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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-05-26

Voices, The Peoples News

May 26, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Among the GOP’s debt ceiling hostages? Social Security payments for oldest Americans: “The choice facing the executive branch is clear: Act or default; act or increase the suffering of millions; act or go into economic tailspin.” “Every option on the table from the MAGA House majority leaves millions of vulnerable seniors worse off, either extreme cuts against seniors’ health and food security, or a manufactured default crisis that delays Social Security checks.” If the federal government can’t make a June 2 payment slated for Social Security recipients, the oldest beneficiaries, those over 88, and people with disabilities will be the first to suffer,”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/gop-debt-default-social-security-payments__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvMZitPl8$

Negotiators Close In on a Debt Deal, Angering Both Right and Left: White House and congressional negotiators are reportedly nearing a budget deal that would cut spending and raise the debt ceiling to avert an unprecedented default on U.S. debt, and members of both the Republican and Democratic parties are fuming and fretting about it, even as difficult issues remain unresolved. Biden said, “I don’t believe the whole burden should fall on the backs of middle-class and working-class Americans. My House Republican friends disagree.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20230525-Right-and-Left-Fume-Negotiators-Near-Debt-Limit-Deal__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvFmvIPfB$

Debt Ceiling Talks Teeter on the Brink, as Lawmakers Leave Town for Weekend Without a Deal: At the Capitol, Speaker Kevin McCarthy said “every hour matters” in talks with President Joe Biden’s team as they try to work out a budget agreement. Republican are demanding spending cuts the Democrats oppose as their price for raising the legal debt limit.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-default-7df95c593c8f4c94662361a93831a42c__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvPz6hpux$

The Debt Ceiling Deal Is Beginning to Take Shape: The deal, which has not yet been finalized, would raise the U.S. debt ceiling for two more years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-default-7df95c593c8f4c94662361a93831a42c__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvPz6hpux$

# Employment / Labor
GOP EYING CHILD LABOR? Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, for more hours on school nights and in expanded roles, including serving alcohol in bars and restaurants as young as 14. The efforts, largely led by Republicans, are meant to address worker shortages.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-lawmakers-embrace-child-labor-with-new-bills-in-several-states_n_646fc099e4b091b09c2bf4e9*:*:text=(AP)*20**C20Lawmakers*20in*20several,restaurants*20as*20young*20as*2014__;I34l4oCUJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvDXEfdi3$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry Major ocean database that will guide deep-sea mining has flaws, scientists warn: As sea-bed mining looms, researchers say better records of sea-floor biodiversity are needed to assess its environmental impact. Scientists worry about allowing companies to start mining the sea bed because little is known about deep-sea habitats and biodiversity, so its environmental effects are unpredictable. The ISA runs a database called DeepData, which is meant to tackle some of these concerns, as well as to enable research projects.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01303-7?utm_source=Nature*Briefing&utm_campaign=15d58e1352-briefing-dy-20230526&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c9dfd39373-15d58e1352-43812897__;Kw!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvKSe_mAP$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
How Supreme Court’s EPA ruling will affect U.S. wetlands, clean water: The decision could affect tens of thousands of acres of wetlands, including in the Everglades and the Mississippi River basin. According to estimates from Earthjustice, an environmental law firm, the decision will prevent the EPA from placing federal protections on as many as 118 million acres of wetlands, an area larger than the landmass of California.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.npr.org/2023/05/25/1178150234/supreme-court-epa-clean-water-act__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvDh0Ftl2$

Supreme Court limits federal power over wetlands, boosts property rights over clean water: The Supreme Court on Thursday made it harder for the federal government to police water pollution in a decision that strips protections from wetlands that are isolated from larger bodies of water.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/wetlands-business-climate-and-environment-washington-news-41fc297006512e1f507dc12daa44824a__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvNibYLF7$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Wants Russians to Believe That Nothing Is Happening at Home: He is just about the only person in Russia who is not increasingly engaged in domestic politics, a reflection of his growing messiah complex. Putin’s Tactic of Inaction Could Backfire at Home. Putin’s plan is to wait out what he sees as inevitable changes in the West and Ukraine. These days, however, Russia’s elites are liable to see defeatism in inaction.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/89826?utm_source=ctw&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=titlelink&mkt_tok=ODEzLVhZVS00MjIAAAGL9AIueznAoYSrrcm7zVKIw17-cIDKTMvIaUun6f7yplb9H_6ZncxUqfxTRCU-PBycK-4AMZcSvZl2L7goweAaQUBc-4_80mFLVgmWLpcb__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvP74JvvA$

Russia signs nuclear arms deal with neighbor Belarus –The agreement stipulates the deployment of non-strategic weapons to Belarus in response to increased NATO activity
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-belarus-tactical-nuclear-weapons-agreement-signed/32427691.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvK3smTIg$

Russia Maintains Control Over Nukes Stationed in Belarus – Defense
Minister: The control over the decision to use nuclear weapons deployed in Belarus will be carried out by Russia. The decision of Russia and Belarus on retaliatory measures in the military-nuclear sphere was made in the context of an extremely serious escalation of threats on the western borders of the two countries
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://sputnikglobe.com/20230525/decision-to-deploy-nukes-in-belarus-made-amid-tensions-1110579996.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvLQjMQtw$

China has quietly become a port power. It is leveraging its firms’ extensive international ocean port infrastructure to buttress the reach of its armed forces. For the U.S. military, China has also become the ‘pacing challenge’, the benchmark for how fast and far it must adjust to provide effective defense in a competitive international system.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://global.upenn.edu/perryworldhouse/news/chinas-port-power-maritime-network-sustaining-beijings-global-military-reach__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvPoAo3Gg$

Zelensky Fury After Russian Missile Hits Clinics in Dnipro: Officials say 10 Russian missiles and more than 20 drones were stopped, but one missile hit medical buildings. At least one person has been killed and 15 wounded in a Russian missile attack on two clinics in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, described by President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “crime against humanity.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/26/russian-missile-strike-outpatient-clinic-dnipro__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvI9qCg3_$

# Gov / Politics
‘Demonize and eliminate’ – university program linking Christians, Republicans to Nazis granted DHS funds under ‘anti-terror’ initiative: Among the organizations and movements displayed on the “Pyramid of Far-Right Radicalization” were the Republican Party, the Heritage Foundation, the American Conservative Union, Fox News, Breitbart News, the National Rifle Association, Prager University, Tea Party Patriots, the Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement, the pro-police Blue Lives Matter movement, and the Christian Broadcasting Network.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dhs-funds-terrorism-prevention-program-conservatives-white-supremacists__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvA4CdG15$

Oversight Chair Comer prepared to hold FBI Director Wray in contempt over Biden bribery document: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer says an informant file that he’s seeking from the FBI links President Biden to a $5 million bribery scheme while he was vice president.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/05/25/comer-says-alleged-biden-bribe-was-5m-threatens-fbi-with-contempt-vote/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvDl3_i7l$

Republican Launches Bid for U.S. Senate Seat: A mayor in Utah launched a bid for the U.S. Senate seat held by Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah). “Right now, Washington is broken. And every time we compromise, it costs us trillions. We have more IRS agents than border agents. And while we’re paying 4 a gallon for gas, they’re sending our money unchecked to Ukraine … Enough is enough,” Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs said in his announcement video.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2018-02-16/mitt-romney-announces-utah-senate-bid__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvBUdVg5i$

Biden seeks legislation to invest in Australia, UK defense industries: The Biden administration is asking Congress to make the Australian and British industrial bases eligible for grants and loans under the Defense Production Act as part of their efforts to advance the trilateral AUKUS agreement.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/2023/05/25/biden-seeks-legislation-to-invest-in-australia-uk-defense-industries/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvG2Xtyvz$

# Law Enforcment
Minnesota Prison Officials Seized $10,000 in Wages From Incarcerated Workers: Stillwater prison authorities gave 44 incarcerated workers a raise and then, months later, said they had to pay it back. The incarcerated workers say it’s wage theft.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/labor/2023-05-26-minnesota-prison-officials-seized-wages/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvI6HQPZH$

# Legal / DOJ
Army vet, Oath Keepers leader gets 18 years for plotting Jan. 6 attack: A federal judge Thursday sentenced Army veteran and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes the toughest sentence yet following the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot. His deputy, Kelly Meggs, got 12 years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/extremism-disinformation/2023/05/25/army-vet-oath-keepers-leader-gets-18-years-for-plotting-jan-6-attack/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvAEjUP_Y$

# Medical / Health
Hospitals’ Bid for Quick Cash Leaves Patients Worse Off: Medical credit cards shift the burden of medical financing onto unsuspecting consumers who could have qualified for other means of payment. The problem is that these alternative forms of credit are deceptive from the start.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/health/2023-05-26-hospitals-quick-cash-medical-credit-cards/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvDN73ZkJ$

Denials of Health Insurance Claims Are Rising, And Getting Weirder: It’s a handy way for insurers to keep revenue high, and just the sort of thing that provisions of the Affordable Care Act were meant to prevent. Because the law prohibited insurers from deploying previously profit-protecting measures such as refusing to cover patients with preexisting conditions, the authors worried that insurers would compensate by increasing the number of denials.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://health.wusf.usf.edu/health-news-florida/2023-05-26/denials-of-health-insurance-claims-are-rising-and-getting-weirder__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvF_guNuC$

The $20 Billion Scam At The Heart Of Medicare Advantage: As Medicare privatization continues, insurers are milking massive profits from systematic overbilling and kneecapping modest Biden proposals to stop the scheme.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/the-20-billion-scam-at-the-heart-of-medicare-advantage/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvPYE48fx$

Illinois Is the Midwest’s Abortion Refuge. Clinics Are Being Terrorized:
A would-be arsonist got trapped in his car after attempting to torch the site of a new clinic in Danville last weekend https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/illinois-abortion-clinic-site-attacked-arson-1234741331/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvDTay62p$

# Military / DOD
Pentagon says allies will unite to train Ukrainians on F-16s: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in addition to training, Ukraine will need to be able to sustain and maintain the aircraft and have enough munitions. Pentagon leaders warned that it will be a costly and complex task and won’t be a magic solution to the war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/austin-hopes-16-fight-jet-training-ukrainian-pilots-99598703__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvLwndAX8$

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
Intuitive Machines Lunar Landing Site Moves to South Pole: NASA, in cooperation with Intuitive Machines, is moving the landing site for the first Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) mission to Moon’s South Pole as an important first step in managing risks for future Artemis landings.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://spacenews.com/intuitive-machines-moves-landing-site-of-first-mission-to-lunar-south-pole/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvMg6zcEJ$

Study doubles the number of known repeating fast radio bursts: Their recent open-access publication in The Astrophysical Journal reports the discovery of 25 new repeating FRB sources, doubling the known number of these phenomena known to scientists to 50. In addition, the team found that many repeating FRBs are inactive, producing less than one burst per week of observing time.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/05/230501085901.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!08uFyr81eG94MP1pm6MhnEf-5KEii5sxc9VRv1afkcP5bRJa9ezFuwizOauNtGRJTWw37KW8J9IldQPd3ifjU9kvvEYuLgPL$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-05-25

Voices, The Peoples News

May 25, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
New documents show Energy Transfer spent big on police gear and worked with a cadre of spin doctors to fight an information war against protesters. Pipeline company spent big on police gear to use against Standing Rock protesters: TigerSwan worked with law enforcement to fight an information war against the Indigenous-led water protectors.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/protest/standing-rock-national-sheriffs-association-tigerswan-dakota-access-pipeline/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4nv-QwBg$

As climate change erodes land and health, one Louisiana tribe fights back: Human engineering and extreme storms have reshaped Louisiana’s coastline, swallowing up 2,000 square miles of land since the 1930s. Many of the land patents granted to the tribe’s ancestors in a 19th-century treaty are now largely or wholly underwater. Land loss has chiseled away at tribal livelihoods and traditional diets, exacted a toll on citizens’ mental health, exacerbated chronic illnesses, and displaced families
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thefern.org/2023/05/after-a-series-of-climate-disasters-a-young-chief-helps-a-louisiana-tribe-find-its-way-forward/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4jHR4yY7$

Biden Administration Pauses Copper Mining Project on Sacred Apache Site: For years, tribal leaders in Arizona have fought to keep Oak Flat free from mining projects and other disturbances. The Arizona mine project won’t move forward until more discussions with Indigenous communities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/indigenous/biden-copper-mine-arizona-put-on-pause-oak-flat/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4ku_TvED$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
What happens to migrants after they cross the border? Under this rule, migrants who cross the border between ports of entry are processed and deported and banned from entering the U.S. for at least five years. If they reenter the U.S. unlawfully, they could face charges and jail time.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_6zEeaSNTg__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4sP6xShF$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Dems Said They Wouldn’t Negotiate. Then Biden Did Just That: Biden negotiating a debt ceiling with Kevin McCarthy was Harry Reid’s worst nightmare.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/biden-debt-ceiling-harry-reid-mitch-mcconnell/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4sB3nyis$

Republicans Rebuff Biden Offers as Debt Talks Bog Down: With a potential U.S. debt default just over a week away, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that negotiators were making progress toward a deal to raise the federal borrowing limit. But negotiators have offered little indication that they are nearing a deal.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rollcall.com/2023/05/16/debt-limit-talks-pared-down-to-proxies-for-biden-mccarthy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4qgfusE7$

House committee looks into Biden canceling $200 million to Chinese company: The U.S. House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee is seeking answers to why Biden’s Department of Energy is allocating hundreds of millions of dollars in grant monies to companies with ties to the Chinese Communist Party
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house-committee-looks-into-biden-canceling-200-million-to-chinese-company*:*:text=The*20DOE*20made*20a*20decision,of*20the*20Chinese*20Communist*20Party__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4mJQT8CT$

Fitch Puts Warning Flag on United States’ Triple-A Rating: The “rating watch negative” move reflects fears that a debt-limit standoff may not be resolved in time to avoid defaults. The top triple-A credit ratings of the U.S. were placed on “rating watch negative” by credit firm Fitch Ratings Wednesday evening, due to “brinkmanship” in Washington, over raising the government’s borrowing limit and the nation’s growing debt burden.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/24/credit-downgrade-debt-ceiling-00098717__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4gekwNuZ$

U.S. Spent $1.1 Trillion of Federal Discretionary Money on Militarism in Past Year: This left less than two-fifths of the discretionary budget for public health, education, the environment, and more. According to an analysis by the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) released on Wednesday, the U.S. spent $1.1 trillion of the discretionary budget on militarism and war last year, including funding for the Pentagon and law enforcement agencies like the Department of Homeland Security.
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2 Democrats Join House GOP in Voting to Repeal Student Debt Relief: Critics say repealing the program would hit borrowers with surprise bills and nullify the student loan payment pause. Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington, faced backlash on Wednesday after voting for a GOP resolution that would repeal President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program, which is currently on hold as the U.S. Supreme Court weighs a pair of deeply flawed legal challenges
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Sanders Leads Senate Call to Investigate Price-Gouging Military Contractors: Even as it claims to oppose wasteful spending, the GOP pushes for more military funding in debt ceiling talks.
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# Education / Schools
The GOP Is Escalating Its War on Ideas: It’s not only Ron DeSantis’s Florida. From targeting educators to banning books, Republicans are taking their anti-education crusade national.
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Florida Mom Behind Amanda Gorman Book Ban Has Proud Boy Links: Salinas, who filed complaints against five books, appears to be connected to multiple far-right organizations, attending events with Moms for Liberty and the Proud Boys.
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The Fight Against Book Bans Is Mobilizing a New Generation of Student Activists: As the right bans books on LGBTQ issues and racial justice, youth are getting a crash course in collective organizing. Facing the removal of books about LGBTQ+ and BIPOC experiences, students are demanding the right to read in schools across the country. Nowhere is this truer than in Texas, a state where equal access to a range of stories has been under attack for years.
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A Single Parent’s Complaint Leads School District to Ban Amanda Gorman Poem: Book bans like the one against her poem “[rob] children of the chance to find their voices in literature,” Gorman said. But after just one parent issued a complaint, the Miami-Dade County School District banned access to the poem for elementary-aged children. Now, only middle-schoolers and older can access the poem.
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Stabbings Near UC Davis Were Terrifying, But More Policing Won’t Make Us Safer: Rather than criminalization and prosecution, student-led care and support work should be our model for safety.
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‘Sickening, disgusting, any other word that you can apply to the word evil’: Elementary school teacher and daycare worker arrested on child porn charges: A 35-year-old man employed at a day care and public elementary school in Florida has been arrested for allegedly possessing videos and photos of “extremely disturbing” child sexual abuse material
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry ‘Polluters Can No Longer Hide From Their Crimes’: Fossil Fuel Companies Owe $5.4 Trillion in Reparations, Study Says: The biggest fossil fuel companies in the world owe at least $209 billion in yearly climate reparations to communities that suffered the brunt of the calamities caused by the climate crisis, a new study has concluded.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2023/05/fossil-fuel-climate-reparations-study/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4jVAm7VF$

North Texas suburb approves new fracking zone near homes and schools: The Arlington City Council on Tuesday authorized the creation of a new zone for drilling and fracking in a residential area, despite objections from neighbors in the North Texas suburb. It was the first time in nearly five years that Arlington established a new “drill zone,” according to the city’s planning department.
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Shell Agrees to Pay $10 Million After Permit Violations at its Giant New Plastics Plant in Pennsylvania: The multi-billion dollar Shell plant only became fully operational in November but by December it was already cited for exceeding some yearly pollution limits.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25052023/shell-agrees-to-pay-10-million-after-permit-violations-at-its-giant-new-plastics-plant-in-pennsylvania/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4tl-CE_E$

The Biden administration sells oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico: Fossil fuel energy companies looking to extract oil and natural gas from U.S. waters in the Gulf of Mexico got a boost on Wednesday, as they secured access to 1.6 million acres of waters offered at auction.
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Biden Admin Hypes Growing Asian Market for American Gas: Biden officials are hawking an Alaska pipeline and gas export complex long seen as uninvestable. They promise skeptical investors sustained market access to Asia.
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry / Global Photos show Coastal GasLink sediment spills into wetlands, rivers: ‘Heartbreaking’: an overhead view of Coastal GasLink sediment spills into Wet’suwet’en waters, wetlands. On an Indigenous-led monitoring flight over the Coastal GasLink pipeline, The Narwhal documented worksites overwhelmed by spring melt and numerous environmental infractions including slope failures, flooded worksites and sediment entering wetlands and waterways
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# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Utah’s latest attack on the Antiquities Act: The bid to diminish national monuments threatens landscape preservation. These monuments had been decimated by former President Donald Trump in 2017, who, without lawful authority, significantly reduced the size of these cherished protected areas. While the suits challenge the monuments’ restoration, the intent goes much further: they seek to dismantle the Antiquities Act itself.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.denverpost.com/2022/11/21/antiquities-act-utah-lawsuit/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4qXO-RZh$

Interior’s oil plan is coming. Here’s what to watch: A key question is whether Interior will use the regulations as a vehicle for more aggressive climate reforms. Over the objections of the oil and gas industry, some green groups are urging the White House to do more than what was laid out in the Inflation Reduction Act to limit the oil industry’s reach on federal land. When it comes to public lands, the White House so far hasn’t taken the step that President Joe Biden promised on the 2020 campaign trail: retire the federal oil and gas program.
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# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Rising sea levels will isolate people long before they’re underwater: Time and tide wait for no man. Neither does sea level rise. When scientists and the public fret about sea level rise, they mostly focus on when and where communities will be permanently flooded. But there’s another consequence of rising seas that will affect many more people much sooner: getting cut off from roads and other critical infrastructure. It’s a threat that society has not paid nearly enough attention to, says Allison Reilly, a civil engineer at the University of Maryland.
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German police carry out nationwide raids against Last Generation climate activists: German police on Wednesday carried out raids across seven states targeting climate activists of the “Letzte Generation” (Last Generation)
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Fast fashion pollutes the Atacama Desert in Chile: With nearly 60,000 tons of unsold clothes arriving globally from Europe, Asia and North America to the port town of Iquique, about 39,000 tons of fast fashion ends up in the landfill in the desert.
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# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Bees Can Learn, Remember, Think and Make Decisions, Here’s a Look at How They Navigate the World: As trees and flowers blossom in spring, bees emerge from their winter nests and burrows. For many species it’s time to mate, and some will start new solitary nests or colonies. Bees and other pollinators are essential to human society. They provide about one-third of the food we eat, a service with a global value estimated at up to $577 billion annually.
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# General News
Joe Manchin Rents Office Space to Firm Powering FBI, Pentagon Biometric Surveillance Center: Tygart Technology was founded by Manchin’s daughter in 1991, and it’s headquartered in the same building as his coal company.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/joe-manchin-rents-office-space-to-firm-powering-fbi-pentagon-biometric-surveillance-center/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4rU6siX2$

# Gov / Politics
Details of Texas AG Scandal Shocks House Panel’s Conscience: Investigators detail years of alleged misconduct by Texas AG Ken Paxton in House committee hearing. Many allegations against Paxton were already known, but the airing of them revealed the scope of the investigation by the committee, which has the power to recommend censure or impeachment.
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Survivors of Kissinger’s Secret War in Cambodia Reveal Unreported Mass Killings: Exclusive witness interviews and archival documents detail killings of hundreds of Cambodian civilians. An investigation by The Intercept provides evidence of previously unreported attacks that killed or wounded hundreds of Cambodian civilians during Kissinger’s tenure in the White House. When questioned about his culpability for these deaths, Kissinger responded with sarcasm and refused to provide answers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/05/23/henry-kissinger-cambodia-bombing-survivors/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4vtKUhEB$

Why so many top Republicans want to go to war in Mexico, an astonishingly bad idea that’s gotten popular very quickly: Every single declared Republican presidential candidate has endorsed treating cartels like terrorist organizations. And in both the House and the Senate, leading Republicans have proposed authorizing the use of military force in Mexico to fight cartels.
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America’s Zero-Sum Economics Doesn’t Add Up: Industrial policy and subsidies are nothing new and can be useful. But shutting off from the world will have consequences.
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# Law Enforcment
They Held Down a Black Teen Who Had Tried to Shoplift. He Died From Asphyxia. Why Was No One Ever Charged? Customers at a Wisconsin corner store subdued 16-year-old Corey Stingley, who died after allegedly being placed in a chokehold. A decade later, the youth’s father still fights for justice and awaits the findings from an unusual new inquiry. The medical examiner ruled Stingley’s death a homicide following his restraint in “a violent struggle with multiple individuals.” That was more than 10 years ago.
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Mom of boy, 11, shot in the chest by Mississippi cop in his own home after dialing 911 for help calls for the officer to be fired – after wounded child asked: “Why did he shoot me? What did I do?”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/investigation-underway-of-mississippi-police-shooting-11-year-old-boy-as-calls-for-punishment-for-the-officer-who-fired-grow/ar-AA1bHo4O?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=2db4daf408d1456fadd2302a303e46d5&ei=101__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4pHyJtTS$

A 2-year-old at a Utah day care suddenly started bleeding. Doctors then found a bullet in the child’s head. Utah police were investigating after a two-year-old boy was struck in the head by a stray bullet as he played outside at his day care. Authorities now suspect the wayward round came from a bird hunter’s gun. Two adult caretakers found the toddler injured on Monday.
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3 ex-officers indicted in death of Black man seen on video being shocked with stun guns: A Mississippi grand jury has indicted two former police officers on murder charges and another ex-officer on a manslaughter charge in the death of a Black man who was pinned down and repeatedly shocked with stun guns during a New Year’s eve arrest https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wreg.com/news/mid-south/3-ex-officers-indicted-in-death-of-black-man-seen-on-video-being-shocked-with-stun-guns/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4o5IL4R7$

# Legal / DOJ
Hoboken lodges first state-level racketeering charge in Big Oil climate lawsuit: In a first for climate accountability lawsuits, Hoboken, New Jersey, is charging fossil fuel companies with violating state racketeering laws. “These racketeering cases should be viewed as a new legal front against the oil and gas industry.” Suing under an organized crime statute, the New Jersey city says major oil and gas companies and their chief lobbying group have “conspired to deceive the world for decades.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.exxonknews.org/p/hoboken-brings-rico-charges-against__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4kJvC79n$

# Media
Kevin Gosztola On The Fight To Free Julian Assange: The U.S. government has always been hostile to leakers revealing embarrassing or compromising information about its actions. But Gosztola states that the Central Intelligence Agency’s “gloves came off” in 2017 as it ramped up its attacks on Assange. By 2017, CIA Director Mike Pompeo had labeled WikiLeaks as a hostile non-state intelligence service and began turning the screw. For Gosztola, the CIA’s response was a symptom of the agency’s insecurity; “And so at that point, the CIA probably feels they are threatened, their whole regime of pursuing the global war on terrorism is in jeopardy as a result of WikiLeaks,” he told Lowkey.”
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# Medical / Health
The Big Business of Clogged Arteries: In the “Wild West” of Outpatient Vascular Care, Doctors Can Reap Huge Payments as Patients Risk Life and Limb. To move vascular procedures out of expensive hospitals, the government turbocharged payments to doctors’ offices. Instead of saving money, it started a boom that is making doctors rich and putting patients in danger.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mmm-online.com/home/channel/in-the-wild-west-of-outpatient-vascular-care-doctors-can-reap-huge-payments-as-patients-risk-life-and-limb/?utm_source=ourcommunitynow&utm_medium=web__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4g6ADVC3$

# Medical Technology
‘Digital bridge’ helps paralysed man to walk: A wireless connection between the brain and the spinal cord allows a paralysed man to walk using his thoughts. Gert-Jan Oskam, whose legs were paralysed after a cycling accident, received a spinal implant in 2018 that generated robotic movement through pre-programmed electrical stimulation. He has now received head implants that detect brain activity and transmit the signal to a backpack computer, which decodes the information and activates the spinal pulse generator.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/patient-safety-outcomes/digital-bridge-between-brain-spinal-cord-helps-paralyzed-man-walk-again.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4q73opqs$

# Military / Global
Russia signs deal to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus: Russia moved ahead on Thursday with a plan to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, whose leader said the warheads were already on the move, in the Kremlin’s first deployment of such bombs outside Russia since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union.
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# Science
Japan wants to privatize its science council: Japan’s government is drawing fresh ire from researchers over plans to privatize the country’s influential science council (SCJ). The government has already backed away from plans to reform the council’s constitution and its process for appointing members. Observers predict that the council will ultimately be forced to forge a new relationship with the government
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01640-7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4moRpN6R$

AI Uncovers Rare DNA Sequences: In a groundbreaking endeavor, scientists from UC San Diego are utilizing artificial intelligence to delve into the intricate workings of our genes. Their primary focus lies in the exploration of gene activation, a crucial process influencing growth, development, and disease. New research from UC San Diego has revealed that machine learning is revolutionizing gene study. AI has identified rare “synthetic extreme” DNA sequences. This groundbreaking discovery could better understand how our genes work and be helpful in biotechnology and medicine.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://today.ucsd.edu/story/artificial-intelligence-catalyzes-gene-activation-research-and-uncovers-rare-dna-sequences__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4gXvt8bw$

# Social
Interview about gun crime interrupted by drive-by-shooting: Just as Yolanda, a resident of the Whitehaven neighbourhood in south Memphis identified only by her first name, was introducing herself to the camera, a number of gunshots rang out nearby. Yolanda and the television crew dove to the ground, where Yolanda could be heard saying: “It’s okay. Thank you, Lord Jesus. Just stay down and get down.” The entire incident was captured on film by ABC24. “I fear it’s only a matter of time before some station’s crew does get hurt,” Ransom said. “Doing an interview, in a park, at 11am, should not be dangerous.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/memphis-tn/3037173499677-interview-about-gun-crime-interrupted-by-drive-by-shooting__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4qWFWDmx$

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
South Korea launches homegrown rocket after delay: South Korea launched its homegrown Nuri rocket on Thursday, officials said, a day after it was forced to postpone due to a technical glitch. South Korea launched its homegrown Nuri rocket on Thursday, officials said, a day after it was forced to postpone due to a technical glitch just hours before lift-off.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2023-05-south-korea-homegrown-rocket-delay.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4tW9hSQU$

Rocket Lab prepares for second TROPICS launch for NASA: The ‘Coming to a Storm Near You’ launch is scheduled to lift off from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand as early as May 25. It will be the second Electron launch in two weeks to deploy the TROPICS storm monitoring constellation for NASA
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/23/05/b32562532/rocket-lab-prepares-for-second-tropics-launch-to-deploy-storm-monitoring-constellation-for-nasa__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4gejIP5W$

# Water
Clarence Thomas hints he’d go further to gut the EPA’s power after the Supreme Court limited clean-water protections: The Supreme Court rolled back the Environmental Protection Agency’s power in a Thursday ruling. In a concurring opinion, Clarence Thomas suggested he’d further gut its authority. The conservative-led high court has been putting more restrictions on federal regulators’ power.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/25/politics/supreme-court-wetlands-authority-epa/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1zPK438EVNvpmRHVUMVkfHu6tsbqORLbgvTkhP2dqD4wZRyp_RYZ2HAZ7I5n-GnsM7w1k2rbUvzPcWANKoWYaOCu4tqIj6cV$

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May 24, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
Native American Man Killed By Border Patrol Shortly After Calling Border Patrol on Trespassing Migrants: Raymond Mattia, a member of the Tohono O’odham Nation, was shot and killed by border patrol agents at his reservation in Southern Arizona. According to KVOA, Raymond Mattia called U.S. Border Patrol agents after he discovered illegal immigrants were trespassing in his yard.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/native-american-man-killed-border-patrol-shortly-after/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2Xcw2kkw$

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls Nearly half the world’s species are seeing rapid population declines, new study finds: Nearly half the world’s species are seeing rapid population declines, new study finds. The global loss of wildlife is “significantly more alarming” than previously thought, according to a new study that found almost half the planet’s species are experiencing rapid population declines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/22/world/wildlife-crisis-biodiversity-scn-climate-intl/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2RzLlhQs$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Republican governors meet with Abbott to discuss joint border security plan: Nine Republican governors met with Gov. Greg Abbott Monday to discuss a joint border security plan. They did so after they, along with 15 of their colleagues, last week pledged to support Texas’ border security mission, Operation Lone Star
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republican-governors-meet-with-abbott-to-discuss-joint-border-security-plan*:*:text=(The*20Center*20Square)*20**B,security*20mission*2C*20Operation*20Lone*20Star__;I34lJSXigJMlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2X-8UDym$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
New Evidence FDA, CDC Hid Early Data on Myocarditis Spurs Questions of ‘Criminal Coverup’: New evidence suggests the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Food and Drug Administration may have violated the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act when they withheld knowledge about myocarditis safety signals from the public and from COVID-19 vaccine fact sheets.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-cdc-covid-vaccine-myocarditis-safety-signal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2fI8YRCm$

COVID Vaccine-Injured Sue Biden Administration Over Censorship: A woman who suffered severe nerve damage after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination and four others with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 vaccine injuries launched a lawsuit against Joe Biden and his administration on May 22.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.zerohedge.com/political/covid-vaccine-injured-sue-biden-administration-over-censorship__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2QM7ko8b$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Court Sets Legal Showdown on Debt Limit 14th Amendment Argument: Justice Department lawyers declined to say whether Biden has the power to defy a debt cap.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/23/court-14th-amendment-debt-limit-00098358__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2RRfR7rO$

The White House Wants a Debt Ceiling Deal: By opposing an injunction in the main lawsuit challenging the debt ceiling, the president has deliberately boxed himself into negotiations with legislative terrorists. Their case argues that, by passing into law a number of appropriations that cost money, and also by passing into law a hard debt ceiling, Congress is requiring the president, once that debt ceiling is reached, to pick and choose which laws to break.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/2023-05-24-white-house-wants-debt-ceiling-deal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2Rim3tAY$

Dark Money’s behind the debt ceiling plan to punish the poor: Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy borrowed his punishing work requirement proposal from the conservative think tank pushing to loosen child labor laws. Republicans are threatening to blow up the United States’ economy unless Democrats agree to shrink the social safety net by adding work requirements to programs such as food assistance and healthcare. They are billing the effort, which would help corporations grow an exploitable workforce, as necessary to end dependency, boost the economy, and reduce the federal deficit.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/dark-moneys-behind-the-debt-ceiling-plan-to-punish-the-poor/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2SqpMmIw$

The Global Race to the Bottom: Will the Biden administration help Big Tech undermine consumer regulation by the EU and Asian nations? Examples include trade deals that deliberately weaken the capacity of nation-states to regulate capitalism; competition to cut tax rates to attract multinational business; proliferation of tax and regulatory havens; invention of new concepts such as investor rights against states; and anti-consumer rights of tech companies in trade agreements.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-05-24-global-race-bottom-consumer-regulation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2VPuUNPZ$

The White House Wants a Debt Ceiling Deal: By opposing an injunction in the main lawsuit challenging the debt ceiling, the president has deliberately boxed himself into negotiations with legislative terrorists. The administration has put itself in the position of negotiating with legislative terrorists. And the House GOP has been refreshingly clear on this point by calling themselves legislative terrorists, through their actions and explicitly with their words.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/2023-05-24-white-house-wants-debt-ceiling-deal/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2Rim3tAY$

The Gephardt Rule: Does It Take the Political Sting Out of the Debt Limit? Summary: The Gephardt Rule is a House rule that is intended to make it easier to enact adjustments to the debt limit. According to the most recent version of the rule, when the House adopts a concurrent resolution on the budget, the Clerk engrosses a joint resolution suspending the debt limit for the fiscal year and sends it to the Senate. If the Senate passes it without an amendment, the House does not need to vote on it again before it goes to the President for a signature. The Gephardt Rule achieved its purpose in the early years it was in effect, but it has not been especially effective in the last two decades.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.congressionalinstitute.org/2022/12/14/the-gephardt-rule-does-it-take-the-political-sting-out-of-the-debt-limit/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2YAfN9xr$

AOC Slams GOP After Gaetz Admits Debt Limit Negotiation Is “Hostage” Situation: “For all of this talk about negotiations, Republicans are not negotiating at all,” said Ocasio-Cortez. The lawmaker went on to say that Gaetz’s comment makes clear the circumstances around the debt limit talks. “For all of this talk about negotiations, Republicans are not negotiating at all,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “Republican Matt Gaetz expressed in a party meeting today that this is, in fact, a hostage situation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/house-republicans-debt-limit-hostage_n_646d468fe4b0bfd64485b4ec__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2SKP3Mk0$

House Republicans Plan to Unveil Deficit-Exploding Tax Cuts for the Rich: The move further shows that “this hostage crisis has never been about deficits for the GOP,” tweeted Rep. Ilhan Omar.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rawstory.com/debt-ceiling-2660598222/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2dVg_F5k$

# Education / Schools
Professor holds machete to New York Post reporter’s neck after destroying student’s pro-life display – report –Shellyne Rodriguez allegedly chased reporter out of building, kicked his shins: The New York City professor who went on an expletive-filled rant and destroyed a student group’s pro-life display has now allegedly threatened a reporter who was covering the story by putting a machete to his neck.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/us/professor-holds-machete-reporters-neck-after-destroying-students-pro-life-display__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2W9l0rjZ$

Democrats for Education Reform: New statewide polling finds Texas voters are demanding more school choices, prefer choice within public system. Nearly 80% of Texas voters believe in “Expanding educational choices within the public educational system for families, such as more magnet schools, career academies, and non-profit public charter schools”. Support for additional choices within the public school system is broad-based and popular among supporters of both political parties and across demographic groups.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dfertx.org/2023/04/11/new-statewide-poll-confirms-texas-voters-are-demanding-school-choice-prefer-additional-school-choices-be-created-within-the-public-education-system/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2dYEE6jm$

“It’s Been Weird and Scary”: On the Front Lines of New College’s Student-Led Rebellion Against Ron DeSantis: I jetted down to Sarasota for graduation day at my alma mater, where students are fighting back against a right-wing regime change that’s poised to wipe away the New College I once knew and loved.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/05/new-college-student-rebellion-against-ron-desantis__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2f32WnwQ$

The House on Wednesday will take up legislation to repeal President Joe Biden’s sweeping student debt relief program, putting the hotly debated policy to a standalone vote in Congress for the first time.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/23/why-republicans-want-to-repeal-biden-student-debt-relief-00098409__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2cGbCtyh$

House Republicans just passed a bill to block student-loan forgiveness and end the payment pause immediately, but that’s likely as far as it’ll go. Along with blocking broad debt relief, the bill would also end the payment pause.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/block-student-debt-cancellation-end-payment-pause-gop-bill-house-2023-5__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2TzAWn7E$

“People are that brainwashed”: Texas Teacher Under Fire for Teaching Students Constitutional Rights, The Pledge of Allegiance, and Harry Potter
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://buzzloving.com/exas-teacher-under-fire-for-teaching-students-constitutional-rights/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2Q_iBswB$

# Employment / Labor
Japanese Automakers Boost U.S. Job Growth: Japanese automakers are among the most significant contributors to the nation’s anufacturing sector and to the U.S. economy. The report highlights that Japanese-branded automakers’ continued investment in the U.S. helped to fuel an increase in the American workforce by several thousand from the previous year with the total annual compensation from jobs created in the U.S. exceeding $85 billion, an increase relative to last year’s estimate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/05/18/the_positive_impact_of_japanese_automakers_on_us_economic_growth_900139.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2RzM0IOk$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry
Climate protesters dragged from Shell shareholder meeting as they rushstage: Climate change protesters were dragged away as they tried to storm the stage at Shell’s shareholder meeting Tuesday, while activist investors added pressure with a resolution demanding the global oil and gas giant beef up its emissions strategy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2023-05-23/climate-change-protesters-carried-out-of-shell-shareholders-meeting__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2Wi22aWr$

Texas Republicans want to shield oil and gas from federal climate regulations. Their bill would have little impact, experts say. Texas Republicans want to shield oil and gas from federal climate regulations. Their bill would have little impact, experts say. The bill would direct Texas agencies to not enforce federal regulations on the oil industry if there’s not a similar state regulation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/23/texas-federal-environment-rules-oil-gas-sanctuary/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2fWN5ni8$

Power Up Texas is an alliance of stakeholders bound by a mission to educate and advocate for innovative, sustainable electricity generation in Texas, including the expansion of clean, renewable energy resources. Texas is both the #1 energy producer and consumer in the country. Our economy and continued growth are dependent on reliable power, and how we meet this massive demand has tremendous implications. In order to remain on top, Texas should incentivize all forms of energy development and encourage our state’s innovative spirit and uniquely qualified workforce.
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What Is Produced Water? “Produced water” is water that returns to the surface as wastewater during oil and gas production. The water typically contains hydrocarbons from the deposit as well as naturally occurring toxic substances like arsenic and radium, salts and chemical additives injected into the well to facilitate extraction. These additives include carcinogens and numerous other toxic substances that have the potential to harm human health and contaminate the environment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23052023/produced-water-climate-101/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2VYDn_gS$

Fuel for debate: The US produces more oil than any other country, so why do we still rely on countries like Saudi Arabia and Canada to supply us with crude? The question is: Why aren’t average gas prices closer to, say, $2 a gallon when the U.S. is the world’s largest oil producer? It’s not an easy question to answer.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fuel-debate-us-produces-more-100000036.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2Q-f677h$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure WMO warns greenhouse gases and El Niño to push global temps to record levels: “…WMO is sounding the alarm that we will breach the 1.5°C level on a temporary basis with increasing frequency.” A new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned that heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El Niño event will push global temperatures between 2023 and 2027 to more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for at least one year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://public.wmo.int/en/media/press-release/global-temperatures-set-reach-new-records-next-five-years__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2Q0D7y9P$

# General News
Pistol Brace Owners Scramble to Block ATF Ban Set to Take Effect June 1: Gun rights advocates and the owners of pistol stabilizing braces are scrambling to stop a rule by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) that will make possession of the brace a felony after May 31.
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Consumer Health and Safety Are on the Line. Where Is the FDA? Once again we find the FDA choosing to look the other way on a blatant consumer sham. This is far from an isolated event, and one has to wonder if the FDA is on an extended smoking break, given its absence from numerous issues under its charge. It may be preoccupied with the widespread calls of incompetence concerning its sub-standard actions to protect the U.S.
food supply, but surely that does not inspire confidence. The FDA is AWOL on a growing list of issues https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/consumer-health-and-safety-are-on-the-line-where-is-the-fda/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2aRxLPn5$

# Gov / Politics
A dramatic series of events Tuesday started with Paxton calling on state House Speaker Dade Phelan to resign, accusing the fellow Republican of presiding over his chamber “in a state of apparent debilitating intoxication.” A video clip went viral over the weekend that showed Phelan slurring his words while overseeing House floor proceedings Friday night.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/23/dade-phelan-ken-paxton-resign-intoxication/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2U3hQsz-$

Harris County must remove its elections chief under new legislation headed to Gov. Greg Abbott: On a 81-62 party line vote, House Republicans passed Senate Bill 1750, which will abolish the Harris County elections administrator position, a nonpartisan position appointed by local elected officials, and return all election duties to the county clerk and tax assessor-collector. The new law would force the county to move election duties under its clerk and tax assessor-collector, in reaction to what critics call a continued pattern of election problems.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/02/texas-legislature-harris-county-elections/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2TqIb1xG$

# Law Enforcment
Dementia Patient, 95, Dies After Being Tased by Police: An officer is now facing multiple charges. The police officer who Tasered 95-year-old Claire Nowland at an aged care facility in Cooma last week has been suspended from duty with pay as pressure mounts for the bodycam footage of the incident to be publicly released. Nowland, who has dementia, is in end-of-life care at Cooma district hospital after the incident caused her to fall and sustain life-threatening head injuries.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/23/nsw-police-officer-who-tasered-95-year-old-dementia-patient-claire-nowland-suspended-from-duty-with-pay__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2T5aKype$

# Legal / DOJ
New IRS whistleblower letter suggests DOJ interference in Hunter Biden probe dates back years: An IRS agent working with federal prosecutors and investigators on the Hunter Biden tax probe is alleging the agency ignored his team’s warnings about years of improprieties by Justice Department officials supervising the case.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://justthenews.com/accountability/whistleblowers/tueirs-whistleblower-team-warned-years-hunter-biden-investigation__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2Zd10GH2$

Judge Lays Down the Law for Trump in Hush Money Case: Trump has appeared at a Manhattan court via videolink for the second hearing in his fraud case. He became the first current or former US president to be arrested and charged last month when he pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of felony crimes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.sky.com/story/donald-trump-trial-latest-former-us-president-to-appear-in-court-for-stormy-daniels-hush-money-hearing-12887622__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2e266uZ4$

Conservative billionaire Harlan Crow responded Monday night to a request from Senate judiciary committee Democrats for more details about gifts he’s given to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas that have not been disclosed. Crow’s response? I’m not telling you anything. “We do not believe the Committee has the authority to investigate” Crow’s friendship with the Supreme Court justice, the GOP billionaire’s lawyer said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/harlan-crow-clarence-thomas-senate-democrats_n_646ce638e4b056fd46dcc582?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-fringe_2023-05-23&utm_term=us-fringe__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2XGvhgY9$

Mandatory 10-year sentences for some crimes involving guns revived by Texas Senate: House Bill 4843, as passed by the House, simply raised the penalty for unlawful possession of a firearm by a person convicted of a felony from a third-degree to second-degree felony. The punishment for the crime would change from a maximum of 10 years in prison to 20 years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dentonrc.com/news/texas_legislature/mandatory-10-year-sentences-for-some-crimes-involving-guns-revived-by-texas-senate/article_0c956089-3b3d-5a38-8dbe-063dec857b0b.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2buiSlLg$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Republican blitz on LGBTQ issues exposes fractures among Texas Democrats: The defections have sparked feelings of betrayal and promises of retribution, particularly as Republicans in the Legislature have presented a unified front.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/23/legislature-fractured-democrats-lgbtq/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2f4mjj_z$

# Medical / Health
The IRA’s Small-Molecule Penalty Requires a Repair: With a minor technical fix, lawmakers can give small-molecule drugs the same 13-year reprieve from price-setting that biologics enjoy under the IRA. In opposing a fix to the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, a leading voice in the effort to move the U.S. biopharmaceutical system toward European-style price controls cited “complicated details” in his reasoning for changing the law, adding that “getting it straight is critically important.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.statnews.com/2023/03/06/congress-must-fix-ira-small-molecule-penalty/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2VZnA6hD$

This company made billions by surprise-billing helpless ER patients. Then justice arrived: Waiting to be seen at the emergency room or already laid out on an operating table, the patients weren’t in a position to ask whether the doctor was in their insurance plan’s network. They might not even know they were seen by out-of-network doctors until they received a bill for their services, a surprise invoice for hundreds or even thousands of dollars. These higher payment rates [are] caused not by supply or demand, but rather by the ability to “ambush” the patient.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-05-24/this-medical-firm-made-billions-by-surprise-billing-er-patients-a-legal-crackdown-drove-it-to-bankruptcy__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2ftN8jSl$

# Military / Global
Russian troops destroy Western-supplied vehicles in Belgorod Region: U.S. and Polish armored cars were among the militants’ documented losses
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rt.com/russia/576803-ukraine-raid-western-hardware/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2eTmrKuz$

‘Wagner’ Group Soldiers Raise the Russian Flag After Historic Victory in Bakhmut, Ukraine: Earlier this morning, Gateway Pundit contributor Paul Serran reported that Bakhmut, Ukraine had fallen. This was a major blow to Ukraine, NATO, the Biden regime, and the globalists.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/video-wagner-group-soldiers-raise-russian-flag-after/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2fXaJCuw$

# Nuclear
Ukraine cuts electricity to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant: The Zaporozhye facility has been connected to an emergency backup after the Dnieper power line was shut down, management have claimed. Russia’s Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, located near the front line with Ukraine, has been cut off from its external energy supply. According to a message posted on the facility’s official Telegram channel on Monday morning, the radiation level is “normal.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rt.com/russia/576684-zaporozhye-npp-cut-energy-supply/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2U-KC2k3$

# Pervasive Chemicals
Recycled plastic can be more toxic and is no fix for pollution, Greenpeace warns: Recycling plastic can make it more toxic and should not be considered a solution to the pollution crisis, Greenpeace has warned before the latest round of negotiations for an international plastics treaty.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/24/recycled-plastic-more-toxic-no-fix-pollution-greenpeace-warns*:*:text=Recycling*20plastic*20can*20make*20it,for*20an*20international*20plastics*20treaty__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2esqRB2r$

Should you even bother throwing plastic in the recycling bin? Recycling plastic is garbage, Greenpeace says in a new report. So, landfill then? Consumers, meanwhile, are stuck in the middle. Is recycling plastic just a feel-good charade we should stop bothering to play act, or is there some utility in keeping up the plastic recycling stream?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theweek.com/environmental-news/1018215/should-you-even-bother-throwing-plastic-in-the-recycling-bin__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2XjBD0Et$

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
South Korea postpones third launch of homegrown rocket: A communication error between the launch control computer and another computer managing the launch pad was detected during preparation, forcing officials to postpone, said Oh Tae-seog, vice minister of science and ICT. “It’s currently believed there is no problem with the projectile itself, so it will remain erected” while scientists and software engineers try to resolve the issue, Oh said in a briefing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/South_Korea_postpones_third_launch_of_homegrown_rocket_999.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2Ts4A18h$

China’s next manned mission, Shenzhou XVI, scheduled to be launched in the coming days to transport astronauts to the Tiangong space station. The Shenzhou XVI will become the first crewed mission to visit Tiangong this year and the first to arrive since its construction was completed by the Shenzhou XIV and XV crews.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Shenzhou_XVI_mission_to_launch_in_days_999.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2TMPxk3S$

In anticipation of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample delivery this fall, the team held our first round of rehearsals April 17 to April 27. Our goal was to practice retrieving the spacecraft’s sample capsule from a simulated landing site at Lockheed Martin’s campus near Denver.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/OSIRIS_REx_Recovery_Team_Motto_Practice_Practice_Practice_999.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2dqrqWkG$

# Technology
Scientists have discovered a way to create 3D-printed wood, the breakthrough could revolutionize how we get hundreds of products: Researchers used cells from Zinnia elegans, the common zinnia flower, to print custom-shaped wood segments.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/3d-printed-wood-furniture-mit-deforestation-trees-foray/*:*:text=Scientists*20have*20discovered*20a*20way,print*20custom*2Dshaped*20wood*20segments__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2feBKUMj$

# Veterans / VA
Bipartisan coalition introduces Wounded Warrior Bill of Rights in Congress: Eastern Washington Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers joined a bipartisan coalition introducing Congressman Brian Mast’s, D-Fla., Wounded Warrior Bill of Rights Act to “cut through red tape, improve transparency, and increase accountability for wounded warriors.” The bill would ensure veterans are able to effectively appeal decisions made regarding their medical separation from service and entitlement to disability benefits. This bill is cosponsored by Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), Rick Larsen (WA-02), Rich McCormick (GA-6), and Jimmy Panetta (CA-19).
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mast.house.gov/press-releases?ID=7D80D72A-2298-407B-B5C3-1543B432D8E1__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3BrH81HGfCR6F3h_Ypp3xz76HVheppJsNmgIhFV4gxcqQZN-mJq1TN70Y1vgL_O2OfCIXz6ZDWXmGWhiJh3BDuBh2Sd2f0oy$

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Man stumbles upon strange giant insect in Amazon rainforest: A man living in the Amazon came across a strange giant insect. The bizarre looking creature is known as “Fulgora laternaria”, also referred to as a peanut or alligator bug due to the shape of its head and pattern of its wings.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/man-stumbles-upon-strange-giant-insect-in-amazon-rainforest/vi-AA1bAV3Z?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=084976eb05764acb8f120045c227ac14&ei=90__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX8gevlOW$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
New bipartisan bill gives legal status to immigrants in US: The bill also invests in border communities by codifying the newly created Shelter and Services Program and funds and expands ports of entry. Notably, the bill creates the Dignity Program and a “Dignity” legal status, which would grant undocumented people in the U.S. legal status, work and travel authority. The bill would shift efforts from stopping all crossings to interdicting threats. It would fund border technology and create new paths to citizenship. Asylum claims could be pre-screened in Latin American countries https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/immigration/new-bipartisan-bill-gives-legal-status-to-immigrants-in-us/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX4Zyxu5o$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
New Evidence FDA, CDC Hid Early Data on Myocarditis Spurs Questions of ‘Criminal Coverup’: New evidence suggests the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Food and Drug Administration may have violated the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act when they withheld knowledge about myocarditis safety signals from the public and from COVID-19 vaccine fact sheets.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-cdc-covid-vaccine-myocarditis-safety-signal/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230523__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKXxUHM-L7$

Health care providers were ‘bribed’ into suggesting COVID vaccines, congressman says leaked document shows: Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., shared a document on social media Thursday, outlining Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s “Vaccine Provider Incentive program” for Kentucky-based providers. The document showed doctors could make thousands of dollars in bonus compensation for inoculating their patients during the pandemic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wgxa.tv/amp/news/nation-world/health-care-providers-were-bribed-into-suggesting-covid-vaccines-congressman-says-anthem-blue-cross-and-blue-shield-vaccine-provider-incentive-program-thomas-massie-kentucky__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX4XoFoUz$

First COVID Vaccine Injury Lawsuit in U.S. Targets U.S. Government, Social Media Giants: Five people injured by COVID-19 vaccines, along with a father whose 16-year-old son died from vaccine-induced cardiac arrest, are suing the Biden administration and top U.S. public health officials for allegedly colluding with social media companies to censor their stories.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/brianne-dressen-first-covid-vaccine-injury-lawsuit-us/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230523__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX8bZW2FF$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
GOP members insist they’re worried about the national debt. It ain’t true: Republicans do not care even slightly about the national debt. The last time they had the run of the federal government, they passed laws that required tremendous borrowing. If and when they get control once more, they will do the exact same thing.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/2023-05-23-republican-debt-ceiling-lies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX6o7cAKU$

McCarthy, Biden say they can avoid default ahead of deadline: President Joe Biden and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reported productive talks Monday, but have yet to announce a breakthrough ahead of a June 1 deadline
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_8329b140-f8e2-11ed-ba10-db9b35ed7788.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKXx6G8svu$

American Companies That Are No Longer American: 1. Popsicle, 2. Ben & Jerry’s, 3. Burger King, 4. Trader Joe’s, 5. American Apparel, 6. 7-Eleven, 7. Sunglass Hut, 8. Holiday Inn, 9. Smithfield, 10. Ironman [More]
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://247wallst.com/special-report/2022/11/16/25-classic-american-brands-now-owned-by-foreign-companies/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX-JX2rQC$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry Standing Rock docs: Police partnered with Energy Transfer, TigerSwan: TigerSwan worked with law enforcement to fight an information war against the Indigenous-led water protectors. Documents released by the North Dakota Private Investigation and Security Board, reveal how TigerSwan and the sheriffs’ group worked together to twist the story in the media so that it aligned with the oil company’s interests, seeking to pollute the public’s perception of the water protectors. The documents outline details of unreported collaborations between TigerSwan and police forces.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/05/22/standing-rock-energy-transfer-tigerswan/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKXxVzhS0R$

Big polluters’ share prices fall after climate lawsuits, study finds:
Exclusive: Fossil fuel companies register drop in value after litigation or unfavourable judgments. Climate litigation poses a financial risk to fossil fuel companies because it lowers the share price of big polluters
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.realclearenergy.org/2023/05/23/big_polluters_share_prices_fall_after_climate_lawsuits_900876.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX_Cg5X6H$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Companies object to proposed SEC rule requiring them to track emissions up and down their supply chains. Companies would be required to disclose the greenhouse gas emissions they produce and how climate risk affects their business under new rules proposed Monday by the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a drive across the government to address climate change.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/sec-proposes-new-rules-for-companies-to-monitor-climate-risks__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX9K6jN2v$

SEC Climate Rules Pushed Back Amid Bureaucratic, Legal Woes: The Securities and Exchange Commission will miss a self-imposed October deadline for final rules as it continues to sift through thousands of public comments and factors in a June Supreme Court ruling that endangers the agency’s normally broad authority to regulate Wall Street.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.bloomberglaw.com/securities-law/sec-climate-rules-pushed-back-amid-bureaucratic-legal-woes__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKXzEqPAZ2$

EPA accused of failing to regulate use of toxic herbicides despite court order: The EPA’s pesticide office is included in allegations that career managers are influenced by or have colluded with industry, in some cases falsified science to make dangerous substances appear less toxic. About one-third of the office’s funding comes from industry fees.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/24/epa-monsanto-toxic-herbicides-dicamba__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKXz5bKap9$

A Toxic Tour Helps Convey What Fenceline Communities Experience: Some reflections from a recent tour in Kansas City led by the co-directors of CleanAirNow.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://blog.ucsusa.org/kellickson/a-toxic-tour-helps-convey-what-fenceline-communities-experience/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX6YClj22$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Global Human Activities Have Drastically Reduced Habitats for Asian Elephants: Despite their iconic status and long association with humans, Asian elephants are one of the most endangered large mammals. Believed to number between 45,000 and 50,000 individuals worldwide, they are at risk throughout Asia due to human activities such as deforestation, mining, dam building and road construction, which have damaged numerous ecosystems.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/asian-elephants-habitat-human-impacts.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX-x49LAr$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Government Blocks Food Advertiser From Telling the Truth: The case hinges on the constitutional right to convey truthful, factual, verifiable information without government permission. Advertisers sometimes stretch the truth. But small-business owner Ketan Vakil got in trouble for the opposite reason: He wanted to put correct information about his meat broths and spice blends on product packaging.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/government-blocks-food-advertiser-from-telling-the-truth/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX-ltATaQ$

NPD Trend Tracker: From vegan pepperoni pizza to wellness coffee: From hot-chocolate beads to oven-ready Italian food, from sugar-free plant-based milk to premium tiramisu, our latest NPD covers some of the most interesting products of the past week.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Article/2023/03/27/npd-trend-tracker-from-pro-prebiotic-soda-to-mushroom-coffee__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX8gqkkL8$

# General News
How Trump could benefit from pushing a debt default: Donald Trump recently made headlines calling for Republicans to default on federal debt if they don’t get everything they’re asking for, including the “kitchen sink.” Not only is this exactly the opposite of his stance while president, but it could also bite the GOP in the ass.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/trump-could-benefit-pushing-debt-075649345.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX8JR1tRw$

The attack on libraries is an attack on free speech: Missouri Republicans in early April voted to cut all public funding for libraries as part of their state budget proposal. Leading the move was Cody Smith, a top Republican lawmaker and chair of the state’s budget committee, who made no attempt to hide the fact that he was retaliating against librarians because they dared to join the ACLU in suing the state over a Republican-led book ban.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/23/the-attack-on-our-libraries/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX1PqKVWY$

Republicans want to defund our libraries: Missouri Republicans in early April voted to cut all public funding for libraries as part of their state budget proposal. Claiming to protect children, Republicans are going after libraries and librarians instead of the police, gun manufacturers, and actual child sexual abusers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/05/23/republicans-want-to-defund-our-libraries/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKXyEzfx9U$

# Gov / Politics
Tim Scott announces he is running for president: U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., announced Monday that he is running for president. In his announcement, Scott gave a nod to his Christian faith and defended his record in the Senate, pointing to economic legislative efforts he led such as tax cuts and Opportunity Zones.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_87f821da-f8b4-11ed-a80a-9ffd104c2b62.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX9j1SmpD$

DeSantis to launch 2024 campaign on Twitter with Elon Musk, he will announce he is running for president during a discussion with Twitter CEO Elon Musk. Lindsey Curnutte, a DeSenatis spokesperson, confirmed the event in an email to The Verge Tuesday. Twitter responded to a request for comment Tuesday with the company’s customary poop emoji auto-reply.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/23/23734728/twitter-elon-musk-ron-desantis-presidential-campaign-2024-announcement-spaces__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKXyJSr1cy$

Battlefield Reports From Our New Civil War: Two Prospect pieces on red and blue trifecta states make clear we really are two separate nations. If there’s anyone who’s still mystified about why congressional Democrats and Republicans can’t come to an agreement on anything so basic as honoring the debts they’ve incurred, may I gently suggest they take a look at what Democrats and Republicans are doing in the particular states they each completely control.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2023-05-23-battlefield-reports-new-civil-war/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX-KJEVhK$

# Law Enforcment
Netflix doc exposes the enraging pattern of turning rape victims into suspects: If you’ve lost your fire for the #MeToo movement, “Victim/Suspect,” about how law enforcement indicts sexual assault victims, will reignite that flame.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/victimsuspect-review-netflix-doc-exposes-broken-system-of-sexual-assault-cases__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX7w-xCK8$

Man Died of ‘Severe Neglect’ in Bug-Infested Cell: “This is the most deplorable death in custody case in the history of America.” A man found unresponsive and covered in bug bites inside a squalid Georgia jail cell died as a result of “severe neglect” from the facility’s staff. A combination of dehydration, rapid weight loss and malnutrition, complicated by untreated decompensated schizophrenia led to a fatal cardiac arrythmia, the report says. Because he did not receive necessary medical care or adequate food, water and shelter, his manner of death is homicide, Mitchell wrote.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/georgia-jail-death-bedbugs-autopsy-lashawn-thompson-dc2fa65d522029a552c5199071bf741d__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX0kplB3E$

# Medical / Health
Parents shouldn’t have to choose between custody and appropriate mental health care for their children: Across the U.S., children encounter many barriers to mental health treatment, including a shortage of psychiatric beds and coverage denials from insurance companies. In a desperate attempt to get their child treatment, some parents have discovered a last resort workaround: they trade custody for treatment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.sideeffectspublicmedia.org/access-to-healthcare/2018-07-31/out-of-options-parents-of-children-with-mental-illness-trade-custody-for-treatment__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKXx9xUDSz$

# Medical Science
An mRNA vaccine to treat pancreatic cancer: A personalized mRNA vaccine against pancreatic cancer created a strong anti-tumor immune response in half the participants in a small study. A personalized mRNA vaccine against pancreatic cancer created a strong anti-tumor immune response in half the participants in a small study. The vaccine will soon be tested in a larger clinical trial. The approach may also have potential for treating other deadly cancer types
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mskcc.org/news/can-mrna-vaccines-fight-pancreatic-cancer-msk-clinical-researchers-are-trying-find-out__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX2qHhAUT$

# Military / Global
Military drones are swarming the skies of Ukraine and other conflict hot spots, and anything goes when it comes to international law: Both Russia and Ukraine are using drones in this war to remotely locate targets and drop bombs, among other purposes.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theconversation.com/military-drones-are-swarming-the-skies-of-ukraine-and-other-conflict-hot-spots-and-anything-goes-when-it-comes-to-international-law-205898__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX3EHhRNT$

# Pharmaceuticals / Drugs
Less Than a Third of Heavily Advertised Drugs have ‘High Therapeutic Value’: Television ads for drugs are filled with glowing images of people living their best lives, all thanks to that new med they’ve been prescribed. But drugs being touted on TV often have little to no benefit compared to other treatments, a new study published online Jan. 13 in JAMA Network Open finds.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-01-18/less-than-a-third-of-heavily-advertised-drugs-have-high-therapeutic-value-study__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX-U_KLpO$

The pharmaceutical industry finances about 75 percent of the [FDA]’s drug division: The pharmaceutical industry funding alone has become so dominant that last year it accounted for three-quarters, or $1.1 billion, of the agency’s drug division budget. Advocates for patients and doctors say the agreements have enabled the industry to weaken the approval process meant to ensure that drugs are safe and effective
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/health/fda-drug-industry-fees.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX0QhtFs7$

Does Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Directly Harm Patients? Simply put, pharmaceutical companies spent more money on DTC advertising when medical research found that the drug was less effective, and this spending directly led to more sales for those inferior drugs. The U.S. is one of only two countries in the world that still allows direct-to-consumer advertising. DTC advertising tends to reduce use of generic medications, which are often equally effective but significantly cheaper for patients.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://time.com/6266695/direct-to-consumer-advertising-harm-patients/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX0SLQRGL$

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
ISS welcomes its first Saudi astronauts, in private mission: The SpaceX rocket blasted off from Florida on Sunday, and the trip to the ISS, which orbits around 250 miles (400 kilometers) above the Earth, lasted about 16 hours
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/iss-welcomes-its-first-saudi-astronauts-in-private-mission-1221209.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKXwZibXzN$

Astronomers want your help hunting for asteroids: Anyone with an internet connection can now join University of Arizona researchers as they work to discover asteroids hurtling through our solar system.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.arizona.edu/story/astronomers-want-your-help-hunting-asteroids__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX65jC8GP$

Georgia Tech to lead NASA Center on Lunar Research and Exploration: Georgia Tech researchers have been selected by NASA to lead a $7.5 million center that will study the lunar environment and the generation and properties of volatiles and dust.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.gatech.edu/news/2023/05/18/georgia-tech-lead-nasa-center-lunar-research-and-exploration__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX1wG9Jph$

UFO in Plain Sight: At Least 50 Marines Witnessed and Recorded Phenomenon: On April 20, 2021, an unidentified triangular-shaped object with five red lights was witnessed and caught on video at Camp Wilson in Twentynine Palms, California. The footage, shot by Marines on their smartphones, appears to depict five lights arranged in a triangular formation. One stunning picture captured by an officer at Camp Wilson showed the apparently triangular object, with lights on its edges, above the desert mountains.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ufo-in-plain-sight-at-least-50-marines-witnessed-and-recorded-phenomenon-report/ar-AA1bAXnE?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=084976eb05764acb8f120045c227ac14&ei=7__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX2a1MH_I$

# Water
World’s Largest Lakes Losing Trillions of Gallons of Water Annually: More than half of the large lakes and reservoirs on the planet have diminished since the early 1990s due to climate change and human diversion and consumption, an international team of researchers has found. The findings have implications for people who rely on their supply of freshwater for drinking, hydropower and agriculture.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.ecowatch.com/lakes-losing-water-global-climate-change.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX0MV0Wxu$

At Lake Powell, Record Low Water Levels Reveal an ‘Amazing Silver Lining’: When the reservoir dropped to its lowest level since it was filled, an expedition through once-submerged branches of Glen Canyon found both warning signs and beauty that had been underwater for more than half a century.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23052023/lake-powell-low-water-levels/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!z0KCCgceSOzFNlKjGXvqSBfXTvGnM4CNHm35DhMd3W2FuCXLQAWZbWaB6kBbu1hF8q2bLcW6Kb4VP9luLlUCd5EKX6N4aP6f$

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May 22, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

# Chemicals
Growing number of sports bras, shirts and leggings brands found with high levels of toxic chemical, watchdog warns In adults, exposure to BPA has been linked to diabetes, heart disease, cancer, obesity and erectile dysfunction.
An increasing number of sports bra and athletic wear brands have been found with high levels of BPA in them, a chemical compound that’s used to make certain types of plastic and can lead to harmful health effects such as asthma, cardiovascular disease and obesity https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://headtopics.com/us/more-sports-bras-shirts-and-leggings-brands-have-high-levels-of-toxic-chemical-watchdog-warns-39312334__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1jboxOhM$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The President Is Already in Litigation Over the Debt Ceiling: At one point, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy did say that there would need to be an agreement in principle to end the debt ceiling mess by the end of this past weekend in order to have enough time to ferry it through Congress before the X-date. Well, you’re in for a shock, the weekend passed, and there’s still no agreement. If anything, the parties are further apart than before.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/2023-05-22-president-litigation-debt-ceiling/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1kjNgDjH$

Berkeley’s $220M Mistake Exposed in Massive Deal With China: The university has failed to declare a $220 million investment from the municipal government of Shenzhen to build a research campus in China. A Berkeley spokesperson told The Daily Beast that the university had yet to declare the investment—announced in 2018—because the campus is still under construction.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/uc-berkeley-failed-to-disclose-dollar220m-tech-deal-with-china-to-us-government*:*:text=The*20university*20has*20failed*20to,campus*20is*20still*20under*20construction__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1lMCIoI6$ .

U.S. Economy on the Brink as Time Runs Low to Avert Debt Default: The US is heading close to the brink of a self-imposed economic disaster with the Republican-led House refusing to pay the countrys debts unless President Joe Biden agrees on cuts to current and future spending and new curbs on social programs. Millions of people could see retirement and veterans benefits put on hold once the government exhausted its ability to pay its debts due to the borrowing cap set by congress.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bizzbuzz.news/economy/us-on-brink-of-disaster-as-time-runs-out-to-avert-debt-default-1220342__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1pL2tHl7$

The debt ceiling is unconstitutional, but not for the reason you think: Congress’s power to make contracts does not come with the power to renege on them. Congress’s failure to raise the debt limit to pay its bills undercuts its own constitutional power to make binding commitments for the United States, including commitments to pay its debts, that the president must perform.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/2023-05-22-debt-ceiling-is-unconstitutional/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1pSZ9HxF$

# Education / Schools
“We Refuse to Leave Anyone Behind”: Oakland Teachers Secure Wins in Strike: Teachers’ demands included a living wage, equitable class sizes and expanded special education services. A strike rally May 5 brought together teachers, staff, families, and community supporters. “We refuse to leave anyone behind,” Douglas said. “The district has sleek graphics, but we have each other. This is hard, and we need to keep communicating with each other.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/we-refuse-to-leave-anyone-behind-oakland-teachers-secure-wins-in-strike/*:*:text=A*20strike*20rally*20May*205,keep*20communicating*20with*20each*20other__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1kjwKnNs$ .

Education Department Says Georgia District May Have Violated Students’ Rights With Book Bans: The Department of Education’s ruling could have implications for other districts considering book bans. The U.S. Department of Education has found that a suburban Atlanta school district’s decision to remove some books from its libraries may have created a hostile environment that violated federal laws against race and sex discrimination
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/education/4015532-school-may-have-violated-students-rights-with-book-removals-education-department/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1pEIqXbT$

House Republicans are planning to vote on a bill this week to deprive over ’40 million hard-working’ student-loan borrowers of debt cancellation, the White House says, and if passed, Biden will veto
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/22/republicans-student-debt-relief-00098165__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1h74PCXq$

# Employment / Labor
2,500 left jobless after latest round of Disney layoffs: Frontline operational workers at the theme parks were the only department to avoid cuts. The Disney Co. laid off at least 2,500 people on Monday in the entertainment giant’s third round of cuts this year as it trims down spending, Deadline reported. The cuts were sweeping, jobs eliminated throughout the company. Following the timeline of cuts Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed, this is expected to be the last of the significant layoffs at Disney for a while. However, there many still be some smaller cuts in the next couple of months, sources say.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://deadline.com/2023/05/disney-layoffs-third-round-1235375920/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1mB2nZF2$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry
The U.S. needs minerals for electric cars. Everyone else wants them too: The United States is entering an array of agreements to secure the critical minerals necessary for the energy transition https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/21/business/economy/minerals-electric-cars-batteries.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1s0hQJw-$

Colorado Frackers Doubled Freshwater Use During Megadrought, Even as Drilling and Oil Production Fell: Colorado frackers doubled freshwater use during megadrought, even as drilling and oil production fell. Oil and gas operators dramatically increased their reliance on high-quality water for fracking even though they produced enough wastewater to supply the operations.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22052023/colorado-fracking-wastewater-drought/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1rRmjfE0$

“A Death Sentence”: Climate Groups Condemn G7 Support for More Gas Investments: “G7 must stop using fossil fuels immediately, the planet is on fire,” said the head of inequality policy at Oxfam. “Energy security can only be achieved by rapidly and equitably phasing out fossil fuels and transitioning to renewable energy, not locking in deadly fossil fuels and lining the pockets of oil and gas executives,” said one critic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/g7-hiroshima-japan-gas-climate__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1v4-yyvE$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Three States Reach Deal in Attempt Save the Colorado River: The river provides drinking water to 40 million Americans in seven states. A wet Western winter was kind to Arizona, California and Nevada, the three states that have agreed to take less water from the Colorado River to keep it from going dry.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/22/us/colorado-river-lake-mead-water-deal-climate/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1j-QpIab$

Victory! Bill Gates Funded Company Forced to Withdraw Application for GMO Mosquitoes in Major U.S. State: A Bill Gates funded company has been forced to withdraw its conquest of one of the biggest states in the entire union, as concerns over his latest experiment have led to a backlash by regulators
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://althealthworks.com/victory-bill-gates-funded-company-forced-to-withdraw-application-for-gmo-mosquitoes-in-major-u-s-state/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1o7tMKa1$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Inside the dairy: How is ‘king of cheeses’ Parmigiano Reggiano made? Consumer turnover of Parmigiano Reggiano recently hit an all-time high of €2.9bn. What is it about this famed cheese that makes it unique? And as a premium product, what systems do producers put in place to protect against potential food fraud?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2023/05/22/How-is-Parmigiano-Reggiano-made-We-take-a-look-inside-the-dairy__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1tuADLml$

New World ag on its way: FDA gives initial thumbs up to pork from gene-edited pigs: As the popular children’s poem goes: “This little piggy went to market.” Now that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized letting gene-edited pigs enter the human food chain, that may be the case for a vastly different sort of pig than the one in the Mother Goose poem.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/05/new-world-ag-on-its-way-fda-gives-initial-thumbs-up-to-pork-from-gene-edited-pigs/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1pqaxK1j$

# General News
As Residential Care Homes Expand in Maine, Seniors Don’t Always Get the Care They Need: The disappearance of nursing home beds is sending thousands to “nonmedical” residences that aren’t equipped to handle more intensive health needs.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/maine-residential-care-system-fails-ailing-seniors__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1uig4yun$

# Gov / Politics / Global
The International Community Does Not Accept The G7-Dominated Western Rules, Says China: The international community will not allow the U.S.-led group to dominate world affairs, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. “China will never accept the so-called rules imposed by the few. The international community does not accept and will not accept the G7-dominated Western rules that seek to divide the world based on ideologies and values,” the statement read.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pressenza.com/2023/05/the-international-community-does-not-accept-the-g7-dominated-western-rules-says-china/*:*:text=**A-,The*20International*20Community*20Does*20Not*20Accept*20the,Dominated*20Western*20Rules*2C*20Says*20China&text=The*20international*20community*20will*20not,in*20a*20statement*20on*20Saturday__;I37DlyUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1iuci8BX$

Russia and China hit back at a G7 that saw them as a threat: Moscow and Beijing lashed out against the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, where leaders of major democracies pledged new measures targeting Russia and spoke in one voice on their growing concerns over China.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/21/asia/g7-summit-china-russia-reaction-intl-hnk/index.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1h2JKHDd$

# Gov / Politics
NAACP Warns Against Travel to Florida: ‘Openly Hostile’: NAACP advises against traveling to Florida: ‘Openly hostile toward African Americans.’ Travel warning points to ‘sustained, blatant, relentless and systemic attack on democracy and civil rights’ under Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/naacp-florida-travel-advisory-twitter-b2343381.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1g5nw-MG$

Fascism Is Rising, But It Does Not Have to Be Our Future: Fascism is an ultranationalist, anti-democratic, far right movement. A set of political practices fundamentally based in upholding rigid, identity-based hierarchies. These hierarchies manifest as forms of supremacy depending on the country and cultural context. Fascist movements can be white supremacist, nativist, male supremacist, Christian supremacist, and more. Under fascism, the majority sees itself as a victimized community that’s fighting against marginalized communities for its survival. Within the U.S., fascists have convinced themselves that immigrants, Trans people, Black people, and many more marginalized communities are working to eradicate their way of life.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/fascism-is-rising-but-it-does-not-have-to-be-our-future/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1omAXFWx$

“They’re Afraid of the Majority”: Republicans Are Pushing a Quiet Assault on Direct Democracy: After reproductive rights activists secured major victories last election cycle on ballot measures, Republican lawmakers across the country are driving forward a flurry of legislation that could cement minority rule in state constitutions.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://headtopics.com/us/they-re-afraid-of-the-majority-republicans-are-pushing-a-quiet-assault-on-direct-democracy-39332535__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1jveiQDy$

Texas Republicans to Cities, Drop Dead: Particularly (but not only) in Texas, Republican state legislatures’ response to liberal cities is to strip them of all power. As the dividing lines in the Civil War of 1861 separated North from South, so the dividing lines in our current civil war, the ones where the conflicts are fiercest, separate red states from their blue cities. More precisely, red states are not simply opposing, but enforcing, their rule over blue cities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/politics/2023-05-22-texas-republicans-to-cities-drop-dead/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1p854NrX$

Goodbye to the American Century – China, India, and the Emerging New World Order: There is a very strong justice based case for damages in billions of dollars being paid by the main perpetrators of violence to the victims.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/goodbye-to-the-american-century/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1ovlGd-g$

The GOP Would Rather Hold Hungry Families Hostage Than Tax the Wealthy: The GOP, unable to destroy the social safety net through normal legislative processes, has turned to blackmail. But Joe Biden being Joe Biden, however, he’s unlikely to fully call the GOP’s bluff, hoping for a negotiated outcome to the standoff rather than a constitutionally untested reliance on the 14th Amendment. Given the extremism of today’s Republican Party, and the willingness of at least part of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s caucus to burn the whole ship of state down, that’s a risky strategy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/the-gop-would-rather-hold-hungry-families-hostage-than-tax-the-wealthy/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1u_l-0zE$

# Legal / DOJ
Clyburn’s Role in South Carolina Redistricting May Be Examined as Supreme Court Hears Racial Gerrymandering Case: The NAACP successfully challenged the state’s new congressional maps as racially motivated. Republicans argued that they fielded requests from the powerful Black Democrat before redrawing district lines.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/james-clyburn-south-carolina-gerrymander-redistricting-scotus__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1jrEvyIC$

Chinese Immigrants Sue Florida Over DeSantis’s Discriminatory Law Banning Home Purchases: “All Asian Americans will feel the stigma and the chilling effect created by this Florida law, just like the discriminatory laws did to our ancestors more than a hundred years ago.” A group of Chinese citizens who live, work, study, and raise families in Florida, as well as a real estate brokerage firm in Florida that primarily serves clients of Chinese descent, are filing a lawsuit to combat Florida’s discriminatory property law, SB 264.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/22/florida-gov-ron-desantis-law-restricting-foreign-land-ownership-prompts-lawsuit-from-chinese-firm/70245072007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1iRN6l0c$

# Medical / Health
On the Edge: The next deadly pandemic is just a forest clearing away. But we’re not even trying to prevent it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/pandemic-spillover-outbreak-guinea-forest-clearing__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1tgHlzD2$

How We Found That Sites of Previous Ebola Outbreaks Are at Higher Risk Than Before: Research links deforestation to outbreaks. Combining two peer-reviewed models and the latest satellite images of tree loss, we discovered that the sites of five previous outbreaks have a greater chance of facing Ebola again.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.mmm-online.com/home/channel/how-we-found-that-sites-of-previous-ebola-outbreaks-are-at-higher-risk-than-before/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1s8KTjfM$

Hospitals in Two States Denied an Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient. Investigators Say They Broke Federal Law: Doctors told her she might die but she couldn’t have an abortion under state law until she got sicker, documents show. The Biden administration says failing to act violates a federal law requiring hospitals to provide emergency care.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/two-hospitals-denied-abortion-miscarrying-patient-breaking-federal-law__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1nYgYQCk$

The Shadowy Financial Empire Built Around Liberty HealthShare Is Showing Signs of Strain: Beers family members built a “conglomerate” by selling a Christian alternative to traditional health insurance. As the family amassed wealth, Liberty’s finances were depleted and thousands of members’ medical bills went unpaid. They’re now scrambling for cash, even though they received millions in PPP loans that were later forgiven.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/payer/shadowy-financial-empire-built-around-liberty-healthshare-showing-signs-strain__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1mTmRrzd$

Thousands Experience Lapses in Care as Medicaid Rules Expire: As South Dakota and North Carolina remove participants from Medicaid, the states also plan to add people to the program.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/thousands-experience-lapses-in-care-as-medicaid-rules-expire/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1j1S9Fk8$

Abortion Rights Activists Face Attack From DeSantis and Conspiracy Lawsuit, for Spray Painting. The absurd RICO allegations come after the Biden administration hit the activists with federal charges that carry a 12-year sentence.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/05/18/abortion-conspiracy-lawsuit-florida/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The*20Intercept*20Newsletter__;JSU!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1hJNuX55$

Trial of Gates-Funded Vaccine Patch for Infants ‘Successful,’ Company Says: An Atlanta-based biotech company last week said it successfully concluded the first-ever clinical trial testing, with help from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, of a microarray injection-free vaccine on children as young as 9 months old.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/gates-funded-vaccine-patch-infants-gambia/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230522__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1kIVlX6m$

Texas Forced This Woman to Give Birth to a Stillborn Son. She’s Suing: “I was told that if I tried to discharge myself, or seek care elsewhere, that I could be arrested for trying to kill my child”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/texas-forced-woman-birth-stillborn-182841209.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1opZNM9N$

8 More Women Join Lawsuit Against Texas Abortion Ban, Sharing Horrific Stories: “Texas law caused me to be detained against my will for five days and treated like a criminal,” plaintiff Kiersten Hogan told reporters.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jezebel.com/8-more-women-join-lawsuit-against-texas-abortion-ban-s-1850462884__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1qVm1tHp$

Republicans Are Quietly Moving to Limit Mifepristone Access Nationwide: A House panel advanced a 2024 budget bill that would block the ability to access the abortion drug via telehealth. It would revoke the FDA decision to nix the requirement for mifepristone to be obtained in person and allow it to be prescribed via telehealth and received by mail, which was first announced by the agency in 2021.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/republicans-are-quietly-moving-to-limit-mifepristone-access-nationwide/?utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=2004787853-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_3_20_2023_13_41_COPY_04&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-2004787853-650262369&mc_cid=2004787853&mc_eid=b8214b3276__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1pL4AoGv$

# Medical / Health / Global
Polio cases in Africa linked to new oral vaccine. Improved vaccine is not reaching enough children: These are the first cases linked to a new polio vaccine that was painstakingly designed to avoid just this problem.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.science.org/content/article/first-polio-cases-linked-new-oral-vaccine-detected-africa__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1pMR6tK0$

# Military / DOD
Another Senior Officer Fired at One of the Army’s Most Troubled Bases: A battalion commander with the 1st Cavalry Division based at Fort Cavazos, Texas, was fired after an investigation found he was unqualified to command
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/newsletters/defense-national-security/4005543-pentagon-leaders-sound-the-alarm-on-the-debt-ceiling-crisis/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1nhwprlt$

# Science
The Scientist and the Bats: Funders thought watching bats wasn’t important. Then she helped solve the mystery of a deadly virus. Those bats turned out to be the carriers of the deadly Hendra virus, which can jump from bats to horses and then to humans. Eby began a quest to understand why and how the virus was making these leaps between species, known as spillover. She hoped to predict when the next infection would emerge.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/peggy-eby-video-bats-pandemic-virus__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1q9i2vOk$

# Security
Surveillance Technologies Don’t Create Safety. They Intensify State Violence: Surveillance technologies create a dragnet to monitor nearly everyone and collect data on all of our behaviors. They Intensify State Violence. Surveillance technologies create a dragnet to monitor nearly everyone and collect data on all of our behaviors.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9922.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1iSxOzMu$

# Technology / Global
Japanese Scientists Create Remote-Controlled Cyborg Cockroaches: Researchers have engineered a system for creating remote-controlled cyborg cockroaches, equipped with a tiny wireless control module that is powered by a rechargeable battery attached to a solar cell. Despite the mechanical devices, ultrathin electronics and flexible materials allow the insects to move freely. These achievements will help make the use of cyborg insects a practical reality.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://scitechdaily.com/japanese-scientists-create-remote-controlled-cyborg-cockroaches/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1lKVO1nj$

Meet The “Swarmies”- Robotics Answer to Bugs: A small band of NASA engineers and interns is about to begin testing a group of robots and related software that will show whether it’s possible for autonomous machines to scurry about an alien world such as the moon searching for and gathering resources just as an ant colony does.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nasa.gov/content/meet-the-swarmies-robotics-answer-to-bugs__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1sopdAWN$

Remote Control Insects: Yale University School of Medicine researchers have found a way to exercise a little mind control over fruit flies, making the flies jump, beat their wings, and fly on command by triggering genetic “remote controls” that the scientists designed and installed in the insects’ central nervous systems, according to a new report in the 8 April issue of the journal Cell.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Remote_Control_Insects.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1opJJBD1$

# Veterans / VA
Group Accused of Making Up Story About Homeless Vets Being Evicted to Make Room for Migrants: The founder of a nonprofit group has been accused of fabricating a story about homeless military veterans being evicted from a New York hotel to make room for migrants, a tale that stoked days of outrage on cable news networks
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.military.com/daily-news/2023/05/20/group-accused-of-making-story-about-homeless-vets-being-evicted-make-room-migrants.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!1ND6IgsCEFf514kCD8_2lQdLXAjTeVdrai2q7M_cQLUG2WFe7nBy_obNMkWsXtIlhpeaszyU7nT-fkXzVTmS8izO1olp-5gh$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-05-21

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
De-dollarization: Not a matter of if, but when: US hegemony is losing its grip, as friend and foe seek currency alternatives amid global sanctions and new. A sudden drop in dollar demand could lead to hyperinflation and a debt crisis, he said. “In short, any US administration would ultimately consider any such de-dollarization moves to be matters of national security.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencies/dedollarization-dollar-dominance-china-yuan-brics-currency-hyperinflation-debt-crisis-2023-5__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWYw7vvmR$

NY Times is wrong on dedollarization: The problem doesn’t begin with the government just creating money to spend domestically. Economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading arguments against de-dollarization that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman made in his attempt to defend US hegemony and the dollar system.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://scheerpost.com/2023/05/19/ny-times-is-wrong-on-dedollarization-economist-michael-hudson-debunks-paul-krugmans-dollar-defense/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWVhEou04$

The U.S. Debt Debate Hamstrings Foreign Policy Strategy: Washington’s Domestic Dysfunction Is Damaging Its Global Credibility. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently warned Congress that the United States could default on its debt as early as June 1. As the deadline approaches, Congress’s inability to reach a compromise over raising the debt ceiling threatens to catapult the United States, and the world, into an unprecedented financial catastrophe. The debt ceiling debate and Biden’s canceled trip underscore the threat partisanship poses to America’s role as a world leader.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/05/10/united-states-full-faith-credit-debt-default-crisis/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWUz8ACBx$

Larry Summers Says GOP Lawmakers Walking Out Of Debt Limit Talks Is ‘Part Of Playbook:’ Why 14th Amendment Not ‘Right Tactic’: If the 14th Amendment is invoked, everything about the finances of the United States would come under a cloud, he says.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.benzinga.com/government/23/05/32499153/larry-summers-says-gop-lawmakers-walking-out-of-debt-limit-talks-is-part-of-playbook-why-14th-amendm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWZpKAts1$

# Employment / Labor
Rail Workers Union Wins ‘Trailblazing’ Paid Sick Leave Deal With Norfolk Southern: “The BLET is currently working to secure similar sick leave agreements with the other Class 1 railroads,” said the union’s national president, “and I hope this settlement will help bring those negotiations to a positive conclusion.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/norfolk-southern-paid-sick-leave-2660301642__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWc6ZfYYA$

Minnesota Gives Warehouse Workers Their Breaks: The Minnesota legislature passed a warehouse worker safety bill on Tuesday night that The Nation called the strongest protections for Amazon warehouse workers in the country.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/amazon-warehouse-workers-minnesota/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWV381O-9$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry
On May 17, 2023 the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its proposal to expand regulation of coal ash, which is the toxic byproduct of coal combustion: The action was prompted by a lawsuit seeking to close a glaring loophole that had left many of the nation’s mountains of coal ash without federal regulations, but the agency would still exempt some disposal sites.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/21052023/epa-regulations-coal-ash/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWZDBobjR$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Montana Republican lawmakers have passed legislation that bars state agencies from considering climate change when permitting large projects that require environmental reviews, including coal mines and power plants. The legislation, signed into law last week, is even more restrictive than North Carolina’s infamous 2012 law that prohibited policymakers from considering sea-level rise projections.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://grist.org/regulation/montanas-new-anti-climate-law-may-be-the-most-aggressive-in-the-nation/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWW4ZPdKH$

The upper atmosphere is cooling, prompting new climate concerns: A new study reaffirming that global climate change is human-made also found the upper atmosphere is cooling dramatically because of rising CO2 levels. This paradox has long been predicted by climate modelers, but only recently quantified in detail by satellite sensors.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://e360.yale.edu/features/climate-change-upper-atmosphere-cooling__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWb61E8Vw$

The Mystery of Fish Deaths in a Foul Chartreuse Sea: Researchers in Kotzebue, Alaska, are investigating why their town is increasingly playing host to harmful cyanobacteria.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wired.com/story/the-mystery-of-fish-deaths-in-a-foul-chartreuse-sea/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWcmwBtMC$

Ohio environmentalists and oil companies are teaming up to oppose the disposal of fracking wastewater underground in the state. They worry that the waste could leak and contaminate clean water sources and productive oil wells.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/14052023/ohio-pennsylvania-fracking-wastewater/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWVhJmZ3t$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
US Families’ Hunger Woes Growing as GOP Targets Food Aid Cuts for Millions: “It’s already hard enough for parents to make ends meet and now they’re being put at the center of these dangerous political games,”
said one advocate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/us-families-hunger-escalates-cuts/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWWcj9_0g$

# General News
National security experts: War in Ukraine is an ‘unmitigated disaster’: “Future devastation could be exponentially greater as nuclear powers creep ever closer toward open war.” Signers say the conflict will be ‘our undoing’ if we don’t ‘dedicate ourselves to forging a diplomatic settlement that stops the killing.’
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/05/17/national-security-experts-war-in-ukraine-is-an-unmitigated-disaster/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWVdZmT5b$

# Gov / Politics
Why is a GOP senator pushing a massive tax hike on the working class? Specific goods, such as toys, would face a 70% tax, while shoes and clothing would face a 59% tax, and computers/cellphones would face a 35% tax. These consumer goods would get vastly more expensive overnight. But isn’t China the one that would have to pay the tariffs? No: The consensus among essentially all economists is the cost of tariffs is primarily borne by consumers in the country that imposes them and that they are a net negative for the economy.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-is-a-gop-senator-pushing-a-massive-tax-hike-on-the-working-class__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWTevLhG4$

Texas is facing a housing crisis, a migrant crisis, a multi-year drought, and an epidemic of mass shootings. Ted Cruz, meanwhile, has opened an investigation into Bud Light.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-bud-light-texas-housing-migrants-gun-violence-drought-2023-5__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWaiL5qpP$

McCarthy pushes US to brink of default to appease energy donors, but Biden has an ace up his sleeve: GOP threatens unconstitutional and catastrophic move if Biden refuses to cave to McCarthy’s Big Oil blackmail
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2023/05/20/mccarthy-pushes-us-to-brink-of-default-to-appease-energy-donors–but-biden-has-an-ace-up-his-sleeve/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWRLezvk9$

Is the United States Moving Its Capital to Jerusalem? American Politicians flock to Israel while dismembering the US Constitution in deference to Jewish power
https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57568.htm__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWd9APaPD$

Alabama Senate votes to ban government contracts with firms opposed to firearms, fossil fuels: Senate Democrats said the legislation would harm business recruitment efforts and restrain free speech in the state. The Alabama Senate Thursday approved a bill that would prevent state entities from contracting with companies that refuse to do business with fossil fuel producers, firearm manufacturers, companies do not “facilitate” access to abortion or gender-affirming care and other entities.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://alabamareflector.com/2023/05/18/alabama-senate-votes-to-ban-government-contracts-with-firms-opposed-to-firearms-fossil-fuels/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWdKVT0vZ$

# Law Enforcment
Farewell, FBI: The FBI has been destroyed by wokeness and outright politicization. It comes down to this: The drift away from core FBI tenets and its embrace of wokeness and politics has compromised its mission and sacrificed public trust
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/05/19/farewell-fbi-the-bureau-i-once-knew-and-loved-is-gone/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWfQooncd$

# Medical / Health
On May 17, 2023, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Rep. Debbie Dingell, and Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced the Medicare for All Act in the U.S. House and Senate. These landmark pieces of legislation would finally establish a single-payer national health program in the United States. “We must act to end the international embarrassment of the United States being the only major country on earth to not guarantee healthcare to all,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/medicare-for-all-introduced__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWQczTfo9$

# Social
‘Policy Murder’: Research Shows Poverty Is 4th Leading Cause of Death in US: “Poverty should be considered a major risk factor for death in the U.S.,” argues a new analysis. “Poverty kills as much as dementia, accidents, stroke, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes,” said David Brady, a professor of public policy at the University of California, Riverside and the lead author of the new analysis.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/poverty-4th-leading-cause-death__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWbwTEWab$

At least 10 people are dead and another nine injured after an armed group fired at drivers taking part in a rally in Baja California, in northwestern Mexico, on Saturday. Videos and images shared on social networks captured the aftermath of the attack, showing vehicles riddled with bullets and bodies lying on the ground.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/at-least-10-people-murdered-at-rally-in-mexico-s-baja-california/ar-AA1btuQi?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=f045604949274edca1dfdf8cddd884f1&ei=9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!2KKM1_0ZBglcVpShORXxw-ZjwOBtp4nsLuw59iWb7E3TnH6YxY06J-ffoYjXcKeA-BFZtycULFFfVGF43esX7CuBWcGA6hlm$

# Military / Global
Ukraine Debuts New UK-Supplied Storm Shadow Missiles: Ukraine has reportedly retaken additional territory around the eastern city of Bakhmut recently, building on localized counterattacks conducted last week. The Storm Shadow is an air-launched cruise missile developed in the 1990s as a joint Anglo-French project. It is designed to be challenging to detect and carries a powerful tandem warhead capable of penetrating hardened targets. The missile has a range of more than 155 miles
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/ukraine-report-ukraine-debuts-new-uk-supplied-storm-shadow-missiles/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnqO-5rfU$

# Technology
Voters could determine if Texas invests $5 billion for broadband development: The legislation, which falls short of the $10 billion needed to ensure all Texans have reliable internet access, must still win approval in the state Senate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/04/27/texas-broadband-voter-approval/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnsItjP8R$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-05-19

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Indigenous
For Atlantic Canada, Fishing Season Brings Yet More Violence: East Coast fishers have weathered arson, gunshots, and harassment. Conflict and turmoil will likely continue until the Canadian government addresses Indigenous rights head-on.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hakaimagazine.com/news/for-atlantic-canada-fishing-season-brings-yet-more-violence/*:*:text=East*20Coast*20fishers*20have*20weathered,addresses*20Indigenous*20rights*20head*2Don__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCngf7RpRT$ .

# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls In Chile, an Unknown Coastal Chinchilla: Whether a new subspecies, a species, or just a new population, these coastal chinchillas act in ways scientists have never seen before. The scientists were shocked. The skull belonged to a long-tailed chinchilla, a species typically found deep within the Chilean Andes Mountains. As far as scientists knew, chinchillas had never inhabited the coast.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://hakaimagazine.com/news/in-chile-an-unknown-coastal-chinchilla/*:*:text=The*20scientists*20were*20shocked.,had*20never*20inhabited*20the*20coast__;I34lJSUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnkwJ60O0$
See also: Chinchilla wild Stock Photos and Images https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/chinchilla-wild.html?sortBy=relevant__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnjQpFSp-$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Illegal border crossings in first 4 months of year greater than populations of 6 states: The number of people illegally entering the U.S. solely through the southern border in the first four months of this year is greater than the population of Delaware, the home state of the president, and the populations of five other states.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_bdc4f8d2-f64e-11ed-a2ba-13eb22eefba9.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnhrmRP_j$

Why no post Title 42 border surge? Shelter operators in Mexico say some migrants are rethinking how to cross the border: the Biden administration is promising a crackdown on illegal crossings. That made Thursday a day of desperation for many.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/border-officials-prepare-for-surge-of-migrants-as-title-42-immigration-restrictions-expire__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCngMuqs28$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
After New Brunswick’s deadliest year, COVID-related strokes and heart attacks are in the spotlight: Some health experts are increasingly convinced the virus is taking a larger toll on people than direct COVID death counts alone reveal. New data from Statistics Canada suggests 9,288 people died in the province through 2022. If officially confirmed, the number will be a record for New Brunswick, obliterating the previous high set in 2021 by 1,179 deaths
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/record-covid-deaths-heart-stroke-1.6847211__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnrhUHtNw$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Vanishing 14th Amendment Case: Plaintiffs claiming that the debt ceiling is unconstitutional didn’t file a motion for immediate relief. Therefore, the case has sat dormant.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/2023-05-19-debt-ceiling-vanishing-14th-amendment-case/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnnWh7HPc$

Pentagon Says Accounting Error Will Allow U.S. to Send $3 Billion in Additional Arms to Ukraine: The Pentagon overestimated the value of the ammunition, missiles and other equipment it sent to Ukraine by around $3 billion, a Senate aide and a defense official said on Thursday, an error that may lead the way for more weapons being sent to Kyiv for its defense against Russian forces
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/05/19/pentagon-ukraine-military-aid-3-billion-accounting-error__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnsvAWHPb$

Our worst suspicions have been confirmed. Net zero will make us poorer: What has happened to the idea that net zero will make us money? After much fanfare following the Skidmore Review at the start of the year, government ministers seem to have gone rather quiet on that claim. At the same time, a picture is emerging of just how much the government’s legally binding commitment to reach net zero by 2050 may actually cost.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/our-worst-suspicions-have-been-confirmed-net-zero-will-make-us-poorer/ar-AA1bpKa1?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=0addd01359be4e5cb2fb4e4a4c126085&ei=14__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnks7l_LP$

# Education / Schools
After Florida rejected more than 30 social studies textbooks, they also revealed they had worked with publishers to edit at least 47 others. Reporters looked closer to figure out why. By all appearances, many of the materials were clear and straightforward, with no overt references to prohibited topics like critical race theory or social justice. Here is a look at some of the rejected titles, and what their pages reveal about Florida’s approach to social studies
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2023/05/13/florida-social-studies-textbooks-department-education-desantis-black-lives-matter-george-floyd/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnq5cU7VR$

# Employment / Labor
Why child labor in America is skyrocketing: The answer is frighteningly simple: Greed. Employers have been having difficulty finding the workers they need at the wages they are willing to pay. Rather than reduce their profits by paying adult workers more, employers are exploiting children.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://robertreich.org/post/717502268313927680*:*:text=The*20answer*20is*20frighteningly*20simple,more*2C*20employers*20are*20exploiting*20children__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnjFMWKdc$

Labor Officials: Iowa GOP’s Child Labor Bill Would Violate Federal Law: Proposals like allowing children to work in meat coolers violate federal child labor safeguards, officials say. Allowing children to work in meat freezers and industrial laundry, as the Iowa bill proposes, is prohibited by federal law, the officials say. Meanwhile, the officials point out that the bill’s provisions expanding the hours that 14 and 15 year olds are allowed to work are also in violation of federal law
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2023/05/17/u-s-officials-say-iowa-child-labor-bill-does-not-comply-with-federal-law/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnnLKbswa$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry
Shale-Oil Drillers Are Running Out of Places to Dump Toxic Wastewater: Oil drillers in North America’s biggest shale field are running out of easy places to dispose of toxic saltwater that gushes out of wells alongside crude.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.bloomberglaw.com/product-liability-and-toxics-law/shale-oil-drillers-are-running-out-of-places-to-dump-toxic-waste__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCngqdIhrb$

Recycling Fracking Water: And because of its potential toxicity to water-borne organisms, frack water cannot simply be disposed of in surface waters. In areas of Texas where fresh water is scarce, the water-intensive nature of hydraulic fracturing could be a cause for concern. Some frack wells require 10 million gallons of water or more. Isn’t there a way to recycle and reuse this water?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://comptroller.texas.gov/economy/fiscal-notes/2015/october/fracking.php__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnnA3BTOO$

California lawmakers block bill allowing people to sue oil companies over health problems: California lawmakers blocked two big environmental bills Thursday: One that would have ramped up the state’s emissions targets, and another that would have made oil companies liable for the health problems of people who live close to oil wells.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/ap-california-lawmakers-block-bill-allowing-people-to-sue-oil-companies-over-health-problems/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnpO_y-1g$

Gov. Lujan Grisham: ‘I will use every tool in my toolbox’ to block nuclear waste storage in New Mexico: The U.S. currently has no permanent repository for the radioactive waste from the fleet of nuclear power plants that provide about one-fifth of the nation’s electricity.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/18/lujan-grisham-nuclear-waste-storage-new-mexico-00097692__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnoi1Fscg$

Biden Admin Boosts Big Oil’s Colorado River Scheme: Permit approvals for oil trains came despite derailments. Now, Pete Buttigieg could subsidize the scheme with special tax breaks. Private financiers and fossil fuel producers in Utah have an audacious plan to run crude oil trains along the fragile banks of the Colorado River, and get public money to build it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/biden-admin-boosts-big-oils-colorado-river-scheme/?utm_source=newsletter-email&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=newsletter-article__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCniKYB3EN$

“It’s A Treacherous Place To Transport Anything”: Northeast Utah’s Uinta Basin is an arid depression in the earth, wedged between the towering Uinta Mountains and the Colorado Plateaus. Just beneath the surface are massive conventional oil and gas reserves and shale oil patches, and the basin is now covered with thousands of wells that are producing more than 135,000 barrels of oil each day.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jacobin.com/2023/05/biden-administration-rail-line-oil-transport-colorado-river-uinta-basin/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnm5jBxZV$

Biden administration bucks eco groups again, advances massive gas pipeline: Pipeline would ‘strengthen our energy and national security,’ West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a record of decision approving a 30-year right-of-way permit and a temporary use permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, allowing the project to proceed on a 3½-mile stretch of the Jefferson National Forest along the West Virginia-Virginia border. In a separate decision earlier this week, the U.S. Forest Service said the pipeline could be constructed in the federal forest.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-admin-bucks-eco-groups-advances-massive-gas-pipeline__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnhLLLsYN$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry / Global U.S. Plans to Expand Sanctions, Export Controls on Russia: President Joe Biden is expected to impose a new round of restrictions on trade with Russia targeting goods and services considered vital to the country’s military-industrial complex, including taking aim at Russia’s ability to extract oil and gas critical to the country
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-plans-to-expand-sanctions-export-controls-on-russia-as-g-7-summit-begins-2d551567?mod=business_major_pos13&utm_source=briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=energy_am&utm_content=051923__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnobMNYSI$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Montana’s New Anti-Climate Law May Be the Most Aggressive in the Nation: The legislation, signed into law last week, is even more restrictive than North Carolina’s infamous 2012 law that prohibited policymakers from considering sea-level rise projections.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16052023/todays-climate-montana-anti-climate-law/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnmMTtOBT$

Study Finds World’s Lakes Losing 5.7 Trillion Gallons Yearly: The world’s largest lakes are losing about 5.7 trillion gallons of water a year, according to a study examining 2,000 of the world’s largest lakes, which found that warmer air from the atmosphere is evaporating more water while society is using more water from lakes for agriculture, power plants and drinking supplies.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-shrinking-lakes-heat-consumption-fe6c692f7a5fe4b1eb719fa1cebaaca0?utm_source=briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=energy_am&utm_content=051923__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCntcGKRRr$

Corporate heavyweights unveil major carbon removal deal: Buyers working through Frontier have binding contracts for $53 million with the startup Charm Industrial to remove 112,000 tons of carbon dioxide between 2024 and 2030. The contracted volumes are roughly 10 times the amount of permanent atmospheric removal worldwide to date, per Frontier.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.axios.com/2023/05/18/major-carbon-removal-deal?utm_source=briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=energy_am&utm_content=051923__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnkodjpBu$

Markey to Biden: Invoke 14th Amendment to save climate agenda: Republican policy demands in the debt ceiling negotiations would allow “the oil, gas and coal industry to just detonate a carbon bomb over the United States,” the Massachusetts senator said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/18/ed-markey-biden-14-amendment-00097746?utm_source=briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=energy_am&utm_content=051923__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnrH2LEnM$

Lawmakers consider spending $1 billion to address flood prevention: Galveston’s “Ike Dike” The coastal barrier project may get $550 million from the state this year, and another half a billion could be on the table for flood-control projects. But that’s a fraction of the estimated need for flood mitigation https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/19/texas-legislature-flood-prevention-budget-ike-dike/*:*:text=Texas*20lawmakers*20consider*20spending*20*241,estimated*20need*20for*20flood*20mitigation__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnuKayp0b$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
This Man Holds the Patent That Could Destroy Monsanto and Change the World: The Monsanto Company was founded way back in 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri, and has since gone on to merge with Bayer, the German pharmaceutical and pesticides giant whose products have been linked to psychiatric episodes, mass poisonings, deaths and more.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://althealthworks.com/this-man-holds-the-patent-that-could-destroy-monsanto-and-change-the-world/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnrHfWz8B$

# General News
The numbers BlackRock won’t crunch: A giant with such an enormous appetite should find room for all kinds of facts and figures, but this one’s a bit of a picky eater. BlackRock’s CEO and chairman Larry Fink has a catchphrase, “we are a fiduciary to our clients.” In the guise of displaying the firm’s humble loyalty to investors, this line is usually delivered with an exculpatory tenor: “Sure we call the shots, but it’s our investors who pull the trigger.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nationofchange.org/2023/05/19/the-numbers-blackrock-wont-crunch/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnl8upISG$

Bodycam Footage Shows Puerto Rican Man Denied Rental Car: Both the Hertz worker and a cop didn’t seem to realize that Puerto Rico is part of the U.S: In a statement, Hertz confirmed Puerto Ricans do not need a passport to rent a car in the U.S. and apologized to Marchand.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsbreak.com/orleans-parish-la/3031421206632-bodycam-footage-shows-puerto-rican-man-being-denied-hertz-rental-car__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnujjph6l$

Donald Trump Just Stepped on a Big Legal Landmine: Trump’s legal team will have a herculean task in the Georgia case: proving that Donald Trump truly believed that the election in 2020 was stolen.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-just-stepped-on-a-big-legal-landmine/ar-AA1bqfTb?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=0addd01359be4e5cb2fb4e4a4c126085&ei=55__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnqZ3bcL0$

# Gov / Politics
Alabama Senate votes to ban government contracts with firms opposed to firearms, fossil fuels: Senate Democrats said the legislation would harm business recruitment efforts and restrain free speech in the state. Senate Democrats said the legislation would harm business recruitment efforts and restrain free speech in the state.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://alabamareflector.com/2023/05/18/alabama-senate-votes-to-ban-government-contracts-with-firms-opposed-to-firearms-fossil-fuels/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnj32Mhmi$

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against Biden: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) held a press conference announcing she would introduce articles of impeachment for President Biden. She said the president and a number of top officials in the Justice and Homeland Security departments had failed in their duties to protect U.S. citizens from the flow of fentanyl and migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.c-span.org/video/?528189-1*rep-marjorie-taylor-greene-news-conference-impeachment__;Lw!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCntSmMd_O$

Biden backs international plan to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16s: President Joe Biden told G7 leaders on Friday that Washington supports joint allied training programs for Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets, senior U.S. officials said, a significant endorsement as Kyiv seeks to boost its air power against Russia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/19/g-7-biden-endorses-plan-to-train-ukrainian-pilots-on-f-16s/70235883007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnmpBU5Br$

# Law Enforcment
Jordan Neely’s Aunt Says Daniel Penny ‘Should Be Punished’: She said she’s “not a judge,” but offered that Daniel Penny, the man who is charged in Neely’s death, “should be punished.” “Why would you put your arm, your head around someone’s neck and choke him when you know you would die in less than 2 or 3 minutes? That means murder,” Mahazu said in the interview.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/jordan-neelys-aunt-says-daniel-penny-should-be-punished__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnnoxM_QI$

Florida 13-Year-Old Arrested for Making ‘Kill List’: The middle schooler admitted to writing the list, police said. A 13-year-old was arrested in Walton County after deputies say he created a “kill list” and shared it with others. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office says Freeport Middle School student Ryan Ciupak is charged with making written threats to harm others, which is a second-degree felony.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://weartv.com/news/local/deputies-13-year-old-walton-county-student-arrested-after-making-kill-list__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnjL7yAeC$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Many LGBTQ students cut off from their families are facing barriers getting student loans: There are institutional barriers for queer students who are cut off from their families.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lgbtq-students-student-loans__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnjpPbjVp$

Financial Aid for LGBTQ+ College Students: LGBTQ+ students can run into institutional barriers when it comes to financial aid. Find our tips for navigating grants, loans, and LGBTQ+ scholarships.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bestcolleges.com/resources/lgbtq-financial-aid/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnsxQpYQt$

The far right wants this LGBTQ TikToker dead. They say that’s only making them stronger: With the release of their new book ‘Take Your Own Advice,’ viral TikTok star Jeffrey Marsh tells Rolling Stone that right-wing backlash won’t stand in the way of their mission. While many of their followers appreciate Marsh’s soothing tone and bright demeanor, Marsh’s content, and its pro LGBTQ+ message has made them a longtime target for criticism, threats, and daily, constant harassment on social media.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/far-wants-lgbtq-tiktoker-dead-164253483.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnvDQwwPC$

# Medical / Health
Education, government intervention, and anti-obesity drugs, the future of treating obesity: How are attitudes changing towards tackling obesity? And could new technological developments help mitigate the epidemic?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2023/05/18/Sir-Charles-Godfray-on-education-government-intervention-and-anti-obesity-drugs-The-future-of-treating-obesity__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnqThl035$

3 Tennessee Teens Overdosed and 2 Died. Now the Survivor Is Charged With Murder: Overdose deaths continue to rise, but harm reduction advocates say criminalizing drug use won’t save lives. On May 16, tragedy and policy met in rural Fayette County, Tennessee, where a high school student survived a drug overdose only to be charged with the murder of her friends, according to local reports.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/3-tennessee-teens-overdosed-and-2-died-now-the-survivor-is-charged-with-murder/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnvs6l7BP$

Hospitals in 2 States Broke Law When Denying Abortion to a Miscarrying Patient: The Biden administration says failing to act violates a federal law requiring hospitals to provide emergency care. The investigation, conducted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, documented that both Freeman Health System in Joplin, Missouri and the University of Kansas Health System breached their internal policies for complying with the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, and that their protocols continue to place patients in “immediate jeopardy” of serious health risks, the highest level of violation.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/two-hospitals-denied-abortion-miscarrying-patient-breaking-federal-law__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnjpD7bVy$
See also: How Does EMTALA Intersect With Abortion Law?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.propublica.org/article/two-hospitals-denied-abortion-miscarrying-patient-breaking-federal-law*how-does-emtala-intersect-with-abortion-law__;Iw!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnhKO_ApR$

# Medical Technology
‘Electronic skin’ mimics our sense of touch: Eventually, e-skin technology could give prosthetic-limb wearers a sense of touch, or help to restore sensation in people whose skin has been damaged.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01684-9__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnswc7iV7$

# Military / Global
Ukraine Debuts New UK-Supplied Storm Shadow Missiles: Ukraine has reportedly retaken additional territory around the eastern city of Bakhmut recently, building on localized counterattacks conducted last week. The Storm Shadow is an air-launched cruise missile developed in the 1990s as a joint Anglo-French project. It is designed to be challenging to detect and carries a powerful tandem warhead capable of penetrating hardened targets. The missile has a range of more than 155 miles https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/ukraine-report-ukraine-debuts-new-uk-supplied-storm-shadow-missiles/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zFS-qgi1Qn2WHfXIxOzpyyXp0oM9naty3E5BUA0hID3TI5mRqDs_mwzuYrJL8hj3zv2PnYuVf7QvBP0cn9hxsuQCnqO-5rfU$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-05-18

Voices, The Peoples News

May 18, 2023
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 to Inform and Educate

# Indigenous
The last 33 caribou: fighting for a Wet’suwet’en herd’s survival: Surrounded by industrial development and human habitation, less than three dozen caribou remain on Wet’suwet’en territory. Surrounded by industrial development and human habitation, less than three dozen caribou remain on Wet’suwet’en territory. As government biologists fight to keep the herd alive, recovery efforts will need to look to the past to plan for the future.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thenarwhal.ca/caribou-telkwa-herd-wetsuweten/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZg95iDRzD$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Interstate compact bill to secure border heads to governor’s desk: The Texas House and Senate both passed an Interstate Compact bill to help Texas, in concert with other states, to secure the southern border. It requires the compact to provide for joint action among compacting states to share intelligence about illegal activity occurring at the border, funding and resources to build a physical barrier, and create and maintain defensive border structures, including a comprehensive surveillance technology system on state land
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_e52fa8f4-f572-11ed-b1ca-0f0390b538e3.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZgwHOGVS9$

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sends first bus of migrants to Colorado: Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday a busload of migrants from his state had arrived in Denver, Colorado. Abbott made the announcement in a press release that the migrants were bussed from Texas to Denver and dropped off in the city’s downtown area.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-gov-greg-abbott-sends-first-bus-of-migrants-to-colorado/ar-AA1bn1hs?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=5c5abee91c1f44b79ceb888ab95172d7&ei=272__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZg0KDYHAu$

Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to bus migrants to Washington, D.C., will be voluntary: Abbott said he’s responding to the Biden administration announcement that it will lift a pandemic-era emergency health order that allowed immigration authorities to turn away migrants at the border, even those seeking asylum.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2022/04/06/greg-abbott-texas-border-title-42/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZg8S48XlJ$

First Bus Of Migrants Arrives In Chicago: The migrants were dropped off at Union Station tonight. In addition to Washington, D.C. and New York City, Chicago will now be a drop-off location for the busing strategy as part of the Governor’s response to President Biden’s open border policies overwhelming border communities in Texas.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-first-bus-of-migrants-arrives-in-chicago__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZg4fuNQGS$

# Chemicals
‘Why Are We Allowing This?’: PFAS Chemicals Costing Society $17.5 Trillion: Chemicals yield profit of about $4bn a year for the world’s biggest PFAS manufacturers, Sweden-based NGO found
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/12/pfas-forever-chemicals-societal-cost-new-report__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZgyknZKW-$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
China showed its hand, unwittingly verified Wuhan lab leak: U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, who serves on the Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Foreign Relations, released the report, which marks another federal-level source backing the Wuhan origins theory, which was once “debunked” as a conspiracy, mocked by news outlets and censored by social media companies. “After years of censorship, there is growing evidence that some type of lab accident is responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic,” Rubio, R-Fla., said.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_186a3e1e-f4e2-11ed-a2a0-f366d0f5c978.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZg_v34qSH$

Plan to Build NIH-Funded Bat Research Lab in Colorado Sparks Fears of Lab Leak: Colorado State University officials deny the controversial bat disease research lab will conduct gain-of-function experiments, but locals opposed to the facility cite evidence the university is already conducting risky research on deadly pathogens.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/nih-funded-bat-research-lab-leak-colorado/?utm_source=luminate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=defender&utm_id=20230518__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZg_1mSNvb$

Controversial research group linked to Covid lab leak fears will receive $2m in US taxpayer cash to study risky BAT CORONAVIRUSES that could start next pandemic, as NIH restarts grant suspended 3 years ago by Trump. The NIH has renewed a previously suspended grant to EcoHealth Alliance. The nonprofit is at the center of the lab leak theory after sending funds to WIV
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12061241/Research-group-linked-Covid-lab-leak-fears-receive-2m-taxpayer-cash.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZg1PKhBxB$

How Fauci Helped Convince Intelligence Community COVID Originated in Nature: The intelligence community’s premature assessment that COVID-19 was a natural virus has in turn been wielded by Fauci and by other virologists to minimize the lab leak theory. The call shows the apparent power of a small clique of scientists to cloud the public’s understanding of the pandemic. The Wuhan Institute of Virology’s two closest collaborators, EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak and University of North Carolina virologist Ralph Baric, were on the call.
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# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Biden Gives Clearest Indication to Date He’s Willing to Make a Critical Debt Ceiling Compromise: The president downplayed his embrace of work requirements on government programs as modest. But his fellow Dems have already warned against it.
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Economists and financial institutions are arriving at consensus that rising corporate profits are in fact driving inflation.
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Oh look, you’re unwittingly contributing to Chinese state-sponsored cyber-warfare: The same labyrinth of cables and wires that brings you your beloved BuzzFeed quizzes also works as the supply line for a global tug-of-war for digital dominance. It’s all very cloak-and-dagger stuff, so cloak-and-dagger that you’re probably unaware that you, yes indeed, you are now a part of it. At least you are if you own a TP-Link router.
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GOP Tax Cut Plan Would Add $3.5 Trillion to Deficit, Congressional Budget Office Finds: If the GOP got its way, trillions would be transferred from the public straight into the pockets of the rich. A new report finds that one of the GOP’s parallel efforts to make permanent a deluge of massive tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy would undo all of the “savings” from their debt limit package and pile trillions of dollars onto the national deficit.
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Report Reveals Top CEOs Dodge Taxes on Nearly $9 Billion in Retirement Funds: Some executives can expect to receive monthly retirement checks larger than their workers’ median annual pay. The top five executives at S&P 500 firms held a combined $8.9 billion in their special tax-deferred accounts at the end of 2021. These funds can be invested and grow, tax-free, until executives withdraw the money.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/18/executives-tax-free-retirement-plan-savings-401k__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZg8FGVSYQ$

# Education / Schools
Right-wing hosts call teachers ‘groomers’ for showing kids a ‘diverse collection’ of books and movies: Conservative podcast hosts are lambasting teachers across the nation for their efforts to expose students to diverse and inclusive educational resources.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.alternet.org/conservative-hosts-teachers-groomers-diverse/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZgwuW5Fx3$

# Employment / Labor
In Louisiana, Rock-Bottom Minimum Wage Is Becoming a Liability for Republicans: Republicans stubbornly defend $7.25 an hour in a state where more than one in four children live in poverty. Advocates and Democrats in the minority propose a wage hike during every legislative session, but a bill hasn’t made it to a floor vote in years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/in-louisiana-rock-bottom-minimum-wage-is-becoming-a-liability-for-republicans/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZg-pn4rL3$

Walmart has revealed it will shutter yet another location, following eight other closures so far this year. Next on the chopping block is a Neighborhood Market store in Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas. The location, which opened two decades ago in 2003, will shut its doors completely on June 2, but will begin slowing down operations from later this month.
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# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry How the ‘Halliburton Loophole’ lets fracking companies pollute water with no oversight: Fracking companies used more than 282 million pounds of hazardous chemicals from 2014 to 2021 with no federal oversight, chemicals that should have been regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act from 2014 to 2021.
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Closing the loopholes that let oil and gas producers pollute our water: The oil and gas industry has parlayed that power into loopholes, exemptions, and special treatment in nearly all of our federal environmental protection laws, the tax code and even Covid relief legislation. This means that we pay with risk to our health and environment when the industry profits.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://cleanwater.org/2021/04/07/closing-loopholes-let-oil-and-gas-producers-pollute-our-water__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZg6a_5b_o$

Special report: How the U.S. government hid fracking’s risks to drinking water: Testing by state regulators and a researcher at nearby Duquesne University showed the well water had deteriorated since gas extraction started but no proof of the cause. The state recently began another round of testing. For all those who believe their water has been tainted by fracking, there are few remedies. Congress took away the most powerful one in 2005, prohibiting the Environmental Protection Agency from safeguarding drinking water that might be harmed by fracking and even denying the regulator the authority to find out what chemicals companies use.
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Fracking, Predatory Companies: An inherently dangerous process, fracking is made worse by irresponsible oil and gas companies. As gas drilling spreads across the country, community concerns and uncertainties about the safety of drilling and fracking have been met by aggressive and disingenuous attacks by the gas industry. In response to criticism from the public and media, gas companies have repeatedly lied about the dangers posed by hydraulic fracturing and have worked hard to obscure the externalities of the fracking process.
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Pipeline Companies Use Expired Materials to Cut Costs, Flouting Regulations: Pipeline companies are using materials that have sat in the sun for years and are prone to corrosion. For more than half a century there’s been a law on the books that says pipelines must have a protective external coating that is “sufficiently ductile to resist cracking” in order to protect the pipe from external corrosion.
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# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Biggest polluters linked to worsening wildfires in Western US and Canada: Emissions from these top fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers could also be linked to about 50% of increasing drought and high fire-risk conditions in the same area since 1901. A new report, led by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), links 88 top fossil fuel and cement companies and their carbon emissions to at least one-third of the total area burned by wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada since 1986.
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Putin’s Downfall: Military experts outline how Ukraine conflict will end: To mark a year since the invasion of Ukraine began, we speak to a panel of leading military experts. Make time to listen to this unique discussion. Russia is running a war economy, He’s declared war on us. Their defence expenditure is going up by 60% https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxGxCTuuj8w__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZg1FdRtr-$

# General News
‘A very frightening period’: MAGA Republicans threaten librarians with prison time: According to Natanson, “Another dozen states considered more than 20 similar bills this year, half of which are likely to come up again in 2024. Some of the laws impose severe penalties on librarians, who until now, were exempted in almost every state from prosecution over obscene material, a carve-out meant to permit accurate lessons in topics such as sex education. All but one of the new laws target schools, while some also target the staff of public libraries and one affects book vendors.”
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# Gov / Politics / Global
A timely call for peace in Ukraine by US national security experts: This intervention by an important group of U.S. national security experts comes at a time when Ukraine is delaying its long-promised spring offensive to avoid “unacceptable” losses, and a return to the negotiating table can therefore save countless lives.
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# Gov / Politics
Marjorie Taylor Greene files impeachment articles against DHS secretary Mayorkas, her fourth impeachment target this week. Greene claimed Mayorkas was negligent at the southern border and violated the Secure Fence Act of 2006 by allowing “border crossers, terrorists, human traffickers, drugs, and other contraband” into the United States. The Secure Fence Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to maintain operational control over the border.
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Santos Didn’t Just Bilk Donors, GOPers Say He Conned Them Too: Before he allegedly ripped off a megadonor, first-time Republican candidates say Redstone Strategies was part of a scam George Santos pulled on their campaigns.
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The U.S. Failed Jordan Neely and Banko Brown Long Before They Were Murdered: As housing-insecure Black youth, Banko Brown and Jordan Neely needed care. Instead, they were policed and criminalized.
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Prominent members of the Democratic Party are lining up behind President Joe Biden to endorse his reelection campaign, not because they think Biden is a worthy option, but because they dread a likely alternative: Kamala Harris winning the Democratic nomination and former Donald Trump, subsequently, winning the presidency. The notion is becoming widespread but remains hush-hush. Democrats are reluctant to air their fears publicly.
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# Law Enforcment
Whistleblower: FBI manipulated Jan. 6 cases to make domestic terrorism appear widespread: A former FBI agent testified before Congress Thursday saying that the FBI manipulated data to make domestic terrorism linked to Jan. 6 seem like a nationwide phenomenon instead of an isolated incident.
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# Legal / DOJ
A NATO contractor has been arrested under suspicion he helped Russia obtain advanced military technologies, the Justice Department said. Nikolaos “Nikos” Bogonikolos, 59, faces charges tied to wire fraud and smuggling, documents unsealed Tuesday in federal court said. Bogonikolos, of Athens, Greece, was arrested in Paris last week and faces extradition to the U.S., a Justice Department statement said Tuesday.
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The Supreme Court is corrupt. Let’s fix it: And they wonder why their public approval rating and legitimacy are in the ditch! When public officials get themselves mired in the muck of corruption, they can always count on Sen. Ted Cruz to issue a moral judgment: If the offender is a Democrat, he pronounces the corruption inexcusably grotesque; if it’s a Republican, he wails that the offender is the victim.
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Supreme Court dismisses Title 42 case as Gorsuch decries ‘concentration of power’: “The concentration of power in the hands of so few may be efficient and sometimes popular,” Gorsuch wrote. “But it does not tend toward sound government.”
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Joe Biden Phone Records Subpoenaed in Major Political Earthquake: Cell Paid for by Hunter Biden Subject of House Oversight Committee Probe. Peter Schweizer who keeps a keen eye on political corruption stated on Tuesday in an interview, that the records were found on Hunter Biden’s laptop computer – the phone had in question been used between 2009 to 2017 when the current commander in chief was still vice president.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/joe-biden-phone-records-subpoenaed-in-major-political-earthquake-cell-paid-for-by-hunter-biden-subject-of-house-oversight-committee-probe/ar-AA1bmwQe?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=5c5abee91c1f44b79ceb888ab95172d7&ei=64__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZg9cSTBUs$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Ron DeSantis Just Took Two Big Steps to Make Trans Lives Illegal: Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed several bills into law that will criminalize multiple aspects of being transgender, part of a broader attack aimed at making it at best difficult, and at worst illegal, to be a trans person in Florida.
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DeSantis Signs Bill to Allow State to Take Trans Kids Away From Their Families: Another bill signed the same day requires trans adults to get permission from state boards for gender-affirming care. While gleefully tossing Sharpies into a crowd at an evangelical school on Wednesday, far right Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a series of anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ bills, including one horrifying bill that allows the state to temporarily take trans children away from their families if they’re receiving or are planning to receive gender-affirming care.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/desantis-signs-bill-to-allow-state-to-take-trans-kids-away-from-their-families/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!20XXdBbIFPG71C-JHntTXkejNWc0t6W09stPpg7Mndc48pue35jCIT4NKHD-lkfYslE6lfz6EEWTHPJFuE25yUSZgztgsxEr$

Nebraska GOP Passes Combo Ban on Youth Gender-Affirming Care and Abortion: GOP lawmakers used a secret tunnel to exit the state Senate chamber to avoid confrontation with protesters of the bill.
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# Medical / Health
Sanders, Jayapal, Dingell more than 120 colleagues in House and Senate reintroduce Medicare for All: “The American people understand, as I do, that health care is a human right, not a privilege.”
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‘Absolutely Terrifying’: Candace Owens Reveals Details of Gardasil Shot Vaccine Injury: Candace Owens, political commentator and talk show host on The Daily Wire, recently shared her story of getting two doses of the Gardasil vaccine. “It was absolutely terrifying because I was alone and had bad reactions to both doses,” she said.
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# Military / DOD
Military’s Expanded Role in 5G Could Lead to ‘Mass Data Collection, Tracking and Monitoring’ of U.S. Citizens: The U.S. military’s chief information officer and former CIA deputy director John Sherman said his office will assume control of all 5G-related activities in the U.S. military and expand the military’s 5G pilot programs, a move critics said could lead to increased surveillance of U.S. citizens.
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# Veterans / VA
‘Beyond morally reprehensible’: VA spending bill approved by Republican-led House subcommittee over objections of Democrats. A House appropriations panel advanced a spending bill Wednesday for the Department of Veterans Affairs that Republicans touted as proof of their commitment to veterans but Democrats dismissed as an empty promise.
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# Archaeology
Antarctic Discovery Changes Everything We Thought We Knew About The Frozen Land: Antarctica’s Ross Island is a landmass formed by four volcanoes located in the Ross Sea. Naturally, it is an amazing area for researchers to explore. And that’s exactly what a few scientists did throughout the island’s subterranean caves. It was a dangerous mission, considering that the caves lie very close to an active volcano. For the researchers, though, their dangerous exploration was worth every minute. After collecting a few samples, they made a discovery that will change everything we think we know about the frozen continent.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/new-discovery-on-the-edge-of-antarctica-that-scares-scientists-1__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVIjyE4iW$
Also: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n76FFQ9-d-I__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVNny32No$

Incredible Discovery: Archaeologists Unearth Monumental Statue of Emperor Under Turkish Fountain: The archaeological team in Denizli, Turkey got the surprise of their lives when they unearthed an ancient artifact that nobody had anticipated finding! Who would have thought such a remarkable find was hiding beneath the earth?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/archaeologists-in-turkey-uncovered-this-incredible-statue-of-a-fearsome-emperor-under-a-fountain__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVAl2l0fL$

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis commits troops to Gov. Greg Abbott’s border efforts: Greg Abbott asked other governors for help patrolling the Texas-Mexico border. Ron DeSantis answered the call. Although border encounters have fallen since Title 42 ended Thursday, Texas’ top Republican asks for “all available law enforcement personnel and resources.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/16/greg-abbott-governors-border-ron-desantis/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVC1LKMgL$

Tijuana expecting 40 percent of deported migrants in coming weeks: Tijuana officials are bracing for an increase in migrant deportations from the U.S. into their city. The city’s director of migrant affairs, Enrique Lucero, said that historically Tijuana gets 40 percent of all migrant deportations and expulsions from the United States.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.kxan.com/border-report/tijuana-expecting-40-percent-of-deported-migrants-in-coming-weeks/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVGmvII9U$

# Chemicals
Three families vowed to stop a killer chemical: In the U.S., with its checkered history of weak worker and consumer protections, astonishingly few chemicals have ever met that fate. That’s how methylene chloride became a serial killer despite warnings of its fumes’ dangers before Hartley, Wynne and Atkins had even been born. No agency intervened as it struck down dozens of people, if not more, in recent decades. Connected by tragedy caused by deadly paint strippers, they achieved the seemingly impossible. Their advice could help you do the same. Here’s how they did it:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://publicintegrity.org/inequality-poverty-opportunity/workers-rights/worker-health-and-safety/unequal-risk/families-methylene-chloride-products/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVARnlM2k$

How did nonstick “forever chemicals” get into our food? Blame pesticides: The class of compounds used in nonstick pans and rain jackets aren’t used as pesticides. How did they contaminate them?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.salon.com/2023/05/16/how-did-nonstick-forever-chemicals-get-into-our-food-pesticides/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVLGX4XZu$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Debt Limit Progress as Biden, McCarthy Name Top Negotiators to Avert National Default: The fresh set of negotiators means discussions are now largely narrowed to what the White House and McCarthy will accept in order to allow lawmakers to raise the debt limit in the coming days. The speaker said after a meeting with Biden and congressional leaders that a deal was “possible” by week’s end, even as, in McCarthy’s view, the two sides remained far apart for the moment.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/biden-mccarthy-debt-limit-default-ce36241e652f7eb022009152001c254e__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVM2iyu7z$

The Narrative Shift of the Debt Ceiling Fight: How passing a bill gave Kevin McCarthy a momentary advantage that has yet to be counteracted
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/economy/2023-05-17-narrative-shift-debt-ceiling-fight/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVFkABvjZ$

DeSantis Allows Anti-“Woke” Giveaway To Big Wall Street Donors: As private equity donated to groups supporting Ron DeSantis, he oversaw a billion-dollar transfer of state employees’ retirement dollars into underperforming firms.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.levernews.com/desantis-allows-anti-woke-giveaway-to-big-wall-street-donors/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVM-p3S06$

The consequences of not raising the debt limit by June are massive and unprecedented: Once again, the debt ceiling is in the news and is a cause for concern. If the debt ceiling binds, and the U.S. Treasury does not have the ability to pay its obligations, the negative economic effects would quickly mount and risk triggering a deep recession. Without a debt limit increase, retirement savings accounts are expected to lose at least 20% of their value. Interest rates will surge, hurting businesses and increasing unemployment. It could even delay or disrupt Social Security payments.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.brookings.edu/2023/04/24/how-worried-should-we-be-if-the-debt-ceiling-isnt-lifted/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVMRqT13w$

Will there be Social Security payments in June 2023 if the debt ceiling is not raised? The last time the ceiling was raised was in December 2021, increasing the total budget to $31.4 trillion. According to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the country’s government would no longer be able to pay its financial responsibilities as of June 1, and would therefore face a default. Such an occurrence would affect monthly checks for Social Security, Medicare, payments to veterans and government workers including military personnel. Several government agencies would temporarily close, leaving millions of people unemployed.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/05/10/debt-limit-fight-social-security-checks/70194085007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVFURXomN$

Biden Is Considering Selling Out Poor Americans to Get a Debt Ceiling Deal: McCarthy is holding the economy hostage so that fewer poor Americans can access the country’s already paltry welfare state. What is this, the 1990s?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/17/biden-debt-ceiling-compromise-00097388__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVDpMIKIP$

Some Senate Democrats urge Biden to prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment to lift the debt limit: Democratic senators led by Sen. Tina Smith (Minn.) are circulating a letter urging President Biden to invoke his constitutional authority under the 14th Amendment to raise the nation’s debt limit without having to pass legislation through Congress.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4009234-democratic-senators-urge-biden-to-use-14th-amendment-to-raise-debt-limit/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVKUd81Pq$

# Education / Schools
The Smartest Person Ever Enrolled At Harvard Was Actually An 11-Year-Old Boy: There’s something strange going on at Harvard. An 11-year-old-boy is addressing the crowd, and he’s being taken very seriously. He speaks about complex math, and what he says wows folks many decades his senior. No, this is definitely no normal kid. But who is he? And given that he was smarter than Einstein, why don’t you know his name? This genius never reached his full potential. And that has to make you ask: what happened?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://original.newsbreak.com/@ricky-1590045/2799768636259-the-9-year-old-boy-from-manhattan-who-could-speak-25-languages__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVLCWJlhK$

Teacher bans ‘Cujo’ and gives fifth-grader ‘Hunger Games’: “How is this more appropriate? A book about children murdering children.” “Whoever controls the information, controls the world scenario, which is what we’re seeing in this country. Our greatest defense against ignorance, hate and extremism is the education and literacy of our children.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/skyline-elementary-teacher-bans-cujo-and-gives-atticus-alexander-hunger-games*:*:text=The*20text*20that*20Kaia*20Alexander,School*20in*20Solana*20Beach*2C*20California__;I34lJSUlJSUlJSU!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVKVaEmK6$

‘Mommy, what if I die when I go back to school?’ In the wake of a horrific school shooting, Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson calls for Americans to stand up to the NRA and demand that the GOP finally take action on guns. Becky Hansen has a fourth-grader and a kindergartner who were at the Covenant School that day. Both remain traumatized. She told me that her five-year-old son is afraid to go back to school. “He said to me, ‘Mommy, what if I die when I go back to school?’”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/mommy-die-back-school-134056997.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVCNFEOlX$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry US backs Indonesian oil refinery despite pledge to end fossil fuel finance: The US has been accused of ‘breaking’ a key climate financing commitment by approving almost $100m in support for an overseas fossil fuel
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.climatechangenews.com/2023/05/16/us-backs-indonesian-oil-refinery-despite-pledge-to-end-fossil-fuel-finance/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVBnzTN9I$

California bill would hit oil companies with $1 million penalty for health impacts: The first of its kind legislation holds companies liable for illness from urban drilling.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://capitalandmain.com/california-bill-would-hit-oil-companies-with-1-million-penalty-for-health-impacts__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVJtSXTUz$

Biden Administration Grants Key Permit for Mountain Valley Pipeline: The roughly 304-mile pipeline would allow it to deliver around 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from West Virginia to customers in the Mid- and South Atlantic.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pgjonline.com/news/2023/may/biden-administration-clears-mountain-valley-pipeline-for-progress-through-jefferson-national-forest__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVFAP7F1R$

The Biden administration is promoting a new liquefied natural gas complex on the Pacific Coast, with expanded subsidies from the bipartisan infrastructure bill and Inflation Reduction Act.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/environment/2023-05-17-rahm-emanuels-gas-pipeline/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVAZxRbEn$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure EPA finally wakes up with stiff new climate rules: ‘They’ve hit full throttle’: A slew of anti-pollution, from toxic water to planet-heating emissions has been issued by an agency belatedly flexing its muscles. The EPA’s month of frenzied activity was crowned by the toughest ever limits upon carbon pollution from America’s power sector, with large, existing coal and gas plants told they must slash their emissions by 90% or face being shut down.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/16/epa-climate-rules-climate-crisis__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVC-wEBo2$

The world can cut plastic pollution by 80% by 2040, the UN says: Plastic pollution is a scourge that affects every part of the world, from the Arctic, to the oceans and the air we breathe.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://phys.org/news/2023-05-plastic-pollution.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVE2Xqhw_$

Texas House advances a bill that would provide billions of dollars in water infrastructure improvements: House advances bill that could provide billions of dollars for new water projects and fixing aging infrastructure. The bill aims to create a water supply four times the size of Lake Livingston, one of the state’s largest reservoirs. But it may still be a ‘drop in the bucket’ compared to the state’s needs. The goals of the funds, he said, are to fix the state’s leaking and breaking water infrastructure as well as accelerate new, large water supply projects.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/politics/state/2023/04/04/texas-senate-moves-to-set-aside-billions-for-future-water-needs/70081365007/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVBuA0ZJ3$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
WHO warns against sweeteners: Sweeteners don’t help people to lose weight in the long run and could increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases if consumed continuously, the World Health Organization (WHO) advises. The guideline includes both artificial and natural sweeteners, such as aspartame and stevia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.who.int/news/item/15-05-2023-who-advises-not-to-use-non-sugar-sweeteners-for-weight-control-in-newly-released-guideline__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVM3npf_X$

# General News
Donald Trump is sowing doubts about the 2024 presidential election, warning about election interference nearly 18 months before votes are counted.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/trump-already-claiming-interference-2024-election-1800976__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVAQagBqJ$

Former President Donald Trump is trying to turn criminal charges against him to his political advantage.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-working-to-use-criminal-charges-for-help-in-presidential-campaign__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVN9LPWhb$

# Gov / Politics
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priorities get watered down in the Texas House: House waters down some of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priorities, adding to late-session uncertainty. Although the lower chamber backed the Senate’s action on gender-affirming care, it has been less accepting of school choice and attempts to rein in higher education.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/16/texas-house-senate-watering-down/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVKcFJLTY$

Joe Biden Is In a World of Trouble: The Unanswered Questions Surrounding Joe Biden’s Classified Documents Scandal: What did he know, and when did he know it?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.19fortyfive.com/2023/05/joe-biden-is-in-a-world-of-trouble/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVCugjwvB$

# Legal / DOJ
Top Attorney Ditches Trump’s Legal Team: Timothy Parlatore is said to have spoken personally with Trump about his departure, a move that comes as a special counsel investigation into the retention of classified documents shows signs of being in its final stages.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-justice-department-maralago-jack-smith-9e43e4a9e3a02d64606c5fea38d07108__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVAigPHLJ$

# Media
Postal Service Plan to Overcharge Americans: The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) wants to raise the price of a First-Class stamp to 66 cents. That is a 32% increase in less than four years.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bestlifeonline.com/usps-overcharging-for-po-boxes-news/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVKlNfxyV$

USPS Cracking Down on Mail Theft—Expect These Changes to Your Mail: Mail theft has gotten worse. In a May 12 press release, the USPS confirmed that there has recently been an “increase in high volume mail theft incidents from mail receptacles including blue collection boxes.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://bestlifeonline.com/usps-mail-theft-prevention-news/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVNg9-PsS$

Google to start deleting THOUSANDS of Gmail accounts – is yours safe? Google warned that numerous accounts could be deleted from December 2023. Accounts that have failed to set up two-factor verification are at risk of deletion. Users that have not logged in for two years also risk being deleted from Google. Google has warned that numerous Gmail users will soon be wiped from the platform in an effort to tighten its security. The tech giant announced that thousands of abandoned email accounts could be deleted from December amid hacking and scam fears
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12093503/Google-start-deleting-THOUSANDS-Gmail-accounts-year-heres-safe.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVAUNotuM$

# Social
Facial Recognition Used to Evict Single Mother for Taking Night Classes: Local officials across the US are using surveillance cameras equipped with facial recognition technology to ‘punish and evict public housing residents’, often for minor or even trivial offenses: Surveillance footage bolstered the New Bedford housing authority’s eviction claim that Acabou had broken a policy regarding how often a guest could visit overnight; the guest in question was her ex-husband, who Acabou says was there babysitting their shared child while she, a bus driver by day, was attending night classes to become a lab tech.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://futurism.com/facial-recognition-housing-projects__;!!On18fmf1aQ!3L1QOfXxt7D5XlY8Cg5dE8w7JTlRcwSGbava4DHG3GPchbkJexuBHv69tDTtXPxscbN3KXRC4qyE1eT181xnyHISVGIB4hX8$

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2023-05-16

Voices, The Peoples News

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

# Border / Immigration / Migrants
Migrants to be housed in 6 more NYC school gyms – outraged parents say plan is ‘just insane’: At least six more Big Apple schools are set to start temporarily housing migrants in their gyms, prompting commotion on Monday among parents frantic over safety and potential learning disruptions. “To bus people to our school and expect the community to absorb them is just insane.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/parents-outraged-as-6-more-nyc-schools-to-house-migrants-in-gyms/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqgvan5OY$

Homeless vets are being booted from New York hotels to make room for migrants: Nearly two dozen struggling homeless veterans have been booted from upstate hotels to make room for migrants, says a nonprofit group that works with the vets. The nonprofit veteran organization Yerik Israel Toney (YIT) Foundation told the newspaper that nearly two-dozen U.S. military veterans were evicted last week by hotels in suburban New York City as the facilities seek to replace them with migrants.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.newsweek.com/new-york-hotels-evicting-homeless-veterans-migrants-1800277__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqjFeODJs$

Invasion Begins: Video Purportedly Shows Illegal Aliens Opening DHS Packets With Smartphones, Some Court Dates Not Until 2035: Share Share Share Share Share Share Tweet Share Share Flip It Comment Email Title 42, the Trump-era pandemic public health restrictions that became a key tool in turning back illegal aliens at the border, has officially come to an end. And with that end, officials have warned they expect up to 13,000 migrants to attempt to enter the country each day henceforth. If that number holds, you may see close to 5 million illegal aliens overrunning the border in the next year.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thepoliticalinsider.com/invasion-begins-video-purportedly-shows-illegal-aliens-opening-dhs-packets-with-smartphones-some-court-dates-not-until-2035/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqo28uTRB$

NYC mayor buses foreign nationals out of city, considers moving them to university housing, closed prison: After Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams blamed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for busing illegal foreign nationals from the border and creating a “crisis” in his city, he began the city’s first busing mission to New York suburbs
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://newspress.com/nyc-mayor-buses-foreign-nationals-out-of-city-considers-moving-them-to-university-housing-closed-prison/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqsbiS5rH$

Fire, Razor Wire and the Beast: Scenes from a US Mexico Border Drama. As sirens wail in the background, migrant smugglers push adults and children through a hole beneath a border wall despite an officer’s demands on the other side that they return to Mexico. The videos have come to light amid a surge of migrant families arriving at the border, overwhelming processing and holding centers.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/14/fire-razor-wire-and-the-beast/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqiNam40R$

Border Industry Peddles Robot Dogs and AI Surveillance Amid End of Title 42: Blocks from a migrant camp in El Paso, executives at the Border Security Expo hawked dystopian tech designed to repress them.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://truthout.org/articles/border-industry-peddles-robot-dogs-and-ai-surveillance-amid-end-of-title-42/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqrj8kJWI$

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Vaccines have not curbed death rates from COVID in countries around the world. There is no clear evidence that they have saved lives and they have probably done more to precipitate deaths than to avert them. This is a conclusion reached after completing a straightforward statistical study that compares the death rate from COVID to the level of vaccination within each of the individual countries.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thevaccinereaction.org/2023/05/the-big-fail/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqsYijht2$

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
McCarthy Says Debt Limit Negotiators Still ‘Far Apart’: President Biden, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the three other top congressional leaders are set to meet again Tuesday as they try to work out a deal to raise the debt limit and avoid an economically devastating default.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/mccarthy-says-debt-ceiling-talks-with-biden-are-far-apart/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqlaql3Za$

# Education / Schools
Schools Are Pouring Millions Into AI-Powered Weapon Detection Systems. Do They Work? Over 65 school districts have bought or tested artificial intelligence gun detection from a variety of companies since 2018, spending a total of over $45 million, much of it coming from public coffers. “Private companies are preying on school districts’ worst fears and proposing the use of technology that’s not going to work.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/05/07/ai-gun-weapons-detection-schools-evolv/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqgKxQM9e$

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Industry Biden EPA’s New Rule Puts Reliable Electricity at Risk, Experts Say: A new rule from the Biden Environmental Protection Agency is pushing America’s power grid to become greener, but energy experts say they are worried the results will be brown. The rules could produce a lack of available electricity leading to brownouts for businesses and households across the U.S.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/biden-epas-new-rule-puts-reliable-electricity-at-risk-experts-say/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqmvgcTXl$

Biden’s Carbon Capture Regulation Is Just What the Fossil Fuel Industry Wants: “Carbon capture and sequestration” isn’t proven to work and would exacerbate fossil fuel harms.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/16/carbon-capture-emissions-democrats-00087720__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqnNXuuLb$

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure Biden Administration Says Mountain Valley Pipeline Can Run Through National Forest: The Jefferson National Forest is home to threatened species, waterways and old-growth forest.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.commondreams.org/news/biden-mountain-valley-pipeline-forest__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqjmdRsiR$

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals
Boosted by biotech: How scientists hope to deploy genome sequencing tech to disrupt the food and supplement space: It is estimated that two-thirds of European countries now use whole-genome sequencing (WGS) in food safety programmes. But it is time the technique is used to bring greater health benefits to functional foods
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.foodnavigator.com/Article/2023/05/15/boosted-by-biotech-how-scientists-hope-to-deploy-genome-sequencing-tech-to-disrupt-the-food-and-supplement-space__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqpDQG5Q4$

WHO advises not to use non-sugar sweeteners for weight control in newly released guideline: Results of the review also suggest that there may be potential undesirable effects from long-term use of NSS, such as an increased risk of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and mortality in adults. “Replacing free sugars with NSS does not help with weight control in the long term.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.barrons.com/news/who-warns-against-using-artificial-sweeteners-8331dc18__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkquLom9mk$

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russian Hit Team Feared in Suspected Poisoning of Americans: The head of a U.S.-based nonprofit that fights against Russian repression, the Free Russia Foundation, says she was possibly poisoned by “some nerve agent”
while on a recent trip to Europe, in a possible sign that Russia’s poison team is targeting critics again.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russian-hit-team-feared-suspected-204751161.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqibPpNuS$

# Gov / Politics
4 New Hampshire Republicans Who Endorsed Trump 19 Days Ago Are Now Backing Ron DeSantis: On Tuesday, officials at Never Back Down, the super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, said Harvey-Bolia is throwing her support to their guy. She is one of four New Hampshire legislators, the others are Reps. Brian Cole, Lisa Smart and Debra DiSimone, whom Never Back Down identified as flipping from Trump to DeSantis as it rolled out endorsements from 51 lawmakers in the state who signed a pledge to back DeSantis. That’s not how Harvey-Bolia sees it.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://news.yahoo.com/4-n-h-republicans-endorsed-140150415.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqprWNFSI$

Some U.S. Allies Finally Need to Improve Defenses, Including Getting Nukes: Instead of Biden pledging to go further in defending allies all over the world, he should be telling them that they’ll need to assume more responsibility for their own defenses. The most critical item, buried in most stories, was closer consultations between the two countries in the American provision of a nuclear umbrella over South Korea. This declaration of closer cooperation on nuclear options comes as North Korea allegedly tested a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile that could hit the United States.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://dcjournal.com/some-u-s-allies-finally-need-to-improve-defenses-including-getting-nukes/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqljL1sqK$

Stage One of the manufactured crisis over the debt ceiling is the fast-approaching June 1 X-date, when the Treasury no longer has authorization from Congress to increase the public debt. Stage Two hits next fall when Congress takes up the budget for fiscal year 2024. The two deadlines are legally separate but politically related in several ways, none of them auspicious.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://prospect.org/topics/debt-ceiling/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqrjOeZr-$

The Biden Administration and the Crossroads of Conflict: Permitting the escalation of war.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/05/15/the-biden-administration-and-the-crossroads-of-conflict/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqolH9vWv$

“Deplorable”: Former Sen. Doug Jones slams Tuberville for defending white nationalists in military: President Biden warned that white supremacy is the “most dangerous terrorist threat” facing the United States, and members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front marched Sunday on the National Mall, we look at how Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama is under fire for expressing support for white nationalists in the U.S. military.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://freespeech.org/stories/deplorable-former-sen-doug-jones-slams-tuberville-for-defending-white-nationalists-in-military/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqsYP79nK$

Democrats Officially Move to Kick George Santos Out of Congress: On Wednesday, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) introduced a resolution declaring that “Rep. George Santos be, and hereby is, expelled from the House of Representatives.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3851620-democrats-launch-effort-to-expel-santos-from-congress/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqtFHhvfc$

MTG Wants to Impeach D.C. DA for Not Letting Jan. 6 Rioters Skate: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said on Tuesday that she will move to introduce articles of impeachment against FBI Director Christopher Wray and Matthew Graves, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4006840-marjorie-taylor-greene-says-she-will-move-to-impeach-us-attorney-for-dc/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqmae5els$

As Right-Wing Judiciary Thrashes Democracy, Dems Reintroduce Bill to Expand Supreme Court: “Our freedom to make decisions about our lives, bodies, and futures is at stake,” said the head of Planned Parenthood, which supports the legislation. “Everything is on the line: abortion rights, voting rights, LGBTQ+ rights, our democratic institutions, and our bodily autonomy.”
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3564588-house-democrats-offer-bill-to-add-four-seats-to-supreme-court/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqnJv0UR1$

# Juvenile Justice System
13-Year-Olds Charged With Taxi Driver’s Murder: The boys, along with a 14-year-old, were trying to rob the victim before they killed him, prosecutors say.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/kofi-addo-13-year-olds-charged-with-taxi-drivers-murder-in-new-jersey__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqsXbzqSv$

A 12-year-old boy has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting a Sonic restaurant worker to death in Texas over the weekend.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.thedailybeast.com/matthew-davis-12-year-old-charged-with-shooting-sonic-worker-dead__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqiKX5jzm$

How The Media Made A Villain Out Of Jordan Neely: As Penny surrendered to authorities Friday on a manslaughter charge, pleading not guilty, the city’s media apparatus faced an urgent question: How had the victim of a killing so quickly been made into the villain?
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jordan-neely-daniel-penny-homicide-new-york-media_n_64625ebae4b005be8ff529cb?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-fringe_2023-05-16&utm_term=us-fringe__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqir3iXE-$

# Legal / DOJ
Hunter Biden case takes stark twist with allegation of retaliation against IRS whistleblower: Lawyers for whistleblower disclose to lawmakers sudden move, raise concerns of obstruction of congressional probe. The Justice Department removed an IRS whistleblower and his entire team from the criminal investigation of Hunter Biden’s taxes in what his lawyers described to Congress on Monday as an act of retaliation and possible obstruction of congressional inquiries, according to correspondence to lawmakers
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/irs-whistleblower-team-removed-hunter-biden-case-possible__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqraI02aZ$

DOJ ‘turning a blind eye’ as Biden corruption informant reportedly goes missing, says GOP rep: Rep. Burchett called for House Republicans to use the power of the purse to withhold funding from the FBI | 15 May 2023 | Republicans’ search for a key Biden corruption informant continues as Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., revealed over the weekend that a key source in the effort to dig deeper into the alleged Biden family bribery scheme is nowhere to be found.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.allsides.com/news/2023-05-16-0606/justice-doj-turning-blind-eye-biden-corruption-informant-reportedly-goes__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqvY1Y-Kx$

# LGBTQ / Gender
Florida’s Latest Anti-LGBTQ Law Legalizes Medical Discrimination: LGBTQ advocates say that the “Protections of Medical Conscience” bill gives medical providers a license to discriminate.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/breaking-gov-desantis-signs-extreme-license-to-discriminate-healthcare-bill__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqo0Uy1YB$

# Medical / Health
GOP Bill Could Hit Women Who Miscarry With Murder Charges, Advocates Say: A new bill, sponsored by freshman Ernie Yarbrough, would open the door for a pregnant person to be charged with murder if she has an abortion or even if she has a miscarriage.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/gop-bill-could-hit-women-140138374.html__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkquvEQwHj$

More Vaccine Doses Linked to Higher Rate of Infant Mortality: In 2011, we published a study that found a counterintuitive, positive correlation, demonstrating that among the most highly developed nations, those that require more vaccines for their infants tend to have higher infant mortality rates
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36751569/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqvNMW_X1$

NC Dems Brace For Final Passage Of Abortion Ban That GOP Passed ‘In The Dark Of Night’: North Carolina Democrats are prepared to fight a 12-week abortion ban on Tuesday, even if Republicans have made it nearly impossible. The Tar Heel State has made national headlines this month for a dramatic turn of events over the state’s abortion laws.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.huffpost.com/entry/north-carolina-democrats-final-passage-abortion-ban_n_6462b6e5e4b0c10612ed92f5?utm_source=cordial&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=hp-us-reg-fringe_2023-05-16&utm_term=us-fringe__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqkaXtIdA$

# Military / DOD
A ‘ticking time bomb’: Environmental group says Pentagon moving too slowly on toxic cleanup at military bases: The Defense Department has failed to keep pace with the rising costs of PFAS cleanup at its current and former bases, where chemicals have leached into groundwater, the Environmental Working Group said in a new report.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2023/05/15/cleaning-toxic-military-sites-will-take-decades-without-more-funding/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkquonNOHi$

Aerial drills are underway over South Korea with ‘enemy provocations and threats’ in mind: More than 60 South Korean aircraft are taking part in the weeklong, biannual Soaring Eagle exercise. Large-scale aerial drills are underway again over the Korean Peninsula, nearly a month after South Korea carried out similar training with the United States.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-05-15/north-south-korea-aerial-exercise-10123025.html*:*:text=CAMP*20HUMPHREYS*2C*20South*20Korea*20**C20Large,training*20with*20the*20United*20States__;I34lJSUlJeKAlCUlJSUl!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqkMUMuhq$

# Security
How the Murder of a CIA Officer Was Used to Silence the Agency’s Greatest Critic: The false narrative that Welch had been murdered because of reckless disclosures in Washington remained powerful for years afterward, ultimately leading to legislation that made it illegal to publish the names of covert CIA officers, a law that has since often been abused by the government to crack down on whistleblowers and dissent.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://theintercept.com/2023/05/09/cia-frank-church-richard-welch-book/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqqWxOAuM$

# Technology / Global
US cyber spymaster calls TikTok China’s ‘Trojan horse’: It’s not a smoking gun, it’s ‘a loaded gun’ suggests NSA’s Rob Joyce, who heads the cyber security unit of America’s National Security Agency. Just last week TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was grilled by the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce, with several members saying the app should be banned outright, not just from government devices, citing TikTok’s links to the Chinese Communist Party.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theregister.com/2023/03/29/china_tiktok_trojan_horse/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqsbolDqc$

# Veterans / VA
Veterans exposed to chemical at Camp Lejeune faced a 70% higher Parkinson’s risk, study says: Researchers found that 430 veterans had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s, and that the Lejeune veterans’ risk was 70% higher than the Pendleton veterans. On average, service members of both camps were stationed there approximately two years from 1975 to 1985.
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4005285-marines-exposed-to-chemical-at-camp-lejeune-had-higher-parkinsons-risk-study/__;!!On18fmf1aQ!zcgYCpCXu1ZwnHwhmDfCefefu3gais9hw3ZGIu38xkGvCpJQfWB5P7gPKc0VZ-RMD8W1ldC2LS3yNpEGiD4hzDfkqpX0oEaD$

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