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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-24

Voices, The Peoples News

October 24, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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This almost daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# 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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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-23

Voices, The Peoples News

October 23, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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This almost daily Voices, The Peoples News is posted through the blog function of www.MPEN-Ohio.net

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Yes, Scientists Made COVID Deadlier. No, It’s Not Bad: Right-wing outrage at a Boston University COVID experiment misses the point of the whole debate.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/deadlier-omicron-covid-made-by-boston-university-researchers-is-not-as-bad-as-you-think

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Ukraine: U.S. lawmakers look to lock in a further $50 billion assistance package: Congress has allocated a total of $65 billion in funding to Ukraine. The package being contemplated would be “dramatically larger” than the $12 billion in military and economic aid the US Congress approved last month for Ukraine, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing a lawmaker and congressional aides on condition of anonymity.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2022/10/21/691327/US-MPs-seek-billions-more-for-Ukraine

The fate of the world economy may depend on what happens to a company most Americans have never heard of:
TSMC is the world’s biggest chipmaker, its chips power everything from cars to iPhones. But US-China tensions, and China’s standoff with Taiwan, could cost the global economy trillions.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fate-world-economy-may-depend-090000563.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade / Global
As US and EU make the global economy scream, provincializing Euro-America in the Asian 21st century: As Cold War escalated in the Indian Ocean Region this year, Sri Lanka’s duel US citizen , Finance Minister, Basil Rajapakse, hastily staged a default in April for the first time in its history, enabling the Washington Consensus to make deep inroads into the strategic island’s policy process.
https://countercurrents.org/2022/10/make-the-economy-scream-whither-the-asian-21st-century/

The GOP’s tactics may have changed, but their objectives remain the same: dismantle Social Security and Medicare as soon as they come into power. If they win in 2022, Republicans are promising the same old cuts to social programs, above all Social Security and Medicare, which they’ve been trying to get at for decades. They’re going to try to force President Biden to agree by threatening a global financial apocalypse. In the words of Roger Daltrey, meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
https://prospect.org/economy/republicans-coming-for-your-social-security-medicare/

# Education / Schools
Florida’s New School Rules Aggressively Target Trans Children and Teachers: The Florida State Board of Education has adopted a series of new rules for public and charter schools that deteriorate protections for LGBTQ+ students. Despite opposition from nearly 100 attendees and over 1,000 messages sent to board members, the new mandates passed in a unanimous vote.
https://www.intomore.com/education/floridas-new-school-rules-aggressively-target-trans-children-teachers/

# Employment / Labor
Railroad Workers Threaten to Strike and Call for Public Takeover of the Rails: A showdown between organized labor and Wall Street looms over the world of freight trains.
https://truthout.org/articles/railroad-workers-threaten-to-strike-and-call-for-public-takeover-of-the-rails/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
New Jersey Joins Other States in Suing Fossil Fuel Industry, Claiming Links to Climate Change: ExxonMobil calls the lawsuit a waste of taxpayers’ money that won’t help curb global warming.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18102022/new-jersey-big-oil-lawsuit/

Indigenous Leaders in Texas Target Global Banks to Keep LNG Export Off of Sacred Land at the Port of Brownsville: Since Congress lifted the oil export ban in 2015, three proposed LNG export facilities have fallen victim to the protest. But the war in Ukraine is an impetus for two remaining projects.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18102022/indigenous-leaders-in-texas-target-global-banks-to-keep-lng-export-off-of-sacred-land-at-the-port-of-brownsville/

The state of New Jersey made waves this week when it sued five oil companies and the American Petroleum Institute, the industry’s most powerful lobbying group, for covering up and misleading the public about climate change.
https://thehill.com/homenews/ap/ap-business/ap-nj-sues-oil-gas-firms-trade-group-over-climate-change/
See also: American Petroleum Institute (API)
https://www.desmog.com/american-petroleum-institute/

White House Quietly Reveals 5-year Plan to Spray Particles in the Sky to Dim the Sun: The plan to dim the sun was tucked neatly away within the thousands of pages of the Consolidated Appropriations Act.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/true-north/2017/mar/27/trump-presidency-opens-door-to-planet-hacking-geoengineer-experiments

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Environmentalists Fear a Massive New Plastics Plant Near Pittsburgh Will Worsen Pollution and Stimulate Fracking: The Shell facility opening soon has been granted a permit to emit more volatile organic compounds than the Clairton Coke Works, a notorious polluter
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16102022/environmentalists-fear-a-massive-new-plastics-plant-near-pittsburgh-will-worsen-pollution-and-stimulate-fracking/

In Texas, a New Study Will Determine Where Extreme Weather Hazards and Environmental Justice Collide
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/17102022/in-texas-a-new-study-will-determine-where-extreme-weather-hazards-and-environmental-justice-collide/

The plastics industry says advanced recycling is a solution to the plastic waste crisis. Environmental groups disagree: The industry says there is a way to help solve the crisis of waste plaguing the oceans, beaches and lands, recycle it, chemically. Chemical recycling typically uses heat or chemical solvents to break down plastics into liquid and gas to produce an oil-like mixture or basic chemicals. Industry leaders say that mixture can be made back into plastic pellets to make new products.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-advanced-plalstic-recycling-20221021-7yohlsmsevg7jgzodt43uqeeva-story.html

Mississippi River has dropped to record-low levels amid severe drought: The worst drought in at least a decade has caused water levels in the Mississippi River to drop to historic lows, slowing down America’s supply chain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCu6puWt6JU

EPA launches federal civil rights investigation over longstanding Jackson water crisis: The Environmental Protection Agency wrote in a letter Thursday that it is opening a civil rights investigation into the state of Mississippi’s role in the breakdown of Jackson’s water system. The complaint alleges Mississippi has discriminated against the city on the basis of race, and that the state has “deprived” Jackson of federal funds intended for maintaining safe drinking water systems.
https://mississippitoday.org/2022/10/20/epa-civil-rights-investigation-jackson-water-system/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Major UK Supermarket Chain Planning To Sell Bugs As Food To Help Poor People Through Winter: A major supermarket chain in the UK is finalising plans to stock insects on its shelves and market them as a cheap food source for people struggling to afford to feed their families amid soaring inflation and the cost of living crisis
https://summit.news/2022/10/20/major-supermarket-in-uk-planning-to-sell-bugs-as-food-to-help-poor-people-through-winter/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Why Did 11 Billion Alaskan Snow Crabs Suddenly Disappear? Scientists are still trying to understand the mystery that has shut down a major fishing industry, but they have theories
https://slate.com/technology/2022/10/alaskan-snow-crabs-dead.html

# General Information / Other News
Trump’s Fundraising PACs Lose $13 Million in Three Months: After the Mar-a-Lago raid, Trump’s mouthpieces suggested there was a fundraising boom for Trump. Turns out, he’s been losing money.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-fundraising-pacs-lose-dollar13-million-in-three-months-after-mar-a-lago-raid

Hunter Biden’s firm took $40M payment from Russian oligarch “to enter the American market”
https://www.theblaze.com/news/hunter-biden-business-russian-oligarch

China gave Biden family $5 million ‘interest free’ ‘forgivable’ loan, Sen. Grassley says
https://nypost.com/2022/10/18/bidens-5m-china-loan-part-of-pay-to-play-scheme-sen-grassley/

Joe Biden ‘was aware’ and potentially ‘involved’ in son Hunter’s crony business dealings
https://nypost.com/2022/10/17/fbi-has-voluminous-evidence-against-hunter-james-biden-sen-grassley/

Trump Plans to Challenge the 2022 Elections, Starting in Philly: The former president is fixated on challenging the results of Pennsylvania’s Senate race, which he views, as one source puts it, as a “dress rehearsal for Trump 2024”
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-midterm-elections-challenge-oz-fetterman-philadelphia-1234616197/

Trump doubles down on threats to sue Pulitzer board at Texas rally: Trump, who has claimed that the papers’ reporting is “totally incorrect,” suggested that he plans to sue the Pulitzer board for defamation.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3699833-trump-doubles-down-on-threats-to-sue-pulitzer-board-at-texas-rally/

# Gov / Politics / Global
Russia Rages After Son of Putin Pal Nabbed on U.S. Charges: The global manhunt for a Russian governor’s son over a major money laundering scheme has ended with an arrest in Milan. The Kremlin is now vowing the move won’t go “unanswered.”
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/russia-rages-son-putin-official-194129795.html

Ex-Russian diplomat warns Putin willing to sacrifice 20 million soldiers to win the war with Ukraine: Mr Bondarev, who worked in nuclear disarmament, described the level of Mr Putin’s desperation – saying he is prepared to see more than a tenth of the population killed in the conflict.
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-vladimir-putin-would-sacrifice-20-million-soldiers-to-win-and-ensure-political-survival-exiled-diplomat-says-12726372

# Gov / Politics / US
To Stop An Abortion-Rights Amendment, Conservatives Are Attacking LGBTQ Rights: The politics of abortion aren’t especially ambiguous at this point: Most Americans don’t want a government ban. And while there’s a range of opinion on exactly when it’s OK to restrict access, or under what conditions, most Americans disapprove of the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade in June. A new ad in Michigan tries to exploit confusion and anxiety over gender-affirming care.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/abortion-michigan-proposition-3-ad-lgbtq_n_6352fd0ce4b08e0e608e8e57

Putin is Correct about NATO & Ukraine. U.S. Double Standard Explained: Declassified U.S. State Department documents prove that MSM and the U.S. government are deceiving the public.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoS9cecaQgg

To Boost Turnout, Sanders Says Dems Must Attack ‘Corporate Agenda of the Republicans’: “What Democrats have got to do is contrast their economic plan with the Republicans’,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “What are the Republicans talking about? They want to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/23/boost-turnout-sanders-says-dems-must-attack-corporate-agenda-republicans

Dark Money Groups Have Pumped $1 Billion Into GOP Effort to Retake Senate: The finding comes a month after Senate Republicans tanked a bill that would have required dark money groups to disclose their donors and funding sources.
https://www.salon.com/2022/10/23/dark-money-groups-have-pumped-1-billion-into-campaigns-to-recapture-senate_partner/

Armed ‘Poll Watchers’ in Arizona Heighten Alarm Over Right-Wing Voter Intimidation: “This is obviously totally incompatible with liberal democracy and an open society,” said one commentator.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/22/armed-poll-watchers-arizona-heighten-alarm-over-right-wing-voter-intimidation

In America, Democracy Can Simply Be Bought by the Billionaires: Citizens United lets billionaires set the terms of debate. “Since Citizens United, just 12 mega-donors, eight of them billionaires, have paid one dollar out of every 13 spent in federal elections.”
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/22/america-democracy-can-simply-be-bought-billionaires

# Legal / DOJ
How a conviction in Trump Org’s upcoming trial could bar Trump from federal contracts, even for Secret Service: Conviction could prompt the government to bar the Trump Organization from doing business as a federal contractor, including cutting off the spigot of Trump’s lucrative, and critics say exorbitant, billing of Secret Service agents who stay at his properties while protecting the former president and his family.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-a-conviction-in-trump-org-s-upcoming-trial-could-bar-trump-from-federal-contracts-even-for-secret-service/ar-AA13hQ25?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=22e0347113bb4811874f17c2b60c2e56

# LGBTQ
Trans Teen, Others Argue Against ‘Deadly’ Arkansas Ban On Gender-Affirming Care: The ACLU is representing a group of transgender minors, their parents and physicians in a lawsuit alleging a constitutional violation.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/arkansas-trial-ban-transgender-medical-care_n_6352f4f1e4b0b7f89f61a0f3

# Media
Ideology not science, here’s why NBC News’ factually inaccurate reporting on the ‘dangers’ of the weedkiller glyphosate sets a dangerous precedent: When it grossly misrepresents overwhelming evidence in addressing contentious science issues, such as the safety and reliability of our food supply, and passes along harmful disinformation, that’s inexcusable.
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2022/10/13/viewpoint-ideology-not-science-heres-why-nbc-news-factually-inacurate-reporting-on-the-dangers-of-the-weedkiller-glyphosate-sets-a-dangerous-precedent/

# Military / DOD
US Navy should prepare for an invasion of Taiwan as soon as this year, fleet chief says: A top US Navy official said on Wednesday that a mainland Chinese invasion of Taiwan could take place as soon as this year, based partly on comments by Chinese President Xi Jinping at a major political conference in Beijing this week. Asked how the US Navy should respond to Xi’s warning at the 20th party congress about Taiwan separatism, Admiral Michael Gilday, chief of US naval operations, said: “It’s not just what President Xi says, but it’s how the Chinese behave and what they do.
https://www.thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2022/10/22/us-navy-should-prepare-for-an-invasion-of-taiwan-as-soon-as-this-year-fleet-chief-says

# Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state’s majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system.
https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1130393118/the-epa-starts-a-civil-rights-probe-into-mississippis-water-woes

Heat waves in U.S. rivers are on the rise. Here’s why that’s a problem: In recent years, heat waves in U.S. rivers have gotten more frequent, causing trouble for fish, plants and water quality.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/heat-waves-rivers-united-states-fish-plants-water-quality#:~:text=The%20temperature%20spikes%20can%20cause,on%20the%20river%20for%20survival

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-21

Voices, The Peoples News

October 21, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous / Global
Told ‘no’ 37 times, this Indigenous-owned company brought electricity to James Bay anyway: Twenty-five years ago, five First Nations brought power to their remote, underserved communities, defying skepticism, scorn and swampy terrain.
https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-indigenous-owned-energy/

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Neurological Issues Found In Nearly 1 In 10 Kids Hospitalized With Covid: A team of researchers found 7% of young covid patients hospitalized from covid had neurological issues.
https://web.musc.edu/about/news-center/2021/08/18/misc-neurology

‘Obscene’: Pfizer Expects Their COVID Shot Will Cost $110: Julia Kosgei, policy adviser to the People’s Vaccine Alliance, accused Pfizer of “shamelessly fleecing the public.”
https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2022-10-20/pfizer-expects-to-price-covid-vaccine-at-110-130-per-dose

New study blames COVID on NIH. University of North Carolina finds Fauci and Baric’s fingerprints on pandemic bug:
Critics have long questioned why the National Institutes of Health would fund experiments by University of North Carolina professor Ralph Baric to develop a technique for hiding evidence of human tampering in laboratory-created super viruses.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/covid-pandemic-nih-unc-fauci-baric/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=84cfc378-168f-4950-b1ba-671f4546a6b0

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Elizabeth Warren Condemns All-Trump Court for Ruling Against Consumer Protection Agency: If allowed to stand, the ruling will essentially sideline the agency unless Congress changes how it is funded
https://truthout.org/articles/warren-condemns-all-trump-court-for-ruling-against-consumer-protection-agency/

# Education / Schools
Texas revamps ‘active-shooter’ drills at K-12 schools: School lockdown drills are designed to prepare students for violent threats. For some students, especially those with special needs, drills can trigger or exacerbate mental health problems. Texas is taking a step toward balancing safety and mental health with regulations around how the drills are conducted.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/active-shooter-drills-texas-schools-to-minimize-trauma/

# Employment / Labor
Want to Know What’s Going On in Our Economy? Talk to Workers. We don’t survey how workers feel about their jobs. We’d learn a lot if we did.
https://prospect.org/labor/want-to-know-whats-going-on-in-our-economy-talk-to-workers/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
U.S. to Hold First Pacific Offshore Wind Sale: This will be the first-ever offshore wind lease sale on America’s west coast and the first-ever U.S. sale to support potential commercial-scale floating offshore wind energy development. This sale is needed to achieve the Biden-Harris administration’s deployment goals of 30 GW of offshore wind energy by 2030 and 15 GW of floating offshore wind energy by 2035.
https://www.rigzone.com/news/us_to_hold_firstever_pacific_offshore_wind_lease_sale-19-oct-2022-170769-article/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
EPA tells South Memphis residents little recourse exists to deal with toxic emissions: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency told South Memphis residents of the hazard risk posed by nearby Sterilization Services of Tennessee.
https://tennesseelookout.com/2022/10/20/epa-tells-south-memphis-residents-little-recourse-exists-to-deal-with-toxic-emissions/

Bacteria outbreak after Ian tells a scary story about Florida’s broken sewage systems: Spills happen all the time from overloaded plants and pipes, not just after a hurricane.
https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/10/20/bacteria-outbreak-after-ian-tells-a-scary-story-about-floridas-broken-sewage-systems/

# General Information / Other News
Murder at Sea: When a grainy video of a grisly mass shooting on the high seas surfaced, one determined detective and a host of NGOs went on a quest for justice. Were it not for 10 minutes and 26 seconds of grainy footage uncovered in 2014, this violent attack and an earlier one that took the lives of as many as 38 fishermen would likely never have come to light.
https://hakaimagazine.com/features/murder-at-sea/

What if as a counterbalance to the power elite, there are millions of people worldwide committed to revealing the deeper levels of deception and to empowering us all to open our eyes and do the right thing?
https://www.wanttoknow.info/

Creating a New Paradigm: “All the darkness of the world cannot put out the light of a single candle.” Together, we are creating a new paradigm on Earth. Yet in order to give meaningful suggestions to further support this, we first need to speak candidly about the old paradigm. It appears that there are factions within the world’s power elite which still desire to exert as much control as possible over the world.
https://www.wanttoknow.info/070707newparadigm

Inside Trumpworld’s Dark Obsession With the GOP Whip Race: A single NRCC email has gotten the attention of Trump’s orbit, and it could be a big problem for NRCC Chairman Tom Emmer.
https://news7h.com/inside-trumpworlds-dark-obsession-with-the-gop-whip-race/

January 6 Committee Can’t Send Trump His Subpoena Because He Lacks Lawyers Who Can Accept It: Part of the difficulty in identifying the proper lawyer is that Trump has had a hard time hiring and retaining legal counsel as of late. According to some media reports, his problems stem from his not paying lawyers in the past.
https://truthout.org/articles/jan-6-panel-cant-send-trump-subpoena-because-he-lacks-lawyers-who-can-take-it/

It’s Official: Jan. 6 Committee Slaps Trump With Subpoena: Former President Donald Trump was formally hit with a subpoena for testimony and documents by the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol. The nine-member panel issued a letter to Trump’s lawyers saying he must testify, either at the Capitol or by videoconference, “beginning on or about” Nov. 14 and continuing for multiple days if necessary. The letter also outlined a request for a series of corresponding documents, including personal communications between Trump and members of Congress as well as extremist groups.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/us-elections-government/ny-trump-subpoena-january-6-committee-20221021-lohlyrbjonacld3wbcevqnhcpi-story.html

Trump Kept Super Secret Intel on China and Iran at His Golf Club: Highly classified documents retrieved from Mar-a-Lago contained sensitive info related to two of America’s foreign adversaries. The insecure storage of the materials could also open up the United States to retaliation by states targeted in the operations.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/trump-kept-super-secret-intel-170601527.html

Trump Warns Pence and Other Cabinet Members It Would Be ‘Very Disloyal’ to Run Against Him: Donald Trump warned members of his former administration that it would be “very disloyal” for any of them to run against him in 2024.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-warns-pence-and-other-cabinet-members-it-would-be-very-disloyal-to-run-against-him/ar-AA13eqfD?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=6d482a61504d43c889fd0d668c9b88a9

# Gov / Politics / Global
EXPOSED: Before Ukraine blew up Kerch Bridge, British spies plotted it – The secret British intelligence plot to blow up Crimea’s Kerch Bridge is revealed in internal documents and correspondence obtained exclusively by The Grayzone.
https://thegrayzone.com/2022/10/10/ukrainian-kerch-bridge/

A Russian defense advisor accidentally revealed on air that the Kremlin is using Iranian drones to attack Ukraine, “We all know the drones are Iranian, but the government has not admitted to it,” Ruslan Pukhov said on a hot mic.
https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-defense-advisor-caught-admitting-russia-iranian-suicide-drones-ukraine-2022-10

Kim Jong Un’s Batsh*t Threats Just Got a Lot Scarier: The real danger isn’t North Korea’s nuclear weapons.
https://news.yahoo.com/kim-jong-un-batshit-threats-000456529.html

# Gov / Politics / US
It’s Time To Cut Zelensky and Ing-wen From the US Dole: Not only is the American taxpayer supporting much of the Ukrainian military, it is also supporting the Ukrainian government. The same working class Americans who were deemed “nonessential” in 2020, who saw their businesses shuttered and burned downl now have to pay entitlement programs both at home and in Ukraine.
https://original.antiwar.com/Patrick_MacFarlane/2022/10/18/its-time-to-cut-zelensky-and-ing-wen-from-the-us-dole/

Time Is Running Out for Democrats to Combat GOP Threat to Social Security and Medicare: House Democrats urge Pelosi and Schumer to permanently undo the threat posed by the debt limit. Democratic leaders are facing growing pressure from progressives and rank-and-file lawmakers to head off the GOP ploy by significantly raising or eliminating the arbitrary federal borrowing limit.
https://truthout.org/articles/time-is-running-out-for-dems-to-combat-gop-threat-to-social-security-medicare/

Penn. County Accused of Breaching Voting System Yet Again: The state’s top election official said Fulton County violated an injunction by allowing a forensics company to look at its voting machines.
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-pennsylvania-breach/pennsylvania-alleges-fulton-county-breached-security-of-voting-machines-for-second-time-idUKL4N31L402

Sensitive voting system passwords posted online. Copies of confidential voting software available for download. Ballot-counting machines inspected by people not supposed to have access. The list of suspected security breaches at local election offices since the 2020 election keeps growing, with investigations underway in at least three states, Colorado, Georgia and Michigan.
https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-technology-colorado-donald-trump-voting-95b862c0cb66aac446a213aace504776

# Law Enforcement
Flynn Group Recruiting Cops, Vets to Stand at Election Sites: Despite its nonpartisan claims, One More Mission is funded by a group led by some of the most prominent pro-Trump election deniers in the country.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/michael-flynn-group-recruits-cops-and-military-veterans-for-one-more-mission-to-watch-election-sites

Police Chief Arrested After Overdose Death Close to Home: One of his girlfriend’s brothers died after overdosing, while another was discovered in “respiratory distress” but was revived with Narcan.
https://www.kktv.com/2022/10/20/police-chief-girlfriend-charged-with-drug-trafficking-after-her-brother-dies-officials-say/

# Legal / DOJ
She Was Burned Alive, and Testified in Her Own Murder Trial: There are abusers, there are killers, after which there are heinous monsters like Michael Slager, who on Aug. 2, 2015, set his girlfriend, 31-year-old Judy Malinowski, on fireplace. The resident of Franklin County, Ohio suffered burns on greater than 95 p.c of her physique and but, astonishingly, survived.
https://realnewshub.com/she-was-burned-alive-and-testified-in-her-own-murder-trial/

Lindsey Graham Must Testify in Georgia Grand Jury Probe of Trump Election Meddling
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/appeals-court-says-sen-lindsey-graham-must-testify-in-georgia-election-probe

# LGBTQ
The GOP Voter Suppression Machine Has a New Target: Trans People: Between voter ID laws and state rules about trans IDs, Republicans have made it a nightmare to be trans and vote
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/transgender-rights-voter-id-republicans-voting-1234615400/

# Medical / Health
CDC Vaccine Advisers Vote To Add Covid Shot To Pediatric Schedule: The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously voted in favor of including the covid vaccine on the list of routine immunizations that doctors follow when recommending vaccinations and that schools consult when setting requirements.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/20/cdc-advisers-recommend-adding-covid-shots-to-routine-schedules-for-kids-adults-00062739

ACA Is MIA From Campaign Fights For First Time In More Than A Decade: The Affordable Care Act, a trigger point in political campaigns for more than a decade, has been conspicuously absent from debates and campaign rhetoric this year.
https://www.axios.com/2022/10/21/aca-missing-from-campaign-fights

Secret files suggest chemical giant feared weedkiller’s link to Parkinson’s disease: Cache of documents seen by Guardian detail effort to refute scientific research into paraquat and derail nomination of key EPA adviser
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/20/syngenta-weedkiller-pesticide-parkinsons-disease-paraquat-documents

Health Insurance Whistleblower: Medicare Advantage Is “Heist” by Private Firms to Defraud the Public
Many of the nation’s largest health insurance companies have made billions of dollars in profits by overbilling the U.S.
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/10/12/medicare_advantage_program_healthcare_providers_unitedhealth

A common respiratory virus is spreading at unusually high levels, overwhelming children’s hospitals. Here’s what parents need to know
https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/a-common-respiratory-virus-is-spreading-at-unusually-high-levels-overwhelming-children-s-hospitals-here-s-what-parents-need-to-know/ar-AA13duFv?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=6d482a61504d43c889fd0d668c9b88a9

# Military / Global
The Kremlin’s Missile Strikes Had No Strategic Aim: Now the apathetic Russian majority has to expend more and more energy to ignore what is happening. What Does Russia Hope to Achieve by Bombing Ukrainian Cities?
The bombings look like an attempt by the Russian establishment to convince itself and others that Russia still has enough determination and resources to regain the military initiative.
https://carnegieendowment.org/politika/88188

# Science
Science Has a Communication Problem, and a Connection Problem: Scientists face barriers when trying to effectively communicate their work. How can they make sure the public understands, and doesn’t misinterpret, important research?
The public needs to see scientists as people, rather than simply sources of information. What barriers stand in the way?
https://undark.org/2022/10/20/science-has-a-communication-problem-and-a-connection-problem/

# Social
Black Voters Mobilize for Midterms Amid GOP-Led Voter Suppression: The “Arc of Voter Justice” bus tour is visiting 26 cities to increase Black voter turnout at critical midterm elections. “African American voters are key to all these races,” says Arnwine. “They’re going to vote what’s in the best interests not only of their community, but the entire nation.” Crenshaw says she is handing out banned books and education to voters because “when racism is unspeakable, then democracy, a full multiracial democracy, is unachievable.”
https://truthout.org/video/black-voters-mobilize-for-midterms-amid-gop-led-voter-suppression/

# Water
EPA opens civil right probe of Mississippi after Jackson water crisis: The agency will also investigate whether the two state departments have procedural safeguards in place to prevent discrimination
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/20/epa-civil-rights-mississippi-naacp-00062820

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-20

Voices, The Peoples News

October 20, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Chemicals
The U.S. Never Banned Asbestos. These Workers Are Paying the Price: As other countries outlawed asbestos, workers in a New York plant were “swimming” in it. Now, in a fight against the chemical industry, the United States may finally ban the potent carcinogen. But help may come too late.
https://www.propublica.org/article/asbestos-poisoning-chemical-plant-niagara-falls

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Republicans Are Coming for Your Social Security and Medicare: Whatever choice they make, Democrats would be well advised to defuse the debt ceiling forever, before this session of Congress ends. So long as it exists, there is a live chance that Republicans will use it to do something appalling or insane. All four GOP representatives running to head the House Budget Committee have promised that they are going to take the debt ceiling hostage to get big cuts. “Our main focus has got to be on nondiscretionary, it’s got to be on entitlements,” said Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA).
https://prospect.org/economy/republicans-coming-for-your-social-security-medicare/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
How Oil Lobbyists Use a Rigged System to Hamstring Biden’s Climate Agenda
The oil lobby is undermining climate action and stand to benefit from the largest oil and gas lease sale to date.
https://www.americanprogress.org/article/oil-lobbyists-use-rigged-system-hamstring-bidens-climate-agenda/

President Biden announced the release of another 15 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Wednesday, before denying that it’s a desperate ploy to drive down gas prices temporarily right before next month’s midterm elections.
https://nypost.com/2022/10/19/biden-releases-15-million-barrels-from-oil-reserve/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
EPA calls out environmental racism in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley: In a “remarkable” letter, the EPA accused Louisiana regulators of neglecting Black residents’ concerns about toxic air pollution and urged the state to move kids out of a school where monitors found extreme levels of a cancer-causing chemical.
https://www.propublica.org/article/cancer-alley-louisiana-epa-environmental-racism

Environmental racism is poisoning America’s waters: Thousands of people in U.S. cities have been left without access to clean water. Communities say institutional racism is to blame.
https://www.pressenza.com/2022/10/environmental-racism-is-poisoning-americas-waters/

# Environment / Climate / Global
How the beef industry conceals its destruction of the Amazon rainforest: The beef industry is flattening the Amazon, even when companies tell you it’s not. Between August 1, 2018, and July 31, 2021, more than 34,000 square km (8.4 million acres) disappeared from the Brazilian Amazon. That’s an area larger than the nation of Belgium, and a 52 percent increase compared to the previous three years. It doesn’t add up. Assuming satellites don’t lie, someone is hiding deforestation.
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2022/10/19/23403330/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-cattle-laundering

# Gov / Politics / Global
Inside the Aggressive Legal War to Shield the Founder of Russia’s Wagner Group: Hacked emails from a Russian law firm reveal Yevgeny Prigozhin’s approach to fighting sanctions, and journalists.
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/19/russia-hack-wagner-group-yevgeny-prigozhin/

Shadow Government in Putin’s Own Backyard Plots Against Him: The rivals of Putin’s most trusted neighbor are pursuing an alliance aimed at hampering Russia’s designs on the West.
https://news.yahoo.com/shadow-government-putin-own-backyard-032152167.html

Liz Truss Resigns, Becoming U.K.’s Shortest-Serving Prime Minister
https://www.axios.com/2022/10/20/shortest-prime-ministers-term-uk

The Ukraine situation continues to be concerning with Russian losses mounting and Russia poised to lose even more captured territory. Analysts believe options for Russia are limited, more so due to the Russian President who will not accept a loss. This heightens the possibility of nuclear use by Russia as conditions continue to deteriorate. In the near term, however, there does not appear to be an imminent threat of nuclear attack. This can change based on battlefield conditions.
https://defconwarningsystem.com/2022/10/19/addressing-putins-nuclear-threat-thinking-like-the-cold-war-kgb-officer-that-he-was/

# Gov / Politics / US
Biden’s Former Haitian Envoy Slams White House Plan for Armed Intervention: “We’re going to have a civil uprising in Haiti similar to 1915,” said former Ambassador Dan Foote. The Biden administration scuttled Haiti’s plans for free elections and backed a de facto dictator in exchange for his willingness to accept deportees, America’s former envoy to the country says.
https://nypost.com/2022/09/14/biden-sold-out-haitian-democracy-for-a-migrant-deal-ex-envoy/

Leaked Texts Reveal Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Private Push to Overturn 2020 Election: Newly unearthed texts reveal Marjorie Taylor Greene’s failed attempt to recruit Kelly Loeffler on Jan. 6 plan
https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-texts/

Concerned over lack of “working-class” energy for midterms, Sanders plans 8-state blitz: “Democrats need to clearly say what more we’ll do to fix the economy for working people if we hold on to Congress.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/19/concerned-over-lack-working-class-energy-midterms-sanders-plans-8-state-blitz

Following Supreme Court decision, self-funding candidates are using campaign funds to pay themselves back: A rule change after the Supreme Court’s FEC v. Ted Cruz decision is helping put campaign money back in self-funding candidates’ pockets.
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/10/following-supreme-court-decision-self-funding-candidates-are-using-campaign-funds-to-pay-themselves-back

# Law Enforcement
Oakland Cops Hope to Arm Robots With Lethal Shotguns: While official language condoning killer robots is shelved for now, Oakland police are still pursuing the option. The back-and-forth between the Oakland Police Department and a civilian oversight body concluded with the police relinquishing their push for official language that would have allowed them to kill humans with robots under certain circumstances.
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/17/police-robot-gun-oakland/

Video appears to show Los Angeles deputies bashing a man’s head into the pavement during a violent arrest. The man’s family say he will lose his eye as a result.
https://www.insider.com/video-shows-la-deputies-bashing-mans-head-during-violent-arrest-2022-10

# Legal / DOJ
Former president Donald Trump signed and filed court documents that he knew contained false information as part of his scheme to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge wrote Wednesday. US District Judge David Carter wrote. “The Court finds that these emails are sufficiently related to and in furtherance of a conspiracy to defraud the United States.” Carter was referring to figures Trump and his attorneys had put in a Dec. 4, 2020, court filing in Georgia in which they had alleged authorities in Fulton County had improperly counted the votes of 10,315 dead people, 2,560 felons, and 2,423 unregistered voters.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/trump-court-documents-false-information-judge

‘Nasty, wrong, ill-informed’: Trump erupts at judge after being implicated in potential criminal offenses: Trump, in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, lambasted U.S. District Judge David Carter as a “partisan hack” and repeated his false claim that his loss to President Joe Biden was the result of a “rigged and stolen” election.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/20/trump-slams-judge-who-said-he-knowingly-pushed-false-voter-fraud-case.html?__source=google%7Ceditorspicks%7C&par=google

J6 Panel Can’t Find a Legit Lawyer to Accept Trump Subpoena: The committee formally voted to subpoena the former president last Thursday.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jan-6-committee-cant-find-an-actual-lawyer-to-accept-trumps-subpoena-to-testify

# Medical / Health Global
Uganda is struggling to contain outbreak of untreatable Ebola strain. Two vaccine candidates to be deployed: We don’t know if these vaccine formulations will work, it’s worth a shot.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/uganda-ebola-outbreak-vaccines-94624523/

# Medical / Health
Critics Say Insurance Companies Deny Medical Claims to Make Billions in Profit: Sen. Bernie Sanders, patients and advocates are calling out insurers as analysts forecast premiums to spike. Elevance Health, the largest for-profit company within the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, surpassed Wall Street expectations on Wednesday and reported nearly $40 billion in revenue during the third quarter of 2022.
https://truthout.org/articles/critics-say-insurance-companies-deny-medical-claims-to-make-billions-in-profit/

# Military / DOD
American Military Equipment Caught en Route to Russia: The machinery was intercepted in Latvia, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Connecticut announced. European Nationals and Entities Indicted on Charges of Violating U.S. Laws for Their Attempt to Export a Dual-Use High-Precision Jig Grinder to Russia
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ct/pr/european-nationals-and-entities-indicted-charges-violating-us-laws-their-attempt-export

# Military / Global
North Korea Fires Artillery Barrage into Sea Amid Joint U.S.-South Korea War Games: South Korea’s military detected the artillery being fired from a western North Korean coastal town, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. On Tuesday night, North Korea fired about 100 shells off its west coast and 150 rounds off its east coast, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said earlier.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/north-korea-fires-more-artillery-shells-toward-korean-sea-buffer-zone

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
US Congress makes UFO evidence public: The UFO phenomenon is an incessant source of fascination. The latest occurrence: a series of images and videos of “unexplained aerial phenomena” that were shown in the United States Congress, of all places.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/19/new-territory-americas-top-aerospace-sleuths-join-ufo-hunt-00062588

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-19

Voices, The Peoples News

October 19, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
Feds Step in After South Dakota Hotel Owner’s Racist Rant: Indigenous Americans were barred from staying at the Grand Gateway Hotel because the owner said she couldn’t tell “the nice ones from the bad Natives.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/doj-sues-south-dakotas-grand-gateway-hotel-for-racist-treatment-of-native-americans
See also: Justice Department Files Lawsuit Challenging Policy Barring Native Americans From Accessing South Dakota Hotel and Sports Lounge
https://www.justice.gov/usao-sd/pr/justice-department-files-lawsuit-challenging-policy-barring-native-americans-accessing

# Indigenous / Global
How an Indigenous family under siege became a symbol of resistance in the Amazon: Indigenous territories in Rôndonia have been the target of a recent wave of illegal activities such as land invasions, illegal mining and illegal logging, while their defenders have been threatened and even killed.
https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/how-an-indigenous-family-under-siege-became-a-symbol-of-resistance-in-the-amazon/

# Children / Youth
Texas Giving Parents DNA Kits So Kids Can Be ID’d After Shootings: The kits will allow parents to keep a description, saliva sample, and fingerprints on file for their child that can then be turned over to authorities should they need to be identified.
https://sports.yahoo.com/texas-giving-parents-dna-kits-141408944.html

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
California Passes COVID Policy Law Silencing Doctors: A new law in California will punish doctors if they give their patients information related to COVID-19 that does not conform to “contemporary scientific consensus” and can be deemed “misinformation” or “disinformation” by the California Medical Board or California Osteopathic Board.
https://californiaglobe.com/articles/gov-newsom-signs-bill-to-censor-ca-doctors-accused-of-spreading-covid-misinformation/

# Economy / Finance / Trade
McCarthy’s Plan for a Debt Limit Showdown: Republican are prepared to play with fire if they win control of the House. Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) confirmed the GOP will look to use the federal debt limit as leverage to force Democratic concessions on spending. The cuts could potentially involve Social Security and Medicare.
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20221018-GOP-Signals-Plan-Debt-Limit-Showdown

No one knows for sure what will happen in the midterm elections. But if Republicans take over one or both houses of Congress, the biggest question will be one that receives little public attention: What will the Biden administration do when the GOP threatens to blow up the world economy by refusing to raise the debt limit?
https://time.news/preparing-for-republican-debt-blackmail/

What Social Security should really be paying to survive in this economy: There is a basis for the conservative critique that an 8.7 percent increase in Social Security benefits slated for 2023 is insufficient, the solution is to make benefits more generous, rather than to cut the program as Republicans aim to do.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/10/17/what-social-security-should-really-be-paying-to-survive-in-this-economy/

Republicans Plan on Threatening Recession If They Can’t Cut Medicare, Social Security: The GOP plans to use the debt ceiling as a political bludgeon, threatening either recession or Social Security cuts.
https://truthout.org/articles/gop-plan-on-threatening-recession-if-they-cant-cut-medicare-social-security/

House Dem Says ‘Every Republican Should Be Asked’ About GOP Ploy to Cut Social Security: “This is Republicans’ own words and Americans need to hear them loud and clear,” said Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/19/house-dem-says-every-republican-should-be-asked-about-gop-ploy-cut-social-security

# Education / Schools
Refused by Lower Courts, Right-Wing Group Asks SCOTUS to Stop Student Debt Relief: The long-shot appeal comes days after the Biden administration opened up applications for debt relief
https://rollcall.com/2022/10/19/taxpayer-group-asks-supreme-court-to-halt-student-debt-program/

Texas commission recommends tying community colleges’ state funding to their performance: State higher education leaders are pushing for the changes as community colleges face greater workforce demands and financial pressures. The commission’s report now goes to lawmakers, who are expected to file legislation on the matter next session.
https://localtoday.news/tx/the-texas-commission-recommends-tying-state-funding-for-community-colleges-to-performance-75099.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
President Joe Biden is set to announce Wednesday a plan to release 15 million barrels of oil from U.S. emergency reserves in an effort to ease high gasoline prices and ease pressure on Democrats ahead of the midterm elections.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/10/19/biden-will-release-15-million-barrels-of-oil-from-reserves–heres-what-to-watch-for/?sh=4919c99b5545

EPA, enviro groups file last flurry of comments for Army Corps’ review of Line 5 tunnel: Other recommendations include those regarding environmental justice, tribal resources, climate change, impacts to endangered species and habitats and more.
https://michiganadvance.com/2022/10/18/epa-enviro-groups-file-last-flurry-of-comments-for-army-corps-review-of-line-5-tunnel/

New oil slick in Long Beach has campaigners demanding environmental change statewide: “How many more oil spills and fossil fuel accidents do we need until the city and the state begins to prioritize public health and the environment?”
https://www.nationofchange.org/2022/10/19/new-oil-slick-in-long-beach-has-campaigners-demanding-environmental-change-statewide/

New Jersey sues five oil companies, alleging decades of ‘concealment’ and ‘public deception’ on climate change
The New Jersey legal campaign, like the others, seeks compensation from the oil industry for the large and growing destructive cost of the worsening climate crisis. The case adds to a growing number of major climate accountability cases against the oil industry, a scenario that Shell predicted in 1998.
https://www.desmog.com/2022/10/18/new-jersey-sues-shell-exxon-api-oil-public-deception-climate/

Group Calls for US Ban on Gasoline Exports to Combat Big Oil Price Gouging: “The fossil fuel industry has made obscene profits throughout a deadly global pandemic, and will continue this profiteering at the pump by promoting fuel exports when supplies are tight.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/18/biden-big-oil-gas-prices-00062289

# General Information / Other News
A man who billed himself the Used Car King of New York pleaded guilty to wire fraud in Houston federal court, admitting to buying and selling thousands of fake Texas temporary license plates to people in New York, Florida and Washington, D.C.
https://nypost.com/2021/08/05/used-car-king-of-ny-busted-in-paper-license-plate-scam/

# Gov / Politics / Global
‘Can’t Force Love’: Russian Diplomats to Kiss West Goodbye: In a bizarre speech, Putin’s foreign minister said there is no longer any “point nor desire” for Russian diplomats to hold posts in western countries, citing ‘inhumane’ treatment.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlin-foreign-minister-sergei-lavrov-tells-russian-diplomats-to-bid-farewell-to-west

Putin Formally Declares Martial Law in Illegally Annexed Ukrainian Regions: As the war intensifies, his decree orders the creation of territorial defense forces in the four annexed regions.
https://truthout.org/articles/putin-formally-declares-martial-law-in-illegally-annexed-ukrainian-regions/

Frantic Putin Flexes New War Tactic That Is Mostly Useless: The Kremlin, seeking to bounce back from an “anti-Putin trend” among the public, is trying out another party trick that will only drag millions more Russians into the war.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/vladimir-putin-flexes-new-ukraine-war-tactic-that-is-mostly-useless

# Gov / Politics / US
President Joe Biden promised to codify Roe v. Wade into law if Democrats manage to add Senate seats and hold control of the House of Representatives in November, making it the first bill he would send to the new Congress. Biden made the pledge at a Democratic National Committee event Tuesday afternoon at The Howard theater in Washington.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-codify-roe-v-wade-congress_n_634eb359e4b0e376dc10cb7e?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Fringe%2010/18/22&utm_term=us-fringe

“That’s the end of democracy.” Liz Cheney Says Arizona GOP Candidates Threaten Democracy
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney says the Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state pose a huge risk for democracy because both say they will refuse to certify election results if they don’t like the results.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2022-10-05/liz-cheney-says-arizona-gop-candidates-threaten-democracy

How the Center Enables Fascism. It’s not enough to be ‘pro-democracy.’ It’s necessary to be pro-worker: If we lose our democracy to fascism, one key reason will be that corporate Republicans and Democrats, who profess to care about saving democracy, have relentlessly opposed the populist economic policies that might give working-class people some reason to believe in democracy.
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/how-the-center-enables-fascism/

Texas Woman’s Near-Death Experience Is What GOP ‘Hopes to See Nationwide’: “It’s this simple: If anti-choice Republicans win control of Congress, they will pass a national ban on abortion,” said one advocate.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/19/texas-womans-near-death-experience-what-gop-hopes-see-nationwide

‘Imminent Danger’: Millions Set to Lose Medicaid, Food Benefits Once Public Health Emergency Ends: “When the public health emergency ends, many individuals and families will experience the cumulative impact of losing access to both Medicaid and SNAP,” advocates warned.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/19/imminent-danger-millions-set-lose-medicaid-food-benefits-once-public-health

Democracy Is Defenseless and the Midterms Can Kill It: A derelict Republican Party must be defeated on November 8 if our democracy is to survive.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/08/21/democrats-democracy-danger-midterms-00052748

# Law Enforcement
Even Cops Thought DeSantis’ Voter Fraud Crackdown Was Absurd: Body-cam footage from three of DeSantis’ much-hyped 20 arrests showed apologetic cops taking into custody people who had no idea they’d committed a crime.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/even-cops-thought-florida-gov-ron-desantis-voter-fraud-crackdown-was-ridiculous-body-cam-videos-show

He Marched At The Nazi Rally In Charlottesville. Then He Went Back To Being A Cop: An exclusive HuffPost report confirms that Massachusetts police officer John Donnelly played a key role in the violent Unite the Right rally five years ago.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-donnelly-police-officer-charlottesville-white-supremacist-woburn-massachusetts_n_634856a1e4b08e0e60812d63

A Cop Was Charged By The Feds For Stomping On A Handcuffed Black Man’s Face
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/indianapolis-police-charged-stomping-face-eric-huxley

# Legal / DOJ
The Incredible Mystery of How Trump Got Judge Cannon: “I find it bizarre”: Experts think it’s fishy how Trump Judge Aileen Cannon landed Mar-a-Lago case
https://www.salon.com/2022/10/18/i-find-it-bizarre-experts-think-its-fishy-how-aileen-cannon-landed-mar-a-lago-case/

U.S. Supreme Court throws out Texas lawsuit contesting 2020 election results in four battleground states: The lawsuit challenged election results in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin. The high court said Texas did not have standing to bring the case.
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/12/11/texas-lawsuit-supreme-court-election-results/

FBI investigating Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: The bureau is probing allegations that Paxton broke the law by using the attorney general’s office to serve the interests of a political donor, two unnamed sources told the Associated Press.
https://apnews.com/article/ken-paxton-austin-texas-crime-f8413d14842d848e69cf81bb4d2e87e2

Paxton Surrenders in Securities Fraud Indictment: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appeared for booking in Collin County prior to the public release of a securities fraud indictment against him.
https://www.texastribune.org/2015/08/03/paxton-set-surrender-securities-fraud-indictment/

Former speaker Lee Chatfield under investigation for criminal enterprise, in addition to an investigation into his sister-in-law’s claims that he sexually abused her for over a decade, according to a report from the Detroit News.
He is being investigated for embezzlement, bribery and campaign finance violations, according to The Detroit News report.
https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/lee-chatfield-former-michigan-house-speaker-rebekah-allegations-republican-sexual-abuse-adderall-embezzlement-bribery-campaign-finance-violations

# Media
FBI Raids Star ABC News Producer’s Home: Star news producer vanishes after FBI raids his Arlington home
‘He contacted me in the spring, and was really distraught, and told me that he had some serious personal issues going on,’ co-author says
https://deadline.com/2022/10/abc-news-producer-fbi-raid-james-gordon-meek-1235149633/

# Medical / Health
1.3 Million Diabetics Rationed Their Insulin Last Year as Prices Soar: Insulin prices have risen sharply over the last two decades, forcing more than a million diabetics in the U.S. to take less than they need to maintain good health, according to a study published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
https://www.citizen.org/news/new-study-1-3-million-americans-with-diabetes-ration-insulin-due-to-cost/

Flesh-eating bacteria cases are rising in Florida after Hurricane Ian with 65 cases recorded state-wide, authorities say: Local authorities reported nearly six times more infections this year than last year
https://www.insider.com/florida-flesh-eating-bacteria-surging-hurricane-ian-vibrio-vulnificus-2022-10

# Military / DOD
Feds Charge Pentagon Contractor With Lying About Ties to ISIS: Mohammad Rafi Mohammadi worked for the U.S. in Afghanistan. He was also allegedly helping the terrorist group behind a bombing that killed 13 American troops
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/feds-charge-pentagon-contractor-lying-ties-isis-1234613855/

Retired Military Personnel Are Making Bank Working for Saudi Arabia: Retired military officials are finding high-paying jobs with the Saudi government and can make up up to 7-figure salaries working for other foreign governments
https://news.yahoo.com/retired-military-officials-finding-high-022045976.html

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-18

Voices, The Peoples News

October 18, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Indigenous
The precarious position of treaty-less tribes: What a five-year fight over a few dozen clams shows about the inconsistent rights of Indigenous tribes. At the core of the dispute is a key distinction between the haves and have-nots. In this case, between Indigenous nations that have a treaty with the US government, like the Quinault, and those that do not, like the Cowlitz. Those treaties, often signed more than a century ago, dictate the rights of tribal members to this day. The Cowlitz people, said tribal elder Robin Torner during his testimony in the Simmonses’ trial, have been harvesting and eating razor clams from along Copalis Beach long before the United States existed.
https://hakaimagazine.com/news/the-precarious-position-of-treaty-less-tribes/

# Border / Immigration
Operation Lone Star task force ‘holding the line’ against cartel traffickers but ‘can’t stop everyone’: A 20-agency Operation Lone Star Task Force is making headway interdicting cartel and gang activity stemming from the Texas-Mexico border along a major trafficking route to the so-called sanctuary city of Houston, officials say
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/operation-lone-star-task-force-holding-the-line-against-cartel-traffickers-but-can-t-stop/article_fa94d572-4bd9-11ed-8730-f3e97c796a35.html

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Free Film October 18-27: “The Real Anthony Fauci”: RFK Jr’s Explosive Book Exposing Fauci shows that Robert Kennedy Jr.’s book The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health was published in November 2021. At 450 pages, it is encyclopedic. “For anyone who doubts that the Covid-19 crisis is an intelligence-run operation controlled by spooks working with medical technocrats like Anthony Fauci, billionaires such as Bill Gates, the military, media, Big Pharma, the World Economic Forum, etc., a close reading of this book – with its 2,194 references – will disabuse one of that illusion.”
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2022/10/free-film-october-18-27-the-real-anthony-fauci.html

‘Shocking’: EcoHealth Alliance receives another round of funding for coronavirus bat research in Asia: A coalition of leading House Republicans is raising the alarm and demanding answers after the Biden administration approved another round of grant funding for research on coronaviruses and bats in Asia. EcoHealth Alliance is the group that received funding to study bats and coronaviruses via the infamous lab in Wuhan, China. The contract with that lab has been severed, in large part due to international scrutiny and questions about its role in the origin of the pandemic.
https://highlandcountypress.com/Content/Opinions/Opinion/Article/-Shocking-EcoHealth-Alliance-receives-another-round-of-funding-for-coronavirus-bat-research-in-Asia-/4/22/84159

Experts slam Boston lab where scientists have created a new deadly Covid strain with an 80% kill rate: “This is playing with fire – it could spark a lab-generated pandemic.” Researchers added Omicron’s spike protein to the original Wuhan Covid strain, Omicron’s spike is highly mutated which made it the most infectious variant ever. Eight in 10 mice infected with the lab-created strain died at Boston University lab
https://www.firstpost.com/explainers/explained-the-truth-behind-boston-universitys-new-covid-strain-with-80-kill-rate-11473321.html

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Republicans have been hammering President Joe Biden over inflation running at a 40-year high. The “Commitment to America” agenda outlined last month by House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy of California promised to strengthen the economy and fight inflation. Republicans plan to try to extend parts of their 2017 tax cuts if they win control of Congress, a step that many economists say would worsen inflation and run contrary to GOP rhetoric about reducing the federal budget deficit.
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20221017-New-Battle-Royale-Over-Trumps-Tax-Cuts

If They Retake Congress, GOP Plan to Make Trump Tax Cuts for Rich Permanent: “I’m shocked,” said one progressive journalist, “shocked to see that when it comes to tax cuts for the wealthy, the Republicans really don’t care about inflation, deficits, the debt, or inequality.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/17/if-they-retake-congress-gop-plan-make-trump-tax-cuts-rich-permanent

# Employment / Labor
Two more railroad unions approve labor pact as possible strike still looms after midterms: Two more unions have ratified a national collective bargaining agreement with the nation’s railroads
https://railfanning.org/2022/10/two-more-railroad-unions-approve-labor-pact-as-possible-strike-still-looms-after-midterms/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Here Are 23 Ways to Save On Your Electric Bills Right Now. Try these tips to spend less on your monthly bills.
If you’re looking for ways to cut down on utility costs, there are plenty of simple measures you can take to lower your energy bills from turning off the lights to doing laundry the cost-efficient way.
https://www.cnet.com/pictures/here-are-23-ways-to-save-on-your-electric-bills-right-now/

Oil companies face a looming talent gap as much of their workforce reaches retirement age and young people steer clear of fossil fuel jobs. Starved of new talent: Young people are steering clear of oil jobs. Who wants to work for the brands that brought you climate change?
https://grist.org/energy/young-people-are-steering-clear-of-oil-jobs-retention-hiring/?utm_medium=email

This map reveals clean energy jobs now outnumber fossil-fuel ones: More than 65 million people worked in the global energy sector in 2019, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Clean energy jobs now account for more than half of employment in the sector.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/09/iea-clean-energy-jobs/

Clean energy transition gains speed, despite global tumult: Investment in wind and solar is set to outpace oil and gas drilling for the first time this year, according to one analyst — a milestone in the worldwide transition to clean energy that comes in spite of a spiraling energy crisis and calls to increase fossil fuel production.
https://www.eenews.net/articles/clean-energy-transition-gains-speed-despite-global-tumult/

Shallow-water mining isn’t the eco alternative to deep-sea mining, study says: Mining in the shallow waters of the continental shelf is seen as more sustainable than deep-sea mining, but goes against global goals on sustainability
https://phys.org/news/2022-09-shallow-water-sustainable-alternative-deep-water-scientists.html

Oil and Gas Exports Under Scrutiny as Home Heating Costs Forecast to Spike by Up to 28 Percent: U.S. oil and gas exports are increasing, and new fossil fuel projects threaten coastal frontline communities.
https://truthout.org/articles/oil-gas-exports-under-scrutiny-as-heating-costs-forecast-to-spike-28/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Russia has been laundering stolen grain from Ukraine and selling it to countries affected by food shortages, an investigation finds. Satellite images and shipment data reveal how Russian shippers are transporting illicit grain from territories the Kremlin claims to have annexed.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/russia-smuggling-ukraine-grain-putin-war/

# General Information / Other News
New accusations against parent company of Trump’s Truth Social: The co-founder of Donald Trump’s media business, Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG), has become a whistleblower, claiming the firm used “fraudulent misrepresentations” to raise over $1 billion in funding. It’s the latest in a string of controversies for the parent company of Trump’s social media network Truth Social.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/16/trump-media-truth-social-whistleblower-sec-complaint

The company behind Truth Social fired its co-founder after he shared whistleblower documents with the Washington Post, the publication reported
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-questions-raised-over-how-trumps-mar-a-lago-case-ended-up-in-the-hands-of-judge-aileen-cannon/ar-AA135RXw?li=BBnbfcL

# Gov / Politics / Global
One Country Is Keeping Putin’s Brutal Bombing Campaign Alive: Iran is happy to send Vladimir Putin a stockpile of missiles and kamikaze drones so he can desperately try to keep his war against Ukraine on track, for now.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/theres-one-country-keeping-putins-desperate-bombing-campaign-alive

U.N. Secretary-General Calls for ‘Armed Action’ to reopen port in Haiti: The United Nations Secretary-General called for an international “armed action” to reopen a port in Haiti that has been shut down by conflict.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-live-un-security-council-meeting-on-the-crisis-in-haiti

Kremlin ‘power grab’ in full swing as controversial Wagner Group boss pushes Putin to oust defence minister Shoigu: According to various reports including CNN in Russia and Europe, Prigozhin, who only answers to the Russian president, is so frustrated with the lack of progress in Ukraine that he is pressuring Putin to sack the country’s defense minister, Shoigu. Fred Pleitzen, the international correspondent in the news network, reported that the Wagner mercenary group “is now the leader of Putin’s invading force.”
https://biz.crast.net/kremlin-power-grab-in-full-swing-as-controversial-wagner-group-boss-pushes-putin-to-oust-defense-minister-shoigu/

# Gov / Politics / US
The Democrats and Republicans are insane.
The economy is in shambles.
The climate is in chaos.
Wars are intensifying in Ukraine and across the Middle East.
Most people don’t really want the truth.
They just want constant reassurance that what they believe, is the truth.
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The ‘Big Lie’ GOP Has Some Other Midterm Whoppers Up Its Sleeve. They involve crime, inflation, and taxes. Here are the GOP’s claims, followed by the facts.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/17/big-lie-gop-has-some-other-midterm-whoppers-its-sleeve

The Litany of Lies the GOP Tells in Order to Destroy Public Education: Critical race theory, pornographic school books, and other bogeymen haunt the platforms of Republican Party candidates without any evidence that this stuff is a reality. Doug Mastriano, the GOP nominee for Governor of Pennsylvania, actually promises to ban pole dancing in public schools.
Pole dancing!
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/17/litany-lies-gop-tells-order-destroy-public-education

Election deniers and defenders poised for next phase in voting wars: Unprecedented efforts by pro-Trump Republicans and election officials are targeting 2022’s general election.
https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/Threats-to-democracy/election-deniers

Body Cam Footage Shows Confused Floridians Arrested for Voting as DeSantis Cracks Down: A Florida cop advised one of the people arrested in DeSantis’ voter fraud crackdown how to defend himself against the charges, body camera footage shows
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-cop-advised-one-people-155225414.html

Biden’s Tech-War Goes Nuclear: The Biden administration is admitting that we are at war with China: Biden’s ‘Armageddon’ warning wasn’t based on new intelligence, US says. US president made most outspoken remark on threat of wartime nuclear weapons when speaking at a fundraiser on Thursday
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/07/biden-armageddon-warning-russia-nuclear-weapons-ukraine

# Law Enforcement
Video Shows Cops Badger Drunk Black Man Before Killing Him: He fell asleep in a gas station parking lot. He had a gun, but experts say his death is a case study in policing gone wrong.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/keshawn-thomas-albuquerque-man-gunned-down-after-cops-escalated-the-situation-experts-say?source=articles&via=rss

# Legal / DOJ
The Incredible Mystery of How Trump Got Judge Cannon: There are a number of incredible coincidences that led to the former president getting his preferred judge.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AReFJfw48_A

Donald Trump finally gets served $250 million NY fraud lawsuit after refusing 3 weeks, and a court order:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/donald-trump-finally-gets-served-250-million-ny-fraud-lawsuit-after-3-weeks-and-a-court-order/ar-AA134fnJ

New questions raised over how Trump’s Mar-a-Lago case ended up in the hands of Judge Aileen Cannon
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-questions-raised-over-how-trumps-mar-a-lago-case-ended-up-in-the-hands-of-judge-aileen-cannon/ar-AA135RXw?li=BBnbfcL

Judge Aileen Cannon’s Reign of Madness Is Over: Here’s why the 11th Circuit, including two Trump judges, ruled in favor of the Department of Justice.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/09/trump-mar-a-lago-case-how-two-trump-judges-ended-aileen-cannons-reign-of-madness.html

# Medical / Health
‘The Cash Monster Was Insatiable’: How Insurers Exploited Medicare for Billions: By next year, half of Medicare beneficiaries will have a private Medicare Advantage plan. Most large insurers in the program have been accused in court of fraud
https://nypan.org/about/news-and-updates/2022/10/16/the-cash-monster-was-insatiable-how-insurers-exploited-medicare-for-billions

# Military / Global
Ex-RAF Pilots Lured to Train Chinese Military, U.K. Says: As many as 30 pilots have been recruited with packages as lucrative as $270,000 in what Britain’s Defense Ministry is calling a serious threat. Former British military pilots are being lured to China with large sums of money to pass on their expertise to the Chinese military, it is claimed. Up to 30 former UK military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of China’s People’s Liberation Army.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63293582

Panic as Russia Drags Another Neighbor to the Brink of War: Russian President Vladimir Putin is sending as many as 9,000 servicemen to Belarus, striking fear in Belarusians about possible mobilization.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/panic-russia-drags-another-neighbor-203854299.html

Rehearsal for ‘Armageddon’ Underway as NATO and Russia Hold Nuclear Exercises: “All nuclear exercises imply willingness to mass murder civilians, wipe out entire cities, and risk all-out nuclear war,” said ICAN. “They also risk accidents and escalation, and will legitimize Russia’s dangerous nuclear rhetoric.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/10/17/rehearsal-armageddon-underway-nato-and-russia-hold-nuclear-exercises

# Science
Scientists at Top U.S. Nuke Lab Recruited by China: Over 160 researchers are said to have gone to China to work on futuristic weapons. At least 154 Chinese scientists who worked on government-sponsored research at the U.S.’s foremost national security laboratory over the last two decades have been recruited to do scientific work in China, some of which helped advance military technology that threatens American national security, according to a new private intelligence report
https://www.yahoo.com/video/scientists-america-top-nuclear-lab-010122291.html

# Technology
Electric Vehicles Catching Fire After Hurricane ‘Not an Isolated Event.’ Federal Traffic Safety Authority, Fire teams may need more support to prepare for inevitable fires and expressed that it may not be a question of “if,” but “when.” Ian flooding, storm surges expose vulnerability of batteries in electric vehicles sparking fire incidents of electric vehicles after hurricanes are becoming common according to reports
https://justthenews.com/nation/technology/hurricane-results-electric-vehicles-catching-fire-not-isolated-incident

Electric-vehicle fires have burned down homes after Hurricane Ian saltwater damage. Florida officials want answers
https://fortune.com/2022/10/15/electric-vehicle-fires-homes-burned-hurricane-ian-saltwater-flooding-ev-batteries/

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-17

Voices, The Peoples News

October 17, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration
D.C. Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Republican Governors’ Shipping of Immigrants to the Capital:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and others have been sending thousands of immigrants to Washington, D.C. Karl Racine, the district’s attorney general, is investigating whether immigrants have been deceived.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/14/abbott-migrants-washington-investigation/

US shift on Venezuelan migrants fuels anxiety in Mexico: Jose Lara got a call asking if his shelter had room for Venezuelan migrants who were among the first expelled to Mexico under an expanded U.S. policy that denies rights to seek asylum.
https://apnews.com/article/health-latin-america-mexico-immigration-covid-67b24ae4d99a44a14fbfe6ce0d9edcc7

# Children / Youth
Police Need Warrants to Search Homes. Child Welfare Agents Almost Never Get One: Each year, child protective services agencies inspect the homes of roughly 3.5 million children, opening refrigerators and closets without a warrant. Only about 5% of these kids are ultimately found to have been physically or sexually abused.
https://www.propublica.org/article/child-welfare-search-seizure-without-warrants

Mandatory Reporting Was Supposed to Stop Severe Child Abuse. It Punishes Poor Families Instead: After the Sandusky child abuse scandal rocked Pennsylvania, the state required more professionals to report suspected child abuse. That led to a strained child welfare system and more unsubstantiated reports against low-income families.
https://www.propublica.org/article/mandatory-reporting-strains-systems-punishes-poor-families

# Chemicals
Toxic PFAS pollution is likely at more than 57,000 US locations: Toxic PFAS have likely contaminated roughly 57,412 locations across the U.S., according to a new study.
https://www.ecowatch.com/pfas-sites-united-states.html

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
Alex Berenson tells RFK, ‘I Can Now Bring a Claim Directly Against the White House’: Alex Berenson didn’t initially have a strong negative feeling about the COVID-19 vaccines, that changed after he saw the lack of safety and testing done on them.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/alex-berenson-white-house-rfk-jr-podcast/

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Rent Going Up? One Company’s Algorithm Could Be Why. Texas-based RealPage’s YieldStar software helps landlords set prices for apartments across the U.S. With rents soaring, critics are concerned that the company’s proprietary algorithm is hurting competition.
https://www.propublica.org/article/yieldstar-rent-increase-realpage-rent

When Private Equity Becomes Your Landlord: Amid a national housing crisis, giant private equity firms have been buying up apartment buildings en masse to squeeze them for profit, with the help of government-backed Freddie Mac. Meanwhile, tenants say they’re the ones paying the price.
https://www.propublica.org/article/when-private-equity-becomes-your-landlord

This New Jersey Agency Prioritizes Tourism Over Housing, Pushing Vulnerable Residents Out of Their Homes:
The state’s Casino Reinvestment Development Authority is supposed to put casino taxes back into the community. Some of its deals have made housing options worse, not better, for Atlantic City’s vulnerable residents.
https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/local/this-new-jersey-agency-prioritizes-tourism-over-housing-pushing-vulnerable-residents-out-of-their-homes/article_7275fe90-4a59-11ed-8cac-131964796c5d.html

# Education / Schools
Black Pledges Faced Violent, Racist Threats from White Frat Brothers, Lawsuit Claims: A former Middle Tennessee State University student is taking a fraternity to court, alleging he was subjected to racist hazing that included threats of kidnapping, hanging, bounding, and the playing of “slave music.” The plaintiff said he and the only other Black pledge were subjected to these cruel and unusual practices by members of Kappa Sigma.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/black-pledges-faced-violent-racist-171603195.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
Oil Industry Moves to Overturn Historic California Drilling Protection Law: The industry’s ballot push to roll back newly enacted safety zones would delay implementation for nearly two years, until voters decide the law’s fate in 2024
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10102022/oil-industry-california-drilling-protection-law/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Global
Alaska snow crab season canceled as officials investigate disappearance of an estimated 1 billion crabs: An estimated 1 billion crabs have mysteriously disappeared from Alaskan waters in two years, officials said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fishing-alaska-snow-crab-season-canceled-investigation-climate-change/

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
Kroger announced Friday that it plans to buy Albertsons in a nearly $25 billion deal that could change the US retail industry and impact how millions of customers buy their groceries. The retail industry has consolidated in recent years, and merging would give the companies greater scale to fend off competition from Amazon (AMZN), Walmart (WMT) and other retail giants. Traditional supermarkets have been pressured by these companies and others – discount chains such as Dollar General (DG) and Aldi, warehouse clubs like Costco (COST), and online grocers.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/two-of-the-largest-supermarkets-in-america-are-merging/ar-AA12Xt1E?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=9abb229b6dec406788ac515b3e51e2d3

# General Information / Other News
Biden uses Antiquities Act to establish new national monument in Colorado: President Joe Biden signed a proclamation on Wednesday that establishes Colorado’s Camp Hale as a national monument
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/biden-uses-antiquities-act-to-establish-new-national-monument-in-colorado/article_4f89b504-4a57-11ed-a996-13fd0d1ec0c4.html

Former Trump attorney: Trump doesn’t want to be President. He wants to be dictator
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-trump-attorney-trump-doesn-t-want-to-be-president-he-wants-to-be-dictator/vi-AA1303W9?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=67fec8e39656495b895e6d40f0400792&category=foryou

Trump insider with ties to the Secret Service facing new scrutiny after latest Jan. 6 revelations: During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday morning, Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig claimed her sources state that the Jan. 6 committee will seek to re-interview two former Secret Service officials with close ties to Donald Trump after new revelations about the insurrection have come to light.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-insider-with-ties-to-the-secret-service-facing-new-scrutiny-after-latest-jan-6-revelations/ar-AA12ZURl?ocid=mailsignout&li=BBnb7Kz

# Gov / Politics / Global
‘Russia in big trouble’: Putin sent crushing Ukraine defeat warning as battleplan crumbles: Russian troops have been rocked by heroic Ukrainian counter offences that have severely derailed Putin’s war plan.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1681944/russia-news-vladimir-putin-army-troops-alies-ukraine-war-update

# Gov / Politics / US
How Ron DeSantis Blew Up Black-Held Congressional Districts and May Have Broken Florida Law: DeSantis’ move, secretly aided by GOP-linked national operatives, came over the objections of the Republican-controlled state legislature.
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/563143-how-ron-desantis-blew-up-black-held-congressional-districts-may-have-broken-florida-law/

Michael Fanone: ‘Trump was not commander in chief on Jan. 6. Nancy Pelosi was’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/michael-fanone-trump-was-not-commander-in-chief-on-jan-6-nancy-pelosi-was/vi-AA12Yq73?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=9abb229b6dec406788ac515b3e51e2d3&category=foryou

Chomsky: 20 Years After Iraq War Vote, U.S. Continues to Flout International Law: October 16 marks the 20th anniversary of the vote to authorize the war on Iraq, which killed more than 800,000 people.
https://truthout.org/articles/chomsky-20-years-after-iraq-war-vote-us-continues-to-flout-international-law/

# Law Enforcement
An Out-of-Town Cop Came After Me ‘in My Own Driveway’: Retired MLB player Doug Glanville believes in patience, empathy, and the long game when it comes to social justice, even when ugliness lands on his own doorstep.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/doug-glanville-an-out-of-town-cop-came-after-me-in-my-own-driveway

# Legal / DOJ
A court just ruled collective punishment is legal in America: A family faced eviction because a family member who didn’t live with them committed a crime. This is the law of the land in some American towns. Welcome to the topsy-turvy and cartoonishly malevolent world of “crime-free housing.” Benign in name, these laws are corrosive in reality.
https://news.yahoo.com/court-just-ruled-collective-punishment-033947247.html

U.S. reveals more classified records may be missing in Trump probe
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/trump-doj-motion-documents

DOJ reveals it has additional evidence against Trump that has not been presented in court filings
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/doj-reveals-it-has-additional-evidence-against-trump-that-has-not-been-presented-in-court-filings/ar-AA12Yxsx?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=67fec8e39656495b895e6d40f0400792

Trump testifying live before Jan. 6 committee would require ‘negotiation’: In a rare move, the House panel voted to subpoena the former president. The House Jan. 6 committee investigating last year’s Capitol riot would need to negotiate with former President Donald Trump if he were to offer to testify live in response to the panel’s subpoena, Rep. Adam Kinzinger said
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-testifying-live-jan-committee-require-negotiation-kinzinger/story?id=91553525

# LGBTQ
Voter ID Laws Will Make It Harder for Trans People to Vote in the Midterms: More than 64,000 trans people may face barriers to voting because they live in states with strict photo ID requirements.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/09/voter-id-laws-stop-nearly-200000-transgender-people-voting-2022-midterms/

# Military / DOD
Man conned US military into buying $20M in fake uniforms and gear from China, feds say: The U.S. military was conned into buying $20 million worth of fake, unsafe uniforms and gear by a man who is now going to prison, prosecutors say.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/york-man-charged-supplying-counterfeit-184711329.html

# Military / Global
150 US Nuclear Weapons in Europe but Moscow Holds more Atomic Warheads in the World and the New Powerful Russian Sarmat ICBM. According to the Federation of American Scientists, Moscow has 5,977 nuclear warheads
https://www.veteranstoday.com/2022/10/15/150-us-nuclear-weapons-in-europe-but-moscow-holds-more-atomic-warheads-in-the-world-and-the-new-powerful-russian-sarmat-icbm/

First Russian soldiers arrive in Belarus for joint force: Belarus’s ministry of defence says that the mission is ‘exclusively’ to strengthen the protection of its borders.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/15/first-russian-soldiers-arrives-in-belarus-for-joint-task-force

# Pharmas / Drugs
Biden Calls For More Drug Price Reductions: With the midterm elections looming and Medicare open enrollment kicking off this weekend, President Joe Biden on Friday highlighted some of the health care cost savings made available through the Inflation Reduction Act he signed into law in August, while calling on his administration to look for more ways to reduce the cost of subscription drugs.
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20221014-Biden-Presses-More-Action-Lower-Drug-Prices

Georgia companies to pay nearly $7M to settle fraud case involving military health care system: For years, a Georgia pharmacy ran a lucrative scheme, government prosecutors alleged. It skirted federal restrictions on the sale of compounded pain creams to members of the U.S. military’s health system, making millions of dollars in profits.
https://sannyasnews.com/georgia-companies-to-pay-nearly-7m-to-settle-fraud-case-involving-military-health-care-system/

# Social
White family leaves Black boy with 80% of his body burned: Jayceon Charles visited his friend, at his house. Somehow, Charles ended up getting burned. When this happened, the friend’s guardians did not notify 911, nor Charles’ parents. Instead of getting the little boy help, they tried to hide what happened.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/family/white-family-leaves-black-boy-with-80percent-of-his-body-burned-after-visiting-them-and-the-boys-family-launches-supernumberjusticeforjayceon-campaign/ar-AA12YzLY?li=BBnbfcL

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-16

Voices, The Peoples News

October 16, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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U.S. reveals more classified records may be missing in Trump probe
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/trump-doj-motion-documents

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-14

Voices, The Peoples News

October 14, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Border / Immigration
Florida to continue flying noncitizens in U.S. illegally north: Florida will continue transporting foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally north for at least another eight months, according to a state contract and purchase orders reviewed and first reported by the Sun Sentinel. They are being transported by Vertol Systems Co., a comprehensive transportation service provider, which was granted a contract by the Florida Department of Transportation. Transportation services are to continue through June 30, 2023, according to the contract.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/florida/florida-to-continue-flying-noncitizens-in-u-s-illegally-north/article_5f169ae4-4a45-11ed-98d8-37389f69cda2.html

DeSantis’ Own Goal: Martha’s Vineyard Migrants to Get Visas: The Bexar County Sheriff said he had submitted certification documents to grant the migrants nonimmigrant visas.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3687353-texas-sheriff-certifies-that-migrants-flown-to-marthas-vineyard-were-victims-of-a-crime/

# Chemicals
Sports Bras Contain High Levels of Toxic Chemical: Wearers could be exposed to a dose 22 times the safe limit.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/sports-bras-contain-high-levels-of-toxic-chemical-bpa-study-shows

# Covid / Pandemics / Biologicals
COVID: The Huge Lie! During EU Hearing Pfizer Director Admits Vaccine was Never Tested on Preventing Transmission: In COVID hearing, #Pfizer director admits: #vaccine was never tested on preventing transmission. ‘Get vaccinated for others’ was always a lie. The only purpose of the #COVID passport: forcing people to get vaccinated. The world needs to know!”
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-pfizer-transmission-european-parliament-950413863226

31,470 Deaths After COVID Vaccines Reported to VAERS, Including 26 Following New Boosters: VAERS data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show 1,437,273 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID-19 vaccines, including 31,470 deaths and 261,738 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020, and Oct. 7, 2022.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/vaers-deaths-covid-vaccines-boosters/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=fad5ab74-e6e4-4dc0-8989-6e8579edb5f0

Over 1000 New Injury Cases Including 7 More Deaths Following New COVID Bivalent Booster Shots. The U.S. Government’s Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) maintained by the FDA and the CDC was updated today, and 1,064 new cases were added to the database this week, including 7 new deaths, following the newly launched COVID-19 Bivalent booster shots from Pfizer and Moderna.
https://healthimpactnews.com/2022/over-1000-new-injury-cases-including-7-more-deaths-recorded-this-week-following-new-covid-bivalent-boost-shots/

UK Documentary Exposes Lies Behind ‘Safe and Effective’ COVID Vaccine Narrative: A new U.K. documentary, “Safe and Effective: A Second Opinion,” details how U.K. citizens were subjected to psychological pressure to comply with COVID-19 vaccination governmental policies under the “dubious mantra” of “safe and effective.”
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/safe-effective-second-opinion-documentary-covid-vaccines/?utm_source=salsa&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=fad5ab74-e6e4-4dc0-8989-6e8579edb5f0

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Core US Inflation Rises to 40-Year High, Securing Big Fed Hike: A key gauge of US consumer prices advanced to a 40-year high in September, underscoring persistent, elevated inflation that’s squeezing households and pushing the Federal Reserve toward another aggressive rate hike.
https://www.livemint.com/news/world/core-us-inflation-rises-to-40-year-high-securing-big-fed-hike-11665654920293.html

Inflation is No. 1 concern for struggling small businesses: Newly released polling data shows inflation is a top concern for small businesses as prices continue to rise
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/inflation-is-no-1-concern-for-struggling-small-businesses/article_b8678c90-4a43-11ed-8c11-93515ceda1ec.html

Biden takes heavy fire, defends himself after inflation data shows continued price increases: President Joe Biden came under fire from Republican lawmakers and economists Thursday after newly released inflation data showed consumer prices continued to rise in September
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/biden-takes-heavy-fire-defends-himself-after-inflation-data-shows-continued-price-increases/article_e879a480-4b0c-11ed-9482-d76e7fdfc3f1.html

America Is Unleashing Its Economic Arsenal: The US controls the world’s foremost reserve currency and is more economically self-sufficient, and insulated, than most global peers.
https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/america-unleashing-its-economic-arsenal-against-china-russia

# Education / Schools
Schools spending federal relief money on employee bonuses: School districts across the country are spending federal COVID-19 relief money on bonuses to employees saying their employees earned it for their work during the pandemic
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/schools-spending-federal-relief-money-on-employee-bonuses/article_dbf3e728-4b09-11ed-b10c-1b7941dd26e9.html

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Chemical
The mystery lurking in California’s $8 gas prices: Some analysts say the most recent spike in California prices is only part of a much longer, and potentially more destructive, trend.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/10/14/california-mystery-gas-prices-surcharge/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
Warming winters are increasing fertilizer runoff and polluting waterways, a new study finds: A new study finds as winter weather warms across the Midwest, fertilizers that once froze are now finding their way into streams and rivers. Nearly half the country’s waters could see an increase in toxic agricultural runoff.
https://grist.org/article/study-warming-winters-will-thaw-frozen-manure-further-polluting-u-s-waters/

# Environment / Climate / Global
Microplastics found in 75% of fish in New Zealand, report shows: Government’s oceans review also presents grim picture of species under threat of extinction including seabirds and mammals.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/microplastics-found-in-75-of-fish-in-new-zealand-report-shows

# Gov / Politics / US
What Does the Constitution Say About the Right to Vote? much of the government’s authority to protect voting rights stems from amendments adopted following the civil war and legislation passed during the civil rights movement. But thanks to a voting-rights skeptical U.S. Supreme Court and the Senate’s failure to pass new voting legislation, this authority has been severely weakened. There was no right to vote in the original U.S. Constitution.
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/what-does-the-constitution-say-about-the-right-to-vote/

The right to vote is not in the Constitution: The framers of the Constitution never mentioned a right to vote. They didn’t forget. They intentionally left it out.
https://theconversation.com/the-right-to-vote-is-not-in-the-constitution-144531

The Tragedy of the Islamic Republic and the Progressives’ Dilemma: The events in Iran have made the imperial powers of the West salivate at the prospect of a “regime change.”
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/10/14/the-tragedy-of-the-islamic-republic-and-the-progressives-dilemma/

Joe Manchin Impoverished 4 Million Children When He Killed Child Tax Credit: Working people don’t stand a chance in a nation that despises the poor and caters to those with power.
https://truthout.org/articles/joe-manchin-impoverished-4-million-children-when-he-killed-child-tax-credit/

# Law Enforcement
Florida prison guards broke inmate’s neck, then left him paralyzed and starving to death in his cell: “Ridley, 62, was lying on his bunk paralyzed, his neck dislocated, a catastrophic injury suffered after corrections officers tackled him to the ground face first on Sept. 8, 2017,” reported Nicholas Nehamas. “A little more than a month later, he would be dead, having been manhandled, mocked and ignored by prison staff, even as he begged for help. ‘My neck is broke,’ Ridley said, according to a video taken by officers shortly after his injury and obtained by the Miami Herald. ‘I’m paralyzed.'”
https://www.rawstory.com/craig-ridley-prison-abuse/

# Legal / DOJ
Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Former President Donald Trump: The unanimous decision followed a hearing that also revealed the former president secretly ordered troops withdrawn from Afghanistan and Somalia before the 2020 election.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/13/jan-6-committee-trump-threat-00061454

Trump news – live: Trump sends furious letter to Jan 6 panel after members vote to subpoena him
Panel voted unanimously to seek former president’s testimony in last session before midterm elections
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-subpoenaed-response-jan-6-hearing-latest-b2202585.html

Jan. 6 Committee Gave Us Some Bad News About Secret Service: Rather than presiding over an intelligence failure, they actually actively enabled the insurrection to take place, with some among their ranks content to look the other way.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3686920-secret-service-messages-show-the-knew-crowd-outside-jan-6-rally-was-armed/

The “Big Lie” Will Persist Unless Trump Is Held Accountable for January 6: The House select committee investigating January 6 voted to subpoena Trump for testimony.
https://truthout.org/articles/the-big-lie-will-persist-unless-trump-is-held-accountable-for-january-6/

Trump’s ‘Treasonous’ 1/6 Crimes Proved Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The public hearing held on Thursday by the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots provided “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” of Donald Trump’s “treasonous crimes” in attempting to retain the presidency, legal analyst Glenn Kirschner said.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-treasonous-january-6-crimes-proved-beyond-reasonable-doubt-glenn-kirschner-capitol-riot-1751971

# Media
Texas Law Restricting Social Media Censorship Likely Headed to Supreme Court After Federal Appeals Court Hits Pause. The ruling Friday from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals likely means the case, which could have wide implications for online speech, will go before the U.S. Supreme Court again.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/16/texas-social-media-law/

# Social
Minneapolis officials confirm evictions, clearings of 3 homeless encampments: The City of Minneapolis evicted three encampments of unhoused people, leaving over 100 people displaced without tents and blankets as a cold front swept the region. SWAT teams forced residents of the Near North, Van White, and Cedar-Franklin encampments to leave their tents as city workers bulldozed and threw away their belongings.
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-officials-confirm-evictions-clearings-of-3-homeless-encampments/

Out of prison but still trapped: Examining The ‘Afterlife’ Of Incarceration: For people serving time in jail or prison, it may seem like punishment ends on the day of release. But in fact, thousands of restrictions dictate the terms of life after incarceration.
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/24/980671402/out-of-prison-but-still-trapped-examining-the-afterlife-of-incarceration

# Space / UFO Disclosure / Other
SpaceX Wants Pentagon to Fund Starlink in Ukraine: “We are not in a position to further donate terminals to Ukraine, or fund the existing terminals for an indefinite period of time,” an executive wrote.
https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-elon-musk-fund-starlink-ukraine-asks-pentagon-pay-2022-10

# Technology
Gates Foundation pledges $200 million for international digital IDs: “Of all the other means of identifying and tracking subjects, digital identity poses perhaps the gravest technological threat to individual liberty yet conceived,” said [CLG Founder] Michael Rectenwald.
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202209/gates-foundation-commits-200m-to-digital-id-and-other-public-infrastructure

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Voices, The Peoples News No. 2022-10-13

Voices, The Peoples News

October 13, 2022
Published by Jedi Selman Since March 2000 To Inform and Educate

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# Animals / Pets / Alerts / Food Recalls
Animals are in trouble. The number of vertebrate animals on the planet fell by nearly 70% the past 50 years: From the rainforests to the open ocean, the abundance of vertebrates is in freefall, declining over two-thirds between 1970 and 2018, according to the report. Two years ago, the figure was 68% and four years ago 60%. Many scientists believe we are going through a sixth mass extinction, the largest loss of life on Earth since the dinosaurs.
https://www.zmescience.com/science/global-wildlife-populations-have-fallen-nearly-70-in-half-a-century-13102022/

# Border / Immigration
The Biden administration announced plans to turn most Venezuelan migrants crossing the southern border back to Mexico, while also creating a pathway to bring as many as 24,000 “qualified” Venezuelans into the country.
https://www.texastribune.org/2022/10/12/biden-migrants-venezuela-us-mexico-border/

VIDEO: Texas DPS, Texas National Guard apprehend human smugglers, gang members at border: Law enforcement officers working through Operation Lone Star continue to interdict criminal activity at the Texas-Mexico border, including apprehending human smugglers and gang members.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/video-texas-dps-texas-national-guard-apprehend-human-smugglers-gang-members-at-border/article_ba9b04fe-4a27-11ed-b82c-0f222d95d4a2.html

The Texas Border County at the Center of a Dangerous Right-Wing Experiment: Officials in rural Kinney County, Texas, are pushing Gov. Greg Abbott to take ever more extreme action against migrants and asylum-seekers.
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/12/kinney-county-texas-operation-lone-star/

# Chemicals
US firms exploiting Trump-era loophole over toxic ‘forever chemicals’: A new study finds that chemical companies are dodging a federal law designed to track how many PFAS plants are pumping into the environment.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/12/pfas-toxic-forever-chemicals-trump-era-loophole

# Economy / Finance / Trade
Republicans Plan to Use Debt Limit Leverage to Cut Social Security, Medicare: Republicans in the House are planning to use a potential showdown next year over raising the federal debt limit to make changes in Social Security and Medicare, Bloomberg’s Jack Fitzpatrick
https://www.thefiscaltimes.com/newsletter/20221012-Republicans-Plan-Showdown-Over-Social-Security-and-Medicare-Report

# Education / Schools
Teachers Nationwide Want to Reduce Class Sizes for More Reasons Than COVID: The push to reduce class sizes is gaining momentum. Can the pandemic be a portal to the end of overcrowded classrooms?
https://truthout.org/articles/teachers-nationwide-want-to-reduce-class-sizes-for-more-reasons-than-covid/

# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Global
“Election Interference”: Oil Price Hike Is Saudi Arabia’s October Surprise Against Biden: “The Saudis are working to get Trump re-elected and for the MAGA Republicans to win the midterms.”
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/11/mbs-saudi-oil-biden-october-surprise-election-interference/

# Environment / Climate / Interior / Infrastructure
The West is losing 1.3 million acres of sagebrush steppe each year: A new report aims to advance transforming rangeland conservation across 13 states and 115 million acres.
https://www.hcn.org/articles/north-sagebrush-the-west-is-losing-1-3-million-acres-of-sagebrush-steppe-each-year

Animal populations experience average decline of almost 70% since 1970, report reveals: Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/oct/13/almost-70-of-animal-populations-wiped-out-since-1970-report-reveals-aoe

Gas drilling is disrupting animal migration: Scientists are investigating why large animals like the mule deer of Wyoming go where they go, and how humans can get out of their way
https://www.wired.com/story/gas-drilling-is-disrupting-animal-migration/

Bees face many challenges, and climate change is ratcheting up the pressure: Honey bees, wild and native bees face threats from parasites, pesticides and habitat loss. Shorter winters, more extreme weather and more habitat destruction won’t help.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bees-face-many-challenges-climate-122317288.html

# Food / Farming / GMOs / Chemicals / Other
How inflation and drought are making it harder to feed West Texans in need: “I don’t know if we’ve ever seen this happen before, where we have pushed a whole new group of people into poverty,” Libby Campbell said. Nearly 4 million Texans struggle with hunger and food insecurity, according to the nonprofit organization Feeding Texas. The problem is especially prevalent in rural areas and has only been exacerbated since the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.ksat.com/news/texas/2022/10/13/an-inverse-tsunami-how-inflation-and-drought-are-making-it-harder-to-feed-west-texans-in-need/

# Foodie Tips, Tricks and How To’s
40+ Dirt Cheap Meals (w/ meal plan!) to Make When You’re on a Budget
https://www.unexpectedlydomestic.com/dirt-cheap-meals/

# General Information / Other News
143 UN Countries Vote To Condemn Russia’s Annexation of Ukrainian Territory: Five countries voted against the resolution, Russia, and four other dictatorships: North Korea, Syria, Belarus and Nicaragua.
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/12/russia-ukraine-annexation-un-vote-00061558

# Gov / Politics / Global
It’s time to take Kim Jong Un and his nuclear threats seriously: A recent barrage of nuclear-capable missile tests and a change in law setting out the conditions for a nuclear strike show that North Korea’s leader is intent on reunification on his terms.
https://theconversation.com/its-time-to-take-kim-jong-un-and-his-nuclear-threats-seriously-192073

Kyiv Joining NATO Will Start World War III: Russian Official: The threat of armageddon comes after the Ukrainian president announced a fast-track application for entry into the military alliance.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/admission-ukraine-nato-can-lead-third-world-war-russian-official-2022-10-13/

Israel Authorizes Military to Kill Palestinians With Drones in the West Bank: The family of assassinated journalist Shireen Abu Akleh filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court against Israeli leaders.
https://truthout.org/articles/israel-authorizes-military-to-kill-palestinians-with-drones-in-the-west-bank/

# Gov / Politics / US
It’s taking more time to cast a ballot in US elections, and even longer for Black and Hispanic voters: A 2014 US Presidential Commission set a guideline that voters should not have to wait more than 30 minutes to cast their ballots. In some voting districts, it’s taking longer than an hour.
https://theconversation.com/its-taking-more-time-to-cast-a-ballot-in-us-elections-and-even-longer-for-black-and-hispanic-voters-191711

Biden’s Broken Promise To Avoid War With Russia May Kill Us All: The irresolvable dilemma facing Western leaders is that this is a no-win situation. Only courageous peace talks can bring this terrifying conflict to an end.
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/10/11/bidens-broken-promise-avoid-war-russia-may-kill-us-all

US Rejection Of Moscow’s Offer For Peace Talks Is Utterly Inexcusable: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday that Moscow was open to talks with the the U.S. or with Turkey on ending the war in Ukraine, claiming that U.S. officials are lying when they say Russia has been refusing peace talks.
https://mronline.org/2022/10/13/u-s-rejection-of-moscows-offer-for-peace-talks-is-utterly-inexcusable/

Cynthia McKinney: An Objective Look at U.S. Foreign Policy: We focus on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time, specifically addressing the role of the U.S. in the tensions and its capacity to reduce them. We are looking for paradigm-shift ideas for improving the prospects for peace. Her responses below of are exactly as she provided. Members of Congress don’t call the shots; they are mere actors
https://libya360.wordpress.com/2022/10/06/cynthia-mckinney-an-objective-look-at-u-s-foreign-policy/

Biden Is Now All-In on Taking Out China: The U.S. president has committed to rapid decoupling, whatever the consequences: The United States has waged low-grade economic warfare against China for at least four years now, firing volley after volley of tariffs, export controls, investment blocks, visa limits, and much more. But Washington’s endgame for this conflict has always been hazy. Does it seek to compel specific changes in Beijing’s behavior, or challenge the Chinese system itself?
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/12/biden-china-semiconductor-chips-exports-decouple/

Joe Biden Just Provided Putin With the Off-Ramp Needed to Avoid Nuclear War but it’s not clear if Putin will take it. These comments came ahead of the publication of the Biden administration’s new National Security Strategy (NSS) on Wednesday, which directly addressed potential nuclear threats from Russia as well as competition with China over the next decade.
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-just-provided-putin-off-ramp-needed-avoid-nuclear-war-1751426

# Legal / DOJ
Jan. 6 Panel’s Final Hearing Likely To Focus On Trump’s State of Mind: “We’re going to bring a particular focus on the former president’s state of mind and his involvement in these events as they unfolded,” a committee aide told reporters Wednesday.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3685474-jan-6-panels-likely-final-hearing-to-focus-on-trumps-state-of-mind/

Jan. 6 Committee to Share New Evidence of Trump’s Role in Capitol Insurrection
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/10/13/headlines/jan_6_committee_to_share_new_evidence_of_trumps_role_in_capitol_insurrection

Jan. 6 Panel Plans to Subpoena Trump for Testimony: Rep. Bennie Thompson said Thursday that the committee would be voting on “further investigative action.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2022/10/13/jan-6-panel-live-news-us-committee-holds-9th-public-hearing

# Medical / Health
The DOJ created a pro-abortion task force to crack down on pro-lifers
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-doj-created-a-pro-abortion-task-force-to-crack-down-on-pro-lifers

Two children, victims of incest, denied abortions in Florida since the state instituted its 15-week ban in July, Planned Parenthood said. Florida’s ban has no exceptions for rape or incest, and violators of the law could face up to five years in prison. One in middle school and one a young teen. “The cruelty of forcing a very young person, who has already survived a horrible case of violence, to give birth, takes away their rights to bodily autonomy, and it is really turning a blind eye to what is happening in our society,” she said.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annabetts/abortion-florida-ban-incest

# Military / DOD
The U.S. and its allies are aiming to provide Ukraine with an integrated air defense system that will give enhanced protection to high-priority parts of the country, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said.
https://www.legion.org/news/257114/nato-countries-pitching-fast-track-preparation-air-defense-system-ukraine-milley-says

# Nuclear
Sinister Putin Plot Spirals With Abduction at Nuclear Plant: Russia has been accused of kidnapping another top employee of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as part of a menacing pressure campaign against Ukrainian workers there.
https://news.yahoo.com/sinister-putin-scheme-spirals-kidnapping-085130869.html

# Technology
NASA announces an experimental cooling technology that could benefit space missions as well as unlock ultrafast electric vehicle charging on Earth that could fill batteries in as little as five minutes
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3685583-nasa-suggests-new-space-cooling-technology-could-charge-electric-cars-in-5-minutes/

Kids Are Having Fatal Heart Attacks While Playing Video Games; “Families and healthcare teams should think about safety precautions”: Research has determined that exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from cell phones, smart watches and wearables, virtual reality (VR) headsets, and other sources of wireless “Wi-Fi” radiation (including 5G) is biologically harmful.
https://nypost.com/2022/10/11/video-games-could-trigger-deadly-heart-problems-in-kids-study/

Acupuncture and EHS/Microwave Illnesses; Taking Another Look at Electrical Pollution
https://www.libertywellness.ca/are-electronics-and-wifi-making-us-sick-take-a-look-at-the-effects-of-electromagnetic-radiation-emf-and-radiofrequency-radiation-rf-on-your-health/

# Veterans / VA
Tricare to reduce number of network pharmacies for its beneficiaries this month: A new contract from prescription-drug benefit manager Express Scripts will force nearly 15,000 pharmacies out of the Tricare network by the end of this month.
https://newsroom.tricare.mil/Articles/Article/2832307/changes-coming-to-tricare-retail-network-pharmacies

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