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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-08-14

Voices, The Peoples News

August 14, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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Apple’s Emergency Text feature: During natural disasters and
emergencies, you can lose cellular and Wi-Fi coverage just when
you need it most. But as a popular story on Twitter (now X)
recently suggests, it can sometimes be possible to send messages
to emergency responders with the help of a satellite if you’re an
iPhone user, even if you don’t have a cellular connection.
Read more!
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This daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Indigenous
We Carry the Burden of Repatriating Our Ancestors. Here’s What It’s Like to Report on the Process as an Indigenous Journalist. Mary Hudetz describes the financial cost and emotional distress that tribal communities face as they continue to wait for the return of the remains of their ancestors, thousands of which are held in museums across the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/what-its-like-to-report-on-repatriation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXlqKDIoX$

# Chemicals
PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ found in period underwear, tampon packaging: Lab analyses conducted between 2020 and 2020 by Mamavation and Environmental Health News found that 48% of pads and panty liners contained PFAS, along with 22% of tampons and 65% of period underwear. Some of those products were also advertised as “organic,” “natural” and “nontoxic,” the researchers pointed out.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6254060/pfas-period-chemicals-underwear-tampons/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXv6hwjMB$

# Education / Schools
Missouri adopts 4-day school week to tackle teacher shortage: In an effort to attract teachers in rural areas, Missouri saw district-wide shifts from five-day to four-day school weeks surge ahead of the 2022 academic year, with roughly 25% of schools moving to the new schedule, according to an online brief by the National Conference of State Legislatures. Nearly 900 school districts in the U.S. have transitioned to 4-day weeks
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/education/missouri-school-week-teacher-shortage/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXmys9fak$

Florida’s academic standards distort the contributions that enslaved Africans made to American society: The state of Florida ignited a controversy when it released a set of 2023 academic standards that require fifth graders to be taught that enslaved Black people in the U.S. “developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their benefit.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/floridas-academic-standards-distort-the-contributions-that-enslaved-africans-made-to-american-society-210774__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXl3Paux4$

The Newest Under-the-Radar Attack on Academic Freedom: Since January 2021, state governments have introduced 99 educational gag orders focused on higher education and dozens of other censorious higher ed restrictions as part of what PEN America has dubbed the “Ed Scare”—a sweeping nationwide campaign to upend the integrity and autonomy of educational institutions
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-newest-under-the-radar-attack-on-academic-freedom?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=user*2FTheDailyBeast__;JQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXn4yy6qi$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Scientists look beyond climate change and El Niño for other factors that heat up Earth: Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s record-shattering heat.
“What we are seeing is more than just El Nino on top of climate change,” Copernicus Director Carlo Buontempo said. One surprising source of added warmth could be cleaner air resulting from new shipping rules.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/hot-summer-climate-change-el-nino-9c5151f2fca2cd77d92a1c7bc61a0035__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXuW41YYe$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin’s Hunger Games: The Ukraine War Is Forcing Millions to Face Starvation and ‘Look Death in the Eyes’: Russia’s decision to withdraw from a key humanitarian accord puts tens of millions of people at risk of acute food crisis around the world. Ninety years ago, Joseph Stalin’s Soviet regime inflicted a devastating famine on Ukraine, killing 3.9 million people in what became known as the Holodomor, or genocide by hunger. Now Vladimir Putin, whose invasion has stalled on the battlefield, is trying to starve Ukraine into submission again.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.eu/article/the-starvation-of-a-nation-how-putin-is-using-hunger-as-a-weapon-in-ukraine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXhXzF18X$

# Gov / Politics
40 billion to Ukraine but nothing for Hawaii. Make it stop. Americans are underwater – we can’t pay our taxes let alone our gas, electric, food etc bills. But bribery Biden’s billions flow out weekly to that dictatorial hellhole. Seniors in the USA are told to brace for far lower social security payment boost in 2024 but hundreds of billions for Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2023/08/bribed-biden-asks-for-another-40-billion-in-additional-nazi-ukraine-aid-3669978.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXlXgCyl3$

Biden signs bill rebooting WW2 ‘lend-lease’ program to help Ukraine: Washington sought to portray a united front against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan measure to reboot the World War II-era “lend-lease” program that helped defeat Nazi Germany to bolster Kyiv and Eastern European allies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-biden-signs-bill-rebooting-ww2-lend-lease-program-to-help-ukraine__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXooMp37J$

A security pact with Saudi Arabia would be a disaster: The U.S. needs to reduce its military footprint in the Middle East and disentangle itself from liabilities. Creating a stronger U.S.-Saudi security relationship in opposition to Iran would make regional tensions worse and encourage hardliners in Iran to pursue more confrontational policies. Far from fostering “true regional harmony,” this would stoke conflict by expanding the U.S. role in the Persian Gulf.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/08/11/a-security-agreement-for-saudi-arabia-would-be-a-disaster-for-us-interests/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXuSATSKU$

Rep. Greg Steube Introduces Impeachment Articles Against President Joe Biden: Articles of impeachment against Biden charge the president with complicity in his son Hunter Biden’s alleged crimes, who he is accusing of helping to shield him from prosecution. In a statement, Steube said, “it’s long past time to impeach Joe Biden.” He went on to add, “he has undermined the integrity of his office, brought disrepute on the Presidency, betrayed his trust as President, and acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice at the expense of America’s citizens.” In Steube’s four articles of impeachment, he accuses President Biden of high crimes and misdemeanors.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/republican-congressman-introduces-impeachment-articles-biden__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXuRm_405$

The Chinese Aren’t Coming, They Are Here: The Chinese Communist Party is here and increasingly asserts itself within the United States through the guise of gray zone warfare. China adheres to a long-term national grand strategy that exceeds the United States’ short-term planning around the federal government’s electoral cycles of two, four, or six years. In the fall of 2022, President Xi Jinping described former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan as a “serious provocation.” Early in 2023, a Chinese spy balloon flew across the continental United States before being shot down over coastal waters. In the summer of 2023, Microsoft disclosed the Chinese government had spied on U.S. government agencies via a vulnerability in its cloud-based services.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://amac.us/newsline/national-security/the-chinese-arent-coming-they-are-here/*:*:text=The*20United*20States*20cannot*20afford,*2C*20four*2C*20or*20six*20years__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXkJthxl3$

Ron DeSantis Proposes Unprovoked War on Mexico: He’s the latest of many Republican imperialists to endorse another war of aggression. Ron DeSantis recently suggested that he would be open to ordering drone strikes on Mexican drug cartels and migrants, whom he accused of carrying drugs over the border. “We’re authorizing deadly force. They try to break into our country? They will end up stone-cold dead,” he said, and he’s not alone.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/politics/2023-08-14-desantis-proposes-unprovoked-war-on-mexico/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXkhTKz-s$

Trump’s ‘Co-Conspirators’ Are Already Starting to Turn on Each Other: “It is the ‘please don’t put me in jail, put that other guy in jail’ strategy,” says one attorney working in Trump’s legal orbit. “Jack Smith’s latest indictment of Donald Trump isn’t yet two weeks old, but the alleged ‘co-conspirators’ it identifies are already beginning to turn on each other, and some of them aren’t even being subtle about it.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://politicalwire.com/2023/08/14/trumps-co-conspirators-starting-to-turn-on-each-other/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXu52eLpp$

Atlanta Effort to Get “Stop Cop City” on Nov. Ballot Successfully Passes Signature Threshold: Georgia activists campaigning to get a public referendum on Cop City have gotten 80,000 signatures, surpassing the minimum number needed to get the measure on the November ballot.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.democracynow.org/2023/8/14/headlines/atlanta_effort_to_get_stop_cop_city_on_nov_ballot_successfully_passes_signature_threshold__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXn5ZxXgW$

Analysis Shows Republicans Have Ramped Up Efforts to Curtail Ballot Initiatives: GOP lawmakers “have become increasingly hostile to the ballot measure process,” the Democracy Docket analysis noted.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/analysis-shows-republicans-have-ramped-up-efforts-to-curtail-ballot-initiatives/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXpYktEQm$

Wisconsin GOP Threatens to Impeach Justice Who May Reject Gerrymandered Maps: State Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz was critical of the maps during her campaign, calling them “rigged.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/wisconsin-gop-threatens-to-impeach-justice-who-may-reject-gerrymandered-maps/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXjlKU7Lc$

# Law Enforcment
New Jersey Activists Won a Ban on Private Prisons, Now Biden Wants to Reverse It: The Biden administration is backing CoreCivic in a lawsuit against a state law banning contracts with private prisons. Two years later, it’s clear that those were just empty words:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-vowed-reform-immigration-detention-instead-private-prisons-benefited-2023-08-07/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXhgmGguG$

# Legal / DOJ
Prosecutors have texts and emails that connect members of former President Donald Trump’s legal team to the January 2021 voting system breach in Coffee County, Georgia, CNN reported. There’s a lot of talk of a “written invitation” to access the voting systems.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-texts-emails-link-giuliani-trump-lawyers-georgia-voting-breach-20230813-xdpdizyugnfpte52wqjzgtgbey-story.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXqqAmoor$

Trump’s Bid to Sink the Manhattan DA’s Case Made It Stronger: Trump has become first US president indicted and charged with a crime, but many questions remain in complex case. Trump tried to drag the Manhattan DA into federal court and failed. Now a judge’s order can be used to persuade a state court that Trump’s charges should stick.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-bid-to-sink-the-manhattan-da-alvin-braggs-case-has-already-made-it-stronger?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=TheDailyBeast*2Fmagazine*2FLatest*Stories__;JSUr!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXrWGh_4d$

# Media
Police Face Criticism Over Central Kansas Newspaper Raid In Which Computers, Phones Seized A small central Kansas police department is facing a firestorm of criticism after it raided the offices of a local newspaper and the home of its publisher and owner: A five-cop Kansas police department is facing criticism after it raided the offices of the Marion County Record and the home of its publisher and owner.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kansas-newspaper-raid_n_64d9718be4b0ca9505891181?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2023-08-14&utm_term=us-morning-email__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXqR6Z9NP$

# Medical / Health
The Hidden Fee Costing Doctors Millions Every Year: A powerful lobbyist convinced a federal agency that doctors can be forced to pay fees on money that health insurers owe them. Big companies rake in profits while doctors are saddled with yet another cost in a burdensome health care system.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/the-hidden-fee-costing-doctors-millions-every-year__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXo3s3gbq$

How Often Do Health Insurers Say No to Patients? No One Knows: Insurers’ denial rates — a critical measure of how reliably they pay for customers’ care, remain mostly secret to the public. Federal and state regulators have done little to change that. The limited government data available suggests that, overall, insurers deny between 10% and 20% of the claims they receive. Aggregate numbers, however, shed no light on how denial rates may vary from plan to plan or across types of medical services.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/how-often-do-health-insurers-deny-patients-claims*:*:text=The*20limited*20government*20data*20available,across*20types*20of*20medical*20services__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXtCpB8u1$

How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them: Internal documents and former company executives reveal how Cigna doctors reject patients’ claims without opening their files.
“We literally click and submit,” one former company doctor said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.consumer-action.org/news/articles/how-cigna-saves-when-its-doctors-reject-claims-without-reading-them__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXvhIh_Fb$

UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. Insurers have wide discretion in crafting what is covered by their policies, beyond some basic services mandated by federal and state law. They often deny claims for services that they deem not “medically necessary.” America’s leading health care insurers relentlessly fought to reduce spending on care, even as its profits rose to record levels.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-insurance-denial-ulcerative-colitis__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXnQbd4TX$

Health Insurance Claim Denied? See What Insurers Said Behind the Scenes: Learn how to request your health insurance claim file, which can include details about what your insurer is saying about you and your case.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/find-out-why-health-insurance-claim-denied__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXqNU6qRJ$

13-Year-Old Rape Victim Couldn’t Get Abortion Due to Ban: It’s a story that experts believe will become more common after the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling last year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6303701/a-rape-in-mississippi/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXrpuxEm_$

# Military / Global
China will challenge the US Navy for global dominance: As China’s global ambitions grow, so too does speculation as to where Beijing might establish permanent overseas naval bases, and what the implications will be for everyone else. Commercially, China dominates the world’s seas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/14/china-naval-base-military-geopolitics/*:*:text=As*20China’s*20global*20ambitions*20grow,China*20dominates*20the*20world’s*20seas__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXgUQtENZ$

China builds new laser weapon system that fires ‘indefinitely’: Armies around the world are testing high-energy laser weapons to intercept targets. If successful, the weapons could change warfare, as they travel near the speed of light.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/china-claims-beat-us-laser-defense-system-continuous-cool-down-2023-8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXkPSw2t_$

# Planetary
Massive Secret Structure Discovered Under An Entire Continent: A massive asteroid crater, what is being called the Deniliquin structure, may have been discovered beneath Australia. That’s what geologist Andrew Glikson has found in his research. The study was published in the Tectonophysics journal and revealed a diameter of over 320 miles for the impact site.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/sci/deniliquin-structure-crater-asteroid-australia.html*:*:text=What*20is*20this*3F,has*20found*20in*20his*20research__;I34lJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXuJQN6Yr$

Massive ocean discovered beneath the Earth’s crust containing more water than on the surface: It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny little minds.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/ocean-beneath-earth-crust-ringwoodite-2663606047__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXm_SJGC7$

Mysterious and unstable ‘blobs’ the size of continents beneath Earth’s surface baffle scientists: As suspected, it turns out, the blob under Africa is a lot higher. In fact, it’s twice the height of the one on the opposite side of the world, measuring in about 620 miles taller. And that’s not all. Crucially, scientists have found that the African blob of rock is also less dense and less stable. It’s not clear why things are this way but it could be a reason for the continent having significantly more supervolcano eruptions over hundreds of millions of years, compared to its counterpart on the other side. “This instability can have a lot of implications for the surface tectonics, and also earthquakes and supervolcanic eruptions,” said Qian Yuan, from Arizona State University.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2022/03/14/mysterious-and-unstable-blobs-the-size-of-continents-beneath-earths-surface-baffle-scientists/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXqoHxV-I$

Antarctica is a place like no other on Earth – its vast, icy landscape is starkly beautiful and steeped in mystery. It is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent in the world. This frozen wilderness supports some of the most extreme forms of life on Earth and has captivated scientists for centuries. But what just happened has shocked everyone. There’s been a new discovery, a huge, miles long structure that’s been moving under the surface of Antarctica. Join us as we talk about what’s the mysterious structure and what or who is making it move.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/new-discovery-in-antarctica-reveals-something-that-scares-scientists__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXm6bUFlI$

Discovery of ‘hidden world’ under Antarctic ice has scientists ‘jumping for joy’: The secret ecosystem was found more than 1,600 feet below the surface. A never-before-seen ecosystem lurks in an underground river deep below the icy surface in Antarctica. Researchers recently brought this “hidden world” into the light, revealing a dark and jagged cavern filled with swarms of tiny, shrimplike creatures.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.livescience.com/hidden-ecosystem-under-antarctic-ice__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xbIKvDltGCgEV_mj0_cKQrz-s90pnalAb66DX9umV_O6veBMyQaqSNAugkBxX5awk1Dh-eacSRkT2bNjy9TBHQOhXg_ib2X0$

# Water
State Pension Fund Is Invested in Deal to Drain Arizona’s Dwindling Groundwater: The state’s investment into exporting its own water overseas comes as the region faces ongoing water shortages. The state’s retirement system invested $175 million in 2012 into an East Coast company that bought about 20 square miles of land that had previously been set aside as a public water source. The company, International Farming Corp., then leased some of the land to Al Dahra.
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August 13, 2023
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Child dies while en route to Chicago as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant busing program: After a 3-year-old began showing signs of distress, the bus of asylum-seekers traveling from Brownsville to Chicago pulled over and an ambulance was called. The child later died at a hospital in Illinois.
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# Bundy Rides Again
Ammon Bundy Wants Arrest to Make Him a Martyr, Lawyer Claims: Erik Stidham, a lawyer for St. Luke’s Health System, told The Daily Beast in a statement, “Mr. Bundy could easily get out of jail now by paying an extremely low bond. He is not paying the bond because he wants to use his arrest and time in jail to further a false narrative that he is some kind of martyr.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/ammon-bundy-arrested-on-outstanding-warrant-at-sons-emmett-high-school-fundraiser-in-idaho*:*:text=Erik*20Stidham*2C*20a*20lawyer*20for,is*20some*20kind*20of*20martyr.**B__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSXigJ0!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oSdena1j$

Bundy has had an active arrest warrant since mid-April after an Ada County judge found him in contempt of court for refusing to show up to legal proceedings for nearly a year over a civil lawsuit filed by St.
Luke’s Health System. His bail was set at $10,000.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/law-justice/2023-04-18/gem-county-sheriff-declines-to-serve-legal-notices-to-ammon-bundy__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oUpArCGo$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Sen. Ron Johnson Claims COVID Was ‘Pre-Planned by Elite Group,’ Citing Event 201 Exercise in Connection With Johns Hopkins Center, WEF, and Gates Foundation –‘We’re up against a very powerful group of people here.’ member of Senate Homeland Security and ranking member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Ron Johnson (R-WI), dropped a truth bomb regarding the origins and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/ron-johnson-claims-covid-was-pre-planned-elite/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oZjDWRKP$

Raising awareness of long COVID ‘blue legs’ symptom: An unusual case of a long COVID patient’s legs turning blue after 10 minutes of standing highlights the need for greater awareness of this symptom among people with the condition, according to new research. The study, “Venous insufficiency and acrocyanosis in long COVID: dysautonomia,” has been published in The Lancet.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.sky.com/story/long-covid-the-unusual-case-that-turns-mans-legs-blue-12937781__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_ocGXHIVD$

Special Investigation: Diagnosis Death and How Doctors Are Killing Us. That the healthcare industry acts as bounty hunters whose priority is profit and not health has become clear to most during the Covid-19 project when under the federal CARES Act premiums in excess of $100,000 per patient were paid to hospitals for applying protocols that did not heal, but instead regularly resulted in patients deaths. Those payouts included:

A fee for administering the PCR test is scientifically meaningless but made mandatory for every patient upon admission to the hospital
A bonus for every Covid-19 patient admitted to the hospital
An extra 20% Medicare bonus on the hospital bill for using Remdesivir instead of generic medicines such as Ivermectin
A further bonus if a Covid-19 patient is mechanically ventilated
Additional money if the cause of death was listed as Covid-19, even if the patient died from another cause

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/special-investigation-diagnosis-death-and-how-doctors-are-killing-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=special-investigation-diagnosis-death-and-how-doctors-are-killing-us__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oSLjNBnr$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
We last raised the US federal minimum wage 14 years ago. This is unacceptable: The minimum has been an unlivable $7.25 an hour under three presidents. Today’s wage is worth less than at any point since 1956
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/24/us-federal-minimum-wage-rev-william-barber?link_id=1&can_id=4f6982ff01127131702224a4776e7174&source=email-our-fight-to-end-poverty-is-just-getting-started&email_referrer=email_2008358&email_subject=our-fight-to-end-poverty-is-just-getting-started__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oW-svQw1$

Poverty is the 4th greatest cause of U.S. deaths: Only heart disease, cancer, and smoking were associated with a greater number of deaths, UCR study finds. Poverty has long been linked to shorter lives. But just how many deaths in the United States are associated with poverty? The number has been elusive – until now.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2023/04/17/poverty-4th-greatest-cause-us-deaths?link_id=2&can_id=4f6982ff01127131702224a4776e7174&source=email-our-fight-to-end-poverty-is-just-getting-started&email_referrer=email_2008358&email_subject=our-fight-to-end-poverty-is-just-getting-started__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oQRRKMOl$

# Education / Schools
Book-Banning Fever Hits a New Low in a Texas Town: A school board trustee was caught skulking around the darkened high-school library. As The Daily Beast reported just a few days ago, a Republican politician’s wife in Arkansas has bragged of swapping out books in free little libraries for Bibles. Classic books have been banished from schools across the country and librarians who have protested have been publicly scorned or even fired.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/book-banning-fever-granbury-texas-school-trustee-karen-lowery-snuck-into-library__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oXgFxge1$

Florida schools ‘hijacked by the left’ turn to anti-climate cartoons: Florida’s Department of Education approves classroom use of videos produced by a conservative group that denies climate change. Florida curriculum approved videos for kids that compare “people concerned about climate change with Nazis.”5 https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/09/in-desantis-florida-schools-get-ok-for-climate-denial-videos-ee-00109466__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oR8YETyh$

Indoctrination Nation: In the fall, as nearly three million Florida kids return to public schools with armed guards, book bans, gendered bathroom surveillance, and a moral panic about critical race theory, they’ll find something else new in the classroom: Prager University videos to accompany their lessons.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/indoctrination-nation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_obMNHH9N$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Grassroots Power Threatens Dirty Oil: Grassroots activism is making waves in Colorado, putting a toxic oil refinery under major scrutiny. According to an analysis released last year, continuing extraction from existing, already operating oil and gas fields alone will push us above 1.5 degrees C warming globally, leaving no room in the carbon budget for expansion of new oil and gas drilling https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/energy-environment/507289-grassroots-movements-are-turning-the-tide-against-oil/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_ofBlDgLy$

On a ‘Toxic Tour’ of Curtis Bay in South Baltimore, Visiting Academics and Activists See a Hidden Part of the City: Curtis Bay may be Baltimore’s most polluted community, surrounded by industrial facilities strangling the rowhouse neighborhood. The city now wants to close a local recreation center to make way for even more industry
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06082023/baltimore-harm-cityenvironmental-justice-neighborhoods/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oVkh9x4P$

Dominion Energy, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Virginia’s Push Toward Renewables: State Senator Chap Petersen on the Commonwealth’s progress on reigning in the monopoly utility’s sway over legislation, and how Dominion may view Gov. Youngkin’s move to exit RGGI.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08082023/virginia-chap-petersen-dominion-energy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oVKVhKuQ$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure EPA Authorizes Release of 2 Billion More GMO Mosquitoes as Reports of Malaria Surface in States That Already Released Them : Genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes created by biotechnology company Oxitec have been released in the U.S. in Florida and Texas. Locally acquired malaria has been nonexistent in the U.S. for the last 20 years. But five such cases have recently been diagnosed, four in Florida and one in Texas, the only two states that have released genetically engineered mosquitoes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/epa-gmo-mosquitoes-malaria-cola/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oVDcNs-D$

Lahaina Was Destroyed by a Directed Energy Weapon By Edward Hendrie: There were some strange things about the alleged wildfire at Lahaina, Hawaii. The wildfire would only make sense if a forest of trees surrounded the city of Lahaina. That is the first problem with the story. There is no forest near the town. The satellite photo below shows the tallest trees near the city belong to the Maui Kuaia Estate Cacao Farm. Something else is going on here.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hendrie.substack.com/p/lahaina-was-destroyed-by-a-directed__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oeLbTGkx$

Maui DEW Firestorm Levels Lahaina, Video Proof: The Maui fire investigators and local government will soon label the firestorm that nuked Lahaina but left its green trees standing in place but wilted, either as arson or climate change… Beyond natural wildfire or ground-level arson fires, there is a third and far more likely sore for the firestorm: Directed Energy Weapons (DEWs)
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://stateofthenation.co/?p=180028__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oTYqSXnz$

Paul Krugman: Climate is now a culture war issue: True, greed is still a major factor in anti-environmentalism. But climate denial has also become a front in the culture wars, with right-wingers rejecting the science in part because they dislike science in general and opposing action against emissions out of visceral opposition to anything liberals support.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/08/09/krugman-climate-war-has-gradually-become-a-part-of-the-culture-war/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_ocEgNDTP$

EPA Overrules Texas Plan to Reduce Haze From Air Pollution at National Parks: While Texas submitted an initial plan, it was deemed inadequate by the EPA, leading to proposed strategies including emission reductions from major coal plants. The debate continues over reducing pollution and protecting iconic parks in Texas, such as Guadalupe Mountains and Big Bend.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13082023/epa-texas-disagree-haze-rules-national-parks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_ocGOzMlY$

# General News
‘Despicable’ funeral home scam preys on grieving family members: The funeral home swindle adds to an already long list of fraudulent schemes — including romance, grandparents and lottery scams — rampant in the United States.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/despicable-funeral-home-scam-preys-140041800.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oWPGxv7w$

# Gov / Politics
Florida Republican introduces impeachment articles against Joe Biden: ‘It’s long past time to impeach Joe Biden,’ Steube said in a statement. Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla., jumped ahead of his Republican colleagues on Friday and introduced articles of impeachment against President Biden. While several congressional committees are building a multipronged case to remove Biden from office, Steube said it was past time to take action.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4150478-florida-republican-rep-files-articles-of-impeachment-against-biden/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_of6hEjSn$

Donald Trump’s Legal Peril May Propel Him Into the GOP Debate: “He Wants to Be Center Stage”: The thrice-indicted former president and 2024 front-runner has considered skipping this month’s debate, but some Republican consultants see mounting indictments and high-stakes drama as motivation for him to jet to Milwaukee.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/donald-trump-indictment-peril-gop-debate*:*:text=Politics-,Donald*20Trump’s*20Legal*20Peril*20May*20Propel*20Him*20Into*20the*20GOP,him*20to*20jet*20to*20Milwaukee__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oWivtiyJ$

Biden Has Handed Taliban Over $2 Billion in 2 Years, SIGAR Report Finds: A report by the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR) notes that the Biden administration has given 2.35 billion to Afghanistan over the past two years, despite the fact that it is now ruled by the Taliban again following the disastrous U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-has-handed-taliban-over-2-billion-2-years-sigar-report-finds__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_obI_M2F4$

# Legal / DOJ
Lawmakers Call on Clarence Thomas to Resign, or Be Impeached: Democrats and government watchdogs are reupping their calls for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to be removed from the Supreme Court either through resignation or impeachment after some of the most damning findings yet about the conservative justice’s mountain of improprieties were made public this week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/lawmakers-call-on-clarence-thomas-to-resign-or-be-impeached/*:*:text=Democrats*20and*20government*20watchdogs*20are,were*20made*20public*20this*20week__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oXHwKBYv$

US Attorney General’s Strategy to Shield the Bidens from Criminal Investigations: The appointment of a special counsel for Hunter Biden’s case is just a trick to better shield the US president and his son. Garland assigned a special counsel to the case because he wanted to demonstrate to Americans the DOJ’s “commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/11/chk_us-attorney-general-appoints-special-counsel-in-hunter-biden-probe__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oZ1EJR3N$

Kazakh Tycoon Linked to Chechen Warlord Who Called for Jihad On U.S. Bought Hunter a Sports Car After Dining With Joe: “This is the Big Jihad which we must all take part in.” Can the Biden crime family get any tawdrier? They’re already giving the Clintons a run for their money. The House Oversight Committee has revealed that in “April, Kenes Rakishev, a Kazakhstani oligarch, wired $142,300 to Rosemont Seneca Bohai. The next day, a payment was made from Rosemont Seneca Bohai for a sportscar for Hunter Biden in the amount of $142,300. Archer and Biden then arranged for Burisma executives to visit Kazakhstan in June 2014 to evaluate a three-way deal among Burisma, a Chinese state-owned company, and the government of Kazakhstan.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.frontpagemag.com/kazakh-tycoon-linked-to-chechen-warlord-who-called-for-jihad-on-america-bought-hunter-a-sports-car-after-dining-with-joe-biden/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oZx328nX$

# Media
Newspaper Says Co-Owner Died After ‘Grief’ of Police Raid: Since nothing seems to be working: “Stressed beyond her limits and overwhelmed by hours of shock and grief after illegal police raids on her home and the Marion County Record newspaper office Friday, 98-year-old newspaper co-owner Joan Meyer, otherwise in good health for her age, collapsed Saturday afternoon and died at her home. She had not been able to eat after police showed up at the door of her home Friday with a search warrant in hand. Neither was she able to sleep Friday night. She tearfully watched during the raid as police not only carted away her computer and a router used by an Alexa smart speaker but also dug through her son Eric’s personal bank and investments statements to photograph them. Electronic cords were left in a jumbled pile on her floor. Joan Meyer’s ability to stream TV shows at her home and to get help through her Alexa smart speakers were taken away with the electronics. ”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://marionrecord.com/direct/updated_illegal_raids_contribute_to_death_of_newspaper_co_owner*5447raid*555044415445443a20496c6c6567616c20726169647320636f6e7472696275746520746f206465617468206f66206e657773706170657220636f2d6f776e6572__;Kys!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_obiC9dyC$

# Medical / Health
Everything PragerU Gets Wrong About Health Care: Health care reform advocate Wendell Potter provides a line-by-line rebuttal of the propaganda network’s cartoon about Canada’s universal health care system. Health insurance industry whistleblower and reform advocate Wendell Potter offers a line-by-line rebuttal to one of PragerU’s animated shorts about the evils of Canada’s universal health care system. As you’re about to see, PragerU’s content is often riddled with inaccuracies and misleading information, making its massive online presence all the more concerning.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/watch-now-everything-prageru-gets-wrong-about-health-care/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oSXOCeLm$

# Military / Global
Kiev Troops forcibly recruit Kherson Residents amid Heavy Losses: The head of the Ukraine-controlled Snigirevka district Yuri Barbasho added that “judging by information coming from Ukraine’s military circles, troops are seriously demoralized in connection with these losses”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://tass.com/world/1659673__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oSZ-fvY7$

Ukraine Defeat Ominous to Team Biden Admitted by US Press: Having lauded the Kiev regime’s resolve and the Ukrainian military’s resourcefulness for quite some time, the US mainstream press has suddenly changed its tune, being forced to admit that the well-advertised Ukrainian counteroffensive has failed. Some established American newspapers went even so far as to report that the US military tactics had proven almost useless on the Ukrainian battlefield.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sputnikglobe.com/20230809/ukraine-defeat-ominous-to-team-biden-admitted-by-us-press-1112488800.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_obJBl4Rl$

# Social
Don’t Blame Drug Decriminalization for What the Housing Crisis Has Caused: Corporate media outlets like The New York Times are misleading the public on drug decriminalization in Oregon.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/dont-blame-drug-decriminalization-for-what-the-housing-crisis-has-caused/*:*:text=Drug*20decriminalization*20is*20just*20that,people*20have*20been*20spared*20arrest__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oZF9nb3k$

# Technology
What are Hollywood actors and writers afraid of? A cinema scholar explains how AI is upending the movie and TV business: What would you do if the industry you work in could clone your skills, style and even the way you look and sound? They fear that their creative work will be swallowed whole into databases as the fodder for writing tools to sample. And they fear that their specific expertise will be pushed aside in favor of “prompt engineers,” or those skilled at working with AI tools.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/cinema-scholar-explains-how-ai-upending-movie-and-tv-business-180883*:*:text=They*20fear*20that*20their*20creative,at*20working*20with*20AI*20tools__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!ybK1ZZSJ65UWBTPlkBopF7DE1_wC8WxvKZmBaYFSS4Zo_DmgbjYBOEItQPcgzq0qWp5BlSYxB_UgngnVDJxjrqw_oQhydWkP$

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August 11, 2023
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# Indigenous
Tribal nations celebrate their new monument in the Grand Canyon: How decades of Indigenous advocacy led to the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/articles/tribal-nations-celebrate-their-new-monument-in-the-grand-canyon?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2023-08-11-Newsletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURvOlJzJ1$

See inside the Grand Canyon region’s new monument: The newly designated Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Grand Canyon National Monument encompasses a swath of incredible landscapes: 1 million acres of Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service lands. In many respects, though, its natural beauty hides in the shadow of the more famous Grand Canyon.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/articles/photos-see-inside-the-grand-canyons-new-monument?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2023-08-11-Newsletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURnQCGWpw$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Hidden moles in hidden holes: New animal species found in Turkey could have been hiding there for millions of years. The animals, named Talpa hakkariensis and Talpa davidiana tatvanensis, belong to a familiar group of subterranean, invertebrate-eating mammals found across Europe and Western Asia. While only one species of mole, Talpa europaea, is found in Britain, further east are a number of different moles, many of which have small geographical ranges.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/11/new-animal-found-in-turkey-could-have-been-there-for-3000000-years-19317453/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURgIKULiP$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
The Political Wrangling Behind the Tragic Images of Migrants Stranded in Manhattan: Eric Adams is dialing up the pressure on Washington as New York City scrambles to address an influx of migrants. “We’ve been killing ourselves 24/7 to try to make sure no one sleeps on the streets,” says Anne Williams-Isom, the city’s deputy mayor for health and human services.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://headtopics.com/us/the-political-wrangling-behind-the-tragic-images-of-migrants-stranded-in-manhattan-42039559__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURi55-8sJ$

Scoop: Biden wants new housing program for migrant families: The Biden administration is asking Congress to approve a temporary housing program for migrant families that illegally cross the southern border — a plan that would give them more freedom than traditional detention, Axios has learned.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/08/11/biden-migrant-family-detention-new-housing-program-congress__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURvIlsJD2$

# Education / Schools
Videos denying climate science approved by Florida as state curriculum: Prager University Foundation’s animations cast doubt over renewable energy and liken climate activists to Nazis. Videos that compare climate activists to Nazis, portray solar and wind energy as environmentally ruinous and claim that current global heating is part of natural long-term cycles will be made available to young schoolchildren in Florida, after the state approved their use in its public school curriculum.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/10/florida-ron-desantis-climate-vidoes-school-curriculum__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURgBGb81M$

The lessons Florida public school students will learn from PragerU Kids: Media Matters reviewed the right-wing propaganda Florida recently approved for use in public schools, including lessons that celebrate colonialism, downplay the harms of slavery, and analogize climate denialism to the Warsaw Uprising https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mediamatters.org/dennis-prager/lessons-florida-public-school-students-will-learn-prageru-kids__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURi6H-tg3$

Florida’s conservative PragerU teaching texts labeled ‘indoctrination’: Critics of the material approved by Gov. Ron DeSantis say it aims to influence young minds. Its founder says that’s true.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/07/31/floridas-conservative-prageru-teaching-texts-labeled-indoctrination/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURvdXuPAo$

What It Means That Florida Will Allow Conservative PragerU Content in Schools:
“How To Be a Rational Patriot”
“How To Be a Victor & Not a Victim”
“How To Embrace Your Masculinity”
“How To Embrace Your Femininity”
These are some of the videos produced by PragerU Kids, a resource for schools approved by the Florida Department of Education, the company announced July 20.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6301287/florida-prageru-education-schools/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURkkhQ-AB$

# Employment / Labor
Econ Commentators Join TSMC to Declare U.S. Workers’ Premature Defeat: The econ blogosphere hasn’t really checked, but knows in its heart American workers aren’t up to the job.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/labor/2023-08-11-econ-commentators-tsmc-declare-us-workers-defeat/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURnUEn1_1$

Government watchdog cautions against further interest rate hikes for risk of recession: Accountable.US warns further hikes “would needlessly and unAccountable.US, a government watchdog, called on the U.S. Federal Reserve to stop any further interest rate hikes for the foreseeable future because experts predict it would cause a recession. The Fed’s repeated interest rate hikes are slowing the economy based on several economic indicatorsnecessarily cause a recession and result in millions of Americans losing their jobs.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/watchdog-further-interest-rate-hikes-risk-recession__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURrDSh2Tb$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Liquefied natural gas plants, significant sources of planet-heating fossil fuels, are popping up around the United States. Along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana, the industry is transforming the local economy, at the expense of wetlands and air quality, as the country vies for more gas exports to Europe and Asia. The U.S. is now the world’s top exporter of LNG. Towns in southern Louisiana are paying the price.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/energy/louisiana-liquified-natural-gas-terminal-lng-gulf-coast/?utm_source=Hakai*Magazine*Weekly&utm_campaign=f37dd9c2c5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_06_COPY_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0fc1967411-f37dd9c2c5-121711450__;Kys!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURonyLyWz$

Private equity gets into oil and gas: A new report warns of bankruptcies and abandoned wells on Western public land: Private equity investment in the oil industry isn’t new. When the pandemic caused energy prices to tank in 2020, nearly 60% of the oil companies that declared bankruptcy had private equity backing, according to the Private Equity Stakeholder Project.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.willistonherald.com/news/private-equity-gets-into-oil-and-gas/article_1ac4ce94-3868-11ee-b500-037fb9ede7d6.html*:*:text=Private*20equity*20investment*20in*20the,the*20Private*20Equity*20Stakeholder*20Project__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURuMgQGJU$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Sun smacks Earth with 2 powerful, back-to-back X-class solar flares, knocking out radio signals across the US: We’ve seen more X-class flares this year than last, which is expected as the sun grows more active.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/sun-hits-earth-with-2-powerful-x-class-solar-flares-2023-8__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURoE7EZwy$

Fracking linked to seismic tremors in new study: New research confirms that fracking leads to small, slow earthquakes or tremors, the origin of which had previously been unknown. For the study, scientists installed seismometers around a Kansas fracking site and measured vibrations for more than eight months. Comparing the measurements with the site’s injection schedule, and adjusting for background vibrations, they found that small tremors near the injection site only emerged during fracking.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/fracking-earthquakes-seismic-tremors.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURhQUcOTL$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global Cutting the Crap: A small group of English cold-water swimmers takes on industry and government over misuse of a loophole allowing the discharge of raw sewage into coastal waters. Swimmer Ed Acteson gives a shit about water pollution. Two years ago, this resident of Whitstable, England, launched SOS Whitstable and a campaign to highlight the dirty joke played on citizens: the dumping of raw sewage into the sea and rivers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/cutting-the-crap/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURpRndHho$

# General News
Loss of Civil Liberties graphically portrayed in powerful video documentary, Unconstitutional: The War on Our Civil Liberties clearly depicts the rapid erosion and loss of civil liberties and civil rights in the U.S. since 9/11. Available for free viewing at the link below, this empowering video presents interviews with ranking members of Congress, top legal experts, and even a former CIA chief, all of whom describe many insidious efforts to take away privacy and freedoms guaranteed under the U.S. constitution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wanttoknow.info/unconstitutionalcivillibertiesloss__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURgjjnRds$

Racism and the Abuse of Technology, from Henrietta Lacks to Porcha Woodruff: The abuses of technology are not some future threat. Take the cases of Henrietta Lacks, who died in 1951, and a more recent example in 2023, of Porcha Woodruff, a young Detroit mother wrongly arrested for armed robbery and carjacking after being misidentified by AI-driven software. She was the first woman known to be arrested due to faulty facial recognition software. At least five men have been similarly wrongly arrested. All six are Black.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.timeswv.com/racism-and-the-abuse-of-technology-from-henrietta-lacks-to-porcha-woodruff/article_73fb1442-37b8-11ee-94aa-8762947bd9ee.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURuge0oNF$

Tomorrow Island (Big Diomede) and Yesterday Island (Little Diomede): The Russian island of Big Diomede (part of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug), also known as Imaqłiq, Inaliq, Nunarbuk or Ratmanov Island The U.S. island of Little Diomede (part of Alaska) or Iŋaliq, also known as Krusenstern Island[a] The Diomede Islands are located in the middle of the Bering Strait between mainland Alaska and Siberia. If marginal seas are considered, then they are the northernmost islands within the entire Pacific Ocean.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diomede_Islands__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURrU3CUPP$

# Gov / Politics
How Rudy Giuliani and Donald Trump’s Toxic, Twisted Bromance Nearly Drove the Country Off a Cliff: Journalist and biographer Andrew Kirtzman traces the former New York City mayor’s downward spiral and the “terrible trouble” he’s in as 2020 election investigations come to a head.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/how-rudy-giuliani-and-donald-trumps-toxic-twisted-bromance-nearly-drove-the-country-off-a-cliff__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURv2HWRW6$

For Biden, Thwarting China’s Development Is Job One: Biden’s advanced semiconductor blockade is cheating. It is a clear violation of the rules the US agreed to uphold. The Biden administration has imposed a blockade on advanced computer chips headed for China. The action is expected to slow China’s technological development while inflicting serious damage on the broader economy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.globalresearch.ca/biden-thwarting-china-development-job-one/5828435__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURkIfS5Fq$

The Illusion of Scandal: How Washington is Attempting to Dismiss $20 Million as an Illusion: The Bidens have been in the business of influence peddling for decades. The media and political establishment is now striving to top that performance by declaring $20 million in payments to Biden family members as an “illusion” of influence. At the heart of this scandal is the BFF, the Biden Family Fund.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jonathanturley.org/2023/08/10/the-illusion-of-scandal-how-washington-is-attempting-to-dismiss-20-million-as-an-illusion/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURuiJk19i$

Oliver Stone Regrets Voting For Biden, Fears He Might Start World WarIII: Stone was speaking to UK commentator Russell Brand for his podcast Stay Free, when he said: “Biden is an old Cold Warrior, and he really hates the old Soviet Union which he confounds again with the Russian Federation, which is not communist. “It seems that he’s dragging us stupidly into a confrontation with a power that is not going to give. This is their borders. This is their world. This is NATO going into Ukraine. This is a whole other story.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://deadline.com/2023/07/oliver-stone-regrets-voting-biden-fears-he-may-start-world-war-3-1235451007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURkT50Q3r$

Ohio Is a Sign That Republicans Should Be Worried: On this week’s episode of The New Abnormal, the Republicans may have just learned a very big lesson after a crucial defeat in the Midwestern state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/ohio-is-a-sign-that-republicans-should-be-worried__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURmCV8q9Z$

# Law Enforcment
U.S. sanctions 3 Sinola Cartel members for fentanyl trafficking: The U.S. sanctioned three high-ranking members of the Sinaloa Cartel on Wednesday for involvement in illicit fentanyl trafficking
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/08/10/sanctions-Sinaloa-cartel/1371691647567/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURtYgZzyq$

A prison guard says she was forced to stay at her post during labor pains. Texas is fighting compensation for her stillbirth. The seven-months-pregnant officer reported contraction-like pains at work, but said she wasn’t allowed to leave for hours. The anti-abortion state is fighting her lawsuit, in part by saying her fetus didn’t clearly have rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/prison-guard-says-she-forced-100000769.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURrre1zlm$

# Legal / DOJ
U.S. House Oversight Releases Bank Records Showing Hunter Biden Took Millions From Russian And Ukrainian Oligarchs: The House Oversight Committee released bank records Wednesday showing Hunter Biden took millions of dollars worth of payments from Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh oligarchs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-releases-third-bank-memo-detailing-payments-to-the-bidens-from-russia-kazakhstan-and-ukraine**B/__;77-8!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURsm82E9i$

Clarence Thomas’s Life of Luxury Has Had Even More Conservative Benefactors: It’s not just Harlan Crow bankrolling the Supreme Court justice’s fancy vacations, but a whole cadre of influential right-wing individuals as well. “I said it would get worse; it will keep getting worse,” said Democratic senator Sheldon Whitehouse.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/clarence-thomas-undisclosed-gifts-supreme-court__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURppEsFhN$

Judges hear oral arguments in Biden social media censorship case: A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Thursday in a free speech case involving the federal government and social media censorship during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly all of the points raised by Department of Defense (DOJ) lawyer Daniel Tenny, representing the administration, were met with resistance by the three judges hearing the case, and opposition from the plaintiff’s lawyer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/10/federal-judges-shred-biden-admins-arguments-defending-social-media-censorship/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURgUaNc2v$

Trump pushes back after DOJ accesses his social media data: Former President Donald Trump blasted the Department of Justice after news broke that the DOJ obtained a search warrant for “data and records” related to Trump’s account on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, the latest step in the federal charges against him.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_da466a6c-3786-11ee-be79-d78cf4cf359f.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURhECQhwa$

Hitler, Burr and Trump: Show trials put the record straight for history but can also provide a powerful platform for the defendant: Donald Trump’s trial for his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election will promote accountability – but could this show trial have a dangerous outcome, too?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/hitler-burr-and-trump-show-trials-put-the-record-straight-for-history-but-can-also-provide-a-powerful-platform-for-the-defendant-211327__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURhDS2PfK$

Trump Rages at Proposed Date for His Election Charges Trial: He unsurprisingly believes the case should only be tried after the 2024 election.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/4148379-trump-rages-over-2020-election-indictment-trial-date-proposal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURqDMVRAg$

Exasperated Prosecutors Say Hunter Biden Plea Deal Is Dead: “Now that the parties are at an impasse, a trial is in order,” prosecutors said. Hunter Biden’s plea deal over tax and gun crimes is dead in the water, federal prosecutors in Delaware confirmed Friday, weeks after a routine court hearing on the matter devolved into chaos.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hunter-bidens-plea-deal-fell-apart-now-dramatic/story?id=101671356__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURuTHRpYP$

Democrats Ramp Up Calls for Justice Clarence Thomas to Step Down After New Corruption Revelations: Democrats have renewed their calls for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign, following yet another bombshell report from ProPublica detailing even more lavish gifts from right-wing billionaires, including “38 destination vacations.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/10/propublica-clarence-thomas-supreme-court-00110654__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURkQTFBGw$

# Media
Sam Bankman-Fried Might Soon Be Officially Barred From Talking to the Press: The FTX founder’s gag order, which will be hashed out in court on Friday, has ignited First Amendment concerns from The New York Times and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/judge-cracks-down-harshly-on-misbehaving-ftx-founder-sam-bankman-fried__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURkBWQK_U$

# Medical / Health
Perspective: Your Exorbitant Medical Bill, Brought to You by the Latest Hospital Merger: After decades of unchecked mergers, health care is the land of giants, with one or two huge medical systems monopolizing care top to bottom in many cities, states, and even whole regions of the country. Reams of economic research show that the level of hospital consolidation today, 75% of markets are now considered highly consolidated, decreases patient choice, impedes innovation, erodes quality, and raises prices.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.news-medical.net/news/20230811/Your-exorbitant-medical-bill-brought-to-you-by-the-latest-hospital-merger.aspx__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURjb79-Tp$

CMS Dials Up Public Pressure On States Over Medicaid Enrollment Red Tape: New HHS Analysis: Congressional Republicans’ Medicaid Red Tape Would Jeopardize Health Coverage and Access to Care for 21 Million Americans If Implemented. At least 36 states are believed to be falling short in one of the key areas of concern; paperwork problems, long call center wait times, or slow application processing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2023/04/25/new-hhs-analysis-congressional-republicans-medicaid-red-tape-would-jeopardize-health-coverage-access-care-21-million-americans-if-implemented.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURrusQCa8$

Medical exploitation of Black people in America goes far beyond the cells stolen from Henrietta: Henrietta Lacks’ cells, known as HeLa cells, have had a profound impact on medical science since they were first taken from Lacks in 1951. Those cells have contributed to the development of the polio vaccine, research into cancer, studies on the effects of radiation and toxic substances, gene mapping and countless other scientific pursuits.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/medical-exploitation-of-black-people-in-america-goes-far-beyond-the-cells-stolen-from-henrietta-lacks-that-produced-modern-day-miracles-200220__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURhHrV8q2$

After an Austin employee gave birth to a stillborn baby, she was disqualified from parental leave. Now, city leaders want change. Two days after delivering a stillborn baby, an Austin Public Health employee was notified she would not qualify for the city’s eight weeks of paid parental leave.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/15/austin-parental-leave-stillborn-child/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURmU8xtpZ$

She was jailed for losing a pregnancy. Her nightmare could become more common: Chelsea Becker, prosecuted for murder after her stillbirth, spent 16 months in jail: ‘Why did the hospital call police?’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/03/california-stillborn-prosecution-roe-v-wade__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURkhPNXJC$

# Military / DOD
Pentagon’s Own Map of U.S. Bases in Africa Contradicts Its Claim of “Light” Footprint: A formerly secret map from AFRICOM shows a network of 29 U.S. military bases that stretch from one side of Africa to another. Where there are U.S. bases, there is the potential for attacks, because bases are not just launching pads for offensive military operations, but targets for them too.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2020/02/27/africa-us-military-bases-africom/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURl–luOy$

US Army working through challenges with laser weapons: The U.S. Army is working through a variety of challenges with directed-energy weapons for air defense, including how to affordably manufacture the high-tech capability and sustain it on the battlefield, according to service officials with knowledge of the effort.
The Army is grappling with how to fight with laser weapons, as well as how to easily repair them in the field and affordably make the systems https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/land/2023/08/11/us-army-working-through-challenges-with-laser-weapons/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURhD8a2bt$

# Military / Global
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un Fires His Top General, Calls for War Preparations: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un dismissed the military’s top general and called for more preparations for the possibility of war, a boost in weapons production, and expansion of military drills, state media reported on Thursday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/10/kim-jong-un-fires-dismisses-north-korea-top-military-general-pak-su-il__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURjDqUIAn$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Supreme Court Blocks $6 Billion Opioid Settlement That Would Have Given the Sacker Family Immunity: It’s been a rough summer for pharmaceutical companies trying to resolve lawsuits by declaring bankruptcy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/supreme-court-blocks-purdue-pharmas-6b-bankruptcy-settlement-immunity-sackler-family*:*:text=And*20now*2C*20the*20Supreme*20Court,related*20to*20the*20opioid*20crisis__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURitJbP_R$

# Science
Scientists believe they may have discovered a fifth force of nature: Scientists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab, believe they may have discovered a fifth force of nature which would revolutionize physics as we know it. This week, the scientists behind the Muon g-2 (g minus 2) experiment released the world’s most precise measurement yet of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2019/11/25/scientists-think-they-may-have-discovered-a-fifth-force-of-nature/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURvuSuo6j$

# Space
Russia Launches 1st Moon-Landing Mission in Almost 50 Years: A new international space race is on to find water on the lunar surface. The launch from Russia’s Vostochny spaceport in the Far East of the Luna-25 craft to the moon is Russia’s first since 1976 when it was part of the Soviet Union. The Russian lunar lander is expected to reach the moon on Aug. 23, about the same day as an Indian craft which was launched on July 14.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/russia-launch-moon-mission-50-years-286bf3d8d3b30790591efc113438e216__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURhQWKgc5$

# Veterans / VA
Why You Should Get a Veterans Designation on Your Driver’s License: A Veteran designation on a DL/ID card proudly recognizes military service, and is intended to enable US Veterans to access certain privileges, benefits, or compensation associated with being a Veteran without having to carry and produce their Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty (DD Form 214).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.military.com/discounts/veterans/why-you-should-get-veterans-designation-your-drivers-license.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURkicqGQh$

# Weather
NOAA Adjusts Hurricane Season Prediction to ‘Above-Normal’: Record-warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures and slow-developing effects of an El Niño favor hurricane activity. NOAA forecasters are upping their expectations for the 2023 hurricane season, based on record-warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday that forecasters have increased the likelihood of an above-normal season to 60 percent.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11082023/noaa-upgrded-hurricane-forecast/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zliqHfdL6ePSNTNM3AqLAKU4-n0XutgFryfBPijbYxHvgK-aaaX3PEB8TLEPD34ylkCeenlx0WaPwuS_c-1uvxoURiXs5V8b$

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Voices, The Peoples News

August 10, 2023
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# Indigenous
Indigenous lands are choked by encroaching industry, and renewable energy is not much better: Indigenous Peoples, who govern at least a quarter of the Earth’s surface, are playing a vital role in preserving the environment and promoting biodiversity. Growing demand for food, energy and minerals is driving human activity into new landscapes
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/indigenous-lands-are-choked-by-encroaching-industry-and-renewable-energy-is-not-much-better/?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fVzK7H5E$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Streams of migration: As droughts wither crops and water insecurity disrupts political and economic stability, people are moving. Strictly defined, a migration stream is the total number of moves made during a given migration interval that have a common area of origin and a common area of destination.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.circleofblue.org/2023/world/streams-of-migration-limited-series/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fbgmemoT$

What are the 4 types of migration? Internal migration: moving within a state, country, or continent. external migration: moving to a different state, country, or continent. Emigration; leaving one country to move to another. Before we get into why people migrate, let’s first discuss who we’re talking about.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://populationeducation.org/why-do-people-migrate-the-4-most-common-types-of-migration/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fUDd8XiT$

Here’s Immigration Reform for You: Make Illegal Immigration a Felony at the State Level: Here are the facts: Every day, there are about 5,000 illegal border crossings into the United States. Since President Biden took office, nearly six million illegal aliens have crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. And, due to Biden’s “catch-and-release” policies, over two million illegal aliens have been released into the U.S., with an additional 1.3 million known “got-aways.” There are now more than 22 million illegal aliens unlawfully residing in the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/heres-immigration-reform-you-make-illegal-immigration-felony-state-level-opinion-1818908__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_ffkYsb2c$

On the Loose: Mexican Cartel Members Armed with Rifles, Body Armor Walk Into U.S. at Mexican Border: A trio of armed men were seen crossing the southern border into Texas on Saturday in what is believed to be the latest incident of suspected Mexican cartel members making their way onto US soil.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/08/08/armed-men-in-body-armor-spotted-crossing-southern-border/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_ffoySN2J$

# Employment / Labor
Trump Donors Get Bailout, Truckers Get Layoffs: As tens of thousands of workers are being laid off in the bankruptcy of one of America’s largest trucking companies, one player in the collapse is set to get at least some financial protection: Apollo Global Management, a politically-connected private equity firm that owns a huge chunk of the company’s debt. Apollo is now Yellow’s “debtor-in-possession (DIP)” lender, meaning it is providing financing to the company as it unwinds its operations and sells off its assets, at an interest rate of 17 percent. Some of the DIP financing is being used to pay the government’s interest on its loan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/trump-donors-get-bailout-truckers-get-layoffs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fUQihUoL$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
How Marathon Petroleum and one Texas city show potential for a chemical communication crisis: Marathon in Texas City repeatedly violated the Clean Air Act and had three emergencies in the span of six months.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/texas-chemical-gulf-coast-2663089218.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fdodJtRz$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
A Growing Movement Looks to End Oil Drilling in the Amazon: Activists and Indigenous groups used a summit of South American leaders to highlight a campaign to phase-out drilling in the world’s largest tropical rainforest. When leaders of eight Amazon nations gathered this week in Brazil for a summit on deforestation, they also played host to a growing movement by civil society groups to phase-out oil and gas development within the world’s largest tropical rainforest.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10082023/amazon-nations-debate-ending-oil-exploration/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fVnbXRgz$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global
A ‘once every 7.5 million years’ event is currently unfolding in Antarctica: ‘To say unprecedented isn’t strong enough’: This year, during what is currently winter in Antarctica, scientists have confirmed that the ice is not re-forming, leaving long stretches of the Antarctic coastline bare.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/a-once-every-7-5-million-years-event-is-currently-unfolding-in-antarctica-to-say-unprecedented-isn-t-strong-enough/ar-AA1f6rP5?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=8c6a2b0a915843178c61072e08f2d5c6&ei=18__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fY-WIyu2$

Strange cave with stairs found in Antarctica https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/webcontent/strange-cave-with-stairs-found-in-antarctica/vi-ybQVXvxV2qzfhQ?vid=n5EZB0k8d0o&provider=yt&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=8c6a2b0a915843178c61072e08f2d5c6&ei=30__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fQkZIOMQ$

# General News
I want to talk to you about the F word. No no, not that F word. I’m talking about fascism: Is Donald Trump really a “fascist,” as some would claim? Is “authoritarian” adequate? The term “fascism” is often used loosely, but you can generally identify fascists by their hate of the “other,” vengeful nationalism, and repression of dissent. To fight these ideas, we need to be aware of what they are and how they fit together. Let’s examine the five elements that define fascism and what makes it distinct from, and more dangerous than, authoritarianism.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/08/10/is-donald-trump-a-fascist/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fXSg3UKu$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Kim Jong Un orders troops to ‘gird for a war’ and begin offensive preparations amid US, South Korean drills: The supreme leader directed his military officials to ‘gird for war’ in response to the ‘grave political and military situation prevailing in the Korean peninsula’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/kim-jong-un-orders-troops-to-gird-for-a-war-and-begin-offensive-preparations-amid-us-south-korean-drills/ar-AA1f5RKM?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=8c6a2b0a915843178c61072e08f2d5c6&ei=42__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fSB8zXWB$

# Gov / Politics
Oregon Republicans Who Skipped Town to Block Votes Will Be Barred From
Office: The Oregon secretary of state announced her intention to enforce a measure passed by voters last fall. For years, Oregon Republicans have been blocking bill after bill in the state legislature through a drastic tactic: skipping town to break quorum. Now, Oregon officials are saying that the Republicans who have obstructed votes this way at least 10 times are going to be barred from running for re-election in 2024.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/oregon-republicans-who-skipped-town-to-block-votes-will-be-barred-from-office/*:*:text=For*20years*2C*20Oregon*20Republicans*20have,for*20re*2Delection*20in*202024__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fdb5PMmd$

Why Bob Menendez, subject to a second Federal investigation, may skate through reelection: Six years after avoiding a conviction as the result of a deadlocked jury, the Justice Department and the FBI are reportedly investigating Menendez again, specifically whether he and his wife, Nadine, didn’t report gifts of money, jewelry, a luxury car, and an apartment in Washington in exchange for political favors
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/26/bob-menendez-federal-investigation-00063596__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fWsmMBMw$

Ohio’s Special Election Shows Abortion Is Still Driving People to the Polls: Voters’ rebuke of a Republican-led ballot initiative should serve as a warning shot to the GOP that its culture-war agenda might not be a winner.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-special-election-in-ohio-shows-voters-still-care-about-abortion/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fc2WnkOl$

Voters Rejected an Anti-Abortion Measure. State GOP Lawmakers Passed a Similar Bill Anyway: In the months following the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision that gave states the power to ban abortion, voters spoke on the issue, and, in every case, chose to uphold abortion rights or reject an attempt to restrict them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/montana-abortion-referendum-voters-overruled/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fcw-ZqqX$

Trump Says He Won’t Sign Republican Loyalty Pledge, Flouting Debate Requirement: “Why would I sign it?” Trump said in an interview on the conservative cable network Newsmax.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/trump-republican-loyalty-pledge-gop-debate-a3d63a73ef60a2afb1f7aaec68a6d585__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_feGiKSj6$

Hunter Biden And Associates Earned $10 Million More From Foreign Sources Than Previously Known: The House Oversight Committee said on Wednesday that it had sent subpoenas to six banks for the records of businesses and people who worked with the Biden family but noted that congressional investigators have not yet sent subpoenas for any of the bank records of Biden family members.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/hunter-biden–earned-more-from-foreign-sources__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fSAZjeI0$

On Nagasaki anniversary, UN chief warns ‘humanity now confronts a new arms race’: “The risk of nuclear catastrophe is now at its highest level since the Cold War.” “We will not sit idly by as nuclear-armed states race to create even more dangerous weapons,” he said, calling for abolishing such arms. Without naming any nations, Guterres declared Wednesday that “despite the terrible lessons of 1945, humanity now confronts a new arms race. Nuclear weapons are being used as tools of coercion.” “Weapons systems are being upgraded, and placed at the center of national security strategies, making these devices of death faster, more accurate, and stealthier. All this, at a moment when division and mistrust are pulling countries and regions apart,” he pointed out. “The risk of nuclear catastrophe is now at its highest level since the Cold War.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/bombing-of-nagasaki__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fehSeh9F$

10 States Purged Over 19 Million Voters Between 2020 and 2022 Electoral Cycles: This amounts to 8.5 percent of the registered U.S. electorate being prevented from exercising their right to vote. States removed more than 19 million people—or about 8.5% of the registered U.S. electorate—from voter rolls between the 2020 and 2022 electoral cycles, often via flawed practices that prevent many eligible persons from exercising their right to vote, a report released Thursday revealed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/voter-purges*:*:text=States*20removed*20more*20than*2019,a*20report*20released*20Thursday*20revealed__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fcHKYHdy$

The Rise of Political Violence in the United States: Recent alterations to violent groups in the United States and to the composition of the two main political parties have created a latent force for violence that can be 1) triggered by a variety of social events that touch on a number of interrelated identities; or 2) purposefully ignited for partisan political purposes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-rise-of-political-violence-in-the-united-states/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fTyYXU7v$

‘Fully radicalized’ MAGA members now consider violence ‘necessary to save the country’: An expert on democracy warned Thursday that the rise of Donald Trump suggests that America is teetering on the edge of autocracy. The author of the Lincoln Democracy Institute’s new research project, the “Democracy Index,” gave an interview published in Salon. The project gathered the views of 17,000 registered American voters about the state of the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/fully-radicalized-maga-members-now-consider-violence-necessary-to-save-the-country-democracy-expert/ar-AA1f6v7h?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=8c6a2b0a915843178c61072e08f2d5c6&ei=124__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_ffaJb_KK$

“You will get violence”: Leading democracy expert says Donald Trump is not running to win election. We are witnessing Trump telling America that if he doesn’t get his way, regardless of democratic norms like elections or the rule of law, then you will get violence. While it isn’t exactly the same as what Putin was saying to Ukrainians, it is the same principle and concept at work.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/you-will-get-violence-leading-democracy-expert-says-donald-trump-is-not-running-to-win-election/ar-AA1f51ZF?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=8c6a2b0a915843178c61072e08f2d5c6&ei=133__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fQ-uPoCF$

# Legal / DOJ
Elon Musk’s Twitter Wanted to Tell Trump About a Sealed Search Warrant and Potentially F–k Up Jack Smith’s Criminal Investigation: A judge feared that notifying Trump could give him an opportunity to destroy evidence or “flee” the prosecution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/twitter-trump-account-capitol-riot-jack-smith-9e66943fd7ebdae0038838c144b57d4f__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fbI5UPSJ$

He Infiltrated a Notorious White Nationalist Group. Now, He’s Being Sued for Exposing Them: Five people affiliated with a white nationalist hate group are suing a Seattle-area man who they say infiltrated the group and disclosed their identities online, leading them to lose their jobs and face harassment https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/5-white-nationalists-sue-seattle-man-allegedly-leaking-102119558__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fTFGggmy$

Clarence Thomas’ Billionaire-Funded Vacation Spree Was More Extensive Than We Knew: A new report from ProPublica sheds light on the breadth of the Supreme Court justice’s corruption https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/clarence-thomas-lavish-billionaire-trips-1234804242/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fTZGJOqF$

Clarence Thomas’ 38 Vacations: The Other Billionaires Who Have Treated the Supreme Court Justice to Luxury Travel: The fullest accounting yet shows how Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/clarence-thomas-lavish-billionaire-trips-1234804242/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fTZGJOqF$

Beyond Harlan Crow, Other Billionaires Funded Justice Thomas’s Luxury Vacations: Three additional ultra-wealthy business executives have been underwriting Thomas’s undisclosed trips for three decades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/beyond-harlan-crow-other-billionaires-funded-justice-thomass-luxury-vacations/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fRBl81ld$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Fact check: LGBTQ community rejects false association with pedophiles: The claim: The LGBT acronym has expanded to include a “P,” for “pedosexual.” Numerous images circulating on Facebook in the past few weeks show a poster with the acronym LGBTP, which images claim stands for “lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and pedosexual.” Under the acronym, the poster includes the words “Equality and acceptance.” “The LGBTQ movement absolutely rejects any suggestion that our community is linked to nonconsensual interpersonal behaviors, including the horrific actions of pedophiles,” Morrow wrote. A user who posted that image, which went viral, did not respond to a request from USA TODAY for comment or substantiation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/07/30/fact-check-lgbtq-community-rejects-false-association-pedophiles/5462805002/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fQuQRZXC$

# Military / DOD
Scott Ritter: “We are at war.” “Wake the f**k up!”: God, how stupid can you be, were at war people, this a real war.” Take a moment and watch this video as Scott lays bare the reality of war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57707.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fSucRVGP$

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin is aiming to increase the already staggering power of their most powerful combat laser ever to a cruise-missile-destroying 500 kilowatts (kW) of pure energy. Currently, the most powerful laser ever delivered to the Department of Defense packs a blistering 300 kW of energy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thedebrief.org/lockheed-martin-delivers-most-powerful-combat-laser/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fX8ZMgcl$

# Nuclear
Scientists Replicating Milestone Nuclear Fusion Experiment Now Report Even Higher Energy Yield: Scientists report they have succeeded at producing an even greater energy yield than last year’s milestone DOE nuclear fusion experiment. On December 5, 2022, scientists conducting controlled fusion experiments at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s National Ignition Facility successfully achieved scientific energy breakeven, which occurs when more energy is produced from fusion than the power required to produce it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/08/07/nuclear-fusion-net-energy-gain-second-time-us-scientists__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fTEf-lX7$

# Science
The race to save the world’s DNA: A scientific rescue mission aims to analyze every plant, animal, and fungus before it’s too late: It is known as the Earth BioGenome Project, or E.B.P., and its goal is to sequence a genome from every plant, animal, and fungus on the planet, as well as from many single-celled organisms, such as algae, retrieving the results of life’s grand experiment before it’s too late.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbsnews.com/news/science-dna-species-planet-environment-earth/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fZWPk5fh$

# Social
National Institutes of Health (.gov) Race and genetics versus ‘race’ in genetics: The completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 confirmed humans are 99.9% identical at the DNA level and there is no genetic basis for race. None of these studies provided a genetic explanation for the use of the self-identified race as a genetic category and only seven proffered evolutionary explanations of their data. The concept of continuous genetic variation was not clearly articulated in any of these papers, presumably due to the paucity of evolutionary science in the college and medical school curricula.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8604262/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fWeg9nTB$

# Space
Russian cosmonauts perform spacewalk to attach debris shields to space station: Two Russian cosmonauts installed three orbital debris shields to the exterior of the International Space Station’s (ISS) Russian segment Rassvet, or Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1), during a more than 6 1/2-hr. spacewalk on Aug. 9.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Russian_cosmonauts_perform_spacewalk_to_attach_debris_shields_to_space_station_999.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fckoSIR4$

Lockheed Martin opens facility for rapid development of small satellites: The multi-million dollar facility will house the company’s Space Development Agency (SDA) Tranche 1 Transport Layer satellites, among other smallsat programmes and technology demonstrators.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2023-August-04-Lockheed-Martin-Opens-Facility-for-Rapid-Development-of-Small-Satellites__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fXurXheh$

# UFO Disclosure / Other
The Struggles of a Whistleblower: Separating Fact From Fiction in the Latest UAP Revelations: Are we alone in the universe? Former Pentagon employee David Grusch told Congress last week that UFOs are real and the U.S. government has been withholding knowledge of non-human life on Earth for nearly a century. Meanwhile, NASA is set to release its own report on UFOs in the next few weeks. Journalist and author Garrett Graff joins Geoff Bennett to help separate fact from science fiction.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/video/close-encounters-1690835832/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fUI1X9wq$

U.S. recovered non-human ‘biologics’ from UFO crash sites, former intel official says: Three military veterans testified in Congress’ highly anticipated hearing on UFOs Wednesday, including a former Air Force intelligence officer who claimed the U.S. government has operated a secret “multi-decade” reverse engineering program of recovered vessels. He also said the U.S. has recovered non-human “biologics” from alleged crash sites.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.c-span.org/video/?529499-1*hearing-unidentified-aerial-phenomena__;Lw!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_faE4t9EF$

# Water
Md.’s largest water utility sues DuPont, 3M over ‘forever chemicals’: “Fair is fair, and we need to hold the entities causing PFAS to enter the environment financially responsible for removing their substances. The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC), which serves nearly 1.9 million residents in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties, sued companies, including 3M and DuPont de Nemours, that allegedly
manufacture fire-suppression foams containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://original.newsbreak.com/@sayitloud-1611859/3116482863968-maryland-water-utility-takes-legal-action-against-chemical-companies-over-water-pollution__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fRHCDDwh$

# Weather
Heat singes the mind, not just the body: In July, the world recorded the hottest day ever, breaking a record set just the day before. California’s Death Valley has measured some of the hottest temperatures ever documented on the planet, approaching 130 degrees Fahrenheit. And last month was the hottest June ever measured across the world. It’s the hottest summer of our lives, before summertime was even halfway over.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/climate/2023/7/21/23799004/invisible-consequences-extreme-heat-physical-mental-health__;!!On18fmf1aQ!wEWiXqlbyTcm2jpPEQKz8djswhE4xk__cOlsXEMqyVpvjnublXI1IuMJ-j4wHl3fFeZ8HapSabkYCdToOtMm87U_fTY6r4EB$

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August 8, 2023
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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Covid cover-up: how the science was silenced: America’s top infectious diseases adviser, Anthony Fauci, deliberately decided to downplay suspicions from scientists that Covid-19 came from a laboratory to protect his reputation and deflect from the risky coronavirus research his agency had funded. “We think vaccine research resulted in the pandemic, that vaccine research was the proximate cause.” Dr Fauci has denied his agency funded gain-of-function research, but Dr Kadlec said this wasn’t true.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/08/the-covid-cover-up/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6OCXxDaf$

Politicians, scientists spar over alleged NIH cover-up using COVID-19 origin paper: As two co-authors defend their work, House hearing provides latest partisan battleground for debate over how coronavirus emerged
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.science.org/content/article/politicians-scientists-spar-over-alleged-nih-cover-up-using-covid-19-origin-paper__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6Fm_mMca$

Will the World Ever Solve the Mystery of COVID-19’s Origin? It is crucial to learn the facts about how COVID-19 emerged to prevent future outbreaks. But China is rebuffing calls for further investigations focusing on Wuhan.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/will-world-ever-solve-mystery-covid-19s-origin__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6N8mDMLK$

US academics ‘may be prosecuted’ over Covid-19 lab leak: “There’s no question in my mind that [Tony] Fauci committed a felony on each of those three occasions, and he has not been held accountable,” Professor Ebright said. “Lying to Congress is a felony and the penalty is five years in prison; there have been at least three instances”.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://headtopics.com/au/us-academics-could-face-trial-over-covid-cover-up-41741012__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6K59o8i6$

CDC Reports Uptick in Leprosy Cases in Florida, While U.K., India Researchers Link Leprosy Adverse Events to mRNA Vaccines: Infectious disease agency suggests central portion of state may have become ‘endemic location’ for potentially debilitating disease
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/01/florida-leprosy-cases-increase-cdc__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6Gw3wAYY$

Florida, USA, has witnessed an increased incidence of leprosy cases lacking traditional risk factors. Those trends, in addition to decreasing diagnoses in foreign-born persons, contribute to rising evidence that leprosy has become endemic in the southeastern United States. Travel to Florida should be considered when conducting leprosy contact tracing in any state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/8/22-0367_article__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6KCPVanp$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Great Reset; Remarks to World Economic Forum: One hundred and seventy countries are going to finish this year with a smaller economy than at the start of the year, and we already project that there will be more debt, bigger deficits, and more unemployment. And there is a very high risk of more inequality and more poverty. Unless we act
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2020/06/03/sp060320-remarks-to-world-economic-forum-the-great-reset__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6FYneAPo$

Interest Rate Hikes by FED, ECB, IMF to Sell the Nations to BlackRock and other Predatory Bond Traders: With a rapid rise in rates, the risk of unintended consequences and policy error is high, with possible overshoot leading to a deeper and more prolonged economic downturn and potential global recession. This is the alarm raised by the Global Risk Report 2023 of the World Economic Forum released during the annual international summit last January in which two of the major dangers foreseen for the next two years were the Crisis of the Cost of Living and the Geoeconomic Comparison, respectively in first and third place.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lankaweb.com/news/items/2023/08/05/great-reset-interest-rate-hikes-by-fed-ecb-imf-to-sell-the-nations-to-blackrock-and-other-predatory-bond-traders/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6HkLp4h1$

US government borrowed $1.6 trillion in past 10 months: The agency said the amount is more than double the deficit seen during the same period the year prior, while noting a 10 percent drop in revenues and 10 percent increase in outlays.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/business/budget/4144508-cbo-federal-budget-deficit-estimate/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6IxLtsJj$

Deficit Totals $1.6 Trillion for First 10 Months of Fiscal Year: The federal budget deficit came to an estimated $1.6 trillion for the first 10 months of the 2023 fiscal year, according to the latest monthly analysis from the Congressional Budget Office. The fiscal gap is more than twice as large this year as it was at the same point last year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbo.gov/system/files/2023-08/59377-MBR.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6G5fOq_k$

Texas Rep. Chip Roy Says ‘No Border Security, No Funding’ for DHS: With Congress facing a time crunch to fund the government by the end of September — once it returns from its August recess, of course — Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is reportedly circulating a letter threatening to withhold money for the Department of Homeland Security unless Congress enacts a Republican crackdown on the southern border.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20230808-No-Border-Security-No-Funding-GOP-Lawmaker-Says__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6NKBjE1Y$

# Education / Schools
In DeSantis’ Fla., schools get OK for climate-denial videos: Florida’s Department of Education has approved the classroom use of material from the Prager University Foundation, a conservative group that produces videos that distort science, history, gender and other topics. Education experts call the videos dangerous propaganda.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/desantiss-florida-approves-climate-denial-videos-in-schools/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6Mic7UBF$

Conservative Groups Sue to Block Forgiveness for 800,000 Student Loan Borrowers: A conservative court also blocked relief for students who were defrauded by universities this week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/student-loans-cancellation-debt-forgiveness-73327bbcb47dba6aec0c686f44bc2ab4__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6FMMlDhI$

# Employment / Labor
Why Should CEOs Make 300 Times What Their Workers Make? The UAW is asking the Big Three automakers to raise wages by the same percentage that their CEOs’ pay has risen.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-08-08-ceos-paid-300-times-workers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6MUP4juW$

11,000 Los Angeles City Workers Strike After City Engaged in Bad Faith Bargaining: LA city workers join hotel employees, Hollywood actors, and TV and movie writers in “hot labor summer” strikes. The one-day strike comes after city officials engaged in bad faith bargaining, taking actions like sending city administrators to the bargaining table who don’t have the authorization to approve decisions and refusing to address issues like workers’ resources and major vacancies in crucial roles
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/11000-la-city-workers-strike-after-city-engaged-in-bad-faith-bargaining/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6D6FWvOV$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
National fuel prices on the rise, Washington follows California toward $5 a gallon: the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas in Washington is $4.99, up from $4.95 the week prior, according to AAA data. Per AAA, the average price of gas in California this week is $5.07 per gallon, up from $4.99 the week prior.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/national-fuel-prices-on-the-rise-washington-follows-california-toward-5-a-gallon*:*:text=As*20of*20Monday*2C*20the*20average,from*20*244.99*20the*20week*20prior__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6EDTLXC3$

This community will get $5M due to Shell’s petrochemical pollution, just don’t call it charity: Shell’s Pennsylvania petrochemical plant will pay $10 million for air pollution violations. The community will get half, and advocates want both health protections and accountability.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/shell-petrochemical-pollution-2662956630.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6F6e4zPe$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure A lifeline for winter-run chinook: With salmon migration blocked by Shasta Dam, a Tribe and agency scientists collaborate to bring them home. trapping and relocating spawning adults to cold water tributaries; increasing production at the conservation hatchery; and treating gravid females with the equivalent of “prenatal vitamins” to offset thiamine deficiency, a new challenge related to poor ocean conditions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://therevelator.org/lifeline-winter-run-chinook/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6CCRjFiM$

Biden, on three-state tour, designates new national monument: Biden creates monument near Grand Canyon, to applause from environmentalists and Native leaders and criticism from mining firms. The move protects lands that are sacred to indigenous peoples and permanently bans new uranium mining claims in the area. It covers nearly 1 million acres.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192622716/biden-national-monument-grand-canyon-arizona__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6LUYVMFe$

EPA Authorizes Release of 2 Billion More GMO Mosquitoes as Reports of Malaria Surface in States That Already Released Them: Locally acquired malaria has been nonexistent in the U.S. for the last 20 years. But five such cases have recently been diagnosed — four in Florida and one in Texas — the only two states that have released genetically engineered mosquitoes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/epa-gmo-mosquitoes-malaria-cola/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6A1_6vua$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global
Antarctic Glacier Sped Up As Its Ice Shelf Collapsed: Pine Island Glacier, one of the fastest-shrinking glaciers in Antarctica, hastened its slide into the sea between 2017 and 2020, when one-fifth of its associated ice shelf broke off as massive icebergs, a new study reveals. Scientists studied the acceleration using high-res radar images, captured by satellites.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/antarctic-glacier-sped-ice-shelf-000000018.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6FkgdHqa$

Scientists ‘shocked’ by extreme events in Antarctica as Earth heats up: Even in Antarctica — one of the most remote and desolate places on Earth — scientists say they are finding shattered temperature records and an increase in the size and number of wacky weather events.The southernmost continent is not isolated from the extreme weather associated with human-caused climate change https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newscientist.com/article/2386432-scientists-shocked-by-extreme-events-in-antarctica-as-earth-heats-up/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6E_lhAur$

Study Says Fossil Fuel Emissions Must Fall to Give Antarctica Chance of Survival: The Antarctic ice sheet now “contributes six times more mass to the ocean than it did just 30 years ago,” research says. The new study, led by glaciologist Martin Siegert of the University of Exeter, finds that it is “virtually certain that future Antarctic extreme events will be more pronounced than those observed to date” as countries continue to burn fossil fuels at a pace incompatible with warming targets set by the Paris climate
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-08/antarctica-risks-cascades-of-extreme-events-as-earth-warms-study-says*xj4y7vzkg__;Iw!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6G0vXCOx$

# Gov / Politics
NATO Failed in Ukraine Against Russia. Now It’s Targeting China: NATO has shifted from its proxy war against Russia in Ukraine to targeting China in the Pacific. [Video]
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/07/28/nato-ukraine-russia-china-war/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6D_aFt7N$

More People Die Young in U.S. Due to Health Care and Welfare Cuts, Study Finds: By the time COVID-19 hit, about 600,000 more people in the U.S. were dying each year compared to its peer nations. By the time COVID-19 hit, about 600,000 more people in the U.S. were dying each year compared to its peer nations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/poverty-is-the-fourth-leading-cause-of-death-in-the-united-states-study-finds__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6KmqK55_$

U.S. Is Leading Push for Armed Multinational Intervention in Haiti: Critics of the proposal warn that foreign intervention may strengthen and legitimize the currently unelected government. In October 2022, Haiti’s de facto prime minister, Ariel Henry, took the rare step of calling for foreign military intervention to help his police combat the gangs and restore some semblance of security. The UN Security Council, with the strong backing of the United States, is seriously considering the proposal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/31/us-to-introduce-un-resolution-to-send-multinational-force-to-haiti__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6Pvw2hgy$

# Law Enforcment
Cops Nab 3 White Antagonists in Wild Alabama Dock Brawl: A group of white boaters joined in on an attack on a Black dock worker and the brawl escalated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjONxQw8oPw__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6EUqQ8_B$

# Legal / DOJ
The Supreme Court has allowed the Biden administration to once again regulate “ghost guns,” weapons without serial numbers that are sold without background checks, the same way as traditional firearms. The Supreme Court issued the 5-4 ruling on Tuesday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/supreme-court-temporarily-allows-ghost-gun-regulations_n_64d271a0e4b0677e5044cfc1?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-fringe_2023-08-08&utm_term=us-fringe__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6E01uzwg$

Trump’s Longshot Plan for West Virginia Trial Isn’t Hopeless: Trump is desperate to move his case on trying to overturn the election out of D.C. and into West Virginia. That’s not the first time this move has been tried.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-longshot-plan-for-a-west-virginia-trial-isnt-exactly-hopeless__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6J3UvbuJ$

Why Don’t Trump’s Critics on the Right Want Him Prosecuted? “Trump’s base of support believes that the DOJ is corrupt so they will stick with Trump regardless of the specific charges,” veteran New Hampshire-based Republican strategist Mike Dennehy said shortly after the indictment was unsealed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/09/trump-indictment-gop-00101368__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6JwNYYYm$

The New Abnormal: Trump Has No Reason to Believe He Will Face Consequences: Is Trump feeling scared or just acting out like he usually does: without consequence?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-has-no-reason-to-believe-he-will-face-consequences__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6A622QqO$

Donald Trump’s Lawyer Can’t Stop Going on TV and Making Donald Trump Look Ridiculously Guilty of the Crimes He’s Been Accused Of: On the day Donald Trump was arraigned in a Washington, D.C. federal courthouse on charges stemming from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s January 6th investigation, MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell analyzes comments made by the former president’s criminal defense attorney on TV where he quotes Donald Trump admitting to one of the accusations in the indictment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-trump-s-own-lawyer-just-quoted-trump-committing-a-crime-189968453711__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6DZEBWdM$

Donald Trump’s Trials Should Not Be Televised: Trump is no mere apprentice when it comes to manipulating the media in his favor
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/donald-trumps-trials-should-not-be-televised/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6Ask1JEW$

Security Is Increased for Judge Overseeing Trump’s January 6 Case: Trump has expressed doubts over the judge overseeing his case, but has provided zero evidence to back his claims. Security for the federal judge assigned to oversee the criminal case against former President Donald Trump over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election has been increased in the federal courthouse in Washington, DC
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4143344-security-tightened-around-judge-in-trump-jan-6-case-report/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6D3nzAAK$

Fired White Nationalists Sue Leftist Activist Who ID’d Them: The five suing members allegedly had their tires slashed, were threatened at their homes, and lost their jobs. Five Patriot Front members claim that David Alan Capito, 37, used a fake name in 2021 to join their posse.
Once accepted, Capito allegedly took photos of members and their license plates, and recorded conversations using hidden microphones.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2023/08/07/patriot-front-doxxing-lawsuit/70517798007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6LmiFPI_$

Patriot Front Sued Over Alleged Beating of Boston Musician: The white supremacist group is accused of attacking the saxophonist during a 2022 march. Charles Murrell III, of Boston, was in the area of the Boston Public Library to play his saxophone on July 2, 2022, when he was surrounded by members of the Patriot Front and assaulted in a “coordinated, brutal, and racially motivated attack,” according to the lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/white-supremacist-assault-boston-lawsuit-5d30e75e6f35e84bf954bd37d9b1bfe1__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6HBht9Zs$

# Media
Louis DeJoy’s 10-Year Plan Could Gut USPS. He Doesn’t Want You to Know the Details: The Trump-appointed postmaster general behaves as if the public isn’t entitled to transparency at a public institution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/dejoys-10-year-plan-could-gut-usps-he-doesnt-want-you-to-know-the-details/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6L5E1hFz$

# Medical / Health
Texas Fights for the Right to Deny Women Life-Saving Abortion Care: A judge ruled Friday doctors may use “good faith judgment” in emergency situations. Texas’ AG challenged the ruling instantly
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/texas-abortion-bounty-law-ruling-1234802301/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6HgXr51f$

First Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill Approved by FDA: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Opill (norgestrel) tablet for nonprescription use to prevent pregnancy, the first daily oral contraceptive approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription. The move could significantly expand access to contraception. The pill is expected to be available in early 2024.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/health/otc-birth-control-pill.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6P_MEbDN$

Ohio Nurse Diagnosed With Transverse Myelitis After COVID Vaccine Sues Former Employer: An Ohio nurse permanently injured by Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine after her employer threatened her with the loss of health benefits if she refused to be vaccinated is suing her former employer and Ohio’s Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, alleging her vaccine injuries were work-related.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/danielle-baker-pfizer-covid-vaccine-lawsuit/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230808__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6AsDq_lJ$

6 Months After Toxic Train Derailment in East Palestine: “The first communication coming out was telling people that now the danger had passed and things were safe and now we’re learning six months later that things are not safe.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ehn.org/east-palestine-ohio-train-derailment-pollution-2662867187.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6I5S18Qd$

# Military / DOD
Is Biden Risking War with Iran as U.S. Deploys Marines to Guard Commercial Ships in the Persian Gulf? In an escalation of tensions, the Biden administration has deployed thousands of U.S. Marines and sailors to the Middle East
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/03/politics/us-troops-commercial-vessels-iran-seizure/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6ChFel0_$

# Military / Global
China and Russia have achieved naval success off Alaska – where the US Navy has no bases: Two days ago, eleven Russian and Chinese warships came together off the coast of Alaska in the largest gathering of its kind yet seen. The US Navy sent four destroyers in their direction as a response.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/08/08/china-russia-warships-alaska-aleutians/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6EcIwXUV$

# Social
These Nazis Want to Turn New England Into a White Ethnostate: White supremacists are calling for a “peaceful separation” from the United States, and a ban on people of color moving to New England https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/nazis-new-england-white-ethnostate-1234801707/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6GFpS66x$

This New England neo-Nazi group is getting bigger and scarier, experts say. Most troubling: Military vets fill its ranks. NSC-131 is one of many groups within the movement to have sprung up in the last five years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2023/08/06/new-england-neo-nazi-group-bigger-scarier-military-veterans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6NjiCVGr$

It is happening here; Massachusetts has a growing neo-Nazi movement: In the wake of this weekend’s racially motivated murders in Buffalo, the latest among a series of hate-inspired mass shootings — experts on extremism say there is good reason to be concerned about the spread of neo-Nazism, racism and white ethnonationalism in New England.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2022/05/18/it-is-happening-here-massachusetts-has-a-growing-neo-nazi-movement__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6AEn1ARQ$

Global, Connected and Decentralized: To understand violent white supremacy, we need to learn from former white supremacists, abandon myths about lone actor violence, and investigate the informal networks through which this movement spreads. Violent white supremacism is flourishing through robust communication networks with weak social ties
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jigsaw.google.com/the-current/white-supremacy/the-problem/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6J1XvI1o$

New Hate and Old: The Changing Face of American White Supremacy: The ADL Center on Extremism (COE) is one of the world’s foremost authorities on extremism, terrorism, anti-Semitism and all forms of hate. For decades, COE’s staff of seasoned investigators, analysts and researchers have tracked extremist activity and hate in the U.S. and abroad – online and on the ground.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.house.gov/meetings/JU/JU00/20190409/109266/HHRG-116-JU00-20190409-SD011.pdf__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6EvT4w2Z$

Oregon’s Greater Idaho movement echoes a long history of racism in the region: Instead of fixing Oregon, the Greater Idaho movement seeks to leave it. White supremacists are on board.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/issues/55.8/north-extremism-oregons-greater-idaho-movement-echoes-a-long-history-of-racism-in-the-region__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xyfI3TqJWP47CTdbk-fcMVBwclS6Gkm4ElTm9dXF-JxKkcWRg6BE-SlQDLaRuyX41sjCUaCwkCBMgsSwFue9Mh7q6BK5E6Bx$

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August 7, 2023
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# Indigenous
A new Illinois law shifts repatriation and reburial power to tribal nations: For the first time, tribal nations forcibly removed from Illinois will have final say in how and when the remains of their ancestors will be returned to them. The law makes it the state’s responsibility to help return ancestral remains, funerary objects and other important cultural items to tribal nations, and it compels the state to follow the lead of tribal nations throughout the repatriation process.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-law-gives-tribal-nations-repatriation-reburial-power*:*:text=The*20law*20makes*20it*20the,nations*20throughout*20the*20repatriation*20process__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfm8QqLVY$

# Archaeology
Remains found in China may belong to third human lineage: A team of paleontologists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, working with colleagues has found evidence of a previously unknown human lineage. In their study. the group analyzed the fossilized jawbone, partial skull and some leg bones of a hominin dated to 300,000 years ago.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2023-08-china-human-lineage.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weekly-nwletter__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfnqkQvQB$

Look into the past: Researchers recreate face of ‘oldest human’ with 45,000-year-old skull: Scientists have revealed the face of what may be the ‘oldest human’ to walk the Earth, a woman who lived 45,000 years ago. Her dark features were brought to life by an international team of academics, using a digital model of her broken skull. The fossilized remains recovered in Czechia more than 70 years ago are only a portion of the skull, as researchers believe she was consumed by an animal after death.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/08/04/look-into-the-past-researchers-recreate-face-of-oldest-human-with-45000-year-old-skull/?mc_cid=a2f10ceda2&mc_eid=c87bac2a19__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfqgwQTEY$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
As Texas continues to ramp up its efforts to curb illegal immigration, many residents in the border town of Eagle Pass say the state’s Operation Lone Star has gone too far
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/07/texas-border-eagle-pass-abbott-operation-lone-star/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfu4VJOHQ$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
In an editorial on RealClearPolitics, Julio Gonzalez, CEO and Founder of Engineered Tax Services, Inc., warns of a “harsh reality” facing Congress. “We are in a situation in which many American families and businesses are hanging on by a thread. Letting the non-permanent provisions of the TCJA expire could be catastrophic to our overall economy and the well-being of many working families,” stated Gonzalez.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/taxes/trump-era-tax-cuts-are-set-to-expire-here-s-how-much-more-you-ll-pay/ar-AA1eUIj5?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=fe4157225ba649f79fff09e1b05090fa&ei=9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfnWtaCX8$

# Employment / Labor
US autoworkers may wage a historic strike against Detroit’s 3 biggest automakers – with wages at EV battery plants a key roadblock to agreement: A strike would shake up the auto industry even though both the union’s ranks and the share of the US automotive market controlled by GM, Ford and Stellantis have been shrinking for decades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/us-autoworkers-may-wage-a-historic-strike-against-detroits-3-biggest-automakers-with-wages-at-ev-battery-plants-a-key-roadblock-to-agreement-210037__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfuCZ_VUp$

Biden Admin to Restore Labor Rule Gutted in 1980s: The Department of Labor plans to reverse the neoliberal-era gutting of a law that stopped contractors from bidding down wages in federal procurement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/labor/2023-08-07-biden-admin-labor-rule-davis-bacon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfmEzlWD8$

Trucking Giant Files for Bankruptcy, Leaving 30,000 Jobless: “It is with profound disappointment that Yellow announces that it is closing after nearly 100 years in business, leaves 30,000 jobless.” The Nashville-based logistics provider announced Sunday it had filed for Chapter 11 relief in the US Bankruptcy Court for the district of Delaware
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-08-07/trucking-firm-yellow-goes-bankrupt-as-debt-labor-woes-pile-up?in_source=embedded-checkout-banner__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfv8sf-zK$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Texas power prices for Sunday surged more than 800% amid the prolonged sweltering heat, rising to more than $2,500 a megawatt-hour for Sunday evening, according to data from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ERCOT issued a weather watch for Sunday and Monday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://finance.yahoo.com/news/texas-power-prices-surge-800-191023828.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfk9-uYCy$

In Youngstown, a Downtown Tire Pyrolysis Plant Is Called a ‘Recipe for Disaster’: In Youngstown, a downtown tire pyrolysis plant is called a ‘recipe for disaster’ A developer has big ideas to turn tires, plastic and electronic waste into energy at 30 locations, starting with a tire-to-gas plant next to the jail and student housing in the heart of what was once Ohio’s Steel Valley https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/07082023/youngstown-tire-pyrolysis-plant-called-recipe-for-disaster/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfkCxphGE$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Louisiana’s sea level rises, taking swamps and hurricane protection with it: Sea levels along the U.S. Gulf Coast are rising much faster than predicted. For New Orleans, the surge threatens its natural hurricane protection
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/difficult-conversations-how-rising-sea-levels-threaten-the-lives-of-louisianas-coastal-residents__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwflw1i21J$

New York activists descend on the Hamptons to protest the super rich fueling the climate crisis: From the airport to a golf course, museum gala and private mansions, activists confronted the extreme wealth driving global warming, and the challenges facing grassroots organizations that stand up to billionaires.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05082023/hamptons-protest-super-rich-climate-crisis/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfmjrTFTS$

Biden to create new Grand Canyon national monument to block mining: President Biden is leaning toward designating a vast area near the Grand Canyon as a national monument to safeguard it from uranium mining
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/08/05/biden-to-block-uranium-mining-on-1m-acres-near-grand-canyon/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfuEinpWq$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global Look at the crisis in the Amazon and understand the stakes; we’re battling for life itself: The world must stand with Indigenous peoples, and demand protection for the rainforest.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/06/amazon-mark-ruffalo-indigenous-peoples-world-rainforest-life__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfnuD6a8J$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
China’s Latest Tactic to Hurt the U.S. is All About Farmland: A new bipartisan bill would prohibit anyone associated with “foreign adversaries” like China from purchasing U.S. farmland. While protecting the U.S. food system and making farmland more affordable to domestic producers by limiting foreign ownership may seem plausible on paper, the reality is more complicated.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/banning-china-from-owning-u-s-farmland-will-achieve-nothing__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfsze5WVx$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Umar Khalid Challenged Modi’s Anti-Muslim Agenda. India Accused Him of Terrorism and Locked Him Up: The Modi government has weaponized India’s sedition and anti-terror laws to disappear Khalid and other political critics from public life.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/08/06/umar-khalid-india-modi/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfp7zNMoK$

Saudi peace talks put Ukraine territorial integrity at the core of any deal with Russia: Talks between senior officials from around 40 countries in Jeddah on August 6 agreed that Ukraine’s territorial integrity must be at the heart of any peace deal with Russia to end the war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.intellinews.com/saudi-peace-talks-put-ukraine-territorial-integrity-at-the-core-of-any-deal-with-russia-286936/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwftofJs0S$

# Gov / Politics
Contacting your legislator? Cite your sources, if you want them to listen to you: You can affect how legislators vote, but you can’t just fire off a nasty email and expect them to listen to you.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/contacting-your-legislator-cite-your-sources-if-you-want-them-to-listen-to-you-207179__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfqWZDjAb$

Mitch McConnell Mercilessly Heckled During Kentucky Speech: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was interrupted repeatedly by jeers during a breakfast speech in his home state of Kentucky, for what appeared to be the entirety of his appearance, with chants of ‘retire!’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-mercilessly-heckled-during-speech-with-chants-of-retire__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfmDkT23E$

Trump Was Right Again And Again About The Biden Family’s Foreign Business Dealings: Former President Donald Trump’s assertions during the
2020 presidential campaign about the Biden family’s foreign business dealings have proven to be accurate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/trump-attacks-biden-over-his-familys-foreign-business-deals__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfo4-xOVB$

CLANCY: Evidence Suggests Joe Biden Conspired To Defraud American Voters. Where’s His Indictment? If Trump got indicted for obstructing proceedings, then Biden definitely deserves to be indicted https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dailycaller.com/2023/08/05/clancy-evidence-suggests-joe-biden-conspired-to-defraud-american-voters-wheres-his-indictment/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfmfw-45K$

Many disapprove of Biden’s handling of climate, Post-UMD poll finds: Most Americans, 57 percent, disapprove of Biden’s handling of climate change, according to a Washington Post-University of Maryland poll, which also finds that few adults say they know a good amount or great deal about the Inflation Reduction Act
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4141631-most-in-new-poll-disapprove-of-bidens-handling-of-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwftyxms6T$

Republican on Elections Commission Faces Removal for Rejecting Trump’s Lies: Margaret Rose Bostelmann has faced the wrath of the Wisconsin GOP for defending the integrity of the 2020 election. Marge Bostelmann remains resolute: “I’m a Republican who stands up for the truth and not for a lie.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-elections-commission-marge-bostelmann-republicans__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfncN3MCK$

US responds to Russian, Chinese warships patrolling near Alaskan coast: Russian and Chinese ships patrolled ‘near Alaska’ but were not ‘a threat,’ US officials say. Four destroyers and P-8 aircraft were deployed to shadow the formation. A Russian and Chinese naval formation patrolled “near Alaska” last week but “was not considered a threat,” U.S. Northern Command said Sunday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dozen-russian-chinese-ships-now-moving-alaska-officials/story?id=102074925__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfj-8jiFx$

# Law Enforcment
Pregnant Black Woman Wrongly Arrested in Detroit Using Facial Recognition: A Detroit woman is suing the city and a police officer, saying she was falsely arrested when she was eight months pregnant and accused of a carjacking based on facial recognition technology that is now the target of lawsuits filed by three Black Michigan residents. The ACLU of Michigan has demanded that the Detroit Police Department end its use of the software.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/detroit-facial-recognition-software-results-in-wrongful-arrest-of-pregnant-woman/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfmmKtIVp$

Pedophile Ring Busted After FBI Agents’ Murders: Authorities say 13 children have been rescued and 19 pedophiles identified. The Australian arm of a pedophile network was discovered by police in the wake of the murder of two FBI agents in Florida, authorities said. A fatal shootout with an American paedophile that claimed the lives of two FBI agents unearthed the Australian arm of an alleged child abuse network, leading police to 19 paedophiles and sparking the rescue of 13 children across the country, investigators say.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/murder-of-fbi-agents-leads-to-alleged-australian-paedophile-ring-bust-20230807-p5dui7.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfsELVjrl$

# Legal / DOJ
How Republicans flipped America’s state supreme courts: The most important political actors that nobody’s heard of: That’s how our recent investigation described the justices sitting on state supreme courts, which are in the midst of a big change. Their decisions can dictate employment law, criminal-justice outcomes, abortion access, LGBTQ+ rights and more. State supreme court justices are increasingly Republican
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2023/07/24/republicans-flipped-state-supreme-courts-impacting-voting-lgbtq-abortion/70357917007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfj8gnruW$

Why Trump Aides Think the New Indictment Is No Joke: A number of Donald Trump’s current aides are involved in the latest case against their boss. That could put them in some very difficult positions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/theres-a-good-reason-trump-aides-dont-think-the-new-indictment-is-a-joke__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfp074lxn$

A Former Federal Prosecutor Explains the Latest Trump Indictment: The case will hinge on proving whether the former President truly believed that the election was stolen as he attempted to overturn it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-indictment-federal-prosecutor-interview-b2386704.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfrXWAqjK$

Trump Wants ‘Nightmare’ Judge Chutkan Off His Jan. 6 Case: Former President Donald Trump slammed U.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan on Sunday saying it is impossible to get a fair trial by her and announced that his legal team will be asking for her recusal from the case “on very powerful grounds.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-demands-judge-chutkans-recusal-case-1817791__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfrgy0uGG$

Nothing to See Here, Just Donald Trump’s Attorney Admitting in Multiple Interviews That Trump Broke the Law: Also, he’d like Trump to get credit for not sending in “the tanks.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-lawyer-john-lauro-charges-interview-1817439__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfvTr_u23$

Trump Lawyer: Mike Pence Will Be “One of Our Best Witnesses”: In a series of interviews Sunday, the former president’s lawyer outlined his legal strategy. Surprisingly, it seems to hinge on former VP Mike Pence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-lawyer-mike-pence-one-best-witnesses__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwft35Nwa3$

Trump’s lawyer says he ‘will be acquitted’ if Pence testifies: “Mike Pence will be one of our best witnesses at trial,” Lauro said Sunday during an interview on ABC’s “This Week.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/06/trump-lawyer-pence-witness-trial-00109983__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfp9tyABh$

Give Trump the literal ‘jury of his peers’ he demands – that’s indisputable justice, poetic and legal: The problem with a true Trump jury of his peers – if they’re just as greedy, nasty, and selfish — is upsetting expectations, even stumbling over truth.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/08/07/give-trump-the-literal-jury-of-his-peers-he-demands-thats-indisputable-justice-poetic-and-legal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfo8Sw-tN$

# Medical / Health
East Palestine 6 months later, health issues persists and answers are elusive: A half year after the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, independent researchers say their work contradicts the government narrative that the area is safe and residents say they are sick and are navigating the causes of their symptoms without any reliable guidance.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2023/07/31/east-palestine-residents-seek-treatment-six-months-after-train-derailment__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfq5LHQ0F$

Teens Are Being Left to Detox From Opioids Without Medication: Most areas of the U.S. lack facilities that offer medically managed withdrawal for patients under 18. When Denver Health wanted to open an inpatient opioid detox unit specifically for teens, doctors there searched high and low for a model to copy. They didn’t find one.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/teens-are-being-left-to-detox-from-opioids-without-medication/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfniQW1Yb$

Post-Roe, It’s More Important Than Ever We Still Fight for Procedural Abortion: Procedural abortion is basic reproductive health care that is safe, immediate and viable even past the first trimester.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/post-roe-its-more-important-than-ever-we-still-fight-for-procedural-abortion/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfqo1eMpi$

Texas Judge Rules Some Bans on Abortion in State Are Unconstitutional: In a major victory for abortions rights supporters, a Texas judge has ruled that the state’s law banning abortions is too restrictive and violates the state constitution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/texas-judge-rules-some-bans-on-abortion-in-state-are-unconstitutional/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfgyXj8Xc$

Ohio Ballot Measure Results May Determine Fate of State’s Abortion Rights: Tuesday’s vote will determine how many votes will be needed in November to codify abortion rights in the state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/ohio-ballot-measure-results-may-determine-fate-of-states-abortion-rights/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfvybR8SD$

# Military / DOD
US Begins Drone Operations Out of New Niger Air Base: In an announcement Friday, U.S. Africa Command officials said they are conducting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance flights
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/11/01/us-begins-drone-operations-out-niger.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfuVr8eGz$

The US can’t use its $110 million drone base in Niger: The United States spent $110 million to build a drone base in Niger and is unable to fly drones from a base in Niger because the country’s airspace has been closed after a coup overthrew the government in late July, a U.S. official said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://taskandpurpose.com/news/us-military-drone-missions-niger-halted/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfijCJyHe$

# Military / Global
Blowback in Africa: U.S.-Trained Officer Overthrows Pro-U.S. Leader in Niger, Site of U.S. Drone Base: Last Wednesday, Nigerien military officers announced they had overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum, a close ally of the United States and France. ECOWAS, an economic bloc of West African countries, has threatened to take military action unless the coup is reversed by Sunday. But the leader of Niger’s new military junta has vowed to defy any attempts to restore the former president to power
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_LL4ktTr4k__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfvxaZ8EX$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Eminent Domain for Overpriced Drugs: Exhibit A is the case of the EpiPen. It should cost a few dollars rather than the $600 or more charged by monopolist Viatris. The government has a seldom-used eminent-domain power known as march-in rights, which allows it to license patents to producers other than the patent owner if a drug or device was developed partly with public funds and is urgently needed for public-heath purposes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-08-07-eminent-domain-overpriced-drugs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfiadAIkt$

# Science
Zebrafish are a scientist’s favorite for early-stage research – especially to study human blood disorders: Of the many qualities that make the zebrafish a model organism, the fact that it shares 70% of the genes humans have makes it an ideal candidate for developmental biology research
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/zebrafish-are-a-scientists-favorite-for-early-stage-research-especially-to-study-human-blood-disorders-205110__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfqDSr5KF$

# Weather
As Many American Cities Get Hotter, Health Systems Face Off Against Heatstroke: Scientists say dangerous heat levels, and the stress they put on human bodies and medical systems, will likely keep increasing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mmm-online.com/home/channel/as-many-american-cities-get-hotter-health-systems-face-off-against-heatstroke/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!yRRmSjNgRd1xTVqhb5FlxXiQaHA4OKhRhez8ahcpHtKNZhd6XMPEH5UNzt65Yw7Yl_4N28aALpU4zlVy0DvWbtxwfgMXTXlU$

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August 4, 2023
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# Indigenous
Minnesota Supreme Court rules against disputed mine, says state pollution officials hid EPA warnings: The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the state’s Pollution Control Agency improperly granted permits to a fiercely contested copper-nickel mine and concealed environmental concerns about the project, which critics say threatens to pollute Lake Superior and hurt tribal lands.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://lptv.org/mn-supreme-court-rules-against-disputed-mine-says-state-pollution-officials-hid-epa-warnings/*:*:text=UNDATED*20(AP)*20**C20The*20Minnesota,Superior*20and*20hurt*20tribal*20lands__;I34lJeKAlCUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdEKOaoBr$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
mRNA Covid jabs have caused silent heart damage to tens of millions of people, a shocking new study suggests: Moderna’s Covid booster caused 1 in 35 people to have heart injuries detectable with blood tests, Swiss doctors report. Will the Centers for Disease Control or American researchers take note?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/mrna-covid-jabs-have-caused-silent?utm_source=substack&publication_id=363080&post_id=135505226&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdMjGQCG3$

Sex-specific differences in myocardial injury incidence after COVID-19 mRNA-1273 Booster Vaccination Brief: Title: Myocardial Injury after COVID-19 mRNA-1273 Booster Vaccination
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejhf.2978__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdMAST2OG$

Bombshell Emails Reveal Lengths White House Was Willing To Go To Control COVID Narrative: A series of internal Facebook emails obtained by the House Judiciary Committee confirm that the Biden White House placed significant pressure on the company to crack down on “misinformation” related to the Covid pandemic in early 2021.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationalreview.com/news/internal-facebook-emails-reveal-white-house-pressured-social-media-platform-to-censor-covid-misinformation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdMst0smQ$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Wall Street Stokes Culture War to Fight Swipe Fee Reform: The credit card industry is attempting to whip up right-wing hysterics to fight a bipartisan financial reform.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/power/2023-08-04-wall-street-culture-war-swipe-fee-reform/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdNueTbTx$

# Education / Schools
Florida ‘Effectively’ Bans AP Psychology course: Florida has banned advanced placement psychology classes with its order to school districts “that teaching foundational content on sexual orientation and gender identity” violates state law, the College Board said. Meanwhile, the state’s governor and 2024 GOP presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis vowed to “start slitting throats on Day One” in his quest to transform federal bureaucracy if he gets elected.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/08/04/florida-bans-ap-psych-over-gender-sexual-orientation-content-college-board/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdI50tB0x$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
People are shooting birds off power lines in the West: Gunshots outnumber electrocution as a cause of death, according to a new study. Researchers who examined dead birds found along approximately 120 miles of power lines across four Western states discovered that the majority of them, more than 65% were actually killed by guns, not electrocution.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hcn.org/articles/birds-people-are-shooting-birds-off-power-lines-in-the-west__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdFyIbyCM$

‘Halliburton loophole’ allows fracking companies to avoid chemical regulation: New research finds fracking-industry exemption for 28 chemicals otherwise regulated by federal law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04082023/halliburton-loophole-fracking-pennsylvania/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdGN5xnMd$

EPA approved Chevron fuel ingredient with sky-high cancer risk: The Environmental Protection Agency approved a component of boat fuel made from discarded plastic that the agency’s own risk formula determined was so hazardous, everyone exposed to the substance continually over a lifetime would be expected to develop cancer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/04/epa-boat-fuel-cancer-risk-chevron-mississippi__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdCwsfezs$

2005 Energy Policy Act and its “Halliburton Loophole” Outcomes: Chemicals regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act in US fracking disclosures, 2014–2021. To begin quantifying the environmental and economic impacts of this loophole, this study undertakes an aggregate analysis of chemicals that would otherwise be regulated by SDWA within FracFocus, an industry-sponsored fracking disclosure database. This paper quantifies the total disclosures and total mass of these chemicals used between 2014 and 2021, examines trends in their use, and investigates which companies most use and supply them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0269749122017663__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdCzbG-uK$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Greg Casar’s Thirst Strike Got Biden’s Attention. Will It Bring About a Climate Emergency? The Texas lawmaker sat out on the Capitol steps last week to protest worker conditions under extreme heat. “As politicians, we’re famously always a couple of steps behind the people,” he said
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://casar.house.gov/media/press-releases/news-congressman-greg-casar-hosts-vigil-thirst-strike-workers-rights-house__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdA0R3abo$

Following Vigil & Thirst Strike, President Biden Announces Actions to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat: “I am proud of the Texas workers who have spoken up about the lack of water breaks on the job.” Today, Congressman Greg Casar (D-Texas), who recently was on an all-day thirst strike on the U.S. Capitol steps, releases the following statement on President Joe Biden’s announcement of actions to protect workers and communities from extreme heat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://casar.house.gov/media/press-releases/news-following-vigil-thirst-strike-president-biden-announces-actions-protect__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdNbt3n33$

The world just got its first real taste of what life is like at 1.5 degrees Celsius, hotter than preindustrial times: According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, this year’s July was the hottest July on record, between 1.5 and 1.6 Celsius warmer than the average before widespread fossil fuel use.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://crast.net/389649/the-world-gets-its-first-real-taste-of-what-life-is-like-at-1-5c/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdL-hy8Hm$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
BPA’s evil cousin: An endocrine-disrupting chemical found in plastic baby bottles, lined aluminum cans, and other plastic food packaging. Truth is that BPA has some dangerous cousins (most commonly known as BPS, BPF, BPM and BPP) that are being used as substitutes for BPA. Why are they dangerous? They are all chemicals called bisphenols and they mimic estrogen just like BPA.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://livinginthechemicalage.com/bpa-and-its-dangerous-cousins/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdG3iDqsp$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Wagner Men Exiled by Putin Threaten New Firestorm in Europe: Poland is now gearing up combat choppers in response to infiltration threats from Wagner fighters in Belarus https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-wagner-fighters-threaten-armed-chaos-on-polish-border-with-belarus__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdHOYxhvF$

Former Russian President Warns of Nuclear Response to Ukraines Counteroffensive: The Russian Security Council’s Deputy Chairman and former President, Dmitry Medvedev, warned of a nuclear war in case Ukraine’s counteroffensive, backed by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), against Russia succeeds. “There would simply be no other option. So our enemies should pray for our warriors’ (success). They are making sure that a global nuclear fire is not ignited,” he said on social media.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/world/russia-s-ex-president-warns-of-nuclear-war-if-ukraine-s-counteroffensive-succeeds/story__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdOdPTlWj$

# Gov / Politics
These Eight States Will Likely Decide Who Wins The 2024 Presidential Election: The outcome of a likely Biden-Trump rematch rests on just eight states. Each has a formidable block of independent voters who are likely to tip the battlegrounds one way or another, it takes 270 votes. Arizona – 11 electoral votes, Georgia – 16 electoral votes, Michigan -15 electoral votes, New Hampshire – 4 electoral votes, Nevada – 6 electoral votes, North Carolina – 16 electoral votes, Pennsylvania – 19 electoral votes, Wisconsin – 10 electoral votes https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/eight-states-could-decide-2024-presidential-election__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdPRuh_5o$

Trump’s political action committee wants a $60 million refund on paying his legal fees – 3 key things to know about PACs: There are different kinds of PACs, but it is not clear if Trump’s use of them to pay his large legal fees violates election or campaign finance laws.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/trumps-political-action-committee-wants-a-60-million-refund-on-paying-his-legal-fees-3-key-things-to-know-about-pacs-210776__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdDuMwNuK$

One Sign Trump Is Really in Trouble: Dems Are Keeping Quiet: The Senate’s most vulnerable Democrats are steering clear of the week’s biggest news: the third indictment of former President Donald Trump. Your Huddle hosts asked seven incumbents expected to face competitive reelections in 2024 to weigh in on the charges but heard nothing but crickets. Their silence stands in contrast to many other Democrats
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/newsletters/huddle/2023/08/04/the-dems-staying-quiet-on-trumps-indictment-00109822__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdNWKpquz$

Trump political operation steers about $130 million in donor money to cover legal fees: Trump’s political network has reported paying $130 million to cover the cost of lawyers and law firms as legal fees soar, with donors footing the bill.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/08/trump-political-operation-steers-130-million-in-donor-money-to-cover-legal-fees/*:*:text=Groups*20in*20former*20President*20Donald,to*20a*20new*20OpenSecrets*20analysis__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdGys4CLT$

# Law Enforcment
[Smile worthy] Police outside of San Antonio arrested a man in June for the most heinous crime imaginable: drawing with chalk on a public sidewalk. Now the city of Leon Valley owes the artist a $16.5k wrongful-arrest settlement. City officials issued a public apology and sweetened the “So sorry about all this” pot with a donated box of chalk.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/leon-valley-chalk-drawing-arrest-18269560.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdDxrppwn$

The Abysmal State of Reporting Suicides from U.S. Prisons: Mass incarceration is a public health crisis. Researchers need reliable health data from state prisons to address it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://undark.org/2023/08/03/the-abysmal-state-of-reporting-suicides-from-u-s-prisons/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdOUvtz-I$

Solitary Confinement Survivors Rally Support for Proposed Federal Ban: With over 122,000 people in solitary nationwide, lawmakers are seeking to end the practice in federal facilities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/solitary-confinement-survivors-rally-support-for-proposed-federal-ban/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdKb7JjU4$

# Legal / DOJ
Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Trying to Overturn the Election, Despite Us All Witnessing Him Trying to Overturn the Election: The ex-president was arraigned in a DC courthouse on Thursday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/trump-indicted-jan-6-investigation-special-counsel-a79f2d3683c7591058635c9b3d870070__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdLQTXiuy$

“Unusually Strong”: A Mueller Prosecutor Says Trump’s Indictment No. 3 Packs a Wallop: Andrew Weissmann runs through the “rock-solid” evidence ahead of a trial that he believes will test “whether we are going to adhere to the rule of law in this country.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/mueller-prosecutor-says-trumps-indictment-no-3-packs-a-wallop__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdDwDxLdw$

Trump’s Own Lawyer Admits He Directed Illegal Scheme to Stop Electoral
Count: Jenna Ellis, an attorney for Donald Trump who helped drive his false claims about the 2020 election results, has admitted in a Colorado disciplinary proceeding that she misrepresented evidence at least 10 times during Trump’s frantic bid to subvert his defeat.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/08/trump-lawyer-misrepresented-jenna-ellis-00086256__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdIfPkvmZ$

Trump lawyer calls indictment an ‘attack on free speech and political advocacy.’ Follow live updates Donald Trump’s attorney John Lauro is calling the latest indictment of the former president “an attack on free speech and political advocacy.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/trump-charged-4-counts-including-conspiracy-defraud-us-101918405__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdHe3fOpA$

A brief history of the Ku Klux Klan Acts: 1870s laws to protect Black voters, ignored for decades, now being used against Trump: One of the charges against Donald Trump dates back to the 1870s and was designed to give the federal government the power to ensure states held free and fair elections.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/a-brief-history-of-the-ku-klux-klan-acts-1870s-laws-to-protect-black-voters-ignored-for-decades-now-being-used-against-trump-202923__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdK6HeOet$

Laws enacted in the 1870s called the Ku Klux Klan Acts: They are officially known as the Enforcement Acts because they empowered the federal government to enforce the Civil War amendments
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_enforce.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdJqVY9QL$

The Civil Rights Law Used to Indict Trump: As the Brennan Center for Justice points out, in the 20th century the Supreme Court has ruled that all sorts of election infringements violate the Enforcement Acts, including stuffing ballot boxes and bribing voters. A suspect doesn’t have to commit violence against Black voters to violate the law.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/civil-rights-law-could-be-used-indict-trump__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdB3fQFqM$

# Media
USPS Is Asking for These Changes to Your Mailbox, Starting Sunday
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bestlifeonline.com/usps-mailbox-changes-news/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdA50Trwo$

# Medical / Health
When M.D.s Go Union: The wave of professionals who are joining unions has now reached the ranks of physicians. “Many physicians now are employed by consolidated corporate health care systems that span many different communities and increasingly are spread across multiple states,” the JAMA article points out. Health care in the United States has long been notorious, of course, for rationing access to medical care by the calculus of ability to pay
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-08-04-when-mds-go-union/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdDbAA3rP$

# Medical / Health / Global
The World Is Not Prepared for Another Cholera Wave: Cholera is both deadly and highly treatable. While the Vibrio cholerae bacteria can ravage the human body, and even kill untreated victims in as little as a day, a simple oral solution of salt, sugar, and water can often be enough to replenish lost fluids and coax victims back to health. Antibiotics and an IV drip can be used to treat more dire cases, and a vaccine regimen that can help prevent severe disease is available for as little as $1.50 per dose.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://undark.org/2023/08/02/the-world-is-not-prepared-for-another-cholera-wave/?utm_source=Undark*3A*News**A26*Updates&utm_campaign=5417c5c589-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5cee408d66-185e4e09de-*5BLIST_EMAIL_ID*5D__;JSsrJSslJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdMMzvVAz$

# Military / DOD
Two US sailors charged with sharing military info with China: Two San Diego-based sailors have been arrested and charged with providing sensitive military information to China, U.S. federal officials announced. Both 22-year-old sailor Jinchao Wei and Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, 26, are accused in separate cases of sharing military information to Chinese intelligence officials in exchange for cash payments. Both have pleaded not guilty to the charges they face.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/08/03/us-navy-sailors-arrested-china-sensitive-material__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdO78zPTN$

US may put armed troops on commercial ships in Strait of Hormuz: The U.S. military is considering putting armed personnel on commercial ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz to stop Iranian seizures, in what would be an unheard of action aimed at stopping Iran from seizing and harassing civilian vessels, four American officials told The Associated Press
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.marketwatch.com/story/u-s-military-may-put-armed-troops-on-commercial-ships-in-strait-of-hormuz-to-stop-iranian-seizures-9a355a9d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdN960cqO$

# Military / Global
Moscow Moving Ahead With North Korea Arms Deals: The White House said U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke last week to North Korean officials during a visit to Pyongyang about increasing the sale of munitions to Moscow for its war in Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/08/04/white-house-says-top-russian-official-pitched-north-korea-increasing-sale-of-munitions-moscow.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdEqe-wbS$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Gatekeeper of the Gougers: In a newly unsealed deposition, a former Express Scripts executive (unintentionally) reveals how hard his colleagues were undermining his ‘mission’ to cut drug prices. Express Scripts Chief Medical Officer Steven Miller speaks to CNBC in November 2018 about the company’s role in bringing down drug prices.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-08-04-gatekeeper-of-the-gougers/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdOCHy2SZ$

# Social
Houston volunteers face thousands in fines for feeding homeless: Volunteers with a group that has been feeding Houston’s unhoused population since 1994 are facing a potential $80,000 in fines after a crackdown by local police. Food Not Bombs is currently disputing 44 tickets issued by Houston police department for giving food to homeless individuals outside of the Houston Public Library. If a jury finds them guilty, they can be fined the maximum penalty of $2,000 per fine, with the group noting they could owe over $80,000 in fines at this point.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/houston-volunteers-face-thousands-in-fines-for-feeding-homeless/ar-AA1eMHTm?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=fd9e3abaf29742e6b5b4fddc63313974&ei=26__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdJJAHC-2$

# Technology
The Biden administration has implemented a comprehensive energy efficiency plan by enforcing a countrywide ban on several commonly used light bulbs. This initiative, led by the Department of Energy (DOE), prohibits manufacturers and retailers from selling traditional incandescent and halogen light bulbs, which currently make up a significant portion of the market. Instead, they will be required to offer light-emitting diode (LED) alternatives or face significant penalties imposed by the federal government
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/biden-just-banned-popular-household-item-it-s-impossible-for-democrats-to-leave-us-alone/ar-AA1eNWt2?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=fd9e3abaf29742e6b5b4fddc63313974&ei=6__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1XagAjr92c2_ITd-JaVWnq2sBxKaoqoTjWtvP-8U3TLm2E_b2IBT35bPkvDQenUNOMDRsTuSzg891rAN97Qqn1cUdAv5LHb2$

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August 3, 2023
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Arrests of noncitizens with criminal convictions at border at record highs: Fiscal year to date, OFO agents encountered more than 15,000 people with criminal convictions, up from roughly 6,500 in fiscal 2021. In fiscal 2022, they apprehended nearly 17,000.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/arrests-of-noncitizens-with-criminal-convictions-at-border-at-record-highs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbrSzrlTo$

2 Dead Bodies Found Stuck to Buoys Texas Officials Were Ordered to Take Down: The Biden administration had ordered Texas officials to take down the buoys due to humanitarian concerns.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/2-dead-bodies-found-stuck-to-buoys-texas-officials-were-ordered-to-take-down/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjboyXt4D1$

Migrants overwhelm Midtown Manhattan sidewalks: “The overcrowding is absolutely, absolutely out of control,” Paladino said. Democratic New York City Councilman Robert Holden also slammed local and federal officials for the ongoing surge amid border security concerns, calling it “absurd.” “We have 100,000 people in New York City that walked across unvetted.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/media/migrants-overwhelm-midtown-manhattan-sidewalks-absolutely-control__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbjFz406Z$

# Corporations / Industry
Chemical companies’ PFAS payouts are huge, but the problem is even bigger: 3M, DuPont, Chemours and Corteva have agreed settlement in the billions for polluting drinking water with ‘forever chemicals.’ But while the sums are impressive on their face, they represent just a fraction of the estimated $400bn some estimate will be needed to clean and protect the nation’s drinking water.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/03/chemical-companies-pfas-payouts-forever-chemicals*:*:text=A*20second*20June*20settlement*20with,protect*20the*20nation’s*20drinking*20water__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbs0oNvGC$

Dam builder fined $1.1M for contamination in Peace River: In B.C.’s Peace River, home to at-risk species, more than three million litres of wastewater contained a concentration of aluminum ‘acutely lethal’ to fish
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/site-c-peace-river-contamination-fine/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbgBj48-A$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Why Is There A Sudden Appearance Of Malaria In The U.S. After Two Decades? On June 26, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported several cases of locally acquired malaria in Florida and Texas, meaning that patients were infected within the U.S.—the first such cases in over two decades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/new-malaria-cases-in-the-u-s-manoj-duraisingh/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbmHH_VtZ$

What to know about malaria after U.S. cases were reported: While there’s concern over a potential rise in cases amid increased summer travel, the risk of contracting malaria in the U.S. remains extremely low.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/06/27/malaria-mosquito-cases-rising-explained__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjboKU0WAY$

The world is not prepared for another cholera wave: Sanitation and vaccination can prevent cholera. But recent outbreaks highlight obstacles to stopping the disease. And many experts believe that climate change will make matters worse, by exacerbating the droughts and storms that can spark outbreaks.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.realclearscience.com/2023/08/03/the_world_is_not_prepared_for_another_cholera_wave_970474.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbqFd-841$

# Education / Schools
The U.S. Department of Defense needs to figure out if its Troops-to-Teachers program is meeting its goal to reduce teacher shortages in high-need schools and key subjects such as math, science and special education. A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that it is unclear if the Troops-to-Teachers program is meeting its goals because the Department of Defense lost access to participant data when it canceled the program in 2020
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_1bd4edfe-315c-11ee-aa74-b39000aceead.html?a&seyid=80912*utm_source=thecentersquare.com&utm_campaign=*2Fnewsletters*2Flists*2Ft2*2Fnational*2F&utm_medium=email&utm_content=read*20more__;PyUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbqNs39wp$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure / Global A look at how much less Antarctic sea ice there is this year: The clear departure from previous years is startling, since sea ice around Antarctica has been slower to respond to climate change than ice in the Arctic Ocean. Antarctic sea ice also set a record low in 2022, but this year’s ice cover is almost 500,000 square miles smaller.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.climate.gov/news-features/event-tracker/antarctic-sea-ice-reaches-early-winter-record-low-june-2023__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbjqfUKrX$

We’re gambling with the only good oceans in the universe: Earth’s precious water made life possible. Now it’s simmering. The world’s third-largest barrier reef is dying, and scientists are fishing out coral samples and bringing them to the cool safety of laboratory tanks. One spot along the coastline hit triple-digit temperatures last month, conditions you would expect inside a hot tub. Some coastal Floridians skipped their usual dips in the ocean because it didn’t seem appealing anymore.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/08/marine-heat-waves-earth-climate-change/674892/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbmMXDSPl$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Eyewittness: ‘Zelensky’s Ukraine is no democracy, It’s a thieving, corrupt, murderous gangster regime’: Right now, I’m about to try to get out of Ukraine, and seek political asylum in Hungary. Either I’ll cross the border and make it to safety, or I’ll be disappeared by the Kiev regime. I’m posting this thread just as I’m getting to the border checkpoint. I’m also posting videos on the two channels I have access to, The Roundtable and Gonzalo Lira, Again. If you don’t hear from me in the next 12 hours, whelp! I’m on my way to a labor camp!
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/08/eyewitness-zelenskys-ukraine-is-no-democracy-its-a-thieving-corrupt-murderous-gangster-regime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eyewitness-zelenskys-ukraine-is-no-democracy-its-a-thieving-corrupt-murderous-gangster-regime__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbk1EDDZd$

China has made its first strike on the West: It is becoming increasingly clear that Chinese computer hackers may have penetrated American military and civil critical infrastructure in ways that could cripple a US response to Chinese armed aggression from the outset. Certainly that would align with Beijing’s strategy, familiar from Sun Tzu’s “Art of War”, which is to win the war before a shot is fired.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-has-made-its-first-strike-on-the-west/ar-AA1eK44k?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=7c73a1e154104b48909c2f0450a15dea&ei=6__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbkvSs2UV$

# Gov / Politics
This Democrat Thinks He Can Do What Beto O’Rourke Couldn’t; Take Down Ted Cruz: Colin Allred, an NFL linebacker turned congressman, accuses Cruz of neglecting Texans while skipping to Cancún and podcasting. “He’s a content machine,” Allred says, “not a legislative machine.” Still, it’s an uphill battle, or potentially, as one strategist warns, a “suicide mission.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/colin-allred-ted-cruz-2024-senate-texas-beto-orourke__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbvakxuDd$

Senate Democrats Blocked Watchdog for Ukraine Aid Ignoring Lessons From Afghanistan: The U.S. special inspector who monitored billions of dollars in U.S. waste in Afghanistan cautions about repeating the same mistakes in Ukraine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/08/02/ukraine-aid-special-inspector-afghanistan/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjblqcJJnl$

Decades later, the US government called Hiroshima and Nagasaki ‘nuclear tests’: U.S. military strategists were eager “to use the bomb first where its effects would not only be politically effective, but also technically measurable.” The vast majority of the 125,000 who died in Hiroshima were women and children.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.truthdig.com/articles/decades-later-the-u-s-government-called-hiroshima-and-nagasaki-nuclear-tests/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbgoqKzqq$

The Trump vs. Biden rematch really does seem to be happening, but this time, it’s even more cursed: In fact, a solid majority of voters have an unfavorable view of each of the leading candidates, as people wonder whether either man can manage the increasing turmoil coming from all sides.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2023/06/21/trump-vs-biden-ii-the-rematch-voters-dont-want/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbqzFnCe1$

# Legal / DOJ
It Took Three Indictments for Mike Pence to Get Tough on Trump: “Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president,” the former vice president said. Meanwhile, House Republicans appear fully committed to ignoring January 6.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/donald-trump-mike-pence-indictment__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbgf8i95N$

Attorney General Ken Paxton and his lawyers are set to appear at 9 a.m. Thursday in Harris County district court for his securities fraud indictment. The impeached attorney general appeared in a Houston courtroom, where lawyers from both sides agreed to return in October to set an expected trial date on charges that have been pending since 2015.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/08/03/ken-paxton-securities-fraud-courtroom/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbjwOwBnD$

I Was Just Subpoenaed by Trump’s Georgia Grand Jury. Here’s What I’ll Tell Them: The Trump election interference case raises unique questions about the role of a free press in preserving democracy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/31/trump-georgia-grand-jury-subpoena/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbnu3xyOU$

The Man With No Pants Is the Star of Donald Trump’s Latest Indictment: Jeffrey Clark was an obscure government lawyer when he nearly seized control of the Justice Department to help the ex-president overturn the
2020 election results.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/08/02/trump-indictment-justice-department-jeffrey-clark/*:*:text=The*20man*20with*20no*20pants*20is*20the*20unnamed*20star*20of,results*20of*20the*202020*20election__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbsxC9awF$

Boris Epshteyn, a strategic adviser to Trump’s 2020 campaign, appears to be the individual referenced in the indictment as Co-Conspirator 6: The indictment refers to co-conspirator 6 as “a political consultant who helped implement a plan to submit fraudulent slates of presidential electors to obstruct the certification proceeding.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-indictment-jan-6-live-updates_n_64b811dce4b08cd259da027b/liveblog_64cab37ae4b03d9b515f7073?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-morning-email_2023-08-03&utm_term=us-morning-email__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbvNMiXPm$

Utah’s Secretive Medical Malpractice Panels Make It Even Harder to Sue Providers: Prelitigation panels are meant to judge the merit of a complaint against a provider ahead of a lawsuit. But some attorneys see them as “nothing more than an obstruction” for victims. Patients who wanted to file a lawsuit after receiving a “nonmeritorious” opinion had to find an expert who would disagree with the panel and explain why their case had merit, a process that could cost thousands of dollars
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/secretive-medical-malpractice-panels-make-it-hard-to-sue-providers-utah*:*:text=Utah*20legislators*20in*202010*20put,could*20cost*20thousands*20of*20dollars__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbuRoB1tf$

# Military / Global
Pakistani defense conglomerate unveils new drone, missiles at IDEF: Global Industrial and Defence Solutions showed off its Faaz-RF and Faaz-IIR medium-range, air-to-air missiles, as well as the Shahpar III combat UAV.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2023/08/03/pakistani-defense-conglomerate-unveils-new-drone-missiles-at-idef/?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dfn-dnr__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbuhrFwWp$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
The Oliver Twist; How orphan drugs became big business for Big Pharma: Big Pharma’s drive for bigger and bigger profits has made business practices that were once seen as outliers the industry standard.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-08-03-oliver-twist-orphan-drugs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjbnSMALO9$
See also: Series on the business of health care, the inner workings of the monopolies and cartels
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/businessofhealthcare__;!!On18fmf1aQ!x88Bwb4WwQQH7689CI3FyCPHQP2hZ1ZqQnF89S_GLgqSYLhzUZIXOhOLOw01Udgvv1PjvUa7u6S39ctZrXthDBDjblqALl7q$

# Social
Whitewashing Slavery: The tide of freedom in America is receding. Reproductive rights, affirmative action, lgbtq+ rights and the accuracy and integrity of Black history have been crippled for the comfort and convenience of a radically conservative minority. A minority disproportionately represented in our highest court.
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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-08-02

Voices, The Peoples News

August 2, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Indigenous
Judge Orders DOI to Move on Rule for Tribes Reapplying for Federal Recognition: A federal judge declined on Friday to order the government to allow the Chinook Indian Nation to reapply for federal recognition, but he did toss out the Department of Interior’s decision to ban such second tries and told the department to re-evaluate the rule.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.courthousenews.com/judge-orders-feds-to-reevaluate-tribal-recognition-rule/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMgFngLxA$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Texas is separating families at the border in apparent ‘harsh and cruel’ shift in policy, immigration attorney says: Texas has separated at least 26 migrant family units on the southern border since July 10 under Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star border initiative, according to Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid immigration attorney Kristin Etter. “This is just a very harsh and cruel detour from the asylum process,” Etter told CNN in an interview Wednesday.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-is-separating-families-at-the-border-in-apparent-harsh-and-cruel-shift-in-policy-immigration-attorney-says/ar-AA1eIdxR?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=6eb9217e85a2425d99273ed8602ac50d&ei=242__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMjriGnBJ$

# Corporations / Industry
New Factories Are Coming to the US, Even as Existing Ones Struggle: But even amid the recent upswing in optimism, with US stock indexes now at their highest levels in more than a year, the current soft patch in manufacturing makes it harder to definitively ring the all-clear for the US economy’s ability to avoid a recession.
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
U.S. Credit Rating Downgraded from AAA by Fitch: Fitch Ratings downgraded the long-term credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA+ on Tuesday, citing the U.S. government’s debt burden and its “expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.fitchratings.com/research/sovereigns/fitch-downgrades-united-states-long-term-ratings-to-aa-from-aaa-outlook-stable-01-08-2023__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMv2SFcIb$

Report: Public pensions flagging financially in three Southeastern states: A new report says public pension systems in Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina are struggling financially and need reforms to avoid taxpayer bailouts or riskier investments. The Equable Institute, which authored the report, is a bipartisan nonprofit that helps policymakers solve funding challenges with public pensions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/alabama/article_5ad1b9a6-3099-11ee-b3e9-4f126285c894.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMgzekhpc$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Why the mosquito that spreads West Nile virus is becoming resistant to insecticides: Scientists are reporting increasing insecticide resistance among American Culex mosquitoes that spread West Nile virus to humans. Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that in laboratory studies, these mosquitoes are living longer when exposed to these products, rather than dying.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vox.com/health/23814358/west-nile-virus-symptoms-mosquito-repellant-disease-bite-insecticide-resistance__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMuDXh1DQ$

# Gov / Politics
Why Trump’s Indictment Matters: For a brief moment, America is refusing to be an accountability-free zone. Will it last? Accountability must extend to Republican authoritarians, as well as Democrats whose betrayals and soft corruption create backlash conditions that fuel right-wing extremists, as Franklin Roosevelt warned. Accountability must finally become the ethos of the electorate and our culture writ large, which is too frequently electing and empowering the politicians in both parties who are committing environmental, war, economic, financial, and human rights crimes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/email/698ba306-4da2-49d5-a837-ac99a542e886/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMu3UUtUb$

Adam Kinzinger thinks Donald Trump ‘is guilty of knowing what he did’ in Jan. 6 insurrection The Illinois Republican cited “seditious conspiracy,” Trump’s pressure campaign.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/adam-kinzinger-thinks-donald-trump-criminal-involvement-jan/story?id=85482800__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMltblEm4$

National Security Implications of Trump’s Indictment; A Damage Assessment: The Impact of Donald Trump’s Indictments on US Foreign Policy. The indictments against Donald Trump will undoubtedly have far-reaching consequences, and US foreign policy is not immune to their influence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.justsecurity.org/86887/national-security-implications-of-trumps-indictment-a-damage-assessment/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMi7b1K1U$

Trump, Biden in dead tie heading into 2024: Newly released polling data shows President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are tied in a general election face-off. Trump saw slightly more support from his base than Biden, with 88 percent of registered Republicans selecting Trump versus 83 percent of Democrats choosing Biden.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/01/biden-trump-2024-poll-00109161__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMk-OBvBY$

# Law Enforcment
Rep. Jackson Thrown to Ground ‘Face First’ in Emergency: The former Trump doctor was also handcuffed during the scuffle, according to a witness. Republican Rep. Ronny Jackson of Texas was handcuffed and placed on the ground face-first by local law enforcement while he was trying to assist a teenage girl in medical distress at a rodeo over the weekend, according to a witness who spoke to CNN.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/01/politics/texas-congressman-detained-ronny-jackson/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMrnUB56q$

# Legal / DOJ
Dallas lawyer Sidney Powell appears to be one of the six unnamed co-conspirators that the Justice Department accused Tuesday of playing key roles in former Pres. Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Though she is not named in the four-count indictment filed Tuesday against Trump, the Justice Department makes numerous references to a “co-conspirator 3” whose description matches Powell, a prominent election fraud conspiracy theorist.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/sidney-powell-2662672954/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMgC7_4Ok$

Who Is Tanya Chutkan, the Judge Assigned to Trump’s Jan. 6 Case? ‘Presidents are not Kings’: Judge Tanya Chutkan has incarcerated all 31 Capitol rioters who have come before her, an unmatched record. She’s also dealt with the former president in a case before.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/tanya-chutkan-judge-assigned-to-donald-trumps-jan-6-case-has-clashed-with-him-before*:*:text=Tanya*20Chutkan*2C*20Judge*20Assigned*20to,Has*20Clashed*20With*20Him*20Before__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMjoD2JGe$

Read the Damning 45-Page Indictment Against Donald Trump: The indictment, unsealed Tuesday, charged Trump in relation to his attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/read-the-damning-45-page-indictment-against-donald-trump-for-trying-to-overturn-2020-election__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMgjdQEMu$

Donald Trump Indicted for an Astonishing Third Time, Now in DOJ Election Case: This comes on the heels of a separate indictment by the Justice Department and one in New York. The federal investigation is the latest criminal case for Trump as he runs for the White House in 2024.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-investigations-other-charges-b8b064a00caad4306fb54d2f6a320468__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMrWtUT0N$

Trump Plans to Defend Himself Against Election Charges by Throwing His Lawyers Under the Bus: Yes, it is a very big shock that Trump may blame other people for his own actions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/4044185-michael-cohen-talks-trump-indictment-doj-docs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMvRkyPQF$

Trump facing new charges relating to election interference: Former President Donald J. Trump is facing four new federal charges accusing him of conspiracy and obstructing the 2020 general election.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_67121d98-30b5-11ee-831b-5f810668474e.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMmhDmOq9$

Trump Is Collecting Federal Indictments Like Trophies: The federal indictment means Trump faces nearly 80 total felony charges, bringing his legal woes to a new level. With yesterday’s stunning set of federal indictments on conspiracy charges against him for his role in the events leading up to January 6, the former president now faces nearly 80 federal and state felony charges.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/trump-is-collecting-federal-indictments-like-trophies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMgSOVivH$

# Medical / Health
‘It’s a Crisis’; Maternal Health Care Disappears for Millions: New data from the nonpartisan health advocacy group March of Dimes shows that the U.S. saw a 4 percent decline in hospitals with labor and delivery services between 2019 and 2020. Access to maternal health care is evaporating in much of the country, as hospitals close and obstetricians become harder to find for millions of pregnant people.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/01/maternal-health-care-crisis-00109106__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMguahD2L$

Malaria cases in Florida and Texas raise prospect of greater transmission in a warmer future: Seven people in the U.S. have contracted the disease from local mosquitoes, the nation’s first such cases in 20 years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02082023/malaria-texas-florida-climate-change/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMt-0T7N2$

# Military / Global
Putin launches attack on NATO doorstep and sends troops in for huge military operation: Russia has launched a massive drone attack against Ukraine less than a mile from NATO’s border sparking fears of escalation in the flashpoint region.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1797994/vladimir-putin-russia-baltic-sea-navy-exercise-nato__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMpsyBGXu$

Russia blows up Black Sea port hours after confirming ‘peace talks’ with Turkey: Vladimir Putin will make a diplomatic trip to Turkey in the coming weeks, his first visit to a Nato-affiliated country since the start of the war in Ukraine. Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed the visit and told Putin that ‘no steps should be taken that will escalate tensions in the Russia-Ukraine war,’ emphasising the significance of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which he called a ‘bridge for peace.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://metro.co.uk/2023/08/02/russia-attacks-black-sea-port-after-confirming-peace-talks-with-turkey-19239171/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMpjXx7tU$

Putin on a possible war with NATO: “We are prepared for any scenario.”: At a meeting with Russian journalists in the Kremlin after the two-day Russia-Africa summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin was asked about a possible war with NATO. He assured that Russia is prepared “for any scenario.” This is reported by the German news magazine Berliner Zeitung.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-on-a-possible-war-with-nato-we-are-prepared-for-any-scenario/ar-AA1eFNci?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=6eb9217e85a2425d99273ed8602ac50d&ei=53__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMvLEpdYB$

# Social
Our open border is creating Bidenvilles of homelessness: New York’s dense population and high rents make it harder to hide the homeless than in cities more spread out. With his city’s shelters full, Adams has rented hundreds of hotels and opened dozens of emergency facilities, from churches to parking lots , to house supposed asylum-seekers. He’s even tried to pay private homeowners to put them up. It’ll never be enough, as he now seems to understand.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/fairness-justice/our-open-border-is-creating-bidenvilles-of-homelessness__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMm0YDZ5j$

# Water
Not ‘toilet to tap:’ CA will turn sewage into drinking water: Under California’s draft rules, waste would undergo extensive treatment and testing, providing a new, costly but renewable water supply.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/08/california-toilet-to-tap-water/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xvkAbaxsMGCvONi1NZaB62LTYvQw-H3TkBzuss-qEgD_Z78dzDrUOW80lw-fWlM7x6CJqtQeaJ8WbNNDACHyxGVLMrSYRAIN$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-08-01

Voices, The Peoples News

August 1, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate
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# Border / Immigration / Migrants
The Pentagon is pulling 1,100 troops from the US-Mexico border mission: The 1,100 troops will conclude their 90-day mission by Aug. 8; the remaining 400 will be extended through August 31, a defense official said on the condition of anonymity to discuss details ahead of an announcement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/us-military-remove-troops-mexico-border-immigration-b82a32f5c82c421f1c645a64715dabb1__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjlBo3_fa$

New York City paying Covid test company millions in no-bid contract to dump migrants: New York City paid a mobile medical services company 432 million to carry out the mayor’s plan to bus thousands of migrants to upstate towns that didn’t want them. Asylum seekers are allegedly coerced or lured onto buses with fake promises of jobs and legal documents. Instead, they said, they were given fake work and residency permits, some printed on phony New York City letterhead, all rejected when they tried to present them at the local Department of Motor Vehicles to secure an ID.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rt.com/news/580629-new-york-migrants-covid-dumping/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjovfnt8c$

# Censorship?
Texas County to Restrict ‘Objectionable’ Library Book Access: It will also boost politically conservative books in the hope of offering “balance.” Montgomery County Commissioners Court voted unanimously this month to prevent visitors under 18 from accessing ‘explicit or questionable’ books, including those with LGBTQ+ themes, at its public libraries. They also will be adding more materials with politically conservative themes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/texas-book-ban-sexually-explicit-material-7ecc8a95bde453cd3cae3aa167ee8655__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjgIFzzjq$

# Children / Youth
Nearly 1 in 10 US kids diagnosed with developmental disability: The number of American children that have been diagnosed with developmental disabilities has increased, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The agency unveiled new findings showing that nearly one in 10 children in the US were diagnosed with a developmental disability in 2021, an increase from previous years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/07/13/nearly-1-in-10-us-kids-diagnosed-with-developmental-disability-cdc/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjio6lyRR$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
SCIENCE Magazine Finally Admits mRNA Vaccines’ Dangerous Side Effects! Shots linked to Long Covid, Neurological Damages and Cardiovascular POTS https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2023/07/science-magazine-finally-admitted-the-mrna-vaccines-dangerous-side-effects/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjlG5Pq_o$

Serious adverse events of special interest following mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in randomized trials in adults: In 2020, prior to COVID-19 vaccine rollout, the Brighton Collaboration created a priority list, endorsed by the World Health Organization, of potential adverse events relevant to COVID-19 vaccines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36055877/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjoK5Ex-J$

Adverse effects of COVID-19 vaccines and measures to prevent them: Recently, The Lancet published a study on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and the waning of immunity with time. The study showed that immune function among vaccinated individuals 8 months after the administration of two doses of COVID-19 vaccine was lower than that among the unvaccinated individuals.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://virologyj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12985-022-01831-0__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjk0UvH-Y$

More Young People Dying of Heart Attacks: “Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, heart attack deaths across all age groups have become more common in the U.S.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/07/more-young-people-dying-of-heart-attacks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjumkB_YU$

Myocarditis Cases in U.S. Military Spiked by 130 Percent: Myocarditis, Malignant Neoplasms, Embolisms, Ovarian Dysfunction Increased After COVID Shot Mandate
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/07/myocarditis-cases-in-u-s-military-spiked-by-130-percent/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjs_lSvfn$

House Republicans Accidentally Released a Trove of Damning Covid Documents: House Republicans on the subcommittee probing the origin of the Covid-19 virus appear to have inadvertently released a trove of new documents related to their investigation that shed light on deliberations among the scientists who drafted a key paper in February and March of 2020. The paper was the subject of a hearing on Capitol Hill, which coincided with the release of a report by the subcommittee devoted to the “Proximal Origin” paper.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/12/covid-documents-house-republicans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjs5C5YKM$

Key Scientist In COVID Origin Controversy Misled Congress on Status of $8.9 Million NIH Grant: Democrats repeatedly characterized the argument in terms of a “bribe” being paid in exchange for a paper that exonerated a lab in Wuhan, China, that the NIH had been funding to do the kind of risky research that could spark a pandemic . Rather than a bribe, though, the question is one of leverage. “I hate when politics is injected into science – but it’s impossible not to, especially given the circumstance,” [said scientist Kristian Anderson]. “We should be sensitive to that.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/07/21/covid-origin-nih-lab-leak/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjtL3Rt51$

Biden Officials Launch Office for Studying and Preventing Long COVID: The office is soon launching clinical trials to study potential treatments for the illness that affects millions. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice on Monday. The office will study the illness that leaves some with chronic exhaustion, pain, brain fog, and more for months or years after contracting COVID-19.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/biden-officials-launch-office-for-studying-and-preventing-long-covid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjh-tqe0j$

# Employment / Labor
Five critical lessons from UPS’s union workers: The UPS Teamsters’ negotiations with the world’s largest delivery company offer the American labor movement lessons in organizing. While the union did not win everything it wanted, it secured a majority of its demands in what it called “the most historic tentative agreement for workers in the history of UPS.” Union members will vote on whether to accept the deal between August 3 and 22.
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining
Climate activists and Steve King unlikely allies in Iowa pipeline fight: Liberal environmentalists and conservative landowners, led by the former congressman Steve King, are pressuring Republican candidates to oppose https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://asapnews365.com/local-weather-activists-and-steve-king-unlikely-allies-in-iowa-pipeline-battle/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjomB2m-l$

Regulators deny Steve King’s request to participate in pipeline hearing: Aformer northwest Iowa congressman who has recently spoken out against the use of eminent domain to build carbon dioxide pipelines will be excluded from participating in an upcoming permit hearing as an “intervenor,” according to the Iowa Utilities Board.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-regional/government-politics/regulators-deny-steve-kings-request-to-participate/article_e73014e4-ab3c-53e5-a4d1-cfc2edca6268.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjky9ADRA$

‘An Important Step Forward’: Deep-Sea Mining Not Approved During International Talks: Weeks of meetings and negotiations by the 168-member International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Jamaica regarding the deep-sea mining of minerals has ended without approval of or regulations for the controversial practice.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/deep-sea-mining-international-seabed-authority.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjgAIXiXd$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Massive Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctic Brunt Ice Shelf – View From Space
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjyWFsCvflg__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjimEkf-a$

The Far Right Has a ‘Battle Plan’ to Undo Climate Progress Should Trump Win in 2024: The 920-page proposal, if implemented, would not only undo any progress the Biden administration has made to reduce emissions and fund clean energy development and other climate-related efforts, but it would make it far more difficult for a future administration to pursue any policy that seeks to address global warming at all, according to a report last week by POLITICO.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/28/far-right-climate-plans-00107498__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjqBsllfT$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals For the love of God, stop microwaving plastic: A study of baby-food containers shows that microwaving plastic releases millions upon millions of polymer bits.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wired.com/story/for-the-love-of-god-stop-microwaving-plastic/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjkvDDOaT$

# Gov / Politics
DeSantis Unveils Economic Plan Attacking ‘Failed Elites’: As he looks to revive his campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, Florida governor Ron DeSantis on Monday introduced a 10-point economic plan built on both populist talking points and long-standing conservative doctrine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://finance.yahoo.com/news/desantis-unveils-economic-plan-attacking-225246931.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjv-lpfrp$

1 in 5 Republicans Who Think Trump Committed Crimes Say They’ll Vote for Him: The poll results are indicative of just how strongly Trump has convinced his followers that he can do no wrong.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/1-in-5-republicans-who-think-trump-committed-crimes-say-theyll-vote-for-him/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjuNZa6dK$

# Law Enforcment
‘People are dying’: Texas prisoners say heatwave turns cells into ovens: Inside temperatures are estimated to rise regularly above 115F (46C), and have even been recorded to reach as high as 149F, pushing individuals to the point of mental or physical breakdown, or even death. With Texas set to enter the hottest part of the year over the next two weeks, and with a brutal climate-crisis-fuelled heatwave pummeling the US south, conditions inside its dilapidated and overcrowded penal institutions are reaching crisis point. Inmates have told the Guardian that they are stuck virtually around the clock inside cells they described as ovens.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/31/texas-prison-heatwave-temperatures-cells__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjuPHMrZm$

Illinois Gov. Pritzker allows non-US citizens to become police officers with new law: ‘Fundamentally bad idea.’ Critics slammed the law allowing eligible foreign nationals to become police officers as ‘madness.’ Democratic governor allows foreigners to become police officers with new law, will have ability to arrest U.S. citizens.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/media/illinois-gov-pritzker-allows-non-us-citizens-become-police-officers-new-law-fundamentally-bad-idea__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjp2MLKJz$

Texas police held a Black family at gunpoint and handcuffed their son after an officer mistyped while running their license plate. The officers pointed their guns at the couple as they commanded them to leave the car and even handcuffed their son. The car drew their attention, the Frisco Police Department said, because it had out-of-state plates and because Chargers were high-theft vehicles, according to WFAA-TV in Dallas. That led to what the police described as a “high-risk traffic stop” on the Dallas North Tollway.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/police-held-family-at-gunpoint-typo-misidentifies-car-stolen_n_64c8618ee4b024f8ebcab0ef__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjjqBQdO1$
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# Legal / DOJ
U.S. Appellate Court Blocks Injunction Against Federal Agencies Acting to Censor Free Speech: Freedom of speech in the United States was delivered a blow on July 14, 2023 when a U.S. Federal Appeals Court issued a temporary stay blocking a preliminary injunction which limited the U.S. Justice Department’s communication with social media companies seeking to remove “content containing protected free speech.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/07/u-s-appellate-court-blocks-injunction-against-federal-agencies-acting-to-censor-free-speech/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjmWWUVM_$

Hunter Biden friend testimony ramps up investigation into presidential family: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., laid out a litany of new evidence in the ongoing investigation into an alleged Biden family “bribery scheme” Monday after interviewing one of the Biden family’s business associates https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hunter-biden-friend-testimony-ramps-up-investigation-into-presidential-family__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjheO9uwS$

Breaking: Trump indicted in federal election probe on four counts –This is Trump’s second federal indictment. Smith charged Trump with four counts, including conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/all-things-trump/trump-indicted-federal-election-probe__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjto8vbmE$

2 Trump Cronies Charged With Michigan Vote Machine Tampering: Indicted alongside DePerno is fellow Republican Daire Rendon, a former Michigan state representative. Rendon has been charged on conspiracy to commit undue possession of a voting machine and false pretenses.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/1/2184626/-Two-TFG-Cronies-Charged-with-Felonies-in-Michigan-for-Vote-Machine-Tampering-in-2020-Election__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjibCNX7J$

# Medical / Health
Medicine is plagued by untrustworthy clinical trials. How many studies are faked or flawed? 26% of the papers had problems that were so widespread that the trial was impossible to trust, he judged — either because the authors were incompetent, or because they had faked the data. Carlisle called these ‘zombie’ trials.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02299-w__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjrPO7pOW$

Over the past fifty years, our health care system has steadily shifted into the model we see today, where private corporations receive public dollars to make a profit off of patients. This model is largely due to the long career of one bureaucrat turned private equity tycoon you may not have heard of: Tom Scully, the man behind Medicare Advantage, physician payment plans, Medicare Part D, and more. Tom Scully is as responsible as anyone for the way health care in America works today.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-08-01-patient-zero-tom-scully/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjpczcTYR$

# Military / DOD
How A Notorious Georgia Army School Became America’s Training Ground For Global Torture: “The school is controversial partly because of its role in promoting US hegemony in Latin America,” James Jordan, national co-coordinator at Alliance for Global Justice, told MintPress, adding, “But even worse, it is how the school has promoted this: teaching methods of torture, even publishing torture manuals, counterintelligence, psyops, repression of political voices that don’t meet the approval of Washington DC.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mintpressnews.com/notorious-georgia-army-school-became-americas-training-ground-for-global-torture/285223/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjj35pWQs$

Biden chooses to keep Space Command headquarters at Peterson SFB in Colorado: President Joe Biden has decided to keep U.S. Space Command in Colorado, overturning a decision by former President Donald Trump to move it to Alabama, the Pentagon announced.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2023-07-31/biden-space-command-colorado-10920264.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjtGYqGzs$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
FDA approves 2nd over-the-counter drug to treat opioid, fentanyl overdoses: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a second over-the-counter drug to combat opioid overdoses, including those caused by fentanyl. RiVive, 3 milligram (mg) naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray was approved as the second over-the-counter (OTC), nonprescription nasal spray for the treatment of a known or suspected opioid overdose.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_a8b1b970-2fcf-11ee-be1d-5bad8062191f.html*:*:text=RiVive*2C*203*20milligram*20(mg),known*20or*20suspected*20opioid*20overdose__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjp2YxsNT$ .

# Science
New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners: The CIA, along with the U.S. and Canadian military and powerful U.S. charitable foundations, are directly implicated in this ordeal. The Memorial Institute was home to MK Ultra “Subproject 68.” Under the leadership of psychiatrist Ewen Cameron, whom Ponting accused of raping her, experiments in this subproject sought to “depattern” people’s minds using violent methods Cameron termed “psychic driving.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/new-docs-link-cia-to-medical-torture-of-indigenous-children-and-black-prisoners/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjgz-dy5f$

# Security
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens: Such data may be useful, it says, to “identify every person who attended a protest or rally based on their smartphone location or ad-tracking records.” The size and scope of the government effort to accumulate data revealing the minute details of Americans’ lives are described soberly and at length by the director’s own panel of experts in a newly declassified report.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cacm.acm.org/news/273811-the-us-is-openly-stockpiling-dirt-on-all-its-citizens/fulltext?mobile=false__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjl0C50Hw$

# UFO Disclosure / Other
NewsNation’s UFO Special Outpaces CNN in Key Ratings Demo: The emergent station has recently cashed in on the public’s interest in UFOs, seeing double-digit audience growth across its programming as it gives wide coverage to the topic. could UFO-Alien disclosure be the pivotal moment, like CNN’s war coverage, to change all that?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://fortune.com/2023/07/14/meet-the-little-known-cable-tv-network-thats-cashing-in-on-renewed-interest-in-ufos-aden-ikram/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!xjLBxzSBmvbBZex0nhFwEA0J-ZmUBJgNnf6xRNxDxMlx4mQWZeQ7AYDYpVYBdkJ_mOOzRaqKQgeKxVaI-OKaehDtjto9HYwH$

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