:text=Legislation%20set%20to%20be%20introduced,loved%20ones%20to%20similar%20intrusions

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Death of 12-Year-Old Boy in France Following HPV Vaccination Triggers Probe Into Gardasil Safety and School Vaccine Campaigns: French prosecutors have launched an investigation into the death of a 12-year-old boy who collapsed minutes after receiving Gardasil’s human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in a school setting and subsequently died of head trauma, according to French media.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/gardasil-hpv-vaccine-12-yr-old-death-school-france/

# Education / Schools
Uprooted: Virginia Universities have expanded by dislodging Black communities: In the second half of the 20th century, the establishment and expansion of public universities across Virginia uprooted Black families, hindering their efforts to accumulate wealth in the most American way, homeownership. [Reading list]
https://www.propublica.org/series/uprooted?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=event

# Employment / Labor
Spotify Cuts 1,500 Jobs in Third Layoff Round This Year: The headcount reduction amounts to 17 percent of its workforce. Spotify will lay off 1,500 in third round of job cuts this year. Music streaming app Spotify plans to lay off 1,500 workers, the company announced Monday. The staff reduction represents 17% of its global workforce and is the third layoff of the year as the Swedish firm works to improve profitability.
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/04/1216950219/spotify-layoffs-17-percent-tech

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
Biden Admin Announces New Rules Targeting Oil, Gas Industries Amid Projected Energy Price Increases: The Biden administration issued a new rule Saturday that it claimed would both fight climate change and improve the U.S. economy, despite arguments — some from within President Joe Biden’s own party — that the rule would do neither.
https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-admin-announces-new-rules-targeting-oil-gas-industries-amid-projected-energy-price-increases/

Biden’s EPA launches crackdown on planet-warming methane: The action came amid a series of international and oil industry pledges during the U.N. climate summit to address the potent greenhouse gas.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/02/bidens-epa-launches-crackdown-on-planet-warming-methane-00129433

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals / Global
Japanese experimental nuclear fusion reactor inaugurated: The world’s biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor in operation was inaugurated in Japan on Friday, a technology in its infancy but billed by some as the answer to humanity’s future energy needs. World’s biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor launched in Japan. The world’s biggest operational experimental nuclear fusion reactor – a technology in its infancy but billed by some as the answer to humanity’s future energy needs – has been inaugurated in Naka, Japan.
https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-biggest-nuclear-fusion-reactor-just-came-online

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
World’s biggest iceberg filmed as it floats into Southern Ocean: Incredible footage has provided a new view of the world’s biggest iceberg as it begins its journey out into the Southern Ocean. Iceberg A23a measures 40 by 32 nautical miles, according to the U.S. National Ice Center. For comparison, Hawaii’s island of Oahu is 44 miles long and 30 miles across. And New York City’s Manhattan Island is about 13.4 miles long and spans around 2.3 miles at its widest point.
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/01/1215141574/antarctica-iceberg-a23a-location

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
The Most Harmful Groceries For Your Health In The US: Practice moderation with these cereals, pastries, processed meats, and frozen meals at the grocery store.
https://www.eatthis.com/unhealthiest-grocery-foods/

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Many Ready-to-Eat beef and poultry products recalled by New York producer: Swan Lake, NY-based Pelleh Poultry Corp., is spending the weekend recalling approximately 708 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) beef and poultry products that are likely contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/12/many-ready-to-eat-beef-and-poultry-products-recalled-by-new-york-producer/

More Than 700 Pounds of Poultry and Beef Recalled in 3 States: The affected products were distributed to retail and institutional establishments in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The recall was initiated after the establishment’s laboratory tests raised concerns about the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in the products.
https://www.thehealthy.com/food/news-poultry-beef-recall-new-york-new-jersey-pennsylvania-december-2023/

# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
Health Benefits of Oranges Backed By Science: Science now confirms the orange has a broad range of medicinal properties, which is why the ancients knew it both as a food and a medicine.
https://greenmedinfo.com/blog/9-evidence-based-medicinal-properties-oranges

Potential Health Benefits Of Using Ginger: Ginger may have numerous health benefits due to its anti-inflammatory, anti-nausea, and other properties. It may help you lose weight, manage arthritis, reduce menstrual symptoms, and more.
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/11-proven-benefits-of-ginger

# General News
Trump Could Legally Use the U.S. Military as Domestic Law Enforcers: Could a second-term President Donald Trump legally use military forces to conduct domestic law enforcement activities? The simple answer to the question is “yes.” Beginning with George Washington, more than a dozen presidents have deployed troops more than two dozen times for law enforcement purposes.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-could-legally-use-us-military-as-domestic-law-enforcers

Trump Wants to Use the Military Against His Domestic Enemies. Congress Must Act: The Insurrection Act, which gives the president unchecked power to deploy the military on American streets, is a threat to democracy.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/trump-wants-use-military-against-his-domestic-enemies-congress-must-act

Trump attempts to spin anti-democracy, authoritarian criticism against Biden: Trump calls Biden the ‘destroyer’ of democracy despite his own efforts to overturn 2020 election
https://apnews.com/article/trump-biden-democracy-election-2024-f2f824f056ae9f81f4e688fe590f41b4

Trump Sounds Off After Bank Executive’s Testimony: ‘We Have Become A Communist Country’: Former President Trump says the U.S. has devolved into being a communist nation, but it will be a free country if he is reelected president.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c5074104/president-trump-us-communist-country

Trump just admitted to “waging an all out war on American democracy”: While attempting to speak about the Democrats and his supposed opponents Trump said: “From that day on our opponents and we have a lot of opponents but we’ve been waging an all out war on American democracy.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-speech-gaffe-sparks-avalanch-jokes-memes-iowa-1849035

“This Is the Final Compromise”: Donald Trump and the Implosion of the American Evangelical Movement: How American Evangelicalism Became ‘Mister Rogers With a Blowtorch.’ Alberta, a staff writer for The Atlantic, asks how so many devout Christians could be in thrall to a figure like Donald Trump, whom he calls a “lecherous, impenitent scoundrel.” Under the veneer of Christian modesty simmers an explosive rage, propelling Americans who piously declare their fealty to Jesus to act as though their highest calling is to own the libs. No wonder the popular image of evangelicalism, according to one disillusioned preacher, has devolved into “Mister Rogers with a blowtorch.”
https://dnyuz.com/2023/12/02/how-american-evangelicalism-became-mister-rogers-with-a-blowtorch/

Trump Allies Want to Make Sure Potential Administration Officials Are “Red-Pilled”: They are already screening prospective staffers to determine their loyalty, and their openness to his expansive vision of executive power.
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/01/trump-government-job-applications-2025

Trump Wants The End Of The World As We Know It, And Corporate Media Feels Fine: Trump’s brazen climate denialism is being ignored or downplayed, have news outlets given up on even pretending they care about climate chaos? The Financial Times reported that the Trump campaign is embracing what it calls Project 2025, a 920-page conservative policy blueprint by the Heritage Foundation that, among other radical goals, urges the elimination of several energy department agencies and would overhaul the whole of the federal government to not only deny climate change, but actively promote it.
https://www.levernews.com/trump-wants-the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it-and-corporate-media-feels-fine/

Trump shares warning that his own re-election will plunge America into dictatorship: “If the Heritage Foundation has its way, and there is no reason to believe it won’t, many of those career bureaucrats will be gone, replaced by people carefully ‘vetted’ to ensure their loyalty to Trump.” A number of reports have already outlined how Trump, and GOP interest groups aligned with him, have laid out a plan for stripping away all civil service protections and basing employment in the executive branch on loyalty to the president and fealty to his orders.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dictatorship/

During a recent rally, Donald Trump called on his MAGA base to “guard the vote” during the upcoming 2024 presidential elections, which is sparking concerns of political violence. the former president gave a speech in Iowa further pushing his long debunked claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him, and argued that he wants his base to help him make sure it doesn’t happen again. “We have all the votes we need. What we have to do is guard the vote.”
https://www.tag24.com/politics/politicians/donald-trump/donald-trump-calls-to-maga-base-and-sparks-concerns-of-new-violence-guard-the-vote-3031327

# Gov / Politics / Global
Netanyahu’s goal for Gaza: “Thin” population “to a minimum”: The White House requested billions to support refugee resettlement from Ukraine and Gaza in October. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tasked his top adviser, Ron Dermer, the minister of strategic affairs, with designing plans to “thin” the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip “to a minimum,” according to a bombshell new report in an Israeli newspaper founded by the late Republican billionaire Sheldon Adelson.
https://theintercept.com/2023/12/03/netanyahu-thin-gaza-population/

Two Months That Shook the World: The First Phase of the Gaza War: As Israel resumes its bombing of Gaza, the risk of a wider regional war grows. Mouin Rabbani analyzes the military and propaganda battles between Hamas and Israel. Despite meekly worded suggestions from Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Israel make an effort to reduce civilian deaths, the U.S. position remains one of full-throttled support for a military campaign that has killed more than 15,000 Palestinians, the vast majority of them children and other civilians.
https://theintercept.com/2023/12/02/intercepted-gaza-war-israel-hamas/

‘Declaration Of War’: North Korea Threatens To Eliminate U.S. Satellite Programme: “In case the U.S. tries to violate the legitimate territory of a sovereign state by weaponizing the latest technologies illegally and unjustly, the DPRK will consider taking responsive action measures for self-defence to undermine or destroy the viability of the U.S. spy satellites,” the statement said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOMJ5WcsVuE

IDF ‘Close To Completing’ Northern Gaza Operations: IDF close to completing northern Gaza operations, Israeli general says. The commander of Israel’s Armored Corps said on Monday that he and other ground forces were close to achieving their war mission in the northern Gaza Strip and were operating elsewhere in the Palestinian enclave against Hamas.
https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/israel-gaza-hamas/2023/12/04/id/1144628/

Putin Sets His Sights on the Next Country: “Russia is Preparing for War”: A senior Russian diplomat confirms: “Russia is preparing for war” – is anybody listening? Andrei Belousov, deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of Nonproliferation and Arms Control, has recently made an important statement which I shall quote in full and then provide a translation.
https://thesaker.is/a-senior-russian-diplomat-confirms-russia-is-preparing-for-war-is-anybody-listening/

Putin ally Medvedev warns NATO of nuclear war if Russia defeated in Ukraine: An ally of President Vladimir Putin warned NATO on Thursday that a defeat of Russia in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear war, while the head of the Russian Orthodox Church said the world would end if the West tried to destroy Russia.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/19/medvedev-warns-of-nuclear-war-if-russia-defeated-in-ukraine

China grabs neighbor’s land while negotiating border deal: Satellite imagery revealed Chinese expansion into territory previously controlled by Bhutan even as China continues to negotiate a border agreement with its neighbor to the south.
https://www.newsweek.com/china-border-map-neighbors-reaction-territorial-claims-1823648

China Is Building Entire Villages in Another Country’s Territory: Since 2015, a previously unnoticed network of roads, buildings, and military outposts has been constructed deep in a sacred valley in Bhutan.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/07/china-bhutan-border-villages-security-forces/

# Gov / Politics
Eligible voters being swept up in conservative activists’ voter roll purges ahead of 2024 vote: Far-right activists are fighting to purge voter registration rolls ahead of the 2024 presidential election — and eligible voters are getting caught in the crosshairs. Fueled by doubts about the 2020 election, an army of conservative activists is poring over state voter lists, looking for registration errors that can be used to file what are known as voter challenges — questioning the registrations of thousands of Americans.
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-voter-intimidation/

President Biden stunned listeners Wednesday by bragging about his ability to launch nuclear weapons — before calling Donald Trump a “congressman” and seeming to forget the names of the current Chinese and South Korean leaders. “Now look, my Marine carries that, but it has the code to blow up the world,” the 81-year-old commander-in-chief said while introducing himself to factory workers in Colorado.
https://nypost.com/2023/11/29/news/biden-brags-my-marine-has-a-code-to-blow-up-the-world/

Turns out a new speaker didn’t solve House GOP’s problems: Government funding, Ukraine funding, aid to Israel, and a complete lack of accomplishments—Speaker Mike Johnson hasn’t solved any of it. And Republicans are noticing it.
https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3252245333276-turns-out-a-new-speaker-didn-t-solve-the-house-gop-s-problems

Top US General Warns Everyone Should Be ‘Worried’ About War With China: During an appearance on Fox News Sunday, Brown was asked by host Shannon Bream about growing concerns over a war between the United States and China, citing recent Reagan Institute polls finding that 51 percent of Americans view China as the biggest foreign threat to the country and 74 percent are concerned about such a conflict breaking out within five years.
https://www.newsweek.com/top-us-general-warns-everyone-should-worried-about-war-china-1849085#:~:text=General%20Charles%20Q.%20Brown%20Jr,about%20a%20war%20with%20China

On the brink: Supreme Court may endanger Voting Rights Act’s legacy: Facing a historic legal challenge, the Voting Rights Act’s future hangs in balance. The Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965, a cornerstone of American civil rights legislation, faces a pivotal moment that could redefine its future. A recent ruling by the Eighth United States Circuit Court of Appeals has triggered alarms, signaling that the Supreme Court may now be poised to further erode this crucial act, potentially undermining decades of progress in voting rights.
https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/12/04/on-the-brink-supreme-court-may-endanger-voting-rights-acts-legacy/

# Law Enforcment
Ex-U.S. Ambassador Arrested, Accused of Spying: Manuel Rocha has been accused of working as an agent for Cuba. A former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation, accused of secretly serving as an agent of Cuba’s government
https://apnews.com/article/fbi-cuba-bolivia-former-ambassador-arrested-af9d80a4f268099364dff249dd74b3ec

There’s no reason to send these 3,000 people in home confinement back to federal prison: Unfortunately, some in Congress want to return nearly 3,000 of these people to prison, even though they have caused no problems since their release. This is neither fiscally responsible nor smart public safety policy.
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/4336678-theres-no-reason-to-send-these-3000-people-in-home-confinement-back-to-federal-prison/

# Legal / DOJ
Trump Doesn’t Have a “Get-Out-of-Jail-Free” Pass in 2020 Election Subversion Prosecution: Donald Trump is not entitled to absolute presidential immunity against criminal charges over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge ruled, saying the office doesn’t come with a “lifelong ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ pass.”
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/trump-denied-immunity-against-jan-6-charges-judge-rules

U.S. Judge Warns Public of Possible Authoritative Rule: The judge who spearheaded the judiciary’s response to the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, blamed that event on “big lies” and warned that the country is in danger of turning toward authoritarianism.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/11/28/jan-6-authoritarian-threat-democracy-00129013

Texas Sues Pfizer for Misrepresenting COVID Vaccine Claims, Censoring Americans: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he’s suing pharmaceutical giant Pfizer for “misrepresenting COVID-19 vaccine efficacy.”
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4336013-texas-ken-paxton-pfizer-lawsuit-covid-19-vaccine/

# Medical / Health
Doctor gives verdict on ‘white lung syndrome’ as children are hit by illness in US: “What we know so far is that these are not novel, so not new, viruses. These are all things that we have seen before in seasons past.” The doctor went on to explain that most of the spikes were due to illnesses like RSV, influenza and Rhinovirus, all common conditions with plenty of treatment options
https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/white-lung-syndrome-child-pneumonia/

# Military / DOD
U.S. supplied bunker-buster bombs to Israel: The U.S. has shipped approximately 15,000 bombs, including 100 of its 2,000-pound bunker buster bombs. Apart from ground-penetrating munitions, US has also given Israel several other types of bombs and artillery shells for its war on Gaza, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-sends-israel-2-000-pound-bunker-buster-bombs-for-gaza-war-82898638

US Warship Fires In Self-Defense After Commercial Ships Attacked In Red Sea: Ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck three commercial ships Sunday in the Red Sea, while a U.S. warship shot down three drones in self-defense during the hours long assault, the U.S. military said. The Iranian-backed Houthis claimed two of the attacks.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/4340160-american-warship-multiple-commercial-vessels-come-under-attack-in-red-sea/

Battle for Arctic territory pits US against China and Russia: “The Arctic’s rich natural resources, crucial shipping routes, fishing waters, and the opportunity for future development make the region a flashpoint in geopolitical competition between the United States and its near-peer competitors, including an emboldened and aggressive Russia,” said House Homeland Security
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/battle-for-arctic-territory-against-china-russia

# Military / Global
Kids in Occupied Ukraine Forced to Join Russian War Effort: Ukrainian children are pressured into joining the Young Army program where they are brainwashed, trained to fight, and forced to make supply packages for the Russian invaders.
https://www.voanews.com/a/thousands-of-ukrainian-children-forcibly-taken-to-belarus-yale-research-finds/7358858.html

North Korean Missile Explodes, Presidential Office and Military Clash Over Details: According to a Defense Department official, the missile that was launched was land-based, and there was a high degree of confidence that it was not an ICBM, but an assessment was still underway.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/north-koreas-attempted-missile-launch-reportedly-fails/story?id=46821714

Rocket Hit Israeli Base With Suspected Nuclear Weapons: A visual investigation by The New York Times showed that the rocket caused a fire at Sdot Micha Airbase, but spared the nuclear warheads believed to be housed there. A rocket most likely fired by Hamas militants during their Oct. 7 attack on Israel struck an Israeli military base where, experts say, many of the country’s nuclear-capable missiles are based, according to a visual analysis of the attack’s aftermath
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/12/04/hamas-hit-israeli-base-containing-nuclear-missiles-report/

# Nuclear
Don’t Let Government Get Away With Poisoning Americans: For decades, the federal government poisoned an untold number of its citizens through our atomic program. It happened everywhere, impacting uranium mine workers in Texas, Native Americans living downwind from nuclear tests in the Mountain West, and communities exposed to Manhattan Project waste in Missouri. And that’s just a small sample. Thousands more were poisoned, sickened, and died. Lives were broken – all because our government was careless, and then covered it up.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/12/04/dont_let_government_get_away_with_poisoning_americans_150144.html

# Space
After 50 years, US to return to moon on January 25: More than 50 years after the last Apollo mission, the United States will try once again to land a craft on the moon on January 25, said the head of what could be the first private company to successfully touch down on the lunar surface. After 50 years, US to return to moon on January 25
https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/after-50-years-us-to-return-to-moon-on-january-25/#:~:text=More%20than%2050%20years%20after,have%20no%20one%20on%20board

Sierra Space’s Shooting Star Module Begins Rigorous Testing at NASA Facility: Sierra Space, a leading pureplay commercial space company building the first end-to-end business and technology platform in space, announced today the commencement of a comprehensive testing campaign for the Shooting Star™ cargo module at NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio.
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Sierra_Spaces_Shooting_Star_Module_Begins_Rigorous_Testing_at_NASA_Facility_999.html

# Weather
National Weather Service on red alert as it monitors major solar flares: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) forecasts additional geomagnetic storms after a recent spectacle of the northern lights, generated by a geomagnetic storm.
https://www.the-express.com/news/weather/120200/national-weather-service-solar-flares-warning

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# Indigenous / Global
“Carbon Cowboys” Chasing Emissions Offsets in the Amazon Keep Forest-Dwelling Communities in the Dark: Indigenous and traditional groups in the forest are rarely consulted about carbon credit projects they see as the latest gold rush on their lands, and question the community and climate benefits the projects promise.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/28112023/carbon-cowboys-keep-amazon-communities-dark/

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Fifth Circuit panel denies Texas appeal on marine buoy barrier lawsuit, state to appeal: Two of three judges on a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals panel sided with a lower district court and required Texas to move back its marine barriers closer to its shoreline. Texas is appealing to the full court
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_849da56c-90aa-11ee-b458-cbfda0f27ad9.html

Another Border Crossing, This Time in Arizona, Shut Down Over Spike in Migrant Crossings: A second migrant crossing along the southern border with Mexico has been temporarily closed, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said. Officials said they are “temporarily suspending operations” in Lukeville, Arizona, because of an “increased levels of migrant encounters.
https://themessenger.com/news/another-border-crossing-this-time-in-arizona-shut-down-over-spike-in-migrant-crossings

Joe Biden wants to hoover in migrants even faster, so he’s closing LEGAL crossings: Taking these illegal migrants into “custody” mainly means doing some paperwork before releasing them into the interior with orders to show up somewhere else at some later time — with no effective way to ensure they’re ever heard from again. This strategy fits well with President Biden’s demand that his Ukraine-and-Israel-aid bill include $14 billion for “border operations” to ease this “processing.” That is, not to block migrants from entering, but to “accommodate” them even faster.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/01/opinion/joe-biden-wants-to-hoover-in-migrants-even-faster-so-hes-closing-legal-crossings/

Texas To Bus Another 70,000 Immigrants To Democrat-Run Cities: Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott announced Wednesday the state will bus another 70,000 immigrants to Democrat-run cities around the nation amid the Biden administration’s ongoing crisis at the Southern Border. “Texas will bus migrants to sanctuary cities until Biden secures the border,” Abbott said on X. “Our mission provides vital relief to border towns.”
https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-abbott-says-texas-will-bus-another-70000-immigrants-to-democrat-run-cities

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Social Security will likely have a new boss soon. Here’s how he wants it to run better: Martin O’Malley, likely to take the helm at the Social Security Administration in the coming weeks, says his focus is customer service. The man who is expected to become the new boss of Social Security once aimed to expand the program. Now he just wants to fix its flaws.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/social-security-will-likely-have-a-new-boss-soon-heres-how-he-wants-it-to-run-better-151511410.html

# Education / Schools
Christopher Rufo’s Alarming and Deceptive Crusade Against Public Universities: “Public universities,” Christopher Rufo wrote on August 11 on X (formerly Twitter), “are not a ‘free marketplace of ideas.’”
This provocative statement doesn’t fully convey Rufo’s views on the subject; he’s noted elsewhere that universities should be an “environment of open, substantive debate.” But as a trustee at New College of Florida, Rufo has demonstrated the limits of his tolerance for ideas that differ from his own.
https://time.com/6309612/christopher-rufo-public-universities-deceptive-essay/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
Power prices are gonna rise, shame, they don’t have to: The US, like other developed nations, will see historic increases in electricity demand due to the electrification of vehicles and heating. The nation is also retiring conventional base-load power plants, which are slowly being replaced by less-reliable green-generations systems like wind turbines and solar panels. According to ISO New England, which regulates power across the Northeast, regional electricity demand will increase by around 70% by 2040.
https://nypost.com/2023/12/02/opinion/power-prices-are-gonna-rise-shame-they-dont-have-to/

‘Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter’ Denounced as Greenwashing Scheme by Fossil Fuel Arsonists: “Voluntary pledges cannot be a substitute for a formal negotiated outcome at COP28 for countries to address the root cause of the climate crisis fossil fuels.” Hundreds of civil society groups and frontline voices from around the world condemned a voluntary pledge heralded by government leaders and fossil fuel giants, calling the “Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter” unveiled at the COP28 climate talks in Dubai nothing but a cynical industry-backed smokescreen
https://truthout.org/articles/fossil-fuel-companies-back-toothless-decarbonization-charter-at-cop28-in-dubai/

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
COP28 Coverage: The UN climate conference, kicks off in Dubai this week with our journalists on the ground. Over 70,000 delegates have arrived in the UAE for the 12 day summit, with world leaders attempting to forge an agreement on how to restrict global heating to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels – a rapidly diminishing window.
https://www.desmog.com/cop28-coverage/

The Great Simplification podcast: Pollution, population & purpose: Co-founder of GMO Financial Holdings, Jeremy Grantham, discuss how human population, ecology, and pollution (especially endocrine disrupting chemicals) interact to shape current trends and what they could tell us about the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTvN9iFJ0fY

England’s only resident population of bottlenose dolphins is under serious threat from a combination of human activity, environmental pollution and difficulties in rearing young that survive into adulthood, according to new research. The pod of 48 dolphins inhabits the coastline of the English Channel and is under threat from pollution and fishing
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/dolphins-england-pollution-sea-extinction-b2455259.html

North Atlantic orcas reveal the troubling persistence of toxic ocean pollutants: Scientists found that North Atlantic orcas feeding on marine mammals carry significantly higher levels of pollutants than orcas that eat fish. Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in the orcas’ blubber are ten times higher than the toxic threshold for these dangerous household chemicals.
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/north-atlantic-orcas-reveal-the-troubling-persistence-of-toxic-ocean-pollutants/

‘Forever chemicals’ are getting into ocean ecosystems: As these chemicals leach out of failing septic systems and landfills and wash off airport runways and farm fields, they can end up in streams that ultimately discharge into ocean ecosystems where fish, dolphins, manatees, sharks and other marine species live.
https://www.wuwf.org/florida-news/2023-11-26/forever-chemicals-are-getting-into-ocean-ecosystems-where-marine-life-dine

How ‘forever chemicals’ are using marine life to travel the world by sea
First it was PCBs, now it’s PFAS – harmful toxic pollutants that do not biodegrade are affecting ecosystems around the globe
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/14/forever-chemicals-pcb-pfas-use-marine-life-to-travel-world-by-sea

Microplastics found in D.C. rivers prompt funding for wider study: Some pollution was invisible to the naked eye, but with $90,000 in new grant money, a team of researchers was on hand to find it. The researchers weren’t looking for garbage bags or discarded bottles but hidden microplastics embedded in river sediment.
https://www.american.edu/media/news/20230920_microplastics-pollution.cfm

At COP28, the United States Will Stress an End to Fossil Emissions, Not Fuels: The Biden administration faces increasing international and domestic political pressure to endorse near-term cuts in coal, oil and natural gas. The United States, casting itself as a climate action leader despite its role as the world’s No. 1 oil and natural gas producer, will insist that any phase-down language be focused not on fossil fuels themselves, but on their emissions.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29112023/at-cop28-the-united-states-will-stress-an-end-to-fossil-emissions-not-fuels/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=5a168770e8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_12_02_02_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-5a168770e8-327817917

US Pledge to Loss and Damage Fund Calling ‘Insulting… Paltry… Shameful’: “The United States refuses to acknowledge historic responsibility for the decades of damage that has been done to communities bearing the brunt of climate change and the fossil fuel industry,” said one advocate. Bineshi Albert of the Climate Justice Alliance called it “insulting.” “It is a paltry, shameful amount of money that shows the U.S. is completely uninterested in prioritizing or being accountable to the climate impacts frontline communities are facing,” she said. The United States have pledged $17.5 million.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/us-loss-and-damage

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
In California, Farmers Test a Method to Sink More Water into Underground Stores: A novel program reimburses landowners for replenishing groundwater, in a bid to add regularity to the state’s boom and bust water system. Groundwater banking, where water is percolated underground and can then be pulled out by the same user later, has been in use in certain parts of California for decades, but new stores are being added. And some farmers in the Central Valley are letting their fields flood, allowing water to slowly sink underground.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/29112023/in-california-farmers-test-a-method-to-sink-more-water-into-underground-stores/#:~:text=Groundwater%20banking%2C%20where%20water%20is,water%20to%20slowly%20sink%20underground

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Another fruit company recalls cantaloupe products possibly linked to deadly outbreak: Cut Fruit Express Inc. of Inver Grove Heights, MN, is recalling Caribou Coffee Fruit Mix CHPG 6.5-ounce, and Cut Fruit Express Brand of 6.5-ounce, 15-ounce, 16-ounce and 32-ounce packages of fruit mix that contain cantaloupe and food service packages of 5-pound trays, 10-pound bags and 25-pound pails, because they have the potential to be contaminated. The FDA’s traceback investigation is ongoing but has identified Sofia Produce LLC dba TruFresh; Crown Jewels Produce; and Pacific Trellis Fruit dba Dulcinea as suppliers of the potentially contaminated whole “Malichita” or “Rudy” brand cantaloupes. All three companies have initiated recalls of their whole cantaloupes.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/12/another-fruit-company-recalls-cantaloupe-products-possibly-linked-to-deadly-outbreak/

# General News
Trump’s 48-Hour Manic Rant Had Immediate Consequences: The former president covered a lot of ground during his recent posting binge, most of it is insane. Kicking off the rapid-fire onslaught of posts late Tuesday, Trump called MSNBC’s coverage of the Republican Party “illegal activity,” adding that the “so-called ‘government’ should come down hard” on the news outlet and “make them pay.”
https://newrepublic.com/post/177220/trump-truth-social-engoron-gag

Trump Has Decided on a Crazy New Abortion Stance: The former president must think that voters haven’t been paying attention to what’s become a hot-button issue at the polls. Donald Trump, who has bragged about being the “most pro-life president in history,” now believes that he can convince voters that he’s actually a moderate on abortion rights.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-decided-crazy-abortion-stance-162815194.html

If Trump Wins Again, There May Be No Stopping Him: If a presidential candidate is telling you that he wants to end the republic, believe him. Trump all but promises authoritarian rule. Combined with his threats to use the Justice Department to round up leading Democrats, Trump is telegraphing his plans to govern as a dictator.
https://1ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fnewrepublic.com%2Farticle%2F177149%2Ftrump-wins-again-may-no-stopping

Trump is an unprecedented danger to democracy. It’s time we see him for who he really is: Trump’s plan if elected in 2024 should frighten us all. Is this really the administration that so many Republicans, and apparently a lot of independents, want?
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-unprecedented-danger-democracy-time-100923014.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
North Korea warns any interference with spy satellite would be ‘declaration of war’: “Any attack on space asset of DPRK will be deemed declaration of war against it,” a statement by a spokesperson for North Korea’s defense ministry reads, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency. The Biden administration “strongly condemned” the purported launch, arguing it violated United Nations Security Council resolutions because it used ballistic missile technology, which the U.N. has barred North Korea from using.
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4339008-north-korea-warns-interference-spy-satellite-war/

A downed Russian Shahed drone was found with a Ukrainian SIM card, suggesting the technology was used to pilot the explosive drone: This suggests the tech was used to pilot the attack drone, war analysts said.
Last month, Russia launched its largest drone attack against Kyiv in the war so far.
https://www.businessinsider.com/downed-russian-shahed-drone-found-with-ukrainian-sim-card-2023-12#:~:text=A%20downed%20Russian%20Shahed%20drone%20was%20reportedly%20found%20with%20a,in%20the%20war%20so%20far

Revealed: Europe’s role in the making of Russia killer drones: Kyiv says Iranian drones used by Russia in Ukraine have various European components. Iranian kamikaze drones used in the latest attacks on Ukrainian cities are filled with European components, according to a secret document sent by Kyiv to its western allies in which it appeals for long-range missiles to attack production sites in Russia, Iran and Syria.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/27/revealed-europes-role-in-the-making-of-russia-killer-drones

# Gov / Politics
Democracy Is in Peril, Just Not the Way We Thought: Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt explained “How Democracies Die.” Then they decided to look even deeper. A system-threatening genie had been let out of the bottle. And in a break from the normal patterns of punditry, academic scholars of democracy speak in more alarmed and perfervid terms than popular commentators. “This is no ordinary moment,” but one of “great peril and risk,” says one recent academic petition; “the crisis of American democracy is upon us,” states another.
https://newrepublic.com/article/176821/democracy-peril-just-not-way-thought

How Can We Possibly Be Sleepwalking into Another Trump Presidency? Here are six culprits who seem to think 2024 is just another election. “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. We should stop pretending.” They’re talking about it, I think, for two main reasons.
https://thenewrepublic.substack.com/p/how-can-we-possibly-be-sleepwalking?dicbo=v4-26vZG2U-1089107042

Mike Johnson Just Blew a Hole in the GOP’s Biden Impeachment Inquiry: An awkward exchange between the speaker and a Capitol Hill reporter highlighted the weakness of the case against the president. Although Republicans have been levying various accusations against Biden for the past few months, making multiple allegations of political corruption, they have yet to produce any actual evidence demonstrating that their charges have merit.
https://newrepublic.com/post/177176/mike-johnson-biden-impeachment-inquiry

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Republican Government Shutdown: Mere weeks after the House GOP tore themselves apart over their inability to pass a funding bill, they’re back at it again. Government shutdown is back on the menu. The House GOP has made some ominous omissions from this week’s agenda: the appropriations bills that are meant to forestall, say it with us, once again, the impending government shutdown that is now scheduled to occur in mid-January.
https://news.yahoo.com/beginning-look-lot-republican-government-163836645.html

Here’s How Biden Can Turn It Around
Top Democrats agree that the president needs more aggressiveness, more help from his friends and a few more friends. Liz Cheney, Rahm Emanuel and Mitt Romney can help.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/13/biden-2024-reelection-challenges-strategy-00126776

Biden sees hopeful signs for his reelection in Democrats’ 2023 wins. Others in his party are worried: Yet many Democrats are fearful there is a serious disconnect between the popularity of Biden’s agenda and the man himself, as the president’s approval ratings remain stubbornly low and voters continue to register concerns about his age.
https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-elections-democrats-republicans-1d7d39dc723817125d7e65a5e1e1b1a2

GOP AGs argue Colorado courts can’t remove Trump from primary ballot: A coalition of 19 attorneys general filed a brief with the Colorado Supreme Court arguing an appeal to keep former President Donald Trump off the primary ballot can’t be decided by the courts
https://www.kpvi.com/news/national_news/gop-ags-argue-colorado-courts-cant-remove-trump-from-primary-ballot/article_0172eabc-5726-5023-936b-411e83415669.html

# Military / DOD
The 15 wars you may not know the US is currently involved in: The ever-expanding American military footprint covers nearly every continent. The US controls about 750 bases in at least 80 countries worldwide and spends more on its military than the next 10 countries combined.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/10/infographic-us-military-presence-around-the-world-interactive#:~:text=173%2C000%20troops%20deployed
See also: How Many US Military Bases Are There in the World?
https://www.thesoldiersproject.org/how-many-us-military-bases-are-there-in-the-world/

# Military / Global
Israel’s AI-Aided Bomb Targeting Creates Massacre ‘Factory’ in Gaza: “This is the first AI-facilitated genocide in history,” said one observer. As Israel on Friday resumed bombarding Gaza following a weeklong pause, a joint investigation by a pair of progressive Israeli media outlets sheds new light on the Israel Defense Forces’ use of artificial intelligence to select targets, essentially creating what one former Israeli officer called a “mass assassination factory.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-civilian-casualties-2666414736

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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Border Patrol agents can resume cutting wire barrier placed at Texas border by Guard troops: Federal agents can resume a practice of cutting wire barrier placed near the U.S. border with Mexico by Texas National Guard troops after a judge ruled against a request from the state of Texas to stop them from doing so.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/30/texas-border-concertina-wire-judge-ruling/

ICE to close facility capable of housing thousands of illegal immigrants: Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are apparently set to shut down a California detention facility capable of housing roughly 2,000 illegal immigrants despite the crisis hindering the state.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/ice-close-facility-capable-housing-thousands-illegal-immigrants#:~:text=Immigration%20and%20Customs%20Enforcement%20o,the%20crisis%20hindering%20the%20state

House passes bill to stop federal funds being used to house Illegal immigrants: The bill, H.R.5283, would specifically prohibit federal funding from being used to provide housing for illegal immigrants on any land under the jurisdiction of the Federal Land Management agencies, including the National Park Service, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Forest
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/11/14/texas-house-border-wall-crossing-crime-bill/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
What Nikki Haley Has Said About Cutting Social Security: “Social Security will go bankrupt in 10 years,” Haley said during the Republican presidential debate in November. “What we need to do is keep our promises. Those who have been promised, should keep it. But for my kids in their 20s, you go and say we are going to change the rules, change the retirement age for them.”
https://www.newsweek.com/what-nikki-haley-has-said-about-cutting-social-security-1848779#:~:text=%22Social%20Security%20will%20go%20bankrupt,the%20retirement%20age%20for%20them.%22

Debanking saga spills into US as customers fume over closure of bank accounts: Many Americans who have been the victim of debanking say they receive ‘vague’ responses from their banks. Bank customers in the US have been left angry after their accounts were suddenly closed in the latest round of debanking across the US.
https://www.gbnews.com/news/us/debanking-america-bank-account-closures

# Education / Schools
District cites ‘educational larceny’ in aggressive audits of student housing: Since the 2018-19 school year Missouri’s Hazelwood School District has been conducting aggressive and intrusive investigations of student residency. District cites ‘educational larceny’ in aggressive audits of student housing. Since the 2018-19 school year, a Midwestern school district has sharply increased its rate of investigating student residency, deploying a team of employees who can use intrusive tactics.
https://publicintegrity.org/education/unhoused-and-undercounted/district-cites-educational-larceny-in-aggressive-audits-of-student-housing/#:~:text=Close-,District%20cites%20’educational%20larceny’%20in%20aggressive%20audits%20of%20student%20housing,who%20can%20use%20intrusive%20tactics

These programs make college possible for students with developmental disabilities: Inclusive postsecondary education programs help students with intellectual disabilities make friends and become independent adults. For students with intellectual and developmental disabilities, opportunities to attend college may appear few and far between. But this is changing, thanks to inclusive postsecondary education – known as IPSE – programs at colleges across the United States
https://theconversation.com/these-programs-make-college-possible-for-students-with-developmental-disabilities-212517#:~:text=For%20students%20with%20intellectual%20and,colleges%20across%20the%20United%20States

Segregation is back, now pushed by the ‘woke’: Evanston Township High School in Evanston, Illinois , offers ” affinity classes ” to students of color. According to the school district, the purpose of these classes is to help narrow the gap in academic performance between the races. They are designed to aid black and Latino students whose grades and achievements in the classroom are below those of their white peers, especially in AP courses. The school’s student population is 45% white, 23.4% black, 20.3% Hispanic, and 5.2% Asian. But while courses are optional and class segregation isn’t officially required, the district has made it clear they’re intended for students of color.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/segregation-is-back-now-pushed-by-the-woke

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals
Texas grid faces winter after failed attempt to get more power online: Nearly two years after Texas’ deadly 2021 winter storm, the ERCOT’s plan to entice companies to make more power available during tight conditions has failed. However, the grid operator’s president and CEO said Texas is still expected to have enough resources to meet demand this winter.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/01/texas-power-grid-ERCOT-winter-2023/?utm_source=Texas+Tribune+Newsletters&utm_campaign=35190119c2-trib-newsletters-thebrief&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-35190119c2-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=35190119c2&mc_eid=6f15633605

Austin coal plant: Despite the city of Austin commitment to being fully carbon-free by 2035, there’s been little movement on the closure of the Fayette Power Project, the coal plant responsible for about a quarter of our city’s greenhouse gas emissions.
https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2023-12-01/why-austin-cant-seem-to-quit-its-despised-coal-plant/?utm_source=Texas+Tribune+Newsletters&utm_campaign=35190119c2-trib-newsletters-thebrief&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-35190119c2-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=35190119c2&mc_eid=6f15633605

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure
Could This Substance Save Our Oceans From Plastic Hell? Plastic-eating bacteria are amazing. But they aren’t going to save the planet. But no matter what scientists may have discovered in this particular study, the stories you see in the media always seem to take the same spin: some variation of “these new plastic-eating bacteria will help us save the world from plastic pollution!”
https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/plastic-eating-bacteria-wont-save-us/

How bad is the plastic pollution of our oceans and can we stop it? At least 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year, and plastic makes up 80% of all marine debris found from surface waters to deep-sea sediments. Marine species ingest or are entangled by plastic debris, which causes severe injuries and death. A new analytical tool can show the main sources of plastic pollution and help governments determine how to best reduce the amount that is reaching the ocean.
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/trend/archive/winter-2022/our-ocean-is-choking-on-plastic-but-its-a-problem-we-can-solve

How can we reduce plastic pollution in the oceans and save marine life? Here’s what you can do:
Use reusable coffee cups and shopping bags instead of single-use ones. Reusable silicone bags and other durable containers can replace single-use plastic sandwich bags. When you shop, consider buying some grocery items in bulk by filling your own containers.
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/10-ways-reduce-plastic-pollution

How Do We Clean Up All That Ocean Plastic? There are currently 75 to 199 million tons of plastic polluting our oceans, according to the World Economic Forum. This is a result of humans recycling only nine percent of plastic waste and dumping 10 million tons of it into the seas each year.
https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/10/13/how-do-we-clean-up-all-that-ocean-plastic/

North Denver’s green space paradox: Will a billion-dollar infrastructure project heal a Colorado community — or displace its residents?
https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.12/communities-north-denvers-green-space-paradoxx?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2023-12-01-Newsletter

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global
Inside India’s Gargantuan Mission to Clean the Ganges River: The Ganges river is one of the world’s most sacred waterways, and one of its most polluted. To restore it, India is undertaking one of the biggest engineering programs in the history of sanitation. o date, the Namami Gange program has cost over 328 billion rupees ($3.77 billion) and promised the construction of more than 170 new sewage facilities and 5,211 kilometers of sewer lines, enough to cross the Atlantic Ocean. It is a fascinating test case in the global effort to clean up our rivers and seas.
https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/restoring-indias-holiest-river

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Freshwater Fish, Yet Most States Don’t Warn Residents: At least 17 states have issued PFAS-related fish consumption advisories, KFF Health News found, with some warning residents not to eat any fish caught in particular lakes or rivers because of dangerous levels of forever chemicals.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/pfas-forever-chemicals-freshwater-fish-regulatory-gap/#:~:text=At%20least%2017%20states%20have,dangerous%20levels%20of%20forever%20chemicals

# General News
‘Daily Show’ Brutally Eulogizes ‘War Criminal’ Kissinger: During his stint in government, Henry Kissinger supervised policies that took the lives of at least 3 million people.
https://truthout.org/articles/corporate-media-eulogize-kissinger-as-a-statesman-instead-of-a-war-criminal/

Kissinger’s Cluster Bombs Are Still Killing People in Asia: Henry Kissinger’s bombing campaign likely killed hundreds of thousands of Cambodians − and set path for the ravages of the Khmer Rouge
https://theconversation.com/henry-kissingers-bombing-campaign-likely-killed-hundreds-of-thousands-of-cambodians-and-set-path-for-the-ravages-of-the-khmer-rouge-209353

The CDC’s Gun Violence Research Is in Danger: In a year pocked with fights over US government funding, Republicans are quietly trying to strip the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of its ability to research gun violence.
https://www.wired.com/story/cdc-gun-violence-research-gop-proposal/#:~:text=In%20a%20year%20pocked%20with,ability%20to%20research%20gun%20violence

# Gov / Politics / Global
‘Historical opportunity’: Baltic nations seek to purge Russian influence in wake of Ukraine war: Twenty thousand Latvian residents are subject to an immigration law adopted after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that requires Russian citizens to prove a proficiency in Latvian in order to extend their residency. The policy is part of a host of controversial “de-Russification” measures sweeping the Baltics.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2023-11-24/baltics-russia-nato-12133369.html

North Korea rebuffs US ambassador’s offer to negotiate ‘on any topic’: The sister of North Korea’s leader has rejected a United States request for negotiations and likened the idea to a ploy by Washington to infringe on her country’s power to govern itself.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-11-29/kim-sister-rejects-us-north-korea-satellite-launches-12209900.html

Hamas: It Doesn’t Matter How Many Hostages Are Still Alive: A senior member of the Hamas terrorist movement stated that it is “not so important” how many hostages are still alive, in an interview with CBS news on Thursday. When asked by CBS how many hostages are still alive, the senior Hamas member, Ghazi Hamad, stated; “I don’t know. The number is not so important.”
https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/article-776037

Israel Plans to Kill Hamas Bosses Around Globe Postwar: Israeli officials told the newspaper that spy agencies, acting on orders from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—are drawing up plans to find and assassinate Hamas chiefs in Qatar, Turkey, and Lebanon, and that the deadly campaign could take years.
https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-plans-to-kill-hamas-leaders-around-the-world-after-war-da88e6b9

Israel Recalls Its Spanish Ambassador Amid Growing Feud: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he had “serious doubts that Israel is complying with international humanitarian law” in its bombardment of Gaza. The Israeli government recalled its ambassador in Madrid after the Spanish prime minister said he had “serious doubts that Israel is complying with international humanitarian law” in its bombardment of Gaza. Pedro Sánchez’s comments were made during an interview on Spain’s state broadcaster, TVE, on Thursday morning.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/30/spain-pm-pedro-sanchez-israel-hamas-terror-attacks-gaza

Top Israeli Official Reveals Chilling Plan for Rest of Gaza: Most of Gaza will meet “the same fate” as has the northern region, which has been bombed into oblivion, a top Israeli official warned in an interview with The Daily Beast.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/israeli-defense-forces-spokesman-says-most-of-southern-gaza-will-suffer-same-fate-as-north

America’s Far Right Is Calling for Civil War in Ireland: Following last week’s riots in Dublin, an alliance between far-right, anti-immigration influencers in the US and Ireland continues to grow.
https://www.wired.com/story/far-right-calling-for-ireland-civil-war/

# Gov / Politics
In Congress, Calls Mount for Social Security to Address Clawbacks: An investigation by KFF Health News and Cox Media Group gained further traction on Capitol Hill this week as additional members of Congress formally demanded answers from the Social Security Administration about billions of dollars it mistakenly paid to beneficiaries, and then ordered they repay.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2023/11/congress-calls-mount-social-security-address-clawbacks/392379/#:~:text=An%20investigation%20by%20KFF%20Health,and%20then%20ordered%20they%20repay

Nikki Haley Called Moscow Evil—But Hubby Flexed Russian Guns: Allied Defense, the military vehicle exporter co-owned by Nikki Haley’s husband, had an image of a Russian tanker on its website. That was until an inquiry from The Daily Beast.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/nikki-haley-husband-michael-haleys-firm-allied-defense-had-pic-of-russian-tank-on-website

It was billed as the “Red State vs. Blue State Debate” by moderator Sean Hannity, but DeSantis was thoroughly trounced by California Gov. Gavin Newsom: The 90-minute meeting was a hard-to-explain event that pitted one struggling Republican presidential hopeful against a Democratic rival who may or may not seek the presidency in four years.
https://time.com/6341265/ron-desantis-gavin-newsom-debate/

Serial Liar George Santos, Facing House Expulsion Vote, Promises To Go Down Fighting: Noted fabulist Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) defiantly said he’ll keep fighting to keep himself from being the sixth member ever to be expelled from Congress in a vote set for today. While a handful of Republicans defended him Thursday, GOP members led the debate to throw him out. “You, sir, are a crook,” said Rep. Max Miller
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/santos-to-fight-expulsion_n_65689a68e4b07b937ff3d188?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2023-12-01&utm_term=us-morning-email&email_hash=a0fc9b12cacd32ea6c05c417239d9ca02ed55e16

GOP Melts Down As Dick Durbin Uses Its Tactics For Advancing Biden Judges: “It’s called precedent,” the Senate Judiciary Committee chair said of violating the same rule that Republicans ignored to move forward with judicial nominees. Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee had full-blown meltdowns after chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) held votes on two of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees without allowing debate. It’s a tactic that Republicans used on Democrats twice
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dick-durbin-judiciary-committee-biden-judges_n_6568fef4e4b066e398b6fb64

Edward Blum’s crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists: Without much scrutiny or fanfare, Edward Blum has led the attack against federal minority voter protection laws and the use of race in college admissions. Blum’s subsequent conservative crusade and legal strategies derive from an unlikely source – the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, known as the NAACP, the very civil rights group that used the courts to dismantle racial segregation in its seminal 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education.
https://theconversation.com/edward-blums-crusade-against-affirmative-action-has-used-the-legal-strategy-developed-by-civil-rights-activists-215223

Santos expelled from Congress in historic vote: After a damning ethics report, and as he faces dozens of criminal charges, the US House of Representatives has expelled Congressman George Santos. The New York Republican is only the sixth lawmaker in history to be expelled from the lower chamber of Congress, and the first since 2002.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4337205-house-expels-george-santos/

# Law Enforcment
A First Amendment battle looms in Georgia, where the state is framing opposition to a police training complex as a criminal conspiracy: This isn’t the first time that US authorities have criminalized civil disobedience or framed grassroots organizing as a conspiracy.
https://theconversation.com/a-first-amendment-battle-looms-in-georgia-where-the-state-is-framing-opposition-to-a-police-training-complex-as-a-criminal-conspiracy-214820

# Medical / Health
What is ‘White Lung Syndrome,’ the Ohio child pneumonia outbreak? Ohio is the first state to report an outbreak of pediatric pneumonia. The average age of the affected children is 8, the youngest is 3. The most common symptoms are a cough, fever and fatigue
https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/ohio-child-pneumonia-white-lung-syndrome/

The South is ‘the epicenter’ of a new HIV crisis. Medicaid expansion could help: If Mississippi alongside the other six southern states affected by the surge in HIV cases expanded Medicaid, the program would provide more federal funds for the poorest people, including making pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, more widely available, a daily pill that’s been touted as a game changer because it’s so effective at preventing HIV.
https://publicintegrity.org/health/the-south-is-the-epicenter-of-a-new-hiv-crisis-medicaid-expansion-could-help/#:~:text=If%20Mississippi%20alongside%20the%20other,game%20changer%20because%20it’s%20so

Nanoplastics Linked to Parkinson’s and Some Types of Dementia – new study: By Janosch Heller, Dublin City University Since it was first produced at the start of the 20th century, synthetic plastic – and especially plastic packaging, has been an ever-present fixture in everyday life.
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2023/11/nanoplastics-linked-to-parkinsons-and-some-types-of-dementia-new-study.html

# Military / DOD
N. Korea to boost war capability amid new US sanctions: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for the military’s readiness to respond to “any provocation by enemies”, state media said on Friday, coming as the United States slapped fresh sanctions against the isolated country, following its launch of a spy satellite last week.
https://nz.finance.yahoo.com/video/n-korea-boost-war-capability-080941789.html

US to increase weapons deployment to counter North Korea: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said the United States will increase its deployment of advanced weapons such as fighter jets and bombers to the Korean Peninsula as it strengthens joint training and operational planning with South Korea in response to a growing North Korean nuclear threat.
https://apnews.com/article/politics-united-states-government-south-korea-lloyd-austin-north-0bdc85edf1b5ef8d88375de76beb40f5

U.S. arms transfers to Israel: over 70,000 weapons since 1950: A detailed report unveils the extent of U.S. military aid to Israel, spotlighting the profound implications of this support on the longstanding conflict in Gaza.
https://www.axios.com/2023/11/29/us-weapons-provided-israel-aircraft-missiles-bombs

# Military / Global
Ceasefire Deal Expires as Israel Resumes Fighting in Gaza: The pause had raised hopes for a broader deal, but that appeared to have collapsed as the two sides traded blame while smoke rose from Gaza’s ruined skyline and sirens wailed in Israeli border communities.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/12/1/israel-hamas-war-live-relief-and-joy-as-more-palestinian-prisoners-freed

Chinese Spy Balloons Linked to Hypersonic Missile Program to Prepare for ‘Merciless’ Attacks on U.S: New Beijing command looks to dominate ‘near-space’ — domain the U.S. says does not exist. The report by a group of researchers at the National University of Defense Technology states that the military set up a command for hypersonic missiles and high-altitude balloons, such as the suspected surveillance balloon shot down in February off the South Carolina coast by an Air Force jet fighter after traversing much of the continental U.S. The report, “Near Space Operations Command,” made public during a Beijing conference on command and control in October, said the new operations command will direct hypersonic missiles against heavily protected targets, including communications equipment and hubs in the heartland of an adversary.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/nov/30/china-defense-report-links-high-altitude-spy-ballo/

# Planetary
Earth is moving towards a 25-hour day as its rotation changes: Projections suggest that in 200 million years, a day will extend to 25 hours. This evolving dynamic of Earth’s rotation underscores the importance of advanced measurements, though it leaves one to wonder who or what might be around to witness these changes in the distant future.
https://www.earth.com/news/earths-rotation-is-shifting-toward-a-25-hour-day/

# Social
Holidays Canceled for South Carolina Trailer Park Residents After New Property Owner Sends Eviction Notices: Neighbors at the Mustang Village Mobile Home Park in Greenville said they had to abandon their holiday plans after learning in early November that they needed to be out by Dec. 3. Some said that with nowhere to go, they could soon end up homeless, news station WYFF reported.
https://themessenger.com/news/holidays-canceled-for-south-carolina-trailer-park-residents-after-new-property-owner-sends-eviction-notices

# Space
‘Cannibal’ Sun Eruption to Hit Earth Friday, May Affect Satellites, Radio: A “cannibal” ejection of solar plasma from the sun is due to slam into the Earth on Friday, triggering “strong” geomagnetic storms in the atmosphere that could affect electronic communications
https://www.newsweek.com/cannibal-cme-space-weather-geomagnetic-storms-1848341

# Veterans / VA
94-Year-Old Veteran Struggles After Being Kicked Out of Nursing Home, Replaced by Migrants: ‘It’s Not Fair’: Frank Tammaro was given less than two months’ notice he and 53 other seniors would have to move out of Island Shores Residences in March, and had to make other living arrangements.
https://nypost.com/2023/11/30/news/army-vet-kicked-out-of-nyc-nursing-home-to-make-room-for-migrants/

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# Indigenous
A tribal-led effort to protect marine life in California faces headwinds: The proposed Chumash Heritage National Marine Sanctuary could create a new model for Native co-management of public lands.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/24/travel/chumash-marine-sanctuary-morro-bay-california.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNQtYn2ON$

# Chemicals
Democrats unveil ‘most comprehensive plan ever’ to address plastics problem: As plastic litter builds up in the environment, polluting landscapes and poisoning ecosystems, U.S. lawmakers have unveiled their “most comprehensive plan ever” to tackle the problem. The sweeping bill is unlikely to pass, but its components could still make an impact.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/politics/democrats-unveil-most-comprehensive-plan-ever-to-address-plastics-problem/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNe-9bXDN$

EPA to Fund Studies of Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Agriculture: The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday $8 million in new research funding to understand how the toxic compounds known as “forever chemicals” are affecting plants and animals in agricultural, rural and tribal communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/30102023/epa-to-fund-studies-of-toxic-forever-chemicals-in-agriculture/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNW4TL6KL$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Joe Biden Wants to Change Social Security, but His Plan Would Cost America $273 Billion: For better or worse, Social Security serves as a financial foundation for most retirees. Nearly 9 out of 10 retired workers are reliant on Social Security income, in some capacity, to cover their monthly expenses.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sharewise.com/us/news_articles/Joe_Biden_Wants_to_Change_Social_Security_but_His_Plan_Would_Cost_America_273_Billion_TheMotleyFool_20231029_0844__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNWMt2FLU$

# Education / Schools
Cornell on Alert After Threats to Campus Jewish Community: The antisemitic threats were posted to a website unaffiliated with Cornell under pseudonyms like “hamas,” “jew evil,” and “jew jenocide.” Threatening statements about Jews on an internet discussion board have unnerved students at Cornell University and prompted officials to send police to guard a Jewish center and kosher dining hall
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/10/29/news/cornell-on-alert-after-messages-threaten-campus-jewish-community/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNUdyqqcP$

# Employment / Labor
UAW President Says Workers Must ‘Flex Our Collective Muscles’ to Win Class War: “One of our biggest goals coming out of this historic contract victory is to organize like we’ve never organized before,” said United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain. The UAW’s huge contract wins at Detroit automakers represent “a call to action” for working people everywhere to flex their collective muscle against “the billionaire class,” president Shawn Fain told union members Sunday evening
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/10/30/uaw-ford-shawn-fain-contract-deal__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNV4y-50K$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals They went hunting for fossil fuels. What they found could help save the world: They did not expect to discover something which could supercharge the effort to tackle the climate crisis. White hydrogen! Hydrogen produces only water when burned, making it very attractive as a potential clean energy source for industries https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/29/climate/white-hydrogen-fossil-fuels-climate/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNcQP1J-D$

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure Environmental crime money easy to stash in US due to loopholes, report finds: Secrecy and lax oversight mean illegal loggers and miners in Amazon can park billions in real estate and other assets.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/epa-lead-water-pipe-announcement-flint-44b774f4a96567429b44badf9c89129a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNWCYAR7j$

Another state refuses to cooperate with EPA on environmental justice: Texas told EPA it wouldn’t negotiate to resolve complaints alleging discriminatory decisions on pollution. EPA says it will continue to investigate, a process that could end with enforcement action.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://publicintegrity.org/environment/pollution/environmental-justice-denied/texas-refuses-to-cooperate-with-epa-environmental-justice/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNbOU87lB$

How the US supreme court and an Idaho couple upended wetlands protection: This case, brought by an Idaho couple, Michael and Chantell Sackett, who wanted to fill in a section of wetland to develop a house in Priest Lake without getting a permit first, has upended previous assumptions about the protection of wetlands and now places many of the remaining, prized wetlands at risk.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/29/us-supreme-court-idaho-wetlands-protection-climate-crisis*:*:text=This*20case*2C*20brought*20by*20an,remaining*2C*20prized*20wetlands*20at*20risk__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNR8W6M7z$

States, Tribe, and Green Groups to Sue EPA Over Failing to Cap Climate Pollution: Minnesota, Oregon, the San Carlos Apache Tribe, the Center for Biological Diversity, and 350.org filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to act on a 2009 petition urging a nationwide greenhouse gas pollution cap under the Clean Air Act.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/epa-lawsuit-greenhouse-gas-cap__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNdStUhJ2$

Climate Groups Back Efforts to End Tens of Billions in Foreign Fossil Fuel Subsidies. Over 250 climate groups from 30 countries published an open letter on Monday urging governments that endorsed a global pledge at the United Nations summit in Scotland two years ago to support new efforts to cut off subsidies for foreign fossil fuel projects. “This is the moment where OECD countries can turn their words into action,” said an Oil Change International strategist. “All eyes are on them, the world is watching. Immediate action is necessary.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/oecd-foreign-fossil-fuel-subsidies*:*:text=Over*20250*20climate*20groups*20from,for*20foreign*20fossil*20fuel*20projects__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNTLENsop$

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global The unseen toxic threat contaminating wildlife worldwide: An unseen but growing chemical contamination crisis is threatening wildlife across all seven continents, exacerbating a host of environmental threats they’re already facing. Plastic pollution in the oceans is killing albatrosses, the climate crisis threatens polar bears, and chimpanzees are at risk from deforestation
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/4279490-chemical-crisis-the-unseen-toxic-threat-contaminating-wildlife-worldwide/?utm_source=Newswav&utm_medium=Website__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNbz6YyZv$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Türkiye to introduce Israel to world as a war criminal: Turkish President Erdogan,”I am asking West, do you want to create another Crusader War atmosphere?” Erdogan, Those shedding crocodile tears for civilians killed in Ukraine-Russia war silently watching killing of children in Gaza, says Turkish president
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/10/28/713585/Turkey-will-declare-Israel-occupier-war-criminal-Erdogan-Istanbul-rally__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNSbM6MWZ$

Experts say Hamas and Israel are committing war crimes in their fight: The deadly attacks by Hamas on Israeli civilians and the devastating Israeli airstrikes and blockade of Gaza have raised accusations among international legal experts that both sides were violating international law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-war-crimes-icc-1a42212b95a7f6ce54909fb22e0d681d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNcMHUdS5$

Why North Korea is in shock when it starts ‘South Korea-U.S. joint military drills’: Last month, on the 28th, the Son Won-il-class submarine ‘Jeong Ji’ arrived at the US naval base in Guam to participate in the US-South Korea joint anti-submarine exercise known as ‘Silent Shark.’ On the 29th, North Korea fiercely criticized the recent US-South Korea joint military exercises, accusing them of “provoking war against the North.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kangnamtimes.com/trending/article/56019/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNd7HMAei$

Hamas Blocks Foreign Nationals From Leaving Gaza: The United States is blaming militant group Hamas for not letting American citizens and other foreign nationals out of Gaza as Israel intensifies its offensive in the enclave.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/29/israel-war-hamas-blocks-foreign-nationals-from-leaving-gaza/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNUUCT0eF$

Hundreds of people reportedly stormed into a Russian airport, chanting antisemitic slogans and seeking passengers arriving on a flight from Tel Aviv, Israel.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/war-in-israel/hundreds-storm-russian-airport-flight-israel/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNWOI60BV$

Erdogan Threatens To Declare War On Israel And Send Military To Gaza In Chilling Warning: Turkey’s president appears to have threatened to intervene in Gaza in an impassioned speech at a pro-Palestine rally this evening. Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivered a speech to a rally this afternoon in which he told attendees Israel was responsible for war crimes, and framed Hamas as “freedom fighters.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-israel-hamas-turkey-erdogan-gaza-253938770481__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNTa_SxhA$

New danger for Ukraine: Taking Israel’s side in war against Hamas and Gaza: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came out fast and strong in support of Israel, but that has imperiled relations with Arab and Muslim nations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s immediate and forceful support for Israel in its fight against Hamas has imperiled almost a year of concerted efforts by Kyiv to win the support of Arab and Muslim nations in its war against Russia https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/10/29/ukraine-israel-gaza-russia-support/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNdLOwfAl$

Israel Has Killed More Kids in 3 Weeks Than Were Killed in All Global Conflicts Annually Since 2019: “One child’s death is one too many, but these are grave violations of epic proportions,” said the humanitarian group Save the Children. “A cease-fire is the only way to ensure their safety.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/children-gaza-israel__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNbrzozxo$

# Gov / Politics
Rights Lawyers Release Legal Analysis of U.S. Complicity in Israel’s Unfolding Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza: On the heels of President Biden’s visit to Israel and as the Palestinian death toll in Gaza passes 3,300, expert attorneys from the U.S.-based Center for Constitutional Rights released a legal and factual analysis of Israel’s unfolding crime of genocide against the Palestinian people and U.S. complicity in this grave international law violation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/rights-lawyers-release-legal-analysis-us-complicity-israel-s__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNfUfQa8t$

Why This Election Is the Most Crucial Since the Civil War: Matt Bennett, co-founder of national think-tank Third Way, tells The New Abnormal why a second Trump presidency would be a “catastrophe” and leave America “unrecognizable.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-the-next-presidential-election-is-the-most-important-since-the-civil-war-if-donald-trump-is-elected__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNYrlcIQ8$

Nikki Haley May Be the Trump Alternative. She May Hate That: Nikki Haley is enjoying a bit of a surge among the Trump alternatives. Ultimately, that might hurt her more in the long run. Just ask Ron DeSantis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/nikki-haley-may-be-the-viable-trump-alternative-she-may-end-up-hating-that__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNbow4H2-$

Rep. Mike Johnson’s Vision for the Republican Party: When Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) first ran for chairman of the Republican Study Committee in 2018, he posed a thought-provoking question to his fellow caucus members. He ‌asked them to imagine being in ‌an elevator with a millennial wearing a shirt that proudly proclaimed their progressive beliefs. With just a few minutes‍ to spare, how could they engage in a conversation that would convince this young person that Republican values and conservatism are superior?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.conservativenewsdaily.net/breaking-news/speaker-johnson-has-big-plans-for-house-gop-and-theyre-rooted-in-seven-key-principles/?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=conservnewsd__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNdJgPlFq$

Protests surge globally as Gaza death toll rises to unprecedented levels: Massive protests sweep the nation as global outrage over Gaza crisis reaches fever pitch: In a country where mainstream media often casts a shadow over the plight of Palestinians, the grassroots movement demanding justice is creating its own spotlight. “People are waking up to the dire situation in Gaza.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/11/world/global-protests-israel-hamas-war-intl-cmd/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNbppclCY$

# Legal / DOJ
‘Charged Lemonade’ Gets New Warning After Death: Sarah Katz, who had a heart disease, drank a large “Charged Lemonade” just hours before her death. Panera Locations Install New Warning on Charged Lemonade Dispenser After Lawsuit Over Customer’s Death. When customers try ordering a beverage on the Panera website, a similar warning message now appears at the top: “Charged Sips contain 245-390mg of CAFFEINE – Consume in Moderation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://people.com/panera-locations-put-up-new-warning-charged-lemonade-dispenser-customer-death-8384473__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNdWjOmzo$

Donald Trump Might Have Just Opened a Legal ‘Pandora’s Box’: Democratic Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s case against Trump is so convoluted that even the Washington Post thinks it’s a stretch — and one that sets an ominous precedent. It threatens to open a Pandora’s box of political indictments against former presidents and other elected officials, as well as their family members, by local prosecutors seeking to settle political scores.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/04/03/alvin-braggs-indictment-of-donald-trump-might-open-a-pandoras-box-for-democrats/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNfvjPT9v$

“Freedom of Speech Does Not Apply to Lies”: Biden’s Supreme Court Win Raises Concerns About Censorship: The decision in a short unsigned order puts on hold a Louisiana-based judge’s ruling in July that specific agencies and officials should be barred from meeting with companies to discuss whether certain content should be stifled.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-blocks-biden-social-media-curbs-rcna105785__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNXOkj0xC$
See also: The application for stay is also treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the petition is granted on the questions presented in the application. The stay shall terminate upon the sending down of the judgment of this Court.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23a243_7l48.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNTg4VVp4$

Biden DOJ ‘Bending Over Backwards’ to Protect Corporate Criminals: “If you steal a penny in America, you are a criminal,” said the watchdog group Public Citizen. “If you steal millions, you are a multinational corporation.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-doj-corporate-crime__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNezHIYXj$

# Medical / Health
By allowing insurers to outsource Medicaid decisions to a profit-hungry middleman, therapists and children say Florida’s left them with no say over vital medical care.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/voiceless-medicaid-scheme-harms-children-and-therapists/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNTw_9cHY$

# Medical Science
New study identifies common physical features in babies born to mothers who used fentanyl: Babies born to mothers who used fentanyl during pregnancy displayed similar facial and musculoskeletal abnormalities that suggest the emergence of a novel syndrome, according to research published in the journal Genetics in Medicine Open. Gripp said the infants all had small heads, short stature, and distinctive facial features. Multiple infants had cleft palate, “rocker bottom” feet, and malformed genital organs. Other common features included short, broad thumbs, a single palmar crease, and fused toes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://neurosciencenews.com/fentanyl-birth-abnormalities-25114/*:*:text=Gripp*20said*20the*20infants*20all,palmar*20crease*2C*20and*20fused*20toes__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNRz-9Nxn$

# Military / DOD
Final Army base stripped of Confederate name as Fort Gordon becomes Fort Eisenhower: The names of Confederate leaders who took up arms against the United States in the Civil War have been fully stripped from Army installations, as the former Fort Gordon in Georgia was renamed Fort Eisenhower on Friday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/branches/army/2023-10-27/fort-eisenhower**Agordon-georgia-confederate-11850282.html__;wqA!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNX3svo4t$

900 US troops deploying to Middle East to support Israel, add stability, Pentagon says: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin decided several days ago to put 2,000 troops on pre-deployment orders to prepare for possible missions in the Middle East. The Pentagon said some of those orders have been activated
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3570670/us-military-continues-focus-on-supporting-israel-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNc6Ao209$

The U.S. military is developing a modern version of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, which has been a mainstay in its arsenal for decades, the Pentagon said Friday. The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) would produce the B61-13.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3571660/department-of-defense-announces-pursuit-of-b61-gravity-bomb-variant/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNWF-iOVD$

U.S. and South Korean troops joined forces this week to prepare for “Hamas-style surprise” attacks, potentially out of Pyongyang. The two forces regularly conduct live fire and other training, but this week’s drills come after Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on Israel raised security jitters in South Korea, which shares the world’s most heavily fortified border with rival North Korea
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/10/27/news/south-korean-and-us-forces-stage-drills-for-reaction-to-possible-hamas-style-attack-by-north-korea/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNU0-zHMM$

# Military / Global
Israel Strikes the Outskirts of Gaza City During a Second Ground Raid in as Many Days: Forces backed by fighter jets and drones carried out a second ground raid into Gaza in as many days and struck targets on the outskirts of Gaza City, the military said Friday, as it prepares for a widely expected ground invasion of the Hamas-ruled territory.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/international/4279064-israel-targets-gaza-city-outskirts-in-second-ground-raid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNcvEdYYa$

# Science
Scientific American has become a ’scientific sewer’, promoting ideological rubbish on the evolution of male-female differences, claims University of Chicago biologist Jerry Coyne: But the authors’ defense of their hypothesis is deeply flawed. Here are six reasons:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/10/30/viewpoint-scientific-american-has-become-a-scientific-sewer-promoting-ideological-rubbish-on-the-evolution-of-male-female-differences-claims-university-of-chicago-biologist-jerry-coyne/?mc_cid=b6628aee93&mc_eid=c87bac2a19__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNeAHA98J$

‘Crime of insincerity’: What happens when researchers publish scientific results they don’t believe in? Researchers tend to get into trouble when their published numbers have been faked, or when their math is incorrect. Other matters of dubious judgment—whether pertaining to a study’s design or its interpretation—would fall under the more permissive auspices of scholarly debate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/10/30/crime-of-insincerity-what-happens-when-researchers-publish-scientific-results-they-dont-believe-in?action=genpdf&id=2474895__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNaehX-Ev$

# UFO Disclosure / Other
The enigmatic ‘Ancient Alien Library’ concealed beneath the Great Sphinx: This raises questions about the existence of an advanced society or the involvement of extraterrestrials in the creation of this enigmatic library. Further exploration and research into UFO phenomena may shed light on the true secrets hidden beneath the Great Sphinx
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-769738__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNerSLXun$

# Water
EPA to strengthen lead protections in drinking water after multiple crises, including Flint: Now the agency is aiming to further reduce lead levels in drinking water and tighten a rule that failed to prevent recent drinking water crises in cities like Flint, Michigan, and Newark, New Jersey.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/epa-lead-water-pipe-announcement-flint-44b774f4a96567429b44badf9c89129a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3TfXc7ClNpCoyNx4pzG_51cL0_ge14sf1IRCNPe8Wa5PkZHz1n1rle-wJHMYAzFJXjaJve20pBx6k7A4yM6mJ-oCNWCYAR7j$

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October 26, 2023
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# Indigenous / Global
How to rebuild First Nations food systems in B.C: Communities are working toward food sovereignty one morsel at a time. First Nations are fuelling their people with sustainably harvested, healthy and culturally safe foods amid a changing climate https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/rebuilding-food-sovereignty-experts/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYHqPFQq3$

# Archaeology
Earthquake in Mexico unearths spectacular Aztec serpent’s head relic: The nearly six-foot-long sculpture features well-preserved colors on 80 percent of its surface. The sculpture had been lying about 15 feet below the surface. Weighing in at 1.3 tons, it measures 5.9 feet long, 2.8 feet high and 3.3 feet wide https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-preserve-a-giant-colorful-aztec-snakehead-uncovered-by-an-earthquake-180983127/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYB7Wxzkd$

# Education / Schools
Celebrating Terrorism is a Psychological and Moral Failure: On American university campuses, Ivy League professors praised Hamas’s “awesome victory” and called it “exhilarating” and “energizing.” Students shouted, “Glory to the martyrs!” While this may express antisemitism, I don’t think that’s the whole story.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/celebrating-terrorism-is-a-psychological-and-moral-failure/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYEXnEm0_$

With cyber attacks on the rise, schools brace for higher costs: The GAO report found financial losses to school districts ranged from $50,000 to
$1 million. The GAO also noted that the “precise national magnitude of cyberattacks on K-12 schools is unknown.” Experts said many attacks are not reported. The issue isn’t limited to schools.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_ed53ace8-7343-11ee-b531-672820538de5.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYNL2qNS-$

# Employment / Labor
The United Auto Workers union and Ford have reached a tentative agreement that could end the nearly six-week strike against the iconic Detroit automaker, the union announced. If workers like the deal, it could serve as a blueprint to resolve contract talks with two other automakers https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/auto-workers-strikes-ford-general-motors-stellantis-08a81503d72e44d4efa40549f684d5a2__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYB7eue-w$

‘A Big Deal’: New NLRB Joint-Employer Rule Will Close Workers’ Rights Loophole: The new rule “will help restore fairness to an economy rigged against workers,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/nlrb-joint-employer-rule__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYLMQ9a1J$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals Inside the Campaign That Put an Oil Boss in Charge of a Climate Summit: Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of the UAE’s national oil company, secured the COP28 presidency despite questions over his green credentials. Al Jaber’s role as both summit president and Adnoc CEO is unprecedented. Amnesty International labeled it a conflict of interest and said Al Jaber was “unfit” to lead the climate talks, while activists have compared his appointment to putting a tobacco company in charge of an anti-smoking campaign.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/10/25/cop28-uae-oil-climate-sultan-al-jaber/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYNiNbbZM$

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure N.C. Gov. Cooper issues environmental justice order, says it will “last beyond this administration”: On Tuesday Gov. Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 292, “Advancing Environmental Justice for North Carolina.”
Hundreds of communities across North Carolina are burdened by multiple pollution sources https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ncnewsline.com/2023/10/25/gov-cooper-issues-environmental-justice-order-says-it-will-last-beyond-this-administration/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYBz2o17Z$

Weldon Spring uranium plant contaminated Missouri lakes with radioactive waste: Testing results from sampling conducted by the Department of Energy show that, in the 1980s and 1990s, three lakes within the Busch conservation area, almost 7,000 acres of some of the busiest fishing lakes and hiking trails in the state, contained higher-than-natural levels of uranium and radioactivity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://missouriindependent.com/2023/10/25/weldon-spring-uranium-plant-contaminated-missouri-lakes-with-radioactive-waste/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYIbGbab_$

House Republicans get back to business with climate cuts: It would slash renewable energy and climate-friendly programs passed last year . “The bill cuts more than $5 billion in spending that was passed as part of Democrats’ signature climate, tax and health care bill, which was approved without GOP support last year.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4277764-house-republicans-pass-first-government-funding-bill-since-mccarthy-ouster/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYFXPZ_bf$

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / Global New study reveals melting ice shelves in Antarctica inevitable no matter the climate initiatives: The analysis shows the rate at which the melting of ice shelves floating in the Amundsen Sea in west Antarctica is three times faster in this century than the 20th century. Accelerated ice melt in west Antarctica is inevitable for the rest of the century no matter how much carbon emissions are cut, research indicates. The implications for sea level rise are “dire”, scientists say, and mean some coastal cities may have to be abandoned.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/10/26/new-study-reveals-melting-ice-shelves-in-antarctica-inevitable-no-matter-the-climate-initiatives/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYJzotMZd$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
The Smell of Money: Inside the fight to take on ‘unbelievable’ pig farm pollution: A new documentary has stirred up anger with its portrayal of a North Carolina community suffering as a result of pork factory toxic waste. The film captures the toxic hog waste produced in North Carolina’s concentrated animal feeding operations, which is then sprayed across fields near people’s homes, producing a foul and debilitating stench that has severe health impacts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/25/the-smell-of-money-documentary-pork-pollution*:*:text=The*20film*20captures*20the*20toxic,that*20has*20severe*20health*20impacts__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYFESRFDK$

Consumer Reports Urges Hershey’s to Get Heavy Metals Out of Chocolate Products. Latest CR Tests Find Concerning Levels of Lead in Hershey’s Cocoa Powder and Milk Chocolate; Previous Tests Found Hershey’s Dark Chocolate High in Lead and Cadmium. Last year, CR found that a number of Hershey’s dark chocolate bars had some of the highest levels of lead or cadmium of all brands it tested.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.consumerreports.org/media-room/press-releases/2023/10/consumer-reports-urges-hersheys-to-get-heavy-metals-out-of-chocolate-products/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYNOFBO62$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia maneuvers carefully over the Israel-Hamas war as it seeks to expand its global clout: Russia has issued carefully calibrated criticism of both sides in the war between Israel and Hamas. But the conflict also is giving Moscow bold new opportunities — to advance its role as a global power broker and challenge Western efforts to isolate it over Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/international-headlines/ap-russia-maneuvers-carefully-over-the-israel-hamas-war-as-it-seeks-to-expand-its-global-clout/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYIkORYbQ$

# Gov / Politics
Matt Gaetz is the big winner of GOP’s House speaker battle: “MAGA Mike” Johnson (as Gaetz affectionately calls him) new Speaker of the House of Representatives. Johnson played a key role in trying to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election. In fairness, it’s unclear how newly-minted House Speaker Mike Johnson will lead.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nation.lk/online/mike-johnson-got-elected-but-matt-gaetz-is-the-big-winner-of-gop-s-house-speaker-battle-236218.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYJxsi30F$

New Speaker Mike Johnson’s Long History With The Religious Right: Come for the Noah’s Ark theme park, stay for the relentless efforts to strip women’s and LGBTQ+ rights. Newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson’s path in Republican politics began with a yearslong role as the senior attorney and national spokesperson for a group on the religious right dedicated to dismantling LGBTQ+ freedoms and outlawing abortion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-johnson-alliance-defending-freedom-lgbtq-abortion_n_65397493e4b0c8556103d114__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYNQ9lmlC$

Americans say government is too big, has too much power: Newly released polling data shows most American think the government is too big and has too much power. Gallup released the new survey data, which shows that 54% of surveyed Americans say government is “trying to do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses.” That number has stayed relatively the same since 2021. Overall, only 43% of surveyed Americans say the government should be doing more.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/poll-americans-say-government-is-too-big-has-too-much-power*:*:text=Gallup*20released*20the*20new*20survey,government*20should*20be*20doing*20more__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYM0nx2y4$

Biden Requests $16 Billion for Child Care, $23 Billion for Disaster Relief: The White House is asking Congress for $16 billion to fund child-care programs in the current fiscal year, along with $23 billion for natural disaster relief. The request is part of a roughly $50 billion supplemental package the Biden administration is sending to lawmakers to address a variety of domestic needs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fortune.com/2023/10/26/biden-administration-congress-56-billion-emergency-spending-disaster-relief-child-care-high-speed-internet/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYAD2jd-p$

Nearly 300 Bernie Sanders Alumni Call On Senator to Back a Ceasefire in Gaza: They urge him to support ending U.S. military funding for Israeli war crimes, occupation and settlement expansion.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/over-300-former-staffers-call-on-sanders-to-lead-ceasefire-resolution-in-senate/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYHdAPD8e$

Secret U.S. War in Lebanon Is Tinder for Escalation of Israel–Gaza Conflict: Billions in security aid to Lebanon, along with off-the-books commandos, could embroil the U.S. in a regional conflagration. Experts say that secrecy surrounding the 127e program in Lebanon, known as Lion Hunter, whose existence The Intercept revealed last year, could embroil the U.S. in a wider war in the Middle East and pose an additional threat to U.S. troops.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/10/24/israel-lebanon-us-military-hezbollah/*:*:text=Experts*20say*20that*20secrecy*20surrounding,additional*20threat*20to*20U.S.*20troops__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYB1ERsLL$

Gaza and the Empathy Gap: How we Americans feel about Gazans living under Israeli bombs does matter, since we’re the ones financing it https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/10/23/gaza-israel-hamas-war/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYG32iMj0$

‘Kick Him Off the Ballot’: Trump Was Just Handed a Big Legal Defeat: A Colorado state judge handed former President Donald Trump his first defeat in the drive to bar the former president from the ballot.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kick-him-off-the-ballot-trump-was-just-handed-a-big-legal-defeat/ar-AA1iU2IV?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=ec9315fddbc4407fa712858d63fc12ce&ei=17__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYP6r1H35$

So Biden’s a no-show on the New Hampshire primary ballot. What happens next: President Joe Biden wasn’t successful in unseating New Hampshire from the first-in-the-nation primary slot it has held for more than a century, but his campaign’s announcement this week that he won’t appear on the state’s 2024 primary ballot has nonetheless added a new wrinkle to the contest and created complications for his campaign, state election officials, and voters.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/biden-new-hampshire-primary-delegates-2024-election-d2bad477a8505d9ae953bb4772f2161b__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYN_6WErg$

The New Speaker Is Not Just Trump’s Man; He’s Putin’s Man, Too: Johnson is a leading advocate of the three strands of contemporary Republicanism. First, he favors gutting social provision, privatizing Medicare, reducing the annual Social Security COLAs, and raising the age for Social Security eligibility to 69. Second, he is a biblical culture warrior, mixing theocracy with statecraft even while reducing Christianity to a kind of pre-Enlightenment primitivism. Third, he is and has been the shrewdest Trump champion on Capitol Hill, having persuaded a majority of House Republicans in the aftermath of the 2020 election to attempt to overturn its outcome not on the grounds of fraud but on legal technicalities that the Supreme Court instantly rejected.
Johnson serves up his noxious brew with a calm and affable manner.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-10-26-new-speaker-trumps-man-putins-man/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYGLrz5Ej$

‘I am a Zionist’: How Joe Biden’s lifelong bond with Israel shapes war policy: During his 36 years in the Senate, Biden was the chamber’s biggest recipient in history of donations from pro-Israeli groups, taking in $4.2 million. As vice president, Biden often mediated the testy relationship between Obama and Netanyahu.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gvwire.com/2023/10/23/i-am-a-zionist-bidens-lifelong-bond-with-israel-shapes-war-policy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYBBzEeGr$

Biden Approval Among Democrats Falls 11 Points as He Greenlights Israeli Assault on Gaza: A Gallup survey released Thursday shows that U.S. President Joe Biden’s approval rating among Democrats has fallen by 11 percentage points this month, a possible indication that his unconditional support for Israel as it carries out massacres in the Gaza Strip is angering part of his base.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-approval-democrats-gaza*:*:text=A*20Gallup*20survey*20released*20Thursday,angering*20part*20of*20his*20base__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYFIEZj5S$

Amnesty Demands Immediate Cease-Fire in Gaza as Israel Readies ‘Cataclysmic’ Invasion: “Urgent action is needed to protect civilians and prevent further staggering levels of human suffering.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/amnesty-cease-fire-gaza__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYMbCQYuQ$

# Law Enforcment
Manhunt: Suspect in Double Mass Shooting on the Run in Maine: A man shot and killed at least 16 people at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Maine and then fled into the night, sparking a massive search by hundreds of officers while frightened residents stayed locked in their homes Thursday under a shelter-in-place advisory.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/lewiston-maine-shootings-49da6d06a8b5a15d3b619b3927bc33ff__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYJZb4hph$

Family Reveals Suspected Gunman’s Link to Maine Massacre Sites: The family of Robert Card—who is suspected of killing 18 people in two mass shootings in Maine on Wednesday night—say the Army reservist had previously claimed he was hearing voices at the two locations he allegedly attacked.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/family-reveals-suspected-gunman-robert-cards-link-to-maine-massacre-sites__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYD-IhdQ-$

# Medical / Health
The AARP-UnitedHealth Alliance Is Putting Seniors Last: The organization no longer represents anything substantial, as its original purpose and commitment to advancing the interests of seniors have seemingly vanished. Today, AARP primarily functions as a marketing and advocacy tool for United Health, the largest health insurance company in the United States. AARP’s revenue is channeled into supporting Democratic candidates and causes, further blurring the lines between its supposed mission and partisan politics.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://townhall.com/columnists/senatorrandpaul/2023/10/25/the-aarp-unitedhealth-alliance-is-putting-seniors-last-n2630321__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYEQWE8me$

# Medical Science
How two proteins that bind to RNA contribute to the inflammation of asthma: Genetic information was obtained from patients with asthmatic symptoms and compared to non-asthmatic people. The results highlighted two proteins known as ZFP36L1 and ZFP36L2, which bind to RNA to regulate their expression, that were significantly dysregulated in people with asthma
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-proteins-rna-contribute-inflammation-asthma.html*:*:text=Genetic*20information*20was*20obtained*20from,dysregulated*20in*20people*20with*20asthma__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYMwmOc3V$

# Military / Global
Israeli Troops Carry Out An Hourslong Ground Raid Into Gaza Before An Expected Wider Incursion: Israeli troops and tanks briefly raided northern Gaza overnight into Thursday, the military said, striking several militant targets in order to “prepare the battlefield” before a widely expected ground invasion after more than two weeks of devastating airstrikes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/10/26/news/israeli-troops-carry-out-hourslong-ground-raid-into-gaza-ahead-of-expected-wider-incursion/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYMET5t0c$

Israel Sends Tanks Into Gaza in Biggest Raid Yet: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not elaborate on when a full-invasion will begin. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) shared video footage of the incursion online, showing multiple armored vehicles firing and bulldozers leveling raised banks to allow the tanks to pass through. Israel’s national Army Radio said the operation was the biggest incursion into Gaza so far conducted by Israel in its war against Hamas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/israel-sends-tanks-gaza-biggest-101252784.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYEThSaJg$

# Space
China launches new mission to space station: China sent a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday, in the latest mission for a growing space programme that plans to send people to the Moon by 2030.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.space.com/china-launches-shenzhou-17-crew-tiangong__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wWkSYzPBG8c-YHqUBDpinaj1M-LBQdUrGh4-Lpm8EleKDsCGnfj–lIwJl0qc-tCS1snB6lOAGE-BtSXly2sMk7EYLbYPyjh$

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October 24, 2023
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# Indigenous
Suspect Arrested 6 Months After Indigenous Woman’s Death: A police report also says authorities found drugs, syringes, and Narcan in the suspect’s vehicle. Sunny K. White, 28, is charged with five felonies: vehicular homicide while under the influence, accidents involving another person or deceased person, two counts of criminal child endangerment and one charge of criminal possession of dangerous drugs, Lake County court documents show. White was brought into custody on a warrant over the weekend, but bonded out on Monday, Flathead County jail records show.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://missoulian.com/news/local/crime-courts/arrest-highway-death-arlee-westwolf/article_f2b9abaa-7033-11ee-b8e2-eb90da1f1af8.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0gZcKf-P$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
“We Just Can’t Get in Front of It”: Is Joe Biden Sleeping on Chicago’s Migrant Crisis? The Windy City continues to buckle under the weight of new arrivals, testing the empathy of residents and leaders alike. “This is really a federal responsibility,” says Chicago’s deputy mayor of migrant rights. “It isn’t fair to put it on cities.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/10/chicago-migrant-crisis-federal-response__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0viYpk9t$

‘A real threat’: Experts warn of Hamas-connected terrorists crossing U.S. border: Hundreds of immigrants on the federal terror watch list have been caught at the southern and northern U.S. borders in recent years, and national security experts say there is a real threat of a terrorist attack on American soil as a result
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://highlandcountypress.com/index.php/real-threat-experts-warn-hamas-connected-terrorists-crossing-us-border*gsc.tab=0__;Iw!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0lgpW8rg$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
U.S. posts $1.7 trillion deficit despite warnings about unsustainable fiscal path: The U.S. posted a $1.7 trillion deficit for the 2023 fiscal year despite repeated warnings that federal spending is on an unsustainable path. The federal government spent $1.695 trillion more than it collected in revenue in 2023, a 23% increase over the prior year and the highest since the $2.78 trillion deficit in 2021. The federal government reported $6.1 trillion in outlays on $4.4 trillion in receipts.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/u-s-posts-1-7-trillion-deficit-despite-warnings-about-unsustainable-fiscal-path*:*:text=(The*20Center*20Square)*20**B,is*20on*20an*20unsustainable*20path__;I34lJSXigJMlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0s64gLmV$

The US is going to have to raise taxes: The US government is borrowing a lot of money at high interest rates. In the 2023 fiscal year, the deficit rose to $1.7 trillion, a number the US only exceeded during the burst of pandemic spending.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://qz.com/the-us-is-going-to-have-to-raise-taxes-1850950547__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0jT6jRAm$

# Education / Schools
Suspect Shot Dead After School Roof Firefight With Cops: Authorities said between 50 and 70 students were inside the school at the time. Suspected shooter was shot by Germantown officers shortly after 6:36 p.m. The DOJ said aid was rendered but the suspected shooter died at the scene.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2023/10/23/active-shooter-in-custody-at-kennedy-middle-school-in-germantown/71296465007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0kwvSFc_$

# Employment / Labor
UAW Expands Strike Against Stellantis, Targeting ‘Biggest Moneymaker’: “Currently, Stellantis has the worst proposal on the table,” said the United Auto Workers. The United Auto Workers union sent 6,800 Stellantis employees to the picket line Monday morning in a surprise, targeted strike at the company’s Ram truck facility.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/uaw-stellantis-strike__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0nJQBWmp$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemicals “A Disturbing Symbol of Big Oil’s Intentions”: Chevron Buys Up Rival Producer: “These Big Oil Frankensteins are a direct threat to our climate, democracy, and economy,” said one climate campaigner.
Chevron said Monday that it has reached a deal to acquire rival oil producer Hess Corporation for $53 billion in stock, the second major fossil fuel merger announced this month following a record-hot September.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://headtopics.com/us/chevron-buys-up-rival-producer-in-october-s-second-major-47488317__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0rh9fVo1$

IEA: ‘Unstoppable’ energy transition means demand for oil, gas, and coal to peak by 2030: Global demand for oil, natural gas and coal, and the carbon pollution they generate, are expected to peak later this decade. A chart in the IEA’s report showed world demand for the three fossil fuels peaking by 2030. While coal use enters a steep decline after 2030, gas and oil use remains close to peak level for the next two decades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2023/10/24/global-demand-for-fossil-fuels-may-peak-before-2030-iea-00123021__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0jsYARSy$

# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure Don’t Offer Up Our National Forests for Industrial Carbon Waste Dumping: The Forest Service now seems to think that it can throw away decades of policy preventing “forever” permits that privatize forests for corporate use.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/carbon-dumping-national-forests__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0ouZPXjh$

A warning from Sable Island: Small islands may be losing their water lifeline. The researchers found a loss of fresh groundwater on the island, linked to decades of storms, hurricanes, waves and dune erosion. During storms, seawater floods the beaches, filters into the ground and salinizes groundwater.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/a-warning-from-sable-island-small-islands-may-be-losing-their-water-lifeline/*:*:text=The*20researchers*20found*20a*20loss,the*20ground*20and*20salinizes*20groundwater__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0tBLB6J_$

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Panera Bread ‘Charged Lemonade’ Led to Student’s Death: Sarah Katz, 21, had a heart condition and wasn’t aware of the drink’s caffeine content, which exceeds that of both Red Bull and Monster energy drinks combined.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/10/23/business/ivy-league-student-21-dies-after-drinking-panera-lemonade-beverage-suit/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0kQba0mK$

# General News
How the Israel-Hamas war imperils action against global warming: Oil prices could surge. Disagreements between nations could worsen. The conflict complicates already fragile global diplomacy. That the fighting between Israel and Hamas is in the middle of an energy-rich region amplifies the risk. It tempts countries to secure their supplies of oil and gas rather than transitioning away from them, even after the hottest summer on record.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/how-the-israel-hamas-war-imperils-action-against-global-warming?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0uv9teqD$

‘Very Dangerous for United States If I’m Sent to Prison’: Trump Cautions Against Prison Discussions, Highlighting ‘Passionate Group of Voters’: ‘Perilous Even to Suggest Jail.’ “I think it’s a very dangerous thing to even talk about because we do have a tremendously passionate group of voters, much more passion than they had in 2020 and much more passion than they had in 2016. I think it would be very dangerous,” he said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXy6EDRprMg__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0iXZqaQa$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Hamas Is a Terrorist Organization; So Is the Israeli Government: U.S. media outlets dodge being evenhanded with the “terrorist” label, applying it to organized Palestinian killers of Israelis and not to organized Israeli killers of Palestinians. Terrorists and their defenders always have excuses when tactics include ruthlessly killing civilians. But we’re choking on a nonstop supply of smoke-blowing rhetoric — what Orwell called political language “designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.”
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Across Israel, Jews and Arabs Join Forces to Help War Victims and Prevent Riots: In Haifa and Jaffa, joint Jewish and Arab patrols seek to prevent violence on both sides. In the south, Bedouin residents risk their lives to search for victims of Hamas terror. In the shadow of war, Arab-Jewish solidarity initiatives emerge
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Stunning State Department Memo Warns Diplomats: No Gaza ‘De-Escalation’Talk: As Israel escalates its offensive, U.S. diplomats are being discouraged from publicly using three phrases that would urge calm. State Department staff wrote that high-level officials do not want press materials to include three specific phrases: “de-escalation/ceasefire,”
“end to violence/bloodshed” and “restoring calm.”https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/state-department-internal-emails-gaza-israel_n_65296395e4b0a304ff6ff95d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0itv9PKN$

In war crime, Israel is still blocking water, electricity to Gaza’s Palestinian civilians: Willfully impeding relief supplies is a war crime, as is collectively punishing civilians for the actions of armed groups. The Israeli government is deliberately deepening the suffering of civilians in Gaza by refusing to restore the flow of water and electricity and blocking fuel shipments. Willfully impeding relief supplies is a war crime, as is collectively punishing civilians for the actions of armed groups
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# Gov / Politics
A McConnell-Vance Split Has Opened Up on Ukraine Funding Packaging: The Ohio senator has bucked the minority leader in arguing that funding for Israel and Ukraine should not be paired together. “Israel has an achievable objective,” Vance claimed, while “Ukraine does not.”
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Nine GOP Candidates Race to Be Speaker, With No Clear Path to 217 Votes: As of tomorrow, the House will have gone three full weeks without a speaker. Nine Republicans now vying for the job are trying to win over their colleagues at a forum this evening ahead of a conference vote tomorrow. A floor vote by the full House is possible later this week.
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What to know about a potential government shutdown: Key programs will grind to a halt and the federal workforce won’t get paid on time if lawmakers don’t reach an agreement by Sept. 30 to avert a government shutdown. Why it matters: Non-essential federal functions will be suspended if a divided House does not pass 12 appropriation bills before the end of the month, a prospect that looks increasingly unlikely.
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With Shutdown Averted, Is Social Security Safe? Nope! More tax giveaways to the rich simply mean less revenue, higher deficits, and more justification for taking a meat cleaver to programs that serve and protect ordinary Americans.
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U.S. Making Plans to Evacuate Americans From Mideast: A massive relocation will reportedly only take place if Israel’s conflict dramatically escalates. Biden administration is particularly concerned about an estimated 600,000 Americans living in Israel and 86,000 in Lebanon. One official said the cross-border clashes between Lebanon-based Hezbollah and Israel have become “a real issue,” and that the U.S. government is “very, very, very worried that this thing is going to get out of hand.”
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Congress is paralyzed – is it a constitutional crisis? House Republicans fired one leader, Kevin McCarthy, and have spent almost three weeks trying unsuccessfully to choose another to succeed him as speaker of the House. That’s left the U.S. House of Representatives unable to do its work, paralyzing the entire legislative branch of government. Is this a “constitutional crisis?” Or something less significant?
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Not just Hunter: James Biden steps into the center of Biden family controversy: President Joe Biden’s younger son, Hunter, is a constant in the Washington D.C. press. But this time, it’s the president’s brother, James “Jim” Biden, stirring controversy. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) reported Friday that James Biden, who is seven years younger than Joe Biden, sent his older brother a $200,000 check in March 2018. The check came on the same day that one of James Biden’s business ventures loaned him the same amount. The White House says the claims amount to little more than a distraction, and Democrats on the same House committee say Comer has more bank records available that he’s withholding in order to protect the narrative.
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Republicans Take Knife-Fight Politics to Its Logical Conclusion: The House Speaker mess is an extension of a culture of dirty tricks. Still, the media must preserve the illusion of a horse race, rather than the grim procession of broken-down broncos to the glue factory that we’re currently cursed to witness.
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Why Are House Republicans Still Being Paid With Your Tax Dollars? When government shuts down, federal employees aren’t paid. When Republicans shut down Congress, they still collect their checks. The government shuts down, no federal employee will be paid, and that includes those compelled to keep working due to the essential nature of their work. But for the last three weeks, and who knows how much longer, the House has been shut down and yet those who’ve shut it continue to be paid.
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# Law Enforcment
I Was the Only U.S. Official Imprisoned Over the Torture Program, Because I Opposed It: The only person associated with the CIA’s global torture program who was prosecuted and imprisoned was the man who blew the whistle on it, John Kiriakou. I never tortured anybody. But I was charged with five felonies, including three counts of espionage, for telling ABC News and the New York Times that the CIA was torturing its prisoners, that torture was official U.S. government policy, and that the policy had been approved by the president himself.
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# Media
Palestinian Journalist Rips Western Media Narrative on Israel’s Gaza Slaughter: “Palestinians don’t just die, they get killed. They are actually being subjected to ethnic cleansing, to genocide for the last 75 years.” “And you also mentioned that this is a Hamas-Israel war. This is not it,” she said. “And framing it as such is very misleading because it poses the thing that Israel is an equal power, but it’s an occupying power and it has the responsibility of protecting all civilian lives and children in Gaza.” “You need, as a journalist, to report on what’s happening and say it as it is,” Eid asserted.
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# Military / DOD
The Pentagon is setting up six new massive radar facilities in the northwestern US and Canada to detect hypersonic Russian low-flying cruise missiles that could be fired over the North Pole. The U.S. is boosting its radar systems in the wake of the Chinese spy balloon incident earlier this year. ‘Over-the horizon’ radar will allow early detection of any threats coming in over the Arctic
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Russian cruise missiles have US Air Force scouting for thousands of acres of land: Six over-the-horizon radar sites are envisioned in the United States and Canada, say officials with prospective bidder Raytheon. The U.S. Air Force is moving ahead with its plan to build homeland-defense radars that can detect a new generation of Russian cruise missiles, including a search for sites whose total area could cover nearly half of Manhattan.
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# Military / Global
Israel Ramps Up Assault on West Bank With Airstrike on Mosque, Deadly Raids: “Settlers all over the West Bank see this war as a golden opportunity to torment Palestinians from small communities who are literally defenseless,” said one human rights campaigner.
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Iran makes two moves, US carriers shift, and today China rules the Gulf: Tracking major warship movements in response to the developing situation in Gaza and beyond has been interesting. Most people have focused on the comings and goings of the US Navy in or towards the Eastern Mediterranean. The only way to work out what’s going on is to take away the drinking straw through which you are looking at Gaza and zoom out, a long way out.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dnyuz.com/2023/10/24/iran-makes-two-moves-us-carriers-shift-and-today-china-rules-the-gulf/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0r2OKU31$

# Science
Academia is pushing women away from science with toxic work environments: Women are getting PhDs but are then not staying in academia. This is explained by the “leaky pipeline” effect, in which women leave faculty jobs at higher rates than men. The biggest cause behind this event is a toxic workplace environment, including harassment. This happens at all levels of women’s careers.
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# Technology
Biden Designates 31 Tech Hubs in US: These Tech Hubs are located across 32 states and Puerto Rico and represent a cross-section of urban and rural regions. Designation is an endorsement of the region’s plans to supercharge their respective technological industries to create jobs, strengthen U.S. competitiveness, and protect national security https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/biden-31-tech-hubs-us-investment-innovation-jobs-1837116__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2jgS1VRaWmUHUiloBrG1_hHvGWhUNEH4wQrmz6lBlE_MKxVhcwuKQm-dP3LBqMImTZtUpgBAvwCh94JJhWOa_JbW0qFyafKy$

Why Big Tech, Cops, and Spies Were Made for One Another: American surveillance is a public-private partnership: a symbiosis between a concentrated tech sector that has the means, motive, and opportunity to spy on every person in the world and a state that loves surveillance as much as it hates checks and balances.
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How Peter Thiel-Linked Tech is Fueling the Ukraine War: As war in Ukraine continues, controversial defense contractors and adjacent companies like Palantir, Anduril, and Clearview AI are taking advantage to develop and level-up controversial AI-driven weapons systems and surveillance technologies. These organizations’ common link? The support of the controversial, yet ever-more powerful Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel. Thiel’s funding efforts signal interest in developing expansive surveillance technologies, especially in the name of combatting “pre-crime” through “predictive policing” style surveillance.
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# Water
The Rio Grande isn’t just a border, it’s a river in crisis: When the Rio Grande figures in US news reports, it’s usually in relation to stories about immigration, drug trafficking or trade. But the river is also an important water source, and it’s shrinking. The river is in decline, suffering from overuse, drought and contentious water rights negotiations. Urban and rural border communities with poor infrastructure, known in Spanish as colonias, are particularly vulnerable to the water crisis. Farmers and cities in southern Texas and northern Mexico are also affected.
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The fight to stop Nestlé from taking America’s water to sell in plastic bottles: A proposal for Nestlé to build a water bottling plant in Cascade Locks, Oregon, was one of the most heated battles in the state in its 2016 primary. Creek beds are bone dry and once-gushing springs are reduced to trickles as fights play out around the nation over control of nation’s freshwater supply
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