Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-03

Voices, The Peoples News

November 3, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Chemicals
Dry shampoo added to list of products contaminated with benzene: Findings represent the highest levels found in a consumer product to date, according to Valisure
https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/101550

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Student Infected With Debilitating Virus in Undisclosed Biolab Accident: By the time a researcher who pricked her finger in Missouri reported the accident, she was already sick.
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/01/biosafety-lab-accident-chikungunya-virus/

Lab That Created Risky Avian Flu Had “Unacceptable” Biosafety Protocols: Documents obtained by The Intercept reveal disturbing biosafety lapses and troubling gaps in oversight by government agencies.
https://theintercept.com/2022/11/01/biosafety-avian-flu/

The cost of vaccine hoarding: More than one million lives might have been saved if COVID-19 vaccines had been shared more equitably with lower-income countries in 2021, according to mathematical models incorporating data from 152 countries.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03529-3

Groundbreaking: Study Details How Media, Big Tech Censored Doctors and Scientists Who Challenged COVID Narrative: A groundbreaking new scientific paper published Tuesday exposes the suppression and censorship of doctors and medical experts who opposed and challenged the official COVID-19 narrative.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-narrative-big-tech-media-censorship-doctors/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=61483b7f-b9d9-4322-bad6-4e9175d7eef2

The Pediatric Perils of PEG: From MiraLAX to COVID Shots, FDA and CDC Ignore Safety Signals: Last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned that some ultrasound contrast agents contain polyethylene glycol (PEG) and therefore shouldn’t be administered to patients with known or suspected allergies to PEG — but there are no similar warnings for adults or children who get PEG-containing COVID-19 shots or MiraLAX, an over-the-counter laxative.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-vaccine-miralax-polyethylene-glycol/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Fed hikes interest rate despite recession warnings from experts: Economists warned that increasing interest rates too quickly was “a very dangerous approach,” could make inflation worse and cause “great pain” without addressing real economic issues.
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2022/11/02/fed-hikes-interest-rates-despite-expert-warnings-more-economic-pain-working

# Education / Schools
The Racism of the Supreme Court’s Supermajority Was on Full Display This Week: The six right-wingers appear poised to gut affirmative action in higher education.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-racism-of-the-supreme-courts-supermajority-was-on-full-display-this-week/

# Employment / Labor
Demand for US workers rebounds despite Fed’s efforts to cool economy: ‘Jolts’ report points to tight labour market amid string of interest rate rises. “The huge increase in job openings was expected to slow, but the numbers show a job market that is speeding up, not slowing down,” said Layla O’Kane, an economist for analytics company Lightcast.
https://www.ft.com/content/c2cc606c-3aef-4c1d-912d-d78da291d69f

Job openings unexpectedly surge in September despite Fed efforts to cool labor market: U.S. job openings unexpectedly surged higher in September, even as the Federal Reserve tries to bring down near-record high inflation and cool the labor market with the most aggressive interest rate hikes in decades.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/job-openings-unexpectedly-surge-september-140922555.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Where Are the Methane ‘Super-Emitters’? NASA Identifies More Than 50 Major Methane Leaks From Space
There is 262 percent more methane in the atmosphere now than there was before the start of the industrial revolution, but where is all that methane coming from?
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasa-finds-more-than-50-super-emitters-of-methane-180981045/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Starbucks is suspected in NC action of pumping too much potassium without disclosure: The High Point, NC-based Puroast Coffee Company has filed a complaint with Stein, alleging that Starbucks coffee is adulterated with chemicals deceiving consumers by artificially changing the flavor of its coffee. Spiked potassium levels do not present a traditional food safety issue. However, those with kidney disease could be harmed by elevated potassium levels in the bloodstream. The condition known as hyperkalemia can result.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/11/starbucks-is-suspected-in-nc-action-of-pumping-too-much-potassium-without-disclosure/#:~:text=The%20High%20Point%2C%20NC%2Dbased,a%20traditional%20food%20safety%20issue

Iowa Orders 1.1 Million Chickens Be Killed After A Case Of Avian Flu Was Found: In Wright County, Iowa, a commercial egg-laying facility will be forced to kill 1.1 million chickens in an effort to contain the “highly contagious and deadly” avian flu virus.
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/money/agriculture/2022/10/31/bird-flu-iowa-avian-influenza-hens-destroyed-egg-facility-wright-county/69607869007/

# Food Recalls / Alerts
Domino sugar recalled over metal wire in product: Domino Foods Inc is recalling certain Domino and C&H Sugar Tubs because of the potential of metal wire in the product. The product was distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Wisconsin.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/11/domino-sugar-recalled-over-metal-wire-in-product/

Rolls recalled over possible microbial contamination: Piantedosi Baking Co., Inc. is recalling bread rolls because products may be contaminated with Cronobacter sakazakii or Clostridium botulinum. The products were distributed in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Illinois, Mississippi and Colorado. The recall was initiated on Aug. 17, 2022
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/08/dinner-rolls-sandwich-rolls-buns-recalled-because-of-potential-microbial-contamination/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Kim Jong Un Inches Closer to All-Out War Than Ever Before: An unprecedented barrage of missiles from North Korea has some experts fearing the worst is yet to come.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-inches-closer-to-all-out-war-than-ever-before

# Gov / Politics / US
These Texans were trying to help run elections. Then Ken Paxton’s office launched criminal investigations. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton hasn’t just been pursuing supposed voter fraud. His office has also criminally investigated at least 10 election workers, in a harbinger of potential post-midterm turmoil.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/03/texas-election-workers-voter-fraud-paxton-midterms/

We Really Need to Fix Presidential Succession, Like Now: The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 is a constitutional crisis waiting to happen.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/we-really-need-to-fix-presidential-successionlike-now
See also: Under the 1947 Act, any person serving as Acting President can be supplanted or bumped from the acting presidency by an officer higher in the order of succession. Finally, the Act requires that any Cabinet officer, by serving as Acting President, automatically vacates his Cabinet position.
https://www.senate.gov/about/officers-staff/president-pro-tempore/presidential-succession-act.htm

We’re Watching White Anxiety Turn Into Violent Rage: Many white Americans believe in the myth of their own greatness. And it’s become a threat to us all.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/were-watching-white-anxiety-turn-into-violent-rage

The GOP Has a New Way to Take Power From Cities: ‘Rogue city leaders’: How Republicans are taking power away from mayors. State lawmakers are preempting the ability of city leaders to enforce their own regulations. The moves represent a sharp ideological shift for a party that has long championed local control.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/23/republicans-are-taking-power-away-from-mayors-495564

Pelosi Attack Could Portend Right-Wing Violence on Election Day, Experts Warn: Experts call on officials to speak out against militia activity at the polls as the right prepares to contest the vote.
https://truthout.org/articles/pelosi-attack-could-portend-right-wing-violence-on-election-day-experts-warn/

# Marijuana / Hemp / CBD Oil
Lawmakers seeking to change law allowing cops to charge patients with marijuana DUIs even if they are not impaired: A Pennsylvania law allows medical marijuana patients to be charged with driving under the influence even if they are not impaired. Patients and even prosecutors are trying to change the law.
https://www.wtae.com/article/medical-marijuana-dui-charge/41835001#

# Medical / Health
Taxpayers foot the bill for medical research, but companies profit. We’re paying for drugs twice and this needs to change now
https://www.zmescience.com/science/taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-medical-research-but-companies-profit-were-paying-for-drugs-twice-and-this-needs-to-change-now/

# Pharmas / Drugs
Taxpayers foot the bill for medical research, but companies profit. We’re paying for drugs twice and this needs to change now. Part of the problem is an outdated licensing system that allows private companies to buy exclusive rights to use publicly funded research, with few strings attached.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/taxpayers-foot-the-bill-for-medical-research-but-companies-profit-were-paying-for-drugs-twice-and-this-needs-to-change-now/

# Security
Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation: Under the guise of counterterrorism, the government is accelerating pressure on social media companies to crack down on speech the feds deem disinformation.
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/

Probe launched into Homeland Security’s ‘taxpayer-funded censorship campaign’: House Oversight Committee Republicans are kicking off an investigation into a “taxpayer-funded censorship campaign” at the Department of Homeland Security.
https://tylerpaper.com/news/national/probe-launched-into-homeland-security-s-taxpayer-funded-censorship-campaign/article_446139ab-8058-5a9a-8ead-2978dbfd090b.html

# Technology
Elon Musk plans to profit from Twitter, not create a town square for global democracy: His acquisition of Twitter, a powerful opinion platform, as a private company also further cements his power.
https://countercurrents.org/2022/11/elon-musk-plans-to-profit-from-twitter-not-create-a-town-square-for-global-democracy/

L’Oréal Becomes Latest Brand to Suspend Twitter Advertising: The announcement comes as a number of other brands are expected to remove themselves from the social media platform.
https://www.ft.com/content/17281b81-b801-4a8f-8065-76d3ffb400fa

# Military / DOD
‘Someone has to do it’: American vets in Ukraine train front-line medics as war rages with Russia: Founded by four U.S. veterans in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Task Force Yankee Ukraine has crisscrossed the country to prepare more than 12,000 Ukrainians to treat the unique injuries of war.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-11-02/american-veterans-ukraine-training-medics-7884246.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-02

Voices, The Peoples News

November 2, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Can Native America Transform The World Again? November is Native American Heritage Month,  a good time to take a look at these ancient cultures that have given us so much and have so much more to share now.
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2022/11/can-native-america-transform-the-world-again.html

As climate change worsens, US weighs which communities to save: The Biden administration is considering proposals to relocate Native American communities threatened by global warming. As climate change gets worse, tribes like Shoalwater Bay are being squeezed between existential threats and brutal financial arithmetic. Consigned to marginal land more than a century ago by the United States government, some tribes are now trying to relocate to areas better protected from extreme weather yet lack the money to pay for that move.”
https://www.sej.org/headlines/climate-change-worsens-us-weighs-which-communities-save

# Border / Immigration
Operation Lone Star realities: Continued successes, record number of dead: Law enforcement, working with Border Patrol agents, found 856 dead bodies of individuals who’d illegally entered the U.S. and likely died from the natural elements. The number of deaths of illegal foreign nationals reported in fiscal 2022 outpaced the record set in fiscal 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/operation-lone-star-realities-continued-successes-record-number-of-dead/article_ca03885c-57b6-11ed-9844-23242316c3a4.html

GOP States Are Suing to Expel Legal Immigrants at the Border: The states want a court to delegalize Haitian immigration, even if it means more chaos at the border.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/republican-led-states-are-suing-to-expel-legal-immigrants-at-the-border

# Chemicals
‘Everybody’s contaminated:’ Maine hunters worried about PFAS contamination in animals: Hunting season is now underway, but with new worries, as many hunters are forced to avoid areas of PFAS contamination.
https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-hunters-pfas-contamination-animals-deer-turkeys-fairfield-hunting

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
New COVID Shots Same As Old Ones: Two studies performed recently have found that the new COVID-19 bivalent (two-in-one) booster shots developed by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna/ NIAID do not provide better protection against the Omicron subvariant viruses than the original monovalent formulations of the shots.
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2022/10/new-covid-shots-same-as-old-ones/

New Oxford study finds increased COVID infection among the COVID vaccinated: Researchers from Oxford University in the United Kingdom published a study in The Lancet finding that those who received two doses of COVID-19 shot were 44 percent more likely to be infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus than those who were unvaccinated.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/13/oxford-university-study-says-omicron-can-hit-the-double-vaccinated.html

Pretty Much Everyone is Getting Heart Damage from the COVID Vaccines: “We all know that mRNA vaccines are associated with myocarditis. It’s rare, but it’s an important safety signal. It’s more likely to affect men than women, and more likely to affect people in age range about 16 to 24.
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2022/11/pretty-much-everyone-is-getting-heart-damage-from-the-covid-vaccines/

Now It’s UK: Why Are Labs Racing To See Who Can Create The Most Deadly Virus? Any lab experimenting with the creation of or gain-of-function of human pathogens should be summarily terminated and its researchers banned from further activities. The depth and scope of this kind of research goes far beyond just China and the U.S.
https://www.technocracy.news/now-its-uk-why-are-labs-racing-to-see-who-can-create-the-most-deadly-virus/

‘Trick on Taxpayers’ outlines questionable projects funded by COVID-19 relief:  More and more federally funded, controversial projects that came as part of pandemic-relief spending passed by Congress are coming to light, and few of them do not have anything to do with COVID-19
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/trick-on-taxpayers-outlines-questionable-projects-funded-by-covid-19-relief/article_df7c95ce-5a0a-11ed-9efd-9720d76fa313.html

CDC Pushed for COVID-19 Boosters Without Clinical Trials. Disturbing Emails:  “Pfizer Recommends It and I Trust in their Guidance”: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pressured U.S. regulators to clear COVID-19 boosters without clinical trial data, according to newly released emails.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/11/01/cdc-pushed-for-covid-19-boosters-without-clinical-trials-disturbing-emails-pfizer-recommends-it-and-i-trust-in-their-guidance/

CDC Inflicts Biowar Vax on Children: Children are being injected with a potentially dangerous substance that brings them essentially no health benefits whatsoever. COVID mRNA vaccines are still classified as experimental.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/11/01/massacre-of-the-innocents-cdc-inflicts-biowar-vax-on-children-now-the-perps-want-amnesty/

The Other Form of Long COVID: How the pandemic sets back children’s learning: The COVID-19 pandemic devastated poor children’s well-being, not just by closing their schools, but also by taking away their parents’ jobs, sickening their families and teachers, and adding chaos and fear to their daily lives.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/covid-19-pandemic-massively-set-back-learning-especially-for-high-poverty-areas

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Fed Fights Inflation With Another 0.75 Interest Rate Hike: The Fed’s latest jumbo increase marks the most aggressive period of monetary policy since the early 1980s. The Federal Reserve ordered another big boost in interest rates on Wednesday, and warned that rates will have to go even higher to bring stubbornly high inflation under control.
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/02/1133195996/fed-federal-reserve-interest-rates-hike-increase-inflation-unemployment-powell

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
‘Powerful victory’ as judge dismisses charges against Line 3 water protectors: “Why are U.S. citizens who are trying to protect themselves from a foreign fossil fuel corporation facing arrest, when no one at Enbridge will ever be held accountable for their crimes?” “Protecting water, land, and treaty rights is not a crime,” said one defendant. “Perhaps now we can hold the Enbridge corporation accountable for their crimes against nature and humanity.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/01/powerful-victory-judge-dismisses-charges-against-line-3-water-protectors

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
The shadowy history of the Cargill family and the richest private company in America: The biggest supervillains in the world are not human, they’re corporations. Cargill Inc. gets dragged into the light. The agricultural conglomerate is the largest private held corporation in the U.S. The current price increases in the food market are driving their profits higher.
https://perfectunion.us/this-evil-company-owns-all-the-food-in-your-house/

Conserving farmland also benefits the air we breathe: A new study shows how land enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program also significantly improves air quality in the region
https://civileats.com/2022/11/02/conserving-farmland-also-benefits-the-air-we-breathe/

# General Information / Other News
Why 18-year-olds in Texas can buy AR-15s but not handguns [Web posted May 26, 2022 .. Reposted Nov 2, 2022] Under federal law, Americans buying handguns from licensed dealers must be 21, which would have precluded Salvador Ramos from buying that type of weapon. That trumps Texas law, which only requires buyers of any type of firearm to be 18 or older.
https://www.propublica.org/article/why-18-year-olds-in-texas-can-buy-ar-15s-but-not-handguns

Trump Org Suddenly Settles With Protesters Beat Up by Guards: Defense lawyers made the last-minute decision after struggling to find Bronx jurors who didn’t have strong feelings about Trump and his eponymous company.
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-settles-lawsuit-protesters-allege-210554761.html

# Gov / Politics / Global
‘Final Destruction’: Russia Threatens Norway With Ugly Row: Russia’s foreign ministry has promised to deliver “a timely and adequate response” to what it describes as mounting provocations from the Scandinavian country.
https://news.yahoo.com/final-destruction-russia-threatens-norway-202518969.html

# Gov / Politics / US
They were 12 when Trump became president. Now, they’re voting for the first time: Now 18 and registered to vote, they see abortion access, LGBTQ rights, and immigration as not just issues on which to make their voices heard, but as matters their lives depend on.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/paigeskinner/first-time-voters-2022-midterms

AIPAC Echoes Republicans’ Crime Messaging in Pennsylvania: After failing to stop Democrat Summer Lee’s primary bid, the pro-Israel group is now helping Republicans put the seat into play.
https://prospect.org/politics/aipac-echoes-republicans-crime-messaging-in-pennsylvania/

A new wave of celebrity politicians breaks the rules on acceptable behavior, inspired by Trump: GOP candidates Kari Lake, Herschel Walker and Dr. Mehmet Oz have caught people’s attention for outlandish stunts and false statements that are increasingly accepted in politics.
https://theconversation.com/a-new-wave-of-celebrity-politicians-breaks-the-rules-on-acceptable-behavior-inspired-by-trump-193056

# Medical / Health
NIH-funded study finds personalized kidney screening for people with type 1 diabetes could reduce costs, detect disease earlier
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-funded-study-finds-personalized-kidney-screening-people-type-1-diabetes-could-reduce-costs-detect-disease-earlier

New 3D model shows how cadmium exposure may affect heart development: Maternal cadmium exposure in the mouse leads to increased heart weight at birth and programs susceptibility to hypertension in adulthood. NIH researchers develop new tools to demonstrate how environmental agents can lead to diseases.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49807-5

A blood test that screens for multiple cancers at once promises to boost early detection: MCED tests are likely to transform cancer screening in the near future, particularly if they receive strong federal support to enable rapid innovation.
https://theconversation.com/a-blood-test-that-screens-for-multiple-cancers-at-once-promises-to-boost-early-detection-191728

Abortion Rights Opponents Are Targeting Patients Seeking Care in Blue States: Clinic defense is an essential part of the abortion rights movement in the repressive post-Roe era. As draconian abortion bans sweep the nation, cities like New York, Chicago and Santa Fe remain vital holdouts for patients seeking abortion care, and also a site of ongoing focus for the far right.
https://truthout.org/articles/abortion-rights-opponents-are-targeting-patients-seeking-care-in-blue-states/

# Military / DOD
‘Someone has to do it’: American vets in Ukraine train front-line medics as war rages with Russia: Founded by four U.S. veterans in the early days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Task Force Yankee Ukraine has crisscrossed the country to prepare more than 12,000 Ukrainians to treat the unique injuries of war.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-11-02/american-veterans-ukraine-training-medics-7884246.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-11-01

Voices, The Peoples News

November 1, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Putting Native America Back On The Map To Re-Discover Ourselves: Mapping a New Geography of Hope With Native America shows that our Foundational Stories shape our minds and our relationship to the Earth. The map is available online and via the Native Land app (for both iOS and Android). Just type in your address, and you’ll be able to see what indigenous group(s) once lived there or nearby. It’s even possible members of that community still live in that area, though of course many native people were displaced, thanks to, uh, centuries of shitty federal policy.
https://mashable.com/article/indigenous-map-america

# Border / Immigration
Greg Abbott Is Still Prosecuting Migrants Under a Bogus Disaster Declaration: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s ‘Operation Lone Star’ sets a dangerous precedent for authoritarian attacks on migrants.
https://truthout.org/articles/greg-abbott-is-still-prosecuting-migrants-under-a-bogus-disaster-declaration/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Vaccine Passports Are Here to Stay. Why Worry? The digital Covid vaccination certification, or “passport,” is a mobile app that instantaneously affirms the vaccinated status, Covid test results, birth date, gender, and/or other identifiers of its holder.  “Spoiler alert,” tweeted British DJ, Lange. “They are not planning on removing vax passports once introduced. This is just the first step to get you conditioned to accepting government restrictions in your daily life via your mobile phone. This digital ID is going to expand to all aspects of your life.”
https://theintercept.com/2022/01/01/covid-vaccine-passports-surveillance/

Pfizer COVID vaccine price hike to boost revenue for years, rivals may follow: Pfizer’s plan to as much as quadruple U.S. prices for its COVID-19 vaccine next year is beyond Wall Street’s expectations and will spur its revenue for years despite weaker than anticipated demand for the new booster shot so far, analysts said.  The price range announced by Pfizer represented a more than 10,000% markup over what experts have estimated it costs the vaccine makers to produce the shots.
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/pfizer-covid-vaccine-price-hike-seen-giving-revenue-boost-years-2022-10-21/

Exclusive: 14-Year-Old Leads ‘Miserable Life’ After Being Injured by Vaccines as an Infant: Laura Chicos, now 14, leads “a miserable life,” according to her mother, with allergic reactions to “almost everything,” including but not limited to food, dust and environmental contaminants.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/laura-chicos-allergic-reactions-vaccines-injuries/

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Why inflation will likely stay sky-high regardless of which party wins the midterms: Many voters say inflation is the issue that matters to them most as they head to the polls. The problem is, the people they choose can’t do much about it.
https://theconversation.com/why-inflation-will-likely-stay-sky-high-regardless-of-which-party-wins-the-midterms-193416

# Education / Schools
Safety concerns prompts Election Day school closings: Safety concerns have prompted Election Day school closings for Austin Independent School District as schools navigate their roles as polling sites in the wake of threats to poll workers and possible security challenges.
https://www.axios.com/local/austin/2022/10/31/safety-school-election-day-closings

US Schools Have Two Years to Use or Lose Once-in-a-Lifetime Relief Funds: Without adequate planning now, states and districts may be left scrambling to allocate funding efficiently and effectively.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/3712504-us-schools-have-two-years-to-use-or-lose-once-in-a-lifetime-relief-funds/

Supremes Give Icy Reception to Affirmative Action in College: The Supreme Court heard two cases on Monday about the consideration of race in college admissions. The consequences could be massive.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-indicated-it-might-head-toward-ending-affirmative-action-in-harvard-unc-cases

# Employment / Labor
US Unemployment System ‘Wholly Unprepared’ as Fed Risks Throwing Millions Out of Work: “If another wave of job losses does indeed hit, the unemployment safety net isn’t ready to cushion the blow without significant improvements,” warns the co-author of a new study. “If another wave of job losses does indeed hit, the unemployment safety net isn’t ready to cushion the blow without significant improvements,” warns the co-author of a new study.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/01/us-unemployment-system-wholly-unprepared-fed-risks-throwing-millions-out-work

Lawmakers to Powell: ‘How Many Millions Will Be Thrown Out of Their Jobs’ Due to Fed Policy?
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/01/lawmakers-powell-how-many-millions-will-be-thrown-out-their-jobs-due-fed-policy

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
In Nevada, a tribe and a toad halt a geothermal plant:   The rugged, remote corner of Nevada’s Great Basin region found itself at the epicenter of a confrontation between some of President Biden’s, and the nation’s, most pressing priorities: renewable energy, wildlife conservation and Indigenous rights.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/31/nevada-toad-geothermal-paiute/

Biden Threatens Big Oil With Windfall Profits Tax: President Joe Biden on Monday stepped up his pressure on major oil companies, accusing them of racking up record earnings by profiteering off the war in Ukraine.
https://www.thestreet.com/markets/president-biden-threatens-big-oil-windfall-tax-as-profits-surge

President Biden threatens oil companies with higher taxes if they don’t use recent windfall profits to increase production and lower prices. “They have a responsibility to act in the interest of their consumers, their community and their country, to invest in America by increasing production and refining capacity,” Biden said
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3713013-biden-threatens-oil-companies-with-higher-tax-if-they-dont-increase-production/?utm_medium=email

# General Information / Other News
Watch 9/11: Press For Truth, one of the most well-documented and revealing documentaries on 9/11 that traces the passionate journey of a small group of grieving families who waged a tenacious battle against those who sought to bury the truth of the events surrounding that fateful day. Both a 15-minute summary of key excerpts and the full 84-minute 9/11 video documentary can be viewed for free
https://www.wanttoknow.info/911video

UN General Assembly says Israel must get rid of its nuclear arsenal: Five countries; Canada, Israel, Micronesia, Palau and the United States – opposed the resolution. Israel never admitted to possess nuclear weapons, but nevertheless, the UNGA resolution was aimed at Israel, not Iran.
https://apa.az/en/america/un-general-assembly-says-israel-must-get-rid-of-its-nuclear-arsenal-388359

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin Lackey Urges Russians to Choose Death Over War Defeat: An unsettling speech given by Vladimir Putin has prompted the Kremlin’s most prominent mouthpieces to promote martyrdom on Russian airwaves.
https://news.yahoo.com/top-putin-lackey-urges-russians-091047778.html

Fed up with  invasion of Ukraine, a billionaire gives up his citizenship: Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov renounced his citizenship to protest the war in Ukraine, becoming one of the first Russian business tycoons to publicly criticize the Kremlin’s actions.
https://www.axios.com/2022/10/11/billionaire-yuri-milner-renounces-russian-citizenship
Go deeper: What about Yuri? https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-pro-rata-e3bd2d0e-8c7d-4f3e-8a18-978a9c6176cd.html?chunk=0&utm_term=emshare#story0

# Gov / Politics / US
Why the Fate of Medicare and Social Security Is a Midterm Issue: “They [Republicans] would put us in default unless we yield to their demands to cut Social Security and Medicare. They’re so determined to cut Social Security and Medicare, they’re willing to take down the economy over it,” Biden told supporters in Syracuse, N.Y., on Thursday.
https://thehill.com/reliable-voters/3709839-why-the-fate-of-medicare-and-social-security-is-a-midterm-issue/

The Crime Wave That Republicans Defend: Corporate theft and fraud is not only tolerated by the GOP, it’s shielded. Yet Democrats rarely use this to attack Republican messaging on crime. Bracketed by Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Rohit Chopra, President Biden took aim at “junk fees.” They are “surprise charges that companies sneak into bills because they can,” Biden said. “They benefit big corporations, not consumers, not working families.”
https://prospect.org/power/corporate-crime-wave-that-republicans-defend/

The US, not China, is the aggressor:     Christopher Black, a respected international lawyer, tells Finian Cunningham why the United States is actually the aggressor over Taiwan, not China.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57321.htm

New Senate Report Spotlights ‘Barbaric Consequences’ of GOP Abortion Bans: “Republicans’ crusade against women’s reproductive freedoms has created national chaos that is a mortal threat to women’s health.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/11/01/new-senate-report-spotlights-barbaric-consequences-gop-abortion-bans?utm_source=daily_newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter

# Law Enforcement
‘Slavery by any name is wrong’; the push to end forced labor in prisons:  about 800,000 prisoners out of the 1.2 million in state and federal prisons are forced to work, generating a conservative estimate of $11bn annually in goods and services while average wages range from 13 cents to 52 cents per hour. Five states, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas, force prisoners to work without pay
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/sep/27/slavery-loophole-unpaid-labor-in-prisons

One Dead, 20 Wounded in Halloween Shootings, Police Say: A single drive-by shooting in Chicago left 14 hurt, including two children and a teenager.
https://nypost.com/2022/11/01/separate-mass-shootings-in-chicago-kansas-injures-20-people-halloween-night/

Off-Duty Pentagon Cop Caught Dealing Cocaine, Police Say: Eric Welch, an officer with the Pentagon Force Protection Agency, has allegedly been engaged in a decidedly sketchy side hustle.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/pentagon-police-officer-arrested-cocaine

The Fashionable Police Strategy That Is Just Mass Incarceration By Another Name
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/11/focused-deterrence-police-strategy-just-like-mass-incarceration.html

‘Alarm bells’ ring in red states where election deniers are set to lead election offices: Wyoming’s secretary of state came out forcefully against MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s effort to spread lies about the 2020 election. Then-Secretary of State Ed Buchanan (R) said Lindell was “Not the purveyor of election integrity truth” but rather a “peddler of pillows and promises.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/alarm-bells-ring-red-states-094505646.html

# Legal / DOJ
How a 2013 US Supreme Court ruling enabled states to enact election laws without federal approval: In the Shelby v. Holder decision, a key section of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act was eliminated, thus enabling states with histories of racial discrimination to enact new voting laws.
https://theconversation.com/how-a-2013-us-supreme-court-ruling-enabled-states-to-enact-election-laws-without-federal-approval-193064

Bite mark forensic analysis is junk science, but U.S. courts are still convicting innocent people over it: At least two dozen people have been wrongfully convicted for crimes they never committed because of bogus bite mark analysis.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/bite-mark-forensic-analysis-is-junk-science-but-u-s-courts-are-still-convicting-innocent-people-over-it/

# Medical / Health
I’m A Doctor. Here’s Why We Need Universal Healthcare: From each vantage point, as a patient, a provider, and a small business owner, I see everyday how for-profit corporations fail to provide adequate access and coverage for vital health care services. Corporations are about profits. We need a national single payer health insurance program. It is time to join the growing wave of support for passage of the Medicare for All Act of 2021.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/01/im-doctor-heres-why-we-need-universal-healthcare

Five popular tampon brands — including two advertised as organic — have detectable levels of fluorine, an indicator of the group of chemicals known as PFAS, according to a new report from Mamavation.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/tampons-toxic-pfas-forever-chemicals-ehn/

# Military / DOD
Crossing the Border into Ukraine: The U.S. “Screaming Eagles” have been deployed three miles from Ukraine and are ready to fight the Russians. World War III beckons. God help us.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/57316.htm

# Military / Global
Putin Parades New Missile Nightmare in Latest Threat to West: A new intelligence report reveals that Vladimir Putin has now deployed nuclear-capable missiles to Russia’s neighbor, Belarus.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/putin-parades-missile-nightmare-latest-182410020.html

# Science
The CIA Just Invested in Woolly Mammoth Resurrection Technology: The embrace of this technology will allow U.S. agencies to read, write, and edit genetic material.  The embrace of this technology, according to In-Q-Tel’s blog post, will help allow U.S. government agencies to read, write, and edit genetic material, and, importantly, to steer global biological phenomena that impact “nation-to-nation competition.”
https://theintercept.com/2022/09/28/cia-extinction-woolly-mammoth-dna/

# Security
DHS began meeting monthly with Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia, and others to coordinate ‘content moderation’ efforts starting in 2020 | 31 Oct 2022 | The Department of Homeland Security has been working to influence big tech platforms. This became originally evident when the Biden administration launched the ill-fated Disinformation Governance Board early in 2022, but has been a focus of their efforts even beyond that now-defunct unit, and before.
https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-leaks-starting-in-2020-dhs-began-meeting-with-twitter-facebook-wikipedia-and-more-monthly-to-coordinate-content-moderation-efforts

# Technology
Elon Musk fires Twitter’s top brass after closing $44 billion deal – reports
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/elon-musk-fires-twitters-top-brass-closing-44-billion-deal-reports

Entire Twitter Data Engineer Team Let Go – Reports
https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Twitter-s-Entire-Data-Engineer-Team-Let-Go-CNBC–42126215/

Michael Rectenwald’s Appeal to Twitter After the Musk Takeover
https://www.legitgov.org/michael-rectenwalds-appeal-twitter-after-musk-takeover-0

Elon Musk’s Twitter Gambit and What It Means to the ‘Clique in Power’
https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/essays/elon-musks-twitter-gambit-and-what-it-means-to-the-clique-in-power

# Technology / Global
US sending satellite antennas to Ukraine after Musk’s Starlink U-turn: The U.S. said it will send Ukraine satellite communications antennas that can work without Elon Musk’s Starlink network to assist the battered country in its fight against Russia. The four antennas, to be taken from the Department of Defense’s own shelves, were included in a $275 million aid package announced Oct. 28. It’s the Biden administration’s twenty-fourth drawdown of equipment for Ukraine since August 2021.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/c2-comms/2022/10/31/us-sending-satellite-antennas-to-ukraine-after-musks-starlink-u-turn/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-31

Voices, The Peoples News

October 31, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Emperor penguins get Endangered Species Act protection – with 98% of colonies at risk of extinction by 2100. Emperor penguins survive in a ‘Goldilocks zone’ between too much sea ice and too little. Climate change is having an impact.
https://theconversation.com/emperor-penguins-get-endangered-species-act-protection-with-98-of-colonies-at-risk-of-extinction-by-2100-can-it-save-them-193439

# Border / Immigration
Pentagon’s US-Mexico border mission extends for another year: Federally-activated National Guard troops are expected to continue to deploy along the U.S. southern border through summer 2023, a Pentagon spokesman confirmed on Friday.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2022/10/28/pentagons-us-mexico-border-mission-extends-for-another-year/#:~:text=Federally%2Dactivated%20National%20Guard%20troops,to%20Military%20Times%20on%20Friday

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Defies Biden With Border Wall Made of Shipping Containers: The Biden administration remains silent as the Republican governor brazenly builds an ad hoc wall on protected lands.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/28/us/border-arizona-shipping-containers-cec

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a “Complex and Grave Situation” Inside a Wuhan Lab: The Wuhan lab at the center of suspicions about the pandemic’s onset was far more troubled than known, documents unearthed by a Senate team reveal.
https://www.propublica.org/article/senate-report-covid-19-origin-wuhan-lab

New Hybrid Virus Discovered as Flu And RSV Fuse Into Single Pathogen: Researchers have witnessed two viruses, influenza A and respiratory syncytial virus, fuse together to form a single, hybrid virus.
https://www.sciencealert.com/new-hybrid-virus-discovered-as-flu-and-rsv-fuse-into-single-pathogen

The Truth about the COVID Vaccine and Stroke, Key Studies:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/the-truth-about-the-covid-vaccine-and-stroke-key-studies/ar-AA13zPSU?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=486e8fee052747f991c3cf1e9ca86fcc

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Chairman Turning SEC from Protection to Business-Crushing Bully: The crypto industry threatens Democrats in charge at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under Chairman Gary Gensler, the SEC has been on the warpath to pull all cryptocurrencies under the securities umbrella.
https://dcjournal.com/gensler-turning-sec-from-protector-to-business-crushing-bully/

Consumers Stand to Lose From Swipe Card Regulations: Politicians and a coalition of powerful retail giants are pushing bills intended to limit the fees that businesses pay when a customer buys things with a credit or debit card.
https://dcjournal.com/consumers-stand-to-lose-from-swipe-card-regulations/

# Education / Schools
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Handcuff Universities: US court poised to ban affirmative action: The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next week in two cases that will determine whether Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are allowed to use race as a factor in deciding which students they admit.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/10/31/supreme-court-affirmative-action-ban-00064058

EPA gives school districts across U.S. nearly $1 billion to buy clean school buses: “It doesn’t make sense to send our kids to school on buses that create brain-harming, lung-harming, cancer-causing, climate-harming pollution.″
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/28/ro-khanna-unveils-bill-ban-us-gas-exports-big-oil-rakes-record-profits

Teacher Exodus Proves We Are Willfully Destroying US Public Education: Republicans are literally running a political platform on weakening teachers, schools and education because they need the poorly educated to make up their voting base.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/31/teacher-exodus-proves-we-are-willfully-destroying-us-public-education

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Oil companies resist calls to cut prices amid record profits, as ExxonMobil’s CEO insists they’re “returning some of our profits directly to the American people” in the form of dividends to investors.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/30b-of-profits-renews-big-oils-clash-with-white-house/

Ro Khanna unveils bill to ban US gas exports as big oil rakes in record profits: The California Democrat’s bill would temporarily bar U.S. gas exports when prices at the pump are high, like they are right now.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/28/ro-khanna-unveils-bill-ban-us-gas-exports-big-oil-rakes-record-profits

# Gov / Politics / Global
80% of Kyiv residents are without water after Russian missiles severely damaged city infrastructure. Power outages also swept parts of the city, as Moscow repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s capital .
https://wnyt.com/us-news/russian-strikes-hit-ukraine-most-of-kyiv-without-water/

Russia halted the UN-brokered grain deal after accusing Ukraine of attacking one of their ships. Ukraine denied responsibility for this attack.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-government-and-politics-3b563bd6f79f815c7e9f33505dd25334

Iran’s Secret Manual for Tracking and Controlling Protesters’ Mobile Phones: The documents provide an inside look at an Iranian government program that lets authorities monitor and manipulate people’s phones.
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/28/iran-protests-phone-surveillance/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

What Brazil Teaches America: Actually delivering for working people matters. It also matters whether elites support democratic institutions. The two-point victory of progressive Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva over neofascist incumbent Jair Bolsonaro prompts comparisons with the containment of neofascism in the U.S. But let’s draw the right lessons.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/what-brazil-teaches-america-lula-da-silva/

# Gov / Politics / US
A County Elections Director Stood Up to Locals Who Believe the Voting System Is Rigged. They Pushed Back Harder. Even in a county where Trump won more than 70% of the 2020 vote, local election deniers have mounted a campaign to access voting machines and slash the elections director’s pay.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-election-denial-voting-surry

Churches Are Breaking the Law by Endorsing in Elections, Experts Say. The IRS Looks the Other Way: For nearly 70 years, federal law has barred churches from directly involving themselves in political campaigns, but the IRS has largely abdicated its enforcement responsibilities as churches have become more brazen about publicly backing candidates.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/30/johnson-amendment-elections-irs/

Greg Abbott’s Executive Power Play: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has consolidated power like none before him, at times circumventing the GOP-controlled Legislature and overriding local officials. A flurry of executive measures has solidified his base and raised his national profile.
https://www.propublica.org/article/greg-abbotts-executive-power-play

Republicans Have a Symbiotic Relationship With Crime:  You can’t whip up a hysterical meltdown about crime without lots of crime happening.
https://prospect.org/politics/republicans-have-symbiotic-relationship-with-crime/

The Crime Wave That Republicans Defend: Corporate theft and fraud is not only tolerated by the GOP, it’s shielded. Yet Democrats rarely use this to attack Republican messaging on crime.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3688971-republicans-ride-crime-wave-worries-in-midterms-home-stretch/

Biden Lost His Temper With Zelensky During Aid Call: The Ukrainian president allegedly annoyed Biden by asking for more help after he’d just been told another billion dollars-worth of assistance was on the way. The phone call in June, one of many between the two leaders, turned testy when Zelensky began listing what else Kyiv needed and wasn’t getting​ shortly after Biden announced the aid package
https://nypost.com/2022/10/31/biden-lost-his-temper-with-zelensky-over-more-aid-report/

Covid Scam, NATO Wars, Green Extremism: The Tyrannical Trifecta From Hell: I have no confidence in politicians from either party having the courage to make the hard decisions that would help correct the direction of our ship of state from the path of destruction that it’s currently on.
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/10/30/covid-scam-nato-wars-green-extremism-the-tyrannical-trifecta-from-hell/

Armed Vigilantes in Arizona Are Just the Tip of the Voter-Intimidation Iceberg: It’s not just happening in Arizona. GOP vigilantes are working to intimidate voters across the U.S.
https://truthout.org/articles/armed-vigilantes-in-arizona-are-just-the-tip-of-the-voter-intimidation-iceberg/

Hand count halted in Nevada county as court rips pro-Trump official: Voters in Nye County, near Las Vegas, could tip the balance in close state and federal contests.
https://www.alternet.org/2022/10/hand-count-halted-in-nevada/

Armed Vigilantes in Arizona Are Just the Tip of the Voter-Intimidation Iceberg: It’s not just happening in Arizona. GOP vigilantes are working to intimidate voters across the U.S.
https://truthout.org/articles/armed-vigilantes-in-arizona-are-just-the-tip-of-the-voter-intimidation-iceberg/

Florida officials quietly tweak probation system to make it easier to arrest people for ‘voter fraud’: Miami Herald reported that Florida officials have made a change to the criminal probation process that would make it easier to arrest and charge people for fraud when they sign up to vote while ineligible to do so.
https://www.rawstory.com/florida-voter-fraud-arrests/

# Law Enforcement
We’re Putting Kids in Maximum-Security Prisons… in America. Louisiana is relocating minors to Angola, the nation’s largest adult maximum-security prison. An infamous adult prison is no place for incarcerated kids. Get it together, Louisiana. Children are locked away from their families, facing shackles, pepper spray and solitary confinement. While these horrors persist nationwide, nowhere are they more apparent than in Louisiana.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2022/10/02/louisiana-criminal-justice-system-sending-teens-angola-prisons/8075127001/

Children in Adult Prison: Children threatened by abuse, neglect, violence, racial bias, and poverty are usually ignored—unless they do something violent.
https://eji.org/issues/children-in-prison/

# Legal / DOJ
Conservative Supreme Court justices are dragging the court deeper into a ‘crisis of legitimacy’: In a blunt-talking editorial from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the editors took two of the most conservative members of the Supreme Court to task for doing little to halt the slide in the court’s credibility that has been in freefall after it became a 6-3 conservative majority.
https://www.rawstory.com/dconservative-supreme-court/

# LGBTQ
Fla. Medical Board Becomes First In US To Seek Ban On Gender-Affirming Care For Minors
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/28/florida-gender-affirming-treatments-kids-ban-00064039

# Medical / Health
Podcast, racism in health: In the United States, COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black, Hispanic and Native American people, compared with white people, and this disparity has appeared across the world. This episode of the Nature Podcast explores the complex tale behind this inequality, including a reading list of sources that illustrate the myriad issues.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03325-z

NYC Doc vanishes in alleged boat accident after fed charges: Marvin Moy accused in a $100 million healthcare fraud scheme.
https://nypost.com/2022/10/30/manhattan-md-charged-by-feds-vanishes-in-li-boat-accident/

A blood test that screens for multiple cancers at once promises to boost early detection: Multicancer early detection tests are among the priorities of the Biden administration’s Cancer Moonshot. The tests show promise, but questions remain about when and how to use them.
https://theconversation.com/a-blood-test-that-screens-for-multiple-cancers-at-once-promises-to-boost-early-detection-191728

# Military / DOD
U.S. to Send Nuke-Ready B-52s to Australia Amid China Unease: The Pentagon could deploy up to six of the heavy bombers to the region.
https://wacotrib.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/china-slams-reported-plan-for-us-b-52-bombers-in-australia/article_ad95f974-f7ee-568f-8ade-234e16e50efb.html

# Technology
How Google’s Ad Business Funds Disinformation Around the World: The largest-ever analysis of Google’s ad practices on non-English-language websites reveals how the tech giant makes disinformation profitable.
https://www.propublica.org/article/google-alphabet-ads-fund-disinformation-covid-elections

Musk Set to Axe 25% of Twitter Staff in First Round: The purge is said to affect a wide swathe of departments.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/musk-set-to-axe-a-quarter-of-twitter-staff-in-first-round-of-layoffs-report-says

Twitter to Start Charging Per-Month for Verification: “The whole verification process is being revamped right now,” Musk tweeted after the news was first reported. And if the employees building it don’t meet their deadline, they’ll be fired.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/30/23431931/twitter-paid-verification-elon-musk-blue-monthly-subscription

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-30

Voices, The Peoples News

October 30, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Fed Seen Aggressively Hiking to 5%, Triggering Global Recession: Federal Reserve officials are expected to maintain their hawkish stance at next week’s policy-setting meeting where they are likely to approve another super-sized interest rate hike, paving the way for borrowing costs to climb above 5% by March 2023, according to a survey of Bloomberg economists.
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/fed-expected-aggresively-hike-rate-triggering-global-recession-survey

How the GOP could win its long war against Social Security: The GOP has been angling to dismantle Social Security as long as it’s been law, if they win enough seats this election, they may be able to do it. It began as Congress was debating the Social Security Act of 1935. Republicans attacked the program with rhetoric as extreme as that of today’s right.
https://prospect.org/politics/how-gop-could-win-long-war-against-social-security/

# Education / Schools
New study confirms: Structural racism in STEM programs needs fixing: The study offers some of the most stark evidence yet that even when students enter college with equal qualifications, white males are rewarded more richly for their grades in introductory courses while students from underrepresented populations are more severely punished.
https://blog.ucsusa.org/derrick-jackson/a-new-study-confirms-structural-racism-in-stem-programs-needs-fixing/

Why Our Public School Culture Wars Will Never End: Americans can’t agree on what “America” is, so how can we possibly reach a consensus on how to educate our kids?
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-our-public-school-culture-wars-will-never-end

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
With fossil fuel companies facing pressure to reduce carbon emissions, private equity is buying up their aging oil, gas and coal assets: Environmentalists fear the sell-offs could keep facilities operating years into the future, worsening climate change.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/24102022/fossil-fuels-private-equity/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Humans are decimating wildlife, report warns ahead of U.N. biodiversity talks: Wildlife populations tracked by scientists shrank by nearly 70%, on average, between 1970 and 2018, a recent assessment has found.
http://www.envirolink.org/2022/10/26/humans-are-decimating-wildlife-report-warns-ahead-of-u-n-biodiversity-talks/

Here’s what happened to the Delaware-sized iceberg that broke off Antarctica: The powerful pull of currents in the Southern Ocean probably pulled apart the largest remnant of a massive iceberg that split off Antarctica in 2017.
Researchers say they have pieced together the powerful forces that led to that final breakup.
https://publicnewstime.com/news/tech/heres-what-happened-to-the-delaware-sized-iceberg-that-broke-off-antarctica/

Landslides shaped a hidden landscape within Yellowstone: Scientists have used lasers to get a detailed view of the national park’s topography, and they’ve spotted more than a thousand landslides. Yellowstone researchers have a massive new digital dataset at their whim, highlighting further vital information on this nearly 1-million-hectare of natural beauty.
https://outsider.com/outdoors/news-outdoors/yellowstone-national-park-researchers-discover-hidden-landscape-shaped-by-landslides-2/

A Timber Mill Below Mount Shasta Gave Rise to a Historic Black Community, and Likely Sparked the Wildfire That Destroyed It: Segregation and climate change contributed to the destruction of the Lincoln Heights neighborhood in Weed, California. They may also hinder the recovery of its unique character.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/25102022/weed-california-mill-fire-mount-shasta/

For the Third Time, Black Residents in Corpus Christi’s Hillcrest Neighborhood File a Civil Rights Complaint to Fend Off Polluting Infrastructure: First they sued to block a sewage treatment plant, and then bridge construction. Now, they are trying to stop Texas’ first seawater desalination plant.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27102022/for-the-third-time-black-residents-in-corpus-christis-hillcrest-neighborhood-file-a-civil-rights-complaint-to-fend-off-polluting-infrastructure/

What gets prioritised and ignored at UN climate negotiations? In our new study, published in Climate Policy, we analysed COP agendas going back to 1995 to understand which issues have been prioritised – and those that have not. Our results identify some significant gaps in the discussions over the years, including little focus on cutting emissions from major polluting sectors such as the fossil fuel industry.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/guest-post-what-gets-prioritised-and-ignored-at-un-climate-negotiations/

# General Information / Other News
Why Trump Is Ramming Millions Through a Campaign Loophole: Donald Trump’s leadership PAC just made a $20 million donation to another PAC. Trump could’ve spent the money on other Republicans. Now the PAC can spend it on him.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-donald-trump-is-ramming-millions-through-a-campaign-loophole-save-america-pac?ref=home

# Gov / Politics / Global
Bolsonaro and Allies Accused of Massive Vote-Buying Operation Ahead of Election: Far right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro has syphoned tax money into a congressionally approved secret budget.
https://truthout.org/articles/bolsonaro-and-allies-accused-of-massive-vote-buying-operation-ahead-of-election/

Russian president Vladimir Putin takes part in Valdai discussion club meeting – Video and transcript
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5UUN6Y-KbY

# Gov / Politics / US
Washington’s Plan to Break Up Russia: Elite members of the foreign policy establishment are doggedly searching for new and more convincing justifications for a confrontation with Russia. “Cheney ‘wanted to see the dismantlement not only of the Soviet Union and the Russian empire but of Russia itself, so it could never again be a threat to the rest of the world.’…The West must complete the project that began in 1991 …. Until Moscow’s empire is toppled, though, the region and the world will not be safe…” (“Decolonize Russia”, The Atlantic)
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/10/28/washingtons-plan-to-break-up-russia/

Media helped hide the real Joe Biden by censoring Hunter stories: With fewer than 45,000 votes in three states deciding the outcome, it’s not unreasonable to suggest that suppression of The Post’s stories won Biden the election and denied voters the truth about his character. This is the importance of Hunter Biden’s laptop and why it refuses to be shoved down the memory hole, where other inconvenient truths go to die. It provides a rare and detailed window onto the corruption that is Washington’s original sin, as conducted on a global scale by one of its most calculating practitioners.
https://nypost.com/2021/11/28/media-helped-hide-the-real-joe-biden-by-censoring-hunter-stories-devine/

National eyes on Pennsylvania for Fetterman-Oz U.S. Senate debate: For Tuesday’s highly anticipated U.S. Senate debate in Pennsylvania, Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz agreed to meet hosted by the largest local TV and media company in America. Nexstar Media Group, which owns NewsNation and about 200 local news stations nationally, gained exclusive rights. The candidates, who have drawn national attention in the tussle for control of Congress, will be broadcast statewide on linear channels and available everywhere online; national coverage is on NewsNation.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/national-eyes-on-pennsylvania-for-fetterman-oz-u-s-senate-debate/article_5fa25bcc-5492-11ed-81df-d732d18c2c0c.html

Hypocrisy is beneath them – political figures in the Trump era don’t bother concealing their misdeeds: Shame and guilt seem equally foreign to many politicians and public figures these days. Rather than cover their bad behavior with a veneer of hypocrisy, they revel in it, a classics scholar says.
https://theconversation.com/hypocrisy-is-beneath-them-political-figures-in-the-trump-era-dont-bother-concealing-their-misdeeds-192926

House Progressives Pushed Negotiations With Russia, Then Buckled Under Pressure: The Biden administration’s new Nuclear Posture Review allows the “first use” of nuclear weapons.
https://truthout.org/articles/house-progressives-pushed-negotiations-with-russia-then-buckled-under-pressure/

House progressives retract Russia-diplomacy letter amid Dem firestorm
Party lawmakers were blindsided by Monday’s release of a letter calling for direct negotiations in Ukraine, according to several people familiar with the situation.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/25/house-progressives-russia-diplomacy-00063338

Sanders Urges Massive Midterm Voter Turnout to ‘Preserve American Democracy’: “We are in a pivotal moment in American history where the crises that we face are unprecedented,” the democratic socialist told a crowd of thousands in Eugene, Oregon.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/27/sanders-urges-massive-midterm-voter-turnout-preserve-american-democracy

‘The Future the GOP Wants for All of America’: Texas Gun Law Unleashes Deadly Mayhem: “Who could’ve predicted arming folks without a license would result in this type of chaos?” one columnist asked sardonically.
https://www.salon.com/2022/10/28/the-future-the-wants-for-all-of-america-texas-law-unleashes-mayhem_partner/

Americans die younger in states run by conservatives, study finds
More liberal policies on environment, gun safety, labor, economic taxes and tobacco taxes associated with lower mortality
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/27/life-expectancy-us-conservative-liberal-states

Americans not only divided, but baffled by what motivates their opponents: The nationally representative poll of 1,000 citizens included 307 voters who cast votes for Republican Congressional candidates in the midterm elections.  We asked them, “In your opinion, how many citizens voting for the Democrats did so because they sincerely believe that the Democratic party is best for the country?”
https://democracy.psu.edu/poll-report-archive/americans-not-only-divided-but-baffled-by-what-motivates-their-opponents/

GOP Threatens to Hold Economy Hostage to Slash Climate Investments: “If Republicans take over Congress, they plan to hold the government hostage and ransom our future,” said one climate advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/25/gop-threatens-hold-economy-hostage-slash-climate-investments

Scandal-Plagued MAGA Candidate Has Even More Wild Secrets: North Carolina congressional candidate Sandy Smith might seem like just another far-right culture warrior. Her past is messier than that.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/scandal-plagued-maga-candidate-even-035527770.html

# LGBTQ
‘Dark Day for Trans Youth’ as Florida Moves to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Minors: “I cry for Florida’s trans youth. This was a sham hearing with fake experts,” said one activist.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/29/dark-day-trans-youth-florida-moves-ban-gender-affirming-care-minors

# Medical / Health
Curcumin Prodrug Shows Promise as Cancer Treatment Without Toxic Side Effects: Curcumin, the biologically active compound found in turmeric, has shown lots of promise in clinical cancer research. A new study from Kyoto University adds more evidence that supports its use in clinical-care settings.
https://studyfinds.org/curcumin-prodrog-cancer-tumor-treatment/

Human insulin saga: Anomalous, successful 40-year history of the first genetically-modified medicine underscores how regulators can scuttle innovation
https://www.pacificresearch.org/human-insulin-saga-anomalous-successful-40-year-history-of-the-first-genetically-modified-medicine-underscores-how-regulators-can-scuttle-innovation/

# Science
Why fuzzy definitions are a problem in the social sciences: Social sciences research is plagued by murky definitions and measurements. Here’s why that matters.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/social-sciences-definitions-terms-research-measurment

# Veterans / VA
VA grant opportunities will expand landlord, tenant incentives to combat veteran homelessness: Three grant opportunities offered by the Department of Veterans Affairs will expand services and incentives already provided by the agency including one that encourages landlords to rent residences to veterans
https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=5821

# Water
Virginia uses treated wastewater to shore up a drinking water aquifer: A crucial aquifer is running low, so officials are pumping in treated sewage. In the case of coastal Virginia, the goal is to stabilize groundwater to address two increasingly urgent problems. First, underground water depletion has led the ground to slowly sink and collapse in some places.
https://news.yahoo.com/theres-something-water-virginia-yuck-182244496.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-28

Voices, The Peoples News

October 28, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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A Message from Jeffrey St. Clair:
I have been writing about wars for nearly three decades now, even when
I’d rather be writing about cerulean warblers or the geology of the Snake
River canyon. New wars keep coming, regardless of who controls Congress
or the White House, and the old ones don’t end. Not really: Iraq,
Afghanistan, Somalia, Serbia, Libya, Palestine, and now Ukraine.
History keeps getting recycled, only more gruesomely.
We can’t move on, we must move on.
https://muckrack.com/jeffrey-st-clair/articles
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# Indigenous
Drilling down on water access as drought becomes the ‘new normal’: Navajo Nation’s chief hydrologist weaves scientific knowledge with Diné cultural values to address clean water issues across the reservation. Crystal Tulley-Cordova’s job is addressing one of the most pressing needs of the Navajo Nation: access to clean water.
https://publicintegrity.org/environment/natural-resources/drilling-down-on-water-access-as-drought-becomes-the-new-normal/

Treaty-less tribes struggle to have their rights recognized: A five-year fight over a few dozen clams in Washington highlights the inconsistent rights of Indigenous tribes.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/treaty-less-tribes-struggle-to-have-their-rights-recognized

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
COVID-19 Origins: Investigating a “Complex and Grave Situation” Inside a Wuhan Lab: The Wuhan lab at the center of suspicions about the pandemic’s onset was far more troubled than known, documents unearthed by a Senate team reveal. Tracing the evidence, Vanity Fair and ProPublica give the clearest view yet of a biocomplex in crisis.
https://www.propublica.org/article/senate-report-covid-19-origin-wuhan-lab

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
Six Republican-led states are suing the Biden administration in an effort to halt its plan to forgive student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans, accusing it of overstepping its executive powers.
https://www.krgv.com/news/gop-states-sue-biden-administration-over-student-loan-plan

The Economy Is Still Robust: Will the Fed take that health as a cue to keep strangling it? The third-quarter numbers on economic growth, released yesterday by the Commerce Department, contained some surprisingly good news. But the good news is bad news, in that it will likely reinforce the Fed’s resolve to hike interest rates by another three quarters of a point when our central bankers meet again next week. This will be the fifth such rate hike.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/economy-is-still-robust-fed-interest-rates/

Another Fed jumbo rate hike is expected next week and then life gets difficult for Powell: Economists widely expect the Federal Reserve to approve the fourth straight jumbo interest rate rise at its meeting next week. The three quarters of one percentage point hike would bring the central bank’s benchmark rate up to a level of 3.75%- 4%.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/another-fed-jumbo-rate-hike-is-expected-next-week-and-then-life-gets-difficult-for-powell-11666982034

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
“This Is What Price-Gouging Looks Like”: Exxon Profits Break All-Time Records: Exxon has posted third-quarter profits of $19.7 billion, the highest ever posted by an international oil company.
https://truthout.org/articles/this-is-what-price-gouging-looks-like-exxon-profits-break-all-time-records/

Ro Khanna Unveils Bill to Ban US Gas Exports as Big Oil Rakes in Record Profits: The California Democrat’s bill would temporarily bar U.S. gas exports when prices at the pump are high—like they are right now.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/28/ro-khanna-unveils-bill-ban-us-gas-exports-big-oil-rakes-record-profits

Historic Exxon, Chevron Profits Signal ‘All-Out War on American Consumers’: “Instead of providing badly needed relief to consumers, they spent over $32 billion to enrich their wealthy shareholders while forcing American families to foot the bill.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/28/historic-exxon-chevron-profits-signal-all-out-war-american-consumers

Special Report: Millions of abandoned oil wells are leaking: The agency believes most of the methane comes from the more than 2 million abandoned wells it estimates were never properly plugged.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-drilling-abandoned-specialreport/special-report-millions-of-abandoned-oil-wells-are-leaking-methane-a-climate-menace-idUSKBN23N1NL

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
European oil giants report ‘obscene’ profits as millions face deadly energy crisis: “We are sleepwalking into a life-or-death winter for so many people, but the government refuses to listen to us.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/27/european-oil-giants-report-obscene-profits-millions-face-deadly-energy-crisis

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
‘Worst Possible News’: Scientists Urge Immediate Action as Greenhouse Gas Levels Hit All-Time High
“The brutal truth is here for everyone to see,” said one researcher in response to record CO2, methane, and N2O atmospheric concentrations. “Far from emissions being brought under control, they are actually accelerating.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/27/worst-possible-news-scientists-urge-immediate-action-greenhouse-gas-levels-hit-all

# Environment / Climate / Global
Data Reveals Major Africa Pipeline as Climate Killer: EACOP “promises to worsen the climate crisis, waste billions of dollars that could be used for good, [and] bring mayhem to human settlements and wildlife along the pipeline’s path,” said one climate expert.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/28/data-reveals-major-africa-pipeline-climate-killer

# General Information / Other News
“Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland” explores the lives and attitudes of white voters suffering personally from the severe consequences of their states’ refusal to take advantage of benefits under the Affordable Care Act, limit access to guns or fund education.
https://journals.stfm.org/familymedicine/2020/march/br-mar20-westbrook/

“Dog Whistle Politics: Strategic Racism, Fake Populism, and the Dividing of America” explains how politicians from Reconstruction to Nixon, Reagan and Trump have convinced white Americans to vote against their own interests.
https://www.academia.edu/43159064/Dog_Whistle_Politics_Strategic_Racism_Fake_Populism_and_the_Dividing_of_America_by_Ian_Haney_L%C3%B3pez

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia Now Has a Second Front Line Just to Kill Its Deserters: Russian soldier on leaked call said: “If someone runs back, we snuff them out.”
https://news.yahoo.com/russia-now-second-frontline-set-123404714.html

On the Edge of Armageddon? Why Ukraine conflict is dangerously similar to Cuban Missile Crisis: Rising tensions between Washington and Moscow are reminiscent of a crisis from 60 years ago that nearly triggered devastation
https://www.rt.com/news/564590-from-cuba-to-kiev/

# Gov / Politics / US
The U.S. Blunder That Could Hand Putin Victory in Ukraine: Squabbling over whether the U.S. should continue to bankroll Ukraine’s fight against Russia has Putin smelling blood already.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-us-blunder-that-could-hand-putin-victory-in-ukraine

Ralph Nader Throws Support to Democrats Ahead of Midterms But Warns the Party’s Message Is Failing: We speak with political organizer Mark Green and four-time presidential candidate Ralph Nader, co-authors of a new report titled “Crushing the GOP, 2022.” They argue Democrats have the better policies but are not conveying them to a public that is eager to vote for a party that will protect democracy and their pocket books. ​​”This party doesn’t know how to win,” Nader says of Democrats.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/10/25/ralph_nader_mark_green_midterms_2022

GOP May Launch Impeachment Blitz If They Win the House: Marjorie Taylor Green, Ted Cruz and the House Freedom Caucus have identified Biden and his administration as targets.
https://www.salon.com/2022/10/28/can-the-really-impeach-joe-biden-yes-they-can/

Poverty Is at Emergency Levels in the U.S. Why Isn’t It a Midterm Election Issue? Issues like raising the minimum wage and expanding health care should be front and center.
https://truthout.org/articles/poverty-is-at-emergency-levels-in-the-us-why-isnt-it-a-midterm-election-issue/

DeSantis Is Using “Election Police” to Intimidate Voters With Felony Convictions: Florida voting rights activist Desmond Meade speaks out against the arrests of people on trumped-up voter fraud charges
https://truthout.org/video/desantis-is-using-election-police-to-intimidate-voters-with-felony-convictions/

Why the Most Dangerous Political Movement Since the Civil War Must Be Crushed: “This is an order of magnitude we have never seen before,” Nader concluded, denouncing Republicans. “We have never seen a party literally trying to repress the vote, miscount the vote, purge the vote, intimidate precinct worker volunteers, and steal elections.”
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/28/why-most-dangerous-political-movement-civil-war-must-be-crushed

You, Poor Voter, Must Stand Back and Watch as Billionaire Plutocrats Purchase Democracy: Regular people cannot, but the billionaire class can spend as much as their hearts desire to influence election outcomes.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/28/you-poor-voter-must-stand-back-and-watch-billionaire-plutocrats-purchase-democracy

# Law Enforcement
6 Shot Outside Pittsburgh Funeral for Mass Shooting Victim: One victim is said to be in critical condition while five others are expected to survive.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/10/28/pittsburgh-police-say-6-shot-church-during-funeral-service/10625241002/

# Legal / DOJ
Trump’s Secret Files At Mar-a-Lago More Dangerous Than We Thought:  “some of the White House documents that Donald Trump improperly took to his Mar-a-Lago residence were clearly marked as classified,” including ones that had the words “top secret” on them. That the materials the ex-president helped himself to weren’t simply stacks of White House stationery or crude drawings
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/02/donald-trump-classified-documents-mar-a-lago

Ordeal Is Not Over for Criminalized Survivor Wendy Howard After Trial Verdict: Abuse survivor Wendy Howard was acquitted of murder, but the prosecutor may decide to bring her to trial again.
https://truthout.org/articles/ordeal-is-not-over-for-criminalized-survivor-wendy-howard-after-trial-verdict/

Dallas-Houston bullet train developer vows project is on track, but state officials lack confidence: A lawyer is threatening to take legal action on behalf of 100 Texas property owners who are at risk of having their land being seized to make way for a high-speed rail line from developer Texas Central. Patrick McShan, the lawyer representing property owners, said if the company does not provide more details, he’s prepared to ask a judge to depose the company.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/27/texas-high-speed-rail-dallas-houston/#:~:text=Dallas%2DHouston%20bullet%20train%20developer,forthcoming%20about%20the%20project’s%20status.

# Medical / Health
A Texas doctor has pleaded guilty to federal charges in relation to Medicare fraud. According to court documents, the doctor billed Medicare for more than $54 million worth of services, which included tests that preyed on older adults’ cancer fears. A federal jury found a Texas rheumatologist guilty today for his role in a $325 million health care fraud scheme in which he falsely diagnosed patients with life-long diseases and treated them with toxic medications on the basis of that false diagnosis.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-doctor-found-guilty-role-325-million-health-care-fraud-scheme-involving-false-diagnoses

# Military / DOD
Commander Bans Army-Issued Warm, Comfy Fleece Jacket as Winter Approaches: A battalion commander is forbidding soldiers under his command from wearing their Army-issued fleece jackets while on a rotation in South Korea.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/10/25/commander-bans-army-issued-warm-comfy-fleece-jacket-winter-approaches.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-27

Voices, The Peoples News

October 27, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration
Texas approves $339 million to keep state Guard troops deployed along border with Mexico: Gov. Greg Abbott and four top state lawmakers approved $339 million to keep thousands of Texas National Guard troops deployed to the state’s border with Mexico.
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/us/2022-10-27/national-guard-texas-border-troops-7834347.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banks
The Fed Likes to Tout Its Independence. So Why Are Big Banks Lobbying It? Unlike Trump, Biden vowed to “respect the Fed’s independence,” even as bank lobbyists continue to swarm it.
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/26/federal-reserve-bank-lobby/

A Debt Ceiling Showdown in Congress Could Send Us Economy Into Tailspin: Democrats are under pressure to raise the federal debt limit before a likely loss of control in Congress next year to prevent a potential showdown with Republicans.
https://thehill.com/policy/3703950-a-debt-ceiling-showdown-in-congress-could-send-us-economy-into-tailspin/

Privatizing Social Security: The Troubling Trade-Offs: Proponents of privatization see three main arguments, in addition to ideological advantages, for moving toward a private retirement system:
*It can lift the rate of return workers obtain on their retirement contributions;
*It can boost national saving and future economic growth;
*It has practical political advantages in comparison with a Social Security rescue plan based on higher payroll taxes and a bigger accumulation of Social Security reserves.
https://www.brookings.edu/research/privatizing-social-security-the-troubling-trade-offs/

Biden slips and exposes the truth about the inflation reduction act: Reduction Act does not reduce inflation, voters’ top concern and was never intended to do so.
https://www.aei.org/op-eds/biden-slips-and-exposes-the-truth-about-the-inflation-reduction-act/

Democrats Increasingly Worry About The Federal Reserve Crushing The Economy: Did you know that the U.S. government’s most powerful economic tool has been working at nearly full blast to slow down the economy for most of the year?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/democrats-federal-reserve_n_63597af5e4b04cf8f38a8985

Federal lobbying topped $3 billion through third quarter for the first time ever: Federal lobbyists raked in $3 billion through the third quarter of 2022, putting the year on track to set a new record year for lobbying spending.
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/10/federal-lobbying-topped-3-billion-through-third-quarter-for-the-first-time-ever/

Republican Attorneys General Association pouring millions into state super PACs targeting Democratic incumbents
https://www.minnpost.com/elections/2022/10/minnesota-lawyers-companies-help-fund-super-pacs-running-attack-ads-in-attorney-generals-race/

Wall Street Shrugs Off Biden and Reaffirms Commitment to Saudi Monarchy: Even as President Biden questions the U.S, Saudi alliance, big banks in the U.S. are cozying up to the crown prince.
https://truthout.org/articles/wall-street-shrugs-off-biden-and-reaffirms-commitment-to-saudi-monarchy/

# Education / Schools
All 15 seats of the State Board of Education are up for grabs this November, and the often ignored races have gained greater spotlight after a conservative shift erupted in local school board races in suburbs across the state amid culture wars over books, pandemic precautions and how history is taught in the classroom.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/27/critical-race-theory-state-board-education/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Big oil companies are selling their wells. Some worry taxpayers will pay to clean them up: “The overall industry is being assaulted right now through policy changes at the state and federal level. That’s the story writ large. The industry is dying.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/california-oil-wells-shell-exxonmobil

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Wrong trend for right whales amid ‘devastating’ population decline: A newly released estimate suggests that only 340 critically endangered North Atlantic right whales remained as of 2021, a 2.3% decline from 2020, when the population numbered around 348. The population of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales continues to dwindle, sparking concerns that the species might be creeping closer to extinction.
http://www.envirolink.org/2022/10/25/wrong-trend-for-right-whales-amid-devastating-population-decline/

# Environment / Climate / Global
In the western Amazon, oil blocks eat away at Indigenous lands, protected areas: A total of 1,647 Indigenous territories and 52 protected areas are affected by encroaching oil lots in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru, some of them subsumed entirely within concessions. In some cases, prevailing laws provide loopholes for oil activity in ostensibly protected areas, often on the nebulous basis of ‘national interests.’
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/in-the-western-amazon-oil-blocks-eat-away-at-indigenous-lands-protected-areas/

# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
9 Money-Saving Hacks From The Past To Cut Food Costs During Inflation: The rising prices of groceries is no joke. These tactics from the Great Depression and World War II rationing make sense today.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/food-money-saving-hacks_l_6351654ce4b0b7f89f5f2312

# Gov / Politics / Global
The Larger Geopolitical Shift Behind Iran’s Drone Sales to Russia: The partnership is an indication of major changes, as emerging states leverage digital technology and sophisticated weaponry to compete for influence and power.
https://www.reuters.com/world/exclusive-iran-agrees-ship-missiles-more-drones-russia-defying-west-sources-2022-10-18/

# Gov / Politics / US
Ron DeSantis’ Old Law Firm Received Millions in State Funds: One beneficiary of the Ron DeSantis administration has been Ron DeSantis’ former employer.
https://abovethelaw.com/2022/06/ron-desantis-handing-law-firms-millions-in-public-dollars-to-handle-unnecessary-symbolic-cases/

Bizarre Republican Ad Blames Biden for Anti-Asian Violence Incited by Trump: A new attack ad blames Joe Biden for the spike in Covid-era violence against Asian Americans that community leaders say Donald Trump fueled.
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/24/anti-asian-ad-trump-citizens-for-sanity/

Republicans Hammer Biden on Inflation as He Heralds Economic Recovery: Administration officials point to data showing that the labor market is recovering and consumer confidence is rising
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-highlight-inflation-in-effort-to-thwart-bidens-midterm-economic-case-11626341401

Republican policies are killing Americans: “If we don’t have the proper regulations in place to protect people, then what happens is that they could be exploited.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/26/republican-policies-are-killing-americans-study

For the First Time, LGBTQ Candidates Are on the Ballot in All 50 States: There are 678 LGBTQ candidates across the country who are on the ballot in the general election.
https://truthout.org/articles/for-the-first-time-lgbtq-candidates-are-on-the-ballot-in-all-50-states/

# Law Enforcement
New Texas law allowing people to carry handguns without permits stirs mix of fear, concern among law enforcement
Starting Sept. 1, most Texans will be able to carry handguns in public without going through training or having to get permits. Law enforcement officers worry that could make their jobs more dangerous.
https://www.texastribune.org/2021/08/16/texas-permitless-carry-gun-law/

Murderer Behind Notorious Cold Case Possible Serial Killer: The convicted criminal is now at the center of another murder in central Florida, and at least one case in Tennessee.
Samuel Little
Victims: 60 confirmed, 93 claimed and suspected
Span of crimes: 1970–2005 (confirmed) 1960–2012 (possible)
Country: United States
State(s): California, Texas, and Ohio (convicted) 16 others (accused)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/convicted-killer-confessed-another-murder-91-told-florida-authorities-rcna54024

# Legal / DOJ
Three more men were convicted on terrorism and gang charges of terrorism over the foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The men were founding members of a far-right paramilitary group, who wanted to trigger a civil war or “boogaloo.”
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/michigan-governor-kidnap-convictions-guilty

Strip Club Death Trial Delayed by Lawyer Dying in Same Club: The second death at Shotgun Willie’s in Colorado was called “kind of weird” by the attorney’s co-counsel.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/26/colorado-strip-club-lawyer-death-trial-delayed

Judge May Unseal Documents Showing Trump’s Attempts to Block Aide Testimonies: The secret court documents reportedly detail efforts to stop testimony on Trump’s role in the events of January 6.
https://www.salon.com/2022/10/27/may-unseal-secret-docs-showing-trumps-attempts-to-block-aides-from-testifying-report/

# Military / Global
Ukrainian forces push back on Russian troops in Kherson, an area of Ukraine that Putin claims to have annexed. Russian officials have forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate as fighting intensifies and crucial infrastructure in the area gets damaged, AP reports.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-crimea-europe-government-and-politics-990aeb315f9de76ab32ff3674c6c660c

# Social
National Guard Sent to Support Overwhelmed Homeless Shelters: The move comes after occupancy levels hit a depressing record this month.
https://nypost.com/2022/10/27/national-guard-deployed-to-nyc-homeless-shelters-to-assist-migrant-crisis/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-26

Voices, The Peoples News

October 26, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration
ICE agents apprehend illegal foreign nationals with multiple DWI convictions, criminal histories:  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested several individuals in the Houston and Harlingen field offices as part of an immigration enforcement operation called “Operation Secure Streets.”
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/ice-agents-apprehend-illegal-foreign-nationals-with-multiple-dwi-convictions-criminal-histories/article_89280354-5396-11ed-98a4-cb130a11266e.html

# Chemicals
Fighting a chemical giant: cases mounting against PCB manufacturer Monsanto: Could a series of lawsuits against the PCB manufacturer Monsanto in Washington state help plaintiffs here win a similar case?
https://www.wcax.com/video/2022/10/25/fighting-chemical-giant-lawsuits-mounting-against-pcb-manufacturer-monsanto/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
New York Supreme Court reinstates all employees fired for being unvaccinated, orders back pay: State Supreme Court found that being vaccinated ‘does not’ stop the spread of COVID-19
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3704214-judge-orders-nyc-to-reinstate-workers-fired-for-not-complying-with-covid-vaccine-mandate/

‘The CDC should not be treating kids in low-income households as lab experiments’ – SC attorney general joins other attorneys general opposing CDC’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids : “The COVID-19 vaccine does not provide the same protection against life-threatening illnesses. Instead, it could put more kids at risk instead of protecting them, which is the purpose of the VCF,” wrote the attorneys general in the letter. “The CDC should not be treating kids in low-income households as lab experiments. Nor should pharmaceutical companies be allowed to use low-income families as cash cows.”
https://www.wistv.com/2022/10/21/sc-attorney-general-joins-other-attorneys-general-opposing-cdcs-covid-19-vaccine-kids/

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Wall Street ‘pandemic boom’ ends, sending impact to New York’s state budget: Wall Street continues to make money, but a report released Tuesday by New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s found that the “pandemic boom” investment firms have enjoyed for the last couple of years is officially over
https://www.thecentersquare.com/new_york/wall-street-pandemic-boom-ends-sending-impact-to-new-yorks-state-budget/article_2a5513e8-5482-11ed-a8d6-b32d03cf5313.html

# Employment / Labor
Facing Child Labor Scandal, Hyundai Asks Biden for Subsidies: The United Auto Workers say dropping two implicated suppliers won’t solve problems with temp staffing agencies and exploitative contractors.
https://prospect.org/labor/facing-child-labor-scandal-hyundai-asks-biden-for-subsidies/

How solidarity helps workers through life’s struggles: Labor unions are also stepping up to help workers manage stress and the threats to mental health that they encounter on and off the job.
https://www.alternet.org/2022/10/solidarity-helps-workers-lifes-struggles/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Native Americans, white farmers join forces to oppose Summit carbon capture pipeline: An NBC News investigation finds an unlikely alliance forming in the Dakotas between Native American Organizers and white farmers who are teaming up in an effort to block a proposed carbon pipeline. The project would be the largest of its type, spanning five years, and expected to cost nearly five billion dollars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Le6L4SW-M

Ohio solar project killed due to local government opposition: A solar power project in Allen and Auglaize counties has been killed by state officials due to opposition from local governments, even though the application for the project was filed before a new Ohio law was put in place giving county governments the ability to nix such projects.
https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2022/10/25/ohio-solar-project-killed-by-local-government-opposition/#:~:text=A%20solar%20power%20project%20in,ability%20to%20nix%20such%20projects

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Canada moving closer to funding Ring of Fire mining roads: An internal briefing document obtained by The Narwhal shows that Ottawa has flagged Ring of Fire development as a possible ‘priority
https://thenarwhal.ca/ring-of-fire-federal-briefing/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
California forecast: More drought after driest three years on record: California is about to enter its wet season, when hopes are high for replenishing lowland rains and mountain snows after its three driest years
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/04/california-record-drought-climate-crisis-la-nina

# Environment / Climate / Global
Climate activists are waging a new kind of legal fight: In the face of bigger wildfires, deadlier floods, and more extreme weather, plaintiffs around the world are taking up a new tactic: suing for the damage climate change has already wrought.
https://hakaimagazine.com/features/climate-activists-are-waging-a-new-kind-of-legal-fight/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Agriculture researcher predicts ‘perfect storm’ for high grocery prices nationwide: The cost of farming will remain volatile next year, and high grocery prices with it, according to a University of Missouri research associate for the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute
https://www.therogersvillereview.com/news/national/article_35e28355-3cd4-5232-a6c6-8c5a5b9a4fbd.html

# General Recalls / Alerts
Unilever recalls dry shampoo products in U.S. and Canada: Dove, TRESemmé and Suave are a few of the brands included in Unilever’s latest voluntary recall due to possible exposure to the cancer-causing chemical
https://people.com/style/unilever-recalls-dry-shampoo-aerosol-products-possible-containment-of-benzene/

# General Information / Other News
Trump’s Ties to Falwells’ Creepy Pool Boy Sex Saga Revealed: The Hulu doc “God Forbid,” out Nov. 1, examines Team Trump’s role in the sex scandal involving pool boy Giancarlo Granda that brought down evangelical kingmaker Jerry Falwell Jr.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a33767920/jerry-falwell-jr-pool-boy-wife-miami-real-estate/

“The Lions’ Den, Other Palestinian Groups are Endless Headache for Israel, PA.” Though Israeli military commanders continue to undermine the power of the newly formed group, they seem to have no clear idea regarding its roots, influence and future impact.
https://www.mintpressnews.com/difficult-months-ahead-israel-afraid-lions-den/282259/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Now Putin’s Sending Prison Rape Victims to Die on Front Line: The desperate trawl for Ukraine war recruits in Russian prisons began with murderers and robbers. Now they are sending abused and raped prisoners to their deaths.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/now-putin-is-sending-prison-rape-victims-to-ukraine-to-die-on-the-frontline

The Kremlin’s tectonic shift. The elites used to need the Russian president. Now he needs them: The longer the conflict rages and the more resources the Russian regime throws into the furnace of war, the more isolated Putin may become in his bid for nuclear escalation.
https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/88072

The nuclear rhetoric between Russia and Ukraine has increased, with each side claiming the other is preparing for a radiological attack using what is called a “dirty bomb”.  Dirty bombs are not nuclear weapons but are conventional laced with radioactive material to spread contamination over an area. The DEFCON Warning System has noted an increase in activity on both sides, indicating that public statements are not in line with what everyone believes. Intelligence experts have commented that, while the odds of nuclear use in the Ukraine theatre are low, the odds are increasing. Actions by both Western States and Russia indicate heightened alerts with regard to possible nuclear attack.
https://defconwarningsystem.com/

# Gov / Politics / US
After suspending political donations post-insurrection, AT&T and Valero fund election-deniers in the midterms
AT&T and Valero were among a handful of political action committees that donated to candidates this cycle who have denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election results.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/26/att-valero-pacs-midterms/

Democratic Super PAC ads focus on Social Security in final stretch: Spending aims at Republican candidates in Arizona, North Carolina: In the Arizona cut, the narrator asks what nominee Blake Masters’ plan is “while we’re struggling just to stay afloat.” “Maybe we should privatize Social Security, right?” Masters says in a grainy video. “We’ve got to cut the knot at some point.”
https://rollcall.com/2022/10/25/democratic-super-pac-ads-focus-on-social-security-in-final-stretch/

Stop Projecting America’s Democratic Decline Onto the World. Washington’s institutions are faring far worse than those of its peers. Many see parallels between the United States’ struggles and those of other countries, from the Philippines and India to Hungary and Brazil, which faces a high-stakes presidential runoff election this month that has drawn comparisons to the 2020 U.S. race between then-candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
https://cgs-bd.com/article/9667/Stop-Projecting-America%E2%80%99s-Democratic-Decline-onto-the-World#

2022 election: Water regulation and spending punctuate state and local ballots: Groundwater regulation, legal rights to clean water, and spending measures highlight this election cycle.
https://www.circleofblue.org/2022/world/2022-election-water-regulation-and-spending-punctuate-state-and-local-ballots/

“Congress has secured over $60 billion in security, economic, humanitarian and budget assistance for Ukraine, including 12 and a third billion just weeks ago. And more will be on the way when we pass our omnibus funding bill this fall.”  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Tuesday vowed that Congress would include more assistance for Ukraine as part of the annual government funding bill.
https://www.defensenews.com/congress/2022/10/25/pelosi-vows-more-ukraine-aid-amid-brewing-congressional-fight/

# Law Enforcement
Cops Took Away School Shooter’s Gun Months Before Attack: Police are currently investigating how the semi-automatic weapon found its way back into Orlando Harris’ hands.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cops-took-away-st-louis-school-shooter-orlando-harris-gun-months-before-attack

“Systemic failures” in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details
In total, 376 law enforcement officers descended upon the school, according to the most extensive account of the shooting to date. It says that better-equipped departments should have stepped up to fill a leadership void after the Uvalde schools police chief failed to take charge.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/07/17/law-enforcement-failure-uvalde-shooting-investigation/

Cardboard Box Tycoons Are Bankrolling Election Denial: The founders of shipping supplier Uline are funding anti-democracy causes and far right candidates around the U.S.
https://truthout.org/articles/cardboard-box-tycoons-are-bankrolling-election-denial/

# Legal / DOJ
Mark Meadows Ordered to Testify in Georgia Election Case: Meadows, former President Trump’s chief of staff, is seen as a key proponent of Trump’s efforts to stay in office after losing the 2020 election.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/10/26/mark-meadows-testify-georgia-election-probe/10605937002/

The Supreme Court Is Headed for a Self-Imposed Voting Caseload Disaster: On Dec. 7, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Moore v. Harper, a radical case on the fate of the so-called “independent state legislature” theory which could end the ability of state courts to interpret their own state’s election laws as applied to federal elections, thereby closing their doors to a wide swath of voting rights suits.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/10/supreme-court-voting-case-disaster-harper-moore.html

# Medical / Health
NIH-funded studies show damaging effects of vaping, smoking on blood vessels: Long-term use of electronic cigarettes, or vaping products, can significantly impair the function of the body’s blood vessels, increasing the risk for cardiovascular disease. Additionally, the use of both e-cigarettes and regular cigarettes may cause an even greater risk than the use of either of these products alone.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/nih-funded-studies-show-damaging-effects-vaping-smoking-blood-vessels#:~:text=Long%2Dterm%20use%20of%20electronic,either%20of%20these%20products%20alone

Inside a bus, East Texans get the health care they can’t afford or find anywhere else: Access to health care is limited in rural Texas. The mobile clinic operated by Beaumont-based TAN Healthcare aims to close that gap.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/26/east-texas-health-care-mobile-clinic/

Father of Infant Hospitalized for RSV Warns Other Parents: ‘Don’t Wait’ to Seek Help: A common respiratory virus, known as RSV, has been spreading at unusually high levels nationwide. At Texas Children’s Hospital, doctors are seeing an unusual surge in patients, with more than 40 children being hospitalized with the virus, including 10 in the ICU.
https://people.com/health/father-of-hospitalized-infant-tells-parents-dont-wait-to-seek-help-amid-surge-of-rsv-cases/

Older Adults are at High Risk for Severe RSV Infection: Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is a common virus that affects the lungs and breathing passages.
• Older adults, especially those 65 years and older
• Adults with chronic heart or lung disease
• Adults with weakened immune systems
Each year an estimated 177,000 older adults are hospitalized and 14,000 of them die in the United States due to RSV infection.
https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/factsheet-older-adults.pdf

$38,398 for a Single Shot of a Very Old Cancer Drug: Lupron, a drug patented half a century ago, treats advanced prostate cancer. It’s sold to physicians for $260 in the U.K. and administered at no charge. Why are U.S. hospitals, which may pay nearly as little for the drug, charging so much more to administer it?
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/10/26/1131130875/it-cost-38-398-for-a-single-shot-of-a-very-old-cancer-drug

Lawsuit Expands To Challenge All Of ACA’s Preventive Care Coverage: Plaintiffs in Kelley v. Becerra filed a motion asking U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor to set aside all requirements under the Affordable Care Act that force insurers to fully cover preventive care like cancer screenings. O’Connor previously ruled in their favor when the cases challenged HIV preventive medication.
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/explainer/2022/jul/latest-legal-challenge-affordable-care-act-preventive-services

Physicians Brace For Medicare Cuts, Will Ask Congress For Help: Radiologists, nuclear medicine specialists and vascular surgeons are bracing to see if they’ll take the worst of Medicare physician payment cuts next year
https://www.axios.com/2022/10/26/specialists-seek-reprieve-medicare

States Brace For Medicaid Spending Surge: States could start the new year grappling with a surge in Medicaid spending to accompany supply chain pressures, workforce shortages and the effects of inflation.
https://www.axios.com/2022/10/26/states-medicaid-spending-surge

A Trump Era Health Care Rule Is Breaking The Law, And Harming Patients: Among Americans who take prescription drugs, a quarter struggle to afford their medication. For those who are in poor health or have low incomes, the portion is even higher.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-era-health-care-rule-breaking-law-harming-patients-opinion-1754019

The crisis pregnancy center next door: How taxpayer money intended for poor families is funding a growing anti-abortion movement
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/25/us/crisis-pregnancy-centers-taxpayer-money-invs/index.html

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
NASA’s new instrument spots giant methane emissions from space: It’s worse than anything we imagined, but there’s a silver lining: these emissions can be addressed relatively fast.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/nasas-new-instrument-is-detecting-methane-hotspots-from-space-26102022/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-25

Voices, The Peoples News

October 25, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration
Abbott, sheriffs address fentanyl crisis stemming from southern border:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott met with scores of law enforcement officers in Corpus Christi to discuss measures being taken to secure the border and combat the fentanyl crisis
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/abbott-sheriffs-address-fentanyl-crisis-stemming-from-southern-border/article_77769c8c-514e-11ed-bac3-63998c555c5d.html

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Severe Reactions Minutes After COVID Vaccination Usually Written Off as Coincidental
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2022/10/severe-reactions-minutes-after-covid-vaccination-usually-written-off-as-coincidental/

COVID-19 Vaccine-associated Anaphylaxis and Allergic : However, anaphylactic reactions are potentially life-threatening and can occur immediately, usually within minutes, after exposure to a vaccine. Confirmed allergic reactions to vaccines may be caused by residual non-human protein, preservatives, or stabilizers in the vaccine formulation (also known as excipients).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8255352/

CDC Advisory Panel Recommends Adding COVID Shots to Child Vaccination Schedule Without FDA License for Use in Children Under 12: States Mandate Vaccines, Not the CDC. Neither the recommendation by the ACIP nor whatever decision the CDC ultimately takes regarding adding COVID vaccine to the recommended childhood vaccine schedule would require that students receive COVID shots before enrolling in school.
https://thevaccinereaction.org/2022/10/cdc-advisory-panel-recommends-adding-covid-shots-to-child-vaccination-schedule-without-fda-license-for-use-in-children-under-12/

# Education / Schools
With months still to go, 2022 has already seen a record number of school shootings: On Oct. 24, while a teenage gunman was pleading guilty for a deadly school incident in Michigan, another school shooting was taking place in St. Louis.
https://theconversation.com/school-shootings-are-already-at-a-record-in-2022-with-months-still-to-go-192494

# Employment / Labor
It’s a Clean Sweep. Pete Dolack: Not one country guarantees workers’ rights.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/10/22/its-a-clean-sweep-not-one-country-guarantees-workers-rights/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Garbage dumps across the US could be turned into solar farms: Toxic landfills are emblems of environmental injustice across the US. Clean energy can remake them.
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23377770/garbage-dump-landfill-solar-climate-justice-sunnyside-ira

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Researchers call for action on lead-contaminated meat due to EHN reporting: The reporting showed this lack of oversight could result in potentially hundreds of thousands of lead-contaminated meals each year, with fetuses, children and pregnant people most at risk.
https://www.ehn.org/remove-lead-ammunition-wildlife-2658496175.html

West Tennessee farmers struggle to get crops to market as drought drains Mississippi River: Historically-low water levels on the Mississippi River mean West Tennessee farmers can’t get crops to market, while barges run aground.
https://tennesseelookout.com/2022/10/24/west-tennessee-farmers-struggle-to-get-crops-to-market-as-drought-drains-mississippi-river/

# General Information / Other News
Ukraine’s nuclear energy operator says Russian forces have performed secret work at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-10-25/ukraine-nuclear-agency-thickens-alleged-dirty-bomb-plot

Ukraine nuclear workers recount abuse, threats from Russians: Six Russian soldiers broke down his door and opened fire, which he returned. Wounded in the hand, thigh, ear and stomach, Shvets began to lose consciousness. Before he did, he heard the commander of the group tell his men to cease fire and call an ambulance.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-153cc4ffe3a9eede8f852d22abd5ed01

# Gov / Politics / Global
Putin’s War Has Its First Victim in a New Country: The trail of misery from the invasion of Ukraine now stretches into Moldova, where a Putin critic has been jailed for years just for criticizing the war.
https://news.yahoo.com/putin-war-first-victim-country-084720647.html

Death of Another Journalist: Arshad Sharif Assassinated: Arshad Sharif, 50, left Pakistan in July to avoid arrest over criticizing the South Asian country’s powerful military. He was also a critic of the government of Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, who has repeatedly said he believes in freedom of the media.
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/24/1131007311/arshad-sharif-pakistani-journalist-killed-by-police-kenya

# Gov / Politics / US
During an appearance on ABC’s “The View” on Monday, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz refused to acknowledge President Joe Biden had been legitimately elected despite there being no widespread evidence of electoral fraud in the 2020 election. On the show, the Texas Republican repeatedly redirected attention to Democrats who had previously bemoaned their own electoral losses.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/24/ted-cruz-2020-election-january-6/

Inside a QAnon Kingpin’s Plan to Clinch 2024 for Trump: Juan O. Savin runs a coalition of candidates who could control future elections. He promotes a “Fallujah”-like attack on D.C: Then he set off on a meandering narrative about election fraud, his plan to wage a “Fallujah”-like navy operation on D.C., and his claims to “even have extra Trump Factors than some other residing individual on the planet.” Savin, actual title Wayne Willott, is a longtime conspiracy theorist who rebranded as his present moniker (a QAnon reference) with the rise of the QAnon conspiracy idea. Some followers of the speculation falsely imagine Savin to be JFK Jr.
https://realnewshub.com/inside-a-qanon-kingpins-plan-to-clinch-2024-for-trump/

Kari Lake Is Dangerous Enough to Get Elected President: The Arizona upstart is an election-denying MAGA culture warrior, but without Trump’s baggage or DeSantis’ prickly demeanor. Lake — a 2020 election denier — could easily win the state’s gubernatorial race and threaten its 2024 election processes. And with the talent she’s already displayed even as a political novice, they see her potential to soar to a vice presidential spot or a post-Trump presidential candidacy.
https://www.axios.com/2022/10/15/kari-lake-arizona-trump-midterm-elections-maga

Saudi Arabia sentences U.S. citizen to 16 years in prison for tweets: The Saudi government has sentenced a 72-year-old U.S. citizen to 16 years in prison for tweets he posted while inside the United States, some of which were critical of the Saudi regime. His son, speaking publicly for the first time, alleges that the Saudi government has tortured his father in prison and says that the State Department mishandled the case.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/18/saudi-arabia-us-citizen-prison-critical-tweets-regime

How gender, race, age and voter ID laws affect whether a voter actually casts a ballot: Every citizen has the right to vote. But various characteristics and legal requirements affect how likely any one person is to actually cast a ballot.
https://theconversation.com/how-gender-race-age-and-voter-id-laws-affect-whether-a-voter-actually-casts-a-ballot-192559

Armed Vigilantes, Foreign Hackers Fuel Election Fears: As the midterm elections near, President Joe Biden’s top security officials are bracing for cyber meddling from China and Russia, while local authorities worry about armed intimidation at ballot drop boxes from domestic vigilantes
https://thecrimereport.org/2022/10/25/armed-vigilantes-foreign-hackers-fuel-election-fears/

Support for Political Violence Adds to Growing U.S. Tension: A new report published as a preprint on medRXiv.org from researchers at the UC Davis Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP) reveals alarming trends in attitudes toward violence, including political violence, in the United States. The survey is the first of its kind to explore the participants’ personal willingness to engage in specific political violence scenarios.
https://health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines/survey-finds-alarming-trend-toward-political-violence/2022/07

The Rise of Political Violence in the United States: This essay describes the history of such forces in the U.S., shares the risk factors for election violence globally and how they are trending in the U.S., and concludes with some potential paths to mitigate the problem.
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-rise-of-political-violence-in-the-united-states/

Biden’s Obsessions With China: Melvin Goodman: Biden’s exaggeration of the threat.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/10/25/bidens-obsession-with-china/

How Tucker Carlson Is Making MAGA World Turn on Each Other: In this episode of The New Abnormal podcast, Tucker Carlson throws fuel on a GOP fire and Dr. Peter Hotez warns that the next COVID wave will be unlike ones we’ve seen before.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-tucker-carlson-is-making-the-maga-world-turn-on-each-other

# Law Enforcement
Caregiver Charged After 83-Year-Old Found Buried in Garden: Greg Tanner faces five felony charges for using Rebecca Seay’s banking accounts for online gambling during her disappearance.
https://wreg.com/news/local/man-charged-after-83-year-old-woman-found-buried-in-garden/

# Medical / Health
How the threat of ‘taxpayer-funded abortion’ is being used to mobilize conservative religious voters: In the midterms, some religious voters may be motivated by the argument that if abortion is funded with tax dollars, it makes them personally complicit in sin.
https://theconversation.com/how-the-threat-of-taxpayer-funded-abortion-is-being-used-to-mobilize-conservative-religious-voters-191247

Nurse Accused of Killing Patients With Lethal Insulin Doses: Jonathan Hayes, who worked at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, has been charged with two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder
https://www.wral.com/rogue-nurse-charged-with-murder-patients-were-given-lethal-doses-of-insulin-at-nc-hospital/20538120/

# Pharmas / Drugs
Paxlovid May Interact With Common Heart Drugs and Cause Blood Clots, Bleeding, Arrhythmia and Muscle Weakness: Heart disease patients with symptomatic COVID-19 are often treated with nirmatrelvir-ritonavir (Paxlovid) to prevent progression to severe disease; however, it can interact with some previously prescribed medications. A review paper published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology examines the potential drug-drug interactions (DDIs) between Paxlovid and commonly used cardiovascular medications, as well as potential options to mitigate severe adverse effects.
https://www.acc.org/About-ACC/Press-Releases/2022/10/12/17/14/COVID19-Drug-Paxlovid-May-Interact-with-Common-Heart-Medications

# Technology / Medical
Neurotechnologies for Human Cognitive Augmentation: Current State of the Art and Future Prospects
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00013/full

How Can the Use of Human Enhancement (HE) Technologies in the Military Be Ethically Assessed? [PDF]
https://dsc.duq.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1147&context=etd

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October 24, 2022
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# Indigenous
For the Houma People, Displacement Looms With Every Storm: The Houma, an Indigenous tribe, has seen much of its Gulf Coast community washed away by rising sea levels and dangerous storms. Its leaders say the tribe’s lack of federal recognition makes it harder to keep rebuilding.
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/02/1040259898/hurricane-ida-louisiana-houma-tribe

# Border / Immigration
‘School Choice’—Taxpayers Shouldn’t Foot the Bill for Illegal Immigrants: Border Patrol agents and other law enforcement officers encountered roughly 2.5 million illegal aliens in the fiscal year that just ended September 30 — shattering the previous record of 1.7 million set last year. That number will only grow if one supposedly conservative group gets its way.
https://prescottenews.com/index.php/2022/10/24/opinion-school-choice-taxpayers-shouldnt-foot-the-bill-for-illegal-immigrants-inside-sources/?amp=1

# Chemicals
12,000 fentanyl pills found packaged in candy at LAX TSA checkpoint: Authorities are encouraging parents to double-check their children’s Halloween candy following a massive fentanyl bust at Los Angeles International Airport. Authorities on Wednesday seized approximately 12,000 suspected fentanyl pills that were found disguised in several popular Halloween candy brands at the California airport.
https://thehill.com/policy/transportation/3696918-suspected-fentanyl-pills-hidden-in-candy-boxes-seized-at-los-angeles-airport/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Pfizer Plans 400% Price Increase for mRNA COVID Jab After CDC Panels Recommend to Include COVID Shots for Children and Adolescents Annual Immunization Schedule
https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/pfizer-set-charge-between-110-and-130-covid-vaccine-when-us-goes-commercial-model

Judge Orders Fauci, Psaki, FBI Top Official Be Deposed in Big Tech Censorship Case on the Covid-19 Info: A team of three researchers concluded that Sars-CoV-2 was a genetically modified virus, after comparing its structure to that of “wild”and laboratory-borne equivalents. The attorneys general for Missouri and Louisiana have accused the Biden administration of “colluding to suppress freedom of speech” with major tech companies and first filed in May. The duo has specifically alleged Big Tech and the Biden administration worked to suppress speech about COVID-19, election integrity, and other matters unfairly.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/fauci-psaki-top-biden-officials-deposed-free-speech

Red-hot controversy over risky COVID research: Researchers who inserted a gene from the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 into another strain of the virus have triggered a fierce controversy over what constitutes perilous COVID-19 research. The team at Boston University, Massachusetts, was trying to understand why Omicron causes mild disease. But the experiments have sparked a debate
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03344-w

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Global
U.S. Execs Head to ‘Davos in the Desert’ Despite Biden’s Ire: Business moguls are attending the Saudi business conference even after the president threatened the kingdom with “consequences.” The Future Investment Initiative, also known as “Davos in the Desert,” will play host to American business magnates when it opens in Riyadh on Tuesday.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-execs-jet-off-to-davos-in-the-desert-despite-bidens-warning-to-saudis

MBS head to head with Biden, US officials not invited to Davos: The CEO of the organizing party of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) also known as Davos in the Desert announced no US officials were invited to the event so as not to turn it into a “political platform.”
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/mbs-head-to-head-with-biden-us-officials-not-invited-to-davo

# Education / Schools
Florida Puts Raging MAGA Moms on Book-Banning Council: Florida’s Education Department has quietly selected right-wingers for a book-banning council that’ll re-train public school librarians.
https://biz.crast.net/florida-puts-raging-mega-moms-on-book-banning-council/

Three dead, including shooter, in St Louis school mass attack as students describe gunman’s chilling words.
Officials say gunman was ‘quickly stopped’ by police at secondary school
https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/us-news/2022/10/24/three-killed-including-suspected-gunman-in-st-louis-school-shooting/

# Employment / Labor
After 2 Nurses Killed In Dallas Hospital, Worker Safety Again In Spotlight: Two employees in the mother/baby unit at Methodist Dallas Medical Center were shot and killed Saturday, reports say. A 30-year-old man out on parole has been charged in the slayings. He’d been given permission to attend the birth of his child.
https://khn.org/morning-breakout/after-2-nurses-killed-in-dallas-hospital-worker-safety-again-in-spotlight/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Colorado mountain residents fed up with mining mess win fight to keep rivers clean
https://www.greeleytribune.com/2022/10/23/mountain-fairplay-alma-mining-federal-court-pollution/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
Protected bike lanes can help cities cut emissions. Bogota’s $130 million investment proves it: It’s time for cities to start taking bike lanes seriously as infrastructure.
https://www.fastcompany.com/90799071/protected-bike-lanes-can-help-cities-cut-emissions-bogotas-130-million-investment-proves-it

Saudis Sought Oil Production Cut So Deep It Surprised Even Russia: OPEC+ slashed oil production following a Saudi pressure campaign that experts say aims to hurt Democrats in the midterms.
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/20/saudi-oil-production-cut/

Explosives-Laden Drone – Undetonated – Found near Nord Stream Pipeline Bomb Blast Site: News media coverage of the recovery of this drone has been forbidden by Swedish authorities.
https://www.legitgov.org/explosives-laden-drone-undetonated-found-near-nord-stream-pipeline-bomb-blast-site

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Research reveals magma activity beneath Mount Edgecumbe: Magma beneath long-dormant Mount Edgecumbe volcano in Southeast Alaska has been moving upward through Earth’s crust, according to research the Alaska Volcano Observatory rapidly produced using a new method.
https://phys.org/news/2022-10-reveals-magma-beneath-mount-edgecumbe.html

Heartache, anger in Central Washington over drinking-water wells tainted by ‘forever chemicals’: The U.S. Army once practiced putting out simulated aircraft crashes with a firefighting foam made of chemicals that can sicken people if consumed
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/heartache-anger-in-central-washington-over-drinking-water-wells-tainted-by-forever-chemicals/

Only 5% of plastic waste generated by US last year was recycled, report says: Americans discarded 51m tons of plastic in 2021 – of which almost 95% ended up in landfills, oceans or scattered in the atmosphere
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/23/us-plastic-waste-recycled-2021-greenpeace

The US may have scored a climate victory in Congress, but it will be in the hot seat with other major emitters at UN climate talks: A year of floods, drought and other events linked to global warming have galvanized developing nations to demand redress for their losses. After years of frustration, they will also seek stronger commitments from colossal polluters to slash fossil fuel emissions and avert further damage.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23102022/cop27-egypt-inflation-reduction-act/

France becomes latest country to leave controversial energy charter treaty: Quitting the ECT, which protects fossil fuel investors from policy changes that might threaten their profits, was ‘coherent’ with Paris climate deal, Macron said
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/21/france-becomes-latest-country-to-leave-controversial-energy-charter-treaty

Aerial photos shows the consequences of drought on Colorado River: Photographer Paul Nicklen shows the devastating effects of drought in the United States.
https://mymodernmet.com/delta-paul-nicklen/

4 of 5 world cities faced ‘significant climate hazards’ in 2022, study finds: “The more cities know about those risks and benefits, and the more they engage citizens in the work they’re doing to confront the climate crisis, the faster they can make progress.”
One-quarter of cities surveyed also expect to see more frequent “high-risk” climate hazards by 2025.
https://www.ecowatch.com/climate-hazards-world-cities.html

# General Information / Other News
Pro-Trump Rally Rages Over ‘Demonic Satellites,’ McDonald’s: The “ReAwaken America” event was a whole new kind of crazy. [I think T***p finally fell off that mental cliff.]
https://www.pehalnews.in/pro-trump-tour-flies-off-the-rails-over-demonic-satellites-and-deep-state-mcdonalds/2542659/

Trump Is Already Planning Legal Challenges to Pennsylvania Election If Oz Loses: The former president has also urged his allies to find ways to limit mail-in voting in the state. Trump has already held numerous meetings stoking election rigging claims before voting even begins
https://www.salon.com/2022/10/24/dress-rehearsal-for-2024-plans-to-challenge-senate-race-before-votes-are-cast-report-says/

# Gov / Politics / Global
CCTV Footage Adds to Iran Prison Fire Mystery: Facing international pressure, Iran released video showing how a fire ripped through a jail holding political prisoners. But questions remain.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-technology-dubai-middle-east-business-944d99079fca61439d64054db6bde941

Kherson Braces For Battle; Russian Strikes Devastate Ukrainian Energy, Water Infrastructure: Moscow’s next target may be a massive dam in Kherson. There has been a notable uptick in the rate at which Russian forces have been attacking civilian infrastructure, including energy facilities and water supplies, after Ukraine’s stunning counteroffensive in Kharkiv Oblast in September.
https://www.vox.com/2022/10/22/23417785/russia-infrastructure-ukraine-kherson-oblast-dam

# Gov / Politics / US
Why Must People With Disabilities Beg And Scratch For Basic Rights? The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: There are around 1 billion people with disability in the world. They are often the poorest of the poor. The stigma and discrimination they suffer are common in all societies.
https://www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/why-is-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-important

Mystery Surrounds Company Paying MAGA Candidate’s Salary: Joe Kent, a Trump-backed House contender in Washington state, reported making $122,110.36 from a company that does not appear to exist.
As Donald Trump-backed, alt-right-casual Washington state congressional candidate Joe Kent put it in his public appearance and public filing—he served as “project manager” for a tech start-up called “American Enterprise” last year. Earned $122,110.36 in the form. Solution.” One problem: The company has no records.
https://biz.crast.net/the-secret-of-the-company-that-paid-the-maga-candidates-salary-2/

Abrams’ Non-Profit Paid Millions to Campaign Chair’s Firm: Allegra Lawrence-Hardy’s law firm received $9.4 million in 2019 and 2020. Fair Fight Action, the non-profit founded by Abrams, paid her close friend and ally’s law firm $9.4 million in 2019 and 2020, with two more years of billing yet to be disclosed.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/24/stacey-abrams-fair-fight-action-00061348

Democrats Finally Start Talking About the Economy:  For weeks, the Prospect has been warning that Democrats will lose the midterm if they don’t start talking about Republican threats to people’s economic well-being.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/democrats-finally-start-talking-about-economy/

# Legal / DOJ
The Jan. 6 committee has officially subpoenaed Trump and is calling on him to testify next month. Rep. Liz Cheney said the Jan. 6 committee won’t let Trump turn his testimony into “a circus”; the New York Times has reported that the former president has privately told aides that he only wants to testify if it’s on live TV.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annabetts/jan-6-committee-subpoenas-trump

Thomas Halts Lindsey Graham’s Testimony in Election Probe: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has until Thursday to convince the nation’s highest court why the South Carolina senator should have to respond to the grand jury.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3701807-justice-thomas-agrees-to-halt-graham-testimony-in-georgia-election-probe/

Ex-Minneapolis Cop Pleads Guilty Over George Floyd’s Murder: J. Alexander Kueng had been set for a joint trial with fellow former officer Tou Thao. J Alexander Kueng to serve 3.5 years in prison to run concurrently with previous sentence he was given in federal trial
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/24/george-floyd-minneapolis-police-officer-j-alexander-kueng-pleads-guilty

# LGBTQ
Florida Creates Anti-LGBTQ Censorship Council: In the name of “curriculum transparency,” Florida’s Republican-controlled state government has appointed several anti-gay and anti-mask conspiracy theorists to take charge of a new effort at public schools: banning books. This hastily assembled censorship council, tasked with retraining public school librarians to abide by new restrictions, is the latest ploy in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ crusade to upend the state’s education system.
https://www.joemygod.com/2022/10/florida-creates-anti-lgbtq-censorship-council/

# Medical / Health
Nursing Homes Already On CMS Watchlist Could Face Stiff Penalties: The Biden administration unveiled plans to impose tougher consequences on the worst-performing nursing homes. For the small number already designated as “special focus” facilities, they could lose federal funds if they receive more than one violation citation.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/10/21/medicare-nursing-homes-biden-oversight-seniors-safety/10561996002/

Abortion Bans Create ‘Insurmountable Barriers’ For Incarcerated Women In US: The Prison Policy Initiative found that an average of 58,000 people are pregnant each year when they enter local jails or prisons. In many of the states that already have the highest female state imprisonment rates, they also now have strict abortion laws ban the procedure almost entirely.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/21/us-abortion-bans-insurmountable-barriers-incarcerated-women

# Military / DOD
Elite U.S. unit ready to fight in Ukraine if conflict ‘escalates’ – CBS –America’s 101st Airborne Division, deployed close to the Ukrainian border, would step in if NATO were attacked, its commanders said
https://www.rt.com/news/565127-elite-101st-airborne-ukraine/

# Military / Global
U.S. tax dollars at work: Ukraine bombs civilian targets in Russia – regional governor: The attack destroyed a school, a kindergarten and private houses, he claims. Ukraine has again shelled Russia’s Belgorod Region, the local governor announced on Friday. The attack was deliberately aimed at civilian infrastructure
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/oct/10/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-putin-russian-security-council-zaporizhzhia-nuclear-power-plant-hit-again-latest-updates

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